"Chapter2" - читать интересную книгу автора (Carpenter Matthew)

certain underground groups. Nestroth was one of the groups that
brought them down. Unfortunately, they didn't wipe them out
completely.

Shiela began down the strip and soon turned into a known
alleyway. Nemesis followed, cautiously surveying his position. He
started into the alley, but she was already gone. Impossible. The alley is
too long and he was too close to lose her that fast. He didn't like it. He
didn't like it one bit. A few more meters in and he stopped, switching his
cybernetic retina implants from night vision to thermal infra-red
sensing. He walked a few more meters with his jacket loosely buttoned.
He finally stopped completely and looked around. As he looked up he
caught a glimpse of part of a person who must have been peering out of
a window from above. More likely sighting him in, which he confirmed
with another retina switch to ultraviolet reflective, picking up the faint
outlines of a needler rifle.

"Nice try, Nemesis" came a voice that echoed through the alley. It
was Shiela all right. Nothing mistaking that slyish voice. He turned
around, obviously out of position. Two men, however, were between him
and the streets, and the alley behind him meant dealing with his
airborne sniper. His right hand slowly snaked towards his jacket.

"Don't even think about it asshole." The two men in front of him
took out their weapons, pinning him in. "You go back to Nestroth and
tell them we're back, Nemesis. And, by the way, give Nebulus this
message!?" Two needler shots were fired from above into his shoulder.
He immediately sank to the ground and crashed into a trash bin, holding
his 'injured' shoulder. "You take that to Nebulus!"

The two men in the alley put their weapons away as they made
their way back to the streets. Nemesis lay there for a few minutes until
he judged the situation as relatively safe to move. He removed the
needles from his jacket, simulating their penetration and induced pain.
He walked out holding his shoulder. He walked out without his friend.
Heading back, passed the bar, gave him only one thought: Mogul is back
and Cryon is on the move. What the hell is going on?