Last's datapad sprang to life. "This doesn't look good," he muttered to himself.
His fingers flew across the datapad.
Tracer detected....Spiking...
Counterhack initiated...
Division Unknown
Corporate Identification: Charlie Victor Oscar Four Two Five Seven Zebra.
Name: Arnold Pulver
Rank Held: Major
Datalock confirmed. Downloading virus RAGE 2.0
Parameters:
Objective 1: Protect Mandi "Paxcorpus" Fingus
Objective 2: Eliminate hostile forces.
Objective 3: Follow all commands that do not conflict with objective 1 or 2.
Duration: Upon completion of objectives 1 and 2, virus will remove all information and copies of itself.
Task Launch....
Data transferred successfully...
Program initiated...
Releasing Datalock...
Releasing network connection...
Running anti-virus....
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Virus detected and destroyed, system is clean...
"Hope she likes her new bodyguard. I know I already do."