Hi there !! ,are you stealing other peoples routines again !! Thats a rather nasty habbit you know !!! But, I personally do not think that you will understand them anyway !!! df0:NsBlitt df0:NsSigns df1:nssamps/mandy ............ HELLO ADMIRERS !!! NORTH STAR IS BACK AGAIN WITH A NEW DEMO ON THE MIGHTY AMIGA !!! CODED BY ATOM (RATHER USUAL!) ..MUSIC BY TITAN...STORY BY STARFIRE... STOP-FONT BY JAZZE... IF YOU THINK THAT THE SCROLL IS SLOW, TRY RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON. HIT THE LEFT ONE TO EXIT !!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ATOM DEMO II SIGN - NICE EFFECT ISN'T IT !!! THIS IS MY SECOND AMIGA DEMO AND AND IF YOU COMPARE IT WITH MY FIRST ONE, CAN YOUR BRAIN HANDLE TO THINK HOW GOOD THE THIRD ONE WILL BE ???!? - NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO EITHER !!!! OK, ENUFF OF THAT. PREZENT HERE ARE ME,STARFIRE AND HEDDA. STARFIRE IS COPYING SIXTY-FOUR PROGRAMMES TO ME( AND TO MYSELF - STARFIRE ) !! STARFIRE JUST SAID THAT MY HAIR IS GETTING GREY ??! WELL, I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT HE NEEDED GLASSES (I DON'T -STARFIRE)!!!! HELLOOOO!!!! HERE'S HEDDA!!! THE RASTER WIZARD! I'M SITTING IN ATOMS HEADQUARTER. WHATCH OUT FOR MY NEW CRACKS,SUCH GAMES AS : PREDATOR , THE LAST NINJA II , NORTHSTAR (ARE WE THE HEROES ???!). NOW MY IMAGINATION IS GONE....,SO I LEAVE THE KEYBOARD TO......EVERYBODYS FAVOURITE.... A T O M .....HE'S BACK !!! ..... (AAAAGGGHHH!-STARFIRE) ..... GET BACK TO THE UGLY 64 ASHOLE !!!! **** *** ***** (I HAD TO CENSOR MOST OF IT!!)..... RILLE JUST CALLED, HE HAD CALLED A RELIGIOUS RADIO-PRORGAM AND TOLD THEM THAT THE DEVIL WAS HUNTING HIM... AND THE PROGRAM LEADERS WAS SO TOUCHED SO THEY PRAYED FOR HIS SOUL !!! (VERY FUNNY!!) AND THE EVEN LET HIM SING A SONG ABOUT JESUS (IN THE RADIO!!!) IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS: JESUS E' EN RAR MAN, TRALLA LALLA LA ....AND SO ON !!! QWERT IS A LITTLE BOY, HE USES HIS AMIGA LIKE A TOY !!! NICE RIME ( (C) ATOM 1988) !!! ............MESSAGE TO ARTMAN:.... HAVE YA' MADE ANY HOT BASIC PROGRAMS????........... LOOK OUT FOR COMING ATTRACTIONS LIKE NEW DEMOS, ANTIVIRUS (TAKE HEED SCA, BYTE BANDIT AND OTHERS. THIS VIRUS WILL SEVERLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH. IT WILL NOT PLACE ITSELF ON YOUR IMPORTANT BOOTBLOCKS THOUGH!!!) AND MAYBE SOME GAMES !!! IF YOU HAVE MISSED US ON THE LITTLE,POOR,UGGLY,STUPID,DISGUSTING ETC ETC SIXTY FOUR IT'S BECAUSE IT IS TOO SMALL FOR US !!!!! 16 BIT POWER 4-EVER !!!!! IF YOU WANT TO JOIN OUR(MINE) FANCLUB SEND 10 POUNDS TO: CHRISTOFFER NILSSON, JULIG.7, 252 52 HBG, SWEDEN.. YOU'D BETTER HURRY UP CAUSE I'LL SOON RAISE THE PRICE !!!! IF YOU GONNA HAVE A COPY-PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEN CALL: (SWEDEN) 42 153302 (CHRISTOFFER) NO COMMUNISTS........ HERE WE GO WITH THE GREETINGS: MY FANS, SINE, ET, THE COBRA TEAM, THE ATOMICAL SOCIETY, THE ARNE BOYS, CRAY, FLATFOOT, MOONLIGHT CRACKERS, ZOUL, THE SILENTS, THE PROS, THE AEXENON, THE SHADOWS, 007 FIRM, WHUPP, UNIT A, THE MOVERS, SCIENCE 451, TRIAD, XAKK, S.A.S, AMIGOS, VORTEX 42, ZACKE, DURAC SYSTEMS, POWER-EXTREME, TTW, TEC, TETRAGON, BSI, XL CRACKERS, MR PINGE, DEP SOFT, MYSOFT, FIREMAN, WOLFMAN, P.P.C.S,FAIRLIGHT HALLOWEN.C.S., P.M.I, NINJA CRACKING, L.A.M.F, CAPTAIN FROG, P.O.S, WARHEAD.C.C, THUNDERCATS, BEASTIE BOYS, TRIUMPH, DEFIERS, MIRACLE BOYS, SEMI, MR NOBODY, WHITE TRASH, MR SPARKY OF CPU, SAL OF WACO, S.O.S, HORROR CRACKINGS, P.C.S, ZEEN OF 666, CIA AND AFN (THANX U FOR INVITING US TO YOUR COPY-PARTY!), NTC, SCC, THE CHAMPS, ANTITRAX, THE KENT TEAM, WARLORDS, TGP AND TO ALL NOT MENTIONED... DON'T YOU FORGET TO BUY OUR (SINE'S,ATOM'S AND ET'S) SUPER GAME.... SOON TO BE REALISED !!!! ....... AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CRACKING IT !!!! NOW IT IS TIME FOR HEDDA TO WRITE AT LEAST 10K OF SCROLLY....... (UGH! 10K!!! -HEDDA)...........HMMMM..I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE..... (SEEMS TO HAVE A BAD IMAGINATION -STARFIRE).....HMMMM...HMMMM...... EEHHHHH......HHMMMMM.....I WOULD LIKE TO...HHMMMMM......LET'S SEE WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING....STARFIRE IS COPYING 64 DISKS..... HE SEEMS TO HAVE VERY FUN.....ATOM IS READING THE BOOK 'RED SNAKE'(!!!). (I'M FORCED TO, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED A WEEK AGO, I HATE SCHOOL -ATOM).....I WOULD LIKE TO SEND SOME PERSONAL GREETZ,THEY GO TO: ZAZEN,KRILLE CRUNCHER,ZEDD AND TO MY GRANDMOTHER(!!!).......... THE TIME IS NOW: 00:01:15 AND IT'S THE 12TH MARCH...... WE'RE LISTENING TO 'PET SHOP BOYS'.....I THINK THEY ARE VERY GOOD!!! NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE,SO I WILL COMPLAIN A BIT ON STARFIRE.. ......(AS USUAL -STARFIRE).......YOU ARE SO UGLY..(MY GIRLS DONT THINK SO -STARFIRE)......YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS......(TRY ME -STARFIRE) (HE'S QUITE GOOD AT COPYING GAMES TO ME -ATOM)....... OK! I'M SORRY,YOU ARE QUITE GOOD AT BASIC....... (MY SECOND LANGUAGE, MY FIRST IS MACHINE LINGUA -STARFIRE) OK, I (ATOM) WILL CONTINUE HERE.... WHATS HAPPENING ??! WE ARE COMPLAINING ON STARFIRE, OK.... HOW IS IT WITH YOUR LAMBORGHINI AQUARIUS (IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LAMBO THOUGH!!) AND HOW IS IT GOING WITH THE BIT-PLANES ??!?!?!???!!???!??? SLOW ??!???!!????!???!? I WANT MY CHAIR BACK (STARFIRE IS SITTING ON IT) SO I'D BETTER NOT SAY TOO MUCH !!! - I WANT MY CHAIR !!!!!!!!! NOOOOOW (ON YOUR HEAD ?!? -STARFIRE) !!!!!!! AHHHH !!! THANX !!!!!! LOOK OUT FOR NEW DEMOS AND UTILITES FROM US. STARFIRE IS SOON FINISHED WITH THE COPYING, JUST FOUR DISKS LEFT. HE HAVE ALREADY COPIED 15 DISKS (DS-DD). GREETINGS TO THE REST OF MY SLAVES: THE MEMBERS IN NORTH STAR: TITAN, RILLE, REX, UFO, FOETUS, LIBERATOR, CRAB, MC, ZOETROPE, JAZZE, ELECTRO AND GIZMO. LOOK OUT FOR OUR NORTH STAR T-SHIRTS THEY WILL BE GREAAAAAT !!! AT THE MOMENT 00:27..STARFIRE IS THINKING ON HIS REVENGE, HEDDA IS READING SOME OF MY AMIGA LITTERATURE, I'M (OBVIOUSLY) WRITING THIS TEXT . HERE'S A MESSAGE FROM ME TO YOU ALL: NORTH STAR RULES . NICE EH?! WE ARE THE BEST,WE ARE SUPREME,WE ARE THE COOLEST, WE ARE THE MOST OVERHYPED (EH???!!) AT LEAST I AM !!!!!!!! WELL, STARRY IS SOON FINISHED. THEN HE'LL PROBABLY RIPP THE KEYBOARD FROM ME SO IF SOME UNCOOL TEXT FOLLOWS YOU KNOW WHO'S WRITING !!!! HEDDA IS READING MY SWEDISH SCHOOL BOOKS AND U KNOW WHAT !! HE SEEMS TO ENJOY IT !!!!!!!!!!!! BUT, MAYBE HE'S JUST CHECKING OUT WHAT HE'LL READ NEXT YEAR (POOR KID!!) !!! (THINKING,THINKING,THINKING,THINKING ,THINKING,THINKING,THINKING,THINKING (UH? HE'S REALLY SLOW!!) YOUR IQ IS TO LOW TO UNDERSTAND THEM -HEDDA) (HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED YET, IT'S TO HIGH TO UNDERSTAND THEM !!!!! - THE GREAT ONE) 1.5 DISKS LEFT...... 5770 BYTES.... TIME 00:42. QWERT IS A FUNNY LITTLE BOY, WHO USES HIS AMIGA LIKE A TOY (REAL FITTING!!!!) LETS TAKE IT ONE MORE TIME: QWERT IS A FUNNY LITTLE BOY, WHO USUES HIS AMIGA LIKE A TOY !!!!!! DE' VA JU SCHYSST DE' HAR (COPYRIGHT QWERT 1987-1988) OOHHH SHIT !!! STARFIRE IS COPYING THE LAST DISK !!! I'LL LOOK AT SOME 64 DEMOS (=A GOOD LAUGH!) SO I'LL LET STARFIRE TOTRURE MY AMIGA NOW......BYE BYE. WAIT A MINUTE, DONT TAKE THAT CHAIR! I WANT IT..... DAMN, I WOULD LIKE THAT CHAIR, ATOM. SHIT. WELLLLLL LETS SEE WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS THIS TIME. WHAT ABOUT ATOM'S STUPID LOOKING FACE FOR INSTANCE (I LIKE IT, SOME GUYS EVEN SAID I'D GONE TO FAR WHEN I'D PUT A PICCY OF MY OWN FACE ON A VERY OLD SPECCY CRACK - ATOM)..... REVENGE IS THE ONLY WAY TO REGAIN MY CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF. EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT ME. ESPECH WHEN I CANNOT DEFEND MYSELF. WELL NOW I CAN. BUT I WONT. LET THEM HAVE THEIR FUN. I DONT MIND (HA, DON'T LIE IN MY DEMOS -ATOM). I NEVER LIE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT (YOU STARTED TO LIE WHEN YOU WROTE THAT THING ABOUT MY FACE - ATOM). NO THAT WAS THE TRUTH, CROSS MY HEART (WELL, YOU HAVE NEVER HAD A GOOD TASTE, BUT LET THE GIRLS DECIDE !!! - ATOM) WELL I DONT THINK THAT IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE (IT ALREADY IS!) BECAUSE I CAN BE VERY CONVINCING WHEN I TALK TO GIRLS YOU KNOW! ENOFF OF THIS CRAP SHIT TRASH AND EGO TALK. I AM THE BEST AND WE ALL KNOW IT!!! ATOM IS LOOKING AT SOME DEMOS MADE BY THUNDERCATS. ON THE 64 THAT IS. BUT THEY LOOK GOOD. WELL ITS LATE AND I'LL BETTER THINKING OF HOW TO GET HOME. THANK YOU AND GOODBYE. OH I ALMOST FORGOT. I CANNOT LEAVE WITHOUT SENDING A GREETING TO ALL MY FEMALE FANS AROUND THE SWEDISH TERRITORY. BELIEVE ME-THEY ARE LIKE A HAREM. BYE BYE, SLEEP WELL. STARFIRE SIGNING OFF -12/3/1988 01:22:07. ...............WRAPAROUND.....^ THIS STORY MAY NOT BE COPIED,USED,LENT OR DUPLICATED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM NORTH STAR INC........ THIS STORY WAS INSPIRED BY THE WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY AND WARHAMMER 40,000. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A BIG THANX TO GAMES WORKSHOP FOR PRODUCING SUCH GREAT GAMES. THE STORY BEGINS...... THE SPACEMARINE SLOWLY OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED INSIDE. THE ROOM WAS ALMOST EMPTY, EXCEPT FOR A SEEMINGLY LIFELESS BODY ON THE FLOOR. HE CAREFULLY DREW CLOSER MAKING NO SOUND. THE BODY WERE CLAD IN A BLUE ARMOURSUIT WITH THE ULTRAMARINES SIGN PAINTED WHITE ON THE SHOULDER. WAIT A MINUTE! THERE WERE ALSO SOME TEXT. IT READ: LOOK HERE TO DIE! -MY GOD! HE THOUGHT. -NICKY, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU! HE SLOWLY SAID. THE ARMOUR HAD BEEN PIERCED BY A LASERBEAM IN THE STOMACH AREA. HE TOOK OFF THE HELMET TO LOOK IF HE WAS ALIVE. HE WASN'T. HE PRESSED A BUTTON IN THE HELMET. AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAD MADE A RECORDING OF NICKY'S LAST THOUGHTS. -MIKE, GET THEM FOR MEEEEEAAAGHHH!!! -I WILL. HE RELEASED NICKY'S BOLTER FROM THE BELT. -THEY WILL DIE, WITH A WARM GREETING FROM YOU! MIKE STOOD UP, LISTENING. THERE IT WAS. A SOUND FROM A NEARBY ROOM. READYING THE BOLTER HE WALKED FORWARD TO THE DOOR. APPARENTLY THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING COMPANY. THE DOOR WASN'T CLOSED. HE SLAMMED IT OPEN, SCREAMING IN A DEEP VOICE, -DIE MOTHER-FUCKERS !!! ,LETTING THE BOLTER SPREAD HOT ARMOURPIERCING MISSILES OVER THE TWO CRIMINALS. ONE SHOT WOULD HAVE DONE IT. THEY GOT TWENTY. EACH! MIKE DROPPED THE BOLTER AND REACHED FOR HIS POWER-SWORD FASTENED ON HIS BACK. AS HE PULLED OUT THE BLADE, IT WAS ACTIVATED AND HE SWIFTLY CUT OFF THE CRIMS HEADS, PUT THE SWORD BACK AND FASTENED THE HEADS TO THE BELT. HE WOULD NEED THE HEADS TO PROVE THAT HE HAD ELIMINATED HIS DEADLY PREY, AND IT WAS MUCH EASIER THAN CARRYING THE BODIES. MIKE BLACK WAS HIS NAME. HE WAS WORKING AS AN IMPERIAL BOUNTYHUNTER. HE DECIDED TO BECOME A HUNTER WHEN TWO FUCKING CRIMS KILLED HIS PARENTS. HE WAS THE BEST. THERE WAS NO CRIM ALIVE THAT NOT FEARED HIM. THE METHODS HE SOMETIMES USED WAS BLOODSHILLING EVEN FOR THE MOST HARDENED CRIMINAL. TEN YEARS OF HUNTING HAD LEARNED HIM A LOT. IN THE BEGINNING HE, AS MANY OTHERS, HAD MADE SOME MISTAKES, BUT HE LEARNED FAST AND AFTER ONE YEAR THEY COULD GIVE HIM A NAME, A PICTURE AND TELL HIM WHERE THE CRIM WAS LAST SEEN AND THEN HE WOULD GET THEM! NO MISTAKES MADE! BUT NOW HE'S HUNTIN' DAYS WERE OVER. ALL THAT KILLING HAD MADE HIS FEELINGS AGAINST MURDERERS AND DRUG PUSHERS TURN TO HATE BUT FOR A SPECIAL GIRL HE MET SOME YEARS AGO THEY WERE REVERSED. HE WAS GETTING MARRIED NEXT WEEK!! EVEN THE THOUGHT OF HER MADE HIS BODY GO ALL NOVAHOT! THIS WAS THE LAST MISSION AND NOW HE WOULD RETIRE TO A MORE PEACEFUL JOB - ASSASSIN-TRAINER. HE WOULDN'T GET KILLED ANYWAY, EVEN IF IT WAS VERY HARD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IN THE PAST. MOST OF THEM AIN'T AROUND TO TELL ABOUT IT. - AN HOUR LATER, AT HQ. MIKE FLEW THE SPACEHOPPER LIKE AN ACE. HE'D OWNED IT FOR TWO YEARS AND KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW IT BEHAVED IN THE AIR, OR SPACE FOR THAT MATTER. - HANGAR OPEN MIKE! FLY RIGHT IN! THE COMMANDS CAME OVER THE SHORT RANGE INTERCOM. MIKE DIVED THE 5000 FEET DOWN AND LEVELED OUT TO STOP AT TWO FEET - ALL IN TWO SECONDS - AND SLOWLY CAME TO A HALT IN THE HANGAR. WHEN HE GOT OUT A MAN WAS RUSHING TOWARDS HIM. -YO! MIKE! HEARD THE LATEST! -NO! WHAT! -THOSE TRAITORS THAT YOU CATCHED LAST WEEK DID ESCAPE, KILLING EVERYBODY IN THE PRISON, AND I MEAN EVERYBODY!!! -ALL? PRISONERS TOO? -YEP! -WOW! WHY DO THAT? -BEATS ME. -WELL, THEY'RE NOT MY PROBLEM. I'M GETTING MARRIED, SO I'LL QUIT HUNTING. -ARE YOU SERIOUS? -YOU HAVEN'T MET BELINDA HAVE YOU. -NO. -IF YOU HAD YOU'D KNOWN WHAT I MEAN BY BEING SERIOUS. -LUCKY GUY! -YEP! THE HANGAR LOUDSPEAKERS BURST TO LIFE, -BLACK HUNTER TO COMMANDER NELSON, ON THE DOUBLE. -OOPS. GOTTA RUN! SEE YOU! -SEE YOU TOO! DON'T FORGET TO INVITE ME TO THE WEDDING! -I WON'T! TEN SECONDS LATER. -AAH! MIKE! WELCOME BACK. STILL COLLECTING HEADS I CAN SEE. -YEP. NOT SO MUCH TO CARRY. ENOUGH TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE DEAD. -I SUPPOSE THAT JACK DID TELL YOU ABOUT THE CRIMSON TRAITORS. -YEP. YOU SHOULD HAVE LET ME KILL THEM INSTEAD OF JUST BRINGING THEM IN. NOW YOU WILL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT ME. -BUT MIKE! YOU'RE OUR BEST! ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU WANT TO QUIT JUST FOR SOME GIRL WANTS TO GET MARRIED. -SHE AIN'T JUST SOME GIRL. KEEP HER OUT OF THIS. YOU'VE AGREED TO THIS EARLIER. NOW IT IS TOO LATE. I WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN YOUR ASSASSINS, THOUGH I WANT SOME OF THOSE JOKAERO DIGITAL WEAPONS. -OK. I'LL GET THEM FOR YOU. NOW GET OUT OF HERE. I'LL HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO FIND CRIMSON AND HIS TWO BODYGUARDS. NELSON REACHED FOR THE PHONE AS MIKE TURNED AND WALKED OUT. HE WALKED DOWN TO THE HOPPER AND FLEW HOME. NO MORE HUNTING. IT FELT STRANGE. LIKE IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AT LAST. HOME. HE GOT OUT OF THE CHOPPER AND WALKED OVER TO THE HOUSE. SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE DINO-DOG THEY HAD AS WATCH-DOG WOULD HAVE COME TO MEET HIM BY NOW. IT ALWAYS DID! HE REACHED TO THE BELT AND PULLED OUT THE MELTA-GUN. IF ANYONE COULD STOP A DINO-DOG THEN THIS ANYONE MUST BE VERY LETHAL. THE MELTA-GUN CAN STOP ANYTHING WITHIN A SHORT RANGE. HE WALKED ROUND THE HOUSE. THERE WAS THE DOG. DEAD ALLRIGHT. HEAD BLASTED OFF. PROBABLY BY A PLASMABLAST. SHIT! BELINDA! HE RUSHED INTO THE HOUSE, FORGETTING TO BE CAREFUL. AS HE DID SO, HE TRIGGERED A SENSOR THAT ACTIVATED A KILLER DROID INSIDE. MIKE FIRED A BURST OF NOVA HEAT AT THE DROIDS HEAD AND IT INSTANTLY MELTED TO NOTHING. SUDDENLY CRIMSON STOOD IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM, LAUGHING. -HA HA HA, I DIDN'T THINK THAT THE DROID WOULD KILL YOU. YOU'RE TOO GOOD. BUT NOW I HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP YOU OFF MY BACK. I HAVE YOUR FEMALE. IF I GET ANY SIGN THAT YOU ARE AFTER ME - THEN SHE IS DEAD. HA HA HA!!! CRIMSON STARTED TO FLICKER AND BEGIN FROM THE BEGINNING. IT WAS A HOLO-MESSAGE. -DAMN YOU, CRIMSON, HE SCREAMED. YOU ARE DEAD, DO YOU HEAR ME, YOU ARE DEAD !!! I'LL KILL YOU VERY, VERY SLOW. I SWEAR I CANNOT DIE UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD!!! AFTER A MINUTE MIKE HAD RELAXED AND BECAME MYSTERIOUSLY CALM. WHAT CRIMSON DID NOT KNOW WAS THAT BELINDA HAD A WAVE BEACON SURGICALLY INPLANTED IN HER BRAIN. SO DID MIKE. HE COULD 'SEE' WHERE SHE WAS AND WHERE SHE WAS HEADING. AND SHE COULD 'SEE' HIM COME. - IF SHE WEREN'T ALREADY DEAD. MIKE PRESSED A HIDDEN BUTTON AND A PART OF THE FLOOR MOVED ASIDE, REVEALING A STAIRWAY DOWN TO A CONTROL AND WEAPONRY ROOM. HE WENT DOWN AND OPENED A DRAWER, TOOK OUT A PACKAGE AND CLOSED THE DRAWER AGAIN. IN THE PACKAGE THERE WERE A SYN-SKIN SUIT. HE CHANGED HIS CLOTHES TO THE SYN-SKIN. IT WAS A SUIT WHEN ACTIVATED ABSORBED ALL LIGHT THAT HIT IT. YOU COULD ONLY SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE COMPLETELY BLACK SUIT. IT ALSO ENHANCED ALL SENSES. ONCE CHANGED HE PULLED OUT A SMALL NEEDLE FROM THE PACKAGE. IT WAS POLYMORPHINE. WITH THIS DRUG HE COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE SHAPE FOR TWO DAYS. THIS DRUG WAS A WELL KEPT SECRET AMONG THE ASSASSINS. IT WAS ALSO VERY RARE. HE INJECTED THE DRUG AND STARTED TO CONCENTRATE. LONG WHITE HAIR INSTEAD OF BLACK. COMPLETELY BLACK EYES. AND THE FACE A LITTLE BIT THINNER. THAT WOULD DO. WEARING HIS OLD WEAPONBELT HE OPENED A CLOSET. IT WAS FILLED WITH WEAPONS. THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF WEAPONS. HE TOOK ONE FLAMER. A SHORT RANGE WEAPON. VERY EFFECTIVE. A BOLTER COULD ALSO BECOME HANDY. A NEEDLE GUN FOR SILENT SHOOTING. AND OF COURSE THE POWER SWORD. JOKAERO WEAPONS WAS IN THIS LITTLE BOX. HE HAD EIGHT LASERS. WHEN PUT ON A FINGER THEY WHERE INVISIBLE. HE TOOK ALL AND WENT OUT TO THE HOPPER. AT 10,000 FEET HE SENSED BELINDA. HE SHOULD HEAD SOUTH. ACTIVATED THE AUTOPILOT AND STARTED TO PUT ON THE FINGERLASERS. IN THE CITY OF CREO SHE WAS. -HEY CRIMSON! THAT LADY YOU INSISTED THAT WE WOULD TAKE ALONG JUST CUT OFF CAL'S LEFT ARM WITH THIS! HE WAS HOLDING A LASERNEEDLE. -DON'T WORRY, IT WILL GROW OUT SOON. I DIDN'T CHOOSE YOU BEQAUSE YOU ARE PRETTY , YOU KNOW. MORPHS ARE GOOD TO HAVE AROUND. - WELL I HAD TO PUT HER INTO THE STASIS BOX FOR NOW. -IT'S OK! THAT WILL AT LEAST KEEP HER STILL. AS HE SAID SO, MIKE STEPPED IN. -YOU ARE CRIMSON! -SO WHAT? -LOOKING FOR NEW MEN? -WHAT IF I DID? -I AM GOOD. -THEN KILL MIKE BLACK FOR ME. -I DON'T GO ON SUICIDE MISSIONS. THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM ANYWAY. NOW HE MUST FIND BELINDA AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. -WELL FOLLOW ME DOWN AND WE WILL DISCUSS MATTERS. DAK, SHOW HIM THE WAY.-YO SIR! MIKE WENT AHEAD. AS HE TURNED A BEND HE SWITCHED ON THE SYNSKIN. HE DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. -WHAT! HE DISAPPEARED. THE SHAPESHIFTER DRUG STOPPED WORKING AND HE DID LOOK AS USUAL THOUGH STILL INVISIBLE IN THE DARK PASSAGEWAYS HE PULLED THE BOLTER AND SHOT DAK STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO KILL A MORPH. HE DECENDED FURTHER DOWN AND FOUND CAL, SITTING IN THE INFIRMARY. THE BOLTER SPEAKED AGAIN. CAL'S HEART HAD A DIFFICULT TIME AFTER THAT. IT WAS RATHER COLD ON THE FLOOR. ESPECHIALLY FOR A HEART BLOWN APART (HEY, THAT RHYMES!). A ROOM TO THE RIGHT SHE WAS HELD IN A STASIS FIELD. MIKE SWITCHED OFF THE FIELD THAT HELD HER, TURNED OFF THE SYNSKIN. -HELLO BELINDA, STILL GETTING MARRIED? -I JUST HOPE THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A HABIT THOUGH! GIMME THAT BLASTER. I WANT TO SHOOT CRIMSONS HEAD CLEAN OFF! -SAVE THE HEAD. I NEED IT! -OH! HEADHUNTER AS YOU ARE. -THIS IS THE LAST. CRIMSON SLOWLY WALKED DOWN THE PASSAGEWAY, KNOWING THAT HE WOULD SOON BE DEAD, BUT HE WOULD KILL THEM BOTH BEFORE HE WENT HIMSELF. AS HE TURNED THE BEND HE SAW THEM. BELINDA KNEELING AND MIKE STANDING BEHIND HER! BOTH POINTING RATHER LARGE WEAPONS A HIM. HE RAISED THE FLAMERPISTOL HE WAS CARRYING BUT HE WAS FAR TOO SLOW. BELINDA HAD THE SAME TRAINING AS MIKE AND WHEN THEY SAW THE WEAPON THEY RELEASED A MASSIVE WALL OF BULLETS, CUTTING AWAY PIECE AFTER PIECE. THE HEAD CAME ROLLING TOWARDS THEM. A HUNTERS REWARD. A HEAD ON A PLATE. THAT IS WHAT NELSON RECIEVED WHEN MIKE DROPPED BY TO COLLECT THE REWARD. THEN MIKE AND BELINDA HAD A THREE DAY LONG WEDDING INVITING ALL HIS FRIENDS AND THEN LIVED LONG AND HAPPILY. THEY HAD A SON. HE WOULD IN THE FUTURE BECOME KNOWN AS JOHNNY BLACK - THE MOST DANGEROUS BOUNTY HUNTER THAT EVER LIVED IN THE TIME OF THE EMPEROR -THE END- ^