Shattered super-soldier

As soon as she returned to consciousness, a splitting headache hit her like a truck, along with a server chemical craving, Doc’s first words upon waking were pretty much the same as they had been the last week

“Ugh… Hit me with a triple dosage…”

[Confirmed, injection completed in 120 seconds, please hold]

As she felt the chemical cocktail that were being injected directly into her bloodstream slowly lessening her headache it also lifted the mental fog she were feeling, Doc was returned to the land of the conscious, much like a person in retail only were able to think critically after drinking their morning coffee Doc’s mind began to slowly spin, of course she had grown tired of such weak simulants long ago, by now having enough chemical stimulants to kill 3 grown men injected straight into her Aorta were barely enough to get her day started

‘What a shitty day this is… Once again… Aea, make a metal note to send a formal complaint to the Major’

[Noted, 42 similar notes have been made over the last 3 weeks]

‘I know, this repetition serves to elevate my spite and elevate my annoyance’

[I think it’s a wonderful thing]

‘What? My pain?’

[No, that was not the point I was trying to make, do you remember what you were doing 3 days ago?]

Doc slowly sat herself up on the bed she had passed out on the night before and glared spiteful at the sunlight that leaked through the closed curtains as her scratched her messy hair while she thought back to 3 days ago

‘I was overseeing the latest supply shipment that’s being sent North in the morning, then I spent the rest of the day reading and approving android deployment for mineral acquisition before I personally corrected 2 genetic deviations in our army of martyrs’

[Yes, that is exactly right, now do you remember what you were doing 2 years and 3 weeks ago?]

‘...Nope’

[That is my point, even though you are busy at the moment Mistress Anastasia, you have something to occupy yourself with… And for the record, you spent that day 2 years and 3 weeks ago passed out hooked up to a drip of your newest chemical relaxation agent, only to awake 78 hours later with the results of having a third of your bone mass being dissolved and rebuilt, as well as a brief but intense artificial sweetener you consumed in your childhood]

Doc let out a sigh and muttered

“...Fair enough, still make the note of complaint anyway Aea”

[Confirmed]

Doc rose from her bed before she quickly regretted her decision as she was hit with a severe dizziness and laid down again, after lounging around for about half an hour staring into space as she rode her morning chemical high she eventually rolled out of bed and got dressed as she asked Aea

“How does my program for today look?”

[You schedule for today where clear Mistress Anastasia, but another 2 deviations have emerged which needs to be handled]

“What is the Major clone doing? Can’t it handle this?”

[Major clone#2 is otherwise occupied for the next at least 3 days with the siege of the former Vermiun Empire capital]

Doc let out a sigh before she raised an eyebrow and asked

“What happened with the first clone?”

[The first clone expired 3 days ago to organ failure cascade, post death examination revealed the local food were poisons to its genetic makeup, the 2nd clone has been adjusted to better handle the local environment, no need to worry, the transition between clones was seamless, and no suspicion have arisen yet]

“...Well, get me the information on the 2 deviations”

[Starting Neurological data upload… Complete]

Doc felt a brief spell of dizziness that quickly passed after she made sense of the neurological data she had just received, two people had been registered as deviating from the genetic modification their forefathers had received, this deviation could not be tolerated, thus Doc had to go and make sure they wouldn’t pass on their genes and retrieve genetic samples for Aea to develop a gene correcting viral infection in case this exact kind of deviation ever emerged in the future

“Hmm… One seems like a common unfortunate child, but the other seems to be up to something naughty”

One of the genetic deviations seemed to be able to somewhat identify other people carrying Doc’s genetic modification and was even able to manipulate them to some degree, from what Aea had observed the young woman seemed to have grown a rather big ego thinking herself as chosen by a higher power to control the people around her, and she was currently wielding her ill-gotten powers to the very poor effect of common banditry Doc watched her through the drone footage for a few moments and muttered to herself

“We can’t have that… We can’t have that at all… Warm up my wings Aea, I’ll deal with the naughty troublemaker first”

[Confirmed, target moved to internal HUD, startup procedure of Mkx. 201412 started, ready for lift off in 300 seconds, support drone network tasked, ready for thunder]

-

The bandits under the genetic deviation held up in a small abandoned village in the desert, from there they had been conducting raids on passing trade caravans

‘So 18 buildings, and a total of 38 additional targets… How does the thunder look?’

[Over capacity, reduce number of targets or deviation]

Doc let out a sigh, she were currently circling the abandoned village at 2.000 meters, the Mkx. 201412 or as she referred to it more commonly, her wings were an experimental modification of a in and out of atmosphere personal flight suit, with a wingspan of a little under 6 meters the large polished silver wings extended outwards from the upper portion of her back, with a single propulsion engine in the center of her back, if Matthew were to see this wingsuit he would properly refer to it as stunning piece of postmodern art (derogatory)

‘But he’s just a military focused brute without a single sense for the finer things in life… Anyway, have you found me a target yet, Aea?’

[Confirmed, pushing target groupings to HUD]

At once, 3 groupings were identified and showed in Doc’s vision, she focused on one grouping and turned over before she folded her wings in and began to dive, as the wind screamed past her two smaller parts of her wings folded out again to guide her dive while a tone started humming in her ears

[1600 meters… 1200 meters… 800 meters… Thunder ready]

As soon as the tune changed, the wings folded out again as Doc rapidly decelerated as 3 projectiles separated out from the suit and raced towards the ground, as Doc felt the heavy forces of gravity on her body she showed a bright smile as her eyes lit up with a flash of blue light

“And just after the lightning comes…”

[Thunder]

At once, several hundred drones flying overhead discharged their stored electricity as it flowed like lightning from the clear sky channeled through Doc it flowed on and finally hit the 3 projectiles where it scattered outwards and instantly killed the 3 groups, no more than a moment later the roar of thunder echoed out over the entire area causing the remaining 4 bandits and the genetic deviation to run out of the central building they were staying in

“What happened!?”

A moment later, the 4 were struck by thin needles and with a faint shimmer of static electrify they felt their bodies lock up in complete paralysis, a few moments later Doc landed in front of the 4

‘Well that was fun, I should take these out for another spin again soon…’

The wings separated from her suit and took back to the sky again as she walked over towards the 4, she looked them over in turn

“Not you…”

As soon as her eyes switched to the next person, a violent discharge of electric currents ached off her body and charred the poor guy in an instance, so followed a person more before Doc finally laid eyes on the genetic deviation, and she showed a smile

“Right, there you are”

Doc walked over to her as another arch of lightning charred the last bandit, leaving her alone with her subject, several thin wires extended out of her palm and stabbed into the poor girl in different places, a moment later Doc began to review the data she received

“Hmm… Right, I see now… Well, this should be easily fixed, however I’ll need some samples for Aea to work with…”

Then she retrieved a pen sized laser cutter from her belt and turned it on, the white laser easily cut into the genetic deviation and a few moments later Doc had cut out her liver and both kidneys which she had placed into separate plastic bags, at this point the genetic deviation had expired, however Doc kept cutting out vital organs without a care, by the time she was done more of the genetic deviation had been placed into self sealing temperature regulated plastic bags than remained standing, still locked in complete paralysis

“Right, that’s that… Oh?”

Something inside the dirt hut the genetic deviation had come out of caught Doc’s eye and she quickly walked over, there she found that her eyes had not deceived her and she retrieved an unassuming sealed bottle, she retrieved her laser cutter once again and cut the top of the bottle off before she took a whiff of the contents

“Oooh!”

Having passed the very unscientific smell test, Doc put the bottle to her mouth and took a swig, which was quickly followed by a 2nd swing before she downed the rest of the bottle and tossed it aside as the wings reattached to her suit

“Ah… That hit the spot, I didn’t know there was any of this fig wine left on this cursed ball of dirt… Aea mark the village for immediate looting, I want every single intact bottle retrieved along with the usual goods”

[Confirmed]

As Doc lifted into the air, she hummed an old Trerubicain tune as she thought to herself

‘Maybe going out once in a while isn’t so bad…’