Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 05:09:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: John Steigerwald <reiedogawa@yahoo.com>
Subject: Prince of the Rogue's Court 3

Hi, Attached is the next chapter of the Prince of the Rogue's Court. Please
keep my name off of the title and use my email address instead. Thanks a
lot.

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Prince of the Rogue's Court 3

The Rogue had disappeared. No one knew where he had gone. His house, his
accounts, his family were all gone. The Underworld fell into chaos as every
thief, murderer, and rapist went on a rampage. No one was safe.

Dad and I hid out in our safe house in the downtown district. It was a
penthouse apartment with all the bells and whistles. I was very good with
tech, so I had modified the building to protect us. No one could get into
the building without a pass and the top three floors were deathtraps to any
but us and the chosen few who stayed with us.

I sat in the living room watching the city below. Police were out in force,
trying to stop the riots and looting. I could hear dad shouting at the
video phone at the other Lieutenants, trying to get them to take
control. No one was stepping up. Up town was much more quiet than the rest
of the city. Dad had full control over it, even from hiding in here.

I heard Dad roar and something went flying and crashed against the far
wall. Looking at it, I saw it was the video phone. I turned to Dad and
raised an eyebrow at him. He knew me well enough to know what I was asking.

"30 men have been arrested in the Financial District," he
growled. "Arsonists have gone on a spree in the Factory District. The Red
Light District has been taken over by Sabine. He is leading his men through
the district and raping every woman he comes across. Worse, he and his men
are giving them the new fertility drug, which is guaranteed to get a woman
pregnant.

"All of the abortion clinics have been hit by protesters. They've been
dismantled and looted. It will be months before new ones open. Hospitals
are collapsing from the patient loads. Doctors are on triple shifts and are
doing surgery in the parking lots. None of the Lieutenants are going to do
anything."

I had never seen Dad so defeated. I knew we had to do something too. It was
time for me to show him my new project.

"Dad, someone has to do something. And I think that someone is going to be
you."

"Son, I cannot go up against the entire underworld with just a handful of
men."

"With my new armor and exo-suits you can."

It was so silent, you could hear a pin drop. Dad looked at me incredulously
and I couldn't blame him. The Exo Program had been abandoned as a lost
cause decades ago, but with new technology, I had revived it. The Exo Suit
was an armor that resisted projectiles of any kind, any blade forged by
man, and could keep the wearer alive under the harshest of conditions, such
as the vacuum of space.

I had made several prototypes and each one was perfect. I led Dad to my
room and pulled out the command type. Dad's eyes bugged out as he saw the
device. It was white and blue and only the size of my palm.

I ordered Dad to strip down to his skivvies and then placed the drone on
the center of his chest. Contact and the press of a button activated
it. Two black wings of metal shot out and wrapped itself around his
shoulders and met in the back. Slowly, more metal appeared and flowed like
water down his body into every crack and crevice.

His underwear were torn to shreds by the flowing metal. The metal molded
itself to his ass and cock, completely covering it and protecting
it. Finally, it made its way down his legs and encased his feet.

Over at the computer, I booted up the program. Dad was in control of the
suit, but his onboard AI would help control and regulate function. I
instructed Dad in the operation of the suit and introduced him to EXO. EXO
was programmed to be polite and to be of assisstance to its wearer and its
creator. I activated Life Support and showed him combat mode.

Dad hand picked the other five who would accompany him on his mission. I
would remain behind as the coordinator. I was patched into the city's
mainframe, so I was able to track police and criminal movements.

I sent them after Arsons first. The city was on fire and a miracle was
needed. I rerouted a commercial airliner and had them dump buckets of a new
chemical substance designed for fires on that sector of the city. I
contacted rusher friends of mine in that sector and soon had intel coming
in.

I reached out to other districts and found other friends to give me
intel. Soon i had more information coming in from all over the city. More
than the police were getting. Protests were soon shut down as Dad and his
officers shot stunners into the crowds, which bounced from person to
person. I sent out medical drones to help those who had been hurt by the
rioters. This included any contraceptives that any women needed.

Lastly, we targeted Sabine. He did not go down easily. He came to us, so to
speak. I was tracking him when the alarms of the lower levels went off.

"Dad," I said calmly into the mike. "We've got company."

"Are they good people?" he asked, our code for friend or foe.

"I think we've fallen in with a very bad crowd," I said, code for
enemies. "The one whom you've been looking for is paying us a visit."

Dad swore on the other end. I heard lots of movement. I activated the
defenses and watched as they walked into trap after trap, one after the
other falling. Sabine was down 20 men when the rest wouldn't take another
step. He shot two of them before realizing he was on his own. He walked
forward alone.

I let him get twenty feet from the rest before I boxed him in. The rest
fell down a shoot into the basement. Sabine, he got to the door, where
Dad's bodyguards waited for him.

Even after all my traps, Sabine did not spook easily. He would never go
down without a fight. The two guards I had were not enough. I had one
chance to stop him once and for all. He came in and saw me sitting there on
the couch, outside the control room, like nothing was wrong.

"Sabine," I said happily. "What a surprise! I'm so glad to see you."

"You are?" Sabine said with surprise. He had a raspy voice from too many
cigarettes and lots of alcohol. He was an ugly beast and I couldn't think
of one good reason for him to have gotten that wife of his. "Well I am most
glad to see you. Where is your father?"

"Oh, he went out on some errand," I said with nonchalance. "Some
disturbance or another. Can I get you a drink? Some Euphoria or Weed? Dad
just got in a new shipment and it really is the best stuff." I pulled a
vial from the side of the couch. It was full of a light blue liquid.

"Pure Euphoria, non diluted." I said. "One drop good for several hours."

"No, Evan," he said with malice. "Your father has made a mess of things. He
has taken down the ringleaders of our little riot at the worst possible
moment for me. Now I hear he wants my blood. I intend to cut out his heart
both physically and mentally." he leveled his gun at me and aimed for my
head. "It took a lot to find this place. Your father must love you, stupid
as you are. I can see why he never brought you to the Court."

"So you seek to kill me, to enrage my father and make him come after you in
his fury, hoping he'll slip up." I said it as a statement. I knew why he
was here. Known it from the beginning. With me dead, Dad would be furious
and in his grief, he would make mistakes and likely get himself killed.

"Yes," he said, his finger pulling the trigger. The shot went off and
sailed right through me. I grinned at him as he realized that he had just
shot a holographic construct. It was too late for him though to do anything
about it.

I jumped out of the control room and smashed the Euphoria into his
face. Sabine howled as the chemicals took effect. He fell to the ground
writhing in pain. His mind was still there so I calmly said while disarming
him, "Euphoria in such concentrated doses can cause extreme pain,
hallucinations, mental torture, insanity and death. Strong concentrations
can be absorbed through the skin and affect the mind. Variations of this
affect depends on where the chemicals enter the body and how far the
signals have to travel to the brain. Right in the face ought to do it."

Sabine was already losing his grip on reality. I could see it. I moved fast
and chained him up. Dad came flying in a few minutes later and found Sabine
sinking into madness. His arms were chained to the wall and he was fighting
them. I sat at the control rooms terminal, watching Sabine's men navigate
the labyrinth. I chose my targets this time and when only his blood kin
were left, I offered them a deal.

They were exhausted, these three men. Weary of battle, uncertainty, and the
ever increasing odds of death, they agreed to my terms.

Sabine's family would hand over the oldest son, who was just my age. He
would be our hostage as he was the next heir. The holdings of the family
would be reduced. Should the family rebel again, they would lose their
lives or end up like their patriarch. I showed them Sabine. He was wild and
deranged already and it would only get worse.

Dad's guard went down into the labyrinth and brought me our
prisoners. Sabine was hauled away to a more secure location. I turned to my
proud father and said, "With Sabine's fall, the city is yours. You are
effectively the Rogue of Captial City. What are your orders?"

"This is our city," he said coming over to me and hugging me. "We never
would have survived without the Exo Suits. You are now the Prince of the
Rogue's Court. Only my orders shall supercede yours. Once the city is under
control, we will bring back order and bring about a truce between the
Police and the Rogues. One that will protect our interests and secure our
position."

"We got this Dad," I said. "I've already reached out to the surviving
Lieutenants. I told them if they want a chance to keep what they have, then
they need to assert control and swear fealty. The riots are
over. Pharmacists are distributing anti-pregnancy meds to all the women
Sabine and his men raped. The arsons of the Factory District have been
arrested.

"Red cross has sent more doctors and are setting up clinics to treat the
less severly wounded. Garrez has orders to see to their safety or loose the
waterfront. The men that were arrested before escaped during the prison
riot and have made it underground. The prison itself has had a hacker fix
it's files, minus a few that shouldn't be there."

Dad looked at me and said, "You are a marvel, my Prince."

"You are a great warrior, my King. Whatever the future holds, we will deal
with it as a family."

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End of Chapter 3. More to come when I get the inspiration. All comments and
criticisms are welcome. It helps me be a better writer. Send them to
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