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a DarkSF short story

by John Argo


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title by John ArgoROBERT ONE, ROBERT ONE, THIS IS UNIT SUSIE, DO YOU COPY?

ROGER, UNIT SUSIE, THIS IS ROBERT ONE. I AM TRACKING YOU. YOUR TRANSMISSION OF FINGERPRINTS IS COMPLETE.

THIS IS SUSIE, ROBERT ONE. I HAVE A BLOOD SAMPLE. UPLOAD, UPLOAD, ROBERT ONE TO SATELLITE NANCY.

SATELLITE NANCY, READY TO RECEIVE.

THIS IS SATELLITE NANCY. UPLOAD COMPLETED. DOWNLOADING NORTH AMERICAN CRIMINAL ID BASE, SPECIAL UNIT SEXOFFENSE INVESTIGATION ELEMENT 5634. HOLD, ROBERT ONE.

HOLDING, SATELLITE NANCY. HOLD, SUSIE.

SUSIE HERE. HOLDING, ROBERT ONE. VIDEO TRACKING ACTIVE. SUBJECT NOW COMMITTING 6789.07 WITH VIOLENCE LEVEL 3. I AM TRANSMITTING THE DNA ANALYZED BLOOD WORK RESULTS.

THIS IS NORTH AMERICAN CID BASE, SUSIE 5634. DATA UPLOAD COMPLETE. UPLINK CLOSED. SCAN SHOWS THREE PREVIOUS OFFENSES LEVEL ONE CAPITAL CRIMES. BLOOD/DNA AND FINGERPRINT I.D. VERIFIED; NO HUMAN INVOLVEMENT REQUIRED. LEGAL STATUS: SUSIE 5634 CONTAINS HUMAN TISSUE. VIDEO EVIDENCE REVIEWED BY DATABASE AND SUBJECT GUILTY. BEGIN PARSE SENTENCING. [BOOLEAN (1.CRUEL = YES) AND (2.UNUSUAL=NO IN RE INHUMANITY OF OFFENSE)]. SENTENCING COMPLETE PER U.S. CODE 99104.56. NO HUMAN INTERVENTION REQUIRED. EXECUTE IN THE FIELD. RECORD FORWARDED TO 4TH CIRCUIT FOR HUMAN POSTMORTEM REVIEW. TRANSMISSION COMPLETED. CASE CLOSED. NORTH AMERICAN CID BASE OUT.

NANCY OUT.

ROBERT OUT.

SUSIE OUT.

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