Year: 2040 – New York City, Outskirts
22:13pm
The warehouse reeked of gasoline, rust, and rotting humanity. It squatted near the edge of the docks like a dying beast, floodlights humming, guards patrolling with military-grade rifles. Surveillance drones circled like vultures.
Inside, caged children sobbed quietly under flickering lights, the sound of chains echoing like a dirge.
And above it all, perched in his office like a king, was Vincent Granz.former mafia enforcer turned cartel lord. Tattoos of circuit boards traced his arms. He was no ordinary man. Rumor had it he'd synced with the Execution Code. A corrupted one.
"A false Executor," Lucy said, crouched beside Riven on a rooftop two blocks away. "Unstable. Dangerous. But still synced. The System considers him rogue."
Riven narrowed his eyes at the building. "And the crew?"
"About thirty armed guards. Ex-military. All loyal. All willing to die."
"Good," Riven muttered. "Let's break them."
James cracked his neck, adjusting his gloves. "Finally. Some action."
Lucy leapt first, boots barely making a sound. Her twin digital swords gleamed, slicing a guard's rifle clean in half before embedding into his chest.
He fell to the ground, dead in seconds.
James followed, his shoulder-cannon forming mid-jump. He dropped three guards with a single Burst Shot, the impact turning tearing them apart blood everywhere.
Riven sprinted beside Moses, weaving between crates. Kelvin stayed behind, fingers glowing as he laid down Firewall traps along the exits.
"Go loud," Lucy ordered over the system link.
Moses vanished into a blur, an afterimage shooting left and striking a guard in the neck with a high-pitched ping.
Guards swarmed in from all directions. Bullets flew.
Riven darted forward, hand glowing red, eyes locked on his first target.
Red Judgment: Engaged
He touched the guard's chest—instant deletion. No sound. No scream. Just silence and data ash.
"Riven, right flank!" James called.
Riven pivoted—two more guards. One shot grazed his shoulder.
A flick of his wrist. Two more bodies vanished.
Kelvin's traps activated behind them—flaming walls of digital energy boxed in the rest of the grunts.
"Fun's over," Moses said, kicking the last guard into a hex trap that incinerated him mid-air.
22:25 – pm Objective Reached
They stood before a steel vault door. Riven scanned it with his system eye.
[Encrypted Lock: Grade A] [Security Node Linked to Target: Vincent Granz]
"Leave it to me," Lucy said.
Her sword reformed into a code lance, slicing through the wall. Sparks flew.
Inside, Vincent sat on a throne of wires, VR screens surrounding him. His arms pulsed with corrupted binary energy. His body was augmented, bloated with digital implants.
"Well, well," he sneered. "The pretty dog from Death Protocol."
"You're done," Lucy replied coldly.
Vincent stood. The code around him twisted violently.
[WARNING: A Class Corruption Detected] [Status: Rogue Executor] System Type: Infected]
"Kill 'em," he hissed.
The floor erupted.
"Split!" Lucy shouted.
Riven dodged left, ducking under a corrupted blade. One of the bodyguard snarled, half-machine, half-glitch. It moved fast.
Riven touched him
Red Judgment: Activated.
James blasted a turret with Armor Break, while Kelvin sealed off reinforcements.
Lucy went straight for Vincent.
Their swords clashed—his a jagged black mess of corrupted data, hers a sleek, humming blade of pure protocol.
Riven's second enemy knocked him down—jagged claws grazing his chest. Pain lanced through him. System warning buzzed in his head.
He growled, rolling under a slash and grabbing the man's wrist.
" That's it ."
Execution: Confirmed
The corrupted enforcer blinked once
then disintegrated.
Only Vincent remained.
He clashed blades with Lucy—then kicked her aside. She hit a wall, wounded.
Riven stood between them.
"You think you're strong, rookie?" Vincent taunted, his arm mutating into a data axe. "You're just a low-level freak."
"Maybe," Riven said.
His body glowed red. Scan activated. Vincent's In rage.
Riven surged forward.
He dodged the axe, slid under the blow, and pressed both palms to Vincent's chest.
"Erase."
The system screamed in binary. Red light engulfed the room.
Vincent's scream turned digital—then ceased.
The boss was gone.
System Update: [Target Eliminated.] [Riven Kane: Rank C]
Level up.
The warehouse burned behind them.
Lucy looked at Riven and smirked.
"Not bad, rookie."
Riven didn't smile. He stared into the flames.