manufacturing and distribution of crunch dust. Planet of origin, Earth.
This guy was always one step ahead of the law and a real piece of work: busted for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon at age 14, authorities believe Charon’s indoctrination into the life involved cleaning-out the register of a local holograph and music store at gunpoint.
He shot a customer that tried to run out of the building. A lady in her third trimester. She lost her baby from the trauma. Charon fled on foot with a bag full of money and credits but was picked up by the cops four days later when an anonymous source dimed his whereabouts for a reward.
Charon was out in under two years because he was a minor. But while in stir, it was believed that he shanked two kids, but it could never be proven. The story is that Charon stabbed the other two inmates while they tried to rape another young man that was just brought into the facility the night before.
Turns out that the kid he saved was the only son of a known syndicate boss named Jonathan Ness. A major player in the underground and deemed untouchable by the Alliance Council. So Charon had achieved status from the other juveniles on the inside for his actions, and inadvertently paved the way for his future by saving Ness’s son.
They became friends, and that friendship blossomed when they were released. Ness’s kid, Fredric, introduced Charon to his old man as a gesture.
Years later, at the tender age of 24, the police nailed Charon for carjacking, but he beat the rap and never served time thanks to a high priced lawyer provided by his new fairy godfather Jonathan Ness. Ness became his benefactor, and two years later, when his own son overdosed on a harquinol and crunch dust cocktail called a speed demon, he took Charon under his wing like a son.
At age 32, Charon was suspected of kidnapping an 18 year old girl along with multiple homicides that occurred across three cities over a period of four years...all believed to have been done on behalf of his newly adopted family. He had graduated to hitman. But the authorities couldn’t pin any of the murders on him, and the girl was never found.
He turned up later on Nexus as the “Manager” of the largest casino on Colony-9 (also known as Fluture). Nothing slipperier than a criminal that migrates across planets and colonies.
For Charon, money would never be a problem. When his mentor Ness died, Charon was rooted deep in the family business. A made man. He had expensive tastes and apparently enjoyed indulging in the finer things in life. Well-manicured, well-dressed, and heavily guarded by a group of scumbags wearing pricey suits, it just goes to show you that no matter how many times you polish a turd, it’s still a turd.
The profile indicated that Charon was behind the kidnapping of young women, getting them addicted to crunch, and turning them into high dollar call girls for the big spenders in his casino. Politicians, corporate shakers, celebrities, and inter-planetary delegates...a nice long roster of wealthy clients. All hush-hush and stealth for the reputations on the make.
I may not have amounted to much in the eyes of many in this life, but at least I’ve never preyed on the innocent. Charon was a predator of women and children. A reptile. And now my employers want him dead, and I’m the one that gets to end him for a twelve million credit contract. I am become death.
The instructions: get to New Detroit within the next two weeks and find a man named Charles “Kurlie” Montrell, a mid-level crime boss. He would provide me with a means to get to Nexus undetected. An expense account has been set up for my mission. But the first move--get sober...
Chapter 2
Kurlie
T his outsider walks into my bar a few weeks ago. Overdressed for my place, and that’s what made him stand out a little. Looked more like one of those stuck-up
This guy was always one step ahead of the law and a real piece of work: busted for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon at age 14, authorities believe Charon’s indoctrination into the life involved cleaning-out the register of a local holograph and music store at gunpoint.
He shot a customer that tried to run out of the building. A lady in her third trimester. She lost her baby from the trauma. Charon fled on foot with a bag full of money and credits but was picked up by the cops four days later when an anonymous source dimed his whereabouts for a reward.
Charon was out in under two years because he was a minor. But while in stir, it was believed that he shanked two kids, but it could never be proven. The story is that Charon stabbed the other two inmates while they tried to rape another young man that was just brought into the facility the night before.
Turns out that the kid he saved was the only son of a known syndicate boss named Jonathan Ness. A major player in the underground and deemed untouchable by the Alliance Council. So Charon had achieved status from the other juveniles on the inside for his actions, and inadvertently paved the way for his future by saving Ness’s son.
They became friends, and that friendship blossomed when they were released. Ness’s kid, Fredric, introduced Charon to his old man as a gesture.
Years later, at the tender age of 24, the police nailed Charon for carjacking, but he beat the rap and never served time thanks to a high priced lawyer provided by his new fairy godfather Jonathan Ness. Ness became his benefactor, and two years later, when his own son overdosed on a harquinol and crunch dust cocktail called a speed demon, he took Charon under his wing like a son.
At age 32, Charon was suspected of kidnapping an 18 year old girl along with multiple homicides that occurred across three cities over a period of four years...all believed to have been done on behalf of his newly adopted family. He had graduated to hitman. But the authorities couldn’t pin any of the murders on him, and the girl was never found.
He turned up later on Nexus as the “Manager” of the largest casino on Colony-9 (also known as Fluture). Nothing slipperier than a criminal that migrates across planets and colonies.
For Charon, money would never be a problem. When his mentor Ness died, Charon was rooted deep in the family business. A made man. He had expensive tastes and apparently enjoyed indulging in the finer things in life. Well-manicured, well-dressed, and heavily guarded by a group of scumbags wearing pricey suits, it just goes to show you that no matter how many times you polish a turd, it’s still a turd.
The profile indicated that Charon was behind the kidnapping of young women, getting them addicted to crunch, and turning them into high dollar call girls for the big spenders in his casino. Politicians, corporate shakers, celebrities, and inter-planetary delegates...a nice long roster of wealthy clients. All hush-hush and stealth for the reputations on the make.
I may not have amounted to much in the eyes of many in this life, but at least I’ve never preyed on the innocent. Charon was a predator of women and children. A reptile. And now my employers want him dead, and I’m the one that gets to end him for a twelve million credit contract. I am become death.
The instructions: get to New Detroit within the next two weeks and find a man named Charles “Kurlie” Montrell, a mid-level crime boss. He would provide me with a means to get to Nexus undetected. An expense account has been set up for my mission. But the first move--get sober...
Chapter 2
Kurlie
T his outsider walks into my bar a few weeks ago. Overdressed for my place, and that’s what made him stand out a little. Looked more like one of those stuck-up
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