The Hunt

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Coltons perspective
Manhattan
One week ago

The buildings passed Colton quickly. It had been a little under a month since he had awoke from his coma. At first he had found any former of physical work to be agonising. Greenburg had used what would be called straight medicine to help him recover. Colton had insisted on Greenburg using whatever was at his disposal to help. On the sixth of his stay at Greenburgs complex, Greenburg had used specially designed Nanobots to repair the damage muscle. The medical treatment afforded by Greenburg had put him on the fast track to recovery, already he was running at a fast pace with nearly no hint of pain. Truth be told, Colton thought he was faster than he had been.

As usual he ran at a gentle pace for five minutes before beginning his proper exercise. One minute of a run followed by thirty seconds of sprinting, repeated several times until near exhaustion. At first a numb pain ran though his back but it quickly subsided. As he sprinted for the last time of the day, he muscles screamed in protest, his heart raced and his lungs howled. He reached his goal and curled over, vomiting. He was a drained and he was several blocks away from the place he was staying. He slowly made his way back.

He had rented a room from a young woman. Her name was Debbie White, a local university student who had trouble paying her bills. The price she wanted for the room was extortionate but this place was frequented a lot by off worlders. So Colton wouldnt stick out.

When he returned to the apartment it was empty. Debbie would be in a class at university. He had a long shower before getting dressed and having lunch. He sat at Debbies computer terminal, switching it on and inputting his login details. Debbie had been kind enough to let him use it.

Colton felt strong now, strong enough to take a job on. He searched the neural net for bounties for wanted criminals on Manhatten. It wasnt difficult, within the first few seconds of the search several thousand bounties had appeared. Drug dealers, weapon smugglers, all the usual suspects appeared on screen.

Colton smirked as he picked his target.