Mike was trembling.
He admitted it to himself; he was scared.
He had heard of the Red Circles, and how they were indestructible. He knew they were some of the first to show Lebedev Syndrome. He had watched some incidents on the internet and television before the Meltdown became devastating. But he had never come close to any of them. He knew they were a selected bunch, known for their notoriety and sick ruthlessness, and most of them had been in prison.
He had hoped he would never see one, but here he was, right in front of one of them. His heart was beating with trepidation and horror as he looked at the Red Circle.
"Are you going to kill us?" he asked, striving for calm, but his voice shook nonetheless.
"No, at least not all of you," she said and laughed softly. "My name is Ela
