Title: Light Returns
"Gerald takes a high-caliber round to his back, but his armored coat and cybernetic skeleton absorb the lethal impact completely," the security log displayed on the vault monitor.
Gerald stepped away from the reinforced threshold of Vault Three, leaving the inner sanctum secure behind him.
His cybernetic processors hummed softly, cycling coolant fluid through his internal dampeners to dissipate the lingering heat of the bullet strike.
He strode purposefully down the smoky, red-lit corridor toward the main service stairwell that led straight into the building's bowels.
The acoustic dampening of his heavy boots muffled his steps as he descended deeper into the industrial underbelly of the convention center.
The air grew thick with the hum of heavy electrical
