Title: Metal and Shadow
"A snake inside your own house sold your life for a fraction of Christ's gold," Ghost-Blade hissed, stepping his monomolecular blade closer until the energy field hummed against Gerald's collar.
Gerald did not flinch. The pale blue light of the blade illuminated the cold, unyielding contours of his artificial skin, reflecting off his glowing crimson optical sensors.
"Then the snake will be buried along with the shadow that bought him," Gerald replied, his deep voice vibrating with absolute lethality.
Before the assassin could thrust the humming weapon forward, Gerald moved with terrifying, military-grade speed. His right hand snapped up like a hydraulic vice, clamping directly around the flat edge of the monomolecular blade.
The ionized energy field hisse
