[ OT ] Sunday Free Write : Peanuts Edition

I was experimenting with a sci-fi dystopian thing. 
 
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 Special Agent Ganier walked down the bustling street. People unconsciously stepped aside to allowing him to pass with ease. The ocular implants would n't allow anyone to see him but they sent information to the brain telling them to move out of his way. 
 
 `` The apartment building coming up on your right Ganier.'' Agent Emerson's soft female voice said into his earpiece. 
 
 He nodded knowing they could see him from the countless cameras that were located around the street. Every building, pole, streetlight, mail box was fixed with a camera. Nothing went unseen in the city of Jericho. 
 
 `` The target is located on the sixth floor, apartment number sixty three.'' Emerson said. 
 
 `` I know Emerson, I got the same briefing you did,'' Ganier said. 
 
 `` Fine. You know you always get like this before an op.'' Emerson said. 
 
 `` Get like what?'' 
 
 `` A dick.'' 
 
 Emerson was n't dealing with the break up very well. 
 
 `` Roger that,'' Ganier said sarcastically. 
 
 He tried to clear his mind of Emerson and walked up the concrete steps of the apartment building. A young woman walked out pushing a stroller. Ganier caught the door and held it for her. She looked at the door askance for a second and then shrugged. 
 
 Ganier slipped inside and went to the elevators. He pressed the button and waited. After a few seconds he pressed the button rapidly. It probably did n't do anything but it made him feel better. Eventually the elevator stopped and the doors slid open. He waited for the young couple to step out before he walked inside. He pressed six and slid the pistol out of his shoulder holster. The target he was after had been hacking government websites for the past few days. It had taken a number of experts to trace his location back to this building. According to the analysts it was a lucky break. This guy was good, probably as good as they had ever seen. Ganier rolled his shoulders and took a deep breath. They wanted him alive to interrogate him so he would tell them how he broke in to their systems. 
 
 Alive always got messy. 
 
 The elevator stopped at the sixth floor and Ganier stalked out like a jungle cat that caught the scent of its prey. Apartment sixty three was at the end of the hall, the red door and gold numbers stood out in Ganier's enhanced vision. 
 
 `` Activate citizen safety measures,'' Ganier said into his earpiece. Emerson punched a command into the computer she was sitting at and Ganier began to emit a signal that suggested anyone on this floor would stay inside their apartment. It was a helpful tool for reducing collateral damage. 
 
 He stopped at apartment sixty three's door and knocked. Of course there was no answer. He took a step back and smiled. This was his favorite part. He pulled his foot back and kicked. His foot impacted the door with a thunderous crash sending the door flying into the apartment. Hinges could n't compete with his enhanced strength. He rushed inside behind the flying door and began clearing rooms. His vision could detect heat signatures, and pick up on even the slightest movement. To his disappointment the apartment was empty. 
 
 `` Emerson, yeah the target is n't here.'' 
 
 `` He was. Find something.'' She snapped angrily. 
 
 `` Women...'' Ganier said quietly to himself. 
 
 He holstered the pistol and began to look around more closely. The rooms were completely empty except for a single cot in the bedroom. There were empty food containers stacked in the kitchen and a few unopened beers in the fridge. 
 
 A hacker or a college student could have been living here. He opened the closet door in the bedroom. 
 
 The explosion sent him flying backwards into the wall. He smashed cleanly through the drywall and studs before coming to a stop in the adjacent apartment. Strong arms grabbed him and dragged him off the floor. The ringing in his ears was deafening. He could n't see anything but an after image of the explosion. Ganier struggled against the arms but he was too weak. They strapped him into a chair, he felt a sharp pain in his neck as a syringe was stabbed into him. 
 
 `` That should help you calm down Agent Ganier.'' A young man said as he walked into view. 
 
 It was a strange effect seeing the silhouette of the man behind the white flare permanently embedded in his vision. 
 
 `` Are your eyes bothering you? Well you did just take a large amount of C4 to the face. I am surprised you are doing as well as you are to be honest.'' 
 
 `` What do you want?'' Ganier shouted as he struggled against his bindings. 
 
 `` I want you to see the truth Agent Ganier.'' The man said with a smile. 
 
 The sound of a drill spun to life outside of Ganier's peripheral. 
 
 `` We only have a few minutes make it fast doctor.'' The man said stepping away. He was replaced by an old man wearing a white lab coat. 
 
 `` This may hurt a bit,'' he said sadly. 
 
 `` What will hurt?'' Ganier asked trying to move his head to see. The thick strap across his forehead made it impossible to move. 
 
 `` This.'' 
 
 The doctor plunged a spinning drill into Ganier's eye. Pain erupted inside his mind as the drill tore apart his ocular implant. The pain was too much and Ganier blacked out. 
 
 He woke up still strapped to the chair. He did n't know how much time had passed but he could still feel the echoes of the drill tearing into his eye. Heavy footsteps thundered down the hallway. They breached the door and piled inside. 
 
 `` Holy shit Ganier, you look awful,'' Emerson said as her face came into view. 
 
 His vision was blurry but he could still see the concern plain on her face. 
 
 `` Cut him loose he needs a doctor,'' she shouted to the men. 
 
 They made quick work of the straps and helped him stand. His legs were weak but he refused to let the men see just how weak he was. He walked on his own out of the apartment and to the elevator. Emerson pressed the button and helped him inside where he collapsed. 
 
 `` You stubborn bastard.'' 
 
 `` I know,'' he mumbled, pain kept shooting through his face like lightning bolts. 
 
 `` What did they do to me?'' he asked. 
 
 `` I do n't know we have n't touched the eye patch,'' she said. 
 
 `` Eye patch?'' 
 
 `` May I?'' she asked. 
 
 He nodded slowly. She reached out and gingerly removed the eye patch covering his right eye. 
 
 She gasped and fell backward. 
 
 `` What? What is it?'' Ganier asked in a panic. 
 
 `` Your eye... they... replaced your eye.'' 
 
 Ganier blinked against the blinding fluorescent light. His right eye was blurry and unfocused. 
 
 `` What do you mean replaced it?'' He asked. 
 
 `` You do n't have a digital implant anymore. You have a regular... eye.'' 
 
 A voice in Ganier's mind interrupted their conversation. 
 
 `` You must be wondering what's going on Ganier. You're about to see for yourself.'' 
 
 The elevator stopped at the ground floor and Emerson helped Ganier up. 
 
 `` Jesus you are heavy,'' she grunted. 
 
 They shuffled out of the apartment building and down the concrete steps. Ganier gasped and stopped. 
 
 `` What are you doing?'' she asked. 
 
 The entire city was different. Sprawling beautiful buildings were replaced with run down structures that were falling apart. He turned and looked at the apartment they had just left. The once perfectly laid red bricks were stained and broken. Windows were boarded up and the place looked condemned. 
 
 People walked by them wearing little more than rags. They all smiled and talked happily blissfully unaware of the filth they were walking past. 
 
 `` Yes Ganier. Now you understand. I have torn the veil away from your eyes. Now you see the truth of the world we live in.'' The voice in his mind was a little more than a whisper. 
 
 `` You are all puppets. You are all living a carefully constructed lie. In the land of the blind the man with one eye is king.'' Laughter echoed through his mind. 
 
 Ganier collapsed to the broken sidewalk. 
 
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