The Gene Generation Page #3

need some down time.

All right, I'll catch you later.

Oh, well.

Who the f*** are you?

Where's Christian?

Who wants to know?

The Transcoder.

I don't have a clue what

you're talking about, okay?

Get your hands off me!

- Where is it?!

- Where's what?

The device that

gave you these wounds.

Ow! Okay, all right!

Ease up!

Aw, sh*t.

A guy... a guy named

Randall's got it.

I need it back.

What...

what's in it for me?

You get to eat, sh*t,

live and be merry.

Forget it.

What?

My life's a sh*t

sandwich anyway, man.

Huh?!

Come on!

Shoot me, kill me,

do me a favor!

The other half when you

deliver The Transcoder.

But if you can't do it,

better make sure your

affairs are in order.

Yo, Mouse.

Hey. Ooh, sorry.

Just put it back.

I'm sorry.

Hey... hey,

what the hell, man?

- Shh.

- What the f***?

Where the hell

did you get that?

Oh, this? Just from some guy

looking for The Transcoder.

- The what?

- Thing we found at my neighbor's place!

Not that... that stabbing thing?

Yes!

This is only half. We get another

- Huh?

- No.

No, Jackie. No.

Yes! This is the real deal, man.

And there's a hell of a lot

more where this came from.

And when we give it

to the guy, what,

you think he's gonna

be cool with us walking?

Come on, man.

You know me, all right?

I need you there.

I can't do this alone.

All right?

I thought you had my back?

I do, man, but...

it's suicide.

Suicide?

Huh. All right.

You did that on your own

a long time ago.

W- what if your probation officer

finds out about your gambling

and breaking

into Christian's place...

That was all

f***ing you, Jackie.

I got this gig now

and I'm digging it.

Okay?

You freak.

What, are you gonna spend the rest

of your life working in that shithole?

What a f***ing loser.

You're a f***ing loser!

And that is all I have.

What, did you wake up this morning

and decide it was a good day to die?

All it takes is one bullet

to kill a man.

What are you, nuts?!

Did some of that sh*t

from last night seep into your brain

and make you stupider?!

Where's The Trans...

the thing you took from me?

Well, we've got a problem.

I gave it away.

Now why don't you

be a good little boy

and put down the gun

and let's... dance or something?

I guess it is a good day to die!

Whoa!

All right!

All right, I'll get it!

No!

Send someone else to get it.

You stay on your knees!

All right. Are we cool now?

Is there anything else

that you want?

- Lick my shoes.

- What?!

Lick my shoes!

No no no.

The bottom.

Stay back.

No! Don't shoot!

I want him alive!

You got it?

Hey, kid?

I'm talking to you.

Tracking device.

So how did it feel?

Don't spend it all in one place.

You know what, kid?

You did okay.

I could use someone like you.

The Transcoder is ours.

I knew you'd find it.

You were right about Christian

having it the whole time.

Hurry. Hook it up.

The calibration shift.

Hey.

Where the hell

is The Transcoder?

- Calm down, we can talk.

- Give me the damn Transcoder!

Put the gun down. Listen, I don't have

a clue what you're talking about.

Don't play stupid with me.

I know you have it.

She doesn't have it!

- Jackie, what...

- His place is trashed, all right!

The door was open

when I got home.

So whoever broke in probably

has your stupid thingy!

Then why did my homing device

lead me straight to the two of you?

Under the sink, grab the ropes.

This is the second time in a week.

Are you going to tell me

what's going on?

What?

Just because you don't have it

doesn't mean you didn't have it.

What are you not telling me?

Nothing!

Jackie, this is not a good

time to play games with me.

Would it kill you just

to believe me once?

You know what?

I gotta... I gotta go.

Mouse set me up

with an interview.

Everything looks good here.

Hey!

Are you calm enough

to tell me what's this Trans...

Transcoder.

Transcoder is?

If you really don't know,

then you're better off.

Safer.

If I were you, I wouldn't be

worrying about my safety.

Huh.

Well?

The Transcoder...

it's a unidirectional

biological

encoder.

A what?

It reconfigures a person's DNA

in various sequences

without the need for a tissue sample.

- You have illegal contraband.

- I had.

This device could end

disease as we know it.

It would wipe out

the pharmaceutical industry.

You take this device,

upload the information...

- You're a DNA hacker.

- Only takes one rearrangement to kill.

That's a DNA hacker.

But it also takes

one rearrangement to heal.

And that's a DNA scientist.

And that's what I am.

This Transcoder is different.

I built it to introduce

RNA nanoparticles into the body.

It's like a... a subtle addition

of new DNA instructions.

What's so new and so

special about this one?

It's special in that

it doesn't need to sample

the patient's DNA

to write effective code.

It's also the last one.

The microchip containing

the blueprints

was destroyed in the fire.

You have to believe me.

Ow.

What are these?

It's The Transcoder.

It punctures into the arm

to retrieve a sample DNA code.

It then sends that

code to another host.

Since no two

DNA codes can co-exist,

the results...

could be catastrophic.

You should learn to do

your homework, Solemn.

Jackie...

is the brother of one

of my trained assassins...

Michelle.

Bring him back!

Bring me Christian.

The assassin lives

next door to Christian.

Good.

Make things even easier.

Don't assume things

are so easy, Abraham.

I'll give Michelle one last mission.

Michelle, details of your last

assignment are all in the folder.

Bring back this hacker

and the tickets will be yours.

When we have what we want,

we'll leave at once

before she realizes that those tickets

are already spoken for.

I can bring Christian back myself!

- We don't need to use...

- You'll stay here

and look after our sister.

Don't worry.

Michelle has never failed me.

When she gets her mission,

we get Christian.

Consider it done.

Is this the way you usually

introduce yourself to strangers?

Worse.

I can believe it.

- The answer's no.

- To what?

I don't have The Transcoder.

I wasn't going to ask about it.

Chrysanthemum tea, my favorite.

You could've killed me.

Yeah, it could be worse.

You think I'm one of them, don't you?

- One of what?

- A DNA hacker.

It's okay.

Most people do.

We live in a world where we're judged

in everything we do.

You're either this or that,

nothing in between.

I know what that feels like.

You always carry these?

- Protection.

- Yeah?

Yeah. Or...

- you're an assassin.

- What are you saying?

It's not too hard to put two and two

together... the way you live.

You're an introvert, recluse...

secretive. Not to mention

your physical prowess

and your general knowledge

about DNA hacking.

You're judging me now?

You lead the exact same

kind of lifestyle as I do.

It's ironic, isn't it?

It's like whatever

path we choose in this life,

this generation has been

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