Geir’s artificial eye scrolled all that information of her speed and direction of travel. He hadn’t even pointed the weapon at her and she reacted violently. He knew his gut instincts were right about her. He hesitated on the trigger and she tackled him, her words were mindless dribble to him as he waited for her to end his life. 

When she straightened and he was still breathing was her undoing, he climbed to his feet. “So you decide to physically attack me instead of talking.” He shook his head and aimed the weapon at her. “You could have told me all that shit without tackling me and I might have considered it to be truth. I don’t see you anything but a threat. Your words and attempt at the guilt trip will not work on me. It just makes me want to shoot.” He aimed his gun.

Two shots were fired, Geir jerked violently twice the first bullet tore open his lung and lodged in a rib. The second it his heart stopping it instantly the bullet was halted by his breastbone. He dropped to his knees, then toppled over.

Wrench stood there shaking the smoking gun literally in her hands. Her body shook and she swallowed hard. “I,” she said lowering the weapon. “I was listening. I implanted a communication in his eye, so I could listen.” She dropped the gun her eyes latched on the man she just killed. “He was acting so strange, the chemicals spilt in his brain before I could catch it. I thought I got it all but he kept having the violent mood swings. He shouldn’t have gone off the deep end like that.”

Kenji stumbled into the room clearly never tranquilized, a little intoxicated, and he kicked the gun away from Wrench who continued to mumble to herself. He checked Geir’s pulse and let out a sigh. His eyes moved to the android. “Sorry, I freaked out there. I needed time to get things straight in my head.” He glanced over his shoulder as Wrench stopped babbling. “I don’t know how you can be so accepting of what I have become. I am not the person I was.” He rose to his feet. “Maybe that is what scared me the most.”

"It was after the announcement," Wrench said. "The fact his leadership position was becoming called into question that I noticed the change."

He sat on the bed and stared at the floor. "He was going to kill Cassie to break me so I wouldn't challenge his title? That is insane."

"I don't think he was in his right mind, Kenji." Wrench left the room grabbing her gun on the way out.