Where Heroes Fear to Tread
Heroes! Pah! he spat, venomously. Always poking
their noses into other peoples business. Do you think they have
this trouble when they try to construct a new particle accelerator? I
expect theyve got a hero-proofing allocation in their big-fat
budgets. Bastards. Ive had it with heroes. And thats why
Ive had a device constructed
Thatll wipe them out once and for all?
The General paused in the middle of his declamation.
Klytus, have you listened to a word Ive been saying?
The smaller man flinched and took a step backward. If I started
a project like that wed have heroic numskulls bursting in
through the skylights before the day was out. No, Ive had this
construction work outsourced to a perfectly reputable firm, and what
it is is my way out. Im leaving, Klytus, for some other plane
where villainy can flourish uninhibited. And the Context Editor is
whats going to make it possible.
The what, chief?
The
look, its in one of the big crates in the
sub-basement. Follow me. And bring that crowbar.
You can find the complete version of Where Heroes Fear to Tread in issue 71 of TBD.