Shattered
Part One: Byrne
Chapter Two
The Last Time
"But I swear that's what it said!" I repeated for the sixteenth time.
We were sitting in a circle, all of Dojo, even Old School.
"But Ed, that's impossible. All of Bedlam's DNA clones use the same voice chip."
"I'm telling you this one didn't." I sigh when I see that none of them believe me. "Fine." I say, throwing up my arms. "Believe whatever you want.
"How 'bout that thing they shot me with, Fizz." Byrne said. "You know what it is?"
"Sure. It's a Class Five laser. Guaranteed to stun, not kill." Fizz shrugged.
"But that's all it was, right?" Byrne asked.
"As far as I can tell, yeah."
"Good." Byrne said. "I'm going for a walk."
None of us realized that it would be the last time we ever saw him alive.