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The Lift

Allan Onik

    The burglar lifted the instrument in the dark museum. The other eyed it.
    “What the hell is that thing?”
    “It’s called a Nanoknife. It uses an electrical impulse. Stole it from a hospital—quite dandy.”
    “Like this overcoat? Dandy. Stole it from an Army Navy surplus store. Russian. Special forces. Cross reinforced titanium mesh—can stop shotgun scatter.”
    The burglar lifted the instrument and began to cut into the glass case. The diamond was the size of a golf ball—cut like a pentagon. He grabbed it and slipped it into the satchel.

    When they crawled out the air duct they headed for the black Hummer. It was running and the two dwarves slipped into the back seat in the dark.
    “Kick it,” one of the them said. The car idled. One of the little men sat forward. The ex-SEAL’s throat was cut and his Omega watch missing. “Fuck me!”

    The two walked down the iced street. On the outskirts, the signs were faded and buildings dilapidated. The fog was thick.
    “But, of course, the cloak is mine!” came a voice in the mist. Seizing hold of his collar, the burglar was about to shout “watch,” when a second man thrust a fist, about the size of a man’s head, into the dwarf’s mouth, muttering, “Now scream!”

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