Hey there, my name's Josh. Josh Shea Krynn, to be exact. This story starts two years ago, but only briefly...

As a kid, I didn't ever get to see my father. He was always off on some Desert Wars mission or 'Corp Busness' or some such. But I didn't mind. I could get along, especially after I found out I was a physical adept (for those of you livin way-y-y in the past, a physical adept is a type of magician that uses magic to further their body's actions, limits, abilities, and so on). After I 'left' the corporation (Aztechnology wasn't happy with me after I skipped out), I soon found friends (a hard thing to come by in the shadows). One was named Hawk. Nobody knew his real name, and he was as cold as ice. A true elite Shadowrunner. His calling was to protecting people, though on no few occasions was he without need of some extra clips of APDS ammo (where he got them, I'll never know). After Hawk came EZ-C (a true-to-life pimp), The Grifter (one of many with that name), and finally Gome. Gome had a mixed past, most of which he cannot remember. Seems some large bullet to the skull a year or ten ago seemed to short out his memory of who he was, who he knew, and who he had ticked off. Seems he hadn't forgotten his skills, however, and could throw a grenade into a fray and only hit the bad guys. He was very erratic, however, and liked to kill, maim, and even eat his opponents.

We had all run together for a year or so, getting to know each other pretty well, having our share of drinks, women, and the occasional exploded apartment. Then one day my Aunt Danielle walked in my door, looking for Gome! I asked her why she was up here in Seattle, and she replied that she didn't know that I had even moved here after my 'leaving' the corp. Interested in her motives, I asked her why she is looking for my dwarven friend. She looked at me like I was crazy, and told me that 'Gome' was my father, Jack Krynn.

I couldn't believe it! After three years of running with this man, and getting along so well, neither of us recognized each other? Unbelieveable! When Gome (Jack) walked in, he was startled that my Aunt knew him, and new a name that he could not remember. They chatted a while, a few hours at least, Jack constantly looking at me in bewilderment. I had a father! This was too much excitement for me, so I went out to our regular hangout, Matchsticks Bar & Grill, and found Hawk there, enticing the ladies with his unspeakable charm. I mentioned to him that I knew Gome's past, and he about fell off his chair! He hurried me back to the apartment we all shared, and found Jack in a fierce firefight against three armed men, with Aunt Daniella already shot and dead!

Hawk and I quickly attacked the three remaining men, killing all but the leader. He was a typical Security Gaurd from Aztechnology, here to kill my father. He revealed that Aztechnology was angered at Jack (like father like son!) for 'walking out' after being shot in Desert Wars VI. Walked out? He was dazed! Well, back to the story... they had placed a Cortex Bomb (ouch) in my father's skull in case this kind of thing ever happened (thourough, aren't they?). The only setback to this nifty little device that could be touched off by a remote controll, was that the guy with the remote detenator had to be within 10 feet of Gome when he pushed the button, else it wouldn't work. The only reason the guard didn't blow Jack's head through the roof was the fact that his weapon had misfired in his holster, crushing the device into oblivion.

That cortex bomb would explain a lot of quirks in dad's head. Like those flashbacks he kept having right in the middle of a firefight (how very convienent), his 'odd' style of dress, and his serious love of eating his dead opponents (well, most of them were dead). Well, anywho, our lives have been tossed back to normal, if you could consider five friends, two of them father and son, running from the various MegaCorporations normal, that is...

Written by Josh "Shea Goodkind" Krynn
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