JUDGE DREDD THE COLD DECK EXCLUSIVE FREE PREVIEW
Mar 12, 2016
JUDGE DREDD
THE COLD DECKEXCLUSIVE FREE PREVIEW
...Y’KNOWWHAT A COLD
DECK IS? ENLIGHTENME.
WHAT,YOU THINK THEY
NOTICED? YOU WOUNDME, DREDDY. J-JUST
_ KAFF! _ SORELOSERS, THAT’S ALL. SORE...
NEXTROUND, YOU GOT
THEM CARDS RIGGED _ KAFF! _ RIGGED TO FALL JUST HOW
YOU WANT.
AN’ THAT_ KAFF! _ IS HOW \TOOK THE MCKLUSKY
BOYS FOR A COOL HUNDRED THOU. \ WAS GONNA_ KAFF! _ GONNA
RETIRE...
...SORE LOSERS...
NOTANYMORE.
IT’SWHEN YOU
SWAP OUT ACLEAN DECK FOR
A STACKEDONE. REAL QUICK,
SO’S NOBODY _ KAFF! _ NOBODY SEES IT HAPPEN. BEST TIME IS AFTER SOME
BIG ACTION, WHILEEVERYONE’S STILL
DISTRACTED.
BADMISTAKE,
FRISCO. THEMCKLUSKYS NEVER
WERE FOND OFCARD
SHARKS.
DREDD?
NOTINTERRUPTING,
AM \?
BUELL.
AL EWING
HENRY FLINT
CHRIS BLYTHE
ANNIE PARKHOUSE
THE COLD DECKPART ONE
HERK AND JERK MCKLUSKY _ A PAIR OF LEGBREAKERS WHO’D REMAINED UNCUBED
MOSTLY THROUGH DUMB LUCK. THEIR LUCK HAD RUN OUT NOW, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE’S.
SO FIND ‘EM, BOOK ‘EM, CUBE ‘EM, AND ON TO THE NEXT CREEP. KEEP MOVING. KEEP
WAVING THE DAYSTICK.
WHILE IT ALL SINKS SLOWLY INTO HELL...
THE DUMB WAS STILL RUNNING, THOUGH.
‘MORE TEMPORARY THAN WE THOUGHT. SHE WAS FOUND DEAD AN HOUR
AGO AT THE BOTTOM OF A SECTOR 13 CHEM-PIT.’
THEY’D FOLLOW THEIR INSTINCTS _ GO TO GROUND. FALL BACK ON OLD FRIENDS, OLD HABITS...
THEY’D BE EASY ENOUGH TO FIND.
YOUWANTED TOTALK TO ME,
BUELL?
SOMETHING\ NEED HELP WITH. YOU REMEMBER JUDGE FOLGER?
THE ACTINGWALLY SQUAD
CHIEF? TEMPORARYREPLACEMENT FOR
HOLLISTER?
HARD TO SAYWHAT KILLED HER, BUTACCORDING TO FORENSICSTHE BONES ARE SHOWINGSTRESSES CONSISTENT WITH DEEP-TISSUE BODY ALTERATION _
THAT’STHE THING _
SHE DIDN’T TAKE CASES. FOLGER WAS
STRICTLY ADMIN OVER AT WALLY
DIV.
ONEJOB AT A
TIME.
IN AMINUTE, BUELL.
SO SHEWAS UNDERCOVERAT THE TIME. WHAT WAS SHE WORKING
ON?
SHE WAS ONPERSONAL TIME. HER
SUB-DERMAL TRANSPONDER SENT OUT A DISTRESS
SIGNAL WHEN IT MELTED_ THAT’S HOW WE
FOUND HER.ANYWAY,
THAT’S THE BAD NEWS. YOU WANT
THE WORSE NEWS?
IN THEUNDERCITY, YOU
MEAN? CAN’T SAYAS \ HAVE _ \ HEAR
IT’S ALL WEREWOLVESAND CANNIBALSDOWN THERE ANYWAY.
\ BELIEVE YOU,
LANNY.
WHAT?
BUTYOU KNEW THAT,
RIGHT?
EVENAN OLD FRIEND.
EVERBEEN TO OLDMANHATTAN,
BUELL?
C’MON,PLEASE, \... \ DON’T KNOW NOTHIN’, \
SWEAR...
YOU OBVIOUSLYDON’T KNOW WHERE
THE MCKLUSKYSARE. TOO BAD. WE’DHAVE LIKED TO HAVEGOTTEN THEM OFF
THE STREETS, WOULDN’T WE,
BUELL?
OH, SURE, SURE. BEFORE THEYHURT SOMEBODY.THEY WON’T WANT ANYONE ALIVE WHO COULD
TURN ‘EM IN.
ANYPERPS YOU KNOW
ABOUT HERE, LANNY?
WE’LLBE ON OUR WAY,
THEN.
WELL.
C’MON,JUDGE, \ BEEN GOIN’
STRAIGHT _
LANNYO’HANN.
CHANGEDTHE NAME, \
SEE.
AW, CRAP _
ANDPERPS. LET’SNOT FORGET
ALL THE PERPS.
_ DUMMY.
NOTON YOUR BEST
DAY _
WHAT’STHE WORSE
NEWS?
SO.
YOU’REDEAD,
JUDGE!
HERK!YOU-YOU
KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED MY BROTHER!
LEMMEOUT FROM UNDER
THIS DOOR, YA FINK! \’LL RIP THAT STINKIN’ CHIN OFF! \’LL TEAROUT YA GUTS ANDSTRANGLE YOU
WIT’ EM!
WHAT’S HAPPENIN ’ OUT THERE, JERK? LANNY STALLIN’ ‘EM LIKE HE SAID
HE WOULD? HUH? IS HE, JERK?
HEY! DON’TYOU GO CALLIN ’ME DUMMY! YOU KNOW \ HATE BEIN’ CALLED DUMMY, JERK! \ AIN’T NO DUMMY, SEE?
UNGH!
\ SAID SHADDUP!
CHEEZ LOUISE!
OKAY, \THINK THEY’RE LEAVIN’ _
SHADDUP,DUMMY! \’M
TRYNNA LISTEN HERE!
YOUHEAR ME, YA
LOUSY STINKIN’SON OF A BITCH?
AND ONTO THE NEXT
CREEP...
SO FOLGERWITHDREW SOME DATA FROM HER STATION BEFORE
SHE DIED?
...WE DON’TKNOW.
HUH?
THIS ISNON-COPY, YOU
KNOW? YOU MOVE THE FILE ONTO A
SLUG AND IT’S GONE FROM THE SYSTEM
UNTIL YOU PUT IT BACK.
NOT JUSTDATA. THIS WAS
A GOLD CLEARANCE FILE _ DIVISION HEADS ONLY.
IT’S, UH,IT’S A SECURITY
MEASURE.
LOOK, WHENTHE STATUE CAME DOWN,
THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGETO THE DATABASE STRUCTURE,
WE’RE STILL TRAWLING THROUGH IT _
NOT GOOD,BUELL.
SO ALL YOUKNOW IS WHAT FOLGER’S
COMPUTER TELLS YOU. GOLD CLEARANCE FILE, CHECKED OUT
SUCH-AND-SUCH A TIME. MISSING.
NOTHING. WOOLGATHERING.
HMMPH. WHICH FILE?
BACHMANN.
PROTOCOLSAYS \ GO DIRECT UP
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.NORMALLY, THAT’D MEAN
HERSHEY, BUT WITHTHINGS AS THEY ARE
RIGHT NOW...
YOU’VEINFORMEDTHE CHIEF JUDGE?
‘SO WE’DBETTER GETTO WORK.’ BUELL.
NOWTHEY’RE HEADING
TOWARDS... ASECTOR HOUSE?SECTOR HOUSE
20. YES.
...HESTILL THINKS
WE DON’T KNOW.
VERYGOOD.
DOESHE?
GOOD.
NOT MUCHTIME.
ANDTHAT’S IF SHE
WANTS TO PLAY NICE.
NOW, \ CANSTALL TELLING
HER _ PUT IT OFFA COUPLE HOURS.
FOUR AT THE MOST. AFTER THAT,
\ LOSE DENIABILITY.
NO, IT’S NOT.
RIGHT. ANDBELIEVE ME, THIS IS
THE EXCUSE SHE’S BEEN WAITING FOR. SHE’LL CALL IT A REORGANISATION _ MAYBE AN EFFICIENCY
DRIVE _
_ BUT IT’LLBE A POWER GRAB.
SHE GETS TOTAL CONTROL OF SJS, WALLY AND PSU _ STARTS RUNNING THEM
THE WAY SHE RUNSBLACK OPS.
BEST-CASESCENARIO? GIVE IT FIVE
YEARS, WE’RE LOOKING AT A NEW CHIEF JUDGE WHO MAKES
SINFIELD LOOK LIKE... WELL, LIKE YOU.
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