Free The Mendelssohnian Theory: Action Adventure, Sci-Fi, Apocalyptic ,Y/A by Dor Toker

higher.
    ‘Hachiman’ quickly folded the laser gun he had been using
just a few seconds ago. The target, the wife of a man who had cheated and was
cheated herself, was lying on the edge of the swimming pool in her own house.
The money had already been deposited in his web account, camouflaged by dozens
of fake names and identity numbers. He tapped his middle finger and authorized
the money transfer, official Mendelssohnian dollars. When a miniature bulb blinked
on the retina screen in his eye (Eye Improve ©), he was hoping it was a new
work order. He blinked and enlarged the screen. The message included only the
name of the target, how much the ordering party was willing to pay for it and
an asterisk, pointing out the fact that the target should preferably be
captured alive. The name meant nothing to the ‘Hachiman’, but this was not
unusual. He’ll track him down. The amount was much higher than his usual fee,
which was significantly higher than that of any other assassin as it was. He
was surprised by the asterisk. He was almost never asked to bring in the target
alive. This meant the assignment would be more difficult, hence the higher
amount that was offered.
    He never asked what it was all about or why? It was none of
his business. He tapped his middle finger to indicate a positive answer, placed
the folded gun in his bag and retreated in a low crawl.
    Once more, he succeeded in avoiding spending time without a
contract.

Chapter 8
    Once Joseph found out that Adam had managed to evade his pursuers
and was headed to Amsterdam, he alerted whoever he needed to alert of Adam’s
imminent arrival. From now on, someone else will need to assist the boy. He had
done all he could, now he would need to concentrate on misleading his enemies,
Adam’s pursuers. He landed his hovercraft in the Amsterdam harbor, some
distance from where the commotion the charge of corporation agents had created
just a few moments ago. From a safe distance, he followed the failed attack
attempt and the agents’ continued searching for the escaping boy. He was highly
impressed by Adam’s ability to evade his pursuers time and again and was very
pleased with the fact that once more, they had been unable to capture the boy.
    Professor Joseph Stein was the scientist who had managed to
calculate ‘Earths expiry time’ (EET), as he’d called the collapse of the planet
into itself, following the eruption of the viscid Asthenosphere layer, combined
with the magma of the planet’s core, above the Lithosphere. Of course, in the
beginning he had encountered disbelief and scorn from his colleagues in the
scientific community. Various counter arguments and proof were raised to refute
Professor Stein’s analysis, but when a year after the publication of his
findings, a series of eruptions across the mid-Atlantic ridge had raised the
surface of the ocean by over six feet, more and more voices were heard in
support of Doctor Stein’s hypothesis. Following the series of physical changes,
large parts of the African and South American continents were flooded, as well
as the lower areas of Europe and the Low Countries. The Mediterranean had
nearly doubled its surface. Hundreds of thousands of people and animals had
been killed and millions had lost their homes. It was a reminder of the
temporary nature of life on Earth, and human colonization efforts outside the
home planet intensified. Volunteer colonies on Jupiter’s moon Europa served as
a type of experimental balloon in anticipation of further attempts to transfer
human beings in vast space shuttles beyond the solar system. But Joseph
believed the solution did not lie with the establishment of one negligible
colony or another. The answer lay with Adam. The destiny of the entire human
race lay in the hands of a boy. The spreading of the tectonic plates was too
orderly, accurate and measurable, it had to be planned and timed.
    Joseph interfaced with the hovercraft’s computer and
reexamined the condition