Blackwipe

She strokes a boot knife over the seat upholstery, unearths the pull ring on the distinctly aftermarket incendiary grenade that's sandwiched between the saddle and the pressurised hydrogen tank beneath it. Makes sure the bike's lined up nice and straight and directly at the cops.

Somebody's killing Kandi's team; Eigen and Sammy probably already bought it. Whisper calls her, tells her to bug out, hard and fast and alone; and that would be a smart move.

Kandi's not in this line of work because of how smart she is.

First posted on Cohost; this collects the original episodic presentation into a downloadable epub edition. ~9k words each in Blackwipe and Black Start.