Rad - Arm Intro

Jack slowly raised the plastic arm in the air, studying it for the first time.

At first glance, it appeared to be real. The fingers and muscles looked just like those on his other arm. Jack ran the fingers of his left hand across the arm, feeling it respond to his touch.

“What is this thing, Captain?” he asked. He still felt repelled by the arm. But his horror was slowly giving way to curiosity.

“It's a bionic arm, Jack,” the Captain said with a tinge of pride in his voice. “Our scientists have been developing it in secret for years. I wish we could have asked your permission to give it to you, Jack. But time was important. And you were unconscious for days.”

Jack felt his emotions settle into the cool logic he knew a spy should display. He pressed his grief about his real arm farther and farther back into his mind.

“The arm is a powerful weapon, Jack,” the Captain said. “With it, you're the first bionic commando.”

Jack repeated the words to himself. Bionic commando. He didn't know what that meant yet. But it must mean that his career as a Federation agent was not over yet.

Jack touched the arm again with his left hand and accidentally pressed the thumb against the palm. A metal grappling hook suddenly shot out from the plastic hand and clamped onto the ceiling above him.

Jack looked at the Captain in amazement.

“You'll find the hook helpful in getting out of tight situations,” the Captain said with a smile.

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Worlds of Power: Bionic Commando, Chapter 2