A/n: Check back, I'll be adding as the story progresses.

Glossary

Ion:Created around 2012. A mock key with an electronic impulse that charged the engine and supposedly made any car start. Abundant in black market streets. Reliability questionable.

Red Pins: Homicide detectives and Street Watchers. Named for the red pins over the left breast of their uniforms.

TeleV: Standard television

Tel: Large screen television

Via-mail: Upgraded E-mail

Newsday: Online equivalent of a newspaper

Phraseology

"Line it up" -bar talk. A refill.