Chapter 9: The Steel Sultan Part 2
A few days passed, but no phone call came, and he continued on his regular life until the 5th day after she had been at his house. He woke up the next morning and yawned, checking his phone, no calls, "I wonder what she got herself into, well, whatever," He turned on the TV and saw news, news about a kidnapped girl, "For fuck sake," He got out of bed as the news continued talking about how the girl was kidnapped in the middle of the wealth side of the city and they showed pictures of her and her name, "Mary Gold, interesting name, well, I gotta do something," He dialed onto his phone, "Good morning, Boss, it is me, Victor Gale."
"Good morning, Victor, what is it?"
"I need a few days off, can I take them?"
"Right now, yeah, you can, how many days?"
"A week or so."
"Are you sick or something?"
"No, but I have to do something important, that will require all my time."
"Okay, sure thing, hope you get to do what you wanted to do," He hung up the phone and a timer set off in Victor's head, he had 7 days to find her. He pulled on his pants and grabbed a jacket and another can of beer as the power turned off and shut off his TV, he rolled his eyes and left his apartment. He knew where to start, he had met an officer before, a high ranked officer that was specialized in organized crime and had saved the city on numerous occasions. He check his wallet and found a few thousand zepals, enough to get a ticket to the main city and then he knew where to go to find him.
He hopped onto the first bus and handed 3 bills to the driver who handed him a ticket. He stood near the front of the empty-ish bus and had fun making sparks jump from his index finger to his thumb. The ride was of about an hour to get the Regent Square, but he didn't care, he had promised to help Mary, and wasn't there to help her. He sighed as a thug entered the bus and didn't pay, "Hey, sir, you need to pay," The driver seemed new, not used to the Outer Ring. The thug stopped and drew a switch blade and moved back towards the driver.
"What did you say?" The thug grabbed the bus driver's collar and held the blade to stab him, "You should learn to shut your mouth."
"Let go of him," Victor finally spoke as sparks jumped from his fingers to his other hand, "Pay and move on."
"Who the fuck are you?" He lunged with the blade and Victor caught his wrist and slammed his metal knee into the man's gut and then disarmed him and twisted him to slam him to the floor and held him down by the arm and the throat, "What the hell?" Victor let electricity into his neck and knocked him out and then lifted him and tossed him out of the bus.
"Just drive, and try to get used to the Out, people here are different than in the city," Victor said, holding a handle near the driver's seat.
"Thank you for your help."
"No problem," He said normally, "Brutes like that are common, how long until Regent's Square?"
"45 minutes, Sir."
"Okay, thanks."
"Just doing my job."
"And I am just doing mine," He chuckled and sat down at the seat at the front of the bus, looking out the front. The bus soon found its way into the main city, leaving the slums of the Outer Rings. He stepped out of the bus and looked around at Regent square, a rich part of the city, "So, I need to go there."
A bot opened the door, "Oh, hello Victor, did Will invite you?"
"No, I came to ask for his help," Alex let him in.
"Honey, Victor is here, he needs to talk to you for some reason."
"Okay, let him in, I have time," Victor walked into the living room of the apartment and saw William Regent, a very enhanced man like himself, "Victor, how are you? Sit, sit, tell me, what do you need?"
"I need your help, I believe you have something that can help me."
"Really? What would you need from me?"
"I need a name, a place, an address, anything, anything you can get me."
"Why?"
"The DR3."
"What is telling you that you need to do this? What reason do you have for doing this?" Will said, drinking from a glass, "What happened with the DR3?"
"Do you watch the news?"
"The girl."
"Yes, the girl."
"What about her?"
"Well, a few days ago, I sheltered her to save her from the DR3, and I told her to call me if she needed my help, it seems she never was able to call me," Victor sighed, "I want to live up to my word."
"I know you are strong, but the DR3 has an army."
"I know, but I have a few tricks for that, just tell me if you have the things I want."
"I am not allowed to."
"But you will as this girl had her family killed and got captured without anyone to help her and will probably be abused until she ultimately dies, with the blood on your hands."
"That sounds like a threat."
"It isn't but I can leave and let you live with her death on your mind."
"13th, 24th, this is a warehouse the DR3 uses to create their products, the boss you will be able to find there is nicknamed Steel Executioner."
"Thank you, William, I am in debt to you."
"No, you are not, you owe me nothing."
"If that is what you want," Victor got up, "I have a lot of work to do now, have a good day, William, have a good day, Alex."
"Bye, Victor!"
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