บท 91: Mystery Box...
Ori nods at himself in the mirror and grabs a towel, drying his messy hair while turning to get his clothes... Only to pause as Bats open the door, the Ripperdoc's eyes widening as he looks him over, "Kid, you hulked out!?"
"Can I get dressed? Or did I turn you gay?" Ori asks as Bats continues examining him.
"Ah-, right!"
*Clack!*
...
He sighs and throws on his clothes, Rebecca had been the only one to know how much he'd improved. She was the only person lately to see him naked, of course he just played it off as some Cyberware. As much as he wanted to, keeping the secret of the nanites limited to as few people as possible was the best thing to do.
He cracks his back one last time and steps out, he had a gig arranged today, a simple delivery... Normally you'd only need an average solo for it, but the delivery sight was deep in Maelstrom territory, and the cargo itself was something expensive.
The Ripperdoc who'd commissioned them would obviously install security locks to prevent Ori and his crew from trying to clep it. Not that they would, their rep was the line and the client's shit going missing would ruin their cred.
He grabs his equipment and gets into his piece of shit car... "Yeah, probably need to think about getting a new one... Or stealing another... That works too."
[Group Chat Created: Ori, Rebecca, Six, Sasha]
[Yo, meet at Dr Chrome's shop for the gig. Bring your shit, we going Maelstrom turf. u guys remember what happened last time...] - Ori
[K] - Six
[Got it] - Rebecca
[Wait, what happened last time!?] - Sasha
[Nunya happened] - Rebecca
[Nunya?] - Sasha
[Nunya fucking business! Ha! Gottem!] - Rebecca
[...] - Six
[I think I hate you.] - Sasha
Ori turns off his comm and starts his car, wondering if Rebecca and Sasha would ever drop whatever shit they had going... They'd be 'almost' fine when they first started taking jobs, but not long after that, they'd started bickering... Well, mostly Rebecca, but you get the point.
Still, at least he had Six keeping the peace, without him he might've been forced to put his foot down, putting him in the dog's house where Rebecca was concerned...
--------------
Ori parks his car and makes his way to Dr Chromes' shop, waiting outside for the others to arrive. Six is the first, walking over and taking the fist bump Ori sends him. "Sup Six, how're things? You looked like something was on your mind after we finished that last job."
Six shrugs, "Still have doubts about our new teammate."
"How'd you mean? Sasha's been great so far... At least I thought so?"
"Don't know, something just doesn't feel right about it." he shakes his head, "It's probably nothing."
Sasha arrives next, hopping off of her motorbike and locking her helmet to the handlebars. "Ah, I figured I'd beat you guys here... Especially you Ori, no offence but your ride sucks..."
"Yeah, I know..." he glances at Six, "How'd you get here so fast anyway?"
"Walked. I was in the area."
"Yo-yo-yo bitches!" Rebecca exclaims as she struts over, a repainted neon green Guts and some other rifle hanging from her shoulders. "Wait long?" she asks, hopping up and planting a kiss on Ori's cheek before throwing a glance at Sasha, waving her hand at her, "You probably shouldn't have bothered though."
Sasha just lets out a sigh, which is mirrored by Six, "What's that suppose' to mean?"
"Mean we won't need a techie to do this one, it's just a delivery right?" she questions, looking to Ori.
Ori just rubs the bridge of his nose, "She's not only a Netrunner you know, I invited her because she's flexible."
"Yeah, I bet she could do that cat thing, y'know, licking her own-"
"You know what I mean!... Now, stop stirring shit and let's get on with this. We'll probably need her help anyway with where we're going." he states, stepping into Dr Chrome's shop.
"Hey, Ori right? Know you through Bats, here to pick up the order?" the tall, uniquely normal-looking Ripperdoc says as they walk in.
"Yeah, got any info on it before we take it out? Better knowing what we're handling..." Ori asks.
Dr Chrome thins his lips, "Nah, not for you at least. Just take it where it needs to go and we'll be smooth." he walks over to the back and wheels over a sack truck trolly with a large, metal container sitting on it.
"Huh, that's bigger than I thought it'd be..." Ori mutters.
The Ripperdoc just shrugs, "The thing itself is small, just all the cushioning and shit it needs makes it this size. That gonna be a problem...?"
Ori shakes his head and picks it up like the two-hundred KG box weighed nothing. "We got it. Contact you when we've dropped it off." he states, shuffling out of the store.
"You bring a car 'Becca? I don't trust mine to hold up with all of us and this thing in the back..."
"Nah... Got a cab..."
He sighs, "Well it's not gonna fit on Sasha's bike either. Guess we're trusting my scrap pile not to die on us. I don't want us to be the first merc crew to fail a gig because their car died..."
"That would be embarrassing..." Sasha admits.
"No kidding!? My bro would never let me hear the end of it!" Rebecca exclaims at the thought of Pilar having something over her. She's heard about his threats to Ori and beat the snot out of him, so giving him any kind of validation was the last thing she wanted to do.
Ori drops the crate in the back of his car as its suspension cries out from the sudden weight. "Get in, let's just hope we don't need to make another getaway or we'll be truly fucked."
"Shotgun!" Rebecca calls, hopping in the passenger seat.
-----------
"Sooo... Anyone wanna take a peek?" Rebecca 'casually' asks the group, obviously referring to the crate they were delivering.
"No. It'll have verification chips and whatever else they decided to add on, we open it and they'll call us on it." Sasha argues.
ความคิดของผู้สร้าง 
Niggross
Niggross Hope you bois liked the chap, if I missed anything please let me know. Thanks!
Also, thanks to my patrons for their support :
ShinAmazake
Kingsprovince
Faruk Ereng
VidDav FerDeL
Daniel
Peter Evans
บท 92: Run in with Crazy
"Yeah, so, let's just leave the box alone... 'Becca..." Ori says, taking the next turn off of the highway.
"Fine, fine... But if this gig blows up I get the first peek at it."
"Now you're just asking for trouble..." Sasha mutters, resting her cheek on her fist.
"Hm... Maybe you should have covered your skin, Rebecca." Six states from the backseat and he puts on a ridiculous-looking sombrero, along with a colourful poncho... (Raidens 'stealth clothes' in Revengeance)
"... Why..."
"Because we have bounties on our heads, and both of us are very identifiable."
Rebecca shakes her head, "No, I mean why the fuck do you think anyone's gonna leave us alone with you wearing that?" she gesticulates at his outfit.
"A disguise, I am just an average, everyday Mexican culture enthusi-"
"Bull. Shit. We're gonna get shot because some gonk's gonna think you're bein' racist or something!"
"I think it might work..." Sasha adds, drawing a glare from Rebecca.
Ori stops on a curb in next to a large apartment complex which was placed next to an industrial estate, he pulls the handbrake up and looks over his shoulder at them, "I'm on point, you guys keep an eye out for trouble, Sasha watches the car."
He gets out, grabs the crate from the back of the car and marches towards the apartment as Rebecca and Six keep a good distance behind him. I you wanted return business for small jobs like this, it was best to not scare off your customer base. Hopefully they could take a couple more gigs if they finished this one quickly enough.
The Maelstrom were certainly a threat to them, they'd driven past three groups of them til now, and it wouldn't surprise him if they patrolled the area. The gang wasn't as... Orderly, as saw the Mox or 6th Street. He knew well that them kidnapping innocent people off of the street at random was happening, not to mention the fact that Six and Rebecca would be big targets, not only because of their bounties, but because they looked like they'd have valuable Cyberware they could extract.
Ori walks up to the third store via the fire escape staircase and soon reaches his destination. room 092. The door sat opposite some railings that overlooked the carpark, allowing Ori to see Sasha from up there. He lays the metal create on the floor and gives the door a couple knocks, "Yo! Here with your delivery!"
...
"Hello!?" he calls after some silence, not hearing anything.
[Guy not there?] Rebecca asks via the comms, watching him from down the hallway.
[Doesn't look like it... And no, you can't open the box.] - Ori
[Sasha, checks the apartment cams.] - Six
[Got it...] - Sasha
Ori rests his weight against the railing, resting a hand on his hip where his pistol lay. His LMG was in the car, but he felt safe enough with Rebecca standing by with Guts.
[SHIT! Our guy's short-circing in his kitchen floor!] - Sasha
[Just let him flatline then, report that to the doc and take the box] - Rebecca
[Help him, we're not losing anything!] - Sasha
Ori chews his lip, he wanted to help, he really did. But breaking into this guy's apartment could put them all at risk. Since no Trauma unit has turned up it meant he was uninsured, so they'd have to pay out of pocket to get him treatment if he needed it.
[Six, thought?] Ori asks the merc, wanting a tie-breaker...
[Up to you.] Six answers neutrally, uncaring.
Ori rubs his face and lets out a sigh, "Fuck sake."
With that, he steps forward and kicks the door straight open, leaving a large foot-shaped indentation in its metal. "Hey! You alright!?" he shouts again, taking a single step into the apartment.
[Wait! He's stopped shaking!... He's on the move!] - Sasha
Ori blinks as he hears rapid sounds coming from the end of the apartment hallway, a blur springing from it. It was a small, skinny guy with deep black bags under his eyes. He wasn't wearing a shirt, showing his heavily modded body covered in surgical scars and Cybernetics.
His eyes were completely black, modded to look like pools of the abyss, even his bald head looked heavily modified, with bits of metal jutting out from it. The only other thing Ori was able to see about the guy was that his hands were covered in a white fluid, which seemed to be dripping down his nose liberally.
Synthetic blood? He thinks just as the guy reaches him, Ori's eyes widen as he realises the guy wasn't in his right mind, especially when the guy's fist smashes into his face.
*THUD!*
Ori's sent flying, straight out of the apartment and over the railing as he plummets three stories below. He groans in pain as he lands atop a car, caving in its roof as its alarm begins blaring.
"Holy crap! Ori are you alright!?" Rebecca shouts from the balcony, just as the guy who'd hit him hops on the railing like some kind of spider monkey.
"F-FUCK NO! THAT FUCKER'S CRAZY! SHOOT HIM!" Ori shouts as he peels himself off fo the roof.
[You're right! It's a Cyberpsycho!] Sasha reports to the group.
[I knew we shouldn't have helped! I blame you for this kitty!]
The Cyberpsycho had dropped off fo the railing after spotting the metal crate they'd delivered, and was in the process of trying to open it. He was failing of course, the security measures requiring someone of sound mind to actually access it, the fumbling psycho would have better luck headbutting it til it cracked.
"Hey, asshole! If you don't wanna get shot in the face, get those hands up!" Rebecca shouts, walking towards the psycho with Guts raised.
The guy just blinks at her a couple times, but before he could verbally reply she fires a shot at him, hitting him in the chest and throwing him off of the building, in the same manner he'd done to Ori. "Feels good don't it!?"
Ori watches the guy as he hits the ground, bouncing slightly but not showing any indication of pain. He gets to his feet and glances down at his chest which had been riddled with birdshot, none of which seemed to break through his subdermal armour. The external layer of skin was bleeding synthetic blood profusely however, meaning he'd taken at least some damage.
ความคิดของผู้สร้าง
Niggross
Niggross
Hope you bois liked the chap, if I missed anything please let me know. Thanks!
If you like my content or want to read ahead please go to : https://www.p.atreon.com/Nagross, I'd appreciate it.
Also, thanks to my patrons for their support :
ShinAmazake
Kingsprovince
Faruk Ereng
VidDav FerDeL
Daniel
Peter Evans
สถานะพลังงานรายสัปดาห์
200+ การจัดอันดับด้วยพลัง 
0 หินพลัง คุณอาจชอบ
ความคิดเห็นย่อย