บท 226: Old Money
Maine picks up a gold bar and weighs in his hand, "Anyone know how much these things are actually worth?" he eyes the mintage on the side of the bar, "Shit's as pure as you can get..."
Pilar pauses his massaging of the bullion in his hand and wets his lips, "Well, I checked this shit with Lucy before we started this. A single one of these bars is around a million eddies, maybe more depending on who we sell 'em to."
"A-A million a bar!?" David yelps, almost dropping a bar on his foot.
"You guys forget we have an army comin' for our asses? Grab as much shit as you can and we'll divvy it out later, we still got that blonde bitch to pay anyway!" Falco urges.
"You guys do that, I'll check the deposit boxes, chances that they'll have someone good is pretty high..."
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"I-I don't know if we'll be able to run like this." Rebecca mutters as she strains against the bag. She had almost eighty kilograms of gold in her pack alone, which if Pilar's estimate was correct roughly equalled sixty million Eddies...
To her that number was something outta fantasy land, and she was sure she'd faint if she tried to add up what Maine and Ori were carrying. Both had multiple bags tied to their bodies, all together must've been a couple tons at least.
Billions of Eddies.
Shit, she was getting wet from the thought of it. It was a shame no one would know that they'd done it, their names would go down in history if they did. Who else could steal billions of a Corpo's Eddies in one night?
Not only that, Ori had stashed a pile of data chips he'd found in those safe deposit boxes too. Presumably Corpo secrets which might be worth more than the gold. "C-come on! Let's dip!" she exclaims, shuffling with the crew over to the vault entrance.
She'd rather fucking die than drop a single bar of gold!
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A vein throbs on Ori's forehead as he stomps towards the sewer entrance. Maybe they should've moderated how much they took. Thankfully they could dump some if needed, leave some gold covered in shit for the Corpos to clean up.
*BOOM!*
"Time to go!" Maine exclaims, everyone knowing that the sound was the Lazarus soldiers blowing a hole through the rubble to get to them. They'd check the vault, find gold missing, then scour the place for the hidden exit.
They reached the cave soon enough, finding the Lazarus soldiers dead at the hands of the mole people... They tried to attack the but ended up easily getting annihilated. Having superior numbers was good against grunts, but a specialist crew? No way Jose.
Ori leads them all through the labyrinthian tunnels, taking hidden paths, secret entrances, and other obscure routes to completely lose their pursuers. By the time the Lazarus goons had gotten out of the sewers the crew was long gone.
He took the crew and had them bury the stolen gold under the cracked concrete of an abandoned maintenance tunnel. They'd come back and pick it up once the heat had died, no need to risk taking those incredibly heavy bags out of the underground... Doing so after such a big heist was just asking for trouble.
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"Well done." Aliya smiles as the crew enters her room, freshly cleaned and clothed. "Though, I hadn't expected such a scene..." she admits looking out of her window at the Crystal Tower, which had a section of its foundation collapsed, undoubtedly burying hundreds of people in the process.
Maine shrugs uncaringly, "Can't make an omelette without scrambling a few eggs. We got the job done, that's all that matters."
She nods, "Quite... I don't see the spoils of war with you however?" she queries, obviously expecting them to have brought all the gold along.
"Stashed it." Maine walks over and sits nearby her, "We gotta talk biz though, renegotiate."
"Maine-" David starts but merc shoots him a glare.
"Quiet, kid. I know a bad deal when I see it, what percent were you planning on paying us?" he questions the woman.
Aliya folds her legs, "Five percent, a deserving amount."
"Deserving? What's deserving about that? You sit on your ass in your porcelain tower while we work, and you wanna claim most of the Eddies while you're at it?" Maine angrily asks, "You wanna take billions of Eds worth of gold, and hand us a couple million? And you think we'd sit through that!?"
She sighs, resting a hand on her cheek, "Mercenaries, make a deal but they always want more." she shakes her head, "Fine, you can have half, but you will tell me where you've hidden it and allow my men to confirm the amount, just to make sure you aren't trying to fool me."
Maine snorts, "Fat chance, I can see it in your eye, you wanna run off with it, don't cha?"
Rebecca pulls on Ori's sleeve as the crew watches this with varied expressions, "He ain't serious is he... Sure we're getting the short end, but a couple million Eddies is all we need... Why's he pissing her off...?"
"I don't know... Greed, maybe? I'm not happy with the deal either but we got other things to focus on. Not mentioning the fact we may not even get outta the city without her say so.
"What would you suggest then?" Aliya asks Maine, "What, in your 'wisdom' would you have me do?"
Maine folds his arms, "You pay us upfront, now. And we tell you where the gold's at."
"Do you know how much gold you took?" she queries, sounding cynical.
He furrows his brow behind his specs, "Four billion's worth. Pay up two bill' and we're even. You'll never see our faces again." he says, but Ori was pretty sure Maine was overestimating the amount, three billion was a maybe, four was stretching it.
...
Aliya strolls over to the bar and pours herself a drink, seeming mulling the choice over.
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บท 227: Playing Chicken
"I knew coming here was a bad fuckin' idea!" Pilar growls, "I'll shove my foot in that Quentin guy's ass!"
"It wasn't 'Quentin' who tried to go back on a deal made!" Falco retorts, shoving extra ammo into a pouch.
"So you think this is Maine's fault? The bitch already had Lucy!"
"No suit like her would be dumb enough to stiff us on the reward and betray us anyway! If we accept then-..." Rebecca blinks, "Lucy might still be in the Netrunner lab!" she exclaims.
"And what you base that off of, 'feminine intuition'!?" Pilar sceptically retorts.
"I base it on that bitch playing chicken, thinking we wouldn't be dumb enough to fuck with her in her own building! We did it anyway because we're retarded apparently!"
"Or Maine's finally losing it." Falco quietly adds.
Ori kicks in the door to the room and catches Six's revolvers Rebecca threw at him, "Come on, the 'Peace Keepers' just landed, we gotta go!"
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"So you think Lucy's where we left her?" David questions, noting the silence from Aliya.
Ori shrugs, "Rebecca thinks so, hopefully we'll catch Christy there too, blow that bitch's brains out."
A door in the hallway opens, revealing a panicked husband and wife in silk dressing gowns "D-did something happen!? Are we safe here-"
"Get back in your room shit-for-brains, or I'll grab that pretty lady and take off!" Pilar states, pushing them back inside and slamming the door.
"Smooth."
...
"Shit, it's locked!" Ori growls, pulling at the door that leads into the Netrunner lab.
"Then give it a kick, c'mon!" Rebecca says.
"And risk damaging something if Lucy's still linked?"
David pushes Aliya onto Maine, "As if she'd risk giving Lucy access to the net."
"Or she locked her in local space-" Pilar starts but David had already activated his sandy, kicking the door at hypersonic speed and blowing it and the extra locks straight away.
The metal door flies through the room and hits one of the server frames, kicking up sparks and small flames as the system malfunctions. The crew runs in but doesn't find anyone inside, merely a note left on the Runner's chair.
"T-this some kinda joke...?" David grouses and hands it off to Ori.
"I know a crooked bitch when I see one. Contact us later - Christy. PS, you said my SCOP soup was your favourite." he glances at Aliya whose eyes were wide and panicked. "Heh, looks like she's not as stupid as I thought..." he walks over and grabs the woman by her throat, quickly crushing it. "All we gotta do now is leave..."
"Yeah, easy."
*Bang!*
The crew all turn as the sound of rapid steps and radio static sound out from the hallway. They could hear the soldiers tearing open the apartment doors and clearing them, much to the distaste of the current occupants. Judging by the gunshot from earlier, one person must've disagreed and paid for it dearly.
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The squad of Militech soldiers marched through the hallway in a tight line, guns aiming forwards as they approached and lasers dancing around their sightline.
[201, 202, 203, CLEAR! Breaching 20-]
The comm gets cut off short, literally, as the lead soldier's body falls apart in two pieces. The men at the back shout in surprise but end up getting bulldozed as Ori charges them, clotheslining them before methodically stomping their heads into mush.
He spits on a corpse, "Pft, Militech, buncha grunts with guns." he says and spots one fatally injured man reaching for his sidearm, he steps forwards and punts him in the chest, sending two halves of his body flying down the hallway.
"The elevator!" Pilar shouts after the first squadron is dead, ushering the group to it.
"Are you dumb!? It's been locked down!" Rebecca retorts.
Pilar shoves a multi-tool finger into the elevator panel and opens the doors, revealing the empty shaft.
"See? We take the stairs!" Rebecca says, but as she's about to step away Pilar jumps and grabs the cable, sliding straight down to the ground floor, or at least, the roof of the elevator stuck there.
"Who's dumb now, biiiiiiittch."
"Fuck you!" she growls, jumping after him.
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"Ooooh, crap... We're fish'in a barrel now." Falco breathes as they step out into the lobby and see the huge blockade outside the casino. Shit loads of giant bipedal robots, heavily armoured trucks, soldiers, AVs...
"COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP, OR WE WILL USE DEADLY FORCE!"
"You come out, of the closet!" Rebecca shouts back.
"UH..." the soldier falters, glancing around at his comrades, "YOU CAN BE A COMEDIAN IN PRISON, SURRENDER NOW!"
She shrugs and idly pops her lips, "Yeah, I'm outta ideas..."
Ori shakes his head, "Whelp, sewer pipes it is then. We better hope there's a route to the underground or we are seriously fucked."
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*BANG!*
Porcelain shards and toilet water go everywhere as the explosion goes off, revealing thin piping below...
"Give it another, Maine."
*BAANG!*
"We're not gettin' anywhere with this. And those fuckin' badges'll be here any second." the large man argues.
...
Ori rolls his shoulders and cracks his neck, "We'll get out loud then... Listen, any of you unsure about this stay back and-"
"You shittin' me? Think we'll ditch everyone now!? Shut up and move you gonk half-borg asshole." Pilar says, stepping past him and out of the bathroom, but not before looking over his shoulder at them, "We'll funnel 'em up the stairs, see how they like sticking their dicks in a lead blender!"
Falco shrugs and goes to follow Pilar, "No time like the present, I guess... Maybe I'll get to see some of that gold again if we don't all bite the bullet."
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