บท 279: Explosive Entry
It's the late afternoon in Night City and the sun was just beginning to set over the horizon, the towering skyscrapers casting shadows over everyone below. Despite this, the hustle and bustle continued unperturbed, sometimes even increasing in certain areas... Strangely however, tonight was not a usual one.
Within the Corporate Plaza, the giant holographic Koi Fish that graced the Memorial Park were absent, and the projectors deactivated to, unbeknownst to most civilians, preserve energy for the upcoming situation.
A hush reigned over the small crowds still lingering around the NCART station as a large group of people stepped forth, towards the direction of Arasaka tower. Even the few Valentinos present knew to keep their mouths shut as they saw just who it was.
All of the men were heavily armoured, wielding military-grade weaponry, and had a familiar symbol haphazardly painted on them. Zombie had come, and he'd brought friends.
People called their loved ones, evacuated the area, and made sure everyone knew to not approach until whatever this is was done.
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Ori rolls his shoulders as he leads the mercenaries forwards, weighing the many armaments on his back. Six's revolvers, his Monowire-attachment kunai, and grenades of every sort were on his hip, on his back was a spare Quadbarrelled shotgun he'd gotten after Quadrano was destroyed, along with a Tsunami Kyubi rifle, and a heavily armoured metal box below them...
Last but not least was the weapon currently in his hands, or to be more accurate, arms... Another prototype Rebecca had designed at his request with some of the more unstable parts she'd sequestered away during her time working with Colt.
A quad-barrelled rotary railgun, each projectile strong enough to punch through the hull of a standard Militech Basilisk, capable of firing two-thousand rounds per minute, and far more accurate than any ballistic minigun. The only real downside was the sheer weight and kick of it, a regular person would have every bone in their body shattered after pulling the trigger for a second... A borg would do somewhat better if their Cybernetics were designed for it.
Really, the only reason Ori could use it was the same as many of his other weapons, that the nanites would heal any damage while they were in use.
He wets his lips as he and his men exited Memorial Park and towards Arasaka tower, where an army awaited them. The cops were absent, but there were dozens of MaxTac present, along with the ungodly amount of Arasaka paramilitary.
No sign of Smasher though, who was probably waiting for them if they managed to get inside...
The hud inside his helmet lights up, highlighting the static defences already present, along with the other things that'd been hastily set up. "Do it." he orders, not bothering to try have a dialogue with the enemy. He knew what they want, and they knew what he wants, there was no compromise to be had.
V, Jason, and a couple other mercs nod and raise the launchers upwards, then firing them over the enemy like mortars. Their APS try to shoot them down, but before any are struck they detonate, sending an EMP shockwave over the area, causing most of the unprotected machinery and circuitry to malfunction.
Luckily for him, the armour he'd given his borg mercs was insulated, preventing them from kicking the bucket on the spot.
With that done, he raises his weapon, rotating with a whir, the men around him making room as the enemy force starts lining up shots on him, hoping to snipe him and end this here and now.
Unfortunately for them, Ori was merely a distraction for them, as two Sekaiheiwa, or rather, Aldecaldo AVs fly overhead, dropping some packages off while the EMP was still in effect.
*BOOOOOOOOOM!*
Ori and the rest of the mercenaries open fire on the fireball that now is the Arasaka encampment, unloading ungodly amounts of lead into the could of smoke. A few MaxTac soldiers dart out of it with their sandevistan activated, but they are quickly torn to shreds, not fast enough to dodge a wall of bullets.
*BAANG!*
Ori looks overhead at the two AVs which had just gotten struck by some anti-air missiles and crashed into the side of the tower before exploding, killing the Aldecaldos piloting it...
Shaking his head, he looks to V and nods as he starts marching forwards, lowering his rate of fire as the smoke begins to clear and reveals the utterly decimated area.
A few Arasaka soldiers were all that was left of the survivors, but a few of the borged-out mercs laughed and crushed their heads underfoot before moving on towards the blockaded front doors.
Heavy metal shutters had come down and restricted all access, but this wasn't a problem Ori hadn't foreseen. "Use the thermite! If that doesn't work get the charges set!" he orders, prompting Jason and the others with explosives experience to get to work.
"This was too easy..." V remarks, stepping to his side as he replaces the belt on his rail-minigun.
"No, it wasn't. Our problem will be inside the building, and the reinforcements that will come." he points a thumb over his shoulder, "They're gonna try and pincer us, these guys here were just the fodder to show the world how 'fucked-up' we are."
Johnny materialises next to V with a rifle resting on his shoulder, despite it not being useful for anything... "He ain't wrong, they couldn't care less about the MaxTac guys, and losing some of their own men is a good trade for the PR. Let's make sure they regret it."
Ori notices her pause and tilts his head at her, "Johnny got anything useful to say or is he just being his usual self?"
V shrugs, "I think he's getting sentimental being back here."
"Oh, fuck you both." the engram grouses, "Whatever, we're still ditching him on the way to Mikoshi..." he says before disappearing again.
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บท 280: Towering Presence
After the security shutters are melted and or removed, Ori follows the mercs as they charge inside, guns blazing and destroying the onsight defences. Two mercs go down in the process but the turrets are all smashed to pieces in the end.
*BOOM!*
One borg loses his entire lower body after accidentally stepping on a mine, the mercs just step past him though, ignoring his screams and making their way forwards. The elevators were a no-go due to how easy it would be to trap them inside, and Ori didn't have any Netrunners skilled enough to fight against the runners Arasaka had at their disposal.
Thus, they made their way to the stairs-
*BAANG!*
Which had also been covered in mines and other explosives, along with lines and lines of men with smart weapons and grenades. Thankfully, Rogue sending him a bunch of borged retards allowed him to throw them at the problem without issue, it wasn't like they cared if they got flatlined in the process.
Before they can start making their way up the tower to find where his crew was being held, V grabs his arm to stop him. "Hope you don't mind, but we're headed down."
Ori shrugs, "As long as you stay out of the way, do what you want." he says, dismissing her and ascending the stairs.
V looks to Johnny who was leaning against the wall, "That went well...?"
"Probably figures you'll be a good enough distraction." he surmises, "Let's stop wasting time and fuck up Mikoshi."
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"AAARRGH!!" one of Ori's men screams as he grabs his head, dropping his gun in the process.
"Hell's wrong with-" his friend starts but is interrupted by his jaw being torn away.
"Fuckin' Netrunner!" Jason shouts, as two more borgs are hit with the same psycho quick hacks.
Ori wastes no time in kicking the nearest away and opening fire on them. They didn't have the time to waste bringing them back to sanity, even if it was possible. The fact that they were all tipping over the edge of cyber-psycho-dom in the first place was another issue compounding the problem.
"You go psycho and you die! Keep your head or I swear to god!" he exclaims as Jason executes another.
"They're ours though boss!" someone protests but the discharge of Ori's minigun silences them.
With that problem 'solved', the group continue their way up the tower, the atmosphere tense as no one knew who would be next. It was one thing falling in battle, it was another getting put down like a rabid animal.
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*BAANG!*
The smoke clears, revealing the soot-covered door, somehow still intact...
"Another!" Ori orders while trying not to think of their dwindling supplies. With the lockdown in place, every door took a couple charges just to get through them, he didn't know how much further they could go without using other, less efficient means... He wasn't exactly happy about the idea of piling a stack of grenades and shooting it after all.
The next charge does some damage, but it takes a final kick from Ori to blow it open, allowing him to step through and-
*BOOOM!*
He and some of his men are caught up in an explosion, one of both ballistic and EMP origins. He skitters across the floor like a stone across water, until finally coming to a stop in the middle of the large room... Around its outskirts, must have been a hundred or so Arasaka soldiers, all aiming their weapons at him.
"Well, fuck."
"B-BOSS!" his men shout behind him, as formless shadows leap at them. Arasaka ninjas quickly dismantled them. Jason took three down but in the end took a blade to the throat and dropped.
Ori shifts his minigun at the enemies but pauses as a prominent figure steps out. "Smasher." he growls, "Brought your boys with you this time? Afraid of running again?"
The Oni sneers at him as well as he could without an organic face. "If it were up to me I'd tear you limb to limb alone. Unfortunately, I have help."
"More than help, a whole army." Ori lifts his chin at the nervous soldiers. "Why don't you tell me where my crew is, and I'll let you live."
The borg snorts, "I didn't mean them... And don't you mean, MY crew?" he states, reaching behind him and pushing a familiar face forward.
David bares his teeth and refuses to meet Ori's eyes, the sword in his hand was all that needed to be said.
"Remind me to thank Leo for this later. If you don't kick the bucket."
"Worry about yourself, cunt. Fire!" Smasher orders, prompting Ori to activate his sandevistan as the army around him react.
He twists the railgun in half and punches a button that presents itself, causing a buzz to begin. He then throws the rapidly warming object into the crowd while extending out his kunai-tipped Monowire, launching himself towards the other side of the room.
*BOOOOM!*
The rail-minigun explodes just as he cuts down a group of men with his Monowire, tendrils of electricity crackling across their bodies as he moves on to the next... But just as he wipes out the next group, just fires and gets tangled up in his wire, preventing him from moving it as his sandevistan ends. Smasher had fired the cable from a port in his wrist and was gripping it with both hands.
"DID YOU THINK I WOULD FORGET ABOUT THAT!?"
Ori can't reply as David appears in front of him, smashing a fist across his face and launching him backwards with a double kick to the chest.
"RUNT! STOP FUCKING AROUND AND USE THAT BLADE!" the borg orders and David scowls hard at him.
Ori shakes his head and gets to his feet, ignoring the occasional bullet pinging off of his body, "C'mon Davey, that all you got? I taught you better than that." he spits blood on the floor, encouraging David to not risk their crew by half-assing it.
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