บท 288: Dynasty Slaughter
Oda leaps out of the AV and his feet stick to the metal exterior of the aircraft as it struggled in the giant's grasp. He swings over the side, landing atop the cockpit while slashing down on the black tongue holding them prisoner.
*Schwwing!*
It cuts through it like butter, unfortunately, even with the tongue severed, Oda spots that parts of the AV had turned black... The nanites had already gotten in.
"BRING US DOWN!" he roars but the pilots pause, prompting him to stab his blade next to the window, forcing them to start descending. Obviously, they avoid the roof, hurriedly flying down to the ground floor at the back of the building.
Oda climbs back inside the AV and lifts Hanako into his arms, just as black tendrils spread to her seat. Takamura leaps up too but grimaces as the same blackness begins climbing up his leg.
*Ching!*
He grunts and bites down on the inside of his cheek as Oda severs the leg, Takamura doesn't say anything and falls out of the AV just as it reaches the second story. Oda lands gracefully next to him, not dropping Hanako as Takamura nurses his missing limb.
"Go on without me! I will live, but you must leave!" he shouts, the AV hitting the ground nearby. The pilots kick open the cockpit and throw themselves out, but it was already too late for them as they start throwing their clothes off and clawing at themselves. Black tendrils were climbing up their torso and arms, recycled flesh falling to at the wayside as they scream their throats raw.
"Goodbye, Sensei." Oda mutters, sending one last glance at Takamura as he sprints away at top speeds.
...
Takamura blinks as something in the corner of his eye catches his attention, "WAIT!-"
*BOOOOM!*
A dozen swarm missiles hit Oda and Hanako as they leave the vicinity of the AV, much to Takamura's horror. A pale severed leg zips past his head and lands with a squelch nearby... Hanako's...
"N-no!..." he rasps, dropping to a knee and cradling his missing leg. "T-this can't be!..."
"Serves you right, fucking Corpo cunt! What's wrong, did your 'widdle master get mulched?" a feminine voice snickers at him. The pale prisoner steps to his front and pokes his nose almost playfully before spitefully spitting in his face... In his shock, he doesn't even acknowledge the wetness dribbling down his cheek, and with the mecha slowly crawling down Arasaka tower, he can only glance at the prisoners who'd somehow not been eaten by the nanites while trapped in the AV.
"All is lost."
"Drama queen. You assholes have done the same shit without battin' an eye, just because your family gets destroyed you wimp out. Fuckin' gonk pieces of shit." Rebecca sniffs, giving him a kick in the face for good measure before waving up at the giant robot approaching them. "HEYA OOOORRIIIIII! I KNEW YOU'D COME BACK, YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD!"
"Ah, Becca, you sure Ori's in there...? Not that I don't want that but-, I'd rather not get eaten, y'know..." David mutters.
"Shut up! That's him and that's how it is, Dimples! Keep talking and I'll throw you at him, 'least then you'll give 'Luce a running start."
"Shorty..." Kiwi sighs, touching her face mask and squinting at the black substance covering it. She REALLY hoped Ori was controlling these nanites, or she was screwed... At the very least though, the nanites had eaten through their restraints, and even removed the inhibitor chips that'd been planted in their necks, that meant something, right...? "He destroyed the city..." she murmurs, barely audible to the group.
"They deserved it." Rebecca uncaringly retorts.
*CRRAAAACK!*
As the mecha reaches the ground, it smashes the foundation of the tower and grips it, forcing it to fall onto what was left of Memorial Park... Arasaka was gone, and most of the Corpo Plaza was a giant mound of rubble, half covered in radiation and half covered in nanites.
"... Did the innocents whose homes he destroyed deserve it? The civilians he crushed and devoured?" Takamura sighs and shakes his head, "I should know by now, that the word of a merc is, ash in the wind." he reaches to his side, causing the crew to tense up in preparation for a fight, only for them to freeze as he draws a knife and points it at his belly.
"Watashi wa fumeiyo nashi ni shinudarou." he solemnly says, gritting his teeth before finally plunging the knife down, spilling his guts and committing seppuku.
"Huh..." David mutters, "Didn't think these guys still did this sorta thing..."
"Shame the rest of them don't follow his lead." Lucy shrugs, "Though, I doubt Arasaka will last much longer with everything that happened."
*CrrreeeeaaaaaakkkK!*
The group look over to the mecha, which stopped nearby and was lowering its large head to the ground. Black tendrils covered the ground from where it was standing, spreading across the concrete and eventually converging on Takamura.
The giant mouth opens up and stood upon its tongue is Ori, who was slowly being delivered to them, as if standing on a slow escalator.
His dramatic entrance is ruined however as Rebecca throws a rock at his head, "You asshole! Letting yourself die like that! What's fucking wrong with you!? You really thought you could waltz up here, acting all preem like you aren't about to get your butt beat!?"
The rest of the crew can only watch and sweat drop while Rebecca throws herself as the newly revived man...
Ori bats her hands away and wraps her up in a tight hug, kissing her senseless, ignoring her weakening protests, "I kill Adam fucking Smasher, Hanako Arasaka, and most of the damn city and you can't give me one win?" he leans in and whispers into her ear, "Fine, act all tough, but we'll see how you handle things now that I got tentacles."
Rebecca blinks at him, tongue tracing her lips to taste him, "N-no! This ain't some shitty hentai mister! I can do the back door fine but I'm crossing the line at octopussy-play!"
...
"Ori, it's great that your back but shouldn't we uh, delta?" David asks, trying to push their conversation out of his mind.
Ori and Rebecca glance up at the many helicopters surveying the scene, "No, you're right... Hop in." he says, gesturing for the group to follow him into the mecha's mouth, much to their chagrin.
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บท 289: Undone
*Bzztch!*
"Over nine-hundred billion dollars worth of damage, and still mounting-"
*Bzztch!*
"Over twenty thousand civilians dead-"
*Bzztch!*
"Where this thing came from we at 54 News have no idea!" the news reporter states with a shocked and perturbed expression, which only increases as someone says something off camera, causing her to go ghostly pale, "T-This just in! T-the monster is now makings its way towards our headquarters! We implore everyone to evacuate immediately if you haven't already done so, just as we are now... Thank you for watching." she finally says before standing and rushing out of the room.
"Well, I'll be damned..." Rogue mutters, glancing from the overhead T.V screen and at the numerous, almost solemn-looking mercs observing the situation. It shouldn't have been surprising to her that these thieves, murderers, and thugs actually felt something for the apoplectic amount of damage the giant robot had caused. Still, perhaps they realised that Night City's prominence was finally ending.
While the robot was still on its rampage, the destruction of the Corpo Plaza and much of Downtown had assured the city's dissolution. Despite what many people like to think, it wasn't the poor, or working man that operated this place, but the Corpos. Without them funding projections, buying advertisements, paying taxes, and asserting their prestige, there was no Night City.
Judging by how the robot kept shouting 'Arasaka', she was pretty sure she knew who was responsible for it, even if the Corporation had announced the failure of the 'terrorist attack' hours ago.
Where Ori got the indestructible giant robot, she had no idea... Especially with the reports she was hearing from her contacts, that it was some sort of grey-goo analogue.
With most Media-corps evacuated they turned all their broadcasts to live recordings from their helicopters, allowing the Afterlife to see the sheer destruction that'd been wrought. The robot had scaled up Arasaka tower after mulching an army of soldiers and collapsed Memorial Park, and now seemed to be chasing an AV while ignoring the other that hurriedly flew away.
Her eyes glow as she sends data to her Runners and other contacts, liquidating all that could be sold, selling property, hideouts, etc, and preparing to move shop to another, less destroyed city. Most of the goons here thought they'd be able to carry on as normal once the robot was shut down, but even if they managed to break it, there was no coming back for this place.
"Woah! Is that who I think it is!?" a merc exclaims as the AV crashes and three people clamber out.
"Fuckin' new head o' Arasaka!?"
"It's that bitch, Hanako!"
"Hahahaha! Look at that whore run!"
*Thud!-Clatter!*
An Asian man stands from his table, slightly inebriated as he shoots the loudmouthed men a glare, "Are you dogs truly cheering for this!? This massacre!? Are you animals!?"
"Fuck off, Corpo-cunt, let us watch your 'precious master' get zeroed by the robot in peace."
The man scowls hard and reaches for his hip where his pistol lay, which is matched by the others who go for their own.
"One FUCKING bullet and you're all leaving in bodybags! Don't forget where you are, or I swear to god, that robot will be the last of your worries!!" Rogue exclaims, achieving a reluctant silence among her patrons.
"Oh shit! Look!" someone points at the broadcast, specifically the swarm missiles headed for the Arasaka CEO.
*BOOM!*
"There goes that rich, pansy-ass fucking family! Good riddance, hahaha!"
"THAT'S IT!-"
The brawl starts but Rogue's bouncers drag the men outside, leaving them to their fistfight in peace, along with a year-long ban... Which will probably last longer than the actual club itself.
"Mouth breathers, am I right?" she mutters to herself but pauses as the giant robot opens its mouth and spits out a familiar person.
"T-that's Zombie!? I thought that guy was dead!?"
"He's called Zombie for a reason, though, guess we'll be calling him Professor Roboto or some shit now?"
"Is everyone gonna ignore the fact this guy killed a quarter of the fucking city!?"
"Mostly corpos. Not really 'people'."
"And who's gonna pay for your gigs? Cuz without Corpos Fixers ain't got shit... Unless you think some schizo street trash can fork up enough Eddies?"
"Look, that's his crew climbing outta that AV, see, he had a reason to flatline those punks. Good message too, 'fuck with my chooms and I'll bring down the whole fucking city!'"
"Eat shit! My fucking ma' was downtown!"
"My girl too! Fuck that guy's chooms!"
"Yeah? Why don't you say that to his face? 6th Street tried and look where they are now, under the river with the NCPD and MaxTac."
"Why'd you think I'm here pissing away Eddies on cheap liquor instead of out there? I know shit's fucked! And I know I'm not going anywhere near THAT!"
"Does anyone even know what that thing is!? 'Cuz I might know my tech but that thing ain't anywhere near current development!"
"Nanites. Look at it eating through everything, you chuckle-fucks not noticed the fact that it's growing...?"
...
The bar goes silent at that observation, one Rogue had only just realised.
"N-Nanites...? Oh shit!" one merc exclaims in realisation, getting to his feet and blitzing out of the club, followed by many others.
"That gonk fuck's gonna kill us all! I don't wanna know how long it'll take for him to long control of those things! Good luck Rogue, I'm driving straight across the country and booking a flight to Antarctica... Should give me a couple years before I get eaten!" the man says before also leaving.
...
"Kinda quiet now, huh, Emmerick?" she remarks to her nervously-twitching bouncer before downing the rest of her drink. "Go, I know you've got shit to do before you skip town too."
"T-thanks, boss..."
...
"No point in waiting around I suppose... Last call, then everyone out!"
"Uh... Rogue?" the bartender quietly asks, "We probably shouldn't stay here..." he says, pointing to the live broadcast which showed Zombie's robot moving towards Kabuki.
"Fuck."
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