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Chương 145: Saw it off...

[Ori, I've found some leads on our Netrunner.] - Sasha

Ori blinks himself awake at the message, unintentionally kicking Rebecca out of bed due to how close she is to the edge.

"Hey!"

"Sorry! Just got a text, Sasha says she found something."

[Gimme wat u got] - Ori

[Haven't found their identity, but they just rented a room in the Sunset Hotel over at the Red Peaks, East of Charter Hill. We move now and we might catch them while they're sleeping.] - Sasha

[Shit, that's all I needed to hear!!!] - Ori

Ori grabs Rebecca under his arm and marches into the shower as she tries to squirm her way outta his grip, "Come on, we got someone to kill and a time limit to hit!"

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Ori flies down the highway with Rebecca and Sasha in his Ogre 420 Magistrate, kicking up a long line of dust as they hightail it towards the sunrise.

"You really think the guy'll be there?" Rebecca queries, glancing at Sasha in the back from the passenger seat.

She shrugs, "Maybe? All I know is they bought a room last night and haven't checked out yet. Room eleven, apparently."

"We won't have to wait long. We're already there." Ori states, nodding his head at the hotel approaching from the distance.

Despite its isolated location, there were more people than expected. Dozens of cars lined up on the roadsides nearby it, stalls set up selling both food, clothes, and arms, and even at this time the bar looked half-full.

He twists around the street and stops the truck in a free parking space. After that, he grabs Bore and Six's revolvers and steps out, followed by his companions. They don't enter the bar, instead, they head to room eleven which was placed on the second floor at the very end of the walkway.

*Knock-Knock.*

Ori taps the barrel of Bore against the door, prepared to blow whoever opens it apart if they show any hostility.

...

After some minutes of waiting however, no one comes to answer. Sasha reported that no one had snuck out of the other entrances like the windows for example, and they hadn't checked out either... Meaning they were still inside.

"Well, looks like it's the hard way then." he remarks, taking some steps back as Rebecca and Sasha get some distance.

*CRAASH!*

He goes straight through the door, pushing through the dust with Bore raised, looking around the room... Strangely, there wasn't anyone inside... The couch of the room seemed to have been dragged directly in front of the television, which was buzzing with static...

*Bzzt!*

"Hello." a person on the T.V says as a picture of a shadowed figure appears.

"If you say 'Do you wanna play a game' I'm gonna lose my shit." Rebecca states as she walks inside, Sasha having confirmed that there were no hidden explosives.

"A fan of the classics... But no, I'm not a complete hack." the stranger chuckles, "I have something of yours that you might want..."

Ori rests Bore on his shoulder, "And what would that be?"

The picture buzzes and switches to some dull room, three people were tied to chairs in the middle with black bags over their heads. Ori instantly freezes as he notices an inconspicuous bump on the stomach of the only female... The lack of one arm and most fingers on the man next to her only confirmed his suspicions.

Still, Ori kept his expression firm, "Hostages, I thought you said you weren't a hack?" he drawls while shooting Sasha a text.

[Find out where this fucker is, that's my family he's got!] - Ori

[Already working on it.] - Sasha

"No, I only said I'm not a complete one. Cliches are only so because they are iconic, being last to the party doesn't make you any less valuable." the hooded person walks into the shot with an axe in hand.

"Tell that to copyright laws." Sasha adds, folding her arms.

"Pfft, like that shit matters! Back when the world wasn't shit China repurposed technology from the USA with no repercussions. Everyone steals, whether or not you have the power to take it back is another matter." the person rests a hand on one of the hostage's shoulders.

Ori clenches his jaw, "I don't know, there's nothing worse than a loser who can't learn. You failed to kill me once, now you've resorted to this? If you wanna go off TV culture, you're a Z-list villain by your own standards."

"Heh, yeah, you're the Elmer Fudd of mercs." Rebecca snickers.

"No."

"Yeah you are."

"No I'm not."

"Whatever you say Mr Fudd."

"I AM NOT ELMER FUDD!..." the kidnapper shakes his head, "Enough! I didn't set this up to small talk." he pulls the hoods off of the hostages, revealing Bats, Cat, and Fujino, all sitting there with wide-eyed and gagged.

Ori grips Bore tightly, "And what DO you want?"

"I wanna finish my job, what else? I'm a petty person though, if I can't manage that I'll settle for the next best thing." they point the axe as the hostages, "How about it? Their heads worth yours?"

"Fat chance." Rebecca growls.

"You touch any of them, you won't escape." Sasha promises with brows furrowed.

"Hopefully it won't come to that. You just gotta play my game-"

"I knew it was a fucking Saw!" Rebecca exclaims with an accusatory finger, "You hack!" (AN: I'm sure by the time 2077 rolls around Saw released a hundred more movies)

"Shut the fuck up!" the kidnapper angrily shouts, taking a breath, "Now. You either do as I say or..." they heft the axe, "I start cutting bits off. Oh, and mind your manners miss-"

*BZZTCH!*

Sasha yelps as the back of her head crackles slightly with sparks, a quick hack to her Interface forcing her to cease whatever operations she was running.

"Did you think I wouldn't notice you running around, searching for me? You're not as smart as you think you are, Kitten."


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Chương 146: One man left behind

"You're not as smart as you think you are, Kitten."

Ori grips Sasha's arm but she shrugs him off, brusquely mouthing "I'm fine."

"Now, before we can do anything, I need you three to open the draw underneath this television." the kidnapper orders. Once he sees the trio not moving however, he reiterates while placing the blunt side of the axe atop Bats head. "Do it."

Rebecca scowls and opens it, pulling out four chips of some sort.

"Just leave one behind, I thought there would be more of you." they remark, "Now, put them in."

"Haaah? Are you retarded? You must be to think we'd actually do that." Rebecca gapes at them, outwardly wondering if the villain had down-syndrome.

"You are free to scan them, but you will put them in if you want to find your friends."

Ori scowls but sends a nod at Sasha, it doesn't take long for her to figure out what they were. Communication blockers, along with tracking software. Not viruses, but certainly not something you'd want to plug in.

"We wouldn't want you contacting any nuisances, would we? Did I mention I've been keeping track of your communications as soon as you entered?" they conversationally add.

"What guarantee do we have that you'll do as you say?" Ori questions, wondering how they were going to get out of this shit alive... Not to mention, how the fuck this bastard managed to locate his... Oh... When he'd rushed home at the news of Cat's pregnancy, he'd forgotten his usual precautions. Fucking shit!

"You don't. But I can promise you a boss fight at the very least, no game is complete without one. Or you could refuse, and lose much." they state meaningfully, laying the axe atop Cat's head this time.

"Fine! We'll play your fucking game..." Ori growls, plugging the chip in, "Just don't get mad when you lose."

Rebecca and Sasha reluctantly follow, plugging in and immediately feeling their communication systems buzz and falter, even their connection to the Net gets stifled.

"What now then, maybe a fetch quest?" Rebecca grouses irritably.

"Hardly, I told you, we're going straight to the boss fight." the kidnapper pulls out a map and highlights a point south of Night City, isolated and in the middle of an empty area of desert within the Jackson Plains. "Now, why don't you get moving? We'd rather not wait all day, us or our guests."

*Bzztch!*

The TV turns off, leaving the trio just standing there with many expressions crossing their faces. Rebecca was switching between anger and irritation, Sasha between helplessness and guilt, and Ori... Ori's lips were pursed, conflict raging clear on his face by his single twitching brow, and the prominent scowl on his face.

"What're we going to do...?" Sasha questions, folding her arms and scratching a line into her tricep. "We'll be walking straight into a trap, they have hostages and we can't even call for help."

"What else can we do!? We go in there, shoot those cunts, then pick up some ice cream on the way back." Rebecca firmly states.

"You're right, there's nothing else we can do..." Ori mutters, anxiously chewing his lip, "Except..." he trails off, shaking his head.

"What?" Rebecca presses.

"I was thinking maybe we could drop someone off on the way to get help, but the chips..." he lets out a forlorn sigh.

"No, maybe we could...?" Sasha perks up, "I could tie the signal to another chip, the proximity would make it look like nothing had happened." she glances at Rebecca, "I'd have to be there to keep it stable though."

"Wait, you two aren't thinking of just dropping me off and going there yourselves are you!?" Rebecca all but shrieks. "No fucking way am I letting you do that!"

Ori shakes his head, "It's that or go in without backup. I don't like it either but it's probably our only option..."

"No!" she angrily exclaims, "You can try convince me all you want, you ain't ditching me to go off and die!"

Sasha just looks unsurely at Ori, shrugging her shoulders lightly.

...

He maintains eye contact with her for a couple seconds before sighing, "Fine, we die we do it together, I guess..."

"That's what I fuckin' thought!" she rests Guts behind her head, "Now let's go, we've got some gonks to gank!"

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Ori drives back to Night City but doesn't take the immediate highway to their destination. Instead looping around Santo Domingo. He sends subtle glances at Sasha who seemed to understand his intentions, all while Rebecca distractedly double and triple-checked her weapons.

Thankfully, he barely remembered her talking about Maine's crew's hideout, some garage below an underpass. Rebecca seemed to recognise it as they drove past... And wasn't able to react fast enough when he kicked her out of the car, Sasha hijacking the tracker as they left the pale chibi in the dust.

"YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!" Rebecca roars after them, firing Guts into the sky as if that'd change their decision.

"Do you really think this is the best idea...?" Sasha questioned, half of her wanted to just leave Ori to his devices, after all, it wasn't her family held hostage... But then again, he had helped her get her revenge, not to mention the idea of betraying a friend sickened her to her core.

Ori picked up on her hesitation of course, while he wanted to give her the chance to back out she was the one currently holding Rebecca's tracker. If she left the kidnappers would definitely know something was up... "No. But it's the only thing we can really do... Sorry, by the way, for getting you involved with this shit."

She shakes her head, "Their assassins, if they're after you then they're after me and Rebecca too. We're a crew, after all... Listen, if I don't make it... Look after my cat?" she asks semiseriously.

"Only if you promise to look after my 'Cat' too." he smiles lightly, and they both chuckle in response.


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