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From Badlands To Good Times A Cyberpunk 2077 Tale	By : Crystal_Dreams_Writes Category: -Misc Video Games/RPGs > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 3887 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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“Thought you could blackmail ME, bitch!? Set conditions!?”

V had driven to meet with Stout, and she lowered her guard when the Militech woman feigned civility. Her men manhandled her the second V got close enough “Calm the fuck down! I just wanna talk!” Stout was a desperate corpo agent, and desperate corpo agents resort to desperate measures. She had misplaced an entire Militech convoy, she was sure she had a mole in her team, a man by the name of Anthony Gilchrist, but she couldn’t prove it. V’s conveniently timed call made her think that Gilchrist had an accomplice, and she was going to find out.

Following her orders, one of the men plugged into V’s neural port, all weapons were trained on her “Now answer me truthfully, forthrightly… Are you here alone?” V knew better than to lie or play cute and she shook her head, she felt as if her heart could burst through her chest any second “I’m here by my lonesome” the man plugged into her neural port nodded “She’s tellin’ the truth” Stout was fuming as she was pacing around, she finally faces V “Is that piece of shit Gilchrist working for you?” V shakes her head again “Is that the poor bastard you got tied up back there? No, I’ve never met him before” Stout checked with her agent, as the man nods “Checks out, she doesn’t know ‘im” Stout looked puzzled even if it was for a second “Then how the fuck do you know so much, huh?” V explains that she had heard a Militech convoy had gone missing, and her being a nomad she could offer help securing Militech’s routes on the Badlands, which Stout wasn’t interested in, but then she got into the meat of the meeting: She offered to help her recover the convoy if she was allowed to keep the Flathead.

Stout seemed more receptive to the idea, asking V if she had a plan to recover the Flathead, all V said was that the ones having it would only want to sell it, a brief smirk appeared on Stout’s face as she got a credit chip and showed it to her “Fine, but you pay with OUR money, there are 10,000 eurodollars in here” V couldn’t help but feel there was something off. The chip could be easily traced back, and Stout could have just made a transaction with her for the 10,000 eddies. “What’s really in it?” V asked, Stout, grinned for just a moment “You don’t have to worry about that, do your job, pay with this credit chip, let us handle the rest, and you’ll get to keep the bot. Fuck me in any way, and we’ll be seeing each other real soon” Stout motioned her men to board the Militech trucks, V saw a very beaten up Gilchrist held on the back of one of the trucks “You’re making a mistake! This bitch’s as good as dead! And she’ll take you down with her!”

The trucks were gone, and V could finally breathe easily. As she gets in her car, she calls Jackie “Hey V… What’s goin’ on? We still on, chica?” V nods as she starts her car “Met with the corpo woman, had a lovely exchange, she’s providing the eds to buy the Flathead” V could see Jackie’s frown through the holo “I don’t trust these types, mija, there’s something fishy about them” V knew he was right on the money, as she takes the credit chip and keeps on looking at it “Anyway, I’m waitin’ for you at All Foods, not gettin’ any younger, you know?” the call ends as V scans the credit chip. She wasn’t exactly an elite netrunner, but she had learned enough to know that there was something beyond monetary data lines on the chip. Running a secondary diagnostic, she identified a killswitch daemon. While she couldn’t copy and download it, she could neutralize it. After a second or two, she stashes the credit chip and drives to All Foods, hoping that what she was trying to pull would pay off.

It didn’t take V long to reach her destination. Jackie was already there and he wasn’t alone. He was riding an ARCH bike and had a goofy smile on his face. V parks behind him and kills the engine. Approaching him “Hey Jack, wow… That an ARCH? That’s a beauty!” Jackie was definitely proud of it, it already had a Valentinos themed paint job on it “Yup, my new baby, what do you think V?” V just whistles as she took her time looking at the motorcycle “It’s an incredible piece of machinery, it must have set you back a lot choom, even second-hand ones rake in the thousands” Jackie scratches the back of his head “Oh yeah, it didn’t come cheap, but I took my dividend from the Dorsett job and I also took a loan, but muy pequeñito” V smirks, thinking that maybe the loan wasn’t as small as Jackie was saying, boy did she have a surprise for him then “I’d swap the exhaust and the injector if I were you” Jackie looks puzzled “Why? It has that mean roar that the chicas just love!” V nods “Sure it does, but all that roar does is announce your mark that you’re two blocks away and comin’ to find him. If you get dual exhausts on each side, and get a new injector, it’ll run smoother, and quieter, and it will enhance the acceleration, I could probably jerry-rig one for you until you can scrounge the eds for the real thing, choom”.

Jackie sometimes forgets that V was a nomad in a past life, and he wasn’t about to put her advice to waste, but they had something more pressing at the moment “So, what’s the play chica?” he finally asks as he gets off the bike “Dex claims he bought the bot from Brick” she states as they both make their way to the meat packing factory “But with Royce on the lead now, he is probably gonna want us to pay for it again” Jackie frowns “Híjole… Dex paid in advance for the bot? Eso no es bueno…” V then shows the credit chip to Jackie “There’s ten grand in it, Militech spiked it with some daemons but I managed to neutralize it, we’re gonna cozy up to the Maelstromers” Jackie smirks, impressed at V’s initiative “Cozying up to the borg-beasts is a coin toss chica, you know that… But at least you’re not letting the corp fuck around” as they reach the entrance, V presses the intercom button, and a few seconds later, a voice greets them “Who the fuck is this, and what the fuck do you want?” the voice sounded slightly mechanic, par for the course for the Maelstrom “Dexter DeShawn sent us to pick up a bot he bought from you” after a few seconds, the doors opened “Second floor, don’t gonk about”.

Walking through the facility, the pair couldn’t fail but notice that the contents of the Militech convoy were already put to use. There were automated turrets, sensors, cameras, and anti-personnel mines, and they were even chopping up the convoy trucks. As the lights slowly turn on, they notice there were already Maelstromers watching them walk by, they could only be described as massive implants aggressively slapped onto flesh. Their augmentations took most of their bodies and many didn’t resemble normal humans anymore. “Into the elevator, you fuckin’ sheep!” one of them screams as the lights turn on completely. And of course, when they got a better look at V, they started to whistle and catcall her. Jackie was obviously annoyed, but he didn’t say anything, it was like he was trying to remember where he was. Once on the elevator, he turns to V “Keep it cool V, remember, we’re on their turf”.

The elevator finally reaches the second floor, and they are immediately received by a Maelstromer training his pistol on them “So? The fuck you want?” he asks, he was the same Maelstrom from the intercom, V looks at the barrel aiming down at her, and then at him. Much like his compatriots, he was heavily chipped, tubes and wires sticking out of his arms, his left arm completely mechanized, and the top half of his face had been replaced with augmentations. “You got a prototype Militech bot with you, MT0D12 codenamed Flathead” V explains, as the Maelstrom just nods “Yeah? What about it?” V continues “Our client already paid Brick for it, we can speak to Royce if necessary” the Maelstromer gives V a good look and just chuckles to himself, he then points behind him “Nah, you’re dealin’ with me. Name’s Dum Dum. Couch, plant it”. The improvised living room had another three Maelstromers, all armed and chipped to the teeth. V takes a seat on the worn down and dusty couch, V just casually stands next to her. “What the hell happened with keeping it cool, Jackie?” she thinks to herself, Dum Dum immediately gets on Jackie’s face “Well shit, that meant you too, cholo” with smugness on his face, Jackie simply folds his arms on his chest, looking at Dum Dum “I’ll stand” the irritated Maelstromer trains his gun on Jackie “That so hard? Fucking ass on the fucking couch!” Jackie drops his arms, staring Dum Dum down “Make me” there was a slight twitch on Dum Dum, very discrete but sufficiently noticeable, “Thought you’d never ask” V immediately stands and pats Jackie on his shoulder “Jack… siddown” Jackie sighs, exasperated “This ain’t gonna end well”.

Once V and Jackie sat, Dum Dum offered V a puff from his inhaler “What’s this?” V asked as she looked at the inhaler “S-Keef” Jackie answers “Black Lace… It increases your pain resistance, corps used to give it to their soldiers during the war until they drove them cyberpsycho” he explains, Dum Dum takes over “Yeah, but we vaporize the shit, it’ll give you a high you won’t forget without any of the side effects… C’mon babe, give it a whirl, you won’t regret it” V looked at a clearly concerned Jackie, and a clearly eager Dum Dum before she used the inhaler. The effects were almost immediate, she saw color glitches and immediately felt a mixture of relaxation and alertness. Dum Dum clapped his hands “Now we can talk business” he declares as he gives V yet another long look before another Maelstromer brings the case carrying the bot. Dum Dum proceeded to give a full demonstration of the bot’s capabilities. It had a spider design, it was fairly armored and had stealth capabilities, as well as a modified remote control shard, based on Raven Microcybernetics coding. He also explained that the modified control shard enabled a togglable view between the bot, the operator, and any cameras it could hijack. V noticed how the bot was focusing its sensors on her, and she discretely spread her legs, seeing Dum Dum’s reaction, she grins to herself.

“It’ll have to do, we’ll take it” V finally declares, as a heavy metal curtain on the back opens, Royce himself comes out as the other Maelstromers, Dum Dum included immediately spread out and got out of his way. “Well, well, what do we have here?” he asks, he was even more chipped than Dum Dum “What the fuck are you doing in my factory?” Royce presses as he aims his gun at V “Easy choom, our client paid Brick for a bot you have, we’re just here for the pickup” Royce guffaws, pushing the barrel of his gun against V’s temple “You may not have heard, bitch, but there’s been a change in management, Brick is out of the game!” quick on her feet she immediately responds “Fuck Brick then, let’s make a new deal, you and me”.

Royce chuckles “How fast you are to offer a new deal… Y’know, I didn’t hear who’s your employer, you never said” still with his gun firmly pressed against her temple, she responds “Dexter DeShawn” Royce guffaws again, turning to look at the other Maelstromers who were nervously laughing along “Dexter DeShawn!? The fatass from Pacifica!? Wasn’t he dead or something!?” V took advantage of the small window and unholstered her own gun, pressing it against Royce’s neck. Jackie had drawn his guns too, aiming one at Royce, and another at Dum Dum “Nope, he’s alive, well, and says hello” V noticed Royce wasn’t laughing anymore, he clearly was studying his options, but V decided to give him an out “So? Can we make a new offer, choom?” Royce was tense and breathed through his nose, finally nodding “Mhm…” V lowers her gun and Jackie does the same, she then presents Royce with the credit chip “Here’s the eds, and I’ll throw in some info as goodwill. Militech’s on to you, the chip was spiked but I cleaned it up, check it” “W-what?” Royce was suddenly very concerned as he took the chip and presents it to one of his netrunners “Run a scan” he orders, the netrunner simply nods and makes a dive. After a few seconds, he nods “It’s clean, but there’s a neutralized daemon in there”. Royce grunts as he turns to V and Jackie “Fine, take the damn bot and get the fuck out of my factory… And hey, when you get Dexter’s dick out of your mouth, tell him I said hello”.

Royce and a couple of his men disappeared behind the heavy curtain, Dum Dum stayed behind to help pack the bot and the control shard. He couldn’t stop looking at V’s legs and her barely covered ass. He couldn’t get over the fact that someone barely chipped looked that good “Hey, when your amigo drops you home later tonight, maybe I can keep you company for a while” he offers, Jackie seemed irate, but V simply smiled and nodded to Dum Dum “Drop me the digits choom, and I’ll think about it” Dum Dum grins to himself as his sensors glow, sending over his number to V. He was about to say something when the alarms of the facility go off “What the…!?” Jackie drew his weapons again “Shit, it’s fucking Militech!” V shouts, taking the case with her “We gotta delta!” Dum Dum nods “This way, most of the factory will be on lockdown” Dum Dum guided V and Jackie through narrow corridors until they dropped in the processing area. Militech soldiers were already raiding the factory “We gotta get past them or fight them” V says as Dum Dum was already opening fire on them “Fight them it is then” V sighs.

The Militech soldiers had the standard loadout, an assault rifle, and field-based chips and implants. Maelstrom, however, had the advantage of knowing the facility better than Militech. Dum Dum kept guiding V and Jackie despite fighting Militech. Once Jackie and V needed to reload, he took them to a computer room to take cover. There was something about the terminal there that got V curious. As she browsed through it, she smirked “Oh, Gilchrist you fucker…” she shakes her head “Found anything chica?” she gets her gun ready “Tell you when we make it out of here, let’s go!”

The gunfight continued as Maelstromers and Militech, soldiers were getting gunned down left and right. “This leads to the parking area on the back!” says Dum Dum, as they continued their way onward, they arrived at the transport storage. Royce was in a Militech combat exoskeleton but he was surrounded by Militech soldiers “Fuck! We gotta help him” says Dum Dum, Jackie clearly wasn’t in agreement with the idea “Why? Fuck him, he’s on his own!” Dum Dum kept opening fire “Don’t be such a dick! Besides if you help him, he’ll owe you a favor! C'mon!” Jackie groaned but Dum Dum was right. The three of them moved to join Royce as they take care of the Militech soldiers. Royce had been hit a few times, but he was high on a very high dose of S-keef to even feel pain. The factory fell into a somber silence, Jackie finally holsters his weapon “Looks like this is over… C’mon, this way chica” he says as he heads to the exit, followed by V “Hey you, wait!” both turn to face Dum Dum “What? Gonna stab us in the back now, cabrón?” Jackie asks, Dum Dum shakes his head and then focuses on V “I just wanted to say that I think you’re very nova, I like your style, and I want you to have this” he says as he presents V with another S-keef inhaler “Be seein’ you around babe” he says before turning around and rushing back inside. Jackie was confused, he looks at an amused V “Does that Maelstromer have a crush on you chica?” V smirks and finally breaks laughing, to the annoyance of Jackie “No mames…”.

As both left the factory, they saw several Militech bots and transports already in the area, the sun was setting on the horizon, so there were searchlights all over “Shit…” she says as she tried to reach for her gun “Contact!” a soldier alerted, but before anyone could react, another voice intervenes “Cease fire! I repeat, cease fire!”. All the soldiers lowered their weapons and the bots were set to passive mode. A man who had several bruises on his face and probably three or four broken fingers on his right hand was walking towards them. “Anthony Gilchrist, no longer bound and gagged I see” Gilchrist coughs and nods, recognizing V “Ah yes… I recognize you now, you have good memory for… Names” V looks around noticing a particular absence on Militech’s side “I guess things are under new management here? A lot of that lately” Gilchrist nods “Meredith Stout was on the ropes, and she tried to find a culprit for her fuckup. When you took too long inside, she panicked and sent her men in early” Gilchrist sighs “A true tragedy, countless lives lost because of you two” V didn’t like the tone or what he was implying “Whoa whoa, easy choom, your men opened fire first, not us!” Gilchrist simply shrugged “Be that as it may, it will matter little to Militech's management, but we’re gonna hash it out” V then decided to play her ace in the hole and approached Gilchrist “I know you’re the mole, Gilchrist. LOA? Very old trick, but it still works” Gilchrist clears his throat nervously, looking around before focusing on V “Oh that… I believe you’ll see it’s best if you keep that information to yourself, it’s not wise to get in a feud with an agent of one of the largest megacorporations in the world. And you’ll find that I can be very rewarding to my friends, not to mention that I can clear you both from this misunderstanding. Do we have a deal?” V liked him, at least he was a straight shooter, at least when he was against the ropes “We have a deal” V replies as Gilchrist nods, now with a smile “Wonderful, now, does anyone know if Royce is inside? We need to have a talk”.

Once Anthony Gilchrist proceeded inside the factory, V approached Jackie who was trying his best to keep his composure. They had survived an attack from Militech and they had just escaped summary execution. Any lesser man would have cracked, and Jackie was about to, but he wasn’t gonna give any corpo the satisfaction. When V approached, he finally drops the act “Holy shit V, I didn’t think we would make it out of there!” V smiles, playfully punching Jackie on the shoulder “We make a good team, Jack” Jackie finally sighs “Holy shit I’m shakin’ all over, chica… Think I’m gonna call it early” as he started heading toward his bike, V caught up to him “Jack wait, what would you say to 4,000 eddies?” Jackie’s eyes widened, looking left and right, and then at V “Whoa V, who do I gotta flatline?” V smirks shaking her head “No one, just follow me, and I promise you won’t regret it” Jackie got another good look from V’s chest and gulped “Chica… are… are things about to get sexy?” V winks at Jackie and turns around, walking towards her car, swaying her hips as she did “Only one way to find out Jack, follow me”.

V was driving down the street, with Jackie following on his ARCH. She then called Dexter on the holo, and after a few seconds, he replied “Miss V, I hope you have good news for me” V nodded “Sure do, I got the bot from Maelstrom” Dexter rose his eyebrows “Most impressive miss V, did you use the corpo woman?” she shrugged “We talked, she offered a deal, we met with Royce, he offered a better deal” Dexter smirked, amused “Did the exchange go smoothly then?” V shook her head as she explains “Corpo woman got nervous, sent her people in, we had to gun our way out, outside we met another corpo agent, we talked, and he offered yet another deal, and now we’re here” Dexter chuckled nodding to her “You got balls, miss V, I respect that”.

“So, this bot, where do you want this delivered? And do you have our money ready?” Dexter leaned against his seat “I’m a man of my word, don’t worry, you and the Jackster will get your juicy 40%. As for the delivery, I’m headed to the Afterlife, why don’t you and Jack meet me there? You’ll find the big man, Emmerick keeping the gates. By now you know that the Afterlife is an exclusive club, only prestigious mercs make it in, not braindead morons with a gun. Give the big man my name, and you’ll gain access. Are these terms agreeable?” V was surprised, even for nomads all over California and Arizona, the Afterlife held weight, was this their way in? If so, Jackie was going to lose it. “Yes, they are. We’ll see you there shortly” Dexter nods with a smile on his face “Wonderful, miss V, see you then”.
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From Badlands To Good Times A Cyberpunk 2077 Tale