"Thanks Ciri, it's difficult to do this by myself"
"No problem"
Koller had enlisted Ciris help in fixing some damaged augments.
"So what you gonna do with these?" Ciri asked pulling a joint out
"Scrap them and use them for parts" he answered
"Why not just fix it? " Triss asked after seeing them
"The models are old and most of the insides are shit" he explained
The Time Machine
Geralt scanned the shelved books seeing if their was anything that caught his eye. Only few he stopped to look at, til something touched his head.
"Who are you?"
"You must be Adam?" Geralt said not moving
"Who do you work for? Dvali? Or you just a looter?"
"Neither"
Before Adam could ask another question, Geralt knocked the pistol out his hand. Throwing a right hook Adam stopped it with a block. The Witcher was surprised to meet someone who can match him. Pushing the blow off Adam hit a combo of his own to Geralts midsection. Attempting a left jab Geralt ducked, striking Adam with a left hook. Til the agent landed a kick to his chest, making him fly in midair. Falling to the ground knocking a few books off as well.
"Fuck that hurt" Geralt growled as he got back up
Putting his fists up you could tell that their styles in unarmed combat were worlds apart. The two rushed each other, a fierce hand to hand fight took place. Geralt had never fought someone this skilled in fighting. Without his blade it was all he had to depend on, throwing a left Adam caught the fist and threw him to the ground. Adam smashed his fist through the floor boards as Geralt dodged the attacked.
Ciri and the others had heard the rumblings above. Taking the elevator shaft, making it to the upper level. Ciri ran out to see both men fighting, for her it was the first time she saw anyone match each other in a fight.
"Adam! Geralt!" Ciri shouted getting between the two
"Ciri" Geralt said stopping, but still in fight stance
"Ciri? Haven't seen you awhile" Adam said
She couldn't help it she turned and gave him a very tight hug. He turned a bit gentler, as the other three entered.
"Oh everyone this is Adam" Ciri introduced
Now Yennefer understood why Koller said they were similar. He was tall and a few scars on his face, his hair was black as the night sky, his glasses confused them though.
"Ciri when did you get here?" Adam asked
"Before she answers, Jensen did you get it?"
"Yes, here Koller"
Adam handed off the orb to the medic as he examined it in his hands. All made it back down to the operation room. Adam sat in the chair ready for the operation, as Koller readied Adam had a conversation with the strange group.
"So you went home" Adam said as Ciri had explained his disappearance
"And you were in Alaska"
"Found of the coast of Panchaea, took their unwillingly"
"Well I'm just glad you're alive"
"So Adam it is nice to meet you, I am Yennefer" Yennefer greeted shaking his hand
"And I'm Triss" she said shaking his hand too
"Nice to meet you"
"And the man you had a battle of fisticuffs with was Geralt" Yennefer noted
The Witcher stood in the corner, nodding as Adam turned his direction.
"We met"
"Alright Jensen, you ready? This will level all the tech" Koller announced
"Yes, let's get this over with"
Koller activated the chair putting Adam to sleep as he began to operate. Ciri sat anxious Triss had never seen any kind of medication like this.
"Are you alright dear? You seem impatient" Yen asked
"Sorry, I would usually stay in the waiting room" she confessed
"So you've never seen this done?"
"No"
"What if Adam gets hurt?"
"I can't help, if he's hit on flesh I can, but those augments are complicated hardware" she answered
Yennefer only read a pad on them, but she knew that they had to be difficult to work on. Seeing Koller move to different areas just to get his tools was impressive.
"Done" he announced
Adam began to wake up as the chair lowered itself. Moving his fingers and rotating his hands, seeing on his monitors that all systems were normal.
"Thanks Koller"
Getting off the table the man left, as the others followed.
"So what Adam, what you investigating?"
"A bombing in a train station, by either radicals or mercenaries" he answered
"What do you want me?"
"You can't help with this case, but I do need you to look into something" he explained
"Alright, but I want to know why later"
"Okay, I need you to go to my apartment, and look for a signal a tech in the division I'm in believes someone is trying to hack into sensitive data" Adam informed her
"Okay, address"
Giving her a piece of paper the four headed to the agents apartment.
"Ciri you've changed"
"What you mean Geralt?"
"In our world you independent, able to count on your skill, now? You're taking orders" he said as they stopped
"Adam and I are a team just like you and me in our world, but the difference here Geralt is everyone and anyone could be after you" she responded continuing to walk
"We may not like it, but we need to trust this Adam Geralt" Yennefer noted as she followed with Triss
Getting to the Apartments they entered. Ciri quickly looked for the laptop on the counter of his kitchen. Turning it on she opened the email that explained everything to her.
"So, a man has been looking into shipping company" she said aloud
"So their trying to rob a shop?" Triss asked
"No, but the shop is a cover for Adams operations and if that is blown then he can't find the bombers" she explained
"So how are we going to find them?" Geralt asked
Ciri had to think she had learned from watching both Adam and Pritchard.
"I'll make a dummy file and hopefully that'll get him to notice"
"What's a dummy file?"
"A fake document with gibberish that'll make him think it's worth stealing" Ciri answered
She had copy and pasted a news document switching words around to make it legit. Planting it on the man server of the company.
"Now what?" Geralt asked
"We wait, so what would you like to do for now?" Ciri asked as she connected her comm to Adams system
"So we wait, that's the plan?" Yennefer asked
"Yes, but since it's still early we can be sure he'll take the bait soon" she reassured
Task Force 29 Base
Jim Miller is the Director of Task Force 29, and right now he was in a foul mood by local police.
"So we can't retrieve any data?" Adam asked
"Now, those bastards are saying cause the bomb was at a train station that it was a 'home bound' attack" Jim explained
"So what would you like me to do?"
"Go see Fletcher, he says that he had something worth seeing, he should still be at the scene"
Leaving he took a train seeing a few dirty cops on the way. Most people didn't like seeing an Aug in train stations. Especially since they were segregated due to the bombing. Taking the train to the now defunct station, seeing the Crime tech there anxious.
"Adam! Great you're here" he yelled in relief
"What happened Fletcher?"
"Get this I'm examining the scene til these cops come in telling me to leave the premises"
"So what do you need?"
"I have a disc inside that could break this case open, but I can't get in"
"So you want me to go in"
"Exactly"
Adams Apartment
Ciri sat looking at the screen as Yennefer looked at book and Triss and Geralt looked at the TV. Til the bing of the laptop alerted them.
"He caught the bait" she announced
"Now what?"
"We follow the trail"