Chapter 16: High Risk, Low Reward

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Sci-fi FREAK: You know what's awesome? There was this game called Fossil Fighters and it had these aliens called Dinaurian and they were dinosaur aliens! They were humanoid dinosaurs that could turn into full dinosaurs. And Duna was the best one! She was so beautiful and unique. It's a real shame that no one uses her. She would fit really well in here.

Dragon Emperor0: Hmmm, ya know, I got a Fossil Fighters story I've been meaning to pick back up for awhile now. Maybe you should consider checking it out when I start writing again? It's called Master of Shadows.

ThermalsniperN7: As for Duna being in this story… If I can learn about her, I might be on board for it.

Dragon Emperor0: You can learn about her when we pick my story back up.

Crofty666: For some reason, I keep getting the scenario in my head that Trip is going to sneak aboard V's ship and they'll only figure out he's there when he does one of his Truth Quest broadcasts saying that he's on board the ship and then saying how they're called The Megabulldons or Mega's for short and then going off on a tangent about the crew and ending with 'maybe they'll let me join'.

ThermalsniperN7: That's… oddly specific.

Dragon Emperor0: No kidding. You got a tinfoil hat at home, or are you just really good at thinking up specific ideas?

Romance Breeding: I loved this chapter a lot! I just felt like the ending of the lemon was really rushed. Other than that, great chapter.

I'm really happy to finally see my favorite girl, Panam. Can't wait to see how much V and the mutants change her life.

ThermalsniperN7: Her life will be very changed.

Dragon Emperor0: You Thought the lemon was short? I kinda thought it was the right length. We followed your idea after all… huh.

ThermalsniperN7: I think we left out a few things… I dunno.

Sci-Fi FREAK: Wait, there was a woman crazy enough to bare Cthulhu's brood?! I didn't think that was possible. Wonder how she got on Earth? Oh, and I'm interested in seeing what her role and the role of her spawn will play out here. Wonder if we will see any of their "family activities?"

ThermalsniperN7: Just about anything is possible where the Eldritch beings are concerned.

Dragon Emperor0: She's T'Mach L'Kahul, one of Cthulhu's daughters. She was specifically birthed to breed an army. Actually, she's the Old One's goddess of lust, fertility, Temple prostitution and childbirth.

Question Dude: In the future, are you planning on going back and re-doing your Fossil Fighters story?

Dragon Emperor0: More like picking up where we left off.

ThermalsniperN7: Hopefully I can familiarize myself with it, too.

Kaiju Avenger: I'm sorry, but I'm a little lost with something: Evelyn is healed up, but she wants V. Why isn't she going back to her fiancé again? I forgot. Looking forward to seeing what outfit you will give Jean. Darli Dagger's clothes, or Orchid's outfit?

ThermalsniperN7: Evelyn went with Yorinobu purely for getting the braindance. No romance whatsoever. Even then, V cared enough to look for her while Yorinobu didn't do anything. Also, we're going with Darli's look.

Dragon Emperor0: Sorry if that wasn't clear.

MonstrousLOVER: Well, I know Kyle is alive. But, Pete didn't hate his son. Had disagreements, sure. But he didn't hate or abuse his son.

Now, if he did, then I would've put down Kyle surviving as one of the many shots on Pete and his dead hide! I love seeing the shark girls having their "moments" with each other. Looking forward to seeing them. Especially if they gang up on Ebony to "punish" her for being so naughty. That sex starved, petite succubus woman.

Making sure her body and mind knows who they all belong to(just for fun and foreplay).

ThermalsniperN7: We're aware that Pete and Kyle had their disagreements, make no mistake. And we know Pete didn't abuse his son.

Dragon Emperor0: That being said, we believed that Kyle's death was okay in game. But we think it would have more potential if he lived, and had the chance to make peace with his demons in a way that his father never could. Could be interesting.

-Rocky Ridge-

"Okay, let's see what we got." V said as he along with Jackie and Panam started looking around. As they did, the Nomad was quick to notice that the place was absolutely dead. Everything was intact, but there wasn't any power.

"Things over here look good physically." Jackie called as he looked over something at the substation.

"But no juice, we'll need to fix that." V nodded. "Hey Panam! Can ya get the car battery out of Junior's trunk?" He called.

"On it!" The Nomad woman called back as she went and collected the car battery and the jumper cables before bringing them to the substation.

"Okay, Jackie, see that abandoned Volkswagen over there?" V asked.

"Yeah? Whatcha plannin' mano?" The bruiser asked.

"Just push it over to the main breakers. We can hook the battery up to it and use it as a power source after it's been hotwired." He explained.

"Alright. Easy." Jackie nodded as he went over to the old car and pushed it over to the breakers without any trouble. "There you go. Lucky me, cuz the brakes were never active." He said.

"Lucky both of us." The soldier nodded as Panam handed him the battery. "Thank you, Panam." He said before he started working on the car for a couple minutes before taking the jumper cables and attaching them to the necessary areas. "Okay Jackie, hotwire the bitch!" He called.

"On it!" The bruiser called back before hotwiring the car. The engine revved up before it suddenly shorted out and the battery started sending power to the breakers. "Moi Bueno!" He grinned.

"Alright, let's do some extra system checks and get into position. It's showtime!" Panam told them.

"Got it." The two soldiers nodded before they went to check on everything before getting into ambush positions.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile with the girls, they were now walking around Saltlick City, mainly looking for some new clothes for Jean and Momo. They were currently in a clothing store browsing what was available.

As Jean looked around, she noticed a mannequin with what looked like a pirate getup, a rather skimpy one at that. Deciding she liked it, she decided to try it on at the changing booth.

She now had two straps of cloth serving as a bra, a bandana on her head and two gloves on her hands. There were also white panties under a series of belts and a waistcloth on her right leg while some of the belts went down her left leg. Further down said leg was what looked like a pair of knife holsters. Finally, there were a pair of brown boots on her feet.

Additionally she also had a new weapon: a Somoan style saw/cleaver hybrid with what looked to be the Maneater logo etched into the blade. It was strapped to her hip.

As Jean looked herself over, she then looked at her hologram disguise, it was that of a dark skinned woman like all of her daughters, with red hair and green eyes. And just like the girls, she looked to take after Haitian Creole women. Not that any of them minded that their holograms were of black women. They always thought black women were among the sexiest of women.

"Oh mommy, you look so sexy!" Ebony purred as she squeezed her mother's ass cheeks from behind.

"Nice to know I look good." Jean smiled as Raiko looked at her mother's new attire up and down appreciatively.

"I think this definitely suits you." She commented. After paying for the clothes, they then exited the store to look around a bit more.

However, as they did, Kujira looked at an alley and saw two little kids sitting there, trying to get out of the heat.

It was a little boy and a little girl—barely seven and five years old at the most—both looked to be either of Haitian Creole or Jamaican descent, possibly both. And they looked absolutely horrible, dirt and dust was all over their face, hands, bodies and clothes. And their clothes were nearly in tatters, they also looked like they hadn't had a decent meal in days.

"Hey, look over there." The atomic shark woman said, causing the rest of the girls to look and widen their eyes upon seeing the two kids.

"Oh my goodness!" Raiko gasped.

"Oh no!" Ivory added.

"Oh you poor things!" Ebony said as they approached the two children.

"Are you here alone? Where are your parents?" Jean asked them gently, trying to coax them out of their hiding spot as they backed away from them.

Upon closer inspection, the boy seemed to have very pretty silver eyes, just like V, and had short bushy black hair, and small sun spots on his cheeks, similar to a dairy cow in shape.

The girl, meanwhile, had beautiful raven hair, golden eyes and a beautiful complexion peppered with adorable little freckles. She almost looked like she was the daughter of Calypso from Pirates of the Caribbean. And it was very clear that both of them were scared.

"P-please… d-don't hurt us." The boy pleaded.

"No no no, we're not going to hurt you." Raiko cooed softly.

"We just want to help you." Momo added.

"What are your names?" Jean asked them, her arms outstretched to them for the little girl of the two to run to her and jump into her arms, and the boy being picked up by Ivory.

"I-I'm Calypso." The girl replied.

"Theodore, but call me Teddy." The boy added.

"Aw, such beautiful names~." Ebony cooed as she nuzzled Calypso's cheek. "Where are your parents? Are you out here all alone?" She asked.

"Our parents abandoned us…!" Theodore whimpered as he nuzzled himself into the crook of Ivory's neck. His words made the girls bristle in anger.

"Oh you poor little dears." Jean said, the maternal instinct that started kicking in after she found out she was pregnant yesterday kicked in. "Girls, would you be opposed to adopting these two?" She asked her daughters.

"No arguments here. Let's get these two under a roof again." Kujira nodded. Theodore looked at her and widened his eyes when he realized how tall she was… and wanted to sit on her shoulders.

He reached out for her, and Ivory got the message before giving him to her big sister. Kujira immediately gave him a kiss on the forehead before putting him on her shoulders.

"I can see everything!" He exclaimed in amazement as he looked around.

Though as they carried the two children with them, both of the kid's little tummies started growling loudly. Again, poor babies hadn't had a decent meal in days, maybe even weeks.

"Let's get you two some food." Ivory said as they went to the same seafood restaurant that V and Jackie went to and ordered a good portion of various foods. The two didn't hesitate to gobble as much as they could down hungrily.

"I think they like it." Raiko chuckled.

"Yeah they do." Jean nodded.

As they supervised their future adopted children, Raiko saw a shade of red out of the corner of her eye. She turned to it… and her heart nearly stopped when she saw Kyle a few tables away.

"Holy shi—." She nearly gasped before she covered her mouth, trying to not draw attention to herself.

Jean noticed her daughter's behavior and glanced in the direction she did. Upon seeing Kyle eating food with a woman she didn't know, her eyes went wide. The only reason she recognized him was due to him being present when Scaly Pete had killed her and scarred Raiko.

'What is he doing here?!' She thought before quickly schooling her features. The rest of the girls looked and all became just as surprised.

"How is he alive?!" Ebony whispered.

"I thought he died in an explosion?" Kujira added.

"I guess not." Ivory whispered in reply.

"Well at least he won't hurt any marine animals." Momo said as she wiped Calypso's face clean after she ate her fill and Jean did the same to Teddy.

"Alright girls, let's go home." The MILF said as she got up and picked the little boy up. As they walked, Kyle glanced at Raiko's disguised form briefly and felt a sense of recognition for some reason.

'Weird.' He thought before going back to his food.

(Later)

As the ladies walked into the house, they set the two kids down on the couch and turned off their image inducers, which surprised them.

"Whoa!" They gasped as they took in the appearances of their future mothers.

Ebony smiled as she struck a pose for them, her tail swinging in its usual seductive fashion. "Well? How do I look, my darlings?" She purred.

"Ebony, behave." Jean ordered her daughter, refusing to let her act that way in front of children.

"So pretty!" Calypso gasped. Teddy just nodded, completely captivated by the beauty of the six women before him.

"Aw, thank you!" Kujira smiled as she picked her up in her arms and brought her to eye-level before nuzzling her face, getting a series of giggles from the child.

Teddy couldn't bring himself to look away from the sexy bodies in front of him.

"Oh come on mommy, why not let him just cop a feel once?" Ebony whispered to Jean as Teddy tried not to ogle the bodies of his new mothers.

"I know you enjoy acting like this, but corrupting a child in such a manner?!" The redhead hissed.

"What do you take me for? No sex until they're older mommy, I'm just suggesting a massage and cuddle, silly." Her daughter retorted, kissing her nose. Jean let out an 'eep' as she backed away with a blush.

Teddy, meanwhile, couldn't stop himself before hugging Ebony's leg. His new mother held him up to her chest, and allowed him to nuzzle into her bosom. The boy smiled in content as he relaxed and basked in her warmth.

(Elsewhere)

Back in the ghost town, it was now sundown and V, Jackie and Panam were waiting for the Raffens to show up so they could spring their ambush. Junior had gotten himself off the road and was hiding where Panam was perched.

"They're rolling in. And my Thorton! You see her?" Panam questioned.

"Kinda hard to miss." V said.

"I see it, chica. Just say the word and I'll help snag it." Jackie nodded.

"Gimme the signal, and I'll flip the switch." V said as the cars got closer.

"Get ready… Now!" Panam said as they pulled in and the people got out.

"And so the lord said: 'Let there be light'." V said as he flipped the switch, causing everything to kick on.

"I don't think we can do this quietly." Junior noted.

"Yeah. Too many people." Jackie said in agreement.

"That's where I come in." V said as he deployed his mantis blades. "Panam, time to see that being descended from two Navy legends isn't just me spewing hot air." He added. With that, he jumped at his first target.

The first goon he took down he grabbed the back of their head and slammed it into the ground, killing them. He then used his enhanced movement to dash in and slide past a few more before he started hacking through more people and then stabbing one guy through the back and hoisting him into the air before tearing him in half.

"Gun the fucker down!" One of the other thugs shouted only for V to kill them via decapitation next before moving on.

As he made quick work of the thugs, Panam watched through the scope of Mitch's rifle in awe. Watching V take out the asshats that stole her ride was like watching him dance, in a sense. She just couldn't take her eyes away.

And as the ones in the store started running towards them, The Nomad whipped out his Widowmaker and started shooting them once in the stomach, and letting the poison kill them.

"Okay, I got the keys to your car, come get 'em." He said as he picked up the keys from one of the gang members.

"On my way!" Panam called as she ran up to him and took the keys before getting in her ride. "Oh, how I have missed you." She sighed happily.

"Alright, Let's get to driving." V nodded as he got in Junior and Jackie on his Arch. "See? We managed just fine without Mitch and Scorpion." He said as he talked on the phone with Panam and Jackie as they followed her.

"Yeah, but I'm still pissed the fuck off at Nash. We're going after him next." The Nomad woman said over their comm link.

"Oh, so you're on a vengeance kick, huh? Wanna risk all our work just to chase down a vendetta?" The soldier questioned, causing Jackie to whistle.

"Uh oh…" Junior said nervously.

"Uh, a little harsh there, aren't ya ese?" Jackie asked.

"What the hell do you know about me!" The woman snapped.

"Enough to know that what you're doing could get you killed if you're not careful." V retorted, recalling what Raiko went through on her revenge kick against Scaly Pete. "That's what almost happened to one of my wives. Now she has a really bad burn on her that's only just healed and had to get one of her eyes replaced." He added. "She could have died in those explosions."

"... Fuck." Panam sighed, seeing V's point. "Look, I see your point, but I can't just let this go. I know where their little hidey hole is. We'll take the unfinished freeway nearby. They won't be expecting us." She explained. The Navy soldier couldn't stop a sigh from escaping him.

"All right. Where is it?" He asked.

"Just around this bend." She said as they drove off. "What Nash did. He was the first person I worked with after leaving the Aldecaldos. I trusted him, and he betrayed me. I'm gonna make him pay!"

"Chingado, man am I glad we didn't start off like that, right V?" Jackie said.

"Yeah. Me too, amigo." The Nomad nodded.

"Wait, what?" Panam asked.

"Jackie was the first guy I worked with after I left the Bakkers. And after that first job? We've been best friends ever since." V explained.

"You two literally got off better than I did, then." The Nomad woman noted as they stopped in front of a tunnel. "This is it, boys. Ready?" She asked.

"Ready to kick some ass!" Jackie nodded in his native tongue.

"Let's do it." V said as they checked their guns.

"All right. Let's go!" Panam exclaimed as they drove right into the tunnel. The woman's car slammed through a barrier and took out two guys before she got out and started shooting. V was next as he pulled up behind his fellow Nomad's ride before he started shooting, too. Jackie was last, and he was ready to fight.

"Guess who, assholes!" V yelled as he shot a thug in the head.

"'Bout time we had some fun!" One idiot shouted before Jackie made a new hole in his head.

"You thought I would let this fucking slide?!" Panam yelled as she shot two thugs in the head with her shotgun.

"Come and get it, carones!" Jackie yelled as he pulled out his iconic pistols and started firing.

"Junior! Initiate combat mode!" The Nomad called to his sentient ride.

"Combat mode activated." Junior intoned… right as machine guns and rocket launchers came out of him and started fucking up the thugs.

"Whoa!" Panam gasped as she rolled out of the way as explosions went off in all directions. "When did he learn to do that?!" She said as a sniper was blown to bits by a missile.

"He's in a vehicle that was programmed with the Excelsior package! It comes with a combat mode that is basically like a tank on wheels!" V told her as he shot his way into a room and started hacking into a stash computer.

"Little guy is basically a one car army!" Jackie added as he shot a guy who tried to throw an ax at him in the head and Junior riddled another guy behind him with holes before he could throw a toxin grenade, causing his allies to get poisoned. "Way to go miho!" He called to their little buddy.

"Damn! I'm really glad I met you guys now!" Panam exclaimed before she saw more people heading their way. This time, their quarry was present. "There he is! That's Nash!" She called as she pointed to the leader of the gang.

After getting his loot, V jacked out of the computer and pulled out his hand cannon and started shooting the newcomers one by one in the head, before switching to his knife and leaping down and landing on top of Nash.

"Move, and the next place this knife goes is your brain stem." The Nomad stated, holding his knife to the back of the man's neck.

"Bastard!" The gang leader growled. Panam walked up to the two with a glare on her face as she knelt down to her backstabber.

"Hope you got your last rights planned Nash, cuz you're gonna need em." She states.

"You think I'm scared of you, bitch?!" Nash spat. "When I can, I'm gonna make all of you scream for mercy!" He growled.

"No ya won't. You'll never get the chance." V told him.

"Do you wanna put a cap in this guy's ass, or should I?" Jackie asked.

"No, this is my mess, I'll do it." Panam said as the bruiser tossed her one of his pistols.

"Use this." He told her.

"Thanks." The Aldecaldo woman nodded as she pointed the pistol in between Nash's eyes. "Buh-bye, jackass!" She smiled before pulling the trigger, killing him.

"That's that I guess." V said as he got off the corpse. "We better call Rogue and tell her that we got the goods." He added.

"On it." Panam said as she started dialing Rogue. "Hello Rogue." The woman said in a smug tone.

"Hello, Panam. I take it that your shit got cleaned up?" The queen of fixers asked.

"Yeah, and if you ask nicely, I'll get the job done so we both won't be out of any cash." The Nomad woman nodded.

"I take my cut up front, honey. But I guess I'm touched." Rogue replied.

"Fuck!" Panam snapped as she hung up.

"Feeling any better, Miha?" Jackie asked as he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"... Maybe a little." She admitted. "Let's blow this joint." She added as she got in her truck.

"Rogue's one frigid cold bitch. Seems like she's lost the plot." Johnny noted. As the two soldiers got in their respective rides before they took off.

"You mean she used to be sweet and alluring?" V asked.

"Ha! Never that, but she's no stranger to the other end of the stick. Think she may need a strong kick in the ass." The rocker replied.

As they drove along, V got a message and a picture from the girls. "Huh…? Whoa, okay." He said, getting the attention of his three companions.

"What is it/what's wrong?/Que Pasa Mano?" They asked.

"It seems that while we've been gone, the girls went on a shopping spree in Saltlick City, got Jean some new clothes, saw Kyle Leblanc, and—get this—adopted two kids they found on the streets who ended up there from Pacifica." The Nomad told them.

"Well that's one way to spend your day." Panam remarked with a chuckle.

"Adopting two kids that came all the way from Pacifica? Dios mio, poor little tykes must've been starving out there." Jackie added.

"They were before the girls treated them to some seafood. Apparently they liked it." V nodded. He then received a message from Judy. "Oh, got a message from Judy." He added.

"What's it say?" Jackie asked.

"It's good news. Evelyn is finally up and about." The former Bakker replied.

"Hey, that's great! Moi Bueno! How she feelin'?"

Jackie asked.

"Seems okay to my ear, may need to check on them later." He responded as they kept driving.

(Elsewhere)

The girls laid both Calypso and Teddy down in the bed left in Jackie's old room so they could take a nap after they had given them a bath and some pajamas. Now the two were snuggling together, fast asleep.

"I still can't believe that these two were allowed to be left on the streets for that long. They were unbelievably dirty, poor Teddy had a nearly infected skinned knee, and it's going to take at least a month for them to gain the necessary weight they need back." Meredith said as she tapped her foot, having just gotten back from work and being informed of the situation.

"You seem passionate about this." Raiko noted.

"I have a brother who's adopted, so I know how painful these situations can be for children. Especially ones on the streets." The blonde nodded.

"Can you see if you can track down their parents? I'd like to teach them a… lesson." Ivory asked as she punched one fist into her palm.

"As much as I'd love to, that's not my area of expertise." She replied.

"Girls, there's something I found on Teddy and Calypso when I gave them their baths." Jean said as she showed them a picture of a cyber tattoo on their backs, it was a Haitian Creole symbol that meant "Outcast" or "half-breed".

"... Absolutely unacceptable!" Kujira growled, her tail and spines lighting up.

"These are Voodoo Boys markings. One of their parents must have been a member." Meredith noted.

"Then halfbreed must be in reference to the other parent." Ebony nodded. "A corpo, maybe?" She suggested. "Think you can figure out who?" She asked.

"I can't, but I know someone who can." The family pet replied before making a call.

"Make sure you take off your clothes while you're at it. You know the rules, pet." Raiko told her as she smacked Meredith's ass. However as she did this, Momo suddenly injected a familiar looking green ooze into the shark woman's ass. "Youch!" She hissed before groaning as she felt something happening at her tailbone. After fifteen seconds, it stopped. Looking back, her eyes widened when she saw that she had a shark tail again!

"You're welcome." The Otsutsuki woman smiled. Ecstatic, Raiko slammed her lips onto Momo's as lightning bounced off her body happily, her newly returned tail wagging. Momo grabbed her ass before she started stroking her sensitive tail, making Raiko moan in bliss.

"Easy, you two. Don't wake the kids." Ivory chuckled, but was glad Raiko wasn't the tailless one anymore.

"I'm really craving V's cum right now." Jean said as her stomach groaned.

"When he gets back from his current job, we'll get fed then." Ebony said as her own stomach groaned in hunger. "Though It seems our babies are also hungry for their daddy's cum." She noted idly.

Raiko was quick to snap an ass pic of her tail with her pussy lips spread and sent it to V. "We're hungry for your cum, Daddy. Us and the babies." She typed. She then sent it to her shared mate.

(Elsewhere)

At the Sunset Motel, V, Jackie and Panam were chatting and drinking at the diner inside it after the deal had been taken care of. As they talked, V suddenly got a message from Raiko.

"Hang on." He said as he opened the message while drinking his beer… and nearly spat it out when he saw the image and the attached message. 'Holy shit, she got her tail back!' He thought with wide eyes.

"What's up?" Panam asked, seeing his expression.

"Just one of my girls showing how hungry she is, if you know what I mean." V replied. The woman was about to ask before it clicked in her mind, and started chuckling.

"This a normal occurrence or do you just like starving them to death?" She joked, making Jackie almost choke on his drink.

"Say what now?!" He stammered in his native tongue.

"It just shows how much they love me." V told her with a smirk.

"Jesus Christo, V, you gotta get those girls into some kind of counselling service or something." His friend said. "Because at this rate, they won't last the six months we'll be gone." He added.

"I probably should talk to them about this so they don't go nuts while we're away." The silver eyed Nomad muttered in agreement, getting a feeling they'll do something stupid while he's at sea for his next tour.

Panam chuckled as she took a sip of her drink. "So, what do you think we should do for the night?" She asked the two.

"Hellman is supposed to pass through this area, so we should probably rent a room." V shrugged.

"There's two beds in each room. If one of us shares a room we can save money." She suggested with a nod.

"Right." V nodded. "Plus, Nomads stick together, right?" He added with a grin.

"That's definitely true." She nodded. As the descendant of legend got up and walked outside, and then got a call from Takemura.

"V. We need to talk." The man said.

"What's shakin' Goro?" The Nomad asked.

"My associate is ready to meet." The former bodyguard replied.

"Preem. When and where?" He asked.

"The bridge under Japantown, 9:50pm, the day after tomorrow." Takemura replied.

"Got it. Should I bring the rest of my crew with me? More witnesses could swing your guy's vote." V nodded before making a suggestion.

"Yes. That would be beneficial." Takemura nodded.

"Before you hang up, there's something I need to make you aware of." The Nomad said. "I would have told you sooner, but things were rather hectic." He added.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Due to a series of events I had no control over, my plans regarding Site P were executed sooner than I thought." V explained. "The ones running the place are all dead and the place is now under control of the U.S. Navy." He added.

"I… see." He noted with a small frown. "But you are still helping me in bringing Yorinobu and Karai to justice. That much I can tell hasn't changed." He added.

"Right. And if anyone asks, I never told you this. It's military info." He told the man.

"Of course." Takemura nodded before ending the call.

V sighed as he leaned against the railing as rain started to pour down from the sky. Johnny then decided to make another appearance again and leaned on the railing next to him.

"Takin' a big risk, trusting one of Arasaka's trusty guard dogs." The rocker stated.

"I don't need to hear what I already know." The Nomad replied. "Besides, the reward of all this could very well be worth the risk." He added.

"Trusting a Corp is a bad idea V, no matter what the outcome. They get your trust and they'll drag you into their world so that your ideals and humanity get washed out like grass stains splashed with bleach." Johnny told him.

"Trust me Johnny, I know." V nodded. The two were silent before he spoke again. "Hey, when we get information on the chip, what do you think about—?"

"If you're gonna ask me what I think about your walnut brained idea about starting a seafaring Nomad clan and taking Arasaka into your fold by ousting Yorinobu, destroying Mikoshi and marrying Hanako Arasaka." The engram rattled off before looking at him with a condescending face before taking off his shades. "I'm just gonna say this: I think your bulb isn't screwed in all the way." He added.

"The fuck are you saying?" V questioned with a frown.

"I'm sayin you're either crazy, stupid, too horny and greedy for your own good, or all of the fuckin' above." The man replied.

"You've got no room to talk, considering what you did back in the day." The Nomad shot back.

"Different reasons, different methods, different matters, V. Totally not the same thing." The engram said. "Besides, why would you want to take over Arasaka, anyway? That place is bad right down to the bone marrow, it's irredeemable." He added.

"I wouldn't say that. You're changing, aren't you? I mean, you're sharing my head, I can sense something changing with you." V questioned. Johnny 'tsk'ed before sighing.

"Got me there." He admitted. "Seriously, though. What would you even get from taking over Arasaka? Besides the obvious, I mean." He questioned.

"How about getting you a new body, for starters?" The soldier responded, which caught Johnny by surprise.

"Wait, what? Seriously?!" He exclaimed with wide eyes. Of all the responses he was expecting, that wasn't one of them.

"Gotta do something with your consciousness once we get you outta my head, don't we?" V asked in a slightly rhetorical fashion.

"Okay, I know you're gonna clone a body with some of my DNA. That much is obvious." The rocker deduced, seeing where this would go. "Question is, where are you gonna get some?" He wondered.

"No clue. Could check a hospital, maybe a couple of your old hangouts. Somewhere to get what we need." The man shrugged. "Or, we could just grow you a body with my cells. I mean our brains are pretty similar now, right?" He added.

"Let's start with that first one before we use your genes." Johnny said. "And If we're gonna go to my old hangouts, I'll need to steer you to them." He added.

"Right… fuck, I'm gonna regret that. I just know it." He sighed as the two turned to face the road. "So, if you do get a new body, what's the first thing you're gonna do?" The Nomad asked.

"Get back together with Rogue. Her skin is one of the first things I wanna feel again." Johnny replied, a faint amount of longing in his voice.

"Makes sense. I mean after losing Alt I bet the first thing you wanna do is try and rekindle one of the only meaningful relationships you ever had, right?" V asked.

"Bullseye right there, V." Johnny nodded. There was a moment of silence before he chuckled. "Ya know I just realized that if I did take a body made from your cells, we'd basically be blood brothers." He chuckled.

"Yeah, and you'd be my evil twin." V chuckled as well.

"And the handsome one." The rocker added before laughing. "Actually, no. That would go both ways." He grinned.

"Now ya got it." The soldier nodded. "Ya know, I always wanted a brother. Never said anything about it though."

"Not even to your best friend?" Johnny questioned.

"Jackie always got emotional when brothers were brought up. So I knew better than to pour salt in old wounds." He shrugged.

"Fair enough." The rocker shrugged before chuckling to himself. "Brothers, heh. That'd be something alright." He said before disappearing.

V then decided to head to his and Panam's room and get some sleep. It had been a very long day, and he could really use some rest.

Dragon Emperor0: I gotta admit, the way that the plot lines are going for our custom ending is coming together great. The idea of Johnny being brought back, and possibly in a body that would make them twin brothers sounds awesome. Especially since they develop a very brother-like relationship in game.

ThermalsniperN7: Yeah. That would do quite a bit for their dynamic here. Also, surprise! Raiko got her tail back!

Dragon Emperor0: And the girls selflessly adopted two children who were abandoned for apparently being half breeds. Teddy and Calypso are going to make wonderful older siblings for the babies in a few months.

ThermalsniperN7: The people responsible are gonna pay for shunning them like that somehow. Mark my words!

Dragon Emperor0: Anyway guys, next chapter should be the last part of this little saga. Then after that is the meeting with Takemura, and then we will be having a six month time skip when V and Jackie go on tour again. As it has been two months since they met Raiko, a month since the Heist, and it'll be two months that'll pass in the next chapter. So V will probably be back by the time the girls have the babies or just before. Since Bull Sharks technically have ten to eleven months in between spawnings if memory serves me well?

ThermalsniperN7: Somewhere around there. Let's just hope the girls don't do anything stupid while their man is away.

Dragon Emperor0: Yeah. Anyway guys, see you next week.