Armored Core: Steel Dynasty

Chapter 3

A young Japanese man leaned against the cement wall while quietly thinking to him self.

"How could I lose? The plan was perfect! How could a halfwit like Garett take me out? I don't see how it's possible." Takura thought to himself angrily. "All he's got on me is luck. It was luck that let him win!" 

His thinking was interrupted when a kid tapped his arm gently.

"Excuse me, but a Japanese guy told me to tell you that you're ACs done." The kid said in a New York accent.

"Oh… Thank you." Takura said smiling.

"Yeah, yeah… Pay up mister." He said holding out his hand.

"Hmm? Oh, here you go…" Takura replied as put a few credits in the boy's hand.

"Alright! Thanks mister!" The child exclaimed and then ran off in the opposite direction.

Then Takura headed north towards his brother's hanger.

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Takura walked the through large metal doors of the hangar slowly.

"Hey Takura!" A man called out as he jumped off a huge turquoise AC.

The man looked about 10 years older than Takura, but very similar except for his bleached blonde hair and buff physique.

"You finished with Surf?" Takura asked eagerly.

"Finished her? I upgraded her!" Takura's brother said grinning.

"Thank you Dyobi! Thank you so much!" Takura smiled.

"No problemo little bro! When father wrote you out of his will I knew I'd have to help you out a lot."

Takura hung his head.

"Father was so mad when I ran off to become a raven… He always disapproved of the idea and said it was just some stupid foolish dream. When I actually did it he flipped out and wrote me out of the will…" He said glumly.

"Don't let it get you down Takura. I mean I still lend you money now and then. It's never been as big as building and buying you a core, but your getting you're share from me." Dyobi reminded.

"It's not the money… It's the shame. Oh well; its in the past, I shouldn't be bringing it up now. Thanks again for the core." Takura said, surveying the massive mech.

"Your welcome. Know let me run over the new features of Surf." Dyobi walked over to the AC.

"Okay." Takura did the same.

Dyobi jumped onto a ladder and made his way to the cockpit quickly.

"Let me get the AC part sheet." He called down to Takura.

"Okay!" Takura called back.

Dyobi grabbed the sheet and jumped down.

"Okay, so basically not much is changed; I tried to keep the classic Surf in the style. The biggest change is the quadruped type legs as you might've noticed." He said quickly.

"Heheh. Yeah, that's going to take some getting used to." Takura admitted, smirking.

"Yeah… I also put in a new radiator and FCS. Okay, now get this; I gave you a KARASAWA-MK2 so you can stand up to the attacking power of that guy who beat your AC." Dyobi continued.

"Good… That'll help." Takura replied, looking at the sheet.

"Lastly, I got a BEX-BRM-04 extension part. This thing will shoot off 4 extra missiles with 1 or more locks on any mechanical enemy. Pretty sweet eh'?" He finished, crumpling the sheet up and throwing it into the cockpit.

"Cool. Let me put Surf's personality chip in okay?" Takura said, pulling out a small black computer chip with the word "Surf" on it.

"Oh yeah! I almost forgot. Go put it in!" Dyobi signaled for his brother to go into the cockpit.

Takura climbed up the shiny silver ladder and got into the cockpit. He hopped into the seat of the AC.

"Ahh, I love that new AC smell." Takura chuckled to himself.

He pulled a small metal drawer out and stuck the chip into a complicated looking panel of circuits and wires. Lights all over the cold dark cockpit lighted up, turning the atmosphere inside to one that was a little more cheery.

"System online." A robotic voice echoed through the metal chambers in the AC.

"Surf mode activate in 5…4…3…2...1…0." Takura counted.

"Surf mode online." The computer stated mechanically.

"It's nice to be back Takura. How are you today?" Surf asked.

"Just fine. You? You've been cooped up in that little chip for a long time now." Takura smiled.

"Robots are always okay… They have no concern for space," reminded Surf.

"Haha. I know!" Takura groaned back.

"Hey Surf!" came Dyobi's voice from outside.

"Hello Dyobi." Surf said back.

"If it wasn't for Dyobi you would still be in that little chip." Takura explained. "He bought the parts for you and built you too!"

"Borrowing money from big brother again aren't you Takura?" Surf almost scolded.

"Hahaha!" Takura laughed.

                                                         To Be Continued…