Disclaimer: Don't own Cyberpunk, that should be obvious.
Chapter Two:
Abandoned Rail Switch Station-
I parked half a mile away from the meeting location, which was an old sub station for freightliners entering the State and inward towards Night City. It was a huge open area with some left over train cars on tracks and containers spilt over giving a bit of cover.
"An AV from the south west, three armored Trucks to North all converging here. What the play here?" Mottly questions as we get out of sight.
The meeting began as I watch and made sure my target was there. My target being an sliver briefcase. Just as I thought of a plan of action.
The parked AV blew up into a smoldering trash heap. For certain I knew Kang Tao are known for making these beast damn near unbreakable. This attack sent Kang Tao in panic setting the whole meeting, up in arms. Either Saka is trying to start a war or a dangerous Net Runner is near by.
"At last the serpent bares it's fangs," the dressed up corpo from Kang Tao spat.
"You think this to be us?" Yelled one of the men from Arasaka, in broken English. His hands on his weapon."下水道ネズミ." He said aloud. Suddenly gun fire rang out and the two sides begins shooting at each other. I kept hidden but as soon as it started the gun fire stopped.
"Ryan look there one left, he's pulling loose a briefcase from that Kang Tao operative."
"I see I see." I began sprinting after him, I grab hold my Pistol and gave chase, he wasn't too aware of my presence but he was yelling in Japanese trying to reach the armored Truck. If he gets in, I can kiss this job goodbye.
I fired a warning shot, at the trucks engine. "Don't move! I won't miss next time!"
"You dare threaten me!" He hollered and bolstered turning around to face me, one hand on the briefcase another on his gaping wound from his sides.
"Hand over the briefcase and step aside." I demand as loud and as threatening as possible.
"You dare, as they say. Poke the hornet's nest? Arasaka will make you pay." He grovels.
"I didn't injure you, I didn't disturb your meeting. Besides I don't fear Arasaka. Now you can hand the case and leave or I can kill you here and now!"
"Trauma Team will be down on you before you could blink.
Giving his health package with Trauma they might just venture out this far for him, but I'll be long gone before they can find me. He thinks his idle words can stop me. Suddenly he grabs for the door handle.
Bang! One shot through the head, I zeroed him in one move. "I warned you not to move." I say stepping over him pulling the briefcase free from his grip.
"A job well done, wouldn't you say so, Mottly?"
"Ryan, watch out-" Suddenly his voice fades out and I feel the chamber of a gun press into my shoulder.
"Drop the case." The voice warn.
"Screw you, this is my gig, get your own!" I shout turning on heel to swing my pistol at them.
A second, not even a second passes and a medium height light skin guy appears infornt of me.
"Wrong move, Choom."
"I'm not your fucking Choom, Choom!"
The guy was good, but more than good he was outfitted with a Sandy. I couldn't compete with that, especially without Mottly.
"Here!" I grumble begrudgingly handing him the case. He takes it and looks back at me. "What now, gonna zero me, if not tell your runner to release my friend..."
Suddenly a girl with reddish brown hair makes herself known.
"We good David."
"Yeah we're good. You can unshackle his friend."
"Your friend has a real gutter mouth." She sighed.
"Shit you okay kid?" Mottly asks.
"It's nothing, we was out gun and lost our gig, nothing else but to head back home."
Fuck me!" Mottly voice echo's out but this time it's out loud and not usually inside my mind. Just where was his voice coming from? Wait my neural port, but how. Doesn't matter, right now it's best I get going, while the goings good.
"Kang Tao AV incoming!" Shouted out both Mottly and the girl. A swarm of operatives began leaping out over head.
"Looks like we're going to have to shoot ourselves out of here, find cover Kiwi! The guy shouted.
"Looks like we're going to have to work together if we wanna survive." I said to the guy. "Truce?"
"Truce." He said shaking his head reloading his gun.
I took the back row and the guy took the front, Kang Tao ops were trying to bottleneck us off in the center.
"Guys to your left, duck and fire three shots," Mottly said. I held my gun and charged the operatives.
I engaged the third guy and fired at least 4 rounds in his direction. He fell down but the others manage to dodge the initial fire.
"Lemme handle that," I heard the next guy say. Firing at me but I manage to evade his sloppy shots. I return fire.
His gun was at an awkward angle now and he went down immediately.
One of the other guys saw me and aimed, but I shot him in the head and the body went limp.
The other guy raised his gun and fired.
I was a few steps in front of him and took him out in one shot.
I turn to see the girl running for a van that rode up to them. She got into the van first. More and more men began to swarm me, it wasn't looking good for me.
"Looks like this is it." Mottly said.
"Looks like it, but we are going down swinging. I drop the first gun and grab out a more wider shot Smart gun. "I'm leaving aiming to you buddy." Mottly was an excellent shot when we used smart gun's, auto targeting like cutting through paper. Matched with real time AI prediction algorithm. All I needed to do was surrender control of my dominant arm to him.
Mottly fired more and more shots at the rest of the attackers as I let him fun. My weapon was completely on automatic now.
The gunfire caused the guys to back away from me. I switched focus to the first guy who fired at me a few seconds ago. It was the lead guys turn to fire now. "Open fire." I told Mottly.
I did the same to him as I did the others and he fell to the ground. There was no end to them in sight. The other guy, I believe his name was David he was running into issues. He was ramming through their numbers but slowly began to slow down. He makes the the gesture as he turns to assist me, but stops short when the girl screams.
"Leave them here!" The van pulls up to him covering him from fire as he gets in.
"Really shouldn't counted on help getting out of here. " I say to Mottly as we mow down more men, but it was like a small army began to surround me. Mottly did his best gunning them down as I try making a escape. We were running out of hiding spots.
Mottly kept making shots to get me out of the hostile situation but it was a lost cause I saw no other way out.
The men began to amass around me. I slowly close my eyes accepting my fate. No one lives long in Night City. I tell myself. Suddenly the sound of tires squeal from behind. The vans back door open.
"Hurry if you want to live." The guy says. Instantly I began running for the van that started to drive off as it was pelted with bullets. I dash and dash as the distance is closing, I'm just shy of the back of the van. But they're going too fast. David quickly extends his hand and in one finally push I reach out and is pulled in with the van door closing behind.
"Thanks!" I say panting.
The girl from before in her red net runner outfit held a gun to my head. "No sudden moves, you try anything I'm painting the walls of the van with your brains. She warned me as I sat still as a statue.