Chapter 3: Love in the Workplace

-V's residence-

V let out a groan as he woke up, blinking away the grogginess in his eyes. He smiled when he saw Meredith sleeping peacefully across from him and also saw Mako sleeping between them with a smile on her face. He looked at the clock and saw that the three of them weren't expected to work for another three hours.

Getting out of bed and getting some clothes on, he went to the kitchen and started making breakfast for him and his wives.

However as he was doing this, he suddenly got a notification that he may have a bug in his system, which made his vision flicker for a few seconds.

"Agh… Fuck. Looks like I'm gonna have to pay Vik a visit." He sighed as he continued cooking some scrambled eggs. He then felt a pair of arms wrap around his neck accompanied by the feeling of two large breasts pressing on his back.

"Guess who~!" Mako purred as she nibbled on his earlobe from behind and wrapped her tail around his waist.

"Hello, sweetie." V smiled as he turned his head to face her and gave his pet a kiss on the lips. "Ready for your first day on the job?" He asked as he returned his attention to the eggs while enjoying Mako's embrace.

"Yes, Master." She smiled happily as he kissed her neck.

"You can call me V, or husband or any other pet name if you want to. You know that, don't you?" The Corpo told her as he started making a breakfast Salmon filet with bacon, garlic and lemon next. "You're my second wife and pet. Not a slave." He added lovingly as he made her face him and cupped her cheek. Mako smiled as she held his hand to her face.

"Thanks… V." She said softly as she relished his touch. The man smiled back as he kissed her lovingly.

"That's better." He said as he plated all the food and set it on the table, before pulling out a carton of orange/pineapple/apple/and banana juice and uncorking a bottle of champagne before beginning to make the three of them breakfast mimosas.

"Mmmm… Something smells good." Meredith sighed in delight as she entered the kitchen in a blue bathrobe. Which matched well with the purple silk kimono that Mako was wearing, though the shark woman had it open enough to where both of them could be about ninety five percent of her cleavage.

As she sat down, the three started enjoying their meal, and Mako decided to bring something up as she took a bite of her salmon and bacon.

"I think I know a way that I could be really useful to you both at work besides being a sex-Secretary." She told the two, taking a sip of her mimosa.

"How so?" Meredith inquired as she ate some of her eggs.

"I could take out rivals, problem politicians, loose ends, enemies, annoying higher ups, etc. by seducing and bringing them to the No-Tell Motel. And when they think we're about to have sex—I eat them alive." She explained, taking a bite of her omelet to emphasize her point.

"Uh, how would you even eat them alive? You're not a mega-shark anymore." V asked with a bit of confusion. Mako just giggled at his words.

"Oh, don't worry about that. Just enjoy that I'm going to make our lives easier." She told him.

"How are you gonna get them to follow you, though?" The blond woman questioned.

"Simple: I'll use a hormone boosting neurotoxin that will target the part of the brain that has to do with sexual desire." Mako explained. "Man, woman, young or old. They'll all be putty in my hands… and food in my belly." She grinned evilly with her fang-like teeth. V and Meredith looked at each other before nodding.

"Alright. I'll give you a list of your first targets." The Militech woman nodded as she sent the mutant woman a list of targets for her to track and kill.

"When you do it is up to you. We'll handle covering your tracks." V added.

"Oh, I'll let you know." Mako smiles, Meredith smiled back.

"I'm liking this side of you, Mako. Makes you much more than an obedient and pretty face." She smirked back. "Keep it up." She added.

"Oh, I intend to." The busty Shadow Bull woman purred in reply as she finished her breakfast. "Anyway, what's my work outfit look like?" She asked.

"I think you'll like it." V smiled as he and Meredith finished their food.

(Later)

V, Meredith and Mako exited their Rayfield Excalibur AV and several people stood at attention. Mako was in a secretary outfit that consisted of a purple coat, purple pants with a belt and black business shoes. She also wore a light green undershirt, which left her cleavage exposed. She also wore a pair of glasses, and her image inducer gave her the appearance of a woman with tanned skin, lilac eyes and lavender colored hair.

"Is it normal for people to be standing there staring at us like that?" Mako asked as they continued to enter the building to the bustle of the corporate monolith inside. A clipboard was held close to her buxom chest.

"We're high rank, so people take us seriously. You'll get used to it." V told her as they walked.

"Yeah. This is a norm here. Anyway, I better get to my office. Catch you later, you two." Meredith said as she gave her two lovers a kiss before walking in a different direction.

"So… What do you want me to do first?" The shadow bull shark woman asked as they rode in an elevator to the man's office, her breasts and ass jiggling with every bounce of the moving metal box.

"There are a few reports that I need you to retrieve. I'll send you a list of the people you need to get them from and where to go." V replied.

"Okay, what else?" The woman asked as she started jotting down the tasks on her clipboard in barely legible penmanship.

'Note to self: Give Mako penmanship lessons.' V thought as he saw how bad his pet's handwriting was and mentally smacked himself for not expecting that. "I'll let you know what else comes up as the day goes on." He told her.

"Got it." Mako nodded. "... Do I have a desk, an office or anything like that?" She asked as they stepped out of the elevator, several of the male Militech Corps either staring or eyeing her tight clothes clad ass as she walked by.

"I have a desk in my office reserved for you. You'll work from there when you don't have to walk around showing anything." V replied as they arrived at his office and entered it, revealing that he did indeed have a separate desk for her.

"Thank you." The woman smiled as she kissed his cheek. "Hmmm, did that make you happy?" She asked, noticing a bulge in her husband's pants.

"How could it not?" The man asked in reply with a smirk. "But let's save the pleasure for later. We have work to do." He added as he went to his desk.

"Should I try to seduce a target after my first task for today?" She asked as her breasts continued to threaten the buttons of her outfit with bursting.

"Sure. Come back to my office when you're done with them, and you'll be rewarded." V nodded as he smacked her ass, his words causing the shark woman to shiver in anticipation.

"Until then, husband." Mako smiled as she left his office, though before she could find her first target, Meredith texted her.

"Come to my office after V is done with you. I want us to have some lesbian sex." It read.

"Of course, Meredith." Mako texted back. When that was done, she set about doing her first task of the day. The reports she gathered were mainly of a stolen convoy that was hijacked supposedly due to the mole that Meredith and V had been trying to find for weeks. As well as a list of cargo that was missing from the same convoy and various parties who may have said cargo.

Right after Mako dropped off the reports to V (and got a kiss with a grope on her breasts in return), she looked at her list of targets and chose one to target.

The first person was a guy name Ibin Muhammad Saihid, personal request from her sister in law Val, the person in question was a suspected turncoat who was thinking of defecting from Militech to Arasaka, and one who personally put a hit on Val's husband a few weeks back.

'I'm not letting this slimeball walk away alive…' She thought coldly, her old Maneater mentality coming back into play. After looking around for him, finding him in his office, she began making her neurotoxin wafe off her like perfume.

The man was originally a transfer from a Iranian subsidiary of Militech that joined up with Horizon industries. According to his file he was a wealthy man with a harem of twelve wives, three each coming from Africa, Jamaica, the Caribbean and Haiti. So he was no stranger to being seduced, and according to his papers, he relished the idea of having extramarital affairs.

He wore clothes that reflected his heritage that ended in a turban and were a mixture of white and gray, he also had a long graying beard. Mako found his appearance rather repulsive, though it was probably because he was forty years her senior.

When her neurotoxin was ready, she approached him. As she entered the room, she made sure to unbutton her shirt and let her breasts jiggle loose as she walked over to his desk and sat on it, her legs crossed in a seductive manner as her eyes screamed 'come hither' and her lips were parted enough for her black lipstick to look like they were made of dark chocolate.

Unseen to the man in front of her, she was also fanning her fragrance towards him with her tail to get him intoxicated.

"Hey there, handsome." She purred, her neurotoxin doing its job and messing with her target's brain, reducing him to putty. "I hear you're into young vixens, would you like me to keep you company today?" She asked, dragging her finger across his cheek.

"O-o-of course! I just finished my work. Where to?" He asked, taking the bait.

'Hook, line and sinker.' Mako thought as she scratched under his chin flirtatiously. "Come with me." She smiled as she dragged him out of his office and into an AV in the garage where she sat on his lap and let him suck on her breasts, which just pumped him full of more toxin via laced breast milk.

"Please input destination." The vehicle's AI requested.

"No-Tell Motel." Mako responded, suppressing a moan.

"Destination: No-Tell Motel." The AI acknowledged as the AV took off for its destination.

"Do my breasts taste good, sweetie?" She asked as she stroked his hair, the fool not even realizing that her poison was slowly shutting down all of his life support implants and TRAUMA alert systems.

"Yes. So delicious!" He breathed before he continued sucking, not seeing the shark woman smirking dangerously.

As soon as they arrived at the low profile motel, Mako led the man into one of the rooms and discarded her clothes, before sitting on the bed and spreading her legs and her pussy lips.

"Come on, a girl needs pleasure too." She told him.

"Of course!" The dead man nodded before he started hastily licking her womanhood, and failing to notice Mako turning off her image inducer as she grinned predatorily.

"Oh yes, such a wonderful tongue. Mmm, yes! Deeper! Lick my pussy, more, more!" She moaned in a feigned dramatic tone of bliss, though she hated to admit it… it was clear that this man knew how to pleasure a woman.

A few minutes later, Mako let out a yell as she climaxed… and it was then that she struck. She slammed his head on the floor, dazing him. She them grabbed Muhammad's head and brought him to eye-level, her purple-red orbs glaring into his own.

With a sick grin, she opened her mouth and bit the man's head clean off, before her instincts spurred her into continuing by devouring the rest of him.

"Ah, that was nice." She giggled somewhat diabolically. She then noticed her entire body had been covered in blood. "Better take a shower before heading back." She said to herself before entering the bathroom and turning on the shower so she could get the blood off her.

(Later)

Several hours of seduction, murder and cannibalism later, Mako returned to V's office with a small skip in her step. As she sat on her husband's desk with her legs crossed, V looked at her with an amused look, having seen how she entered.

"I take that it went well?" He asked despite knowing the answer.

"Yep! It was the asshole that put a hit on Val's husband that went down first." Mako chirped with a smile. "Every last one of them is now digesting inside my stomach." She added as she handed him the list he gave her with the names struck out.

"Good work. Now, I do believe I promised a reward." V nodded as he remotely locked his office door and pulled Mako into a kiss, his hands grabbing her ass tightly.

"V…" The woman moaned into the kiss before pulling back. "I love you." She sighed as she nuzzled her face into his chest happily.

"I love you too, Mako." V grunted as he felt his erection press against his pants. The two then separated so they could discard all of their clothes. V placed his shark wife on his desk front first, her breasts smooshing against the surface as he prodded his member against her pussy.

"V, take me! Make me yours!" She begged as she turned her image inducer off, wanting her husband to see her real self as she was claimed by him.

"From now on, you're mine!" He growled as he slammed into her, causing the girl to gasp in shock as she was violently fucked by her husband over his desk, his cock slamming against the puckered hole of her womb and uterus.

"Yes, yes, YES! MORE! HARDER!" The mutant shark woman yelled, and V was quick to turn his already hard member into metal to increase the impact of his thrusts, causing his pet to scream in sheer pleasure.

With every single thrust into her womb, Mako became more and more overwhelmed with pleasure, which made her start to get an ahegao expression on her face as her brains almost literally came pouring out of her ears.

She would be stuck like this for twenty minutes, her poor pussy getting abused by V's metal cock as she drooled brainlessly in pleasure and bliss. After those twenty minutes went by, the Corpo felt his member twitch.

"I'm gonna cum inside your little shark pussy! Do you want it?!" He growled into her ear as he gave her tail a light tug, sending a jolt of pleasure up her spine.

"Yes! Yes! YES! Cum inside me! Fill me with your baby batter!" Mako screamed as V smacked her ass and pulled on her hair to make her cum again.

"Then take it all!" V roared as blasted his load into her womb. Luckily for them, it was a safe day for Mako, so they had nothing to worry about.

The Corps panted as he pulled out of his pet and sat in his chair, the Shadow Bull woman sitting on his lap as her head rested on his shoulder.

"V… Do you want Meredith and I to have your babies?" She asked as she relaxed in his arms, the warmth of his sperm making her feel good.

"Right now? No. Eventually? Yes, absolutely. I want us to wait a while before we get to that stage." V replied as he caressed her body.

"Okay…" The woman nodded as she continued to snuggle with him. "Would you like me to suck your dick?" She asked.

"If you want a taste, then go on ahead." The man nodded. Mako then proceeded to lower herself down to the floor so she was level with her mate's cock, which was now flesh again.

However as this happened, the door opened from an override code, and in walked Meredith. "Have you seen Mako? She's supposed to be with me so I can scissor her into next week." She said while Mako continued to suck V off like a total slut.

"She's right here." V replied as he pointed to the floor behind his desk, prompting the woman to walk behind it and widen her eyes when she saw Mako sucking their lover off.

"You didn't invite me?!" She asked in a faux hurt tone.

"To be fair, she just got back twenty minutes ago so I could reward her." The Corpo pointed out before giving her the list of Mako's deceased targets. "She did her job well." He added. Meredith looked at the list and smiled before she started rubbing the shark woman's ass.

"Very good." Meredith nodded. "Mind leaving her with me while you go to Vik's?" She asked.

"Take good care of her." V nodded as Mako reluctantly pulled away so he could get up. The man then put his clothes back on before he left. The shark woman then looked at Meredith.

"My pussy still feels sore. Can you use my ass instead?" She asked.

"I can do that." The blondie nodded as she picked the woman up.

(Elsewhere)

After getting changed into his street clothes, V met up with Jackie after telling him about his virus situation. The Street Kid was at a Chinese food booth.

"Hey, Jackie." The man greeted his friend as he took a seat next to him.

"Man of the hour, shit. Took you long enough, worked up an appetite waiting for you." The bruiser said.

"You mentioned a surprise earlier, what is it?" He asked.

"Heh, I managed to get us a sweet-ass j-o-b." The bruiser chuckled with a grin.

"Go on." V prompted.

"Okay, maybe not that big, but it is fronted by a little-known someone called Dexter DeShawn." Jackie revealed, causing V to nearly choke on some water he had just started drinking.

"Are you fucking serious?!" He choked out as he coughed.

"Yep. Only the best fixer in Port fucking Poseidon! Fat assed black Jesus of the Afterlife. Two hundred and thirty pounds of partly gold plated cool." The man said with a chuckle.

"How'd you pull this off? Did you trade in your spleen? Cuz I know we aren't the type to get fingered by Dex." V stated. "Especially me, given my occupation." He added.

"You and me? Probably not, it was T-Bug's who one set us up. Knew it was a done deal the moment he laid eyes on me. Cuz no one can resist this." Jackie told him.

"Sure, Jack. Suuure." The Corpo chuckled. "Anyway, what's new with him? You obviously got info to share." He noted.

"Been on a vacay for two years is what I heard." The man shrugged.

"That's exile, not vacation. Trust me, I know." V stated flatly.

"I'm aware. Anyway, I dunno what he was up to, but he was probably shoving pizzas in his mouth while jerkin' off to hardcore holo-open." The Street Kid said. "But the point is he's back, needs a fresh crew and saw us." He continued.

"Okay, so what's the gig? We meant to get out alive?" V asked.

"Our lord and savior intends to tell you himself." His friend replied. "We'll meet up with him after we see senior Vector." He added.

"Alright. Now come on. This virus ain't gonna get rid of itself." V said as he stood up and called his street ride.

"Right behind you." Jackie nodded as he got on his bike.

(A short while later)

As V and Jackie entered the store of a friend of their's, Misty, the former of the two went straight to the clinic so they could catch up. After going down a flight of stairs, the Corpo found himself in the Viktor Vector's clinic.

"Vik, spry as ever ya old ripper. Good to see you." V said as he walked into the room where a man in a doctor's outfit sat on a stool.

"V! Good to see you too, kiddo. How've you been? That girl of yours adjusting to her implants okay?" The Ripperdoc asked as he faced him from the old TV box he was watching.

"She's doing fine. In fact, she's having no problems." V replied. "But that's not why I'm here. I had to jack into a client's neurosocket on my last job, and I think I got spiked." He continued.

"Experiencing headaches, nausea, hypersensitivity to bright lights?" Vik asked.

"Whole kit and kaboodle, unfortunately." The Corpo shrugged. "My Militech implants helped with the symptoms, but I'm afraid that if I don't zap this thing, it could cause my ulcer to reopen." He continued.

"I get it." Vik nodded, knowing how much of a pain it was for V to close that up. "We'll get you sorted out in a flash. Besides that, how's things?" He asked.

"Got a meeting with a new fixer who has a new job lined up. Name's Dexter DeShawn." The Corpo replied.

"The Dexter DeShawn? Now that is something. Let me guess though, hasn't paid you yet?" The Ripperdoc said as he got ready.

"Not yet." V replied. "But I should still be able to pay you, regardless. Don't worry." He added as he sat down. "So whaddya got for me?" He asked.

"Koroshi Optics, Marc 25. Displays data on your cornea and comes with lense disruptors, X-ray and night visions and thermal imaging." Vik explained. "And the cherry on top? Facial recognition, enhanced vision of up to twenty football fields away, and can also break down anything you scan to its basic parts, making for easier crafting, lock picking, etc." He added. V gaped at him in complete shock.

"All of that on one set of optics?!" He nearly yelled in disbelief, getting a laugh out of the ripperdoc.

"Yes, and I'm not bluffing either!" He exclaimed with a grin, blatantly amused by V's reaction.

"Shit Vik, I know Koroshi is the best on the market but that's beyond. How much we talking here, anyway?" The Corpo asked.

"Twenty one even." The man replied.

"Alright, that's a fair price. I can definitely get you the scratch pretty quick then." He nodded. "What else ya got?" He asked.

"Jack in and see while I have a look at what's wrong with you." Vik replied as he offered a jack to him.

V did so and looked around, choosing the optics, an upgraded hand grip, some bone, muscle and other organ upgrades, and lastly a newly released sniper rifle variant of the Arm Cannon cyberware released from Militech that had a compatible scope app with his Marc 25 optics.

'This is a must.' He declared mentally as he purchased his chosen cyberware. The cost was an add up, but nothing he couldn't afford or justify with his street work account, so he wasn't worried.

"Alright, just lay your major league arm here and I'll start cutting." The Ripperdoc said as he got set up.

"Gotcha." V nodded as he placed his hand on the brace.

"Just like that." Vik nodded before grabbing a syringe gun. "Now, just a bit of anesthetic, and I can start cutting." He continued as he administered the anesthetic. "Can you feel anything?" He asked as the brace started working on V's hand.

"Nope. You're good." The man replied as the machine began working.

"Alright, now I'll be putting you to sleep for a bit so I can add the rest of the upgrades. Shouldn't take too long." The Doctor said.

"Just be careful, Vik." V said as he went under.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile with Meredith and Mako, the more dominant woman now had her fellow wife in her personal sex dungeon under her office.

The shark woman was currently in an S&M pet getup. A skimpy latex one piece that barely covered her body, a pair of handcuffs on her hands and feet, a blindfold over her eyes, ball gag in her mouth, and lastly a collar with a dog tag with her name on it and a matching leash.

Meredith herself had a spiked collar on and a complete black leather lingerie set with tape where her nipples were. She smirked as she gave Mako a spank on her ass with a paddle, causing her to yelp from the action.

"Bend over on the beam." She ordered as the shark woman leaned over a table and presented her ass as Meredith had her paddle in hand. The blondie then proceeded to spank her shark pet once, and then again, and again, and again. Mako let out yelps and screams of pleasure from the abuse her giant ass was getting.

Ten minutes later, her backside was completely purple and showed no gray spots. Meredith looked at the sight and nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright. I think that's enough of the stick." The blondie said as she took off all of Mako's restraints and left her in the bikini and collar only… and the first thing the shark woman saw was a giant fat, gourmet grilled grouper dangling in her face. "Alright Mako, for being such a good girl today at work, I've decided to feed you after making you orgasm so much." She told her.

Mako drooled in delight at the tasty fish in front of her, wanting it in her belly. So, without hesitation, she opened her mouth and bit down onto the fish, yanking it out of her mistress' hand while moaning in euphoric bliss as the flavor hit her tongue. Meredith chuckled at her behavior.

"That's my little girl." She smiled as she rubbed her head softly.

(Elsewhere)

Meanwhile with V, he was finally out of the cutting stage and quickly jotted down what he owed Vik, before getting up after taking a mild stem.

"Thanks Vik, I owe you one." The Corpo stated.

"Just get me those eddies and we'll be square." Vik told him. "Now, let's see what that sniper cannon you're now sporting looks like." He added, prompting V to raise his right hand and his elbow folded his arm up as a cannon emerged from his arm as a long barrel extended from it.

"Looks pretty damn powerful. I doubt anyone could see a shot fired from this coming from twenty football fields away." V whistled as he looked his sniper cannon over.

"Definitely gonna come in handy. Now go on, I'm sure Jackie's waiting for you." Vik told him.

"See ya Vik." The Corpo said as he met Jackie outside. "Hey Jackie, where'd Dex say he was gonna be again?" He asked.

"Right next to Gramsci Burgers." Jackie replied.

"Thanks." V nodded as he made his way to the destination on for since it wasn't that far away. Upon arriving, he spotted a black car waiting for him with a guard standing there. Upon seeing the Militech man approaching, the guard opened a passenger door, allowing him to sit right next to the fixer he'd been set up with.

The Corpo stepped inside and found the heavyset, dreadlocked Dexter DeShawn sitting next to him smoking a cigarette in his gold prosthetic. Filling the whole cab with smoke.

"Mr. V, a pleasure." The man said in a chill tone.

"Dexter DeShawn. Heh, ample indeed." V chuckled as the filters in his respiratory system dealt with the smoke.

"Let's roll." Dexter said to his guard with a chuckle, and the car began moving. "Mind if I ask you a question right off the bat?" He asked.

"Go ahead." The Corpo replied.

"Would you rather live a life as Mr. Nobody to a ripe old age, surrounded by loved ones and smelling slightly of urine?" The fixer asked. "Or would you rather go down for all time in a blaze of glory smelling of pansies without even seeing your thirtieth?" He continued.

"If at all possible? Quiet life. Preferably one at the top where my family doesn't have to worry about a goddamn thing." V replied.

"Hm. That does sound like something one would want." The fixer nodded.

"So, what's this gig supposed to be anyway?" The man asked.

"There's this piece of prototype tech- a biochip specifically. The job is to grab it. Simple." Dexter explained.

"It belongs to a corp, I'm guessing?" V asked.

"That's right. Arasaka." The fixer nodded.

"Fuuuuck." The Corpo sighed. "Just when I think I'm out with those guys, they pull me back in!" He cursed.

"Bad history with them?" Dexter asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Like you wouldn't fuckin' believe." V replied with a light growl.

"Well, it's always been high risk, high reward at the Afterlife. Besides, I'm no lead head, so we'll be leaving no trace for them to follow. Once this is done? It's done for good, and that's the gospel truth." The fixer told him.

"You got this worked out? Is there a plan?" V questioned.

"There's two things. The first is a conundrum with the Maelstrom gang. That needs active resolving." The fixer began. "The second is a simple rendezvous. The client who brought the job to us is anxious and wants to parley with one of the team." He continued.

"What's the client's thing? Why does she wanna meet?" V asked.

"Vetting her wasn't easy, tried to ask around about her after I got the offer, and two brothers from Pacifica got back to me and told me to stop looking. End of convo." Dex explained.

"Never liked Pacifica, to tell you the truth. Though if that's what happened I can kind of see why the client's so anxious." V nodded. "What about this Maelstrom problem? What's the deets on it?" He asked. Dexter reached for something before he offered a shard to him.

"Slot in the shard." He instructed. V took it and placed it in his neurosocket. He was immediately greeted with various images. "Here's a classic tale. Psychogang was doin' its thing two weeks ago, jumped a Militech convoy and got away with the gear. Corp doesn't even know Maelstrom's involved." The fixer began.

"I know about that jacking, my boss's been on my ass about it for a while now." The Corpo noted. "So Maelstrom's the culprit… What piece of gear did you need from the convoy, anyway?" He asked.

"That's the thing; the convoy was carrying the Flathead- a tiny prototype combat bot. I need me that bit o' high-grade military tech." The fixer explained.

"The Flathead? Shit, Dex, if that's what you needed I could've pulled a few strings and got you one of those free of any trouble." V told him.

"Yeah, well no use looking back on that right now." Dexter shrugged. "Anyway, I flat out purchased the damn thing from Maelstrom. Problem is, I did that with a gent who went by the name of brick." He continued. "I say 'went' 'cause Brick was the leader. Three days following us speaking our deal, his friend and gangmate, Simon Randall, AKA Royce, plain dropped his ass." He continued.

"And now Royce is in charge. You've got no idea if he'll honor the agreement." V deduced.

"That's right." Dexter nodded. "And to add to this shitstram? One Meredith Stout from Militech's dogging around about the convoy as if her life depended on finding it. Her one lead ziptied in the trunk of her car." He added.

"Sounds like she was waitin' on the transport and got stood up. The monochrome in the back is probably her chief suspect." V noted. He knew he had to hide the fact that he and Meredith were engaged from certain people so they could avoid trouble. "She's got nothing from him or on him, so she's playing it safe and keeping him just in case. She needs to move fast and find the gear before her bosses learn she fucked up." He continued.

"Well that's one fine deduction you got there, Mr. V. Guess being in Militech pays off. Though you're free to use that information as you wish, preferably well." The fixer said. "I assume you already got the frazzled cat's info so I won't bother you with the details. So for now, I'm gonna let you get to work." He added as the car stopped.

"Right then, time to get to work." The man nodded as he got out.

"And remember Mr. V, Quiet life or blaze of glory, hmmm?" Dex told him as he left the man at another part of town, leaving V to call Jackie.

"Yo, Jack. Talked to Dex." He said as the call began.

"Gordito's a big deal- literally and not." Jackie chuckled.

"He claimed to want to check out our pro cred. It feels like he just tangled us up with Maelstrom to me." V said.

"Corajo, what's up?" The bruiser asked.

"There's this military prototype combat bot. Maelstrom klepped it and Dex paid to take it off their hands just before they had a change in management." V explained.

"I heard about that. Royce versus Brick- hostile takeover." Jackie nodded.

"That about sums it up. Dex wants us to talk to Royce. He didn't give me Meredith's info for obvious reasons." The Corpo nodded.

"Yeah. You two are engaged." Jackie nodded, knowing that the two were engaged and thought they were a good match.

"By the way, know anything about Royce?" V asked as he started walking around.

"He's fuckin' whacked somethin' special. Ya know how junkies snort junk? Royce snorts chrome." The Street Kid explained.

"There's this other thing. I gotta meet the client who brought the job to the table- Evelyn Parker." The man with the cannon arm said as he walked up some stairs.

"You? What's Dex gonna do? Go riding around in that limo of his and chat chicks up on the holo?" Jackie chuckled.

"Parker wants to meet someone on the crew and I got the nod." V shrugged as he leaned on a rail and looked around.

"Looks like he knows what he's doing. How do you wanna play this? Maelstrom or Parker first?" The bruiser asked. The Corpo took a moment and weighed the options before replying.

"I'll go see Parker first. See what she's like and what she's after." V decided.

"Alright. I'll go to All Foods and stick my nose to the ground, see if I find anything." The bruiser nodded.

"I'll meet up with you after I deal with Parker." V replied.

"Hasta luego." Jackie said as he hung up.

"Now, I'm pretty sure I still gotta give Mako some penmanship lessons." The Corpo said to himself as he went down to the roadside and called his street ride before getting in and heading home.

(Meanwhile)

In the bay of Port Poseidon, many boats went about their day. Some were fishing boats and others were just cruising around. As they did, they failed to see two unusual sharks swimming under them.

One had glowing white eyes and bone plating all over its body. The other was covered in bioelectric growths that sparked with electricity.

Port Poseidon just got two new irregular Bull Shark residents.

ThermalsniperN7: Well, it looks like Mako is settling into her new jobs nicely… Though her handwriting could use some work.

Dragon Emperor0: In case you were wondering, her business persona is based on Shion from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. And like Shion, she has good penmanship but has a hard time pronouncing names due to her shorthand.

ThermalsniperN7: Kinda like me, except I have long fingers. Also, I'd like to apologize in advance in case any of you feel unnerved by Mako's cannibalism display. Remember, she used to be a Maneater. That kind of mentality doesn't just vanish after a mutation.

Dragon Emperor0: Though if that baby seal sticker on her clipboard is any indication, I think she's officially sworn off eating cute sea creatures now…

ThermalsniperN7: Good on her. Baby seals deserve all of the cuddles. And Meredith apparently has a sex dungeon under her office… How she had that installed without getting any attention is a mystery.

Dragon Emperor0: No kidding. Anyway guys, see you next time.