Night City.

A city full of opportunity and dreams. Where anyone can be anything and anyone they want.

But it was all a lie.

Night City was a city full of corruption and depression. Where gangs shot each other. Corpos stabbed each other in the back. Human lives were owned and treated like nothing.

The few good people that were there, weren't there for very long. After all, the city chews up people and spits them back out.

That was the case for V.

V was a man in his late twenties, with short blue hair and a braided beard and mustache. His eyes were cybernetic with his iris white and his sclera. Around his face were tattoos styled like cracks. There was a scar across his left eyebrow and cyberware across his cheeks and down his neck. He had a septum ring and piercings on his ears.

V was a man of many talents which were seen across Night City. Many people hired him for his talents such as stealing, sabotage, and murder.

He was considered a living legend across Night City, but that changed when he assaulted Arasaka Tower with the help of the Aldecaldos. A nomad group that was stationed outside the city border.

Afterwards, V left Night City with Aldecaldos and his girlfriend, Panam Palmer.

V coughed as he spat out blood into the dirt. He looked back up at the mirror to see blood staining his lips. He panted as he wiped the blood away and stepped away from the mirror.

His room was a small tent with a bed made for two and a wire with hanging clothes. He looked at his bed to see Panam waking up, looking up at V.

"Morning, Panam." V smiled as he sat down at the edge of the bed.

"Hey V." Panam said back, sitting up and kissing his lips gently. V kissed back before she asked, "You coughed up more blood, didn't you?"

V nodded gently, "Yeah. I'm not… doing too good."

Panam frowned as she moved to be on her knees as she placed a hand on his cheek to make him look at her. "V, you better not be thinking of giving up. Not when we're this close."

V shook his head as he placed his hand over hers. "I'm not. I'm just… I'm scared."

Panam nodded "I am too, V. But we're going to do everything we can to get that chip out of you. You understand me?"

V allowed himself a smile before kissing her lips once more, to which she gladly kissed back.

Before they could do more, their tent was opened by Mitch, a man with balding black hair and a left black prosthetic arm. "Hey love birds! We got biz to take care of!"

V groaned "Goddamn it, Mitch."

"Hey, these tents aren't exactly soundproof, you know that." Mitch replied with a smirk as he crossed his arms.

"Fuck you, Mitch." Panam said.

"No need, you've got V for that."

The duo groaned while Mitch laughed. "Come on, we're almost near." He walked away, leaving them alone.

V looked back at Panam. "Well, perhaps next time we'll find a good spot to continue."

"I will hold you to that." Panam pressed a finger against his chest before they got up from the bed and got dressed.

The two walked out of the tent to see everyone packing up and breaking down their tents.

Panam looked at V and asked, "Why don't you get our tent down and put it into the truck while I take a look at our sense of direction?"

V nodded and went back in to start packing their clothes and materials. He started to think about his life before becoming a Nomad.

A mercenary, taking any job just to make money and become a legend. Only to take one job that cost him and his best friend's life.

That was, until the chip saved him.

The chip. The single most important part of V's life.

After V and Jackie, his best friend, accepted a job from a big time fixer named Dexter Deshawn, which involved entering an Arasaka Hotel and stealing an experimental chip. Jackie died from losing too much blood and his final move was giving V the chip.

After being crossed by Dexter, V was shot in the head.

However, he managed to come back from the dead thanks to the chip, but it also began to kill V, overwriting his neural network and making him see another person. Johnny Silverhand, a terrorist with a huge hate boner for Arasaka.

Afterwards, V started to get a new perspective on life. He still took jobs but also became desperate to try and find a way to take the chip out. Meanwhile, he spoke with Johnny and a friendship began to form.

Once their plan was formed, V asked the Aldecaldos to help him invade Arasaka HQ. V and Johnny became split but… the chip overwrote too much of V's brain. V was still going to die.

That's why he was out in the desert with Panam. Wishing to spend his last few months with the woman he loves and his family. If they couldn't find a way to get the chip out safely, he'd still die surrounded by the people he cares about.

V packed the tent into the trunk of Panam's truck and took a deep breath before walking away. He made his way to the main trailer, saying hey to a few of the clan members, towards Panam who was looking at a map. She looked up at him and asked, "Hey. Everything is all packed up?"

"Yep. We're just waiting on you." V nodded. She nodded back before looking down at the map.

"V… There's something I need to tell you." Panam said hesitantly.

"What is it?" V had a concerned look on his face.

"I didn't want to say it just yet, but… Ok… here it goes." Panam took a deep breath before saying. "I'm-"

A loud gunshot interrupted her. Everyone looked at the source of the gun shot only to see…

"ARASAKA!!" An Aldecaldo member shouted.

V's eyes widened before pulling out a Nokota D5 Copperhead rifle.

Panam rushed off to grab her sniper rifle, Overwatch, as V rushed to fend off the attack by Arasaka.

"How the fuck did they find us!?" Mitch shouted as he pulled out his Overture revolver.

V remembered what Hanako Arasaka said. 'If Arasaka wants to find someone, they will.'

V began to shoot at the incoming jeeps along with the other Aldecaldos. That was until several of the cars in the camp were flipped over by the arrival of more Arasaka jeeps.

"Fuck! Watch our six!" Carol, a veteran, turned around to fire at them only to be shot in the chest.

"CAROL!" Mitch screamed before firing at the Arasaka soldier that shot Carol.

V leaned against Panam's truck and took the clip out before loading another clip in and began shooting once more. Panam ran towards V before placing her sniper onto the hood of her trunk and aimed at one of the Jeep's drivers and fired.

The glass shattered and the driver was killed, sending the Jeep turning toward the other jeep and crashing into it.

"Nice shot!" V complimented.

"Focus on them, V!" Panam ordered before firing at another jeep.

Cassidy, another veteran, fired his dual revolvers at the soldiers until he was shot in the back by an Arasaka soldier.

V looked behind him to see Cassidy fall before shouting, "Fuck!" And turned around to shoot the soldier until his eyes widened. Watching the entire camp on fire and being destroyed. Watching women and children run only to be gunned down. People begging for their lives only to be shot at point blank.

V began to see red and Panam also looked back to see everyone she knew die. Mitch was kicked down before being shot in the chest multiple times.

V roared as he fired his rifle without precision. Firing blindly at the Arasaka soldiers until he ran out of ammo. He tossed away his weapon before sprinting at one of the soldiers, tackling him down and began to punch him in the face repeatedly. His fists were replaced with the Gorilla Arms modifications, which allowed him to hit harder than normal.

Two soldiers pulled him off and began to restrain him. He screamed and struggled when he looked up to see Panam also be restrained.

"DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH HER, YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!!" V shouted as he struggled before headbutting one of the troops and threw him off and punched the other soldier. He sprinted towards Panam only to be hit in the head by the butt stock of a rifle.

He fell to the ground and became disoriented, but kept his focus on her. Only on her. Even though his eyesight was blurry, he could see Panam being taken away towards a van. She screamed, "GET OFF ME YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!! V!! V!!"

V reached his hand out towards her before his vision became black as he passed out.

V was taken away into a van as well and Arasaka pulled out of the area, leaving behind a scene of death and fire.

V blinked repeatedly as he awoke to see… Panam strapped to a chair in front of him. Wires attached to a plastic head case on her head.

"Panam…" V groaned as he tried to move, only to see that he was strapped down to a chair as well.

"Fuck…" He shifted in his seat, when he remembered a similar scenario. Johnny. Strapped down similarly when he was hit with Soul Killer.

The doors opened to reveal… Yorinobu Arasaka. He was a Japanese man in his early thirties with black hair and sunglasses. He walked in and looked at V, scanning him before asking. "Did you really think you'd get away with what you did? You murdered my father, and you murdered my sister."

V looked at him before he began to laugh, much to Yorinobu's confusion. "Oh you're fucking funny, Yorinobu. I know you did it. I know you strangled your old man to death."

Yorinobu sneered before backhanding V. The former mercenary coughed before spitting out more blood and turned his head to look back at Yorinobu.

"You dare accuse me of murdering my father!?" He shouted at V which only made him smirk. "Your sister knew. Everybody knew. After all, you're a terrible liar."

Yorinobu blinked before Panam mumbled and began to wake up as well.

Panam blinked repeatedly before waking up to see V strapped to a chair. "V? Where the fuck are we?" Panam asked weakly.

"You are at my mercy." Yorinobu said, walking towards her only for V to shout.

"You stay the fuck away from her!" V struggled against his bonds.

Yorinobu looked at him before looking back at Panam.

"I'm going to teach you both what happens when you cross me and my company. I assume you're both familiar with Johnny Silverhand." Yorinobu said, walking towards a computer.

"Oh I am. I'm very familiar with him. I played a gig with his band Samurai. We played "Yorinobu Arasaka is a Father Killer." It was very popular." V joked much to Yorinobu's annoyance.

"My father captured Silverhand and used Soulkiller as a means to show that the dead do not lie. I will follow his example. After all, death would be an escape for you two."

V's eyes widened while Panam began to look scared. "V, what's he talking about?"

V looked back at Panam and spoke to her calmly. "It's gonna be ok, Panam. I promise you that. I love you Panam."

Panam looked at him and said, "V… I wanted to tell you… I'm pregnant V!"

V's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as he looked at her shocked. Tears began to leak out before Yorinobu began to chuckle.

"This is an interesting turn of events. Before I turn you into nothing but data, I promise you this. I will take good care of your child. However, it won't know anything about you two." Yorinobu said with a sickly smile on his face.

V glared at him "You're gonna fucking die, Yorinobu! I promise you that!"

The son looked at him before he pressed a button. V and Panam looked at each other and the duo began to shake as electricity coursed throughout their body. Their visions turned glitchy before turning black with their screams echoing into silence.

Cyberpunk: Bond Through the Cyberpsychosis