Chapter Twenty:

I push as fast as my feet would take me, still motivated to hunt down the people who betrayed and subquentially killed my father, David needed me.

Bang!

A loud shot rang out and before me dropped a woman in lab coat, a man with his face blown to pieces in a chair. David with the pistol in hand. He looked up at me, shaking. Twitching in fear and disillusionment. "Why..." Was I was able to stammer out is disbelief.

David aims at me and fires a round his eyes void of any emotion but confusion and fear. I fired up my Synaptic Accelerator and dodge the bullet, racing up to David and motion the gun down, holding his hands inmine. As the shaking gotten worse.

"Ryyy."

"Breathe in buddy, I'm not going anywhere. It's just me and you. David I need you to snap out of it.

The shaking stops and that glossiness leaves his eyes as I watch him revert back to his normal self. The light filled his eyes and color filled his cheeks. "Ryan, I." He starts.

"Will discuss this later, right now we need to Delta out of here." The two of us rush out of the building and back towards the Van.

David and I leap over the chain fence, quickly take our seats. I lean back beside Rebecca and Kiwi. Kiwi pops her head over to the front.

"What happened in there?" Kiwi ask's.

"Lost you for a sec. Someone raise a jammer?" David replies not telling the others what went on. And I wasn't gonna rat him out either. I would get to bottom of it with him.

"Hm. Connection was stable throughout." Kiwi informs.

"I found David accomplishing his task. So who knows." I add.

"Weird." David spoke.

Rebecca groans and kicks back her feet."Man oh man was that gig a snore."

"Hey on one hand I found out more about my father. And about Mottly." I say.

"Nothing to concentrate at the moment." Mottly adds out loud. We both didn't want to burden the group into our problems. And so it went Falco drove off, leaving behind that place. The first to get dropped off was David, hitting the night streets, up to his lavash penthouse. Kiwi was next, she lived in a normal complex building, me and Rebecca waved her off as Falco drove us to Becca apartment building.

The two of us exit and see Falco off. Rebecca and I fist bump as I hand her back the weapon I didn't end up using.

"Night Ryan." Rebecca called from the downstairs door to the building.

"Night Becca," I waved sitting on my bike and pulled off.

Heywood: The Glen - Mega-Building H1 Apt 1209.

Once inside I sat on the shower floor letting the water drench my hair, running thoughts within my head. We were so close but so far from the truth. Mottly disappear from my mind to travel the net. Perhaps explore the old net. He often travels to and from. Such a powerful AI I can see why Arasaka feared him.

Dad... What where you trying to accomplish that it got you killed? That made mother leave? And why would you entrust me with it? So many questions, no answers. Curling into a ball, I lean against the wall, letting the water pour like a torrent over my hair. About an hour later as my body is shrivel I get out and change into a fresh pair of underwear and t-shirt. Putting all my dirty clothes and blankets, sheets and cover into the washer. I do minal task around the apartment cleaning up dishes and packing up garbage. I change all the sheets and coverings on my bed with a fresh pair.

Letting the electric kettle boil water, I open a package of cup ramen. As the simmers I put my clothes into the dryer and return to eat the ramen and cold beer as I watch the news on the TV. Sitting on my couch I take the first bite, blowing to cool it down. The main story was about two dead scientists in a Arasaka facility. NCPD and Trauma, trying to figure out what happened. There was no signs of our involvement of breeching the facility, which was good to know.

Burning my tongue on the ramen due to being impatient, I gulp it all down and turn the TV off, crawling into bed. I go to message Haisley.

-Hows the road cutie?-

-Long and boring but I'm at my first pitstop. You should see how the rest of to country looks. See I even took a picture.- A picture of her under a mosaic of stars in the dusty desert, with her sitting by a camp fire.

-Wish I was there.-

-Yeah me too. Time I get some shut-eye, night Ryan.-

-Night Haisley.- With my head firmly placed on my pillow I close my eyes.

I woke up the morning at eleven, when my phone ringing.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

Incoming Call-

Saul- Ryan, Ryan!

Ryan- What's wrong uncle, you sound panicked.

Saul- It's your brother, he's run off and hid in weapons convoy we sent to Night City. We have no way of finding him, can you lend us a hand.

Ryan- I'm on it, uncle, I'll bring him home don't worry.

Call Ended-

Aiden what have you mange to get yourself into. I lament with hundreds of horrible possibilities running amuck in my head. I need to find him and fast...

A/N: Sorry for the wait, life got hectic really fast, but I'm back now with the time to write. I know this chapter is short but the next chapter will be long. Also in my time off, I've thought of an Opening and Ending themes for this story akin to the anime. Opening: Mukanjyo by, Survive said the prophet . Ending: All My Heroes! By, Naeleck feat Sarah Rebecca. But yeah give the song a listen too. Thanks for your support.