Night city motores, it had been a few months since she had seen Ziggy.
He often hung out at the Coyote, a glass of tequila in his hand.
For everyone, he was an inveterate playboy who spoke of his conquests like a good wine that one tastes before finding a better year.
But for those who knew him, he was a loyal friend, one of those uncles who made you laugh at the slightest opportunity. He was a Valentino at heart and proud of it.
When Arya entered Ziggy's garage, the reception was empty as usual.
He had had a secretary a long time ago but she had disappeared and the Valentinos had found her body in a Scavs hideout. They had then started a hunt for Scavs which had lasted a month. Ziggy couldn't bring himself to replace her. Her father had explained to her that Ziggy had been in love with her but had never felt worthy of her affection.
The man in question was lying under a car being repaired.
"Ziggy, I need the present." says Arya
The man scrambled out from under the car quickly, a shotgun in his hand.
"How much?"
"7"
"The gift is in garage #2, you will get the keys after the scan, I will buy you as much time as I can, princesa."
Arya looked at Ziggy sadly. He would be loyal to the end.
"Say a prayer for me pequeña" he said before standing in front of the entrance.
Arya walked over to Garage #2. The garage was equipped with an interior blind and an exterior blind that opened onto the street.
She activated the opening but slipped under the blind before it was completely open and then closed and locked it.
Despite the urgency of the situation she couldn't hide her excitement when she saw her present.
The Kusanagi CT-3X proudly wore its gold and red colors.
Arya had had an existential crisis when she was little. Red and gold were the colors of the Lannisters. Since the death of her first father she had wanted to burn every banner bearing this golden lion on a red background. But in this new life it was the colors of his father Campo. The first time her father had tried to make her wear these colors was when she was a baby. He had tried to make her wear a red bodysuit with a yellow floral print.
She had screamed.
The next time had been when he gave her a little vest with the same ones and the Valentinos V embroidered on the chest.
She had screamed.
Then she heard a conversation between her parents.
"Does she hate me? Does she hate Valentinos?"
His mother replied that she was at an age where she said no and that he shouldn't worry.
Arya had spent the rest of the day staring at the vest. Then her gaze fell on the V. It was her colors not the Lannisters and she would honor those colors that the Lannisters had sullied by their actions.
The next day she had worn the little vest and approached her father with a determined face.
He had then taken her in his arms and kissed her cheeks.
"Aw she's adorable." he said
Since then she regularly wore these colors to the point of loving the bodywork of the bike.
Arya approached the motorcycle and a screen appeared above it.
Generally, only the keys were needed to start the vehicle, but to be located by this same vehicle, that was not enough. A scan had to be done.
It is for this reason that on the screen the following words appeared.
Start of the scan, it may take a few minutes, do not move during the operation.
Scan 1%...
She hoped that Ziggy would manage to hold them off as much as possible or her parents would soon pray to the Santa muerte for her.
Scan 50%...
Arya was looking nervously at the numbers when suddenly she heard the first shots.
The blind would be a poor defense if it got that far.
Scan 60%...
She heard the garage window smash.
Scan 70%...
"Anna! No! Kill that fucking asshole"
Who is the asshole, the one who protects a child or the bastard who hunts her.
Scan 80%...
"Hurry up..." she whispered.
She then heard a moan and then silence.
"Mierda."
"He's dead, we're moving, she must be hiding in a garage." said a male voice.
Scan 90%...
A blind opened and she thought for a moment that they had found her.
Scan 95%...
"This one is empty, move on."
They approached her position, she heard their footsteps.
Scan completed
"It's locked."
"She's inside."
Arya ran to the outside blind and pushed the open button.
When she sat down on the bike she grabbed the keys in the space that had opened up after the scan.
She started the engine and the blind exploded.
She saw their faces through the hole they had managed to make.
She gave them a smirk with a middle finger and sped up.
She disappeared into traffic and sighed in relief. Her father had a hideout in Wellsprings. She would be safe there.
Suddenly a car behind her exploded.