The ride was filled with both excitement and stress.
As everyone was loading up looking like the most intimidating clowns he'd ever scene.
Hendo and Vanderlei specifically looking like Psycho Clowns.
Hendo with white paint as the main cover and then applying the red over the eyes and lips giving two horns from the eyes going up and the lips tracking down.
Also checking his weapon getting ready as the name Buzzsaw was written on it.
Weapon was a DS1 Pulsar.
Common gun in in Night City and for good reason when you thought SMG the DS1 Pulsar is what came to mind, an oldie but a goodie some would say.
Rich would say Beggars can't be choosers.
Vanderlei on the other hand had yellow face paint with black marking his eyes and then lining downwards while the mouth was lined from the lips upward.
And his weapon was way different more Punchier from Hendo's as it was a Power Shotgun, Crusher was the title to the schematic he found of it way back when he first got started in crafting weapons.
You always remember your first.
Shane on the other hand looked as normal as well...
As well as a Maelstromer can be.
He was wearing an Aztec Winter Beanie, Arctic Breath Hybrid-Polymer Tactical Mask, Psycho Impact-Absorbant Nanoweave T-shirt, Syn-leather Carbon Collar Pozer Jacket, Atomic Blast Tactical Armour Weave Pants, and Electric Marble Ultralight Athletic Shoes.
Overall he looked like a geek, but he tried, points for effort but still a loser.
His weapon of choice was a Power Assault Rifle HJSH-18 Masamune.
Not bad.
And then there was Terry as the kid in the back had a red Hoodie, black jeans and matching shoes.
He could go into detail but he wasn't focused on him but more of the weapon he had a Sniper Rifle.
Assurance he was for sure of it.
Rich didn't really fuck around with Sniper Rifles because his aim was shotty at best.
Nothing amazing and not anything to scoff at but he tried.
He was a loser too.
Dum Dum didn't need Rifles, Shotguns, SMG's, or even a sword.
All he's ever needed was his personal Revolver.
DOOM, DOOM.
A heavy modded out DR-5 Nova that packs more pounch then the frame can withstand but that's what fit Dum Dum.
And lastly himself, he had a ton of Quickhacks on stand by but he wasn't going to use them, this would be all skill with his new power Rifle, an M2515 Ajax titled Moron Labe.
And playing in the van was Ritual radio.
Some Black Metal to pure the soul.
Least that was something Royce would say.
And he was fucking wrong, he didn't feel pure at all, just hyped AF.
For he was ready to jump and start putting bullets in skulls.
The drive from The Industrial District in Watson to Little China to then cross over from Watson to City Centre Downtown.
Was a solid 30 minutes and everybody was already in the mood.
A little longer and we might all just shoot ourselves.
The burning energy in the vehicles was reaching undeniable levels.
They had crossed into Heywood a while ago and it wasn't long until they crossed from The Glen to West End Estate, Pacifica.
VDB and Animals Territory.
And they didn't like sharing.
Which this mission if successful would give the Animals more power in Pacifica and would give the VDB's some trouble for a while.
But that wasn't they're problem, our job was simple clean up the Grand Imperial Mall.
And he needed to keep the air of murder at bay with these freaks.
"Okay, let's establish a communication link"
"To keep score"
"So, we can plan as we move through the G.I.M., the real ticket is how thorough we clean up, not just about spraying and praying, none of them walks out of this alive, and to keep score, I ain't playing lunch"
"So how we doing this" said Shane as he was one of the few that was able to keep his cool but Rich could still see the Distress on him"
"The goal is too attack from 2 angles, one team will attack from the front door and the other will find another way inside probably from the transport bay" Rich said this looking at Dum Dum.
"Yeah the Loading bay is a good spot, minimal heat, and enough for us to get through quickly to meet back with the other team, clean and efficient" said Dum Dum.
"That's if we don't meet you first"
"Keep dreaming, there are alot more in the 3rd and 4th floors, regardless we ain't ending this job easy"
"So you knew how much heat there would be"
"Part of the reason Royce accepted the contract, they coughed up months worth of info on shards"
"And when were you planning on sharing"
"When we got there, but since we're almost there might as well" said Dum Dum as he handed out shards for everyone as they got a scope of just how big of a job this is.
"Holy hell"
"I don't think we have enough bullets for this"
"Well get by as long as we stick close and watch each other's backs"
"So what do you think"
"4 hours max, but I will run out of bullets, and when that happens I'll take them all out with quick hacks"
"You giving me a time limit"
"You wanted fun"
"Okay then, once your half way out of bullets your team joins my team so we can have equal advantage in getting lunch"
"Ok, if you lose you have to pay my bill at a fancy ass restaurant in city Centre"
"Deal"
As everyone was now getting in the killing mood again, as they had arrived at they're destination.
They were parked out front of the Grand Imperial Mall.
Everybody knew they're spot, knew the plan, knew what was at stake, and when to switch it up.
It's Time To Get To Work.
To Be Continued.