Rich had ran through the bloodied up and torn part whore house as Rich made it to a beat up Dum Dum and Rita and out of necessity of the moment began to run a diagnostic on both of them.
Dum Dum was still awake but didn't really give a fuck just relieved that it was over.
"Your good, just punch drunk is all" spoke Rich knowing that Dum Dum didn't really care but was glad that Rich came through when he needed.
"Her" spoke Dum Dum casually as if he wasn't just fighting for his life a minute ago.
"She's going to need fixing" spoke Rich getting right to it but not getting into any major details.
Both were calm despite the setting until a shot went off as Rich and Dum Dum reacted with a quinch but then stopped when Rich recognized this girl as the last of the 3 Mox girls he treated.
The one he assumes is Clementine from what the girl with big fuzzy black hair spoke about before.
"Don't put another hand on her" spoke the girl now known as Clementine.
"Friendlies" spoke Rich as he put his hands up.
"Bullshit" spoke Clementine not buying what Rich was selling.
"Not Bullshit, your friend with the Red and Black hair called me up for help" spoke Rich as he explained to Clementine.
"Aurora" spoke Clementine wondering of the fate of her freind.
"I patched her up but she needs heavier treatment and if you want your friends to make it to see tomorrow you should make yourself useful and help us" spoke Rich unlocking the inner diplomat he didn't think he had in him.
Clementine holsterd her gun as she went toward Rita and held her by her legs as Rich got her from her armpits the back of Rita's head on his chest as they picked her up and lifted her up and began to move toward the lobby of Clouds.
Dum Dum had already gained back alot of his energy and moved to open doors for them as they made they're way out of clouds.
But as they exited the clouds building she saw her other friend wounded and knocked out.
"Sera" spoke Clementine as she was about to drop Rita to check up on her.
"She's wounded but not as your friend down the elevator, which is why we need to be quick" spoke Rich as he nodded to Dum Dum who went to this now claimed Sera as he got hee by her armpits and put her over his shoulder for they continued the bloody path back to the Elevator.
When they got to the elevator Rich and and Clementine let Rita down to rest for a moment and in that moment Clementine went to check on Sera see the damage her friend sustained and chastised herself for not being there to help.
A ring was heard as the doors to the elevator opened as the number on the keypad to the elevator revealed the number one to them.
Telling them that they were now on the first floor.
Rich and Clementine returned to they're positions and raised Rita again as they rushed to the Columbus. Clementine seeing the the horrendous damage done to her friend with the Red and Black hair.
"Aurora" Clementine spoke quietly as she rushed in her pace and Rich understanding the current turmoil in her head as he matched her pace.
For the next thing they knew they made it to the Van and lucky for them Dum Dum followed through as opened the back door for them as Rich walked in backwards into the back of the van as he brought in Rita's body and Clementine raised her up enough and then watched as Rich squated down and gently layed Rita at the floor of the vehicle.
Rich then got out as Dum Dum brought in Sera and sat her down on the right side of the van.
When he turned he saw that both Rich and Clementine were gone as they went for Aurora next.
When Clementine got back to her friend she was still awe struck with the current state of her friend bloody, beaten. And absolutely defeated.
She wanted to break out in tears as all this was for they're childish pitiful desire for revenge.
And look where it got them, Broken and Nearly dead.
"Yo" a voice knocked Clementine back into her senses as she saw Rich.
"One step at a time, follow me and hold her back to you tight"
Clementine shook her head as they raised Aurora up and this time Rich moved toward the stairs and Clementine followed him as they repeated the process that they did with Rita.
But this time they layed Aurora's body on the left side of the vehicle on the seats .
As Clementin then took a seat next to Sera and Rich closed the back doors to the Colombus and then got in the right passenger seat of the van.
With that they drove off and took off as fast as they could but didn't want to draw any suspicion from patrolling Tyger Claws or give any NCPD the wrong idea.
Dum Dum didn't like this shit one bit
And from there a new problem occurred in Rich's mind that the only spot he work on the girls was at Lizzies Bar he saw the extra chairs they had that he could use to operate but the issue was that all the materials he needed as well as all his tools necessary for this work was at his Spot at The All Foods Plant.
It was not a wise decision or easy decision specifically with the risks involved.
But he had to work on 4 patients at once and he would have to make quick work with each.
He made a call on the Holo.
"Yo Rich What's Up" spoke the voice of Mateo he said in a nonchalant matter as the sounds of beating music and cheering crowd could be heard.
"Mateo I need you to go down to the storage room in Lizzies and clear up that spot I need 3 chairs ready quick" spoke Rich with intent.
"Damn I'm not really supposed to leave my spot in the bar but Fuck. With the type of guy you are this has got to be some serious shit"
"Thank you, Mateo" spoke Rich as he then hung up.
He then rung up another number on the Holo.
And it was an Immediate pick up as it was Shane on the other end.
"What's up Rich we already delivered the shit at the Totentanz I'm already heading back to All Foods hoping to get some shut eye for a while-"
"Sorry to do this to you kid but I need to do me a favor, I need you to get the access card to my car and put all my Ripping tools and gear in it as well as my box and laptop and bring that shit down to lizzies and make it snappy"
"Damn it, I got you" spoke Rich disappointed but jumped on it.
"I owe you, kid" as Rich hung up on him.
And Rich finally just calmed down and took a breath as he listened to the running of the tires of the van and took in the darkness of outside as they were crossing the bridge from Japantown to Kabuki.
Making they're way to Lizzies.
"What made you decide it was Lizzies" spoke Rich knowing he hadn't told Dum Dum yet.
"You only have one chair at your spot at All Foods" spoke Dum Dum with a matter of fact attitude.
And with that understanding and just accepting the fact that Dum Dum just knew what Rich was thinking.
It bothered him bit he was grateful, too much shit had happened today and from the look of it he wasn't going to get any sleep tonight.
The room was filled with cool air as there were only 3 people conscious while the other 3 were out for the count.
The Laptop Rich usually used was showing more signatures then it was used too as he was working on 3 people at once. Noticing the the usual yellow icon on the top right corner showing that he had one message waiting for him yet that message was the farthest thing from his mind.
As Rich had gone back and fourth working on Aurora, the girl with the Red and Black hair that coverd her eyes and Seraphina the girl with big black Fuzzy hair and lastly, Rita Wheeler, his friend that went Cyberpsycho.
She had hair that was purple or was it blue or maybe it was both, he couldn't tell.
All he knew was that right now she was a mess.
He had done most the work on Aurora and had already done the finishing touches, for she was in the worst condition and Rita taking second place.
Seraphina was shot but the bullet went clean through the Cybernetic Enhancements he had given her pretty much saved her life and kept her going.
Aurora on the other was barely alive when he got to her in clouds, and was very surprised when they got to All Foods that she was still alive.
He had given Them the Tech to fight so they used it and even though they should have died in clouds, they fought on, slowly these 2 girls showed they were fighters.
And that alone was worth to get their faces ingrained In his memory back in the day.
Make'em stronger to put them out.
Dum Dum was too tough for this shit, he was an Easy patch up as he was now smoking a cigar.
And then there was the last girl of the 4 the last of the trio that went on the attack at clouds.
Clementine, the girl with the long wavy pink and purple hair.
She from what he was able to tell by her wounds was that she was there when Rita went Cyberpsycho.
Most of the damage done to Clementine was blunt damage, it explains alot as she was probably hiding out in the back room in clouds as Psycho Rita was looking for her.
Her wounds were the least problematic because Rita didn't get to do much damage to her before more Tyger Claws showed up.
Rita was a mess, most the damage she suffered was from Dum Dum but that just tells him exactly what happened and what made her go Cyberpsycho.
She overused her Sandevistan and that was what pushed her to Cyberpsychosis.
Constant use of the Sandevistan caused critical stress on her body putting tons of stress straining her muscles and ultimatly her mind.
Worst was that she had the tech to advance the sandevistan further so she can use it longer.
Which only put more stress on her body.
This was his fault, he appeased her and gave her the tech, he should have held his ground and kept to his pre established judgement.
But the more he thought about it the more he realized he was just straining himself over something he can't change.
Fuck it, What happened has happened and at least now he can do just that and help her get used to the tech in her system.
The reason he didn't start doing that immediately after giving her the tech was because she needed to retain and develop her senses back.
Getting modification was a price to pay and alot of adapting would need to be taught or be grown over time, Practice makes perfect, and he just didn't have the time before.
Now it was time to get down to the real problem of Rita going Cyberpsycho and that was her head.
As Rich jacked himself into Rita's Neuroport.
Dum Dum watched as his friend had gone to work overtime to help these Mox's.
At first he didn't know what to think of it all, he a Maelstromer helping a Mox it was unheard of.
They were the boogeyman of Watson that terrorized the rest of Night city part of every illegal business in the out there.
The only reason they didn't own this city was because the numbers weren't they're yet.
But yet here he was smoking a cigar while watching Rich work his magic one of the girls was up around and moving checking on her fellow Mox.
"How long until Rita is up again"
"He can't hear you, his conscious is completely focused right now"
"Now tell me everything that happened"
Clementine talked
Royce was going to love this shit.
Red and black was what Rich was seeing as he was going through Rita's Neuro interface and was looking through her Cybernetic Implants.
Most if not all were fine with the major exception of one which he knew was the real cause that made Rita go Cyberpsycho.
The Sandevistan.
It was completely burned out and spread further which caused Rita's Synaptics to also Burn out which then doubled on in problems as it also caused the Sandevistan itself to Short Circuit.
The straw that broke the camels back was her drive to push herself further.
He needed to look further in her Cortex to see her memories of what happened tonight and to see if it played out exactly as he and Dum Dum predicted it.
If it did, those are extra points on the score board.
If it didn't then this might get ugly.
Because he needed to see how exactly the Sandevistan was pushed to know if it was the connections to the sandevistan or the whole component which would drive the whole implant useless.
He needed to do this because the other way to know the information he needed was to rip off the whole Implant out of Rita to get a physical look.
This way was less painful and more efficient.
But depending on the result he gets he might still have to rip out the sandevistan.
Completely dependent, but the possibility was 50-50.
He was now going to go through her Visual Synaptics and get Visual of what went down at clouds when she showed up.
He was keeping his fingers crossed but this can hit the fan real Fast.
To Be Continued.