Chapter 23: Clown Boat
Lucy is going through data shards to find something to see a new agent of Arasaka conducting raids on their enemies. "Who is this?" Lucy wondered as she felt like he looked familiar. "Yorinobu has a replacement for Adam Smasher to be his personal agent, who could this be?" Lucy asked as she had a bad feeling about this.
Within the night, Rebecca strips out of her clothing to get into the shower along with Cortez to wash each other. "That was so fun tonight, my heart was pounding singing that love song," she said putting a wash rug to clean his broad back. "Damn, these muscles," she thought, feeling how smooth and tight it is.
"Getting touchy?" he flirted as she pinched him on the bun to make him jump with her having a naughty look on her face.
"How can't I, such a big beefcake," she said to lick her lips at the lovely sight.
"You like pop songs as well?" he asked.
"Yep, Synthwave and laser pop is my jam Choom," Rebecca said.
"Diamond in the Sky is pretty old-school pop," Cortez said.
"Yeah, it's cool and gets me going. Also, it touched me, you are my diamond in the sky babe," Rebecca said as he turned around to see her looking up at him with those pretty red eyes and showing a vulnerable yet charming face.
"Damn she is so cute," he thought as he pets her on the head. "Cheesy yet pretty cute," he said for Rebecca hugged him to lay her head on his torso.
"Gee, I was being romantic and showing you how I feel. I want to show the world how I feel about you. Bold and proud," Rebecca said as she rubbed her face into his chest feeling his warmth with the water washing over them.
"Yeah, I know and I am grateful. You are not just my girlfriend, you are my best friend as well along with Tin Man and Yuri," he said as Rebecca felt happy feeling this.
"Really?' she asked.
"Really, really," he said lightly as Rebecca buried her face further into his strong torso.
"Oh, you are the best friend/boyfriend a lady can ask for. Thank you," she said sweetly.
"No problem, you are worth it," he said as they switched up with Cortez beginning to wash Rebecca across her slender back to hear her enjoying herself.
"You treat me so well big guy," she said as Cortez marvels at her long light green hair barely reaching her butt.
"Only the best for my partner in crime. Such lovely hair," he said too softly, running his fingers through her silky straight hair.
"One of the best parts of my body," Rebecca said as they got cleaned up with Rebecca just wearing a black bra and black panties. "Oh yeah, that felt nice," she said to hop onto the bed. "Come over here baby, I am going to sing to you just like I promised," she said patting her thighs with her hands.
"The best in the house," Cortez said as he laid his head onto her thighs to lay on his back staring up at Rebecca's lovely face and her cute tits in her black bra.
"Enjoying the view?" she asked as she placed her hands on his hand to begin rubbing his head.
"The best," he said as Rebecca showed a pretty smile.
"Well, I want to sing something from a show I used to like as a kid. It was an anime show called Bandit Star about a woman seeking adventures within space and trying to find her place in the universe," Rebeca said.
"Oh yeah, that is a classic anime BD series. Good taste," Cortez said.
"Your girl knows a way around the net for some spicy stuff," Rebecca said lightly to begin remembering the lyrics of the anime song. "Okay I got it, I need a deep breath," she said as she sang.
"I don't know, what words I can say. The wind has a way to talk to me. Flowers sleep, a silent lullaby. I pray for reply. I'm ready," Rebecca is pouring a lot of emotion behind her words with Cortez picking up traces of sadness and loneliness within her words.
"Quiet days calm me. Oh, serenity. Someone please tells me. Oh, what is it they say? Maybe I will know one day," Rebecca begins to look emotional remembering parts of her painful past and all the hardships she went through to survive in Night City. Cortez is getting moved by this as he is starting to feel emotional too.
"I don't know. what words I can say. The wind has a way to talk to me. Flowers sleep. A silent lullaby. I pray for reply. I'm ready," she finished her little song as she felt a pit in her heart about those dark days in the past of her life. "Babe, are you okay?" Rebecca asked as Cortez was holding back tears with streaks already going down his face.
"Damn Rebecca, which hit me like a sack of bricks. I was truly moved by that," Cortez said as Rebecca felt happy about this.
"Thanks, which was very personal. I deeply relate to this song. The main girl wants to know her place in the universe and knows to know what she wants from life," Rebecca said as Cortez composed himself to look at her cyber eyes to see pain on her face.
"Rebecca, you have found your place with us and me," Cortez said to reach out to caress her cheek with Rebecca rubbing against it while holding his hands with her own.
"Cortez, I do and I have never been happier in my life. I want to long and hard to protect and serve the clan until the day I die. Long life of course," Rebecca said feeling excited again.
"That's my girl. Well thanks for the little lesson, you have so many layers to you. Very exciting," Cortez said as Rebecca playfully patted his head.
"I am Onion, I got a bunch of layers you haven't seen yet and I would love to share with you in due time," Rebecca said.
"I wonder if I wanted to know about your past. You only talk about it slightly," Cortez said.
"What do you want to know about me?" Rebecca asked.
'You never talk about your parents. Is only you and your brother?" Cortez asked.
"Yes, I never knew my parents. Pillar took care of me, barely surviving. That fucking idiot," Rebecca said still missing him despite they argue all the time.
"You are such a good little sister," Cortez teases her as she blushes in the face.
"Bite me, big guy," she said playfully as Cortez went up to softly give her a love bite on the neck making her moan of pleasure. "Shit, which felt good," she said as she is lucky the pink tattoo covers up the hick well.
"You said you wanted it," Cortez said.
"Not like that," Rebecca said as she patted him on the forehead. "Come on, let's head for bed," she said as they got onto the pull-out bed to get comfortable.
"Well Spitfire, sweet dreams," he said to hug her from behind.
"I am in a sweet dream and I never want to wake up from it," Rebecca said as they went to sleep with Rebecca dwelling on memories of the past like her days going to a local school in her home section of Watson.
-Flashback Begins-
Within the morning on the mouth of April 22, 2069, 16-year-old Rebecca wakes up from her slumber to get ready for school. "Damn it, need to head off," she said as she gets out of bed to head for the bathroom to get washed up.
"Yo, little sis," Pillar said as he went into the bathroom to see her in the shower with the curtains hiding her body while she was washing herself.
"Hey bro, get out of the bathroom," Rebecca said as she rubbed soap into her long hair.
"Hey is a little pick me up," Pillar flushed the toilet as the shower water got very hot very quickly.
"Oh bro, you fucking jackass!" she shouted as she turned off the water with Pillar laughing at her.
"Now you are awake for sure," Pillar joked as Rebecca tossed a bar of soap to hit him in the back of the head.
"Jerkass," she said as she turned on the shower to finish washing herself to get out of the shower. She dries herself off as she gets into her clothing which is her school uniform consisting of a blue blazer, a black pleated skirt reaching her knees, and white tights.
She looks in the mirror to see her natural light skin tone, long brown hair, and green cyber eyes having the appearance of a white teenager. "Okay," she said as she went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for both her and Pillar.
"What you got cooking today?" Pillar asked as Rebecca turned on the stove.
"Grilled cheese," Rebecca grabs the cheese and bread to slaps it on the pan to begin cooking it. "So how is the construction job going?' she asked as Pillar had a dismissive look on his face.
"Not cool little sis. The Foremen pisses me off. Blast out this tunnel, fix those generators, and raise the rover. Whips me up like a slave driver but the pay is okay for now," Pillar said.
"After all this war stuff, everything is going up as of late. Here you go," Rebecca said to place the grilled cheese on a plate to hand it to him.
"Thanks, it's not bad as always," Pillar said.
"I am the only one here who can cook a decent meal. I need to eat up and head off," Rebecca said as they ate their breakfast.
"So, are you serious about becoming a Social Worker?" Pillar asked, being curious.
"Of course, Night City is a hellscape. There needs to be people who can offer them some sort of comfort," Rebecca said as Pillar nodded his head.
"People here are whacked out in the head. They need all the help they can get. I hope it works out," Pillar said.
"I hope so too, you can be nice for once," Rebecca said lightly.
"Can it kid, should you be going to school now?" Pillar said.
"Oh right," she said to grab her bag to begin walking to her high school. "Smell you later," Rebecca said to stick her tongue at Pillar to leave.
"Well, she can be cute at times, I should give her something," he thought as he wanted to give her a gift for her troubles trying to work so hard at school.
Rebecca walks down the streets to hear various gunfire and to see a bunch of gangoons chasing cars. "Bunch of idiots," she thought as she shortly arrived at the Watson High School building to go inside to attend her classes.
She is in a math class where the male teacher is giving her weird looks while the kids don't want to be her friend due to her aggressive behavior. "Rebecca, can you come up to the board to show the class the answers to the questions in the book?" he asked.
"Yes Mr. Smith," Rebecca gets out of her chair to head over to the board. One of the girls tosses an eraser to hit her in the back.
"Fatass," the girl taunted as this made Rebecca angry at her.
'Fuck off!" Rebecca shouted.
"Language missy," Mr. Smith said as he found Rebecca, spicy attitude quite alluring. "She does have a fat ass indeed," he thought to look to the side to leer at Rebecca's behind fitting against her skirt.
She writes down on the board to write down the answers to see Rebecca has gotten 80% of the questions right. "Thank goodness I remember all that stuff," she said as she looked over to see Mr. Smith was staring at her ass which is making her uncomfortable. "He better get his pervy eyes off of me," she thought.
"Good work, go back to your seat," Mr. Smith said as he had a smirk on his face to look at his laptop to see something very pleasant.
"Hey Becca, your fat ass was blocking the board. I can't see it," the girl taunted.
"I know right, the little girl got all those burritos going to her ass," the other girl said as Rebecca can't hold back her temper.
"You can bite my big ass, you stupid whore!" Rebecca screamed as everyone laughed at her with the teacher enjoying her spicy voice but trying to look professional.
"Okay, that is enough young lady. This language is not tolerated in my classroom. I am going to need you to come and stay after school to sort out your behavior. It will be starting tomorrow to be 2-hour sessions for 2 weeks," Mr. Smith said as the girls laughed at her with Rebecca sighing.
"Yes sir," Rebecca said as she sat down.
"I am going to enjoy her company with all the free time I can muster," Mr. Smith said to hide a wicked smile.
The day has come and gone with the bell ringing. Rebecca leaves the school alone with none of the boys and girls not wanting to be near her. Rebecca walks back home to enter the apartment. "Yo big bro, I am back," Rebecca said as she put her backpack away to see if he was at his job now.
She sighs to head into her room to see a small plush of one of her favorite characters with a letter on it. "Hey there kiddo, I'm going to be late. I hope you will enjoy your favorite show Bandit Star. Smell you later," the letter said as Rebecca smiled at this.
"That idiot," Rebecca feels happy that her brother cared enough to give her a gift to cheer her up.
-Flashback ends-
Rebecca wakes up to enjoy her dream for the most part to see Cortez is up and about. "Morning sleeping beauty," he greeted as Rebecca let out a big yawn.
"Morning baby," she said brushing aside her long hair from her face.
"We got ourselves a mission to save a cargo ship taken over by the Bozos," Cortez said as she hops onto her feet to get ready.
"Right, time to get to work," she said as she cooked up breakfast.
"Had a dream last night?" Cortez asked.
"The past when I was staying with my brother Pillar. I was going to school before that bastard. Mr. Smith groped my ass and kicked me out when I kicked him in the nuts. Worth it in the end," Rebecca said as she made grilled cheese sandwiches for the both of them.
"Feisty even as a youngster," Klunk said.
"Gee, you sound like an old man Buckethead," Rebecca said to tip his metal shell. "After that bastard got me blacklisted, my career in social work was over before it even began. Then jobs blocked me from working due to my anti-social behavior. I went into sex work with the Mox but that was rough. I had to pay a big cut to them every time I made money and the rent was getting higher. Two years they put up with me until I was 18 years, they booted me out for my short temper despite I was in the right," Rebecca said.
"Seems like the Mox are not what they used to be," Klunk said as Rebecca bites into her sandwich.
"Damn right, they used to be able to protect people like me but now they care about making money. Soulless, I went on to become an Edgerunner along with my brother to make the bills which are bullshit by the way," Rebecca said.
"Well, it worked out in the end. All that has led you to here, fulfilling your new purpose," Rebecca said.
"Yeah, it's nice to talk about the past with foresight in mind. I want to share more with you soon," she said.
"I would love to hear more," Cortez said.
"Gee, I used to cook grilled cheese for my brother like this. He was such an idiot but he loved me in his way, just like I did for him," Rebecca said as she had an idea. "Hey babe, I want to show you something," she transfers a photo into his eyes to show a younger Rebecca without the white chemskin, green tech hair, and pink tattoos.
"Oh, you are brunette nice?" he asked to see she was a plain-looking white girl.
"Yep, now I look way more interesting," Rebecca said feeling happy about her current appearance. They finished their breakfast, okay time to get to work," she said as she grabbed her weapons and gear.
Cortez gets into his battle gear and wields a Kenshin burst pistol and a VST-37 Posher full auto shotgun. "Time to move," Cortez said as Rebecca got Klunk to go outside to head to the truck to head for a section of the San Francisco harbor taken over by the clown gang.
"Time to get to work," Rebecca cocks her shotgun to head into the city to go into the harbor with several Bozos guarding the entrance. "Rip them to pieces," she said as the truck's HMG went to rip into their bodies to kill them off.
They smash through the gate to be on the hanger section. "Oh shit, them again," the leader said as Grace is not pleased with this.
"Are you kidding me, we need to take the Yakuza's cargo ship filled with Glimmer drugs. Get rid of them but get the beefcake to me," Grace ordered as Rebecca and Cortez rolled out of the vehicle to begin firing into the deadly clowns.
Rebecca loads in Dragon Breath shells to let out flaming rounds to set the clowns on fire. "Stupid clowns burn in hell," Rebecca said as she hardened her skin to block several shots to tackle him to knock him onto the ground. She fires a revolver to pierce her skull killing her instantly.
She tosses an EMP grenade to stun a group of Bozos with Cortez using his auto shotgun to tear into their bodies scattering their broken flesh and metal onto the ground.
"Time to raid that boat," Rebeca said as she jumps onto crates to double jump with a precise air dash into the ship to dual wield her machine pistol and revolver to take out several Bozos. She crashes on top of a Bozo to crush her in a superhero landing.
She drives a powerful kick to send a Bozo flying into a crate to leave a small dent with Rebecca following up with a deadly shot to the head. Cortez is wielding his pistol and quick hacking to disable his foes while putting in follow-up shots to finish them off.
She slides in a drum magazine into his VST-37 to begin peppering his foes with buckshot shells to tear into their bodies. She tosses a frag grenade to take out a group of Bozos as he sees Wyvern drones trying to hold them back from heading for the bridge of the cargo ship.
"Stupid bots," Rebecca boosts up onto a crate to use her Revolver to snipe them out of the air.
"Seems a fair bit of Glitter here," Klunk said to scan a ton of drugs within this cargo ship.
"Yep, the Yakuza are making pretty eddies with all this stuff," Cortez said as they are killing off the drones and Bozos. Cortez fires his PLS to blast apart a group of Bozos turning them into red mist.
Hellhounds show up to lob their fireballs from their mauls as they dodge the attacks with Rebecca blasting them in the head. The cyber dogs flop onto the floor headless as Cortez stunning them with a Cripple Movement as he splits them in half with his auto shotgun.
Rebecca punches a dog to slam into a shipping crate as she tosses a Gash grenade with arcs of lasers slicing into their bodies reducing them to mincemeat.
"What are you doing, stop them," Grace commanded as the Wyverns, Hellhounds, and Bozos were wiped out. The lead Bozo is using a Centaur armed with a hailstorm mini gun mounted on the exosuit's arm instead of the heat gun.
"Time to die whore," the lead Bozo is confronting them backed up by drones to unleash a hail of bullets to tear into the crates. Rebecca takes several shots to duck under the wave of bullets to remain fine.
"You first," Rebecca boosts on top of the crate with Cortez disabling the exosuit as Rebecca air dashes behind the Bozo to fire a dragon breath to set him on fire. "Love some cooked clown in the morning," Rebecca said as the killer clown was screaming in pain until he burned to death.
"I detect no more Bozos on the ship or area," Klunk said.
"Good, we will call this in and the cops can take care of this," Cortez said as they exited the area.
"Seems like they keep ruining our operations. Better step up and carry out my plan to take Cortez for myself," Grace is cooking up something beautiful. "Soon the little whore will be put into a dumpster where she belongs," she thought gleefully.