Chapter 6: Training Wheels
After the day Cortez and Rebecca became a couple, Cortez wakes up to be greeted by Rebecca bending over showing her plump rear. "Gee too early for the full moon to come out," he joked as Rebecca taps his bald head.
"Morning dummy," she said sweetly kissing him on the head. "The best way to wake up," Rebecca said as Cortez slapped her on the rear to watch it jiggle under her black panties.
Yep, I keep thinking about those cheeks," he said.
"Trust me, you will get very familiar with my cute ass soon enough. Also, I wanted to suck your dick while you were asleep. I touch myself just thinking about it," she said.
"So why didn't you do it?" he asked wanting more of her lovely blowjobs.
"I wanted to respect you but if you permit me. I would play with you while you are asleep," she said.
"I would like that and also I wanted to do things to you when you are asleep. You look so pretty when you lay down in bed," Cortez said.
"Of course, my body is all yours to use to make yourself feel good. I need to take a shower and then I will make some breakfast," she said feeling happy to make her new boyfriend some food.
"Is that a good idea?" Klunk asked.
"Relax little Choomba, I got this," Rebecca said as she stripped out of her underwear to go into the shower to begin to wash herself.
"Hope she doesn't burn the trailer down," Klunk said.
"Oh, so little faith in my cooking skills. I am going to make us grilled cheese sandwiches," Rebecca said as she rubbed her breasts to flinch for her nipples to be sensitive.
"Can't wait for it," Cortez said as Rebecca felt happy to feel this.
"See big guy wants my cooking," Rebecca said as she got out of the shower to dry her naked body to slip into a black sports bra and black panties along with her crop jacket and black hotpants, "Perfect," she put her long green hair into twin-tails.
She heads over to the kitchen section to see there is a hot plate there. "No oven, have to use that instead," Klunk said.
"Cool, I can still use this," she said as she grabbed a pan to grab some bread and cheese. Putting them together and putting them on the pans. She goes into the ice box to grab some juice for them to drink.
Soon after, Cortez got done with his shower to be his nomad armor to see Rebecca place two sandwiches each and cups filled with berry juice.
"Well, here you go," Rebecca said.
"Wow, looks nice. Thanks," Cortez said as they sat down on the couch to begin eating their breakfast. "Not bad, quite tasty," he said as he was enjoying her cooking.
"Told you I am decent. Who did you think cooked at home, my brother? As if," Rebecca said as she chewed into her sandwich.
"Well good to know," Cortez said as they enjoyed breakfast together with Rebecca being happy about this.
"I am so happy, I could burst. The life of a nomad is going to be very interesting," Rebecca said.
The day goes by as Rebecca is with Mitch to look over the two Basilisks in the big tent being worked on by the clan's engineers. "I can't believe you own two of these beasts," Rebecca said sounding very impressed.
"Indeed, little missy. These are our aces against the Wraiths and other scumbags who try to fuck with us," Mitch said.
"I want to try it out," Rebecca said sounding so excited for this chance.
"Yeah, you need two people to work in tandem to run that thing. V and Panam were pretty ace in terms of using that thing in the past," Mitch said.
"Oh, I see, me and Cortez can work out something. How did you get the second one?" she said as Cortez told her about the first one being stolen.
"We got it from a Militech base to the south of here. Raided the place, stolen those shit, and got this bad girl with it," Mitch said.
"Man, my old crew never had tanks," Rebecca is a bit envious.
"Well since you are with us. We can clip in and do some damage on our way to the promised land to the north," Mitch said.
"Cortez about Panam's plans to settle the clan into stable living," Rebecca said.
"Yep, setting up a golden area with farming and livestock along with setting up trade routes for the settlements. Being able to live on our own is the best we can hope for. Away from the cities, corpos and government alike," Mitch said.
"True freedom," Rebecca said to stare up into the sky seeing its blue and clear with the dusty wind brushing against her face and long flowing hair.
"Yep. I bet living in the city was a nightmare?" he asked.
"I lost everything in that fucking city. Family, team members, and even an old crush. Wipe out like they were nothing. That city only gave me grief and pain. I only lived as if it was my last," Rebecca said.
"That not living, just surviving," Mitch said as Rebecca nodded her head.
"Yeah, it was. I threw myself into any situation to get into fights I thought in the end, no one would remember me and I would be tossed into some ditch where no one would care to find me. But here, everyone is so warm and inviting. The city seems so cold and unfeeling like a machine," Rebecca said.
"Yeah, the Aldecaldos will always have each other's backs. We are family here and we will make sure everyone is counted for here, you included," Mitch said as Rebecca nodded her head.
"Right, true family. If you need anything, give me a call," Rebecca said.
"Well, you will be doing some missions real soon. Got to show the others what you are made of," Mitch said.
Rebecca went back to the trailer to sort out her gear. She sees Cortez is not inside with Klunk being there instead. "Hello there Miss Rebecca, you need something?" he asked.
"Yes I need to look over my loadout for the coming missions set up by the Aldecaldos," Rebecca said.
"Right, you must prove your worth. Once that happens. There will be no doubts about your commitment to the clan," Klunk said as Rebecca looked over the armory to see Cortez had a nice selection of weapons here.
"He got a sweet bag here," Rebecca was impressed with this.
"Yes, he has gathered quite the arsenal in these last several months," Klunk said as Rebecca picked up her Guts custom Carnage shotgun to find two more weapons she would use.
"I need a rapid-fire option and a medium-range piece," Rebecca said as she picked a Lexington machine pistol and a scoped Overture revolver.
"Good choices Miss. Your fighting style is getting up close and destroying the enemies," Klunk said as he observed how she is a close-range tank using her guns and raw strength to destroy her opponents.
"Yeah, something I developed in DreadZone," Rebecca said.
"Yes, we watched all your videos. Very damaging indeed," Klunk said as she put the sidearms into the inners of her crop jacket to fit smoothly inside.
"Like a glove," Rebecca said as she began to modify them. "I would mod these guns to make them my own," she said.
"You are into gunsmithing?" Klunk asked.
"Oh yes, I used to be my team's gun expert. Guts is my custom job," Rebecca said as she showed off the Carnage pump action shotgun which has her color scheme of green and pink. Green matched her hair and pink matched the colors of her tattoos.
"Doing the same for those guns?" Klunk asked as Rebecca nodded her head.
"Yep, made them for my use," Rebecca said.
"What are you going to call them?" Klunk asked.
"Blood," Rebecca said as she pointed to the Lexington machine pistol. "Love," Rebecca points to the Overture revolver.
"Blood, Guts and Love. Interesting choices of words," Klunk said.
"Love found on the battlefield of blood and guts. Fitting right," Rebecca said.
"Yes you are a real war poet," Klunk said dryly.
"Screw you," Rebecca gives the Ai a middle finger with Klunk gigging to himself with Rebecca laughing along with him.
She took a few hours to make her new ironic weapons Blood and Love. She has given the two weapons her unique color paint job. Blood has a muzzle break, a 40-round extended magazine, and a red dot sight. Love has a long-range scope and rubber pistol grip.
"Perfect," Rebecca said as she fit them into her jacket's built-in hoisters inside.
"Rebecca, we got a mission for you. Come to my tent," V asked on her radio.
"I am on my way," Rebecca said as she slung Guts on her back with Klunk clinging to her back.
"Let's see what the boss wants," Klunk said as they headed over to the main tent where V and Cortez talked about something.
"Good to have you here. We are going to send you on a mission which is quite simple. There is an old town nearby where the Wraiths are being housed. They have a ton of goods they have stolen. We are going to wipe them out and take the goods for ourselves," V said.
"Pretty simple," Rebecca said as the trio got into Cortez's truck to head for the location to take on this mission.
'Well Rebecca, your first mission in being Aldecaldos' Heavy. Feeling good?" Cortez asked as he was in his nomad armored gear with him wielding a suppressed scoped Kyubi and a Unity pistol.
"Yep, I am ready to aid the clan," Rebecca said.
"That's my girl. Your weapons?" he asked to see if they were sporting the same paint job as the custom gun Guts.
"You like them, I modified them myself," Rebecca said.
"They fit the theme with Guts. What are their names?" he asked.
"This pistol is called Blood and this Revolver is called Love," Rebecca said as Cortez was confused by this.
"Love found on the battlefield of blood and guts. It's like us," Rebecca said.
"Oh, it does, quite clever, Rebecca," Cortez said.
"I was going to call it Glory but I found something better than that. So, love fits better," Rebecca said to give him a cute little wink.
"Guts, Blood and Love. Good theming," Cortez said as she looked out the car window to see the wasteland before her.
"You know. I used to live on the edge. Always wondering when a bullet is going to end me," Rebecca said.
"Getting deep on me Spitfire?" Cortez asked lightly.
"I got time to think without worrying about my head getting blown off but yeah. Being here is so nice," Rebecca said.
"Right, you will get used to it," he said as Rebecca wanted to show him something.
"Here, I wanted to show you at my worst state," Rebecca sends him an image of her near death.
Cortez sees a ghastly image of Rebecca's broken body on the ground. "Well, you've seen better days," Cortez joked but his face remained somber to see this disturbing image of his girlfriend.
"This is the day when Rebecca the Edgerunner died along with all connections to that fucking city cut off. Here I am, Rebecca the Nomad born from that near-death experience," she said.
"Yeah like a phoenix from the ashes. You and V went through the same thing. Right at death's door and becoming better as a result. Why do you keep that photo?" he asked.
"It's a reminder of how low I was and that I never want to be like this again," Rebecca said.
"A powerful reminder indeed. I am grateful you are alive, we wouldn't have met," Cortez said as Rebecca reached over to touch his face with her tiny hands and kissed him on the lips.
"Yes, it would be a shame to have you live in a Rebecca-less world," Rebecca flirted.
'Yeah, that would be one hell of a sin to happen. A big loss of a good woman," Cortez said as she looked down at her revolver Love.
"I found love now, never thought I would. Only to bring in disgusting men," Rebecca said.
"You had a crush on your leader right?" he asked.
"Yes, but it was fleeting. I didn't stand a chance anyway, but I have found someone who truly wants about me. All of me," she said to grab his big hand and put it between her breasts.
"I would love to have all of you alright," Cortez said as this made Rebecca laugh at him.
"You will," Rebecca moves his hand over one of the small breasts liking how soft they are.
"Gee, just fuck already," Klunk said as the romance is too much right now.
"Hey Buckethead, we were having a moment," Rebecca said.
'Yes obviously," Klunk said as he was giggling to himself.
"Come to think of it. I was wondering, where did you come from?" Rebecca asked.
"Oh well I was part of an experiment by Militech but I don't wish to speak about it. Too painful," Klunk said.
"Yeah, when I found the little guy. He was not in a good headspace. Militech was torturing him and putting him through his paces," Cortez said as Rebecca felt sorry for him.
"Gee that sucks, sorry about asking," Rebecca said as despite being rough with him, she still treats him like a friend.
"No problem, thanks for the concern," Klunk said as they arrived at the Wraith camp.
"We are here, time to give them a warm welcome," Cortez said as Rebecca had Klunk on her back to take out her Love to approach the front of the camp.
"Seems so rusty out here," Rebecca said on the radio to see a bunch of turrets on buildings and the ground.
"Yeah, these old towns are husks of what they used to be but the Corpos and Government don't care about the small-town folks. Fending themselves until assholes like them show up and clean them out. Selling them into slavery," Cortez said as Rebecca had a shiver up her spine just thinking about it.
"Now I want to kill these assholes," Rebecca said.
"That's my girl. Okay, I am going to quickhack the turrets and take control while in the chaos. You come in and mop out the rest," Cortez said.
"You got it, big guy," Rebecca said as Cortez climbed on top of an old water tower.
"I am in position. Time for some Controlled Chaos," Cortez quick hacks the turrets to make them open fire on the bandits.
"Time to go nuts," Rebecca swiftly goes into the open to wield Love and blast guys in the head. In the confusion, Cortez is putting in headshots with his Kyubi as Rebecca is coming in to blast the enemies to bits.
"Miss Rebecca, keep pushing," Klunk said as he let her dash close to use Guts to turn a Wraith into a pile of gore.
"Coming in motherfuckers," Rebecca said as she is speeding through the enemies to use her shotgun to split enemies with thunderous blasts. She double jumps onto the rooftop to gain from the ground to fire powerful slugs to tear into their bodies leaving crazy big holes in her targets.
The turrets got destroyed as Cortez backed Rebecca from the distance while using a Quickhack to trigger a vehicle to explode taking out a group of enemies in a fiery blast.
Rebecca pulls out Blood to pop out rapid shots from her custom Lexington to cut into their bodies and heads. "I'm detecting more Wraiths coming this way," Klunk said as she saw more Wraiths coming in from the road with armored trucks with turrets in the back.
"So annoying," Rebecca uses her strength to grab an HMG out of the turret to have 200 rounds of fun to tear into the enemies. The heavy rounds turned groups of bandits into piles of broken bodies filled with holes.
The bullets tear into the technicals as Cortez uses his Cyberdeck to hack into the turrets to turn on their owners killing them off. The enemy Netrunner uses a quickhack to disable the HMG making it useless.
"Fuck," Rebecca switches to Love to look through the scope and land headshots with the powerful magnum rounds. She kills off the remaining Wraiths while Cortez sets the rest on fire.
"Well, that was good. Good work shortie," Cortez praised her as Rebecca gave him a wink and waved to him.
"Yeah, we kicked so much ass," Rebecca said as Cortez calls in Mitch.
"Mitch, we managed to secure the town. Get the guys to come in and pick up the goods. We got some extra vehicles and turrets intact," Cortez said.
"Good work you guys," Mitch said as Cortez met up with Rebecca by the truck. He gathers a ton of weapons from the dead enemies to toss them in the back.
"What are you?" Rebecca asked.
"I am taking these guns to sell them and make some extra money," Cortez said.
"Wow, that's pretty smart. Why I didn't think about that," Rebecca feeling silly.
"You can make a lot of eddies doing this. Getting good cyberware, upgrades, and guns is much easier along with other things," Cortez said.
"Makes sense," Rebecca said as they waited until the Aldecaldos sent in their guys to secure the area while the trio headed back to base camp with their mission complete. Rebecca will be moving to gain the trust of the Aldecaldos.
Elsewhere Michiko arrives at the house of Falco to see something is wrong here. "This isn't good," she said as she saw Militech soldiers there. "Time to cloak in and find out his fate," Michiko cloaks to sneak into the building to go past the guards.
"Seems like Myers is taking this seriously," one of the soldiers said.
"Yeah losing her pet project was a huge blow and now this Lucy bitch is the key to making America great once again," the second soldier said.
"Lucy, they mean Lucyna Kushinada of the secret Arasaka Blackwall project that was abandoned years ago. No wonder Myers wants her after what V did with Songbird sending her to the moon," Michiko said as she found Falco on the floor dead.
"Shit," she said as she goes to hack into the house's system to see Myer's murder Falco in cold blood.
"Well seems like Myers is seeking Lucy in the Lunar city of Wells. A small town under a big dome. Time to make some calls and set up a trip to the moon," Michiko said as she sneaked off to make plans to save Lucy from Myers and her goons.