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Chapter 15 - The Deal

Allen walked over to Mea-Ling as he sees, what seemed to look like some medical items, "What are those?"

Mea looked towards the items in her hands, "You need them?"

Allen indicated towards his arm, which was full of lacerations and was just hanging limply. Clearly the bones were broken pretty badly.

Allen shrugged and said nonchalantly, "It would probably be useful for a small cut."

Mea raised an eyebrow, "A small cut you say."

She tossed the left-over contents towards Allen. Allen injects himself with the nano-sealant and applied the medi-gel, "Holy crap, this stuff burns."

"But it works.", Mea said smilingly.

After Allen was done self-medicating he made his way towards the man on the ground. His medical stuff got destroyed in that crash. Christ, how they underestimated this man!

Allen saw the sabre next to Conner, who was slowly slithering away. It was somehow still intact. He picked it up with his good arm and made his way towards Conner.

Conner twisted around in on last ditch effort only to be stabbed by the sabre in his arm.

Conner instinctively grabbed towards the source of the pain, as he starts chuckling uncharacteristically, "So, I actually lost to a nobody. How is that even possible? I am a S-class,", he sighed and asked, "So why doesn't anybody know of you?"

Allen shrugs, "Some things are better left a secret."

Conner tried to sit more comfortably, but his whole body was a mess and it was just too painful. Heck, his camouflage device was destroyed and his face was still unrecognizable.

Conner pleadingly asked, "Care to spare this old stupid man?"

Allen thought for a second. Having a powerful assassin as an ally might not be a bad idea, "How much clout do you have?"

Conner found the question surprising, "You are actually willing to listen? "

"Depends, it's probably a bad idea, but can you remove the hit on Mea-Ling."

Conner chuckled, "I am the only man who can remove it."

"Good, so here are my conditions. First, everyone here will be taken in. I will only allow you to escape. As for Mea-Ling, reverse the order on her."

Allen stepped on Conner's chest making him wince, "You and your posse will never again be allowed to came near me or Mea-Ling and her family or friends."

He grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him right up to his face, "I OWN YOU NOW!"

Conner was as calm as a cucumber, "Trying to rule with force is only going to bite you in the ass."

Allen lets go of him, and in on swift motion lopped of his left forearm.

Now that the innate defences were gone, he was able to crush the arm it into a small little gore ball, doing just that.

Conner screamed in agony and grabbed the stump.

Allen slowly levitated it behind some construction material, and released the barrier around it.

A spray of blood erupted from the source covering the area in blood.

Allen immediately applied the final of the medi-gel to stop the bleeding, "This is a warning to all of those who wants a piece of me. Be glad it's just your forearm, and not something...else", He points his blade towards the man's groin.

Allen continued, "And besides, you could probably get some cybernetic attachments."

Conner looked at him quizzically and in anger, "What are you talking about? I ain't some android who can easily replace lost limbs. I'm a fucking human being!"

Allen just kept staring at him, "So?"

A look of incredulity formed on Conner's face, "You born under a rock. Dark matter saturation within cells rejects foreign contaminants. I have to regrow my arm, you ass, and It could take months!"

Allen shrugged, "You should have never taken the job then. So who sent you?"

Conner was fuming due to pain, but he relaxed enough after a while, "I'm an assassin. I have to uphold my ideology. Never reveal the client. You should at least know that much."

Allen sighed, "Your usefulness is already starting to wane. Time to de-man you."

Conner grabbed his crotch with his remaining hand, with a sweat he says, "Well, let's not be rash. I can tell you this person has a serious amount of pull. I am talking system wide, all the way to Uranus."

"Your Anus, the fuck?"

Conner's eyes went white in shock, "I said Uranus, not your anus! The fuck are they teaching you in schools these days!?"

"Uranus? You are talking about the entirety of the Sol system!"

Conner remained speechless for a moment, "No shit!"

Allen looked at Conner, pondering, "I guess you have a way out?"

"We all had, but I guess that ain't happening anymore."

"Well, I ain't stopping you, but what about the barrier and the jamming?"

Conner sighed, struggling to stand on his own two feet, "Barrier generator is under the tarmac, Careful, I don't want to die to stupidity. There is a fair amount of liquid dark matter in it. Don't want it to blow up the city. Just destroy the panels. As for the jamming I will disable it when I'm gone."

Allen looked at Conner as he started to walk away. He removes some tarmac to reveal bike-like hover crafts, "Be a champ and disable the barrier."

Allen made his way towards the tarmac covering the barrier generator, and removed the tarmac.

He used his ability to crush the panels and removed the barrier in the process.

A purple flash crosses the expanse of the construction site as the barrier went down.

The flying bike activated when Conner sat in it as it sped off.

Not long after Conner was nothing but a blip in the sky does the jamming go down.

He made his way towards Mea-Ling who was sitting against some metal plates.

Allen sat down next to Mea, and said, "I wanted the hit off you. That is why I let him go."

She leaned her head against Allen, "I gathered as much." She lifted her hand and called the authorities.

Not long after do the authorities show up.

Allen made his way towards the barely conscious Lucas, smiling Allen said, "You did well. You have my sincerest thanks."

Lucas groggily looked up at Allen, some sort of black liquid dripping from his mouth, "I saw your fight. At least we have a guardian now in our city. I should be thanking you."

Allen waved it off. In his mind he did more damage than good. Even if the car had a barrier which they couldn't, he should have at least tried to escape before everything had happened.

A small group awaited the arrival of a sole bike. Emergency protocols were enacted beforehand, and were also informed that there was only one arrival.

Conner doesn't resist as they started treating him, "Get me to a private area."

One of the females treating him spoke up, "Sir, that is ill advised. Our scans indicate massive internal damage as well as multiple fractures."

"Just give me some pain-killers as well as some rudimentary treatment. I need to talk to our client."

"Yes sir"

They got him seated in a comfortable position as he calls up the client.

A blond white female spoke up in a holo form, "You have better called me with good news."

Conner lifts his stump and replied, "Does this answer your question? Also, we are cancelling the contract."

The woman narrows her eyes, "You sure you want to play this game?"

Conner shrugged, "You will get all the credits you are owed back, but I do have an offer which you could make sense of."

The woman was livid, but she remained calm, "I'm listening."

"You have a double S to contend with, so I will give you the contact details of someone who is triple S."

"Can he be discreet?"

"Our hands are washed, but I must say he is currently on Titan at Saturn. With this we will be done. What you do after that is your choice."

"You haven't instigated me in one way or another?"

"No, you are safe in that regards, but I have to ask. Why is this girl so important for you?"

"I'm not really interested in the girl. It's just to harm someone else."

She cuts off the transmission.

Conner looked at the girl standing in the door, "Send this information to our mutual contact. The girl is being hunted to hurt someone else, also tell the contact that Ekon is coming and that he should be aware of a triple S threat. Tell the contact to send this information to Allen. I owe him that much at least."