In theme of cyberpunk I'm going to name chaps for the most part around songs since it's thematic with both the Anime and Video Game as well, if you guys want I can do that for previous chaps up until joining this world too.
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A bit after getting that call from Rogue I hopped in my car and arrived at the AfterLife not that long later before I reached the entrance.
"Your here, Rogues expecting you, follow me." The bouncer said as he opened the door and lead the way before we began heading into the back area towards the private deals booths, that were specifically sound proof.
As soon as the door opened I was surprised by the small crowd that was in the room, "Dino? Padre? El Capitan? Even Regina? What are you guys doing here?" It's very rare to see several fixers in one place, must mean whatever this is it's big biz to have several fixers involved.
"Hifumi, take a seat, we will explain when everyone else is here." Rogue motioned to the free chair on the side as I went to take a seat.
Soon after her eyes glowed before several wall screens turned on with three more faces appaearing, though one was in shadows as a result.
"Wakako, Hands and Dakota? Shit the gangs all here." Every fixer was here for this, well almost.
"Yes, well as much as I would love to be crowed in that small box you three are all in I can't exactly leave when it comes with having to watch what goes down in DogTown." (Hands)
"I prefer to stay out of the city, so this is for the best on my end." (Dakota)
"And I'm just getting to old to move around much, so I would prefer to stay where I am on Jig-Jig street." (Wakako)
"That's fine, so long as we are all here for this that's the only thing that matters in the end is we all talk about the job we have for our up incoming Edgerunner here as your the only one who can do this job and get away alive while doing so." Rogue said before taking another drag from her cigarette and letting the smoke out.
"They are right my son, out of all the available Mercs in NightCity you are the only one who can pull this off without making it into a suicide mission if others were pulled into this." (Padre)
"That bastard has been going to far for far to long, all because of him we have lost a lot of good biz, and also plenty of Mercs from all over NC have gotten themselves killed because of his jobs." (Dino)
"So if I'm guessing right, we're talking about Faraday then huh?" I ask as he's the only Fixer not here at this meeting.
"Yes, basically he has gone out of his area and stepped on all of our toes, including mine so it's a unanimous decision by all of us that he needs to go." Rogue said with a clearly pissed look on her face.
"Thing is he has deep ties with Militech and has high security protecting him all the time at his penthouse in Corpo Plaza, but good news is he's not at his penthouse and is in a open location to be taken out." Hands cuts in.
"But I get the feeling there is bad news to that." I say as a hit job is too good to be true with only good news.
"Well there is, he is currently at the Black Sapphire in DogTown, but because of that he doesn't have any security detail as Kurt Hansen's men are keeping him and everyone else there safe and secure." Hands said in a matter of fact kind of way.
"…. Are you sure you guys aren't throwing me into a suicide mission then? Like the Black Sapphire is DogTowns equivalent of Arrasaka Tower, unless you go through the front door or from the rooftop there ain't anyway inside otherwise." I've been in DogTown before since the main entrance into the stadium for the Blackmarket is still available for people to go through while Pacifica is still bloocked off by a huge fuck off wall with the main gate sealed shut as a result, something my brother made not long after turning Pacifica to rubble.
"Well if it was anyone else, yes this would be the equivalent of a Suicide mission, but you well…. With who you really are it should actually be sufficiently easy to get into Hansens precious Black Sapphire right?…." Rogue said to me with only one eye open.
"…. Haaa, your leveraging me using my connection with my brother to get into the Black Sapphire? You know he's going to be pissed having to make more unfavorable deals with Hansen just so I can deal with this right?" I say back scratching my head as there's no point acting coy with the Queen of Fixers as she knows everything when given enough time so I'm not surprised she found out even though I don't go screaming it to the rooftops.
"Well when your old Runner friend, Sasha, got into the higher echelons of the AWG just because you recommended her it didn't take long for me to put two and two together, and besides we have a way to make him interested in helping you as well." Rogue said before sending me private data on Faraday that only those that dig deep into him would really find out.
"…. He's got 5% of Militechs Stocks? Shit why the hell is he fixer then? With those kinds of Eddie's he'd get from just passive profits from Militech alone he could be living out in the New Hawaiian Islands." I say where as the others just look at each other.
"No real clue kid, but you have seen most of his work is to cause Corprate Sabotage when it comes to Arasaka so he does just that but uses Mercs to do it for him instead of Militech agents, all in the name of 'cost effectiveness' to say the least." (Hands)
"So do this, not only will you be recognized as Edgerunner status of the highest class by all of us and allowing you in on the best of jobs in the biz this mission will earn you 500k Eddie's from all of us pooling together for completing this gig as this will be considered a big deal for us getting him out of this biz for good." Rogue said while the rest nodded in agreement.
"Alright, I'll take this job but I'm also apart of Maines crew, so I'm hoping you'd open those routes for them as well." I say as I see them nodding in agreement.
"Then I'll get it done, I'll have him Flatlined before he leaves the Black Sapphire." I say as I fist bump Dino, clap and pull El Capitan in a quick hug before letting go and getting pat on the shoulder from both Padre and Regina as they both nodded at me.
"Go with God my boy, and good luck." Padre gives his farewell as I head out of the private Crypt area to start my gig.
"Damn…. Now I'm worried about that kid." Dino said after I left while Wakako and Dakota already ending the call.
"I wouldn't worry about it Hombre, that kids tough as nails plus he's got his brothers back if need be who also has a partnership with Hansen so I say this job is already set in stone, hard part on his end will be negotiating with Hansen to turn a blind eye to letting one of his VIP's get killed on his turf, but if he keeps it on the downlow and what is said here doesn't go anywhere then nobody will ever know, we'll besides Hands and whatever the hell you do down in that shithole." El Capitan said before leaning back and relaxing while looking over at Hands on the monitor.
"That's for me to worry about Muamar, but anyway talk later." He says cutting his vid.
And with that the job was set to start, with the death of Faraday on the horizon.