"Our parents were HDDs navies pilots that participated In the absolute of a cluster f*ck that was the final space battle and somehow managed to survive It by crashlanding the bird"
"Our parents spent 20 years to get her up to a working condition, only to have It crash three more times, but every time the bird rose from ashes stronger and better"
"Could you make It orbit ascend capable again?"
I asked out of the blue as we boarded the aircraft after my AI concluded that It was possible, settling into a few remaining crash seats as Yang hopped Into her co-pilot seat and put on her fully-enclosed helmet.
"Yeah, we could but It would take time and cash why do you ask?"
Yin asked as she started flipping one button after another.
"I want to pick up a few stragglers of mine"
I said as I put on a headset with a microphone that was connected to the aircraft's internal communication network while the chemical thrusters hummed to life with a gush of orange flames that quickly changed to blue ones.
"Ha so youre really not a mutant but an actual g*ddamn cosmic marine, you know our parents used to tell us horror stories about youre kind, tell me how was the world before this go*dforsaken s*ithole that the world has turned Into"
Yin said as she started Increasing the thrusters output making the dust on the ground get flunged away and Into the air.
"Apart from no radiation, toxin storms, zombies, and mutated abominations running around trying to bite a chunk of flesh from youre ass, It was as f*cked as this one, right now you can at least get justice as long as you have a big enough fist and no one will give a single f*ck about It"
I said while shrugging my shoulders as I felt the gunship lift off the helipad, soaring into the sky.
Below, the courtyard and the array of apocalyptic looking airships dwindled, vanishing into the horizon as we beelined straight towards the bank.
We passed the ruins of once a bustling city, now a graveyard filled with steel and concrete carcasses.
From above you could clearly see the numerous craters dotting the landscape and all kinds of mutated abominations roaming the place.
It didn't take long before we arrived at our destination as we did Yin made the gunship hower above the almost destroyed bank.
"We got Incoming and a bunch of them!"
Yang reported after seeing the gunships sensors display a bunch of red dots as she grabbed her rotary laser gattling guns control stick and flipped off the safety.
The rotting corpses started pouring from all sides with some of them even digging themselves out from the ground as they did the three trigger-happy uncles decked out In wore down combat armor with fully enclosed helmets and Yang pressed their triggers.
A continuous stream of red laser beams descended on the zombies, vaporizing their heads, and limbs or cutting them In half, those who lost the ability to run got squashed to death by their undead brothers In arms who kept running towards the source of the sound.
Seeing this I took off my headset and pulled up my black neck mask with a white skull up to my nose while calling out to Hope who was crucial to our objective after all I couldn't suck In the gold bars Into my palm like Hope.
"Jump onto my back!"
I roared prompting Hope to do just that, the moment she locked her arms and legs around me to the shock of old Lu I jumped out from the gunship which was 100 meters above the ground.
The moment my legs made an Impact with the ground dust rose Into the air while the ground sank In, I could feel my organs get rattled but I didn't care, my biomechanical cells would fix any Internal injuries In seconds.
"I'll take point you watch my back"
I ordered as I did Hope whose subconsciousness was now stuffed full of cosmic marine tactics Immediately jumped off from my back, yanked out her two laser pistols while flipping off the safeties, and started putting laser beams Into the zombie's heads.
"F*ck this Is like an FPS game!"
Hope couldn't help but comment because of the holographic crosshair In her HUD view.
While I did the same with my laser rifle, as we started advancing towards the bank.
As we entered the tunnel leading to the bank's underground vault with our backs pressed against each other and our rifles raised ready to gun down anything that would pose a threat our HUD view switched to night vision.
As we did a dozen zombies leaped at us, but we immediately gunned them down.
Hearing the condensed energies discharge In a closed space and seeing the blinding red laser beams a couple of half-human-sized mutated rats got scarred shitless as they did the vomit-inducing critens quickly ran away.
It didn't take long before we reached the slightly ajar bank vault, as we did I let go of my rifle grabbed the armored round doors, and swung them open.
Mountains of gold bars entered my eyes as they did I scanned the room and after seeing that It was clear of any hostiles I gave Hope the green light.
"Alright It's youre turn, also you might as well dispose of the corpses once youre done"
I said as I leaned against the vault's wall while taking out a cigarette and liting It up, hearing this Hope didn't waste time, she stormed Inside the vault and started sucking In the gold bars into her gloved palm while jumping up like a kid who just got his birthday present.
"Hahaha, Im rich, Im f*cking rich!"
Hope screamed joyfully at the top of her lungs causing me to shake my head at the display of her antics, the woman loved money way too much but then again who didnt love money after all the greens make the world go round.
...
While Dracula and Hope were busy robing the bank clean, buried deep under the rubble another relic of the past awoke from Its deep slumber.
Detected UNOE military technology.
Switching from sleep to active mode.
Requesting for guidance.
Failed to establish a connection with HDD.
Processing.
Processing complete.
Conclusion: Eliminate the UNOE forces.
...
Once Hope was done emptying the vault she ejected the thug's corpses, for a moment her gaze lingered on the men that I had killed but she quickly snapped out of It.
As she did we made our way back to the surface where the gunship was still raining down g*ds judgment on the mindless zombies charging toward It.
They squashed their comrade's corpses Into meat paste with their feet and climbed the already pilling mountains of bodies only to get their heads vaporized.
"Pick us up"
I said after slicing Into the Phoenix communication network with the help of my AI.
"Wait how d... f*ck never mind Im lowering the altitude you better get youre asses Into my bird ASAP our gattling guns barrels are gonna start melting down at this rate!"
I heard Yin's voice ring Inside my mind as I saw her lower the gunship's altitude while we continued to run toward It with Inhuman speed.
Only from the corner of my view to see a 20-meter-tall mech with four crab like legs to burrow out Itself from under the rubble.
As I did my HUD flashed with red warning signs while my sixth sense started ringing alarm bells In my mind.
As they did without hesitation I grabbed Hope and pinned her down under me, the next second I felt 40 mm armor-piercing high explosive shells with laser beams Impact my back.