As I finished explaining everything to Lucy and the others about my Final target. I asked them for ideas for a solid plan. we discussed everything until late at night and came up with a good plan and a contingencies plan, just in case shit hits the fan.
after everyone went home, Lucy and I went to our penthouse to try and get some sleep. As we both finished taking a shower we headed to bed and cuddled, until I noticed Lucy Looking at the Urn where I keep my mother's ashes.
" I hope she is not too mad I did not make it to the top of Arasaka like she wanted me to"
She giggled and said" I'm sure she is proud to see her son be a successful business owner and a rich one too"
"After we kill and erase the info from this last runner. I am planning to retire from Mercenary work and just be a successful business owner"
She turns around to look me in the eyes "Really you don't want to work as a merc anymore?"
"Lucy, when Mom died I made a promise to live a happy and long life for both of us, I don't need money anymore and I am happy with you. with the money we are making from the club and the other business we have, we can live the rest of our lives without having to worry about money"
she smiled and gave me a deep kiss after a few minutes I told her "In 3 weeks I hope we can finally go to the moon, I already made the reservation for our stay in a luxury hotel on the moon for a month"
she kissed me again and we stayed like that until we fell asleep together.
3 Days later
We were heading to an abandoned building in Pacifica, or at least it should have been abandoned but from the info I got from Regina and the information I got from my own recon, I did the last 2 days. This place is full of Animals and to make matters worse right now they are in a gang war against the Voodoo Boys.
I would have preferred to wait for a little longer but from the info Regina gave me, Arasaka would send someone to retrieve Mr Devil soon, so I had no option but to make my move now.
we stopped far enough from the building in a secluded area. Falco went to the top of a building with a sniper rifle Lucy and Kiwi went with him and connected the comms so they could hack through the cyberdeck in my helmet.
Beca went along with me and took 2 bags out of the trunk and gave me a bag full of the items we are gonna need in case shit hits the fan, while she took another and would prepare everything outside while I enter the building. I activated My stealth mode and passed the 4 turrets they had in front of the building. I entered a few moments later and saw that on the first floor there were about 20 animals around the perimeter I looked around and started going to the places where Lucy marked. leaving the items I brought with me in each spot. after 5 minutes, I finished and found the stairs and went up. after doing the same for the second and third floors I noticed that I was out and my bag was empty except for one.
"David there is a port to connect to their network on the fourth floor if you can connect to it, we can hack it and find the runners through the cameras," said Kiwi
I wasted no time and found the port by an antenna in the four-floor balcony I connected my neuro-link and waited a few minutes until Lucy told me where to go
"he is on the sixth floor with 3 more runners and 5 animals"
"Thanks, I'm heading there now, Becca how are you doing?"
"Almost done just 2 more minutes and everything will be ready"
"Nova, after you are done just delta out, I will meet you all in the car"
"Fine"
"Good, Falco anything?"
"Nothing so far"
"Nova" As I headed upstairs and entered the sixth floor, I saw a lot of machines and computers. at the center was a whole setup of net runner chairs, bathtubs, and 3 runners doing a session.
I silently went to the main computer and inserted a chip that would erase all the data. but just as put the chip in the port Falco warned me.
"David a surveyor from Arasaka is about to land on the roof and 5 more are landing in front of the parking lot" As soon as Falco said that everyone on the sixth floor started to grab weapons and shout about intruders.
"Lucy, how much more time until the data is gone?"
"2 minutes just get out David they won't notice until is too late" I agreed with her and said
"I am on my way down right now, Beca is time to delta out, Lucy and Kiwi go back to the car, and Falco do the same I will meet you all in 3 minutes.
I searched for the runner and found him at the far end by 2 animals
I aim at the runner and shoot. but to my surprise, a big hulking monster of a man dropped from the ceiling and shot all 5 animals in seconds after blocking my shot.
I looked at him in shock as to my knowledge he should be in Japan "What the fuck is Adam Fucking Smasher doing in Night City"
I looked back at the place where the first bullet came from. I activated my thermal vision and found "Nothing huh". from the right side came a lot of bullets trying to kill the runner I was supposed to secure. I used my Sandi and blocked them again, I then used the new targeting system I installed last year only to find "nothing again" " A grenade appears from my back and I moved the worthless bag of flesh out of the way and also took out a grenade.
when I was about to use my Sandi to get close to him and distract him I saw he dropped something. 1 second later there was a massive sound wave all around the sixth floor My stealth mode was deactivated for just a moment, but that's all he needed.
Once the sound grenade explodes I Notice a blur and the corner of my vision. I acted without giving him a second and moved to punch him.
I hit the wall with enough force that I left a crack. As soon as I got up, I activated My sandi at 100 percent and moved just in the nick of time to evade a punch that would have exploded my head. As I landed on the ground and came out of acceleration and said in the comms"PLAN C NOW!"
Fast that's all I thought as we both came out of acceleration. I looked back at him and ask "Who the fuck are you" he looks startled for a few seconds and then he responded with a modulator voice "Ghost"
Ohh is that newbie who has made a name for himself. Not bad his Cyberware is top-notch and that Sandi is even better than mine. Well, let's see if you can keep up, "HAHAHA has been a long time since I fought someone who could keep up with me, don't disappoint me, newbie"
The monster went into acceleration again and I did the same and moved just before he could run me over. I thought of an idea but he needed to be close, when he started to shoot with his light machine gun, I dodged all the bullets since bullets for us mean nothing once we are in acceleration. But I notice too late that he aim for the floor under me.
As the newbie started to fall I moved to finish him off, (what a rookie) I thought. he should have kept an eye on his surroundings. But to my surprise just when I was about to land a punch to his face he took out a purple-looking sword and was about to cut me in half. but I moved at the last second and only lost my left arm.
We both came out of acceleration and I said coldly "Marco Phenex said he will be waiting for you in hell Adam"