"2075,????"

The screen was pitch black as the sounds of voices rang out, whispers that grew louder, sometimes words slipped through, lots of them spoken by different people.

" Who the fuck are you".

" Don't move".

" Welcome to the crew".

Images of scenes began to flash so fast that it was impossible to make out, showing people, places, events, it all whizzed by so fast it was too hard to make out.

" YOU STUPID FUCKING GONK".

" don't you dare touch her".

" I'm used to the darkness".

" I will never let anyone hurt you".

" I love you".

Suddenly, the sound of steel slicing through metal and flesh rang out.

" HARKER!!!!!".

Harker- " GGGGGGGASSSSSPPPPP".

Harker shot up in a flash as he grabbed his gun and aimed it in front of him......to find he was alone, his eyes were dilated and wild, his skin dripped with sweat as he tried to calm his breathing.

Harker- "pant.......pant" h-holy shit.

He slowly lowered his iron and placed it next to him as he grabbed his head with his hands.

Harker- Gggggghhhhh, this is the 5th night in a row, maybe I should go see vik.

He slowly got up, stumbling over a leftover pizza box as he reached over and turned on the lights as he looked around his apartment.

Harker yawned as he headed to the shower and turned on the water, the hot water slowly waking him up, he then check his holo-mails and messages, he was scrilling through it when he found one from his partner, he clicked on it as a text opened up.

West- dude, just got word of new contract, client wants to meet later today at the afterlife, youll know her when you see 'er man, cash is big on this one.

Harker- Her huh "chuckles" I can wait to see what she has that was important enough for her to "grace me" with her time.

He then shot back a text to his pal.

H- tell her I'll meet her and discuss it, not agreeing to anything without the details, last time I did that I almost ended up getting my chrome ripped out by scavs.

He then turned off the water as he walked out of the shower, quickly getting dressed, he then looked at himself on the mirror.

"He's wearing the pants from his alternate look, not these".

Harker- "clicks tongue" looking good handsome.

He then got a holo message back from west, he checked it.

West- Afterlife, 5pm sharp, she says "I mean that" and then called me a gonk.

Harker snorted slightly as he replied.

Harker- got it, gives me time to visit viks and get a tune up.

He walked over to the microwave and placed a piece of leftover pizza in it as he pushed in the numbers, as he waited, he grabbed the TV remote and turned it on as he flicked over to the news.

Reporter- Last night, 15 people were reported to have been gunned down by assailants from the known gang "maelstrom", ncpd were greeted with gunfire upon arriving at the scene, the shooting lasted for about 20 minutes before maxtac stepped in and took out the assailants, out of the 10, 9 were killed and one was captured alive.

Harker finished his slice and walked over to a nearby wall and tapped a few buttons before the wall glitches out and dissapered to reveal a door to a sideroom, opening it to reveal his huge gun stash, cyberware parts, a computer on one side with a whole set up and a giant tube full of ice in the corner.

Reporter- In other news, arasaka was dealt a hard blow by a devastating cyber attack dealt to them last night by an unknown netrunner, only known as "neutral".

Harker reached over and grabbed dual liberty pistols as he pocketed them.

Reporter- the attack caused a massive data crash, causing many systems to malfunction or fry, the cost of said damages could be in the millions, this has been but one of neutrals many attacks in the last few years and they seem to only be getting worse.

Harker grabbed his m251s ajax assualt rifle, cocking it before folding it in half and placing it behind him under his jacket.

Reporter- We now go live to one of arasakas corporate executives who has this to say about the attack.

Harker strapped his dual overture revolvers into holdsters on his belt, put his Db-2 satara shotgun next to his rifle and sheeved his sword into the holdster on his back.

Executive- we have no idea why this "neutral" has been attacking us, but we will see him brought down for it, all we could scrouge from the data was this recording.

Neutral- Hello arasaka, i am neutral, why, cause i refuse to take part in any of you corpos and your corrupt views on our society, your companys have corrupted this city and these people for too long, this is just a taste of what I can do, do not think this will be my last attack, you can try and keep me out, you can try and find me, but like always-

The camera then showed a close up as Harker placed his mask over his mouth and looked straight at the camera.

Harker- -you will fail.

He then walked out of his sideroom and out of his apartment, the door closes behind him as a neon logo appeared on it.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners.

He walked past his neighbors, ignoring the drunks and homeless, he walked past a couple of ncpd officers breaking down a door as he headed over to the elevator and pushed the down button, the doors closing as the sound of gunshots rang out. On his way down he opened his holo and called up vik.

"When their talking like this, that means their talking over the holo, not outloud, or its from a screen or tv".

Vik- Harker, what a surprise, haven't heard from you in a bit.

Harker- sup vik, listen, I think I may be having a glitch or something, been having crappy dreams for no reason lately and I think I may need a systems check, hardware check couldn't hurt either after last night.

Vik- Oh yes, the great "neutral", let me tell you I was impressed, no one has been able to do that much damage to arasaka in one day in a long time.

Harker- yeah, a fixer asked me to crash one of their firewalls so they could hack in and steal something.....so I crashed the whole thing, giving them all the access they wanted.

Vik- and costing araska a pretty penny in damages, anyway I can fit you in by the time you arrive.

Harker- I owe ya choom, btw, bring your best stuff, "she" has a job for me.

Vik- Damn, again, I guess you are high up on the ladder, I'll bring it out right now.

Harker- thanks.

He ended the call as the doors opened into the underground parking lot, he walked past the other cars as he reached the end of the lot and looked over his car.

Harker walked around and opened the truck as he placed his rifle, shotgun and sword in the back along with his other weapons and things. He walked over to the driver's side and opened the door as he sat down and started the car, he then pulled out his phone and plugged it in as he pushed play on his Playlist.

Harker- Oh yeah "flips on shades".

He pulled out of the garage and drove off towards viks.

"Timeskip".

Nightcity, created by Richard night, was supposed to be a shining beacon of a city for everyone, today, it was possibly the most dangerous city in America, drunks, junkies, murders, rapists, this city was a magnet for then, murders especially. The yearly death toll was going steadily at Being in the thousands, police brutality was basically non-existent in this city, drive bys, gang shootings, robberys, everything you could think of was just a normal acurance in this "city of dreams".

But if you were really good, werent afraid of death and had the balls to go for it, you could become a night city legend, like that of Morgan blackhand, Andrew weyland or even Johnny silverhand. But it wasn't easy, a fair amount flatline or just quit after their first gig, but if you stayed on, you'd someday be rolling in it.

And that's exactly what Harker was doing, he had made a name for himself for the last 5 years, ending up being known as "neutral" a one man crew, he does about anything, rescue someone, steal some data, do a pickup, he's good for it. Last night was just another one of his favourite past times, giving arasaka a big old "fuck you".

As Harker neared viks, he stopped at a red light, as he jammed to his tunes he looed over to see ncpd officers around a locked off area, multiple body bags sprawled around everywhere.

Harker- "whistles" That looks way bigger then any gang shooting, was there another cyberpsycho attack.

He shrugged to himself as he drove off, cyberpsycho attacks were getting more and more common, thanks to so many people installing too much chrome without knowing their limit, ending up with them wigging out and going cyberpsycho, ending in a huge shootout and them being taken out by maxtac, the most elite of the city's military. Basically, you end up in their crosshairs and you either better be packing enough heat to fight an army, or you better start running.

"Little china".

Harker then pulled up to the side of the street and hopped out as he headed down a row of shops till he reached one that read "Misty's esoterica", harker walked in to be greeted with the sent of melting candles and the sound of windchimes, standing at the nearby desk was a woman with messy blond hair, wearing a purple shirt, a spiked collar and a couple of necklaces, she was shuffling a couple of tarot cards in her hands.

Harker- Sup misty.

Misty looked up and smiled.

Misty- Harker, good to see you, it's been too long, how's life been.

Harker- Oh you know, one job after the other, nice cards.

Misty looked down at the deck she was shuffling with a look of uncertainty.

Misty- Mm, maybe, I'm just not getting a good connection to this deck.

Harker- Sorry to hear that, anyways, vik ready.

Misty- Oh yeah, just head on back.

Harker nodded as he headed through the back door into an alley as he turned and headed down some stairs, at the bottom he opened a pair of sliding gate shutters as he walked into an operating room, tools, bits and parts were all around, and sitting at his desk was a guy wearing sunglasses and a blue shirt with a stethoscope around his neck, his arms had tattoos on them and one of his hands had small, plier like ends over his fingers

Harker looked over to see he was watching TV, he walked over and saw he was watching a boxing match.

Harker- You bet on it.

Vik- Unfortunately yes, and my guy is losing, badly.

Suddenly, one of the guys throws a mean uppercut at the other guy, knocking him to the ground, vik groaned as he turned off the TV.

Vik- Well now I'm down 5k "sighs" so what do you need h.

Harker- I think there's something wrong with my main processor or something, I've been having freaky dreams recently, I also want a check up of my systems and may do a stress test as well, make sure everything's a 100%.

Vik gestured to the nearby chair as Harker walked over, slipping off his jacket and tossing it over the nearby counter as he slipped onto the chair, placing his sunglasses on the tray next to him while leaning back as vik rolled over, he reached down and grabbed a cord, passing it to Harker.

Harker- jacking in.

He plugged the cord into on of his ports as vik began looking over the computer.

Vik- hmm, everything seems to be running normally, most likely your having nightmares due to stress, people can undergo it without even realizing it you know.

Harker looked over at him confused, sure he had been pulling a lot of jobs recently, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle, he's been under stress before and this wasn't it.

Harker- m-maybe your right.

Vik- Mm, okay, lets check your systems.

Harker nodded as he held his arms up......as they split apart into four separate arm, his finger folding back as robotic fingers took their place on each hand.

Vik- okay, your split arms seem to be in good, I'm just gonna knock you out for a few hours so I can run some diagnostics, want anything new while your under.

Harker thought for a moment while he reconnected his hands.

Harker- Mm, crank up my pain editor a bit, I feel like today's gonna be a bit painful, also, see if you can bump up my gorilla arms strength a bit, a found them a bit lacking last time.

Vik- Yeah, I had a feeling I had rigged them up weirdly, I'll have that all done in a few.

Harker- Hey, try to to mess with all my areas while I'm asleep.

Vik chuckled as he then clicked a few buttons as Harker felt himself drift off, the last thing he saw was vik setting his arms up right as he began to open them up.

" ????".

The flashes happened again, but this time we can see them a very little more clearly, we see what looks like events, people....and people dying, everything is in red and black, making it almost impossible for Harker to make out who they were, but what he could tell....was that they were dying. Suddenly, an eerie voice rang out.

?- you cannot save them, this is their fate.

Suddenly, Harker finds himself on the ground, he's broken, barely breathing and he can't move his arms...cause they've been ripped off, he then looked up....as a pair of bright red eyes, full of anger, rage and bloodlust looked down at him as a giant metal fist collided with his head, making everything go black.

" ???".

Harker- "GGGGGGGGASSSSSPP".

Harker sprung up in the chair, his arms still locked down as he began to thrash and squirm, suddenly, he's held down by vik.

Vik- Harker, HARKER, LISTEN TO ME, YOUR FINE, BREATH MAN BREATH.

Harker slowly began to get air back into his lungs as vik slowly let go of him. Harker was sweating, his lungs felt like they were on fire and his head hurt, vik stared down at him worriedly.

Vik- You good.

Harker- Y-yeah, I think.....I think so.

Vik stared at him with a look of uncertainty, but sighed as he sat down and began typing away on the computer, Harker looked down to realize there were still wires plugged into his arms and legs.

Vik- I step away for 2 minutes, looks like your right about the nightmares, but it ain't a malfunction, I can't figure out what it is.

Harker- m-maybe you were right about stress, i-ill take tommorow off.

Vik-.....okay, but be careful.

He tapped a button as the wires hissed and detached themselves, Harker got up and rolled back down his pants sleeves and grabbed his jacket as he flexed his arms.

Vik- Did a full systems check, your in preem condition, I'm still shocked about how much chrome you can handle, you must be a special case.

Harker- Yeah......you could say that.

Vik- Anyways, you pain editor is up a bit so if you get shot you'll at least be able to shake it off easier, I gave you an update to your scanner, it should now link up with that mask of yours.

Harker- Thanks choom, you a real one, how much I owe you.

Vik- Eh, think of it as my way of paying you back after dealing with those 6th street thugs that tried to rob me, though I could have taken em.

Harker- Sure vik, one had a shotgun to your head, im sure you would have gone all mix martial arts on his gonk ass.

He grabbed his shades and walked over to vik.

Harker- Later viky.

He and vik fistbump as he walked off.

Vik- Hey Harker.

Harker- Mm?

Vik- "smiles" give em hell.

Harker grinned as he flipped on his shades and headed out towards his destination, one of nightcitys edgerunner and cyberpunk hotspots, the afterlife.

" Afterlife".

The afterlife, kinda fitting name for the place considering it used to be a morgue, the beating heart of nightcity, possibly one of its most exclusive bars, your allowed to drink here and you know you've made it, a usual hangout for most of nightcitys legends, something their most known for is naming drinks after their regulars who've made it big, how do you get a drink there.

Harker walked up to the entrance as he looked at the glowing sign above the entrance.

You gotta snuff it, in glorious, spectacular fashion....it's a beautiful tradition.

Harker walked up the the door as the bouncer checked him out, his hood was lowered.

Bouncer- You got an invite punk, or are you just here to take up space.

Harker raised his head to reveal his red glowing mask that he had put on earlier, his hood was up and his jacket had a different design on it, along with some different gear on, just the same color.

" The mask is red and his jacket and lights are black and red like his other jacket, also on the back of his jacket he has this logo in red.

Harker- I think this "gestures to face" is all you need.

The bouncers eyes suddenly go wide as he backs up.

Bouncer- Neutral, didn't recognize you, go ahead, she'll be with you in a minute.

Harker walked through the doors into the bar, a neon sign hanging above it, rock music blaring out the speakers, only half of the place was full tonight, packed with cyberpunks and edgerunners, celebrating hiests or mourning friends, in this business, most of it was people doing both. He walked over to the end of the bar and sat down at one of the stools as a woman with black hair with red highlights and mechanics overalls walked over from behind the bar.

Claire- Neut, been a while.

She and Harker grabbed hands and shook as he laughed.

Harker- good ta see ya Claire, how's the biz been.

Claire- oh you know, new faces almost every week, this city sure loves chewing people up-

Harker- -and shitting them right back out, this city is basically the litteral definition of "survival of the fittest".

Claire- alright, enough of the sappy shit, your usual.

Harker- you know it.

Claire- A Johnny silverhand coming right up.

Harker leaned against the bar as Claire went to making his drink, as he waited he looked over at the other patrons, nothing really caught his eye, just the usual....until he stared at the other end of the bar.

Harker-......"mind"..........woah.

At the end of the bar, drinking, was a blond woman wearing a red overcoat and a red face mask like he usual wore, he eyes were sharp and focused, like she was in the middle of in intense decision.

Time seemed to slow down as Harker stared in awe, his mask eyes going wide as sparkles seemed to fly through the air he stared at her, her mere presence seeming to light up the entire room.

Harker-........"mind".....

Suddenly, Harker was pulled back to reality as everything turned back to normal, the rock music was still blaring out of the bars speakers, no love songs and he had definitely been staring for too long, just as he thought that, the girl looked over at him, her pink piercing eyes meeting his. Panicking he quickly zipped his head forwards, sweat dripping down his face as he prayed to every God he could think of that she didn't figure out he was staring, he didn't know what got into him, he never freezes, never.

Harker- "mind" SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT, YOU STUPID GONK, THE FUCK WERE YOU STARING AT HER FOR SO LONG FOR, AND CALM THE FUCK DOWN, YOUVE SEEM ATTRACTIVE WOMEN BEFORE, just....never seen anyone with...beautiful eyes like that, SHIT, FOCUS, YOUR A PROFESSIONAL, should I look back to see if she's still staring at me, OF COURSE NOT YOU STUPID GONK.

Just as he began to calm down, clarie placed his drink down in front of him.

Claire- Here you g-.....you okay choom.

Harkers mask eyes were small and he was visibly shaking.

Harker- "squeaky" nova, I'm fucking nova.

He then grabbed his drink and took a sip, he was able to drink through his mask thanks to a filter he had in the front of it.

A/n- If kiwi can smoke and drink while wearing her mask (since she has nothing under it) then my guy can too.

Claire just stared at him, then looked over to where the girl was, she smirked.

Claire- someone catch your eye.

Harker- "coughs" n-no, I was just.....trying to think about the plan....for my job.

Claire stared at him with a "how stupid do I look face", harker sighed as he placed his drink down.

Harker- Okay, so maybe she did, ever seen her before.

Claire- mmm, once or twice, never got her name though, quieter then the graveyard.

Harker- I don't know what just happened, one minute I'm looking around, next minute I'm gawking like a virgin with his first joytoy.

Claire- let me guess, time seems to freeze, sparkles in the air, cheesy love songs in your head, staring for like 4 minutes.

Harker-......yup.

Claire chuckled as she began wiping down one of the glasses.

Claire- You sound just like my husband, first time after my transition he stared at me for 5 minutes without moving, thought he'd gone braindead.

Harker laughed, he poured the rest of his drink down his throat and was about to pay Claire when a large man wearing shades walked up to him.

Bodyguard- Rogue will see you now.

" Rogues booth".

Harker- Well well well, if it isn't miss queen of the afterlife and the fixers.

Sitting in the booth was an older woman with silver/grayish hair, she wore a yellow crop top that read "survive" on it, her face screamed "mess with me and you'll find out what true pain feels like".

Rogue, one of night city's legends, one of the still remaining ones who were alive, she was the top fixer in night city and owned the afterlife, you get a job from her, better believe it'll be worth a shit ton....and dangerous as all hell. Across from her was a guy wearing a black jacket, he had white hair and his cyber arms were black and yellow.

West, harkers oldest friends and one of the few ones to know who he really is, they met during a job ripping off the Tyger claws and they've been best friend ever since. Though he could be a bit.....eccentric at times.

Rogue- Neutral, been a while.

West- N, finally, me and Rogue have been taking about the details, this jobs gonna be preemo nova my friend.

Harker walked over and sat down across from Rogue, his eyes staring hard at her.

Harker- So what's the job.

Rogue snapped her fingers as the bodyguard passed Harker a datachip, he slotted it in as a detailed image of a briefcase appeared on the inside of his mask, it then showed an image of a compound.

Rogue- About a week ago, maelstrom ripped off an arasaka convey heading out of the city, inside the truck was a briefcase holding designs to one of arasakas newest products, and I'm being asked to collect it.

Harker pulled out the shard as he looked at Rogue, unimpressed, maelstrom were one of this city's most dangerous gangs, and for good reason, they chromed themselves up so much, most of them were basically just cyberpsychos while the others were on the edge of being ones, they were ruthless, crazy, psychotic and not afraid to die fighting, these guys have mowed down children before, and Rogue was sending him into one of their hideouts.

Harker- Maelstrom, god, not those chromed up cyberpsychopaths, this is the same thing as the scavs mission Rogue, only difference is one are raving, crazy, psychotic lunatic murders.....and the others are scavs.

Rogue- I gave you the details, everything you needed to succeed-

Harker- -while leaving out the fact that they had recently gotten their hands on a shipment of emp grenades, I almost got chopped if it wasn't for west.

Rogue- listen, I have the info where they are, the buildings schematics, everything.

Harker- give me one good reason.

Rogue- 60k Eddie's......each.

West- See, I told you this would be worth it, do you know what we could do with that kinda money.

Harker stared at her for a minute, thinking hard on it, going up against maelstrom was practically insane, they were one of, if not the toughest gang in the city, chromed out of their minds and willing to kill anyone just for existing. But on the other hand, 60k.........

Harker- fine, but you better tell me right now if there's anything I should know.

Rogue- well, there is one thing, some else put out a contract on the case, some crew that I haven't heard much of, all I know is that their good.

Harker- eh, not the first time I had to go toe to toe with other cyberpunks or edgerunners, or even netrunners, I'll handle it.

Rogue nodded as she pulled out a cigarette and lit it.

Rogue- I'll have west send you the det's.

Harker and west got up as they headed out of the booth, as they were walking by the bar, Harker noticed the woman was still there, her drink pretty much gone. He gestured to Claire as she walked over, he passed her a couple Eddie's.

Harker- another round for her, whatever she had last, on me.

Claire- "chuckles" go get em neut.

Harker laughed as he walked off, the camera panning over to the woman who was still staring forward intensely as Claire places another drink in front of her.

Claire- On the house from the gentlemen that just left.

The woman looked down at the drink as her face showed her growing a smirk.

?- "chuckles" thanks, be sure to give him my......"condolences" next time you see him.

Claire nodded and walked off as the woman's eyes suddenly glowed as she turned on her holo.

?- he's heading out now, just bought me a drink.

?- What's this, got a secret admirer kiwi.

" Outside".

Parked behind harkers car was a large black and orange truck.

The inside of the truck was dark, but you could make out the sillouettes of people, sitting in the passengers seat was a large man wearing tinted sunglasses, his eyes glowing as he talked with kiwi.

Kiwi- What can I say, it's hard to resist all of my "charms".

?- what charms, your colder then am underpaid joytoy, HAHAHAHA.

?- Pilar, shut it, besides, im pretty sure hes gonna regret that drink very soon, you still tracking him.

Kiwi- yup, I'll head up once the coast is clear.

?- Oh shoot, down.

Everyone in the truck ducked slightly as Harker and west walked out.

Harker- Dude, shut it.

West- I'm just saying, you need to get laid dude, seriously, I know some great girls at lizzies that will treat you right.

Harker- West, enough, I'm perfectly content with my life right now and I don't need sex be more content, besides, I'm not into that stuff.

West- I'm just saying, besides, Rita has been asking about you, come on man, she's into you, take this chance.

Harker- Dude, I am not pulling her into anything and risking her position in the mox, besides I'm a bit too busy to handle all that.

West- "snorts" tell that to the fine ass Chica you just bought a drink for, come on man, when was the last time you had a girlfriend and actually lived in life.

Harker- "looks over roof at west"......I'd.......rather not talk about it.

West continued to talk to him while inside the truck, the sillouette of a tall, lanky guy with long fingers snorted as he listened in.

Pilar- "snorts" that boy got no bitches, HA.

?- Pilar, shut it.

Harker was about to get in when he looked over and saw the truck, everyone inside held their breath as they waited for him to look away.

?-......did he make us.

?- Quiet.

Harker-......"whistles" nice ride, wonder who owns that beauty.

West- You coming dude.

Harker- yeah yeah I'm coming pervo.

West- WHAT!?!?!.

West began to rant to Harker as they closed their doors, Harker started the car as he drove off, not noticing Kiwi walk to the back of the truck, sitting down between a woman with colorful hair and the skinny guy.

Pilar- you done giving head to the guy, HAHAHAHAH- AAARRGGHH.

Pilar suddenly twitched as his head sparked, kiwi glaring at him.

Kiwi- Zip it you idiot.

?- Follow them.

The truck drove off, following Harker and west as they headed north, towards their upcoming payday

" Maelstrom hideout".

Harker- There she is.

They were parked in front of a small meat packing building, it looked abandoned, but that's something this gang thrived in, hiding in places that'll look deserted. Harker opened up his cyberdeck and began hacking into the systems, within a few minutes he was in.

Harker- Psh, system got gonk ass ICE, let's see.

He then accessed the place's cameras as he began checking out all the guy's there, tagging each one.

Harker- I'm counting.....26, 27....maybe 28 guys, could be more out of camera range.

He switched off his camera view as he opened the door.

Harker- keep the car running, we may need a fast get away.

West- got it.

He and Harker did a high-five fist routine before harker walked off, he walked to the back of the car and opened it as he pulled out his gear and strapped it on.

Harker- let's go get rich.

The camera then shifted over to the other side of the hideout where the truck pulled up.

?- This it.

Kiwi- Has to be, this is where he's stopped.

?- how many gonks we looking at.

Kiwis eyes glowed as a small holographic display appeared in front of her face, it showed her typing in codes and such, in a few minutes she was staring at the same thing Harker was.

Kiwi- 28, could be more.

The man nodded as he gestured to the other, a couple of then grabbed guns as they opened the back door and hopped out.

?- Let's go crash this guys party.

The camera shifted to the roof as we see Harker climb up there and head over to the roof entrance. He was about to walk in when he froze, he then turned on his holo and scrolled over to his music.

Harker- Need a soundtrack for this.

"Background".

Harker grinned as he opened the door and headed inside, meanwhile, the downstairs sidedoor was suddenly ripped off its hidges as the camera panned over to show the sillouettes of the gang standing in front of the door.

?- Spread out, teams of 2.

Kiwi and one girl went one way, the big guy and girl went the other and Pilar and a short girl went straight.

Harker was walking through when he quickly slipped behind some crates as a maelstrom guy walked by.

Mg- Gah, guarding down here is so fucking boring, i wish I was on the streets with the others, blasting random gonks to bit.

Suddenly, a red wire wrapped around his throat as he was yanked behind the crate, a slicing sound ringing out as Harker snuck off.

Elsewhere, two grunts were checking out some weapons when suddenly their optics went dark, before they could react, one guy had his head slammed onto the nearby freezer before getting tossed into while the other guy was decapitated by orange glowing wires, similar to harkers. Kiwi walked out and opened up her cyberdeck.

?- Can you see him.

Kiwi went to the cameras, only to find them all spitting out error messages with an "n" symbol in the middle of the screen.

Kiwi- I can't get through, someone's jamming the cameras.

?- Is the other guy a netrunner.

Meanwhile, Harker was busy shutting off systems.

Harker- Say bye bye to your cameras and mines dumbasses.

In another part of the place, a grunt was finishing passing in the corner and was heading back to his patrol point when-

?- pst.

He turned just in time to see teal skin and hair.

?- sup choomba.

" BAM".

The last thing he saw was the butt of a pink and teal gun slamming into his face. Pilar is then seen dragging the guy behind a couple of crates.

Pilar- fuck this guy is heavy.

We then see in another part a couple maelstrom guys walking by a supply closet when two pair of hands reach out and pull them into it.

?- Say night night boy.

" BAM".

The closet opens as the two people walk out and head further into the facility, the camera panning over to the maelstrom guys, their faces smashed in and their visors cracked.

The camera then panned over as harker was hiding from some guards, and slipping past them as he reached the main area as he looked down and watched the maelstroms mess around. He watched as one guy pulled out a thing that looked like an inhaler, those were common here in night city, can hold many different things, some have them hold healing mist, those are called max docs, others, like maelstrom, either use em to hold drugs or stuff that'll boost your adrenaline so high you'll pretty much go cyberpsycho.

Mg- "takes a hit" man this is the good shit, so when's the boss gonna come and grab this case.

Mg- Soon, until then we wait, protect it.

Mg- Well I hope he gets here soon, I'm bored out of my fucking mind, I wanna go see if I can hit a couple more people from the roof with my sniper, you should have seen this one guy, HAHAHAHAHA, H-HIS HEAD EXPLODED LIKE PPPPFFFFTTTTTTT, HAHAHAHA, STUPID GONKS.

Harker- "whispers" fucking animals.

He then looked up at the beams above them, he then leaped up and grabbed onto them, swinging up as he ran across them, over the chaos, he then reached the other end and looked down to see the entrance to the backrooms. Harker launched his monowire at a hook latch spot and hooked it as he began to decend, lowering himself down to the ground without maelstrom noticing and slipped through the doors.

Harker- okay, if I was a briefcase, where would I be.

He pulled up a layout of the building on his holo and projected it on his mask.

Harker- Right down here would be a good place.

He then headed through a couple of hallways before reaching a pair of glass doors, behind them was what looked like a server room, and sitting on a nearby table, was the briefcase.

Harker- well hello there my little money maker.

He tried to open the door, but it was locked, Harker sighed before readjusting his arms.

Harker- Okay vik, lets see what these new upgrades can do.

He reached his fingers into crack in the door and wall and pulled, his arms opening up as they increased his strength as he ripped open the door.

Harker- "whistles" now that's what I call gorilla arms.

His arms clicking back into place as he walked over to the case to see it was plugged in from the outside.

Harker- "snorts" stupid gonks must've been trying to open it "sigh" when are they gonna learn you can't use a program to open shit like this.

He unplugged it, holding it up as he grinned.

Harker- Oh yeah, 60k here I come..

" Chuck, chunk".

Harker- "mind" and there's the complication.

?- Dont move.

A deep male voice barked an order as harker froze, the cold steel of a shotgun pressed into the back of his head.

?- Put your hands up.

A second voice ordered him, this one was feminine, but with the same amount of toughness and authority. Harker slowly raised his hands.

?- Turn around.

Harker slowly turned to come face to face with two tough looking individuals. One was a large black man sporting a crap ton of chrome on his body, he wore a sleeveless vest, red cloth around his neck and a pair of high tech looking shades, he held a Kang tao L-69 zhuo shotgun to harkers head.

The other was a large blond buff woman, she wore a black jacket with nothing underneath it, she was aiming an overture at him.

Harker- Who the fuck are you.

?- That doesn't fucking matter, what does matter is that you've got something that belongs to me.

Harker looked to them, then to the case as he smirked under his mask.

Harker- I don't see your name on it.....what are you, edgerunner, cyberpunk, I feel edgerunner off you two.

?- edgerunners, now hand over the case before I stop giving you a choice to live or die.

Harker- Hey, finders keepers choom, I was here first.

?- and I'm the one with the shotgun to your head, you tell me who has the better advantage here.

Harker-.......is that a trick question ooorr-

?- ENOUGH, Maine let's just clip this guy and get out of here before maelstrom realizes what's going on.

Harker- "mind" Maine, so that's the guy's name, gonna have to remember that "outloud" actually, here's what's gonna happen.

The two looked at him, glaring as he grinned.

Harker- I'm gonna walk out of here and you two are gonna just stand there and let that happen.

Maine- HA, you got balls kid ill give you that, but why im the ever living fuck would we do that.

Harker- cause you'll be too busy short circuiting.

Maine- Wha- GGGGAAAAHHH.

Suddenly, he and the girl fell to the floor as their necks shot sparks, Harker laughed as he ran out, slowly Maine got to his feet and spun around, only for the door to slam closed in front of him and lock. He slammed into the door to no avail.

Harker- And to the victor goes the spoils, better luck next time choombas.

He laughed as he strapped the case to his back and ran off as Maine roared in anger.

Maine- Pilar, Becca, the guy's heading your way, he's got the case.

" Meanwhile, down the hall".

Maine- -i repeat he's got the case, be careful, fuckers a netrunner of somekind.

Pilar- got it boss, well be ready-

"Slo-mo".

He and the short girl next to him look over as harker came running down the hall, he tried to stop midrun, but was too slow as he crashed into the two of them as they crashed into a nearby toolches as they fell to the floor. Harker slowly cleared his vision as he looked up and saw who he had crashed into, one was a tall lanky guy with long arms and silver metal hands, he wore a black sleeveless vest, had a red visor over his eyes and had a Mohawk.

"Gloves are still sliver".

The other was a short girl with pale skin, she had tattoos over her body, she wore a giant zipped up black jacket with only a bra underneath and she had teal hair.

The three of them got their heading and as they made eye contact, just stared at each other.

Pilar-.....

Harker-.....

Rebecca-....

Harker then grabbed some nearby wrenches and hucked them at the two, nailing them in the head as he got up and ran off. Rebecca and Pilar quickly got up, Becca angrily grabbing her guns.

Pilar- UGH, YOU FUCKING JAGOFF.

Becca- DID YOU FUCKING NAIL ME IN THE HEAD WITH A GODDMAN WRENCH "aims guns" DIE FUCKER.

" BANG BANG BANG".

Harker ducked and dodged as Becca shot at him she and Pilar chased him.

Becca- STAND STILL DICKSHIT.

Harker- AND WHY THE FUCK WOULD I DO THAT.

Becca- SO I CAN FUCKING SHOOT YOU.

Harker- AGAIN, WHY WOULD I ALLOW THAT.

Becca- CAUSE I SAID SO ASSHOLE.

Harker- "mind" the fucks wrong with this girl.

He sharply turned a corner as the Pilar split off.

Pilar- BECCA, ILL TRY AND CUT HIM OFF.

Becca- Got it.

Harker began weaving through the hallways, turning one way or the other, Becca turned a corner and realized she lost him.

Becca- AH SH-

Suddenly, Harker appeared right next to her.

Harker- Shit, wrong hallway.

Becca aimed her guns at him, only for him to put the briefcase in the way.

Harker- You'll have to shoot through this to get me.

Becca growled as she tried to find an angle, but he was too fast, always putting the case in her way.

Becca- STOP DOING THAT.

Harker- make me kid.

Becca- IM NOT A FUCKING KID ASSHOLE, NOW STOP MOVING.

Harker- I'd rather not, thank you.

" Chuck, chunk".

Pilar- Actually, I think you should.

Harker looked to his left to see Pilar aiming a gun at him.

Pilar- Looks like your out of moves smart guy.

Harker- "smirks" oh am I.

Suddenly his arms split in the middle as his two bottom arms grabbed his pistols and aimed it at the two.

Becca/pilar-.........shit.

" BANG BANG BANG BANG".

The two took cover as Harker began unloading at them, backing up as he did.

Pilar- HOLY SHIT, HOW MUCH FUCKING CHROME THIS GUY GOT INSTALLED.

Harker- A TRUE MERC ALWAYS HAS A BACKUP PLAN.

He then ran off before the two could get up as he booked it for the stairway.

Harker- ha, idiots left it right open, time for-

?- YOU MOTHERFUCKER.

Harker looked over just in time to see Maine barreling straight at him with a shoulder charge.

Harker- OH SHIT, NONONONONON-

" BOOM".

Harker went flying through the nearby doors as the briefcase went flying and he landed on the ground. He and maine slowly regained his focus.....to realize they had just plowed into the main room that was full of maelstrom.

"Background".
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Becca- Hey Maine is the gonk dea-.........oooooohhhh shit.

Harker- um, wrong address?

Maelstrom- KILL EM ALL.

The grunts rushed over to their guns and started firing as everyone took cover.

Mg- YOU THINK YOU CAN COME IN HERE AND TAKE OUR SHIT, I DONT THINK SO.

Harker pulled out his assualt rifle and opened fire, nailing a couple guys, he then looked over and saw the case.

Harker- "cracks neck" okay, lets do this.

"Slo-mo".

He leaped out of his cover as his sleeves rolled back....as blades extended out of his arms, he them slammed a maelstrom grunt to the ground as the blade went through the guy's skull, Maine and the others staring in shock.

"Real time".

Harker rushed through the crowd, tearing through them as he rushed over to the case.

Becca- WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY.

Maine- NO CLUE, BUT WHOEVER HE IS, HES SPITTING HIGH PERFORMANCE CHROME OUT THE ASS.

Harker sliced through another guy as he reached the case, tossing it in the air as it clicked onto his back as he ran off.

Harker- ILL LET YOU GUYS HANDLE THIS ONE, YOU SEEM TO HAVE IT HANDLED.

Maine- YOU SON OF A-

But Harker was already gone, heading out through the doors on the other side of the room, Maine got up to follow, only to duck as maelstrom continued to shoot at them.

Maine- KIWI, LUCY, HES HEADING YOUR WAY, WERE PINNED DOWN.

Becca- COME ON YOUR CHROMED UP FUCKFACES, I GOT BULLETS FOR ALL OF YA, HAHAHAHAHA.

Kiwi- understood, well cut him off, but get here quickly.

Maine- DORIO, NAD EM.

Dorio nodded as she pulled out a grenade and tossed it at the grunts, blowing a few of them up.

Meanwhile, Pilar and Becca were shooting across from the others.

Becca- HA, FINALLY A LITTLE ACTION, ALL THIS SNEAKING AROUND WAS BORING AS BALLS.

She peaked her head out as she popped a few guys in the head.

Pilar- YEAH WELL I PREFER GETTING SHOT AT THE LESS, THE BETTER, GOD THAT GUY REALLY FUCKED THIS UP FOR US.

Becca- IM JUST HOPING LUCY AND KIWI SAVE A BIT FOR ME TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF.

Suddenly, a maelstromer appeared beside Becca, aiming a gun at her.

Mg- DIE MOT-

" BANG".

The guy fell backwards as Becca glared.

Becca- SCUS ME, IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVO OVER HEAR.

" elsewhere".

Harker was running down the hallway, laughing as he held onto the briefcase.

Harker- HA, THIS WAS TOO EASY, GOD EDGERUNNERS THESE DAYS NEED TO STEP THEIR GAME UP.

Suddenly, his optics turned red as error messages appeared.

Harker- OH SHIT, NET-

His optics then rebooted....as he found himself running headfirst into a wall.

" BAM".

Harker- -runner, ouch.

He then fell down onto his back, he looked up just in time to see someone walking up on him....someone familiar.

Harker- aw you gotta be fucking with me.

He quickly got up and spun around, his gun drawn as the other person drew their gun.

Harker- oh GODDAMMIT, note to self, never buy a drink for anyone in the afterlife again, God I'm a moron

Kiwi- yup, you know, I never did thank you for it.

Harker- yeah starting to regret that now, should've known, your whole....thing just screams netrunner.

Kiwi- what can I say, I'm good at my job, now if you don't mind, pass me the case before I decide to blow your head up.

Harker- 1, good fucking luck trying to get through my ICE, and 2, no chance.

" WHOOSH".

Suddenly, an orange wire shot out of nowhere and wrapped around the cases latch as it was yanked away and pulled into the hands of another woman.

Harker-......"starts to see sparkles again" "mind" oh not a-fucking-gain.

She had multi-colored hair with one side longer then the other and wore a gray one piece sort of bodysuit with a white jacket over it, short shorts and gray leggings with black shoes connected.

Harker- "mind" holy shit, how many hot girls does this group work with.

Lucy- "winks" thanks.

She ran off, leaving kiwi and Harker staring at each other, their eyes locked in unblinking focus.

Harker- you really think you've won.

Kiwi- All ive gotta do is just keep you here till the others arrive, and I don't think your faster on the draw then me.

Harker- Hmm, good plan, not bad, you forgot about the door though.

Kiwi- "eyes go wide" huh.

She suddenly leaped out of the way as the door above her slammed down and locked. She tried to hack into it to raise it, but all she got was errors.

Harker- You think as a netrunner you'd plan for all possibilities.

Her eyes narrowed as she heard him run off.

Kiwi- Lucy, he closed the gate on me and I'm locked out, he's coming.

"Elsewhere".

Lucy was booking it down the hallway when she looked above to see Harker chasing her on the catwalk.

Harker- I DONT THINK THAT BELONGS TO YOU.

Lucy- DOSENT BELONG TO YOU EITHER.

She pulled out a gun and fired at him as he suddenly leaped into the air, his arms splitting as he grabbed the pipping above them and swung above them as he ran across. Lucy looked around to see if she could spot him when he landed in front of her, blocking her path, he panted deeply as she and him locked eyes.

Harker- All I want....is the case.

Lucy smirked as she proceeded to drop the case and kick it aside.

Lucy- you want this case-

She then pulled out her monowire, wiping it in the air at him.

Lucy- -come get it.

Hacker- "grins" monowire, nice, I find it a staple for netrunners, but-

He then pulled out his own monowire, his glowing red.

Harker- -I find it's pretty good for any use.

They rushed each other, Lucy tossing her wire in a spiral at his arm, he dodged and whipped his at her, wrapping it around her neck. Her breath caught in her throat as Harker smirked.

Harker- Still new at this huh.

He then tossed her through a pair of doors into a supply closet.

Harker- little tip, your leaning too into the whole "up close" thing, monowire can be used at long range, and with your swings, move with it, not against it.

He then picked up the case and headed off as Lucy got up, rubbing her head.

Maine- Lucy, status.

Lucy- guh, he's got the case, beat my ass too.

Kiwi- don't sweat it, your still learning.

Maine- we're on our way, try and keep up with him.

Harker was nearly to the exit when out of nowhere, Pilar burst through a door and pinned him to the wall.

Pilar- OKAY, IVE JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH YOUR BITCHING GONK ASS, GIMMIE THAT DAMN CASE.

Harker struggled against him when he suddenly got an idea.

Harker- Hey.......ever hear of this old boxing move called the strawberry basket.

Pilar- huh.....the fucks th-

Harker- STRAWBERRY BASKET.

" BAM".

Pilar let out a high pitched screech as Harker punched him in his....well strawberry, Pilar fell to the floor clutching them.

Pilar- oh.....gah, Jesus.

Harker- YEAH, THESE MY STREETS BITCH.

He ran off towards the stairs, heading up as he burst through the doors on the ground level. He ran to the nearby exit and burst out of it into the night sky of night city as he ran down the alley next to the building.

Harker- West please tell me you have the car still running.

"BAM".

Suddenly, Maine burst out of the door Harker just closed, glaring at him with bloodlust in his eyes.

Maine- YOUR A DEADMAN WALKING BOY.

Harker- AAAAAAHHHHHHHH.

He chased after Harker with the others in tow, becca, dorio and kiwi taking pot shots at him, Pilar slowly waddled after them.

Maine- HURRY UP.

Pilar- IM COMING, I THINK HE PUNCHED MY BALLS UP INSIDE OF ME.

Harker crashed into the wall of the alley as he ran down towards the front of the hideout towards his car.

" Meanwhile, at the car".

West was jamming out to harkers old Playlist he had on his phone, not seeing Harker being chased by the gang.

Harker- WEST, WEST, START THE CAR, START THE FUCKING FUCKING CAR.

" BAM".

West- AAAAAHHH.

Harker crashed through the driver's side metal window, West looked up to see the angry group in hot pursuit.

West- OH FUCK.

Harker- LETS G-.....the fuck you listening to.

West- what, I just picked the song and i liked it, nothing wrong wi-

Harker- PUNCH IT.

West shut up and floored it as they took off, the gang taking shots at them to no avail as they drove off.

Becca- YOU FUCKER " tosses her gun on the ground" GET BACK HERE AND FACE YOUR DEATH LIKE A MAN.

Kiwi- I think he's gone Becca.

Pilar- GAH, FUCKING SHIT, JUST GREAT, THERE GOES OUR PAY DAY, AND GOD MY BALLS ARE STILL ON FIRE.

Lucy- SHUT IT PILAR, NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR SORE BALLS.

Pilar- You sure about that baby, HAHAHAHA.

Lucy was about to try and punch him when-

"HONK, HONK".

Suddenly, their truck pulled up beside them, dorio at the wheel.

Dorio- Get in.

" Highway".

Harker- HAHAHHAHA, WWOOOO.

West- HAHA, WE RICH MAN, 60K HERE WE COME.

West was gunning it down the highway as the two cheered at their victory, Harker reached into the arm rest and pulled out a Nicola, as he was about to a sip-

" HONK, HONK".

Harker looked in the rearview mirror....and did a spit take, the gangs truck was right on their heels and gaining.

Harker- AH COCKSUCKERS, WEST FLOOR IT.

West put pedal to the metal as they roared down the street, weaving through cars, but the truck was still gaining.

Harker- The fuck they got under that thing's hood.

He reached over and grabbed his shotgun, as he got up, a shot suddenly rang out as a hole appeared in his soda can. Soda spilling on him and the inside of the car, he looked over to see dorio aiming a pistol at him.

Harker- YOU WHORE, I JUST CLEANED.

He aimed the shotgun and fired, dorio ducked as the shot missed, West slowed down a bit as they moved behind the truck.

Harker- okay, I got a plan, I'm gonna have to get close and personal.

West- with wh-

He then watched as Harker crawled onto the roof of the car and moved over to the hood.

West- WAIT, THE CASE.

Harker- WHAT.

West pointed to his back, Harker felt his back to feel the case.

Harker- SHIT, no time, just get me in close.

West floored it, getting closer to the truck as Harker pulled out a flash grenade, as he pulled the pin, the back of the truck burst open as Pilar and Becca unloaded at him, he dodged as he tossed the grenade, it went off in mid-air blinding everyone, when their vision returned, Harker was gone.

Pilar- the fuck di-

" BANG BANG".

West opened fire from the driver's seat, Pilar and Becca closed the door as west's shots dinged the back of it.

Kiwi- Where'd the guy go.

Becca- no clue, he dissapered.

Pilar- This guy got cloaking tech or something.

Becca- maybe the gonk fell off, Lucy, open the window and check.

Lucy opened the side window....as an upside down Harker stuck his head in.

Lucy- HOLY-

Harker- hi, would now be a bad time to talk about progressive car insurance, I think you'll need it.

" Bang".

Harker dodged as Pilar shot at him.

Pilar- FUCKERS ON THE ROOF.

Harker- ILL TAKE THAT AS A NO.

Dorio gritted her teeth as she swerved the truck, trying to shake Harker off, he slid back and forth on the roof as he activated his mantis blades and plunged them into the roof of the truck, one almost impaling kiwi and the other slicing one of Beccas pigtails in half. Becca looked down at the hair before her face turns into one of absolute rage as she grabs a nearby rifle.

Becca- ILL KILL YOU.

She then shoot at the roof as Harker dodged the bullets, Becca screamed in rage till Maine reached over and grabbed the rifle.

Maine- ARE YOU INSANE, STOP PUTTING HOLES IN THE GODDAMN ROOF.

Becca- IM GONNA KILL THIS FUCKER.

She then marched over to the back doors.

Maine- BECCA WAIT.

Too late, she kicked them open as Harker leaped in and began beating ass, kicking Becca into the front and landing before slamming lucy and kiwis head together.

Harker- COCK SHOT.

He then punched Pilar in the balls again, before slamming his head into the side of the truck, Becca charged at him, only for him to grab her and judo throw her onto the ground.

Harker- " german accent" SIT DOWN CRAZY GIRL.

" If you don't know what that is, look up "smosh "sit down business man" ".

Suddenly Lucy wrapped her monowire around Harker and yanked him to the front as dorio grabbed his head and began slamming it into the radio as it keep changing stations.

"1:18 - 1:20".

Harker- Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow, e-nough-you-bitch.

Dorio then tosses him back as he tumbled toward the back as the case fell off his back, he grabbed it just as he was falling out.....as kiwi did the same.

Harker- HEY, LET GO.

Kiwi- NO YOU.

Harker- NO YOU.

Kiwi- YOU.

Harker- YOU.

Kiwi- YOU, FUCKER.

Harker- YOU, CUNT.

Becca- WOULD BOTH OF YOUR KINDLY SHIT THE FUCK UP AND KILL SOMEONE ALREADY.

They kept going back and forth, dorio pulled out her gun and was about to shoot him when she noticed something.....a construction sign and an out of order highway.

Dorio- AH SHIT.

She slammed on the brakes, thr causing force launching kiwi and Harker in opposite directions, Harker landing through the windshield his car that west was still driving behind, they roared past the truck and thr gang watched as they drove straight towards the construction zone and drove over a bit of new road that was placed like a ramp as they soared into the air.

Harker/west- "hug each other" AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH.

They them landed safely on the other side as they drove off. They looked at forward for a few minutes, then at each other as they quickly let go.

Meanwhile, the gang was still staring at what just happened, shocked looks on all their faces.

Lucy-...........okay, I gotta admit, that was pretty fucking nova.

Maine roared with rage as he slammed the dashboard.

Maine- DAMMIT, THEY GOT AWAY.

Becca- we lost everything we came here to get.

Kiwi- "sighs" yeah.......oh except for this.

Everyone looks as she holds up the case between dorio and Maine.

Everyone-..........

Pilar- HOLY FUCKING SHIT, KIWI GOT IT.

Maine laughed as kiwi passed him the case, Lucy patted her on the back as the gang cheered.

Becca- WOO YEAH CHOOMBA, THAT WAS AWESOME.

Maine- HAHAHAHAHA, I WISH I COULD SEE THE LOOK ON THAT STUPID GONKS FACE WHEN HE FINDS OUT HES NOT GETTING HIS EDDIES.

Pilar- LETS BREAK OUT THE GOOD STUFF, CAUSE WE ARE PARTYING TO-NIGHT.

The gang cheered as dorio turned the truck around and drove off.

" The afterlife".

Rogue was in her booth having a drink, her face one of annoyance, she was checking over some specs when he bodyguard motioned to her, she looked up to see a worn out Harker and west. She sighed as she placed her drink down.

Rogue- I've just received word that an edgerunner named Maine has set up a meeting to sell the case, I'm surprised Harker, usually your better then this.

Harker just stared down at her, not moving and not blinking.

Rogue- Though maybe it was a bit much, I had no idea of the people who were gonna be there, but I got an easier job if-.

" CLANG".

Harker dropped something on the table in front of her, rogue looked over....and her eyes went wide.

" Warehouse, westbrook".

A man was sitting on a couch in the middle of an abandoned warehouse, two buff men at his side. He opened his holo and checked the time.

?- When is Maine going to get here.

?- Just got here.

The man looked up to see Maine and his crew walk up, the man stared at him stone faced.

?- do you have it.

Maine grinned as he snapped his fingers, kiwi passed him the case and walked over to a nearby wall, leaning agaisnt it as she pulled out a smoke and lit it, maine placed the case on the table and slid it over to the man. He opened the case and plugged his plug in into it.

Maine- Had it checked over, no damage to the case whatsoever and we didn't look at the data, as requested, we did run into some trouble, nothing we couldn't deal with.

Pilar- Speak for yourself, I think that guy shoved my balls into my stomach.

Lucy- that's physically impossible you gonk head.

Pilar- of course you would know.

He grinned at her perversely as she just rolled her eyes.

Maine- So I'll be expecting the Eddie's before we leave here, I just-

?- Is this a joke.

Everyone froze, Maine looking over to him confused as everybody stood still.

Maine- scuse me.

?- is-this-a-FUCKING-JOKE.

The man slammed his fist down on the table as Maine stared, utter baffled.

Maine- w-wha-

?- EXPLAIN THIS.

The man ripped his plug out and spun the computer around, a holographic screen appear in the open case as this played.

Everyones-mouths-dropped, kiwis cigarette fell out of her mouth, pilars jaw dropped so low it almost hit the ground, Lucy covered her mouth out of shock, Becca half wanted to laugh and half wanted to hide afraid oh what Maine was gonna do, dorio was just frozen and maine....Maine had a look of absolute flabbergastery on his face.

Suddenly, a holographic image of Harker in his neutral get up appeared.

Harker- Hello whoever you are, I'm here to let you know, YOU JUST GOT PLAYED BITCH, HA, FAKE CASE BITCH, GOD I WISH THIS THING COULD HAVE A NONTRACABLE CAMERA CAUSE I BET THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE OR FACES IS PRIC-

" BAM".

Maine- THAT-

"BAM".

Maine- -PIECE OF-

" BAM".

Maine- - FUCKING-SSSSHHIIITTTT.

" BAM".

His last punch shattered the table, breaking it in two as he stared at the now broken case, his breathing heavy and animalistic. The man across from him sighed as he got up.

?- I expected better from you Maine, call me when you plan to get serious next time.

With that, the man walked off, heading on past the still shocked others and heading out of the building.

No one said anything....for 5 minutes, dorio then cleared her throat.

Dorio- m-maine, w-we can fi-

Maine- find-him.

Dorio- W-what.

Maine- I SAID FIND HIM!!!!!.

Everyone backed up, they'd never seen Maine this mad before, his entire body was shaking and his breathing was unbelievably heavy.

Maine- THAT MOTHERFUCKER MADE A FOOL OUT OF US, I WANT HIM FOUND, I DONT CARE HOW YOU DO IT AND HOW LONG IT TAKES, THAT MAN IS A DEAD ONE.

He reached down and grabbed the broken case as he tossed it into the air, he aimed his arm at it as his projectile launch system activated as he blasted the case to bits, the flaming pieces falling to the ground, he stared at them as his breathing slowly calmed.

Maine-......s-sorry about that, I, I just need a bit.

Maine walked off, kicking a bit of the flaming wreckage away. The others watched as they were still shaking off the shock.

Dorio- Lucy, I want you and kiwi checking the net for this guy, check every part if you have to.

Pilar- welp, while their doing that, I'mmmmmm gonna go get a drink and some ice for ma balls.

He then limped off with Becca in tow.

Becca- call us if you got anything.

Dorio nodded as she looked over to talk to kiwi, only to find her gone.

Meanwhile, kiwi had walked outside and was trying to light a new smoke to get her mind off things, bit her mind kept going to Harker.

Kiwi- "mind" that guy, I've seen edgerunners but he was on a whole nother level, and maine said he was a netrunner too, he was able to hack and fight better then anyone I've seen before, all while sporting enough chrome to put a normal person through the ringer of cyberphycosis.

She finally got her cig lit as she took a drag from it and blew out the smoke.

Kiwi- "mind" fascinating.

She then opened up her holo as she began looking through news articles, specifically, ones about netrunners that used an "N" symbol.

" Back at the afterlife".

West- CHEERS CHOOMBATTAS.

Everyone in the bar cheered as west slammed his shot down, laughing like a madman, he looked over to see Harker just sipping his, looking bored. He walked over and patted him on the back.

West- Choom, come on, we did it, 60k and even bigger jobs for later, it's time to party.

Harker sighed as he downed the rest of his shot and got up.

Harker- yup, same old, same old.

He then walked off as west and Claire stared after him, confused.

West- the fuck crawled up his ass and died.

Claire- Don't know, he's been acting like this for a while, I....think he's depressed or something.

West-......NAH, he's just tired, he'll be better by tommorow.

West then went back to the others as they partied, Claire sighed as she began wiping down the bar.

Claire- If only you knew west.

" Harkers place".

Harker opened the door to his place and walked in, his posture slightly slouched.

Harker- I'm home.

He then looked around at his empty house and sighed, he tossed his weapons onto the table as he undressed and collapsed onto his bed with a sigh.

Harker- Yup, same old same old.

Harker groaned, this week was a sucky week, his nightmares, the "anniversary" and recently....being an edgerunner had just become....boring, west most of the time either drove (though Harker could drive just fine) or did his own stuff. His mind then wandered over to kiwi, he knew she was just scoping hin out in the bar, but......he couldn't help but feel entranced by her, and she was a netrunner.

Harker- ah who am I kidding, after what I did today their probably trying to track me down and kill me.

He then rolled over and looked to a small stuffed Dino plush that laid on the bed.

Harker- You should have seen her Anya, she reminded me of you, course she lacked your sense of humor......or any humor at all, but you would have loved her....."sigh" I wish you were here right now.

He grabbed the plush and hugged it before he opened his holo and began going through files of edgerunners that were currently working. The camera slowly panned out to a shot of the whole city before cutting to black.

" To be continued "