Captive heart: A Meta Meggy story

Hard Reset - (S2: EP1)

(For ease of my mind so I don't have to rewrite everything, this story will be mainly focused on Meggy's POV, so anything that happens outside of her view won't be written like Theo's escape attempt. With that out the way, let's begin!)

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Barley a day had passed since then. Meggy had barely settled into the group of MD-5 when they decided to go looking for "Masa."

Now she was sitting in the backseat of a car, holding Crystal as she placed her in a makeshift satchel around her front.

Lamar: Is the kid okay?

She looked up, seeing Sophia looking back at her.

Meggy: Y-yeah. She should be sleeping soon.

Sophia: You could've just left her at the apartment, y'know? This isn't exactly the best place to be bringing kids.

Meggy: Until this plan of yours succeeds and Tari is back with me, I'm not letting my baby out of my sight.

She pulled the trench coat over her shoulders, hiding Crystal and making her look like some sort of mage.

Lamar: Alright then...

Sophia: Okay, he should be here.

The car pulled to a stop outside a dark alleyway. Pulling a hood over her head, Meggy prepared for the worst.

She got out and was met by the cold air, walking into the alley. All types of shady people and lowlifes were making bets and selling suspicious products.

Meggy squirmed away. Was TASCORP so bad that people had to play games on the dark side of town?

Meggy: Is this...the black market?

Sophia: Worse. This is the low tier, where some of the rejects from TASCORP come to get rich or...just bet on all sorts of stuff.

Meggy: I can't believe TASCORP let's any of this go unacknowledged...

Lamar: You sure we're gonna find Masa here Soph?

Sophia: Well Lamar, you also didn't think Masa would abandon us at the arena, but I guess Masa is just full of surprises...

Meggy stuck close to Sophia and Lamar, trying not to touch anything. From back alley robot fights to low price meta runner arms, everywhere she looked she saw people with no money or people doing illegal things for money. Could people like Lucks really just let this slide?

Lamar: Masa, what's have you gotten yourself into?

Lamar was barely audible over the music playing nearby, making Crystal squirm. Meggy tried to shush her back to sleep, knowing it was game over if anyone heard a baby crying in a place like this.

Finally, they came across people cheering at game of War tech fighters. One of the players had his face hidden in a hood, but was playing with only one arm and somehow winning.

Lamar: There he is...

Meggy: That's Masa?

Lamar: The one and only edge-lord. Don't worry, I'll do the talking.

Lamar walked forward into the crowd, while Masa came out on top in the game. The guy he was playing against burst into rage.

Player: I know your cheating Corp runner!

Meggy shivered at those words as she looked into the crowd. Some people cheered, others made death threats against Masa and TASCORP as a whole.

Meggy: People really hate TASCORP this much?