Jetstream Sam, Night City Legend

2. How he met David's mother

"A terrorist attack took place this morning in the coastal area of Night City, causing heavy police casualties for the NCPD, authorities claim that the motivation of this attack is so far unknown. MaxTac has been mobilized against previously undocumented terrorists, we advise residents in vicinity to the coastal area to stay home and await further notice.'

Saturday, Mega-Building H4, Santo-Domingo, a family of two was staring at the TV screen over their breakfast.

"Even in night city this is rare, they've even mobilized MaxTac, who are these people?"

Exclaimed Gloria Martinez, her hands still on the cereal bowl.

"They're definitely not going to publish their details, if even Maxtac doesn't catch him, maybe they'll even cover it up out of the sheer public disgrace, the NCPD have learned their lesson, they don't want those people to find another legend to worship, especially when they're still at large."

Remarked David. 

Heavy police casualties might mean that EMTs might need to be dispatched in the area, this was one of the few days that Gloria got to spend with David, the possibility that she would be emergently dispatched made her feel a bit nervous.

Sure enough, the PDA rang.

Gloria picked up the phone, after a brief exchange, came the definitive order.

'I'm needed at Morro Bay, compulsory dispatch.'

Said Gloria gloomily after she put down the phone.

David grimaced, he was beginning to resent these terrorists, ruining their one happy family day. He wanted to stop her, tell her to just say no, but all that came out of his mouth was:

"will everything be okay?"

Gloria smiled, "of course it will, have some faith in your mother."

*******

Sam was a bit perplexed about the situation, he had left the scene after slaughtering the NCPD with his HF muramasa that he somehow regained after he woke up in this city, now he was being pursued by a bunch of six-eyed Swat-team looking soldiers who are incredibly fast. His hair was down and he had to admit that he was sweating abit, but only because he had gotten a bit rusty after just waking up.

Right now they were clashing, bullets to blade while dashing in the alleys of Night City. The rattling of Militech M251 Ajax rifles and buzzing of the HF Muramasa raced like lightning across the streets 

It was almost like these soldiers have a slowed down perspective of time, as if every-shot they fire was done in slow motion.

Bit by bit, the Minuano had gradually caught up and exceeded the speed of these officers by using the inner-peace of his heart to strengthen his senses, which also helped him to analyse and predict the attack pattern of these soldiers.

There were 4 of them, Sam gave them quick names by their relative appearance or apparent position in the team, 'Shorty', 'Chonker', 'Macho', and 'Commando'. After thoroughly understanding the tricks of these soldiers, the cyborg swordsman decided that now is the time to finish it.

He suddenly stopped his pace, the soldiers stopped with him, 'Chonker and Shorty were on his left and right while Macho was behind him, Commando stood on top of a building close by.

Sam sheathed muramasa, and the four all opened fire—

He lowered his weight center, dodging the first stream of bullets from the left — 

a delicate spin to the side, dodging the second stream of bullets from the right while dashing towards Macho—

This was followed up with a jump high in the air towards Macho, and then followed up with a double jump to avoid the third stream of bullets from Commando—

Still in mid air, Sam waved Muramasa in front of him, deflecting the fourth  stream of bullets, the last round that will ever come from Macho's gun, Sam directed his blade downwards, touched down, and passed through Macho's lifeless body split in two.

This process was repeated in slight variation towards the other three soldiers, Commando was the most difficult, he kept running away by jumping from building to building, but in the end, he was decapitated nonetheless.

"Target to strong, request backup." Was Commando's final words.

"Heh, keep coming all you like, I almost enjoyed this dance, don't disappoint me next time" Were the final words that came across Commando's radio to the NCPD.

The next time these soldiers would be much easier to deal with, Sam thought as he departed from the area, brushing off invisible dust from his shoulders.

*******

Morro Bay, Coastal area, Night City.

Sam was strolling the city with his mask gear up, his hair tied back up, and his clothes changed to a 'V hoodie' he snuck from a closed shop. The NCPD pursuit was abruptly halted, it almost seemed like they had forgotten about him completely.

He was walking by an emergency pod when he saw her, a red haired woman with a ponytail and an EMC outfit, she was having a sip of water next to the pod, her eyes had a light to it that dazzled Sam, a light that he had not seen for a so many years in his bloodstained world. 

She was like a lotus in the mud, a swan among the ducks, it was as if this world did not deserve her.

Sam chuckled, half taunting himself and half gathering his own charisma, would such a heavenly lady even look at a sweaty old uncle like him?

'Forget it,' he muttered to himself, 

'all my life I've been restrained, by people or ideals, but today, uncle Sam is truly free.'

He approached the woman.

A/N: Exposition Dumping - MaxTac

"Doesn't look like your average bust, cause they ain't your average badges. That's MaxTac - NCPD's apex predators. MaxTac rolls in when things fly outta hand. Gonks out there, though, just a midday snack for 'em."

– V & Jackie Wellses during a rescue mission, Cyberpunk 2077

MaxTac (Maximum Force Tactical Division), sometimes referred as Max-Tac or NCPD Psycho Squad, are a specialized sub-group of the NCPD, MaxTac specializes in dealing with cyber psychos. A number of its members are former cyber-psychos themselves, forcefully recruited after being apprehended.

Exposition Dumping - NCPD: 

"Why did I become a cop? Well, when push comes to shove, I like to be the one doing the pushing ... you can push real hard with a Hurricane Assault Shotgun."

--Random Cop in Night City

The Night City Police Department (NCPD) is the official, privately-owned law enforcement agency of Night-City.

P.S. Gloria calls David 'D.' but that just sounds weird to me so I got rid of that