The Warp Falcon

Chapter 7: The Recruit

3rd POV

The crew could be seen standing around the area recuperating from the death of Pilar. Dorio was about to help Lucy, but she suddenly raised her hand.

"Don't touch me."

"You're hurt. Need a booster?"

"No. I'm good."

"Dorio, girl needs a ripperdoc. You should take her to our buddy. Kiwi and I'll hang back here and take of things 'till the pigs show up to clean up." Maine ordered.

"It's a pain in the ass. but someone's gotta explain this clusterfuck." He continued.

"Bossman has spoken," Dorio said.
"Hmm." Lucy hummed.

"You too kid, stick with Lucy and Dorio. We'll tell the badges exactly what went down. Fucker's chromed up to the wazoo. It'll be easy. Minimal questions. They'll file it as a cyberpsycho incident and done."

"Yeah, but..." David replied.

"Saw what you did back there, dawg. It's high time you stop thinking like a rookie."

"As for you, Y/n. You'll be picking up the recruit, she'll be able to replace Pilar as our tech guy." Maine ordered Y/n.

"Hn, where?" Y/n sheathed his weapon.

"Afterlife, you know where that is right?"

"How the fuck did she enter it? It's impossible for a rookie to have enough street cred to enter that place." Y/n furled his eyebrows in confusion.

"Two exceptions, you and her. You two got a lot in common." Maine pushed his glasses up.

"Like what?" Y/n raised an eyebrow.

"You'll find out. Now get to it." Maine waved his hand

"Really?" Y/n pushed a button, his motorcycle drove down the street. He jumped and hopped on the bike while it was moving, making a stylish exit.

 "Flashy brat." Maine crossed his arms.

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Glitch Skip
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Click!

Y/n's foot could be seen taking up most of the scene, it then pans out to reveal a bar with a neon sign "Afterlife". He walks up towards the bouncer, the man had his arms crossed and looked at Y/n.

"Go in." The man steps off to the side.

"Heh. Thanks, choomba." Y/n pats the man's shoulder, transferring a good amount of eddies as a tip. The man grinned in response.

After walking inside the bar, Y/n looked around for the recruit. All he could find were fixers and solos. He stared at one of the Joytoys inside the tubes for a while before sitting on a stool.

"What can I get ya kid?" a barmaid asked him.

"Surprise me." Y/n replied.

"Alright, it'll be ready in a sec."

Clink-Clink-Clink-Thud!

The barmaid placed the cocktail on the counter and dried her hands with a nearby towel.

"Rum and NiCola, simple but effective." She said.

"Hmm, Nova." Y/n hummed in satisfaction as he sipped the drink.

After waiting for a few minutes a feminine voice popped out of the blue.

"Y/n?"

"Huh?" He turned around and saw Marie.

"Marie, what the hell are you doing here?"

"Hmph, I could ask the same." She raised an eyebrow.

"Sigh... Maine ordered me to pick up a new recruit. She's late for the 'Party' to say the least."

"So, I'm late."

"...What?" Y/n looked at her in surprise.

"Y-you're the new recruit, are you low-balling me?" He continued.

"Nope." She gestured for him to follow her, before walking out of the club. Y/n quickly finished his drink before following her outside.

"Now you may be wonderi-." She said before getting cut off.
"How the fuck did you become our tech guy?"

"That-"
"Answer me." Y/n had a shit-eating grin on his face as he cut her off.

"Let me continue, jackass!" She slammed her fist on his head

"From what I've been trying to tell you, Maine scouted me out with the help of mom's recommendation."

"I can fix anything with the help of this." She rips off her vest, revealing various sockets where cybernetic arms should be.

"How does that thing work, is it like your mom's?"

"Not exactly... It's similar but different. Mom's is more for wielding melee weapons, while mine is for more tech stuff and gunslinging. I just press a button, a Tripod comes and I borrow its arms Yada-yada." She waves around her arms.

"Alright... So, can we go to Aldo's now?"

"Planning to, so where's your ride?" She questioned him.

Vrr!.....

Y/n's motorcycle slowly drove down the street, while he smirked.

"Hop on." Y/n hops on the motorcycle.

"That's preem." She said as she sat down behind him.

The couple drove down the highway, nearing Aldo's. Suddenly, Marie rested her head on his shoulder. Y/n was silent but visibly red.

"H-hey Marie, what are you doing?"

"What's it to ya, gonkbrain?"

Y/n stayed silent, as she did the same.

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What's up dudes and dudettes? Chapter's short since it's basically the end of episode 4, so expect the next chapter to be longer.

-Xero

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