Riders on the storm

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slowly running towards the abandoned mining facility...Izuku and Panam managed to get close enough to evaluate the situation
Izuku taking his scope out to scan the area...tries to see if there are any possible access points they could look out for" 
Izuku: "Hmm...seems there is an excavator to the left...not much space between each one...though i could make the jump down from behind" 
Panam: "i also see the front gate...there's two of them...shitheads aren't guarding one of them..there's that option" 
Izuku: "Any snipers?" 
Panam: "not that i can see no" 
Izuku: "...those are the only options we have...camera feed...can you hack into it?" 
Panam: "hang on" as she uses her optics...but she was denied 
Izuku: "Seems their security is much more secure than i thought...not your typical scavs" 
Panam: "Wraiths are dumb..but they don't lack a brain if they have a decent leader...shitheads always can get the surprise on you if you aren't careful enough" 
Izuku: "noted" now heading up alone in this...Panam has him covered for the time being...as he makes his way around the left side of the facility to head up the small hill that could get him on top of the excavator...climbing the hill as he tries his best to keep quiet...
Panam: "you could just walk up the pathway you know?" 
Izuku: "takes too long" 
Panam: "hmm...guess you'll find anyway to explain your weirdness" 
Izuku ignores the comment as he reaches the top...he can see some of the wraiths there...the sun slowly going down combining with the current clothing he has...helps him be hidden in plain sight...jumping down on top of the excavator...it moved slightly which almost caused him to fall off 
Panam: "don't become dead officially holy shit" he just scoffs and continues on...again he gets to the next one down...he looks to the left and sees the storm is getting closer by the minute and with the sun going down as well. this should hopefully give them the complete advantage, But not also without screwing them in the process. He now jumps off the final one landing on the sand dune which managed to muffle most of the sound he made the creaking of the excavator with the wires overhead shaking from the wind picking up
Izuku: "Alright, I made it"  right off the bat there was a bunch of them behind the facility...seems to be a drinking party of some sort
Panam: "there's only about four to five guarding the front entrance...the lights are the issue" 
Izuku: "It's already Evening the only way i could try and get through clearly is to cover myself in the sand and make use of the cloak." he looks to the left and sees the door leading into the mining building. of course it has a scanlock so unless he brings a wraith to the door...it will not open
Izuku: "the door is triggered by facial recognition., The wraiths have made it so it opens for them only." 
Panam: "Can you hack it?" 
Izuku: "I can, But it will take too long...by the time i would be done they would possibly spot me." 
Panam: "Hang on...aha! hold up" 
Izuku: "what are you doing?" as he glances over where the party is...seeing more of them drinking 
Panam: "Get ready to run" 
Izuku: "Hang on what the fuck are you doing..Panam...Panam?" trying his best to keep his voice down...and lo and behold he sees the Excavator over head...one of the joints holding a vital part...which is leaning over towards the building...sparks...which he assumes she fired Overwatch...and that one shot alone...caused the already broken machine...to collapse in on itself...with the part hitting the cranes there...and then it hits the building...breaking apart the roof creating an opening...of course the party had stopped...and the power then went out for a moment
Panam: "NOW!!" Yelling through the radio he looks over at the door and it was slightly open...
"THE FUCK HAPPENED!?" 
"Get the leader on the line!" 
"Fucking place was falling apart...knew this would happen!" 
"Would you shut the fuck up!?!" as they gathered around the area where it hit...Izuku was long gone...and he entered the facility...
Izuku: "you could've killed me damn it" 
Panam: "But your not dead right?...now find him...i'll try to keep an eye on them" 
Izuku: '*sigh*...got it" looking around he looks around for a bit...until a wraith came out from a room in front of him..
"HE-" but he was cut off as Izuku lunges forward kicking him in the shin to then push him down and he gets on top of him...trying to fight back with the knife...Izuku punches it downward and from one side to the other...he cuts his neck open...hearing him gag an groan out until he stopped moving...gouging his eyes out to ensure the optics can't see him...
Izuku: "Goodnight" whispering to himself...as he drags the body...and he throws it into a bin underneath the stair way leading to the second floor...avoiding the blood puddle he heads up to the second floor...where the camera terminal is...he puts a small chip in...now the backup power is running...the lights turning on...as the doors closed and locked again...
Izuku: "RR...9S...46...C3" hacking into to it...to ensure it won't get tracked...he wiretapped successfully
Izuku: "Panam...I managed to get their system bugged...I'm going to look through the cameras to see where they're keeping him" 
Panam: "alright..I'm also going to tap in to see it" 
Izuku: "got it" hearing the commotion outside starting to settle down for a moment...izuku continues...pulling up the cameras now...he disables the motion sensors...and then disabling the alarms...allowing him to roam freely without worry...as he looks through the next one which lead to outside...showing a still video of the commotion outside 
"the fuck are going to do now?" 
"Boss said to leave it be...shits too old to begin with" 
"Need to check on the systems inside..." 
"At least help us clear some of this shit!" now changing the terminal...it shows...a lower level?...he proceeds to look through...seeing barrels
Panam: "what is that?" 
Izuku knows that setup all to well 
Izuku: "Bluegrass...hallucinogenics...remembered people used to sprinkle that shit in their breakfast to get through the day...it was once very hard to find...but this is a huge supply on its own" 
Panam: "Think we could take a barrel or two?" as she said this she could feel his eyeroll 
Izuku: "Aren't we looking for your leader?" 
Panam: "Well come on you know how much value this brings" 
Izuku: "I am not going to help push the bluegrass production" 
Panam: "Stop it...you aren't a cop anymore" 
Izuku: "I was a cop...Doesn't mean i will toss away my morals" 
Panam: "Ugh...you don't have to make it to sell..I'm sure there are other uses for it right?" 
thinking more about what she said...Izuku had a moment to himself 
Flashback 
crowds roaring out in anger and fury...as Izuku and the rest of the NCPD had set up a blockade for the recent dealings of another cyberpsychosis attack...but it involved an unjust death of a child...a child that had suffered cyberpsychosis...the first one recorded in nightcity history...such things were never really heard about...but it was a theory that it can effect anyone regardless of age...it was calculated to be more prominent in the more older age group...the reason why the riot started...it was because of having the law that any resident of Nightcity is required to have a frontal cortex implant and an optimal implant regardless if their under 18 or not...researching further into the incident had revealed that the child had the implants installed wrong...and not only that they were of an older model...ones that would normally be given to adults...besides the point...the angry mob had tried to breakthrough the barrier...and only for them to stop once Izuku looks to the side 
Teal: "MEN!...RALLY UP!!" as the NCPD Officers tap their riot shields on the road blocking the entrance to the mayors tower...they charge in...Izuku and his squad following shortly in the AV...
Teal: "Johnny use this" handing him a NCPD Riot gun...he was handed some odd looking rounds...
Izuku: "the fuck is in this teal?" 
Teal: "fire and you'll find out" off course this was an obvious red flag...but..he had no choice but to oblige...fireing it hearing the iconic thump noise...and then the round upon impact had burst into a cloud of yellow smoke...unloading it and loading it again he fires it again...and it creates another...as the other officers also had the same rounds...he was handed a gas mask 
Izuku: 'the hell is this stuff sir?" 
Teal: "It's a diluted product of 'Smash' it renders the riot and helps us detain them!...one round of it should bring it down!" as he waits he sees some of the rioters starting to calm down..but...they also stumble over...he knows smash is another alternative to alcohol...having almost the same effect...but..he realized that they may put them into a danger 
Izuku: 'doesn't it have a suicidal effect?!" questioning it 
Teal: "It's not as strong as the actual drug...the side effects should be rendered harmless...this is our job Johnny!" 
Izuku: "And could also put those at risk for Mania!" as he unloads the rounds...he puts the smoke grenades back in 
Teal: "Not exactly kid...there are times when force is necessary...just like now...it is not a black and white world...everything around you is gray...the choices will have ups...and more downs...or it's a losing battle that it is out of your hands...this round...has more ups...than downs...for at least a moment...let it not end...in bloodshed...or casualties at all" 
Flashback ends 
Izuku: "..." as he looks back at the bluegrass barrels...he looks back at the large chemical formula displayed on the screens...possibly...he'll head towards the lower levels and get the formulas...once he had found saul...switching to the next terminal...there he was 
Izuku: "Found him" 
Panam: "shit..is he?!" 
Izuku: "can't tell until i get there myself" activating a control to open the door leading to the lower levels...he hears creaking as the door slides open...the light turning green...
Izuku: "There it is" hearing more commotion outside...he needs to hurry up...taking precautions...he heads towards the stairwell" 
Izuku: "Panam i'm heading down" 
Panam: "Careful...fuckers look like they're going to head inside soon" 
Izuku: "right" descending the dark stairwell...similar to every old horror movie he's ever seen...when he was little...scoffing a little from that...he reaches the last step...knife in hand...he was very quiet...hearing the vents and then some pressure valves making a hissing noise...shit that he doe not want to fuck with...now more noise is heard 
"Fuck...fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck!" 
"Calm down" 
"Calmdown my ass...this batch is FUCK!!" 
"We can try again...didn't say the deadline is due now...it's next week..we have time" 
'fuck..alright...alright" might be the blue grass making...as he turns the corner...he crotches and he sneaks around them...
"Look back into the formula again" 
"shit...alright" hearing it again he sees one of the wraiths go up to the terminal and then the formula displays again...
hearing another commotion happening...
"What" 
"Get your asses out here and help!" 
"We're in the middle of cooking bitch!" 
"Unless you want to have light for it you get the fuck over here!" 
"Shit" as he waits...he sees them head out...now he takes this chance to go up to the terminal and he starts taking pictures...to now taking a chip and then he inserts it into his device...as it was copying it...a door to the far right opens up
"Hey..who the fuck are you!" as he had his weapon pointed at him...Izuku realized something...news of his death would've spread all over the world...so...he turns to member and took his beanie off...
Izuku: "boo" smirking as the wraith froze in place 
"No...what the fu-GAH!" as he was tackled...he wrestles with him to get his knife across his neck and then puncture it until it sticked out the other side...he then pulls it out to then stab the eye and twist it making the wraith member go limp...a beep was heard...the download was complete...to ensure there was no malware or if it was bugged in anyway...he checks it...and double scans it...nothing...leaving the body there...he goes into the room that he came out of...seeing the abandoned mine tunnel..but it was collapsed from perhaps a while back...in the middle of it...was Saul...he was tied up to a rusted pole...
Izuku: "Found him!" descending the stairs he picks up a pipe to break the chains on the fence entry...opening it he rushes up to the aldecado leader taking his flashlight out to examine him...to try and see if there was any serious injuries on him
Panam: "shit...wake him up" 
Izuku: "Saul come on..." 
saul: "nngh...mmmu....just the two chicks for now...please babe" 
Izuku looks at his pupils...despite the cyberware one of them was dilated...indicating he had only one optic implant...
Izuku: "He's disoriented...get a Airhypo ready with some Betahaloperidol" 
Panam: "Your treating him for Cyberpsychosis?!" 
Izuku: "can't be to careless...anyone under this amount of physical trauma can go cyberpsycho...we just have to kill the root before it could grow" undoing the bindings he lifts him up 
Izuku: "Come on Saul!"
Saul: "bitch" 
Izuku: "Come on...Panam is waiting for us" 
Saul: "Panam?...but she's not here"  helping him up he was slouching arm over his shoulder...he looks to the tunnels...as he uses his weapon to blow the lock off...kicking it open...as he guides him into the tunnel...hearing the commotion in the distance...slowly fade away...the lights flickering...
Izuku: "fuck...storms here" as they reached a ladder she helps him get up to the second platform...following along he sees the exit...pressing the button to open the valve opening...
Izuku: "Come on saul get up there" 
Saul: "f...fuck" struggling to get up even the first step...continuing on...he makes his way up the ladder...slowly regaining his strength...he sees...Panam 
Panam: "Come on!" 
Saul: "Panam?" as he was helped out...they hear an alarm overhead...
Izuku: "guess they found my artwork" joking as they get out...Izuku and Panam managed to get Saul into the van now the storm had arrived...like the two suspected it would cover their tracks...driving off now...Saul in the back as Izuku was doing his best in treating his wounds...with the training he got from Stross for medical treatment...using the airhypo on him...he then lays him down...the rumbling of the van hitting the road made it much more difficult to traverse...
Panam: "Shit...we can't get back to camp like this...we need to set up shop..." 
Saul: "h...head left...up...the road...cabin" 
Panam: "what?" as she barely heard him 
Izuku: "Head left up the road...he said there's a cabin" 
Panam: "shit...have to take the chance" seeing the fork in the road she turns left and follows the direction


V: "you sure you haven't seen her?" 
Wilson: "V she's hasn't been anywhere near here in a long while...but...i know what happened with Johnny...fucked i know...but...it won't surprise me if she'll try to take on Shield head on..." 
V: "Fuck" 
Wilson: "But...last i heard...there was murders going on at a complex located in Japan town...something about...the white death" 
V: "Wilson...you know who that is right?" 
Wilson: "I don't know...maybe i do...maybe i don't...just giving out the message...of a potential friend..helping out a loyal customers family..." 
V: "Thanks will...i'll see ya" 
Wilson: "Before you go...I want to give this to you" 
V: "hmm?" 
Wilson brings out a weapons case...as it had a rifle in it...and it was a standard pistol 
V: "What's this?" 
Wilson: "Give it to her for me...it was supposed to be the winning prize on the gun contest i was going to hold...but with shit going on...this is the least i could do for her" 
V: "And they say kindness was killed in Nightcity...i'll be sure to follow through will" 
Wilson: "good..." 
AFO: "For fucks sake lets hurry and find the kid" 
V: "see ya around Willson" walking away to head back into the elevator...pressing the button going back down to the ground floor 
AFO: "there are things that are considered a weakness...i was always arrogant and viewed such things as a worthless gesture...or ones way to try and get what they want...like they said...any act of kindness has its consequences..." 
V: "mm" couldn't disagree with that


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