Arasaka's Golden neck (gxg)

7.

Have you ever thought how and why did you get into some shit? Well that's currently my problem. Of course it's not the first time i killed, heh, it's been more then once. That's partly the reason why the residents of Night city fear me. I have plan. When things don't go as planned....i leave bodies. If someone dares to betray me....i leave bodies. If someone dares to threaten me or my closest....i leave TONS of bodies. But this bodies are not mine. Yes I am responsible for their death but it's not my fight, not my mess. But Panam's. This is the price for my needs. Get involved in others shit to help myself.

Two Raffens are already down. One of the five remaining climbed on a roof with sniper rifle, looking around closely and ready to shoot. Well....so am I. I put oiled my silencer with special oil with poison do when NCPD find him it'll look like natural cause. My personal know-how. No one ever understood how's it possible but when you know, you know. I put my rifle between the cracks in metal fence what I'm holding behind and aimed at his heart. 3...2...1...

Light sound was heard as i fired and then little thud as his body fell to the ground. Thank god no one noticed. The thud wasn't that audible. Four more to go. I slowly and swiftly climbed down the stairs and crept behind one guy who was just standing and looking around but not behind. Classic mistake. I gripped him in headlock and started chocking him. As he strugled to breathe i put more pressure but I got elbowed in the ribs in the last second of his life. He shouted something and everyone started shooting.

"Fuck. Covering you." Said Panam. We have to pick all of them off now." I swiftly got behind a crate and took out my hand gun instead of rifle and peacked. The one guy who elbowed me got hit right in the head by me and another one got little sprayed by bullets.

You gotta be fucking kidding me. They probably had backup. One of them was too close to Panam, i needed to act swiftly. As was strsting to fire i jumped on him and smacked him with my gun and then shot him in the heart. One more in the head just to be sure. I looked at Panam if she's ok and then grabbed a chip from the driver. "Good work, what now? A fee Shiv still breathe. Getting the car outta here. No need to risk it. Uh...fine. meet me at the city line. North side Don't get too used to her. She's mine. See you soon." She said and then ran away. I looked at the car.....she really must to love it. I took in my surroundings and the only thing what was in my head was..... Let's have some fun.

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I parked the car and sat there for a while till the door swung open showing Panam. "Move. I také the wheel. Sure, sure. Leave the driving to the pros." She started adjusting het seat and settings of the car and i must say she's so focused like no one else. Or at least i never met someone who's so driven and focused like she is. She looked at me with bright smile of a child and said, "And? She's prime wheels, isn't she? Dreams, indeed. No surprise you wanted her back. She completes me. But see? Managed just fine without Mitch and Scorpion." It was silence for a bit only the tapping of Panam's fingers into the steering wheel and late birds chirping outside was heard.

"Listen, V. It's not over yet. It's not? You got the cargo, you got your car.... I did not get Nash, who was not in Rocky Ridge. The fucker didn't show. So it was about vengeance. The whole time. The hell you know about me!" If she's tricking me i swear to whoever is above that I'll off this woman right this instant. One little thing what HOPEFULLY people already know about me. I value my time. It's precious and i don't like to waste it. Not. One. Bit. But here's the fact that....she don't know who I am. She think's that I'm some merk who will do everything for money or some shit. Hell she might think that I'm some useless bimbo. Hah, how ironic. But one thing was clear. We are both angry....and probably at each other.

I closed my eyes and sighed, "Either you're not bein' straight with me, or you don't know what you want, Panam. Hard to say which is worse." She slammed her fist into the steering wheal and shouted, "Just listen to me, for fuck's sake. I know where their little hided-hole is. We'll take the old, unfinished freeway nearby. They will not be expecting us. I'm sure of it. Ugh, all right. So where's this hideout? A hop and skip away." The car engine roared to life and we we're on our way.

I don't like this. But I need to do this, unfortunately. I need her to trust me and get those informations. He was one of them. So meybe.....if he's still there....I can infiltrate into their camp and get the chip without anyone knowing. Then i pull my specialty......vanish like a fog. Unnoticed and in peace.

"Thanks, V. What Nash did.... I placed my trust in him. He was the first person I worked with after leaving thé Aldecaldos. After I came to Night City. And I granted him my trust. I get it. Know how you feel. Had someone betray me, just like that, once." I said. Which was true. I was young and got hit pretty hard. The closest person to you can also be one you don't know. A stranger. "And did you make them pay? Never got the chance. Someone else got to 'em first. But if they hadn't? Would you have done it? No doubt, without skippin' a beat."

We were nearing an entrance of a cave with crates and some supplies. They are here, serving them selfs on a silver platter. "Let's get this over with. Are you ready? Let's get 'im." We ran in and Panam shouted "What asshole?! Did you really think I'll let it slide?!"

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By this time blood was dripping from me as I was slowly walking upstairs reloading my gun to Nash. He's quite the big guy. "Well hello." Three bullets in the head, two in the heart, few elsewhere. I took from Nash everything he had on himself and walked down looting the bodies around making my way to Panam what was on the phone. "Hello, Rogue. Panam. What did you say again? 'Solve your own problems? Clean up your shit?' Nash is dead. One shit cleaned. Happy? And the Sixth Street merch? Nash can't deliver it anymore. Buuut if you ask nicly, I might be able to help you. Help me? I took my cut up front, honey. But, I guess I'm touched. Was actually wondering if you wouldn't forget about biz whole you were out chasing down a vendetta." This is Rogue for you. Aah how I love that woman. She knows me like one one else ever could. We first met when i was a child.

Tady bude flashback cuz why the fuck not.

She cut her of. "Fuck! This thing with Rogue - let it go, meybe? Why should I? Cause she's not worth another goddamn minute of your time. Let's go." Guess I didn't flatter her much. She got on a phone again with this Boz or who the fuck's that about the cargo. Then spoke to me, "Let's do the deal and start working on Hellman. Agreed? Should be fun." I said and continued looking out the window. I admired the nature around even tho it's little bit plain and dry, it's still beautiful. Everyone have their own way of calming down, loose stress or just to open to the outer world, take a deep breath and live. My is nature, beauty, spiritual and self development, the small things around us. My.....friend. No friends. I don't have friends. I have bussines partners or people who I just know. But I have only one true friend. Rogue Amendiares.

We parked the car in a parking lot of Sunny motel. "I can see them. Let me do the talking. Sensing trouble? No, at least I don't think so." She stopped the car and sat there for a little while logner probably cleaning her thought, getting them together. Infront of us was a group of three people,  one of them this so called Boz. When Panam got out of the car I slowly got out as well and draw my weapon, hiding her behind the opened door of her car. Watching their every move, closely.

"Hey Boz. Panam! How's Nahs? Doesn't seem to be answering his phone." Said Boz with this weird accent. "Don't call him anymore, there's no  need. Heh, you got balls girl." Panam just smirked and continued talking with him while I was observing our surroundings but still being cautious. "What's this? A bonus of some sort?" He said and pointed at me. We work togehter, don't drift too much into it." I replyed with sharp snarky tone. "Mhmm, change chooms like you're changing clothes, girl. " Panam gave him annoyed look and handed to one of his gorillas a box with the good. 

"Here, first-class merch." Guy who¨s now holding the box, slightly taller then 6th Street with straight black hair slicked to the back, shades on his eyes and some sort of military uniform opened the box and closely inspected it's containtment. Then he nodded at 6th Street and just for to be sure, showed him it's insides. "So everything's in order?¨Asked Panam. 

"Check your account. Should be pretty plush in a couple minutes.  It's been a pleasure. But I believe Rogue's the one who is to pay me? You're all right. Think you earned a tip. Let's roll." Said Boz and emidiately got into his truck along with his associates.