Friday Night Firefight - A Cyberpunk 2077 Isekai

Friday Night Firefight - Chapter 24

Once again, I found myself squatting in an abandoned apartment, surveilling a target. This time, the apartment was in Kabuki, and the target was a Scav base that had been built atop a series of buildings. I'd been holed up for a day, watching the Scavs go about their usual business. Anna and Deng had been in touch constantly since I had left them at Lizzie's. They'd been prepping for the raid I promised them, so I sent a pin with my location and told them to meet me there.

It was still relatively early in the day, about 9am, and most of the Scavs were sluggish after a night of doing whatever it is that Scavs do. I kept an eye on them from my vantage point, waiting for Deng and Anna to arrive.

The door to the apartment creaked open, and I turned to see Anna entering, followed closely by Deng and two more men. I recognized the first guy following behind Deng. It was Diego, Deng's friend from his vet support group and one of the most intimidating individuals I'd ever met. Seeing him gave me mixed feelings – a combination of the desperate urge to flee from a predator and the relief that such a frightening person would be working alongside me for this gig.

I hadn't met the other guy that followed them into the apartment. He was a black man with the sides of his head shaved close. He sported cyberarms and tech goggles and was carrying a large case behind him. But what stood out the most to me as I watched him cross the apartment to the window I was peering out of, was how he moved. He had the same focused intensity as Diego and Deng. All three of them moved as if they had to concentrate hard to ensure their bodies didn't just accidentally kill everyone. Being near the three of them, I felt a chill run down my spine and a message flashed in my mind that screamed: run.

Diego smiled when he saw me and came over to pat me on the back.

"Hey kid, you look a lot better than the last time I saw you."

"Yea. Thanks for everything, by the way. It helped."

Deng and the new guy joined us, and Deng introduced him.

"Noah, this is Zion. Met him in the vet group. Diego and him are here to help out. I told them what was going down, and they were keen to put some work in."

Zion tossed a quick nod my way as a form of greeting and set the case he'd been carrying down on the ground. "Brought some toys to help out. Hope you don't mind."

I shook my head and Zion popped open the case, revealing two Nekomata sniper rifles and a tactician shotgun. Diego grinned, picked up the shotgun, and started checking on its condition.

"So, what's the plan?" asked Deng.

I scooted over and motioned for everyone to gather around the window I'd been watching the Scavs from. When they all came closer and could see the Scav base, I explained what I had learned.

"It's a Scav haunt. I scanned ten of them, but there might be more inside their shelters," I said, pointing to the buildings they had constructed on the rooftops. "The leaders are Jae-Hyun and Katarina Mihalic. They're the two we're after."

Diego stepped up next to me, the smile having fallen off his face and replaced by a serious expression. He radiated an aura of danger, and it made me want to impress him with my plan.

I took out my notepad and sketched the Scav base. They had taken over the roofs of several buildings, using corrugated metal sheets to create temporary shacks. The makeshift buildings housed drug den equipment and other Scav necessities.

The base stretched across three rooftops in a long line. The metal shacks lined both sides of the roof and allowed for a thoroughfare to stretch the length of the base. I sketched the layout in my notepad and drew little figures to illustrate my plan.