CyberAttack: _nala's Reign

16. ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴛᴇ

(Third Person POV)
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Resistance's Bunker, VA, World 1
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Safely, the group made it back to the computer with the gun they'd received from Other Red (once they read how to use them, of course.)

Coming back through the portal, they all collectively flopped on the floor, Rascal included. It simply laid on Chosen.

"Finally, you guys made it back. And safely at that." Kenji commented.

"We thought you got reprogrammed or something." James added.

"Nah.. we're all good..and we brought along some extra passengers." Other Green spoke into the floor.

Ballista sat up, almost immediately standing up at the sight of Kenji. "Woah." It was pretty clear they'd never seen a real person before.

"Who is this?"

"I'm Ballista from Rocket Corp. We've been trying to contact the Resistance for a while without getting shut down because of the current situation."

"Well, I'm the leader. What is it?" Kenji leaned in.

"We want to form an alliance with you. We can offer our services and workers to help fight against _nala."

"Wait.. seriously?"

"Yeah. Our boss offered all the help we can give as long as you guys can handle it. We're losing recruits at an alarming rate because we don't have the tech to take them back. And.. I miss my friends."

"Well, it's a yes from me. Online Division?"

Other Green stood up. "Absolutely. We need everyone we can get, and if we're teamed with a whole organization of people-"

"Now wait just a second." Chosen interrupted. "How do we know your team is trustworthy? That they aren't gonna try and lock me up?" Rascal hopped up on his shoulder and hissed.

"..what is that about?" Kenji looked at Ballista, confused.

"This guys 'organization' has been hunting me for a while now. For no apparent reason."

"Uh.. listen. I'm just a mercenary, I don't get the details, but I'm sure once our boss knows you're here, we'll be able to compromise to keep you out of containment. Anything to stop _nala."

Chosen stared him down. He couldn't shake the feeling that this would end badly. From what he knew, this corporation couldn't be trusted. But what other options did they have? Other Second wasn't gonna help, not for a while at least, the other four of Alan's sticks were content hiding in the Sanctuary, Alan is downright missing, and Second was being held captive. He lowered his head in thought for a moment before looking back up.

"..fine, but if we find out you go back on your promise we will not be scared to fight back."

"Yeah, of course. I should go report this back. I should be fine on my own." Ballista started to walk off.

"Are you sure?" Other Green watched him.

"Yep. Thank you all for your cooperation." And just like that, he was gone.