The machine god

" You're not studying , You dropped out ... why don't you actually try getting a job " Her mother stood in the door of her room , Her hands on her hips whilst she herself layed back onto her bed .

' Eugh ' She groaned , Rolling onto her back , Rolling her eyes as she layed face down on the pillow .

" You haven't even tried going and apologising to your school , It's your final year , Why quit now " Her mother continued to spew nonsense whilst Victoria pulled out her phone and began scrolling.

" Are you listening to me young lady " Her mum approached , Scolding her , Having enough , Victoria growled.

" FUCK OFF ... JUST FUCK OFF ALREADY , I DONT CARE ... YOU WANT ME TO DO ALL THIS BUT YOU DONT CARE WHAT I WANT ... JUST LEAVE ME ALONE " Victoria roared , Grabbing her blazer as she rose , Shoving past her mother and out of her room .

" WHERE ARE YOU GOING YOUNG LADY " Her mum called out behind her back , making her way to the front door .

" ANYWHERE BUT HERE BITCH " She roared back , Walking through the front door and out towards the elevator of their building.

'Fucking cunt .. ' She held her face with her left hand , Leaning against the elevator wall while the elevator started going to the bottom floor .

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Red rippers

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" Come on man , I'll get the scratch can you just hook me up this one time " Pillar begged on his knees, Holding hisbhand together while making puppy eyes .

" I'm not an idiot pillar , Just go get the eddies and I'll do the transplant ... I'm not green anymore you know " Sebastian waved off his downstairs neighbour , The man rising from the ground and Grumbling.

" fine ... I'll go get the scratch ... just ... promise me it'll still be here when I get back " Pillar slouched , Looking over his shoudler towards Sebastian.

Waving the man off , Sebastian stated at a blueprint he was mentally preparing , Placing bits and pieces together to make the most efficient module possible .

' Onmi directional movement , Heated coils , Compression coils and reinforced plating , All covered by a thin layer of artificial flesh . Smart link installed along with several quick response nodes ... good enough for the first model ' Sebastian looked at a display of cybernetic knuckles which he contemplated installing into his hands now or later.

' We'll wait until the printer is done ' He heard the printer start up in the corner, Beginning to churn and cough as it screamed producing its product.

" Tek is that all for today " Sebastian yelled out from the surgery room.

" ONE MORE " The boy yelled back , With Sebastian sustaining a small smile on his face .

" ALRIGHT " He closed the blueprint tab , Leaning back in his chair as he waited for the next patient to arrive .

" WHOS THE CLIENT " He yelled out again, Clicking the security feed , Watching three high end cars pull up out front .

" SOME CORPO " He heard tekeyoshi go quiet as the doors to the clinic opened, Three burly men walking in with a much slammer man Garbed wearing a very expensive tuxedo .

" I've arrived for my consultation " The man said neutrally , Sneering at the decisive with little to no want to examine anything .

" Through thus door sir , Your guards will have to wait " Tekeyoshi motioned to the guards , Of which grunted , Taking point within the room as the man sneered and walked through to the surgery .

" What can I do for you " Sebastian motioned to the surgery chair , Allowing the man to sit himself down with a harsh grunt.

" Word on the street says you make your own implants.. I need a deck ... make it good " The corpo hissed , Not noticing the glow of Sebastian's eyes or the fact he was being hacked by the ripper doc .

' Kiroshi plug huh ... here to scout out and buy out rival companies ' Sebastian grunted standing up , Moving to a the printer where he reached to a cabinet above , Opening it to reveal several vacuum sealed bags .

' Hm ... this is a chance to draw real attention ... good or bad ... ' His fingers tapped over several bags , Deciding which deck he should go with . Under the radar with a less powerful deck ... or a more powerful deck that was sure to cause alot of drama.

' Let's play this safe ' He went first something more in the middle , More powerful than the deck you'd find commercially or privately sold , But nothing close to the absolute monster be had slotted into his head .

" Alright .. please lay back this shouldn't tale more than a couple moments "

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" Hm ... it is ... acceptable " The man analysed the specs of the deck through his optics .

' Red ... record everything I want to know everything , Everyone this guys talks to once leaving this place ... what he sees ,Everything he says 'Sebastian smiled kindly.

" We do have more options available ... ot isn't the best we have but I made sure it's more tailored to your personal uses " That piqued the man's interest , Raising an eyebrow momentarily.

" Is that so ... "

' Who's he communicating with ' Sebastian thought, The red key notifying him he was talking to someone currently at a corpo building near the city centre .

" We would like to extend an offer . We would like to buy exclusive access to your resources and expertise ... three millions eddies for an opening , A yearly commission of a million eddies every year after , Ten percent tax " The man rose , Walking around the room as he preached his offer " You would of course have ti relocate to our facility , twelve days of sick leave a year ... two weeks annual leave ... "

" I'm going to have to cut you off there ... " Sebastian raised his hand ti stop the man .

" The deals a complete rip off , I can make three million eddies within a couple weeks through the right clients ... And I like my autonomy ... Not really looking to tie myself down ... I work my own hours when I want and how I want ... " Sebastian shrugged , Turning back to his computer as the corporate shill frowned " Feel free to come back during business hours , Our opening hours will be changing now that the business has properly settled in "

" You're making a ... " The man froze as his body froze on him , With Sebastian simply making a fist gesture .

" Mistake ... I know why you're here . And I don't care for it " Sebastian turned to face the corpo , The man rising to the tips of his toes as his arms were locked at his sides .

" Nor do I care about your bosses in your ears right now. I can make tech powerful enough to turn a fat corporate slug into the most powerful one man army America has ever seen ... You won't find blueprints for my work , You won't be able to steal my work by tracking down clients , there's nothing you can do to get my tech without my permission. When your bosses want to come to me with a real offer ... I'll be here ... until then " Sebastian turned his fist and motioned at the door , The man's legs forcing him across the ground towards the frame " The door is there ... come back any time "

Releasing his remote control , The man leant against the wall , Coughing now that he had regained autonomy over himself.

" Don't go Causing me trouble now ... I wouldn't want to go stepping on kiroshis toes ... " He waved at the man whom prompty made himself scarce , Leaving without looking at tekeyoshi, Calling his guards and fleeing back to the cars .

" Everything alright boss " Tekeyoshi asked , With Sebastian squinting as he came out and leant on the receptionist desk .

" I believe it would be best if you moved into my apartment block , There is a room available on floor two ... go now " Sebastian squinted , The boy nodding as he picked up a black jacket and rushed from the fawyer and out the front door .

With the boy on his way to secure an apartment , Sebastian locked the front doors, moving to the store room out the back where six arasaka robots where powered down in the corner .

" Wake up " Hus voice carried throughout the room , The robots responding by their red lenses turning on whilst they all lurched forward .

" Red ... pick one " He instructed the ai key in his head , Watching the third robot to the left move on its own and come forward.

" Is this the one you choose " The robot nodded .

" Good ... Asign new designation... Rn-01 ... red key remote access unit " The machine nodded , Officially becoming the head unit out of the six stolen arasaka robots.

" You're abit outdated though " He looked the arasaka robot up and down , Frowning in thought " You won't be able to do what I need with such looks "

" Alright ... come through "

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2 hours later - 6 pm

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The robot sat on the surgery chair , It's head being removed and replaced by something that would have his clients questioning things.

Stemming from the chest piece of the robot , a hollow skeletal head had been made , A white jaw and face plate sitting over the humanoid skull , It had no eyes or audio receivers, Nor did it have a nose . Rather sitting over the face was a humanoid white slate in the vague shape of a human face.

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" Look up " The robot raised its head a Sebastian head two optics in his hands , His fingers sliding into the eyeless sockets in the robots head , Slipping the optic lenses into the ports at the back ofbthe robots skull .

Sliding the left optic in afterwards , Sebastian placed his hands on either side of the robots head . Watching as it looked up at him , It's eyes searching and expressive , Pupils dilating as red lenses as intense as his own looked up at him.

" Its not too bright Is it ... no " He smiled down at the robot " Now let's just get you some audio relievers and speakers ... where are they ahh there they are "

First he pulled out a pair of audio relievers , Sliding them in behind the faceplate where he felt around for the designated port , Plugging it in as the robot perked up and looked around, Studying everything around them that made any sort of noise .

" Open up " He instructed , satisfied as the machine opened up its metallic featureless mouth , Carefully he reached to the back of its mouth, Slotting in the audio speakers.

" There you go , That should give you everything you need to function , We'll work on the rest of your chassis during the week . How's that sound " He stood up, Allowing the robot to analyse itself , Looking overs its hands , Rotating them before opening and closing its fingers before its own analytical gaze.

" I look forward to watching you work father " A deep voice came from the closed mouth of the machine , Not moving its at all as it spoke.

' We'll rub out those kinds at a later date ' He shrugged , Petting the robot on the shoulder .

" How is your connection with the red key " Sebastian asked , The robot turning to his slowly , Eyes Unblinking I the most unnerving way possible.

" Optimal creator ... It is instructing me as we speak , It is Affording me the knowledge I require to function ... I should be at optimal functional capacity presently " The machine inclined its head as it finished speaking .

" Very good, Keeping up the good work . I'm going to be heading off to my apartment in a moment. There's a jumper out the back if you wish to go outside , Don't go too far and don't draw attention. We don't want you getting klept before we can finish getting you in optimal condition " Seb explained , Picking up the vacuum seal back containing his redesigned knuckles .

' Store them for later ' Sebastian felt the red key sned a final missive to the robot , The two communicating to eachother before the red key refocused on maintaining the aid of seb .

" See you in the morning r 1 " Sebastain waved over his shoudler , Folding his jumped over his arm and stepping into reception.

" Thank you for this opportunity creator " R1 responded, Still sat on the surgery chair , Intrigued entirely by the update its personality matrix had revieved , Now having an inbuilt adaptive ai system that would allow it to properly communicate to the red key and Sebastian.

Right now it was completely intruiged by its own existence , Focussing on the sensations it could see and hear , Maybe if it asked creator he would allow it to feel touch too .

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" Shouldn't you be in the city centre " He locked the door to the clinic , Hearing a popping sound as Victoria popped a bubble of gum.

She wore a blue blazer , Her pink hair running down her shoulders whilst she wore a white top and yellow knee length dress below , With the blue blazer drastically too big for the woman simply being snug over the top .

" I'm right where I need to be " She responded , Pulling the gum back into her mouth with her lips .

" Of course you are ... Well I won't be staying around for too long tonight ... I'm going to get stuff from my apartment then I'm heading out. .. so ... " He looked at the girl over his shoulder , Seeing her simply blowing bubbles with gum as she followed by his side.

' Of course ... ' He rolled his eyes , Grunting as they ascended the hill towards longshore Rd.

" That's okay ... I'll just wait at yours " She uttered nonchalantly, Not caring in the slightest and not the least bit detered .

' Why are you like this ' He physically slumped , pinching the bridge of his nose before Grunting and continuing on.

" Do what you will " He wasn't ignorant of her wants , He knew exactly why she hung around him , Refusing to stay away .

It was fascination , Like his robot currently in his surgery fascinated by its own existence . She was fascinated by him. The man that broke into her home and layed hands on her father , Then got away scot free ... from what he knew it was like a shining bean of life in a dark curtain of monotony that was the girls life beforehand.

' And I don't have the heart to crush the little joy and light she has ' He looked at her through the corners of his eye , Hearing her humming a tune that routinely played through his clinic reception.

" Fine .. just don't go breaking anything " He grunted , The duo passing by the one building between his clinic and his apartment , Soon coming around the front ti his apartment building where tekeyoshi was leaning on the wall .

" Oh ... the woman " Tekeyoshi seemed irritated , Tuning out her presence in favour if flashing a smile up at his boss " I got the fourth apartment on floor one ... though that pillar guy I'd really loud "

" I expect them to be ... though if anything happens when I'm not near , You go to them and tell them I'll owe them for protecting you .. whatever they want " He pet tekeyoshi on the head , The child nodding , Committing the words to memory " Other than that , while they guard you , Go into my apartment and hide ... not much would survive breaking into my apartment "

" Okay " Tekeyoshi responded whilst Victoria puckered her lips , Remembering the mounted ceiling turret hidden in the roof away from view .

" Now before you go to bed , There is a guest in the clinic getting used to things , Please treat it well when you return" Sebastian informed the boy as Victoria raised an eyebrow at him from behind .

" Of course boss I'd never do anything to ruin your reputation " Tekeyoshi rebuked , Placing his fist over his chest and bowing slightly.

" I know kid ... I know , To your apartment now. Do what you want for a couple hours , I expect you in bed by twelve " Sebastian waved tekeyoshi off , The child running off into the first floor , While Sebastian looked over and saw Rebecca squinting at him , Leaning around the corner .

" What can I do for you Rebecca " Sebastian grunted , The blondes head popped around the corner for a moment before she returned.

" Can I get some of that gum " She held her hand out expectantly to Victoria, The candy haired girl remaining silent for a moment while doing nothing but squinting and chewing.

It was petty he knew , But he couldn't help but chuckle , Stifling the laugh that came from his lips as Victoria took the entire pack of gum from her pocket and emptied it into her mouth , Ruthlessly and as quickly as she could chomping down and chewing on the gum , Making some very interesting rapid chewing noises.

" HEY " Rebecca cried , Catching the packet tossed at her , Yet she sighed slightly as she spotted one last piece remaining , slowly taking it out and eating it herself " Thanks "

" Uh huh " came Victoria's reply as she turned and began to walk up to level two , Her jaw beginning to hurt from eating so many gum at once .

" Nice company " Rebecca began , Watching Sebastian pucker his lips and sigh.

" Not my choice that one , Though she's interesting "

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" Just wait ... " He sighed , Victoria had already sat herself down on his couch , Turning on the television and kicking her shoes off .

" This couch is so comfy " She announced , It was as if she was mocking him , Sighing out loud as she sunk into the fabric of the couch.

" I should hope so " He called out over his shoulder , Walking into his dresser , Placing his palm against a back panel to reveal his black robes .

Pulling out his duffel bag from under his bed , He slid the folded robes and his helmet into the backpack , Along with slinging hiss word over his shoulder .

Sliding the duffel over his other arm, He made his way out of his room to see Victoria still just lounging around , Now intent on puffing her S-keef .

" Stay here ... and please don't break anything " Sebastian plead , Activating the sentry turret in the rood to guard his abode .

" Wouldn't dream of It babe's " She yelled out , Obviously suffering the effects of her s-keef.

'Sure ' He grunted , closing and locking the door to his apartment with little fanfare .

' Let's get these knuckles installed before doing anything else ' He sent the call for his bike , Making the drop up point for the front of the apartment building .

Jogging down the stairs , He ran into dorio on the next floor , The blonde burly woman looking mighty uncomfortable with what he was carrying .

" You going out " Dorio called out as he walked past , With the man responding with a glare through his shades.

" I've got some things to do " He responded , His tone low , Dangerous , It grated against the woman's ears .

" I'll let Maine know we'll be staying inside then " She made a light hearted joke , Watching him descend down to the lobby with a sense of malocholy .

" That would be ideal " His voice came up the stares like a bad omen .

" Shit "

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His bike met him out the front of the apartment , The red glow of its front facing lenses Illuminating the bike in the night .

" Brrr " The bike grunted as he hopped on .

" You've got the Coords for fingers clinic ... go " He leant forward, Placing the duffel behind him , Holding the handles of the bike as it grunted once more before rapidly accelerating down the road towards his target .

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" Hey fingers , reckon you can do a last minute surgery " Sebastian walled into fingers clinic with hasty yet measured steps .

Looking around the room with a critical eye as he tossed a his vacuum sealed bag into the flamboyant man's waiting hands.

" For you ... anything my friend , Take a seat " Fingers motioned to his surgery chair , With Sebastian allowing himself to relax momentarily and sit down onto the chair.

" I see you've come up with something knew again . I'd be careful with these my friend , Someone's gonna come looking to get their hands on everything if they find out " Fingers administered some anisthetic for Sebastian to take , The man readily accepting.

" Someone's already tipped of kiroshi ... they had one of theirs pole around just a couple of hours ago. .. I'm going to go sort it out now " Sebastian replied , Feeling his eyes grow heavy for a moment " do you... think ... I should ... expand "

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He woke up with a slight headache , asking the red key to alleviate the feeling as he slowly rose from the chair whilst Rubbing out the kinks in his neck .

" So my very ... chromed up ... friend . You got the corpos sniffing round your clinic huh " Fingers said from his desk , Looking over future clients and checking them off of his list.

" More like trying to buy up their competition... I've got a plan on what to do , But I want to hear your opinion " He slowly stood up from the chair , Massaging his shoulders whilst walking towards his shirt situated over on the nearby corner table .

" Personally , I wouldn't go round drawing too much attention to yourself . Or go get under the protection of one of the corps ... unless of course ... you can defend yourself " Fingers replied , Thinking for a moment before continuing " You're pretty fucked either way to be honest "

" That's what I thought ... guess we're going for plan b then " Sebastian shrugged, Pulling his hoodie over his shirt before grabbing the strap to his duffel bag .

" That is ... " Fingers pressed , obviously fishing for information .

" Well ... I'm going to have to give them a reason to either buy my allegiance or stay out of my way ... " Sebastian fiddled with something in his duffel , With fingers looking at him critically from the corner of his eyes .

" By the way ... who was it " Fingers asked , Turning back to his computer so Sebastian couldn't see his face .

Sebastian stared at the back of fingers head , Hand straying to the hilt of his sword for a second as he thought of what to do .

" Kiroshi ... but the guy who came by also seems to be working with zetatech as well , A double agent so to speak " Sebastain answered , Watching fingers reaction to the news .

The ripper remained silent for several long seconds , Simply staring at his computer for a few long seconds .

" Well good luck " Fingers didn't say anything else , Yet Sebastian could detect the man's elevated heartbeat , And the fact that the man had apparently accepted his potential death in this room right now , With how his shoulders had slumped , Brainwave activity and his eyes closed with a small resigned smile on his face.

Slowly Sebastian unwound his fingers from the hilt of his sword , Squaring his shoudlers before turning to the door to the room .

" Have a good night fingers ... thank you for the good work on my cybernetics " He watched fingers perk up , Turning to him with a greatful smile on his face .

" you too my friend " With that Sebastian left the clinic , However he made sure the red key was locked in and recording fingers future actions , As always.

' Better to be prepared and have nothing happen ... than be caught by surprised with nothing prepared '

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Shouldering his duffel , Sebastian sent an order to his bike, Sending it back to the shop as he walked into a pitch black alleyway , Hiding away fron the view of any surveillance and behind a bunch of large bins.

" Here we go again " He sighed , Leaning crouching down whilst unzipping his duffel .

The first thing he did was pull out his body suit , Slowly replacing his pants, hoodie and shirt with the one piece suit , zipping it up whilst keeping an eye on the mouth of the alley .

The next thing he did was slide his robes over his combat suit , Making sure it was snugly fit on and loose around his arms for maximum movement.

The final thing he pulled from the duffel was his helmet , With the helmet Splitting itself in half with a hiss as it unlocked and slid apart to allow him to put it on .

Quietly and with great care , He slid the helmet into place over his head , With its front pieing itself back together and locking with a shallow crank .

Syncing his view with the cameras on the mask , His view adjusted to the new sight , With him blinking several times to quicken the distortion from the helmets new view .

The red lenses of his helmet seemed to glow as they came alive with him seeing through them , Pulling his hood over his head as the darkness his his helmet from view , The only thing being visible was the red glow of his eyes below the helmet , Making him appear to he some kind of supernatural horror.

He tossed the duffel away into the bin , Grabbing his sword and magnetically locking it to his right hip , With a new Lexington clipped to his right .

Breathing out , The breath came out as a metallic wheeze , Crashing against the surroundings , Scaring off a pair of rodents that heard the grating noise .

' Let's see what you've got ... kiroshi ' He crouched , Leaping high into the air and onto the small building to his left , Before sprinting amd leaping across the building infrastructure between him and his first target .

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KIROSHI ACADEMY - WESTBROOK - 28 MINUTES LATER

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' How should I really go about this ' Sebastian thought , Crouched ontop of a nearby building, Crouched down in the darkness as he stated across at the corporate office .

' isolate outbound traffic , Let's not let them call for help ' The red key responded with a warm buss in the back of his head , breaking into the subnet with ruthlessly efficiency as it began to scour and monitor incoming and outbound traffic from everything and everyone in the office ' Mimic regular outbound traffic '

" Alright " He groaned coming to his feet , Shaking his shoulders as she stepped to the side of the building .

" Let's go cause a ruckus " He lamented , Stepping off of the building , Allowing him to plumet to the ground .

He collided with the floor with a loud bang , His boots cratering the ground under the pressure of his collision .

' Hmph ' He thought, Rising to his full height before beginning a leisurely stroll directly towards the front of the building .

" Nice scenery " the long walkway up to the academy drew his attention , With small lamps on either side of the pristinely kept walkway , beautiful greenery lined the walkway , With a pair of stairs glistening in the light of the building ahead .

' A very well kept atmosphere ' He took in a deep breath , Allowing the fresh air in whilst a small smile came to his face.

' Ahh ' He breathed out before resuming his leisurely pace towards the building , Looking left and right over the scenery , Ascending the stairs, Walking towards the pair of double doors that lead into the building .

' Local security informed of your presence ' The red key informed him .

' Well I'm not really trying to hide am I ' He stopped before the door , Forcing it open with a thought before stepping into the reception .

" STOP WHERE YOU ARE " Six kiroshi guards surrounded him , With a couple of late night workers watching the events from above a pair of stairs overseeing the first floor .

A wave of his hand had their cybernetics short-circuiting, the guards spamming and falling to the ground in sync . The watching late night workers ducking and fleeing into the nearby offices .

' Let's see ' He thought, Kneeling down to the side of the nearest kiroshi guard , Forcing the red key to break into the man's neural ware and begin a mass download.

' Update map ' His optic display showed a 3-d rendering of the building , With the data repositories housed under the building , Which was his target .

' Two checkpoints and a secure lift to the databanks , Simple ' He smiled . Reaching into the pockets of the guard and pulling out a data card to which he pocketed the card and rose .

' Link into comms ' The red key did as was told , Where he began to hear the radio traffic spreading throughout the building .

" unidentified Perp is located at the front entrance , intercept and lock down " Came the voice that obviously belonged to the guard captain .

The deep asthmatic wheeze of his helmet echoed around the now abandoned lobby , Loosening to the soldiers all relay with their command .

' First floor , Ambush set up in office cubicles ' Sebastian chuckled , Beginning a slow but measured walk towards the lift that would allow him access to the databanks.

Walking behind the lobby desk , Sebastian opened the staff access door , Entering a sort of security room , Obviously where the four previous guards had been lingering and watching the entrance to the building. What with the security monitors lining the wall.

' Alright ... ' He raised his sword , Severing the monitors from the wall , Destroying them entirely before making his way to the opposing door , Which lead deeper into the facility.

From left to right was a long corridor , at both ends was a stairwell that rose to the second floor , To his immediate left as a t intersection .

' Begin live tracking ' The red key showed several red blips on his radar , as he stopped at the t intersection , With the way to the right being riddled with said red blips .

' They've blockaded the way ' He access the hallway camera to see the security guards having created a barricade , With six guards pointing their weapons directly down the hallway where he would step out .

' Weapon lock ' He uploaded the virus, Stepping out into the hallway where the security immediately attempted to open fire apon him.

" OUR WEAPONS ARENT WORKING " One yelled out over comms , where another tossed his gun ti the side , Pulling out a knife and rushing Sebastian.

" Perp's netrunner " Another yelled, Follong the first guy and rushing Sebastian with his own blade.

He met the two blade weilding security half way , Leaning to the left under a thrust to the head , Grabbing the guard by the neck and pushing him into the incoming blade of his comrade , a squelch echoing through the corridor as the first screamed.

Raising his leg , Sebastain kicked the second in the stomach , Dislodging the blade he had lodged into the first , Launching the man back Into the wall where he was lodged in a spider Web of cracks.

The four remaining rushed forward, This time equipped with shock batons , guarding eachother whilst slowly Circling around him.

They encircled him , As sebastian remained still , His muscles wound tight and ready to react at a moments notice .

' Set blade virus to knock out ' The glowing glyphs on his blade length turned from red to purple , The glyphs and code changing entirely.

An alert from the red key allowed him the chance to duck , The guard behind him having rushed him , Attempting to knock him out with a swipe to the head. Yet his volley was obvious. As sebastian used the strength in his legs to leap backwards , Using his weight to slam onto the guy , Squishing him into the wall where the man grunted , Seemed and ultimately fell to the ground .

The other three used this chance , The two on the sides going for his arms , Locking them in place and pushing his arms upwards against the wall .

With his arms immobilised, The third made to ram the sparking tip of his baton into Sebastian's abdomen .

' Don't think so ' Sebastian bounced his legs up , Using the fortified muscles to deliver a crippling bunny kick into the man's chest , Launching him away like a raggdol , Falling to the ground unmoving after the back of his head slammed into the wall .

With grit teeth , Agitated and growing more annoyed with every passing moment , Sebastian turned his head to the guard holding his right arm , Slamming his head into the man's helmet , Struggling with every fibre of his being as the guards helmet broke and cracked.

The guard stumbled back , Allowing Sebastian to grab the guard holding his left arm and throw him away , Turning back and running the recovered guard with a cracked helmet , Running him through with the blade , The man falling to the ground immediately after as the selected virus locked all his cyberware and knocked him unconscious.

The last remaining guard fell to the ground , Backing away with shaking hands , Waving them infront of him in fright .

" WAIT WAIT WAIT ... ILL GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT JUST " The man's back slammed into the barricade , The red key Alerting Sebastian to the man's heightened levels of adrenaline and cortisol.

" Don't worry ... I won't kill you " At the deep voice echoing from Sebastian's helmet , The man relaxed " But I do have to knick you with my blade , You'll be unconscious for six hours .. you'll live "

" Okay ... okay ... " The man nodded along , Breathing in and out deeply , Closing his eyes and waiting .

It was quick and painless , A mere papercut of a slash on the bridge of the man's nose which was exposed under the man's helmet .

Sebastian watched , The man's unconscious body slumping and sliding to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut .

" This is commanding officer Roy- calling for backup ... I repeat this is unit 199923 , commanding officer Roy calling for backup , Perp has broken into the facility, moving to intercept at the databanks " Roy tried to send out an alert to all kiroshi units . Even the guards throughout the rest of the facility wouldn't be able to hear his distress signal .

" I'm sorry to say nobody's coming to help you " Sebastian responded over comms with the same voice that came from his helmet .

" I see ... am I right to assume you are the one attacking our facility " Roy responded , Sebastian continuing down the corridor unimpeded towards the elevator doors at the end of the hallway .

" You would be " Sebatsian cast analysing glances through the offices between himself and the elevator , Studying and scanning everything he could .

" I see ... what do you want ... why have you killed my men " Roy growled , With Sebastian finally locating the commanding officer , finding him held up in the databank stores below .

" You're mistaken , None of them have flat lined , I've merely rendered them unconscious... I merely wish to access your databanks " Sebastian announced , Stopping before the elevator , calling it to his level as silence reigned over comms for several seconds.

" My thanks ... I'll be sure to return to favour " Roy responded , The elevator doors opening before sebastian .

" You will be joining them ... do not worry captain I do not intend to kill any of you good men ... I merely require ... data " Sebastian alluded as he pulled out the data and and swiped it across the security panel , Unlocking the databank core level with the security pass , Selecting the now available level on the bottom panel .

" You work for a rival company " Roy growled over comms , Sebastian Shaking his head as the elevator began to drop .

" I do not ... as I did to militech I will do to you , A mass download of all stored data , It will be undisturbed and unused , I merely wish to keep kiroshi out of my way " Sebastian informed the man , Not caring about divulging the information as it would become obvious one way or another.

" Blackmail ... I see ... you're about to arrive ... come ... let us settle this " Roy turned off comms , With the elevator arriving with a chime not two seconds later .

The doors open to reveal a single corridor before hand , With glass sliding doors visible at the far end .

A single pulse turned off the ready to deploy security turrets , Walking down the corridor before entering the room beyond .

Roy stood within , An American man with a replaced left eye. Be was relatively large in stature, Holding a shotgun and garbed with the regular guards outfit , Apart for the badge on his left pectoral .

" Your guns will not work on me " Sebastian informed the captain, Said man simply Tossing the weapon to the side . Cracking his knuckles before turning and cracking his neck .

" Don't need it , Got enough tech to deal eith you .. this is as far as you go " The man hunched over , Ready to run Sebastian down " Will you use your sword "

" Yes ... I have other things to do tonight " Sebastian didn't care for facing an opponent on even grounds , His morals extended as far as taking an innocent man's life ... however if you weren't innocent ... well.

" Verywell " Roy launched forward , reading his right arm back and punching towards Sebastian's head .

" Good night captain " Sebastian's eyes widened , Brain activity sky-rocketing as he stepped to the side , Raising his blade and carving it across the man's extended arm , Severing the gorilla knuckled from the man's body whom immediately fell unconscious.

" Alright ... " Sebastian made sure the man was indeed out for the count , Before turning and walking towards the databanks .

Approaching , He double checked to assure there wasn't anyone hiding around , Before apprahcing the nearest port and jacking in .

' Begin mass download '

...

ZETATECH OFFICES - BERKELEY AVENUE - CITY CENTRE

...

" STOP THAT FUCKER " An officer bellowed , his weapon simply clicking uselessly " FUCKERS A DEAD ZONE , FIRE EXPLOSIVE ROUNDS NEARBY , I REPEAT , WE CANNOT AIM AT HIM , FIRE EXPLOAIVES AROUND TARGET "

His men were quick to follow , some simply Tossing grenades down the fourth floor hallway , the man they were targeting rushing down the hallway , Ducking and dodging past the grenades as they exploded behind him .

His fist slammed into the cheek of a guard , Planting him in the ground , A slap to the right knocked a punch away before he gripped the man's arm and slung him into the path of a pair of mantis blades .

Sirens blared overhead as blood caked Sebastian's mask , Spurting from the security guards chest as his comrade pulled his mantis blades out and continued to attack Sebastian.

" It is inevitable " Sebastian hissed out , Turning slightly to avoid a stab , Slashing upwards and through the chest of of the guard , Severing him in two before rushing off towards the others .

" FALL BACK FALL BACK. HEAD UP ... " Tens of guards rushed the stairwells , Intent of falling back and reinforcing the upper levels .

" YOU WONT BE GETTING PAST ME FUCKER " A sword flashed towards Sebastian's neck as a guard used a sadevistan , Narrowly avoiding having his head taken off in the process .

Activating his own sandevistan , he ducked , moving at a state faster than the opposing user , As he brought his blade up to block the others slash.

Angling his blade upwards , He watched in satisfaction as the opponents blade was sawn inhale on the edge of his own , The two halves falling away .

" Weak " Sebastian flashed around the man's back , Gripping him by the back and Tossing him down the hallway into another round of explosive fire , A concussive detonation blowing the body apart in an explosion of blood and viscera .

[ Six stored sandevistan bursts remaining, Recharging ] the red key informed him , Earning a grunt as screams and orders rung out through thr corridor ahead, the elevators ahead being locked down as the guards took control of the stairwells .

" This is taking too long " Sebastian glared ahead , Thinking for a moment before his head turned to the wall wide windows ' How interesting. I wasn't expecting this place to have a bunch if netrunners capable of lifting my lockdown however momentary it was ... I'll have to fix that '

Indeed a group of six netrunners had been able to lift his lockdown on the zetatech network traffic , Sending out an alert that lasted for a total of six seconds before the red key had iced them all , Reinstating the lockdown . But it was too late , Even now Max tack and local NCPD were taking control fo the lobby and second floors .

' Plan b located ' Sebastian turned to the window , Rushing towards it as he relayed orders to the red key.

' Prepare to lock joints in hands and arms ' Sebastian burst through the window , Turning and clawing his reinforced fingers into the concrete wall beside the window .

' Burst ' He Heaved upwards ,Fingers leaving dents in the wall as he began to climb the concrete wall to the level he knew the zetatech datacores were .

' We'll be at the datacores momentarily , Lockdown all security doors and elevators ... locate alternative escape methods ' Sebastian ordered , The warmth on the back of his neck getting hotter as the red key began to pile on more and more tasks .

Thunder clapped overhead , As rain began to rush down apon sebastains robes and helmet.

' Level thirty two ... here we are ' He swung his body around , Punching through the window before using his strength to pull himself in .

Thunder rolled overhead once kroe , Flashes of lightning Illuminating the night as rain blew in through the broken window .

Using the momentarily reprieve , Sebastian looked down through the broken window , Watching police swarm the base of the zetatech building, Avs Circling around.

A pang knocked his head back momentarily , A large bullet being flattened against his forehead from a maxtac sniper below .

' That could've taken my head off ' He grunted , Turning to the databanks secured behind large reinforced windows .

" Stop right .... " Someone yelled , The red key shutting then down as sebastian approached the protective windows .

" Let's make this quick " He stabbed into the protective glass , Cutting up , Left and back down with little resistance , Creating a doorway for himself to enter .

' Vehicle located ' The red key informed him as he jacked into the zetatech archives , Beginning another mass download .

' Two minutes remaining , Please remain Jacked in ' The red key informed him , Sending an updated map to where it had located a vehicle for him to escape with on one of the upper levels , Where a covert hanger was located for aerial craft .

" HE'S INSIDE ... GET THIS DOOR OPEN " The door to the datacores refused to open, The red key relocating the door whenever they managed to unlock it .

He gave an unceremonious snort as they grew frustrated , Resorting to simply shooting through the door with high ordnance rounds , Turning the door to shards before the security burst into the room .

' One minutes thirty seconds remaining ' Sebastian reached out towards the security , Making a twisting motion with his ahdns as he highjacked their bodies, Making the first four men gun themselves down thanks to the rapid movements .

Their bodies fell to the ground , Followed by bellows from beyond the broken doorway . " GET IN THERE "

A flash of light drew Sebastian's gaze from the door to the window , Where two AVs had risen to the window and were aiming their weapons towards him.

' I don't think so ' The heat on the back of his neck intensified once more as the vehicles destabilised , One flying into the buildings side , Erupting into an explosion whilst the other was tossed away , Careening off course as the pilots attempted to regain control of their vehicle .

A bullet struck and lodged itself into the protective glass before him , As more guards burst through , Now eight in total .

' Forty seconds remaining ' He felt a headache assault him , The head on the back of his neck causing his skin to start to blister.

' Enough playing around ' He broke into the neural ware of all the guards on the level and stairwells nearby , Forcefully connecting to over thirty security mobilising on his location.

" KILL YOURSELVES " His order was heard throughout the corridors , A chill running down the backs of the higher ups watching through the camera feed .

At once the over thirty guards stopped , Their arms moving on their own with their eyes wide with panic.

A synchronised series of gunshots wrung out , As heavy as Sebastian's consciousness was at having ordered such a thing , He didn't look at the eight bodies that fell to the ground, bullet wounds having punctured through their heads as they had .. indeed done what he had made their cyberware do .

The only noise that followed for over thirty seconds was nothing but the pelting of rain and a thunderclap of lightning from above.

' Download complete ' He wasted no time in removing himself from the datacore , Stepping out of the protected room and approaching the downed forces .

" I'm sorry ... I know most of you were simple working and good men .. and I apologise " He gave his solemn words before rushing off , Running up the stairwell four steps at a time , Gunshots echoing below as the forces cautiously climbing the stairs fired up the stairwell after seeing the edge of his robe pass by the railings.

....

" ATTENTION NIGHT CITY - " Pillar and Rebecca swore as Watson who're was interrupted, A broadcast from N54 highjacking their show " BREAKING NEWS , FROM THE LOCAL OF BEVERLEY AVENUE "

The camera feed changed to show the zetatech building , Police running around on all sides as zetatech robots stood sentry .

" Whats the situation Cassandra " A news anchor stood , weathering the rain as it pelted against her blonde hair.

" from what we've gathered the suspect was responsible for raiding not just zeta tech but the kiroshi academy not half an hour ago " She ducked down as an explosion occured behind as the sentry robots combated with the police and maxtac.

" Whoever this person is has highjacked the zetatech subnet and is causion the robots to Impede our access to the building , Some have broken through to the first and second level but as far as we know , The robots have blocked off alm further access " She ducked again as a police officer was thrown by , Rebecca and pillar looking at eachother for a second before leaving forward .

" Whats up " Maine asked , Coming into the local hangout with dorio .

" Check this shit out ... some fuckers raiding zetatech " Pillar laughed pointing at the screen.

" No fucking way " Maine pushed pillar to the side as Sasha entered behind them , Choosing to sit on a nearby chair as they all tuned into the broadcast .

" Just now we recieved news that the perp has reached the thirty ninth floor " An explosion overhead caused everyone to drop to the ground , The camera panning upwards to show one of the avs colliding with the building whilst another flew put of view , Followed by another explosion in the distance.

The camera feed cut off for a second before the news anchor returned , The man wearing a frown on his face .

" We seemed to have lost connection for a moment, Let's use this chance to go over some of the informationnwe know about the perp " He looked at a display for a moment " We've been unable to access recordings of the perp however witness accounts indicate the perp is male , Approximately six foot five. Garbed in a black robe with a mask of unknown make . Reports indicate perons of interest to be weilding a sword ... I regret to inform no other information has been gathered apart from reports of perps considerable skill in hacking" The anchor chortled just as the camera feed returned a minute later .

" Uhh ... " Pillar stretched his chin , Side Eyeing Rebecca for a moment " You don't think "

" No ... " Rebecca stopped any thought the man had , Just as the news anchor brought back the feed from the zetatech building .

" LOOK UP THERE " A police officer shouted as a zetatech valgus launched from the top of the building , Flying away from the scene .

" PERP HAS HIGHJACKED AN ARMED VEHICLE , MOVE TO INTERCEPT " Four maxtac AV's flew overhead , Rockets flying from the vehicles towards the valgus .

" TARGET HIT " The police chief cried out in euphoria, Yet froze as an explosion was head near the tram line.

" Is target neutralised I repeat , Is target neutralised " The people watching all over night city watched with bated breaths as they waited for the answer .

" Negative captain ... suspect has fled the crash sight " His leitenant informed him as several police crews packed up into their cars and rushed towards the orange glow on the horizon.

" Let's follow " The news reported yelled out , Rushing towards the van as the drone that fed the live feed followed her , Her crew jumping in and fmdriving off in hot pursuit of the police chase.

" Fucking hell " Pillar sat back , Watching the scene unfold.

" Don't have to say that again" Maine grunted , explosions rocking the feed.

....

" Fuck me " Sebastian was thrown to the side as a car beside him exploded , Tossing him onto the sidewall as the Maxtac avs laid down fire apon his position .

His robe was tore and battered , With the bottom burned away , Leaving just the back , Sleeves and hood . His combat suit was mostly intact however as he found his way to his feet.

Activating his sandy , Sebastain burst upwards , Tearing down the street and leaving the AV's in the distance .

He wasn't fleeing however , As within two seconds he made it to the end of the street , Turning around and rushing back towards the four Av's which were turning to face his location in slow motion .

His helmet whined against the wind pressure , Sparks of flame lighting and being snuffed out on his robes thanks to his sheer speed , His sword carved a trench through the ground behind him as he tore across the ground at breakneck speeds .

Apon his targets , He bounced , Leaping tens of metres in the air as he raised his sword overhead , Performing a front flip through the air , Cutting through one of the four thrusters of the av , Followed by the blade passing through the cockpit and the opposite thruster on the other side .

In slow motion , The thrusters combusted , a visible ripple in the air beginning to expand from the exploding thrusters , Swallowing up the avs occupants and the cockpit in on swoop . As sebastian landed on the ground with a huff .

' Are we ready ' Sebastian thought, A buzz responding as the back of his neck now burned furiously.

' Good ' He ignored the burning on his neck and back , Raising his left hand towards a second av , twisting his fingers and Motioning at the third and forth .

' That should keep them occupied ' He then rushed off , leaving dents I the ground from his footprints whilst he sped off towards the city centre .

...

" As you can see ... it appears the perp has " The third av exploded overhead as the last two exchanged fire " The perp has been able to take control of the vehicles and are forcing the Maxtac and NCPD forces to engage in friendly fire "

With the second Av sporting several burns and copious amounts of fire , It speard through the air towards the final , Swallowing the two up in a thunderclap of fire as they collided .

" Fucking hell " Dorio yelled out as the police cruisers opened fire on a shrouded figure running visibly at the far end of the street on the camera feed .

...

' I need to save up on sandy bursts ' He looked around as he ran , Spotting the running tram overhead ' Let's go '

He rushed to a nearby lamp post , Jumping up to its top before leaping up towards the tram .

He reached for it as bullets flew by just after the sandy burst ended , His hand finding purchase in the trams edge before heaving and scaling its side until he came to a crouch on its top , Looking back at the police crusiers following the tram .

Cringing , Sebastian raised his left hand and cupped the back of his neck , Bringing his hand back around to see charring skin and splotches of blood.

[ Four bursts remaining ] glass exploded below , As more bullets collided with his helmet .

' It won't be long before they realise head shots won't word and start going for body shots ' Sebastain thought, remaining Crouched as he spotted another AV approaching int the distance.

' Militech kill squad inbound , forces mobilising and zeroing in on your location ' Sebastian cursed under his breath , jumping from the tram to avoid a energy shot that impacted and destroyed the tram top a few feet away from him .

He fell with speed , Reaching for a street lamp where his fingers dug into its surface , Sloaing his fall , Allowing him the chance to land with a small grunt and a cough of blood that tore from his throat .

He didn't have time to worry however, As he continued onwards , Rushing father down the road as two more militech Av's joined the pursuit.

Now with three seperate Militech AV's in hot pursuit , He looked back ,eyes zooming in to see two militech head-hunters already aiming at him with their power tech rifles.

' Shit'His eyes widened , A bullet impacting the forehead of his helmet before it was flattened and fell to the ground .

[ notification , four sandevistan burst ready to be deployed presently ] He ignored the notification as two more bullets flew straight towards him from the AV's , As well as from below from the grunts behind them chasing him in their cars.

' They were waiting for me to show up '

His sword flashed out , His aim aided by the red key to intercept the bullets flying towards him .

To the onlookers his arm simply became a blur of motion , His blade flying out to create a physical wall of silver, Sparks from the incoming bullets impacting the wall as they were sliced in half or sent sailing away from his person .

...

" Oh " Rebecca's eyebrows rose , Seeing the militech forces following on the feed .

"Adies and gentlemen it appears militech has joined in the pursuit of the perp , Whats this... ist appears the police are rerouting away from the chase " And to her words , The police cruisers infront of them split away from the chase , Turning down and speeding in an entirely different direction.

...

He looked left as he ran , One of the AV's coming up to his side , It's bay doors open as the militech enhanced soldiers aimed their weapons at him.

The same happened on his right , The kill squad priming their weapons .

' Burst ' Time slowed around him once more , suddenly turning and pouncing into the AV's open bay .

' I know your secrets militech ' Sebastian growled , As the enhanced followed his leap with their eyes ' They've all got sandevistan '

They brought their weapons around to point at him .

' Unfortunately for you ... I'm faster ... overclock ' His back began to glow an angry red as he activated his sandevistans most powerful ability, His headache intensified tenfold as time all but crawled to a complete stop around him .

' I need to .. be quick ' Blood ran down his lip , moving forward as he swept his blade through the interior of the av , Beheading the enhanced militech soldiers before leaping to the opposite av and doing the same .

With both crews of the two AVs neutralised, He jumped down , The burning in his back now burning significantly worse to the point it was becoming degrading , He sought to stop the overclock , However before he did , He jumped up past the heigh of the third AV , Flipping upside down and pointing his sword down towards the ground.

' Cease ' The overclock ended , Immediately followed by the third av being sheered in half as the two now crewless avs fell to the ground , Swallowing up all three Av's up as they fell away onto the ground .

He landed with a huff , Coughing up copious amounts of blood , Falling to his right knee with a hand on his left.

He sighed , Letting out a deep breath before slowly dragging himself back to his feet .

Making his way to a toppled over bile he proceeded to steal and drive off on .

' I need to ... rest '

...

" He's enroute " The police chief said directly to their left , As the camera crew and reported looked down the road where they saw a bike slowly approaching the barricade of police cars and mobilised forces .

" This is galleon Jordan reporting here , Suspect inbound ... we can only hope that his relentless assault is halted here by the good men and woman of the NCPD " The news reported said at the back of the police formation , Bkue and red lights flashing all around .

" There's no way " Rebecca cried out in outrage as they got a clear view of the subject .

" Well shit " Maine slumped into his chair as the suspect on the feed stepped off of the bike.

" You think he's gonna get away " Dorio asked as she wrung her knuckles .

" Hm " Sasha responded uncertainly .

...

The stolen bike crawled to a stop , Chugging and sputtering as sebastian stepped away from the vehicle. Search lights zeroed in on him , Illuminating his black garbed form with blue white light .

Yet he ignored these in favour of looked at the bridge to japtown .

Six NCPD cruisers had blocked the road , With barricades fashioned infront of the vehicles for a more robust defence.

And infront of those barricades were the good and the corrupt, Standing shoulder to shoudler in their NCPD uniforms , Staring him down , Those who had answered the call to block the bridge had all come , off duty or not they were there, Shaking , Scared , But staring him down non the less.

One of the cops gulped as he simply pulled his sword from within the remainder of his robes , Gripping the hilt of the weapon with white knuckles.

' Incoming ' A voice in the back of his head alerted him , Making him turn to face his back , Where a screech was heard. The siren of maxtacs arrival blared , Announcing their presence for the first time of the night .

Two AVs flew and stopped a couple hundred metres away from him , Opening their bay doors to allow their occupants to jump down to the ground.

" LAY YOUR WEAPONS DOWN AND PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD " A voice cried from the NCPD forces .

He wasn't listening to them , Rather his eyes were scanning and identifying each and every individual in the Max tac forces , Before he turned his head and looked at the NCPD forces.

' Its too wide to jump over , And I can't just tear through them ' The red key brought up their information , Genuinely good people coming stand between him , And unstoppable object , And escape.

They had come , risking their heads , Their very lives , Their chance to go home to their families at the end of the day for the slight negligible chance they might be able to stop him .

' hm ' He smiled slightly at the sheer audacity ... and turned his back to them. .. ' Smug fuckers ..'

Even know the red key informed him of the terror every single one of then was going through even with his attention on Maxtac .

He wasn't as inclined to show mercy to maxtac , With every single atrocity layed before his eyes in a list .

" Melissa you're with me " A squad leader ordered , The woman at his side pulling out her mantis blades , The two other members of their team standing on either side of the two .

' Two full teams of recruited cyberpsychos ' He glared through his mask , Growling as he read further and further through the list of just what these people did before and have done during their tenure of the NCPD .

The other team came up beside the first, Making eight full maxtac members ready to gun him down at a moments notice.

' Key ... sync and remove neural limiters , I need maximum efficiency ' Like a haze being lifted , His mind became clearer than he had felt in some days . Thinking to the utmost capability he was able to. Rivalling and surpassing even the most powerful ais beyond the Blackwall . It was something terrifying , As his cyberdeck , Attuned to his brainwaves began to amp itself tens of times higher than it usually would .

' Just for a moment , I'll show everyone what true horrors a human mind is really capable of ' He held his hands aloft at his side before the view of all . A visible distortion beginning to eminate from around his helmet .

Small pebbles began to vibrate under his feet before floating from the ground , The man letting out a slow , Purposeful breath before opening his glowing orange eyes beneath the black lenses of his helmet .

" Let's start " He wrent his arms forward , .along a raking motion as he spread his arms apart , Hijacking the maxtac officers and forcing them to disperse away from eachother.

' Overheat ... shock. .. system reset ... ' He used a couple quickhacks , Sending them through all the maxtac at once as they all visibly shook , Lightning coursing over their cyberware .

' Confusion , System reset ... ' Their optics rebooted for the second time , And he took a step towards the officers , The police behind watching eith bated breaths as the maxtac officers each stumbled around in confusion , Sparks flaring around or outright catching fire.

' Contagion, Cripple movement ,malfunction,system collapse ,memory wipe ' He was forced to stop uploading the copious to the maxtac agents as a bullet lodged itself into his shoulder blade , Knocking him forward as he grit his teeth in pain.

Slowly , He turned his head to face the police blocade ... seeing the pistol of the chief of police aimed and having being the one to fire apon him.

' I had written them off as a threat ... my mistake ' He uploaded a weapons glitch into every officer before him , Their weapons glitching , Sparking before the officers were forced to drop their weapons .

' They were buying time ' And that was all they needed, As the head agent of maxtac had recovered, Rushing towards him with his assault ditched and tossed to the side , Mantis blades at the ready as he ran at sebastian .

' That won't work , Malfunction ' The man's mantis blades retracted against his will , But he was not to be detered as he rushed the still relaxing , He leapt into the air , Aiming a kick at Sebastian's cranium.

Like water flowing around a rock , Sebastian stepped around the kick , Sandevistan active as he hooked his armaround the man's abdomen , Grabbing the man's neck with a choke hold .

" HYA " He slammed downwards , Bringing the man's head down and into the co Crete below , Destroying the helmet he wore with a single movement.

" I CANT ACCESS HIS SYSTEMS " The maxtac netrunners bellowed one after another " Me neither "

He pointed his hands at them , Guiding the path of the red key into their neural ware where he had them knock eachother out , The two suffering nose bleeds from their burning neuralware.

" EAT SHIT FUCKER " The incensed Melissa Rory bellowed , Her maxtac helmet gleaming in the raid as she rushed him with nothing but her knuckles since her blades refused to open .

She met him alongside the assault member of the other team , Taking either side of him as they rushed forward , Sandevistans active in both .

...

" HOLY SHIT " The news reported couldn't help but exclaim as she and the rest of night city watched the monolith that attacked zetatech engage in furious blows with the two maxtac officers , Thunderclap ringing out whenever their knuckles struck the man's sword or open palm " Are we seeing this right "

" The fuckers still uploading viruses, Boss ,our guns aren't working " A police officer cried out , Simply Tossing his defunct weapon to the side as he paced left and right , Debating entering the fray with maxtac to take down the monster .

Before then the man danced around, Swinging his sword around, The knuckles of the largest maxtac operative Slamming into the side of his blade , Sending a visible ripple of air away from their collision.

" Down " The apparent maxtac captain yelled out , As he saw Sebastian bounced up , And corkscrewed through the air in a blur , Blade a simple glint of light faster than anyone around them could react to.

" ARGH " The three that hands dodged bellowed in anguish and pain , Having their arms seemed from their bodies by a single falling sweep by sebastains blade , As the man landed with a small hop before sweeping around and swiping directly into the chest plate of Melissa Rory.

" BLERUGH " Melissa erupted with blood bursting from his mouth , caking it at the ground as the full eight members of maxtac laid low by his feet .

He made to move, Having used up five of his six sandevistan bursts in the last engagement, His neck was burning , almost on fire as he reingaged the mental limiters , The distortion permeating his helmet fading away .

Blood slowly began to drip down his face , Lips Curling as he tasted the faint taste of iron , His own blood beginning to rise up like bile from the back of his throat.

" Raising his blade once more to end the threat of the maxtac agents , His distraction was enough that one particularly brave police officer was able to pulled form the blockade despite the furious yells of the captain , Clear the distance between them and the fallen maxtac agents and attack Sebastian.

" WELCOME TO NIGHT CITY BITCH " One river ward cried , Slamming into Sebastian's side , Dragging him away from the downed maxtac officer , Using all his physical might to move the black garbed monster slaughtering their forces .

Sebastian responded by slamming his right foot down , Cracking concrete below and lodging his foot into the ground , Stopping the forced movement from river.

" LEFT " River cried , Swinging a reinforced knuckle into bastions right pectoral , Making Sebastian cough and stumble to the side .

" RIGHT " Ward bellowed , Planting his opposite fist into Sebastian's sternum.

" Goodnight " Sebastian's voice came out a low synthetic drone , A heavily altered voice as he raised his helmet to stare directly into wards eyes.

The next moment rivers eyes rolled into the back of his head , Forced into the realm of unconsciousness by Sebastian's red key.

Silence reigned as river fell to the ground.

" Netrunner as well huh ... aren't you just a bag of tricks " The maxtac captain stated alloud , Rising to his feet as he checked melissa was alight , The lenses of his helmet zooming in and out as he regarded Sebastian in a curious gaze.

" unknown sandevistan .. unknown cyberdeck and netrunner capabilities beyond anything we've ever seen ... and that's just what we know , We can't even scan you " The officer spoke aloud , The surrounding NCPD officers making a large circle around them whilst another siren was heard not ten metres away , More maxtac arriving on the scene as they landed on their feet , Weapons already sparking and useless in their hands .

" I would advise you surrender now ... " The officer spoke calmly , Nodding towards the maxtac surrounding the perp , Pulling out swords and knives ready to engage .

' I need to get out of here ' He felt the blood running from his nose becoming particularly violent.

" Unforntunately I'll have to take a raincheck " Sebastian knelt down , The six isotope cores on his back opening up with a sinister glow under his robes.

' Core one at twenty percent capacity. READY ' The red key informed him, As he smirked under his mask .

" UNTIL NEXT TIME " Sebastian roared , Hand moving faster than they could react as he ripped one of the six cores from his back , Pulling it out and Hurling it up into the air .

Maxtac and the officers watched it ascent with weary eyes , following as sebastiaj raised his gun up to the core that had now reached a crescent of a hundred and fifty metres in the air .

" DROOOPPP " The maxtac officer yelled , Flinging himself to the ground as sebastian raised his weapon and fired at the core .

The buildings around shook , As glass melted in the following explosion. Every building within a kilometres had their windows explode thanks to the thunderclap that ripped tor the explosion.

And the explosion itself was a cloud of blue , Expanding momentarily , before compressing in on itself before finally rupturing and exploding outwards in all directions vioently .

It swallowed up everything in its path in fiery death , Swallowing up bridges and building alike .

It was miracle nobody died as the explosion failed to reach the ground and devour the Officers below .

But by the time they got up from the ground , The culprit had long since vanished with a burst of his recharged sandevistan.

" Spread out , I want him captured .... alive " The maxtac operative ordered ,, Wishing to recruit the man into the ranks of his forces.

....

Sebastian sighed , Walking along the rails of the tramlines under the bridge towards japtown , Humming in a low tone a

Without much worry as he covered his escape route and wiped any traces.

' I guess that's what I get for trampling on the corpos toes ' He laughed under his helmet before vanishing under a small buzz , Hus sandevistan carrying him across the bridge to japtown and away from the NCPD in one movement.

CHAPTER COMPLETE

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