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Vigilant Myst (Archived)

Cyberpunk-Based This is a story about a mercenary who has no understanding of how he ended up in the dumpsters, with a little help and guidance by his mercenary friends, Mayne and Bolt. This mercenary has no purpose neither no mission relating to understanding his past. All that matters is that he makes a name for himself in the futuristic city of Nomalan. Throughout his life, he makes allies, makes enemies and pisses off the higher ups with what he does. Actions that oddly sound familiar to a former vigilante. This story takes place in the UNDERDOGS universe.

MrRejex · Sci-fi
Not enough ratings
60 Chs

Optimal and Silver 2

"Knowing the ones I gave you guys, let's hope these don't try to kill you." Mayne could tell by Ted's tone that he still felt responsible for what happened at the small bar "Cheer up Ted." Mayne said to Ted "Yes, the gear you gave us was... Life-threatening but at least we're still alive." Ted asked Mayne about 'leaving the city' and Mayne responded "You are correct that we can not stay here but we always have a choice to stay here and find that twisted car." Mayne and Ted both heard explosions coming from outside the room "Come on, let's go." Ted followed behind Mayne as they went to check on what caused the explosion and they weren't surprised about who caused it "This gear is epic!" Bolt was messing about with his cyber ware and that's when he realized something about the gear they had "This gear is the same one that I found but these are more advanced than the original... Who are you guys?" The large man approached Ted with a lozenge and it showed the cyber ware that they are currently installed with. "We are what you call 'aliens' and we were sent here to find a convict that resides in your city called 'Normalan' you may say that aliens do not exist, well, you'll be right." Bolt scratched his head in confusion as to what the large was exemplifying "what I am exemplifying is that we do not call ourselves aliens and neither do we require that title as all of us have special names in our way." Bolt asked what they should call them "Oh please, we must not speak of our species but I am willing to give you our names, I am Vex and my partner there is Vetra and we hope to get to know you more... But that is not of importance as we must find this convict immediately and he has 'dealt damage to your city' as some of you say on your planet." Vex lead Mayne, Bolt and Ted to a cockpit and they were surprised by how their technology was similar to theirs. Ted looked at his cyber ware and noticed that he was implanted with new ones and he asked Vex why he had different cyber ware unlike Mayne and Bolt "I'm sorry, I'm afraid that is not of importance but maybe in the future that we will show you what you can do but for now..." Vex handed Ted a manual for one cyber ware relating to his arm "We have equipped you with the 'Neuromancer Mark 1.5 Blades' and status includes:

5% critical damage

2% movement

10% extra damage

And when used, it leaves a large trail of Betrix energy that corrupts 'the attacked' system, rendering it temporarily stay inactive for 10 seconds." Vex apologized if the status was not as high as Ted wished it to be "Due to it only being in development for ten years, we have yet to find the right components for us to enhance it." Ted didn't see this as a problem and hoped that this blade will prove helpful. "Yes... Anyway, I will be sending you three back in the meantime for you to test your cyber ware. And you might need this tracker." Vex handed the tracker to Bolt and said how "It will help you find the convict till we meet again." Vex pressed a button and the trio was back in the streets, unknown how they returned at a quickening pace. "How about we go home." Bolt suggested, "We can't you idiot." Mayne shouted at Bolt "Mayne's right, since the Bunker's destroyed, we have nowhere to go." Mayne Ted and Bolt walked inside the Junstrek Cafe and took a seat, Ted noticed that Melanie wasn't at work today. "I heard the news about your girlfriend almost ..." Mayne hit Bolt in the head.