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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
Peringkat tidak cukup
60 Chs

The Opening

In the pile of mechanic rubble, a truck was approaching this specific rubble, and two workers exited the truck and dragged a body of a teenager. They dragged the body and buried it under the mechanic rubble. The workers were disgruntled and were pissed off when they received a phone call from their boss.

"You're at the sight?" the boss asked, one replied, "yeah, we're getting rid of the body, as per your request…" the boss smiled mischievously, "Good! When you're finished, I need some muscles with what I have planned next, hanging up." the worker pulled the middle finger after the boss hung up. "Piece of shit! He thinks we're machines! Man, I hate doing this job!" The worker kicked the body and the rubble off a ledge, the sounds of the worker fade as the body falls on top of another body but mostly decomposed bones.

The bone was holding onto something that was a cube and when it came close to the currently deceased body. bright blue energy came surging out of the cube and into the body that had been implanted with multiple mechanic parts. The hand of the body began to move slowly, the worker watched from above and was amazed by what he was witnessing. He pointed it out to his co-worker who didn't believe him. "Watch! I'll get proof." The worker jumped down from a high ledge but his legs transformed into hover shoes that allowed him to land safely on the ground.

He approached the body to get a closer look but the hand grabbed him by the neck. "(roars) Where am I?!" said the anonymous body in a husky voice. It frightened the worker so that he attempted to escape but tripped and his face pierced into a giant shrapnel.

The undead corpse tried to stand up but its legs were shut down, its only choice was to drag its body. He could hear a truck approaching, and he fell to the ground, pretending to be dead. "Hello? Yo T? are You around? Okay, this isn't funny anymore! What the fuck?" The remaining worker walked towards the corpse and poked it. He stood up and saw blood on his shoes, he slowly turned his head and saw his co-worker with his head in two. "What the fuck?" the worker was traumatized by what he saw and ran back into the truck, not knowing that the corpse beside him had entered the truck, with reasons unknown on how this was possible.

The corpse looked at itself in a mirror that he conveniently found. It saw its fractured bullet hole in its eye. It looked at its hands and saw how it looked cheap.

"Where am I?" said the corpse to themselves in the mirror. The truck stopped and the traumatized worker exit the truck with fear. The corpse watched from the window as the worker was talking with an obese man and a heavily armoured soldier. "What's wrong with you?" the obese man said, "n-nothing! So what you got for me?" the obese man looked at the truck and instructed the heavily armoured soldier to inspect the truck. "You're trembling..." the worker looked at their legs and saw they were shaking nonstop. "And so they are... Ignore them! What's the fucking job?!" said the worker in an aggressive tone. "Sir, you might want to see this..." the obese man walked to where the soldier was and she showed the obese man bag full of cash, the worker snatched the cash, "you know what? Fuck the job! If you're willing to waste my time then... I quit!" the worker speed walked, he screamed in agony as his left foot was shot.

"tch, tch, tch! Oh, my friend, it doesn't work like that! When you work for me, I say who gets to quit... And that bag full of cash (whistles) that's a shitload to have, it's a shame you don't know what to be doing... I'll tell you what... You hand me the cash and ill let you walk... Or crawl away (laughs)... What do you say?" The worker clenched the bag while the corpse crawled away undetected. They found somewhere to hide while they watched the worker being killed by the obese man. The corpse's leg started to work and they tried to stand up but it was difficult. Civilians walked past the man, mistaking him for a homeless man. Then, a woman ran up to the corpse as if the corpse knew who she was. "Come, my friend, let's get you away from here." She helped him up and into her car, and she drove off while looking at the obese man. "H-Help... Me!" the woman told the corpse to calm down and save his strength, "don't waste your strength, Ted."

Ted closed his eyes and everything faded to black, he woke up in a doctor's office where he was being surgically repaired. He groaned and stood up, he looked at his surroundings, "ah, you're awake!" Ted tried to move but the doctor told him to calm down, "where am I?