Cyberpunk 2077: Arasaka’s Adult Baby (For YkIh and CadianCommando)

[DumbDorkDweeb]

It was a particularly dark early morning in Night City, if it weren’t for the constant neon lights, street signs, traffic and crowded streets one may even call it gloomy. In one particular part of the city an intense heist was in progress. Konpeki Plaza, specifically Arasaka Tower was undeniably the most high-tech and heavily defended building in the entire city, anyone with the guts to attempt to break into such a place would definitely need the skills and experience to outclass almost anyone in the city. Unfortunately for the two of these individuals they weren’t exactly that. One of these criminals was Judy Alvarez, one of the most skilled and experience braindance editors in the city, frankly it didn’t quite apply to dangerous corporate espionage and heists as she was struggling to keep up with her partner and lover.

“Slow down you gonk!” She whisper-shouted as she attempted to run behind her, nowhere near as experienced in combat or stealth as her partner, her outfit was proof enough as she was dressed in her signature denim overalls and white crop top-bra, not exactly built for these activities. “When you brought up this job you said it would be easy!” She moaned, looking frustrated. They had successfully grabbed the relic they were here for, but things had quickly went downhill after that as the building entered a lockdown state, not even because they had been caught, it was just procedure to check it’s capabilities. This only got worse for the duo as soon alarms and sirens began to blare, and the muffled shouts of guards and soldiers got louder. “Crap.” Judy groaned, rubbing her temples.

[CadianCommando]

Isabella Mejias, or Izzy as her friends called her, sighed as she poked her head around the corner of the wall she was taking cover behind. What seemed like an entire platoon of armed guards raced down the hallway and got into firing positions. The mercenary glanced up towards a nearby stairwell, hoping to find it clear of security. Her hopes were quickly dashed as she saw another twelve guards make their way down the stairs.

"Well... shit," Isabella looked back at her girlfriend and offered her a weak smirk, "Yeah, when I said the job would be easy I meant for me."

A bullet interrupted Izzy and blew away a chunk of the wall she was hugging. Looking around, she made out where the bullet came from and fired off a quick burst from her Copperhead in response. She wasn't attempting to kill the shooter, just suppress them. Buy herself some time to think. However, time was a luxury she couldn't afford right now. The guards from down the hall were now advancing towards her and Judy. They had fifteen seconds, and that's if they were lucky.

[CadianCommando]

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[DumbDorkDweeb]

It seemed Isabella was correct as soon they were surrounded on all angles, heavy wielding Arasaka guards began to circle their position like sharks, having flanked them due to knowing the building much better than Isabella and her output, Judy attempted to lift up her power shotgun, named Mox, in preparation of a shootout. But upon seeing how severely outnumbered they were, as atleast thirty guards could be seen around them she dropped it before throwing her hands up in the air, elbowing her girlfriend and whispering in a hushed tone, “This ain’t worth dying over Izzy, we surrender!” She called loudly, her eyes were wide and she was so frightened she didn’t seem to realise a wet stain was spreading across the front of her denim overalls.

The sound of high heels clicking against the solid floor sounded behind the soldiers as a woman began to approach them, slipping her way through the wall of muscle towards the two caught girls, she was wearing a typical corporate fancy red velvet shirt and a simple black skirt, some square corporate glasses covering her eyes, she approached the two with a smug look that oozed confidence. “Put the gun down madam, you’re experienced enough to know you’ve lost.” She said, motioning to the Copperhead, “The way I see it you have two options, you either die fighting us, get thrown into a cell and never come out again, or… We can reach an agreement.” She suggested, to emphasise her point she got into a fighting stance as two bright red mantis blades that matched her shirt emerged from her arms, causing Judy to let out a small ‘eep’ in fear.

[CadianCommando]

The mercenary racked her brain and looked all over for something, anything, they could use to get out and escape. But there was nothing. All their exits were sealed and any sudden movements would guarantee that they died in a hail of bullets. Izzy reluctantly placed her Copperhead on the ground by her feet and slid it towards the woman. She looked over to Judy and let out a sad sigh. It was over.

"Fine. You win," Isabella admitted as she put her hands up, "You want to talk? Let's talk. What kind of agreement are we talking about here?"

[DumbDorkDweeb]

The woman walked over with a particularly large guard who grabbed and confiscated both girl’s weapons, much to Judy’s annoyance. “Follow me if you please?” She asked, although it was clearly an order, even if it wasn’t explicitly stated. Judy was quick to follow, as she walked she seemed to finally notice her embarrassing accident, causing her to blush. Luckily the dim red lighting kept it mostly hidden.

The woman lead them into what seemed to be a private office, however as soon as they entered two guards followed, blocking the only exit. “Allow me to introduce myself, you may call me Doctor Risman.” The businesswoman explained, in the process of withdrawing her blades. She gestured to a pair of seats in front of her desk. “Sit.” She ordered.

[CadianCommando]

Isabella sat down in the chair as she was ordered and crossed her arms. A quick look around the room revealed no potential escape routes, and without their weapons, Izzy knew they wouldn't last long in a fight. Especially with the doc's mantis blades. At this distance, Risman would tear them to ribbons in seconds. As loathe as she was to admit it, Isabella knew that they had no choice but to hear this corpo out.

She looked over to her girlfriend and frowned when she noticed the wet spot on her overalls. Izzy sighed and put that into the back of her mind. Focus on the situation at hand, poke fun at Judy later, she decided.

"So... why spare us?" Isabella finally spoke up, "I highly doubt that your bosses are going to be happy that you're letting the two mercenaries that just broke into your office live. What's your angle?"

[DumbDorkDweeb]

The woman pushed up her glasses and gave the merc a dispassionate, withering look, “What ‘the angle’ is, is that we need test subjects. We have new technologies and medicines far beyond that of anywhere else in the world, but not enough subjects to test and use them.” She explained, pausing to squint suspiciously at both girls, “So here is my proposal. You test out our technologies and follow some rules we have prepared for you in these contracts.” She explained, slamming down two heavy wads of paper in front of the two girls with an audible slamming sound, before continuing, “In return we’ll forget about this… Incident. Understand?” She asked with a continually infuriating smug look on her face, it was that if someone with all the power who knew all too well how much they possessed.

Just turned to look at her output with a nervous expression, “I don’t see much if a choice Izzy, it’s this, death or jail time.” She mumbled, evidently not exactly at her best.

[CadianCommando]

"Fuck. You're right," Izzy agreed as she reached for a pen, "We'll sign your goddamn contracts. But you better fucking believe that we're going to be the biggest pains in your ass while we test out this stuff."

Isabella quickly began to sign on the many dotted lines spread out throughout the mountain of paperwork before her with pen in hand. What she did not do was read a single word of the contract. All she cared about right now was ensuring that she and Judy lived to see the sunrise. Besides, they'd been running jobs in Night City for the past two years together. Compared to some of their other blunders, this was a welcome change of pace.

[DumbDorkDweeb]

Risman just chuckled darkly, obviously knowing something they didn’t, “Good luck with that.” She retorted with her constant smug look likely making both girls want to reach over and punch her right then and there.

Judy huffed at the vagueness she witnessed but quickly followed in Isabella’s footsteps, finding each line and signing her name without second thought. She swore she saw something about babies on one of the contract pages and rolled her eyes, assuming in typical corporate fashion there would be special clauses that would take effect one of them got pregnant while under the contract, likely signing away their leave and assigning their baby to a life of working under Arasaka. “Alright corpo, we’re done, now what do we do, what are we testing?” The BD editor asked, assuming she would be popping some pills and leaving, maybe with an extra finger in the morning.

Isabella nodded to each guard, “Prepare the doctors.” She said, before each girl was suddenly grabbed from behind, quickly having handcuffs placed on them and dragged outside, “Oh, and take the small… Smaller one to the more advanced clinic.” She said, pointing to Judy, who was clearly panicking, “Izzy!” She called, looking to her partner as she was dragged in the opposite direction.