id: 139
name: [Placeholder name] Cyberpunk Elf Prologue first draft
author: illuminascii
date: 23rd December 2020
text len: 7685
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The car came to a sudden stop jolting her back to focus the lights of the city far behind her. Looking up into the darkness her eye optics quickly adjusting to the dark and spotting her target a dimly light “abandoned” apartment complex far down the road. Adjusting her focus and zooming in she spotted a single van the same one her targets had left in this morning. Reaching into her jacket she gripped the handgun resting in its holster and quickly pulling the weapon free feeling the polymer with her cybernetic hand and with her free hand reaching back into her jacket she pulled out a magazine and slid it into the gun quickly pulling back the slide and chambered a round with a satisfying click. Pulling up her messages on her heads up display her thoughts transcribed immediately “And your sure it was only five orcs?” she waited only a moment for a reply “Yep I saw five on the camera when they left the warehouse earlier” closing the messaging app she opened the door and stepped out of the car.

 Stepping out into the night air the first thing she noticed was the lack of the usual city smells and sounds she dwelt on it only for a moment till she quietly closed the car door and set off down the road to her target. As she approached the old worn down building she could hear the loud thumping music “the trash that passes for Orc music at least” she thought to herself walking around to the back of the building the dry dead grass crunching slightly under her feet making her cringe every step. Approaching the back steps she brought her gun close and silently moved up the steps once at the top she brought her ear to the door listening for anything that sounded like people. As hard as it was to hear over the music it sounded like the room was empty so she grabbed the nob and slowly turned it till the unlocked door opened a crack and softly she pushed the door open all the way gun at the ready. Peaking past the half-open door she found herself in a rundown disused kitchen creeping across the cracked tile floor the music becoming louder every step. Hugging the wall on the other side of the kitchen she could feel the vibration the music was giving off moving along the wall to the door quickly she peaked into the hall seeing a door further down on the left and past that stairs leading up two the second floor and across from the stairs a large opening on the right just after the front door. She turned the rest of her body into the hall and moved along it stopping at the door on the left from inside she could hear moaning it sounded like two people she contemplated kicking the door in for a moment but decided against it she needed to know what was further down. Moving again to what she could only assume was the living room she stopped just outside the door frame over the music she could make out two voices going back and forth. It was hard to make out what the voices were saying but there where definitely two of them “so four on this floor” she thought to herself as she clicked the safety off her gun and rounded the corner other than the two Orcs she saw the ratty couches and an old table and crates of weapons the same ones they had taken from the warehouse this morning scattered around the room.  Standing up at the table in the middle of the room was an Orc he was looking into one of the crates resting on the table. The Orc turned seeing movement out of the corner of his eye his expression quickly becoming one of shock as he saw the half-elf women standing there gun at the ready he made for his own gun but it was too late as she squeezed off two rounds both finding him in the chest sending him to the floor in a heap. The other Orc was laying back on the couch he looked shocked at the gunshots and quickly he tried getting up but she was quicker bringing the gun to bear on him firing another two rounds one hitting him in the chest and the other just below his neck glancing around quickly she saw the door behind her fly open and a nude orc with a shotgun stepped into the hall he saw her and turned the gun her way. Not wanting to give him the chance she dived into the living room a chunk of the wall she had been using for cover exploded showering the room in splinters and dust not wasting the opportunity she let out as loud of a death scream as she could hoping the Orc would think he got her “Ha got you ya knife eared bitch” he said triumphantly walking into the room shotgun at his side his eyes two late seeing her propped up against the wall before she pulled the trigger sending a round into his forehead and blowing the back of his skull out coating the wall behind him red. Getting back on her feet and ejecting the magazine before sliding in a fresh one as she made her way back into the hall suddenly there was running from above her. She turned her gun to the stairs and at that moment an Orc woman appeared at the top step a submachine gun in her hands as quickly as she could she pulled the trigger the round hitting the Orc women in the hip and sending her tumbling down the stairs with a heavy thud she slammed into the floor submachine gun sliding across the floor. The Orc looked over at her “fuck you” was all she had time to say before the bullet when through her eye and out the back of her head. Turning her attention back to the room the naked Orc had come out of she walked back down the hall coming to a stop at the door she peeked in seeing another Orc women trying to pull her pants on with one hand pistol in the other and holding back her laughter she brought her gun up and fired twice more dropping the Orc like a rock.

Walking up the stairs she found herself on the equally run down and shitty second floor looking down the hall she spotted two doors one on the right and the other straight ahead. The door straight ahead of her was open a crack and slowly she started to walk towards it hugging the wall as she did. 
Just as she was about to kick the door open the door on the wall she was hugging floor open hitting her hard in the back sending her to the floor and sending her fun clattering down next to her. She barely had a moment to react before she felt a fist connect with her side the force knocking her over onto her back looking up she saw an Orc standing above her ready to bring his foot down on her face acting quickly she put her hand in front of her face her augmented arm absorbing the force with little effort before she swung her other arm out at his leg the force from the blow far beyond anything an unaugmented person could take and the leg gave way with a sickening crack sending him tumbling down on top of her. As he fell she grabbed her discarded handgun and brought it to his face “WE ELSE IS IN THE HOUSE TELL ME NOW YOU GREEN FUCK OR I'LL BLOW YOUR FUCKING BRAINS OUT” She screamed hatred obvious in her voice “N-NO ONE ELSE I SWEAR” said the Orc his teeth-gritting through the pain of a broken leg “good” she said before firing a round into his head. Getting back on her feet she took a moment to catch her breath before heading back downstairs. Stepping into the living room she walked over to the still blaring boom box and quickly hit the off button “Can finely hear myself think” she said out loud before bringing up her messages again “There were six” she sent annoyed “Uh that one must have been there already” said the reply “ya ya whatever your still in trouble when I get back oh and let the client know the jobs done” closing the app she made a quick exit out the back door and headed down the road to her car seeing one new message as she stepped into the driver's seat “Oh and by the way good job Šárka” she smiled and replied “I'll be home soon luv u”