He did not look like he wanted to just let us go talk to enemy factions. He narrowed his eyes at me. "You already have your assignment. We want to test this mini-EMP of yours. That's why I'm here." he stated firmly. That was true. We would need to find those syndicate androids or Electric Clan members wandering about. As we were all walking, things got a bit hectic. We saw a kidnapping in broad daylight. It was not a cyborg being taken. They were either scrappers or reprogrammers that got the wrong target here, or this was something else entirely. I did not care enough to chase them down to check it out. Brett saw it as a way to beat the boredom and actually get something done. I rolled my eyes as he chased after the red van. 11-002 looked and Paul and I. "Aren't you going to help him!?" he asked. I shrugged my shoulders. "He is alright. Joining in would be overkill." Paul said to him. I had to agree. "Brett is pretty strong. He can handle it on his own." 11-002 did not believe us until he saw it. He was able to save the victim like we told him we would. 11-002 looked very surprised.
Our rescue of the young woman was undeniably a good deed. She was extremely thankful for what Brett did for her. Brett smiled and got her number. Obviously so he could come to her rescue again if she ever was in any trouble. She blushed slightly and gave him her number. He asked her why she might have been attacked by these thugs. I thought that might have been going a bit too far. Victim blaming was not a nice thing to do. She just bit her bottom lip and looked down. "I think I might know why that is..." she trailed off. That actually surprised me. I moved closer to hear what she had to say. 11-002 and Paul also closed in. She told us that her brother was a very small time drug dealer. At some point, he had pissed off a few syndicate guys with a really bad deal. You did not fuck with them and get away with it. Taking his sister and doing... whatever they wanted would be their idea of revenge. I could tell from the fact that we got some heat from Phobia. Brett said "You'd better get your brother back and beat some sense into him. This is not a game anymore." She nodded her head.
I sighed and looked around for anything else. A black armored sedan with blacked out windows pulled up. That was when a Phobia mini-boss showed up. We were all a target for elimination from their syndicate now. We had dealt with them before. Paul smirked as he pulled out his guns. Brett did as well. The mini-boss looked at us and it was a tense standoff. "So you got some muscle to protect you. That is not going to help you sweetie. You are coming with me and all of them are dead." he said. He then pulled out a gun and began shooting at us. We obliterated him on the spot. He was a human, so there was no point in pulling out the mini-EMP. The young woman went back inside her house. She was going to call her brother to come pick her up. If it was possible, they could bunker down together somewhere. This was not the time for a careless outing. For them, to be out in the open was now an extremely dangerous gamble. It was time for us to move on. We all had other things to do. 11-002 was not going to leave us alone until we used the mini-EMP on somebody. It was annoying.
