Columbia, City of Ironforge
Armatek main headquarters
The Manager's mansion
Silence fell as the three of them sat in the living room, although there was still the lingering side eye glance from Lee and Franziska. Hera, flustered by the sudden bold move Lee made to protect himself, yelled at the two of them to stand down as a sniper unit nearly fired a kill shot on Lee. They both complied in the end.
“*sigh*, let's start over shall we?” Hera pinched the bridge of her nose and inhaled deeply, before exhaling as her body and mind relaxed.
“As I said, I'm the manager of Armatek. I'd like to formally apologize for the illegal kidnapping, property damage and bodily harm we did upon you and your friend. All of the hospital bills on yours and Jane's treatment are all good now. Also a construction team is already en route to County Hillock to repair and refurbish your damaged bakeshop, and you needn't pay.”
Hera explained as she fiddled on the holographic screen on the table, and Lee saw that she transferred a...ton of money from her bank account to the treasury department. In his eyes, he hasn't seen that much zeros in currency in here before, but he assumed it was around a million-something Columbian dollars.
“And I want to apologize on behalf of my trusted friend here...” She held an open palm towards the horned Sarkaz lady with a sheepish smile, before resuming her task.
“Franziska has been with Armatek ever since we were just a simple mercenary contracting firm. I basically consider her as my twin sister now, so sorry for her rough treatment.”
Lee glanced at Franziska, who had her eyes closed as she rested her back comfortably on the soft couch. The expression Hera wore seemed genuine enough to believe, which made him give them the benefit of the doubt.
“Is she your bodyguard? I don't see any guards or even butlers inside the place.” Lee said while looking around, hoping to spot any signs of life other than them.
“She's a field agent, and she just protects me unconditionally.” Hera responded with a hearty chuckle.
Lee just nodded slowly as he watched The Manager fiddle with whatever she was doing on the holographic screen. There was no doubt in his mind that this Franziska gal wasn't your normal, run-on-the-mill person.
She had the look of a killer, and an aura of authority surrounding her. She reminded him of those constructs in the Purifying Force, whose job was to deal with rogue and infected constructs back in Earth.
As he did a bombastic side eye towards Franziska, he noticed something that piqued his interest. He eyed the revolver-like pistol on the Sarkaz's underarm holster, since she removed her knee-length coat after the heated standoff.
“Curious about it?” Franziska asked suddenly and opened an eye. How she knew that he was eyeing her gun, he'll never know.
“It's a heavy caliber pistol. Though I prefer swords, I still like my guns big.” She took it out of her underarm holster and handed it to him, very slowly and carefully. Lee got the hint and handled it very safely, akin to a father holding his newborn child for the first time in his arms.
“Heh...it feels very light though?” Lee said with an audible astonishment present in his voice, expecting that the gun would have a bit of weight in it. The entire gun is made from carbon fiber and lightweight steel so it didn't feel like he was holding a weighted dumbbell.
"How big of a caliber is this?" Lee asked, taking one of the bullets in the revolving chamber and examining it. It was a long time since he's fired guns with conventional bullets before, as Babylonia fielded and equiped constructs with plasma based weaponry.
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ODYSSEY (Punishing: Gray Raven X Arknights X OC Characters)
Fanfiction[] Constructs. Dispensable cannon fodders for humanity to use against the Punishing Virus. Tools to counter the virulent corrupted machines and mechanoids left to wander the desolate wasteland of a planet called Earth. The decades long war against...
