The Nomad Outlaw

Chapter 13: Meeting With Maelstrom

Danny heard what V said about not taking her cookies, but he took them anyway. There was nothing else sweet in the cupboard. V wasn't mad. She took out her phone and saw that she had a message from Jackie.

-Hola V. You might not wanna hear this, but we have to steal a robot from Maelstrom to help with the heist. Meet me outside of All Foods in Northside.

V stared at her phone, trying not to cry.

'𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!'

"What's wrong?"

V ignored Danny. She didn't want to talk with anyone. Not right now at least.

-You know how much I hate Maelstrom! Is there any other way to do this?

-Unfortunately, no. But I'm gonna be with you this time. 'Sides, if we end up makin' a deal with 'em, no one'll have to get killed!

V didn't know anything about a deal. She had a lot of questions about this 'deal'. She wanted to know more about it.

-What deal?

-Dex said that him and one of the Maelstrom leaders, Brick, had a deal and that Dex already paid for it. Only problem is, the Maelsteomers don't know about the deal.

V turned off her phone and threw it at the couch. She hated Maelstrom. She didn't want to deal with them. She hated Dexter because he made her and Jackie get some stupid robot from them. She walked to the door while being mad at almost everything.

"You leavin' again? Where you off to this time?"

Danny didn't get an answer.

"Alright then, leave! More cookies for me then!"

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On the way to the parking lot, V went to the local weapon vendor, Wilson, to buy a new gun and stock up on ammo.

"I need the best gun you got."

"Well, I got the Fenrir submachine gun. That good enough?"

V managed to put on a little smile. A submachine gun was exactly what she was looking for.

"How much?"

"300 eddies."

Her expression changed from happy to shocked. She had never seen a submachine gun that was so expensive. If she bought it, she would only have 100 eddies left for ammo and air hypos. That wouldn't be enough. After thinking for a while, she decided to buy it.

"250 and I'll take it."

"Can't do that. It's a very rare submachine gun. It's also the best one on the market. The lowest price is 300."

'𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.'

She handed the eddies and Wilson gave her the gun. She was also surprised that it was already loaded.

'𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰!'

She left the store without saying goodbye and called the elevator. A few minutes passed, it didn't come.

'𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵.'

By the time she reached the parking lot, she was out of breath and nearly collapsed on the ground. She still managed to get out her keys and get in the car. Because she was so tired, she rested in the car for a few minutes, listening to Samurai. Jackie kept texting her but she didn't care. When she had rested enough, she left the building and started driving on the streets of Night City. They were busy as always.

When she reached Northside she could finally drive freely. Not many cars were there as it was mostly Arasaka and Maelstrom territory. It was the most dangerous part of Watson. No one dared to go there.

Jackie was waiting on his motorcycle looking at his phone with a worried expression on his face. V hadn't texted him back yet. When he saw V's car he put the biggest smile on his face.

"Thought you died, chica! Why didn't you look at my messages?"

"Long story short, I was too tired from walking down the stairs to look at them."

"Don't you have an elevator in your building?"

"Yeah but it's broken."

"Oh. Anyway, should we go in?"

"Let's go."

V locked her car and walked with Jackie to the entrance of the 'All Foods' factory. There was a doorbell. V rung the doorbell and an angry voice answered.

"What do you want?"

"Dex sent us. For the Flathead."

"I see. I'll open the door."

In a few seconds, the door opened. A man with a lot of chrome was standing there.

'𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬.'

"Come in. Name's DumDum by the way."

"Cool. You still have the Flathead?"

"Yep. It's right here."