Without warning, four heavy backpacked men came bursting into the room via the wall. They were wearing overalls and wielding a liquid projector, and a vacuum gun each. They immediately took a look at the frozen Vitriol and Malice. They decided they weren't frozen enough.
"Freeze!" One of them said to the pair as he blasted a stream of liquid nitrogen at them. He then got the vacuum/projector gun and smashed them into a more manageable size as though he was wielding a club. After that, they proceeded to clean up what was left with the vacuums.
Then, as suddenly as they appeared, they left.
"They ain't 'fraid of no goo, are they?" Luca inquired to Mr. Smith as the sounds of car doors rapidly opening and closing could be heard, followed by a car driving off somewhere.
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Back at the Big Bird, Anna was sitting on the loading ramp idly, sharing stories with Jimmy.
"...so you mean you managed to revive who'd died ten minutes ago without a defib?" Jim seemed incredulous to her stories.
"Miracles do happen, it just takes lots of skill, good timing, and luck," Anna didn't seem too plussed about the whole incident, "Lots of luck and-- what is that?" She nodded towards a saloon-shaped car that'd driven through security with impunity and was heading towards the Big Bird.
It came to a stop and the four men from before came tumbling out. Two of them had what appeared to be over-sized and over-technologied beer kegs in their hands.
"We think you should hang onto this," One of them mentioned, "Don't open it, or drink it!"
"So what do we do with them?" Jimmy inquired as he was given one of the kegs and nearly crushed by the weight.
"Put it in storage, and hope to god that it doesn't escape," Another one of them said.
"What doesn't?" Anna was getting slightly frustrated by this.
"THE MONSTER," A third one said, wiggling his fingers and proceeding to whistle ominously.
Anna gave him a questioning look. That's when the fourth guy raised his hand.
"Just don't open them, alright?" He said, "We bid you good day!" They then proceeded to tumble back into their vehicle, and drive off, just as mysteriously as they'd came.
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Back at the Factory, Luca had gotten a phone call from Anna demanding what the hell was just dropped in her lap.
"Whatever you do, don't open it," Luca said, "I'll explain later. By the way, have you heard from Dad?"
"Well..." Anna groaned.
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"So," Sebastian said, "My wife has told me that she has had a pair of mysterious barrels dropped into her lap," He leaned in, "You wouldn't happen to have anything to do with it, would you?"
"Not me personally, but it does sound like one of the special OriSec teams..." Aerin mused, checking into logs via the Station's AI and noting that their files had been encrypted with a code few could crack- but she could see all here "Ah, yes, it's that crew, Good to see they had something to do for once. Those are smallish Antimatter containers, so they should be able to keep whatever's inside them isolated as long as you don't open them." Arein answered, seeming quite satisfied.
John leaned his head in from behind Sebastian and inquired, "Great. I wish we could collect commemorative plates instead," He adjusted his sunglasses bitterly before clearing his throat, "Anyway, we'll take this ship."
Sebastian nodded in approval, "I've got Luca's bank account details, so we can do the transaction when you're ready."
"Well, To be honest, I'm always ready, but that's another story." Aerin grinned, turning to properly face the older man, handing over a small datapad-like device, "Just enter the details in here, and we'll handle the transfer on this end, so long as you agree to all the terms and conditions."
John's eyebrow cocked with what could've been an audible 'twang' noise at her previous statement.
Sebastian skimmed the document and mumbled a little as he did, making sure to read the fine print, "mmhhmm, uh huh, yup," He nodded, noting that it would have a quick retrofit to get the hangar in, as requested. Satisfied with the terms and willing to wait a day, he pulled out a pen and wrote his signature on the datapad without thinking.
He then blinked incredulously, "Whoops," However, his signature was still valid and the transaction was still made. He wiped the ink from the screen with his sleeve and handed it back to Aerin.
"Aaand, the 160K has been transferred to Origin, So everything is set. We'll start work immediately, so you won't have to wait too long. I would also suggest figuring out who goes where, unless you're going to do that yourself, there's plenty of room on board." She wiped a couple missed splotches of Ink off the creen, and pocketed the device, smiling. "I usually don't handle sales, you know, but this isn't too hard, now that I've done it."
Sebastian smiled, "Oh, we sort it out between ourselves," He snickered.
"Dibs on turning the pilot's chair into a recliner," John chuckled. That's when Sebastian's communicator started ringing. He answered.
"Hello? Oh, Son!" He paused for a moment, "Yes we've made the purchase. What? ... Hrm. Well, we have to stay here for a day anyway. ... What do you mean we can't stay?"
"I have the feeling something else is going to pounce on us, but maybe they'll back off after we dealt with Vits and Mally," Back on Luca's end of the line, he was having a three-way conversation.
Aerin could overhear this last sentence: "Oh, by the way, you wouldn't happen to know how to get a hovercar that's stuck in neutral thirty metres in the air back down, do you?"
"...what??" Sebastian mumbled as he passed the phone to Aerin.
Aerin grinned as she took the communicator, and spoke to Luca, not upset at all "Just ask it to." was all she said- the hovercar was computer controlled and had been reprogrammed to respond to Luca when Aerin had handed it over- not to mention it was connected to the Station's AI, which could do the job as well.
"Oh...kay," Luca said as he took his ear away from the phone and took a walk back to where he'd come in at the Testing range. He peered through the first and second holes in the ceiling and hoped that Aerin would overlook the collateral damage, "OI, GET DOWN HERE!"
He requested to the Hovercar, which beeped and responded by hovering down to the roof of the factory quietly, "Anyhoo, is there anything else you'd like us to do? I think we've all safely concluded that your weapons and armour are in excellent nick."
"Well, Unless you plan on purchasing them, most of those armors were loaners, and we'd like them back. As for the weapons, Our representative should be able to tell you more. I believe Smith is there with you?" Aerin answered over the phone, checking records and what little recordings of the battle as she could find.
Luca took a look at Mr Smith, "Well?" he asked.
Matthew, yes, Matthew. Not Mr. Smith for the moment, was nursing his rapidly swelling hand. The recoil compensator built into the 17mm handgun wasn't meant to react to such a quick series of shots. 'That's the last time I shoot from the hip like that with the HUD. he thought to himself.
By the time Luca had turned to him, he already pulled a cold drink out of the rec-room's refrigerator and pressed it against his hand. He was just starting to look shabby and tired, human, but instantly perked up again, all business once more. "Ah, would you like to purchase the same loadout you have here? We wouldn't give you these used ones of course."
The HUD on his glasses finally flickered and died, quickly replaced by the one he had in his implants. Mr. Smith followed it's marker, and looked up Panther. "And would you be interested in a custom variant of the Impulse after seeing your teammates' performance? Perhaps Zesuaium swords or knives?"
After all this, he still planned to get them to buy as much as he could. He tightened his tie back up again from its loosened state.