In the background, Ryker and Yuurei are having a conversation. The little security bot is close to dying, and the sound that comes from it sounds slightly garbled and all around unhealthy.
....y-y-y-you s-s-s-shot m-m-m-m-me?
"No. I shot the robot you hacked, you dumb kid. You'll get yourself killed one day if you keep doing this shit."
I-i-im a p-p-part of d-d-dah I-i-internet.
"A part of the net? The hell you mean by that?"
I....i d-dont h-have a b-b-body outside o-of it.
"So you're like a ghost in the net? ...Did you ever have a body? And I doubt we've met, by the way. Most people I've known in the past are dead."
Yeah I-i guess I-i a-am and y-yeah I-i was p-probably c-connected then a-and I t-think t-the person I-i w-was c-connected to knew you..t-they c-could b-be d-dead?
"Possibly. But considering that you exist, he's (or rather, you're) alive in a way."
T-The h-hero n-n-never d-dies heh-hehehe
"Heh. Guess so."
....y-y-you k-know I-im n-not a b-bad hacker....i-i could h-help y-you g-guys....m-make y-yah h-have a h-heel f-face t-turn.
"While I doubt you'll manage that, feel free to try. Anyway, if you want in, I'm not the one to talk to."
T-That t-the guy with c-cyborg eyes?
"Yeah. I'm surprised you noticed, it took me a while to realize that thanks to his sunglasses."
T-Their hackable m-makes I-it easy f-for me t-to k-know y-you do have a p-phone?
Ryker holds out his phone. In seconds, the small securiy bot sputters for a moment and all of its light go off, a small trail of smoke coming out of its chassis. The screen of Ryker's phone lights up, and an animated image of a tiny knight waving a sword around walks onto the screen.
Meanwhile, Ken is having a conversation with the hammer thug, who still looks like he's about to die of stress induced heart attack.
"You really don't want to get involved with smugglers in these parts. Especially when the plane is late. Puts people in a real bad mood, one they are just itching to take out on somebody. Even the pilot would have probably murdered you all just because he was having a bad day."
He sighs and stand back up to his full height.
"I'm done with you, take your friend and leave. A hospital should save his life, and I'm sure he will get a Chinese aug cheap enough to live normally. Stay out of trouble, alright?"
A wave of relief washes over his face and he hurries over to his friend.
"Oh thank you, thank you! You'll never see us again, I promise! Come on, David, let's get you to a doctor."
Supporting his wounded friend, the two begin hightailing it to the gate.
Ken then goes to Sharp and the cyborg thug's corpse, rubbing his hand through his hair agitatedly.
"Sharp, that was completely unnecessary. Why did you do that? The threat was neutralized. He wasn't much a threat even when he was fully healthy anyway. We don't have to 'keep him quite' or anything. It would be the equivalent to covering up J-walking with murder."
"I wanted his parts, and that kid over there was trying to hack into my braincase. I suspected that the thug's braincase was much less secure than mine, and that kid doesn't look intimidated by us. He probably would have caused the thug to do a suicide lunge or something. Speaking of the kid, he's out of that robot over there."
"The kid stopped when the bot was shot. The thug lost a kneecap and cut himself up, hacked or not he wasn't a threat."
Ken fixes his sunglasses as Sharp starts messing with the cyborg thug's arm.
"And I am an arms dealer. You realize that include augs, correct? I had assumed that was the reason we where working together in the first place. You murdered a man for a used third-rate Chinese aug arm that a slum-rat could afford. I could have emptied my pocket and gotten you one ten times as good as this piece of junk."
As Sharp manages to disconnect the cyborg thug's arm at the shoulder and starts tugging on his optical augment, everyone notices a faint "YOoOOOooo" in the distance. They look over at the gate to see the two thugs walking away, when a rather scruffy looking homeless man runs up to them flying crane kicks them both on their ass. As the two thugs scramble in panic and start really running away, nearly tripping several times, the homeless guy does random martial arts like moves.
"Waaah, hua!"
He does a few jabs in the air and then does that typical kung fu like move where he pushes the air down in front of him.
"Ninjaaaaaaaa."
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