Friday Pt 12

While they're distracted the woman frisking and inspecting her whispers, "Bumblebee," and winks.

Yang tries not to react at the mention of her old bikes name and her and Blake's combo attack. It could be a trick bit she sees her new owner take the bag and set it down on the floor and shake Dr Gel's hand while a familiar looking furry butt wiggles into the open bag to hide. She dares to start to have a glimmer of hope.

"Would you consider staying a while and enjoying the festivities?" Dr Gel asks.

The Masked Man shakes his head. "I'm afraid not this time, Doctor. Pressing business."

"I understand," Dr Gel says.

The Masked Man looks at Miss Kitty and she nods to him. "Then if you'll excuse us."

They Miss Kitty takes the bag and Yang's arm and they make their exit. "Who-"

"Not until we escape," Miss Kitty whispered.

The Masked Man nods. "This isn't over. Not by a Longshot. Friday can you engage and stand by with Silver someplace away from the vicinity? We'll rendezvous once we lose any pursuers. No. No casualties. Not the time or place. Evasion and escape."

The exit the Pit Yang swallowing, then letting out a breath as her collar doesn't stop her or raise a noticeable alarm. "I'm really free of that place?"

Miss Kitty nods saying, "You are, Yang. We're taking you someplace safe too!" She glanced at her new owner who nods and adds, "but we're not free of the underground yet. I guarantee they're following us, ladies. Did you find the source?"

She nods. "According to Friday It's something in her arm."

Yang blinks. "What are you talking about?"

The Masked Man pulls out a small multitool and tosses it to her leading them down an alley. "Friday, a little cover for a moment please? OK, that should jam things for a moment. Tell her who you are and try to deal with it while I keep them distracted." He reaches into the bag pulling out Wonder Zwei. "Come on partner. Let's buy the ladies a few moments!"

Wonder Zwei barks and followed the Masked Man while the Faunus lady took off her mask.

"Blake?!" Yang instantly recognized her friend and Blake hugged her tightly.

"Yang!" Blake said. "Are you alright?"

Yang wiped her eyes. "I am now! What's going on?"

Blake shook her head. "Not much time to explain. Walt and Zwei are buying us time. We've gathered some of the others together. Walt's a friend and has made it his mission to help us. We've got a good safe home. But they're tracking us through your arm. We need to either neutralize it or we'll have to abandon it."

Yang blinked but then nodded taking it off. "It's been buggy since my last battle when a super person beat me and trashed it."

Blake took it and went to put the mask back on but stopped. She reached in and pulled out a pair of glasses first.

"Since when have you needed glasses?" Yang asked. "Too many late nights reading your special books?"

Blake shook her head. "Friday. Request to Walter for new user access?" She nodded and her ears twitched as if listening then handed the glasses to Yang. "Put these on and say your name to begin the registration process." Blake puts the mask back on and starts looking at Yang's detached cyber prosthesis, opening access panels and ports.

Yang looks at the glasses. "These are yours? But they're not even cats eye frames!"

Blake rolls her eyes. "Just do it, Yang! We've got work to do... of all the times for you and your jokes... it's definitely you!"

Yang shrugs and puts the glasses on grinning. "That's how you know it's the real Yang Xiao Long- whoa!" There's a bright light then.

(("One moment for registration please... It's a pleasure to make your aquintance Yang Xiao Long. I am Friday."))

Yang starts looking around as the Friday system boots up and begins showing her data on things. "Magic glasses lady?" Blake actually snorts. "Now that was funny! She's not magic. She's an AI. Artifical Intelligence. Think Penny without a body but living inside computers as data. She's also a friend. She can assist you using the glasses. She's also built into our masks."

(("Thank you, Blake. That's a good rudimentary explanation and I consider you a friend as well. I belive what we're looking for is underneath that piece you're looking at right now."))

The glasses start showing them a visual diagnostic representation of Yangs arm marking an area for search. It also shows a video of Walter and Zwei dispatching foes and a little mini map surrounded with dots closing in on a central spot and winking out.

"Whoa... ok, this is pretty cool!" Yang says. "But that's a lot of goons! Blake hurry up and get that thing out of my arm!"

Blake flattened her ears. "I'm trying, Yang. This isn't exactly my Forte you know..."

Yang nodded. "I know. Sorry. Here give me the tool and hold the arm steady... and I'll give you another hand!" She grins.

Blake groans but nodded and handed it over. "It looks like it's under that piece there so it's hard to get too..."

Yang nodded seeing what the problem is. "Yup. This bit is definitely in the way. Hmmm..." she shrugged. "Well there's no time to do it nicely!" She reaches in with the tool and roughly yanks the part out.

Blake sighed. "I was trying NOT to do that, Yang."

Yang shrugged. "It was taking too long. It's my arm so if I bust it, no big deal. Plus it's not near as important as... hmmmm..." she sticks her tongue in the corner of her mouth as she pulls out a chip. "Is this it?"

(("That is the source of the tracking signal and potentially other problems. Please dispose of it immediately, Ms Xiao Long."))

Yang grins, "Call me Yang, Friday," and immediately hops up and crushes it under her heel. "So long, suckers!"

Walt dumped the **** man into the dumpster ontop of his companion. "You fellas just sleep it off in there."

He looked over to see Zwei lifting his leg and peeing on the **** one he'd tripped into falling down the stairs. "I see you got yours taken care of."

"Bark," Zwei stated having finished his business.

Walt grinned. "Come on. Let's grab Silver from where Friday stashed it and rendezvous with the ladies."

It didn't take them long at all and having reached the SUV Walt took the opportunity to arm himself a bit better. Which it turns out was the right move as...

(("Incoming target detected heading for the ladies direct location at high speed."))

Walt looked at the information then grabbed his harness and a carbine rifle and closed the door. "I don't like the look of this one. Friday take Zwei in Silver to the ladies and I'll run interference and try to slow them down."

He used the 3SIODM gear to assend quickly to the top of a building. He started moving on an intercept course.

(("Boss, orders for teams?"))

"Alpha Team is to cover the ladies. Bravo team cover me. Charlie prepare our escape route if necessary." He saw the flying figure and pulled out the rifle and fired. Sparks flew out of the mechanical boot propulsion and the target, a woman with a black and white monochrome dress and silver hair and face plate stopped momentarily and looked in his direction.

He waved as he levered the next round into the chamber and policed his brass. "I have the bogey's attention."

The woman starts to turn to face the ladies direction again but he fires another shot at her boot and her heading changed as she focused completely on him. "That's right. I'm your dance partner."

He watched her extend an array of blades in a familiar manner similar to Penny's old array as she headed his way. He slung the rifle over his shoulder and took off running. "Catch me if you can!"

"Well it's a little sluggish now that it's broken but it's still nice to be armed again!"

Blake shook her head but was smiling at her dear friend as she reattached her prosthesis. Her jokes were her way of expressing herself, and while they were terrible, they were a part of Yang and she was fond of them.

There's the sound of a motor and Yang readies Ember Celica but Silver comes rolling up and Blake lowers Yangs arm. "That's our ride and likely Walt."

They run up to the driverside as the window rolls down. "Walt-" Blake stops as Zwei sticks his head out tongue lolling.

"You guy's taught Zwei to drive?" Yang asks. "Without me?"

Blake shakes her head. "Don't be ridiculous. His feet can't reach the pedals. Friday's driving. Where's Walt?"

(("Walter is engaging a hostile, high mobility bogey and drew them away while you removed the tracking device from Yang's prosthetic. He'll rejoin you once he and Bravo team shake them."))

Blake sighed and opened the driverside climbing in. "He's being reckless, isn't he? Move over, Zwei. Yang get in."

(("He is, Blake. He doesn't like to think of himself as a "hero" but he has a penchant for this kind of behavior that's still distressing after all these years."))

Yang frowns but reluctantly gets in the passenger side. "I kind of wanted to drive. Since when could you drive a truck?"

Blake grins. "Actually, I've been taking lessons and passed my basic course instruction on vehicle maintenance and handling and will be moving onto intermediate and hopefully expert proficiency courses! Besides... Walt might be a little miffed if you trash one of his favorite vehicles on your first day with us."

Yang blinked but also grinned at her excited friend. " Oh yeah? So you're taking lessons somewhere? And this is one of his favorites, huh?" She looks at the data in the glasses and snickers. "Silver? Not much of a name..."

Blake shakes her head as she drives along the route Friday indicates that Charlie Team has cleared. "The models called a "Bronco", which is a type of horse, and "Silver" was the name of one of an old hero's famous horses apparently... and you and your sister are not much better at name things. Which if you came up with "Bumblebee" first? You and your bike and then Ruby copied it for our team attack?" She sees some vehicles approaching from the rear. But before she can ask-

(("Hostiles approaching the rear. At the second intersection turn right."))

Yang's seen them too. "Bad guys? Sweet! And yeah, Ruby copied me!" She lowers the window and turns in her seat to fire Ember Celica at the lead pursuers. She laughs as she hits one.

Blake laughs too! Just having one of her friends back it feels like a small weight has lifted from her shoulders. "Hold on tight! I'm turning right!"

As she makes the turn. (("That is good advice. Please remain inside the vehicle and open your mouths slightly."))

"What?" Yang asks but Blake sees a trap Friday has marked. "Yang do it!"

Yang ducks back in the vehicle and they hold tight and open their mouths as they pass the designated point and then a loud boom as their pursuers reach the same location. Yang glances back in surprise. "What the heck?"

(("Hostile pursuit vehicles are now disabled and inoperable."))

"Who the heck are these guys?" Yang asked.

Blake grinned as they passed by Rally and a little blonde who gave her a thumbs-up and pulled out behind them. "Friends and they're the best at what they do!"

Walt zips through along over the roof tops. The "Penny knock-off" is actually faster but it can't do the same high speed maneuvering that the 3SIODM gear can and he's been practicing with Sasha and she's one of the best. He uses this to his advantage and makes several tricky and tight turns that throw her off temporarily.

*That's not going to last long,* he thinks... and the next time he's proven correct as she uses a blade from Floating Array as an anchor of sorts to assist her turn. He grins as now she's gaining on him. "Time to have some fun!"

He begins another tight turn around a corner but then fire a second anchor into another stationary point almost completely arresting his movement and then releases them dropping down as she passes by over head. He pulls out his revolver and shoots her thrusters again but this time he's trying to damage them.

Sparks fly as he hits the targets. He's studied the Penny v1 and Penny v2 and knows where some of the few weaknesses are in their designs... and this one has an even bigger flaw! Her thrusters shutdown as she drops down landing in a crouch and Walt shakes his head. "Alright who are you "Copy Penny"? Cause your no real Penny doll. You don't have an aura."

She reaches up removing the plain silver mask. It's got Penny's face but expressionless with red eyes and silver hair. The dress is nearly identical to her v2 outfit too but the green parts are black on this one. "I am Nicole. Dolls don't need souls. That's a flaw of that design."

Walt shakes his head. "Agree to disagree with your creator and if that's all they learned I think they missed the point, Nicole... Nicole... as in nickel?" Walt shook his head. "As in greater than a "Penny"? Well that narrows down the list of suspects as to your creator. Hello to your creator, Dr Watts. Does your doll actually speak for itself or has it been you this whole time?"

Nicole gives a little bow then claps. "Well done, "Masked Man", I must say that while I can't confirm it I'm rather certain of your identity as well. The outfit, fighting style, patterns of behavior, even this conversation were all quite predictable really." Nicole stops clapping and instead lifts her hand and blasts Walt point blank range.

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