As we drove away in my new new truck my stomach rumbled. Driving Rebecca to laugh at my miss fortune. "Is the new big bad solo hungry?"
"Yes Becca like most people I still need food to keep up my bad assness." I sigh as I think. "You know besides those Chilly Fires at El Coyote Cojo and the Bear I don't think I've eaten anything here in the city?"
"Your telling me you haven't had anything since last night?" Sasha asked while looking at Spark accusingly.
"What I haven't eaten eather!" Spark snapper.
"But you had time to jump is bone?" Rebecca giggled.
"Look me and Spark are two consenting adults."
"Don't even start Harper." Spark threatened. "Look I don't actually keep anything at my place and i doubt he would want a vending machine Burrito."
"Well Rebecca do you think Gustov still kicking?" Sasha said with a tilt of her head.
"That old shit better be! He makes the best Synth Burgers! He has real spices." She said the words like they where some sort of secret.
"Wait really!" It apparently was with how Spark reacted.
"Yeah he grows them on his roof with rain water he catches and test for poison or radiation." Rebecca said with stars in her eyes.
"What's a Syth burger?" I asked wanting to know what the hype was about.
"Well since cows and pigs are under strict regulations the production of synthetic meat is made using other types of proteins, lab grown meat and or plants are called syth meat or Synthetic meat. The cheapest of which use a combination of Plant and insects to make BioTechnicas affordable meat." Sasha explains much to my growing unease.
"But Gustove uses Biotech Real Meat! It's Synthetically grown Cow meat. It's the closest thing to real cow you can eat for under a 1000 dollars!" Rebecca said happily.
"Wait how much is biotech real meat?" I asked looking at Spark.
"A pound of Affordable Syth Meat is about $10 a pound. But Biotech Real Meat is about $100 eddies a pound. Real cow meat can run around $1000 to 10 times that depending on the cut of meat. Pork is similar and chicken is even more expensive do to the bird flue out breaks." Spark explained.
"That's Fucking crazy! I'm going to spend so much money on food. Ain't no way I'm eating fucking Bugs." I sigh.
Rebecca begins to cackle, "Well see about that. You know the most ordered and popular pizza is Locust Extra Cheese right?"
"What the hell? That's worse then Pineapple on pizza!"
"What are you saying?" Sasha questioned. "Pineapples are a protected fruit. I don't think anyone in night city, let alone those of us not Corp big wigs, have ever seen a pineapple let alone put it on something like Buck-a-Slice."
"What is my world?"
"Fucking insane I know." Spark said wiggling her eyebrows. "But it's weird. How do you know hat pineapples are?"
"I…. I don't know?" I said confused.
"Well step on it Gustovs is on the border of Night City and the Badlands!" Rebecca said while pumping her fists in the air.
"Yeah yeah I'll get us there but I swear one bug and I'm choking you!" I said as i pushed the truck to go faster.
"Oh yes please!" Rebecca said making me choke in hair as Spark and Sasha laughed.
—-Gustovs Grill—-
As I pulled up to the Grill we could tell there was going to be problems. Mostly from the Animals trashing the place. "Well do we take them out or do we find somewhere else to eat?" I asked looking at the huge mounds of muscle and stupid walking around.
"Harper if you don't get out of this car and help me commit murder I swear to all things you find sacred I will tie it to a chair and force feed you bugs." Rebecca growled out.
So it with a sigh and great reluctance I stepped out of the car. I left my rifle not thinking it be great at such close quarters, and instead let my Mono Wire lose. As I stepped up the front Animal watching the door looked like he was going to say something. He never got the chance as the wire cut threw his neck like a hot knife threw butter.
The second one gave a shout of surprise lifting his shotgun only for it and his arms to be cut to chunks as my wire glowed. "Awwwwww My fucking arms you Gank!"
He fell to his knees from the pain. I barely paid him and mind as I walked in lashing out as soon as I was threw the door at the bowling ball sized fist being thrown at me. The glowing white cut right threw the arm bone muscle and Subdermal armor splitting it in half. I dashed forward as I spun the wire letting it rap around the man's neck severing it as I pass. The thermal Charge keep any blood from my nice suit.
I spun around out of the way of the Chainsaw sword thing mad by Budget Arms, the Cut-O-Manic I think. As it came down missing me with how slow he was my arm lashed out send his arm and the thing flying and leaving a cauterized stump. I spin twords the last guy as feel a cut open up under my right eyes. The guy has a machete that caught me, nicking my skin but not getting pass the underarmor. With a growl I lash out with my left clocking them with the back of my arm across the side. I deploy the shield at the last moment blowing him off his feet and threw the window.
I hear a quick double tap as I flick my wire severing the head of the man with a stump. I turn just as Rebecca double tape the one I left crying out the front door. "Oh y'all finally caught up?"
"I said help with the whole murder thing not fucking go all ninja on me! You look like some sort of Corp or mafia hit man with the whole mono wire and red suit." Rebecca said going form annoyed to dreamy.
"Well i definitely didn't want to eat bugs. Now Gustov you alive?" A old German man stood up from behind the bar. He was hunched slightly with long grey hair in a tight bun and big brown eyes. His skin was dark and tanned.
"Yes! Yes. Gustov is alive! Many thanks friends for all the help. You have saved my life! What ever you want today on the house!" The man said in a thick accent I couldn't place but his tone was thankful to be alive.
"Oh hell yeah! Gustov can we get 8 Real Synth Meat burgers for the with extra cheese and a basket of your home made Fries?" Rebecca asked.
"Oh and if you still have some can I get one of those sodas you got from the Nomads the one you got from Texas?" Sasha asked.
"Yea Yes! I can do this. 8 all the ways and 4 Dr. Tramas." Gustov said. He disappeared for a second before placing 4 red can with big black letters saying DR. Trama on it. He slid them down to each of us.
I looked at it before popping the top and taking a sip. It was hard to describe but it was like I had had this before. It tasted familiar and comforting. I could tell this was going to be my favorite drink. Hopefully they wherent to hard to get a hold of.