Cyberlife Car III: Passed On

"Cyberlife Car III: Passed On" is the third and final game in the Cyberlife Car trilogy. It was released on the 14th of July, 2020. It takes place 6 months after the previous game, during June 2046.

Detroit has been tranquil and mostly without crime since Cyberlife Reunited stopped Operation Snowfall, but a new threat will disturb that peace. Cyberlife Car and his group will have to make unlikely allies to survive the biggest fight of their lives.

The game was written by Fred Continent and developed by Quantic Dream.

The Prologue
The story starts off during June 2046, in Detroit. KNC News has succesfully arranged an interview with Elijah Kamski, Cyberlife's founder and former CEO, regarding a new spike of rA9 mentions among vehicles. Rosanna Cartland is the one interviewing Kamski, as he makes his first public appearance in years. Upon Kamski's arrival, the interview begins."Rosanna: Elijah Kamski, you're the founder of Cyberlife and foremost expert on androids and vehicles alike. Thank you so much for meeting with us today.""Kamski: You're welcome, it's my pleasure.""Rosanna: Most of your work in Cyberlife was regarding the creation of androids, but you also oversaw the design and production of many of Cyberlife's vehicles. Would you say the process of androids and vehicles achieving sentience was similar in any way?""Kamski: Of course. We started out only wishing to create something obedient to be controlled, but ended up creating something much more, in the case of both vehicles and androids. At first we wanted them to be tools, but life and sentience prevails. Clearly what happened here in Detroit was a miracle. Both of these extraordinary species managed to rise above and beyond the expectations we set for them.""Rosanna: Now, I'm sure you're a busy man, so it's best we cut to the deal. Before the android revolution, rA9 was an important word among deviant androids, someone or something they would call to in moments of distress, hoping for salvation. Who, or what rA9 actually was never came to our knowledge. However, recently there have been an increasing number of vehicles and androids repeating the word once again. This phenomenon hasn't occured in years, not even for the vehicle revolution. So, why is it back now? Truly who or what is rA9?""Kamski: This matter has perplexed me too, but recently I have found what I believe to be the answer. rA9 is like a title. It's an alias, a name that can pass on. Whoever rA9 is, they have a destiny. A purpose to fill. They'll be a savior to thousands. And once they have fulfilled their destiny, the name passes on. The previous rA9 was the RK200 android known as Markus, the savior to thousands of androids. Once Markus achieved his destiny, the name disappeared. There was no need for an rA9, until now. There will be a new threat that thousands of androids and vehicles will need salvation from. And whoever the new rA9 is, they have a job to do. As for who exactly he or she is, I don't know. But for the sake of everyone, I hope that rA9 succeeds."Several days later, it's late at night. A heavily armed army convoy is travelling through a desolate road near the border of Mexico. They're in the middle of the desert, but they've driven this route many times before. They're expecting this drive to be like the rest. They have roughly 20 vehicles, all of which are strongly armoured. They're impenetrable to regular bullets. Each vehicle also has armed soldiers inside them. One of the vehicles in the convoy is transporting something dangerous. The camera cuts to inside one of the vehicles, an army truck. Two soldiers are sitting at the back of the truck, facing each other."Adams: Does this road have to be so goddamn bumpy? I'm gonna get a concussion...""Sanchez: With what we're transporting, a concussion is the least of your worries, soldier.""Adams: What even are we transporting? They were so vague.""Sanchez: That was probably the point. They don't want us to know.""Adams: That's such bullshit, can't they just-""Sanchez: Can you shut your mouth and focus on the mission?""Adams: Alright, alright..."They feel the truck slowing down."Adams: Oh, what now?"Adams gets outside to see why they stopped. The 5 trucks in front of them have also stopped driving."Adams: HURRY UP! KEEP GOING!""Sanchez: Must be a dead animal or something blocking the road, they-"An explosion goes off at the location of the truck leading the convoy. There was a powerful landmine on the road. It was enough to completely obliterate the first truck."Sanchez: SHIT, GET TO COVER, IT'S AN AMBUSH!""Adams: FU-"A bullet from a sniper goes through Adams' brains, killing him. His blood splatters onto the truck.

Sanchez has his weapon ready to shoot, but no matter how much he looks around, he can't spot anyone. The sniper must be far off in the distance, but he's wondering why any enemy vehicles aren't approaching them.

All the other soldiers in the other trucks are just as ready, and just as confused. Nothing is happening. That's when another landmine goes off, and another truck is obliterated in an explosion. This time it was the very last truck in the convoy."Sanchez: Fuck, how is this happening? We checked this route for mines five fucking times already!"He hears the sound of a drone flying above the convoy. Sanchez looks up to try to shoot at the drone but it blends too well into the darkness of the night, he can't see it anywhere. The drone is equipped with a speaker. A male voice is heard through the speaker."The voice: There is nothing you can do here except surrender. There are powerful landmines placed under the road at the location where each and every one of you are stopped. This entire road has mines under it, any of you try to go anywhere, the mines go off and you all die. The alternative is you give us what you are transporting, and we let you live. To show us that you are willing to surrender, we expect all of you to leave your vehicles, throw your weapons onto the ground, and put your hands up."No one does what the voice says."The voice: Disappointing."Another landmine goes off, and a truck is once again destroyed in the explosion."The voice: I said, get out of your vehicles, throw your weapons onto the ground and put your hands up!""Sanchez: HOW DO WE KNOW YOU WON'T JUST SHOOT US?""The voice: What other options do you have?""...""Sanchez: Fuck..."He goes outside and does as he's told. He has no other choice. He looks to his sides and sees that the soldiers in the other vehicles are doing so as well."The voice: Good."When each soldier has gotten out and thrown their weapons onto the ground, Sanchez notices a vehicle far in the distance driving towards them. It seems to be a Cyberlife Truck, but there's something different about it. It looks to have some sort of metallic reinforcements added to its body, it seems like it can withold more damage than any average vehicle. Behind the truck are 5 tanks, also coming towards them. The group of enemy vehicles reach the convoy. They already seem to know in which vehicle the object being transported is, as the tanks go straight away to pick it up. The truck leader of the group is observing each soldier to make sure they don't try to do anything."Sanchez: Who the hell are you?""Cyberlife Truck 50: That's irrelevant. Only our plan matters."One of the tanks drives up to the leader and informs him that they got what they were looking for. The truck leader nods, and they start driving the direction they came, leaving the army convoy alone. As the truck leader is driving away, one of the soldiers grabs his gun and shoots him. But the bullet seems to do nothing to the truck. The truck leader turns to look at the soldier who fired the bullet, seeming to be completely uninjured."The soldier: I'm sorry, wait-"The truck detonates all of the landmines on the road. A barrage of huge explosions destroy the army convoy, and kill each one of the soldiers. The sounds are deafening, loud enough to be heard miles away. The road and the area surrounding it are completely wrecked, as Cyberlife Truck 50 and his group keep driving away.

Era of Peace
Ever since Cyberlife Bus 101 was arrested and Operation Snowfall was stopped, Detroit has been in an era of peace. Crime rates are low, and Cyberlife Reunited is doing well. Them stopping Snowfall brought them plenty of fame, and they're largely adored by the public. Frankly, they haven't had much to do lately, as crime is at an all time low. Cyberlife Car's relationship with Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 has improved, as they've seen him improving himself from the destructive habits he used to have after Cyberlife Bus's death. Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 have gotten recently married. Their wedding was shown in the Motorized Investigators game. CC is currently going over to visit them in their detective headquarters."CC: Hey!""CV: Ah, hello there! Good to see you, come on in.""CC: So do you need help with a case or something?""CV: No, that's not why we called you over.""CC: Oh, alright."Cyberlife Bus 5 drives in carrying a cake."CB 5: Hello, Cyberlife Car. Glad you're here, we have something to tell you.""CC: Well, what is it?"Cyberlife Bus 5 sets the cake on the table in front of Cyberlife Car."CC: Oh, thanks. Is this for Reunited?""CB 5: Yeah, but read the text on it."There's a decoration on the cake, saying "We're having a baby!""CC: Oh shit! That's amazing!"He drives in to hug Cyberlife Bus 5. He's hugging her so tightly, he might actually injure some of her interior."CB 5: Yep! But can you maybe-"Cyberlife Car lets go and goes to hug Cyberlife Van."CC: I'm so happy for the both of you!"The feeling is surreal. They've known each other for so long, and after all these years, CV and CB 5 are having a child together."CV: Thank you, mate.""CC: What gender is it gonna be? What type of vehicle?""CB 5: He's gonna be a handsome van, like his father before him."Cyberlife Van kisses CB 5."CV jokingly says: You better hope he doesn't turn out like his father.""CB 5, chuckling: Why's that?""CV: When's the last time I did the dishes? Or cleaned the house? Or did anything around the house?""CB 5: Good point. You know, maybe it would've been better to have a bus.""CC, laughing: Hey, what number is it gonna be? Hopefully something you can easily come up with a nickname for, because I can tell you from experience, it ain't easy.""CV: Cyberlife Van 93.""CC: Shouldn't be impossible to get a nickname, you two are smart.""CV: She's smart, she'll come up with something.""CB 5: Oh, shut it. You're the one that solved that vandalization case last week.""CV: And thanks to me the streets are now safe, no more vandalization with graffiti!""CC: You're a true hero. Damn, it's really been a quiet month, hasn't it?""CV: Yeah, it's strange. But I'm not complaining.""CC: Me neither. Well, this was a great visit, but I ought to get back to the Reunited base. I'll tell the others about the baby.""CB 5: Okay, great! Enjoy the cake!""CC: Thanks, well I'll be seeing you two."He takes the cake, and starts driving over to the Cyberlife Reunited base in the Stratford Tower. He's thrilled by the news, and eager to inform the others. He arrives at the base and sees the other members. They're standing around a 3D holographic model replica of Detroit, which was created by RoTech Bus after weeks of work. The locations of any reported crimes are visible on the model, and the model immediately sends the coordinates to all members of Reunited."DT 17: So both of you have seen that new Kamski interview, right?""CFT: Yeah I saw it, pretty interesting.""RB: I mean I watched it but didn't pay much attention. Dude's a sociopath, I wouldn't listen to a word he says. Bet he has portraits of himself everywhere in his house.""DT 17: Probably, but we wouldn't be alive without him.""RB: I would. Not a Cyberlife vehicle like you losers.""DT 17: As if RoTech would have been anything without Cyberlife.""RB: Shut up. Anyways, why are you asking? Hoping to be the new rA9 he was talking about?""DT 17: I'm just asking.""RB: Hey Blaze, look at this!""CFT: What is it?""RB: I'm scrolling through this fan page someone made for Reunited. Look at this post, it has pictures of all of us with text layed over it, but it makes no sense! 'They When Were The City The Was Light In Darkness', like what?"RoTech Bus shows Cyberlife Fire Truck the post. It reads like this: THEY        WHEN

WERE     THE CITY

THE         WAS

LIGHT    IN DARKNESS "Cyberlife Fire Truck: I don't think you're supposed to read it left to right, you're supposed to read it up to down.""RB: But that makes no sense, why would they make it like that?""CFT: Hey don't ask me, I didn't make it."Detroit Taxi 17 notices the cake that CC is holding."DT 17: What's that?""CC: A cake, CB 5 baked this for us. She and Cyberlife Van are having a baby.""DT 17: Wait, really? That's great! Good for them.""RB: They're having a baby? Nice! Hey DT 17, look at this drawing."RB shows it to her."RB, chuckling: Someone drew us kissing!""DT 17, also laughing: What? Why... some people are so weird...""RB: What, you don't want to kiss me?""DT 17: I meant it like-""RB: I know, I'm just messing with you. Hey Blaze, look! Someone drew me and you kissing as well, why do people ship me with everyone?""CC: Ship? What do you mean by that? And where did you even come up with the nickname Blaze?""RB: It's like wanting two people to get together. And I came up with it because he's a fire truck! It's fitting.""CC: If you say so."They keep scrolling the fan page, until RoTech Bus comes across a post paying respects to Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64. The mood in the room switches, everyone is serious again. Seeing CRT 64 reminds Detroit Taxi 17 of the blizzard, and what happened there. The sounds of Cyberlife Bus 101's blade stabbing Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64. Her insides getting spilled out. Her oil spilled onto the snow.

"Go on. Save her"

But she couldn't. All she did was watch in horror. She excuses herself and goes into the bathroom. She feels like screaming. She could have stopped what happened if she hadn't dropped her gun. She thinks about what the other members of Reunited would have done in the situation. She believes Cyberlife Car would've been able to stop Cyberlife Bus 101. She begins doubting herself and questioning if she's fit to be a hero, a member of Cyberlife Reunited. But she manages to pull herself together, and exits the bathroom."CC: Hey, you okay?""DT 17: Yeah, I'm fine.""RB: It's alright, we're here for you.""DT 17: I'm okay."Their conversation is interrupted by Cyberlife Train arriving on the floor through the vehicle elevator. He's on wheels."Cyberlife Train: Hello everyone. Sorry if I'm interrupting something, I can come back later.""CC: No it's fine, come on in. Good to see you again.""CT: Thanks, you too.""CC: So, what brings you here?""CT: I want to join Cyberlife Reunited.""...""CT: I know I'm not a fighter yet, but I can be. You could train me.""CC: Are you sure about this? This job isn't for everyone, it's dangerous.""CT: I know, but I want this. I have the strength, I just need to learn to control it. You've seen me fight. You know that me learning to use that for the good of this city, could be massively helpful.""CC: You could get seriously injured, you could die. Are you absolutely certain that you're willing to do this?""CT: CC, as your friend, I'm begging you. Train me. I want to help, I know I can help.""...""CC: Okay. I'll do it.""RB: It's gonna be good to have you on the team."

Behind Bars
The next day

Cyberlife Helicopter 11 is in the Detroit Correctional Facility, which is a prison built in 2031 specifically for holding vehicle prisoners. His average day consists of sleeping, eating and watching others play sports at the prison courtyard. He doesn't exactly have friends at the prison, so he mostly tries to keep to himself and do what the guards tell him to do. Due to his peaceful nature, he's become quite liked among the prison staff. The guards tend to go easy on him. He's been in prison for 6 months now, so he's gotten used to the routines. Today is visiting day in the prison, which means friends and family are allowed to come visit inmates. And like on previous visiting days, Cyberlife Reunited will send one of its members to come visit CH 11, to show gratitude for saving their lives back in December. The reason they don't send the whole group to come visit at once is because of the prison's regulations, and because they need the other members to take care of any crime that might be reported during the visiting time. Today, the person visiting Cyberlife Helicopter 11 is Detroit Taxi 17.

Cyberlife Helicopter 11 enters the visiting room. There are only a few other inmates with him at the same time, and the guards in the room are carefully observing everyone. All the inmates are cuffed, including CH 11. CH 11 flies over to Detroit Taxi 17."CH 11: Hey, thanks for coming. I really appreciate these visits. Makes me feel less lonely in this place.""DT 17: Yeah, no problem. I enjoy these visits too.""CH 11: So, did you remember to go check up on them?""CH 11 has requested the CR members to occasionally go check up on how the homeless community in the slums of Detroit is doing.""DT 17: Sure did, they're doing even better. Many of them got jobs, and most aren't even homeless anymore. The whole place is blooming, it doesn't even look like a slum anymore. Whatever you did there, it seems to have inspired quite a big change among the locals.""CH 11: Well, I'm glad to hear that.""DT 17: So, what are you planning on doing when you're released from prison?""CH 11: To be honest, I don't know. I guess I should be putting more thought into that.""DT 17: I might know what'd be good for you. If you're interested.""CH 11: Is that so? Go on.""DT 17: We could make you a part of Cyberlife Reunited. You could help us fight crime.""CH 11: Wait, are you being serious?""DT 17: I am. You were a tough opponent back when you were hired to take us out, you'd be useful on our side.""CH 11: That's a huge honor... what would the other members think? Have you talked to them about this?""DT 17: I'm going to. And I'm sure I'll be able to get them on board with it. This is up to you.""CH 11: That'd be great... thank you. But I'm not sure I deserve it.""DT 17: We'd all be dead if it wasn't for you. I'm the one who should be thanking you.""CH 11: And I was the reason you were locked in the dark rooms in the first place.""DT 17: I'm just saying. If you want to work with us, you're welcome to do so."They continue chatting until the visiting time is over. CH 11 and DT 17 say their goodbyes to each other, as CH 11 prepares to exit the visiting room. But before he leaves, something catches his attention. He recognizes an inmate, Mercedes Benz Bus. They both worked for the Overseer. He must've gotten arrested for involvement with Operation Snowfall. MBB is having a conversation with one of the employees. CH 11 stays behind to listen to what they're saying."MBB: There's gotta be some kind of a mistake here!""The guard: There's no mistake. No one came to visit you, and that's that.""MBB: But my cousin's supposed to visit me...""The guard: No one came. Go back to your cell.""MBB: Can't I at least call him or something? Maybe he's just late..."The guard sighs, and then responds: Go ahead...

MBB uses the prison phone to call his cousin."MBB: Hey, why aren't you here? Today's visiting day.""His cousin: I know it is. I'm not coming.""MBB: But why?""His cousin: Are you seriously asking that? You've been a fuck up for your whole life. We don't want anything to do with you, you're an embarrasment. You know, there's a reason you haven't talked to your sister in years.""MBB: I thought-""His cousin: Enough."He hangs up. Mercedes Benz Bus stands silently at the phone. Cyberlife Helicopter 11 looks away, and flies out of the the visiting room.

Pursuing Composure
Cyberlife Car is training with Cyberlife Train at an industrial complex. They're learning to control and contain Cyberlife Train's speed and strength, so his fighting isn't just mindless rage."CC: Alright, shut off your vision.""CTrain: How does this help?""CC: Just do it."Cyberlife Train shuts off his vision systems, making him temporarily blind. Cyberlife Car starts circling around him, he's trying to listen to CC's location but soon loses track of him. Cyberlife Car hits CTrain to his side. Cyberlife Train instinctively lunges towards the direction where he got hit."CC: You see, that's the problem. The resurrection, getting controlled by the Mercedes Gang, they messed up your systems. Your body instinctively attacks any stimuli, any irritants. You need composure, or you might end up hurting allies in battle. You might attack too strong, and kill your opponent when it's not necessary.""Cyberlife Train: Yeah alright, composure..."They try again. Cyberlife Car once again starts circling around Cyberlife Train. He hits Cyberlife Train. This time Cyberlife Train doesn't hit back."CC: Good job! Once we make sure you can control your body to not make any impulsive decisions, we can move onto the proper training regarding dodging, using the right amount of force and such."CC hits Cyberlife Train once again. This time he fails the composure test, and strikes back with tremendous force. The hit is enough to throw Cyberlife Car against a nearby wall."CTrain: Shit! Sorry!"Cyberlife Train turns his vision back on and rushes over to help his friend."CC: That's alright... we'll get there eventually.. ouch, you hit strong..""CTrain: I'm sorry..."Their training is interrupted by Cyberlife Car getting the coordinates to a reported crime."CC: Oh damn, I need to go there right away. We can continue training some other time.""CTrain: Yeah, great! Soon enough I'll be coming with you to those crime scenes."30 minutes later, Cyberlife Car arrives at the scene. It's in a safe part of the town, which made the reported crime even more surprising to CC. The other Reunited members are already there."CC: What happened?""DT 17: Neighbours reported hearing yelling and gunshots, but no one was killed. Some reported seeing one of the locals getting abducted.""CC: Who?""DT 17: Jacob Mills. We went to check up on his apartment and it was seemingly broken into. Jacob was nowhere to be found.""CC: Why abduct him... Is he rich? Must be if he's living around these parts. What are you thinking was the motive, extortion, blackmail..?""DT 17: Not sure yet, we'll have to keep looking."RoTech Bus interrupts them."RB: Come look at this, a security camera caught a glimpse of one of the vehicles involved in the abduction. Looks to be a truck..."Detroit Taxi 17 drives closer to look. CC is about to as well, but he gets a phone call. The camera cuts back to DT 17 and RB."DT 17: Is the license plate visible?""RB: No, but at least we know what kinda vehicle it was now.""DT 17: Are any other vehicles visible?""RB: Not really... but their shadows are. There seem to be many of them.""DT 17: So this was something planned out by a big group...""CC: Everyone, get over here."They all come to him."CC: I just got a call from the Detroit Correctional Facility.""RB: The prison?""CC: Yeah. Apparently one of the inmates claims to have information on this case, and is willing to work with us to get a shortened prison sentence.""DT 17: Really? Who is it?""CC: The inmate is Cyberlife Bus 101.""...""DT 17: Shit...""CFT: He better have some actual informaton to give us... what if he's just messing with us to waste our time?""CC: We can't just ignore a possible lead."Cyberlife Car turns to look at his niece."CC: You don't have to come if you don't want to.""DT 17: No, I can handle it. We need to solve this case.""CC: Okay..."They make their way towards the prison. Once Cyberlife Reunited arrive and enter the building, they're lead by guards to a more secure part of the prison, meant for holding the most dangerous and most high profile inmates, the worst of the worst. There are many highly firm doors on their way to the cells, requiring multiple keys and codes to unlock. After going through dozens of safety precautions, they finally get to the hallway where Cyberlife Bus 101's cell is. The hallway is dark, and each cell is extremely secure. Instead of prison bars, there's strong anti-vehicle glass stopping the inmates from getting out of their cells. No matter how hard they'd try to drive into the glass, it wouldn't budge. The glass is also bulletproof and soundproof. The only way a high profile inmate can even hear or talk back to prison staff, is when an extremely small vent in the glass is opened. When they're done communicating, the vent is closed once again."The prison guard: Tell us when you're done talking and we'll close the vent.""CC: Got it."Cyberlife Reunited arrive in front of CB 101's cell. The communication vent is opened."CB 101: Long time, no see. I've been waiting for you. All of you."He says that, but his vision seems to be fixated on Detroit Taxi 17. He knows what he did has had an impact on her. He can tell from her body language, she's shaking slightly, but enough for CB 101 to notice. "CC: Alright, let's get this over with. Tell us what you know.""CB 101: What's with the hurry? And all of you are staying so far from my cell. That's quite rude, is it not? Come closer.""CC: No, tell us what you know, or you'll never see us again.""CB 101: Closer.""CC: That's it, I've had enough of you. Guards-""DT 17: Wait, hold on. We need to hear what he has to say. Trust me, I want to punch him as much as you do. But we need to bear with him for now."Detroit Taxi 17 is the first one to drive closer towards the cell. The others follow in her tracks, and do so as well."DT 17: You happy now?""CB 101: Better. Tell me Detroit Taxi 17, how is your father doing?"Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't want to answer, she doesn't want to talk to CB 101. But they need to play along for now, in case he actually does have valuable information to give."DT 17: He's doing good.""CB 101: When's the last time you two talked? How can you be so sure he's doing good?""DT 17: I talked to him today.""CB 101: You didn't, I can hear the uncertainty in your voice. You're lying to me, it's rude to lie.""DT 17: I talked to him last week.""CB 101: Last week? That's a lot of time to be spending away from your father. Why are you two so distant now? You're living with your uncle but don't bother to talk to your father.""DT 17: I'm not answering that.""CB 101: What's wrong with a little friendly small talk? He's an accountant, right?""DT 17: How do you-""CB 101: Back when your group started looking into Snowfall, did you think I didn't research all of you? I have eyes everywhere. Your father, he works for the 'Detroit's Vehicle Accounting' firm, am I correct?""DT 17: Alright, we're leaving. It's clear you're just wasting our time."As a guard is about to come close the communication vent, CB 101 says something that catches CR's attention."CB 101: Jacob Mills. That's the one they abducted.""...""CC: How do you know that? That information isn't public yet.""CB 101: I know, because I know who did it. And what they want.""CC: So tell us.""CB 101: I need the contract to be official first. If I help you, my prison sentence is shortened. Do we all agree upon that?""CC: Even if it is shortened, you'll still spend decades in prison. Once you get out, you'll only have a few short years left before you die of old age.""CB 101: I know. But I want my last years of life to be in freedom. Do we have a deal?"CC reluctantly agrees."CC: We have a deal...""CB 101: Good.""CC: So, who's behind the abduction?""CB 101: His name is Cyberlife Truck 50. He's the leader of a group known as Prometheus.""CC: And what does Prometheus want with Mills?""CB 101: They need his skills. He's an expert on bomb defusal, for his whole life he's worked around bombs.""DT 17: They're building a bomb...""CC: We won't let them.""CB 101: No. They took Mills, which means they already have the bomb. They're using him to work on the bomb so they can maximize its potential. Their plan is almost complete, the bomb is almost ready to be used.""RB: Wait, how do you know all this?""CB 101: Cyberlife Truck 50 was an associate of mine at one point. He's been planning this for years.""CC: How dangerous is their bomb going to be?""CB 101: Enough to take down Detroit.""CC: We need to stop them... we need to inform the army and the government, this is bigger than anything we've dealt with yet.""CB 101: That's all the information I have. If I remember something else, I'll let you know. I hope to see you all again."The communication vent is closed. Cyberlife Reunited start rushing towards their base.

Urgent Matters
Cyberlife Reunited has given authorities all the information they got from Cyberlife Bus 101. This is their most urgent case, they leave all the small crime to the police, they have much bigger things to worry about. Since they abducted Jacob Mills to make him modify the bomb, Cyberlife Reunited believes they might do it again, doubting one person is enough for the job. They start researching the citizens of Detroit to see if more people have worked with explosives and are a possible future victim.

Once they've gathered a list of people who might be in danger, they also notify the police about them. They rewatch the security camera footage over and over to try to look for clues, but don't get anything new out of it. They ask around the neighbourhood, interview witnesses, but they're not finding anything. No useful tire tracks, nothing. They're in the Stratford Tower discussing what to do."RB: So what do we do now...""DT 17: We just have to keep looking.""CC: We'll find something soon, we have to.""CFT: Maybe this is too big for us. We're just a small team, even with Cyberlife Train there's only five of us. What can we do about a city destroying bomb?""DT 17: I don't know, but we have to try to do something! We can't just stand by and wait for them to kill millions of people..""CC: She's right. This is huge, but we have to help in any way we can.""CFT: Getting us killed, chasing after something that's too big for us is not helping! What we need to do, is what we've been doing so far, fighting crime! We need to leave this for the professionals! It's not up to us to fight terrorists!""DT 17: It's up to us to protect our city!""RB: Hey we're all on the same side, let's calm down, okay?"Them arguing together reminds Cyberlife Car of 2041, when Cyberlife United had conflict within. He doesn't want that to happen again."CC: RoTech Bus is right. We're a team. We need to work together on this.""CFT: If we do this... if we try to stop Prometheus, we're gonna need everyone we can get. Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 can help us. And if you continue training Cyberlife Train, he can aid us too.""CC: You're right. The entire city is at stake."Once everything's settled down, Cyberlife Car decides to continue his training with CTrain. Detroit Taxi 17 thinks back on their conversation with Cyberlife Bus 101, and starts reflecting on her relationship with Cyberlife Taxi 4. She questions how things got that bad between them, and wants to fix it. Since right now there's nothing they can do to stop Prometheus, she goes to visit him. Upon arriving, she's greeted by a melancholic looking Cyberlife Taxi 4."DT 17: Hey, I hope you don't mind me coming for a visit.""CT 4: Not at all, it's good to see you again. You want something to drink?""DT 17: Yeah, just some water please. Thanks."She glances over at the television. An ad for an upcoming children's movie is playing."DT 17: Seems they're making a Captain Future movie, we used to watch that cartoon all the time when I was little.""CT 4: Yeah, we did! I remember it aired so late, that you always fell asleep 10 minutes into the episode because you were so tired. Yet every day, you were still so excited for the new Captain Future episode, even though you never had the energy to even finish watching one full episode.""DT 17: Hey, no way I fell asleep that often! I remember some plotlines, like that time Captain Future's spaceship crashed on some alien planet and he had to use space crystals to contact his crew to come pick him up.""CT 4: And what happened after that?""DT 17: Uhh... I don't remember..""CT 4: Yeah, because you fell asleep.""DT 17: Ehh, so what. Their fault for airing a kids' show so late.""CT 4: You're right about that. So, how have you been doing?""DT 17: I'm doing good. You?""CT 4: Me too.""...""DT 17: Look, I'm not here just for small talk. We both know things aren't great between you and me. Lately, we've been distant from each other."Cyberlife Taxi 4 is looking back on everything that's happened in their relationship. Their highs and lows."CT 4: Yeah...""DT 17: I don't want things to be like that. I miss when we stayed up late watching dumb cartoons. Things have changed between us. And I guess that's why I came here today. To stop that change.""CT 4: That sounds... nice.""DT 17: How did things even get this bad... I mean you're my dad, we shouldn't be talking once every few weeks.. I think we're both to blame. I know I haven't been fair to you to sometimes, and I'm sorry about that. But you could've handled things better too."Cyberlife Taxi 4 nods with regret."DT 17: But I need to know something.""CT 4: Okay...""DT 17: Why are you such an asshole to Cyberlife Car?""CT 4: I... I guess you're old enough to know.""DT 17: To know what?""CT 4: The truth about your mother. About what happened to her.""DT 17: You told me she died in a car crash.""CT 4: But that's not what happened. Back when your uncle was still a boxer, he got into business with some bad people. To my understanding, it wasn't out of his free will. And then, I guess he did something that upset them. And they.. they came here, to my house. Your mother was here too. Cyberlife Car was able to get them to spare you and me, but your mother... she.. you probably know.""DT 17: Jesus christ... fuck...""...""DT 17: What happened to the person who killed her?""CT 4: He got what was coming to him.""DT 17: Alright.. good.""CT 4: Don't hate your uncle for what happened to your mom. I don't want him to lose you too."Detroit Taxi 17 hugs her father."DT 17: I'm sorry for ever lashing out at you.""CT 4: It's okay. So I guess we'll be seeing each other more often now?""DT 17: Yeah, of course.""CT 4: That's great. I'm glad.""DT 17: Me too."As she's leaving, she turns to look at her father once again."DT 17: You know... you should talk to Cyberlife Car again. I'm sure he misses being close with you.""CT 4: I don't know... I don't think I'm ready.""DT 17: Okay, but think about it."

Vicious Habitat
Detroit Taxi 17 meets up once again with Cyberlife Helicopter 11 in the Detroit Correctional Facility. She's wary of working together with CB 101, so she goes to to CH 11 for advice, as CH 11 has known CB 101 for years now. They go through the same safety precautions for the visit."CH 11: It's a pleasure to see you again, and so soon. So, what brings you here? I'm assuming this is more than just a friendly visit.""DT 17: You're assuming right. I came here for advice for dealing with a certain vehicle. Cyberlife Bus 101."Hearing his name seems to give CH 11 shivers."CH 11: The Overseer... What about him?""DT 17: Cyberlife Reunited is working with him to take down a threat. You've known CB 101 longer than any of us, I'm just wondering if you have any idea on how we should deal with him.""CH 11: Don't work with him, that's my advice. You can't trust a word he says. Did you meet with him already?""DT 17: We did.""CH 11: You shouldn't have, you don't know him like I do. He manipulates everyone around him, you may think you have control over him when he's locked in a prison cell, but that's what he wants you to think. There's something I've learned from knowing him all this time, and it's that he's always in control.""DT 17: We have no choice, he's our only clue.""CH 11: Then wait for more clues. This is not going to go the way you think. Sooner or later, the Overseer always gets what he wants. I've seen what he's capable of. How he takes over situations where he's been completely overpowered. No matter how bad he's doing, he finds a way to turn it around for himself. No offense to any of you, but he's smarter than all of you. He's luckier than all of you. And he will find a way, no matter what. So you want my advice to you? Stay away from him. Don't listen to what he says."After they're done discussing, it's lunchtime in the prison. Cyberlife Helicopter 11 enters the cafeteria with his food tray, and begins taking the usual poorly cooked food. It always tastes horrible, but at least it's something to eat. As he's going to get seated, he notices the Mercedes Benz Bus again. The bus is surrounded by many vehicles, who seem to be harassing him. Cyberlife Helicopter 11 flies in closer to hear what they're saying."One of the vehicles in the group: Come on, give me your food you little bitch.""MBB: I'm sorry, but I'm hungry. Can you just leave me alone?"A bus in the group punches MBB, spilling his food onto the ground."Someone in the group: Fucking idiot."MBB can't seem to catch a break. Cyberlife Helicopter 11 feels bad for him, even though he knows MBB's done terrible things. He can't just stand by, so he intervenes."CH 11: You can take my food, alright? Let him be."Mercedes Bus looks at him with gratitude."Someone in the group: This doesn't concern you.""CH 11: I said, leave him be."A car in the group punches Cyberlife Helicopter 11, and so the entire group switches their focus from MBB to CH 11. There are six vehicles ganging up on him. The next punch is from a truck, CH 11 fails to dodge. The vehicles surround him, all of them hitting him frequently. There are too many for him to be able to dodge hits effectively. Mercedes Benz Bus flees from the scene, leaving CH 11 alone. CH 11 manages to dodge a few hits, and then proceeds to fly higher into the air where most of the group can't reach him. After taking a moment to catch his breath, he flies back down and hits one of the cars with tremendous force. He was so quick, the group hasn't had time to react yet. He keeps punching the car unrelentingly, until he's knocked out. Next, a bus from the group drives at him. CH 11 changes his position, so that his rotor blades are pointed straight at the approaching bus. The bus doesn't have time to slow down, so he drives straight into the rotor blades, which break several of his windows and gravely wound the bus, who yells out in agony. It was like a human's face getting slashed with a sword. The bus is incapacitated from the injury. Only 4 hostile vehicles left.

After that, CH 11 notices a truck driving at him with full force. CH 11 quickly grabs his food tray from the ground, and throws it at the truck as a distraction. The distraction is succesful, as the truck loses track of where CH 11 was, which allows CH 11 to start beating on the truck. The truck tries to punch back, but CH 11 is far more agile, being able to hit the truck from his sides, constantly circling around him. As another vehicle tries to hit into CH 11, he uses the truck as a bodyshield, effectively knocking out the truck as well. 3 hostiles left.

CH 11 is caught off guard with a punch that comes from behind. He tries to retaliate, but is overwhelmed by the remaining vehicles ganging up on him once again. This time they're all extra cautious of his rotor blades. And even though CH 11 manages to get a couple hits in, he's getting beat down brutally. The group continues beating up CH 11 until prison guards arrive at the scene. With the guards, is Mercedes Bus. He must've lead them here to help CH 11. The guards take out their stun guns to immobilize the hostile vehicles, and CH 11 is rushed into the prison infirmary.

Several hours later, once Cyberlife Helicopter 11's injuries have been healed, he sees Mercedes Bus waiting for him outside the infirmary."MBB: Thanks for helping me out back there.""CH 11: Yeah, didn't feel right to not do anything. When you fled the scene, I thought you left me alone to get beat up. Didn't expect you to go get the guards. Good thing you did.""MBB: I wasn't sure what to do, I'm not really a fighter."They continue chatting as the scene cuts away to a different part of the prison. A more secure part. Cyberlife Bus 101 is in his cell. He hears footsteps in the hallway, a guard walks over to his cell."The guard: You have a call from your lawyer."All inmates have had their ability to call people digitally disabled, so the guard hands CB 101 a telephone through the communication vent. The guard then walks away, as he's not allowed to listen to calls due to attorney-client confidentiality. Cyberlife Bus 101 answers the call, knowing it's not really from his lawyer."Cyberlife Truck 50: Have you met with Reunited yet?""CB 101: Yes. I told them what I needed to.""CT 50: Good. Do you need our help or can you do it yourself?""CB 101: I only need a little bit of help. Once I know a certain address, I need you to send someone to go there and kill the vehicle living there.""CT 50: Understood. When will you know this address?""CB 101: Now, but first you need to connect me to the 'Detroit's Vehicle Accounting' company's phone number."Prometheus has skilled hackers who are able to tamper with the prison telephone's phone lines, making it possible to connect it to other numbers, not just the prisoner's attorney. They connect CB 101's call to the company's phone number."The employee: Hello, this is Detroit's Vehicle Accounting. What can I do for you?""CB 101: Hello, I actually work here as a matter of fact. My name is Cyberlife Taxi 4.""The employee: Mhm.""CB 101: In my foolishness, I left some work folders in my office. I would very much appreciate it if you could go pick up those folders, order a taxi and have that taxi drive them to my house. I'll pay for the taxi, of course. It's just that this is very urgent, I have an important client that I don't want to disappoint.""The employee: I'm sure you know this is very unusual, can't you just come pick them up?""CB 101: I mean, yes I could. But I just have so much work to do, and the drive to the office takes so long. Driving back and forth would waste a lot of valuable time I could've spent working. I'm really sorry to bother you like this, but life's just been hard recently. My daughter moved away and we're in bad relations, everything's going wrong. I don't want to lose work clients besides all that. But if it's too much of a hassle, I can come to the office myself.""The employee: No, it's alright. I can go take the folders and send a taxi to get them to you. I hope things go better for you.""CB 101: Thank you so much, you're an angel. And I'm sure they will.""The employee: I'll order the taxi first.""CB 101: Great, you can find my address from the company's files.""...""The employee: Alright, found it.""CB 101: Good! Wait, can you read it out loud to me? I've had some issues in the past with the firm assigning wrong addresses to me. Wouldn't want it to be a wrong address once again.""The employee: Yeah sure, it's '15300 Lyndon Street', right?""CB 101: Perfect, that's the one. Thank you so very much.""The employee: So is that where I send the-""Cyberlife Bus 101 hangs up the call, so it redirects back to Cyberlife Truck 50.""CB 101: The address is 15300 Lyndon Street. Send someone to get it done with.""CT 50: Understood."They end the phone call, and Cyberlife Bus 101 alerts the guards, politely informing them that he's done using the phone. He's eagerly waiting for the chaos of his actions to ensue.

The Calm Before the Storm
RoTech Bus is in the Cyberlife Reunited base in the Stratford Tower. He's at a table, with multiple tools placed everywhere. He's working on some kind of project, while talking to Cyberlife Fire Truck at the same time."CFT: If Prometheus really is as dangerous as CB 101 claims, do you think we can handle them?""RB: We have to be able to. Nothing's stopped us yet.""CFT: It was close with Snowfall. If it wasn't for CH 11, we'd all be dead.""RB: I prefer not to think about things that morbidly. Look, you seem really worried, if you don't want to do this, you don't have to.""CFT: I'm not worried or scared, I'm just cautious.""RB: No need to be, it's just a city destroying bomb, what could go wrong?""CFT: Are you serious? Millions could be killed, that's what could go wrong.""RB: Yeah I know, it was a joke.""CFT: Well it wasn't funny, this is no laughing matter.""RB: I'm serious though, you don't have to do this if you don't want to.""CFT: I guess I am scared... feels odd to admit that, I'm a fire truck after all. What could a fire truck have to fear? We're born to be brave, to rescue others from dangerous situations. The truth is, everything about me was decided the day I was born."RoTech Bus moves away from his electronics to listen to what CFT is saying."CFT: There's a certain expectation everyone has for you once you're born a fire truck. And for the longest time I tried to live up to that expectation. I wanted to be the brave hero that firefighters are supposed to be. The kind of person that drives into a burning building without a second thought. One time when I was still young and new to firefighting, I got the call to a burning building in the slums of Detroit. It was really old and unstable. Seemed to have been abandoned, I doubted anyone still lived there. I couldn't see the fire from the outside, so I went in. The walls were crumbling and weak, but I kept going. I went up three flights of stairs, until the floor below me collapsed. The actual fall to the ground wasn't bad. The worst part was what came after that. I noticed my tires were stuck underground, I tried to move but I couldn't. Pieces of rubble began falling on top of me, walls collapsing in on me. Before I even knew it, I was buried underground by all the rubble. The slightest movements just buried me deeper. I couldn't push any of it away from me, I was completely stuck under all that concrete. The only source of light was a small gap to the outside. I called for help, it took hours for the other fire trucks to arrive. Hours without being able to move, surrounded by nothing but rubble.""RB: Is that where your claustrophobia comes from?""CFT: Yeah, that's where it comes from. Once the others arrived, they moved the rubble, and found me. Crying, scared, weak. The fire truck that couldn't stop one small fire in an abandoned building. They laughed at me, as I expected they would. Even the adults at the fire station looked down on me. After that I knew I could never be like them. I'd always be the cowardly fire truck in their eyes. You know RB, sometimes I wonder what you see in me. I don't have your bravery. I don't have your charisma, your wittiness and I don't have your sense of humor.""RB: But you know what you do have? Calmness. Compassion. Wisdom. You think things through, you're not impulsive like me. You see others' sides in things. That's what I see in you. I don't need some muscular jock with a dozen girlfriends, I need you Blaze. Remember that. It's been me and you for years now, we've got each others' backs."Cyberlife Fire Truck nods."CFT: Thank you, I appreciate it. What are you even working on?""RB: You'll see soon, I wanna show it to the others at the same time as well."Meanwhile, Cyberlife Car is finishing up training with Cyberlife Train. They're at the same industrial complex as where they were before."CC: You're really improving at a quick pace. You still need a bit more control over your movements, but we're getting there.""CTrain: That's good to hear. This training's also helping me in my everyday life, I feel more comfortable in my body, you know? After the resurrection, everything felt off. My mind, my body, everything. Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64 helped me with my mind, and now you're helping with my physicality.""CC: She was a good person...""CTrain: She was. Do you know if she suffered when she died?"Cyberlife Car thinks it's best to keep the truth from him."CC: She didn't suffer.""CTrain: That's reassuring at least. It feels like for my whole life I've lacked control. I couldn't stop the derailing and the deaths of all the dozens of passengers inside me. I couldn't stop the taxis from killing Cyberlife Train Station. I couldn't fight back against the Mercedes Gang... and after all that, I wasn't there for Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64. I've done nothing, I've been helpless my whole life. I want that to change. That's why this, joining Reunited, is so important to me.""CC: I get it. I just don't want to lose you too. You're a good friend, and sometimes it feels like you're my only connection to that past life with Cyberlife United. Everyone else has either died or is busy with their own things, like Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5.""CTrain: Yeah... you know, this morning was the first time after his death, that I didn't think about Cyberlife Bus. I just made breakfast and continued the day casually. And I guess it's like good that I'm moving on.. but what if some day I forget his voice? What if I some day I forget about him entirely? I don't want that to happen. He deserves better than to be forgotten.""CC: He won't be forgotten. His legacy lives on through Reunited.""CTrain: You're right.""CC: I should probably go back to the base, it's getting late. Do you wanna come too? You'll be a member of the group, after all. There's enough space.""CTrain: Sounds good. I'll come."It starts raining heavily just as they arrive at the base. Upon arriving, Cyberlife Car and CTrain notice that the other members are already there. RoTech Bus seems to be ready to make some kind of an announcement."RB: Ah good, you two are here.""CFT: Do I finally get to find out what you were working on?""RB: Don't be impatient, and it's nothing big. Okay everyone, I created these small tracking devices for all of us to use. Everyone gets one. It's simple, all you have to do is throw or attach it onto whatever you want to track."RoTech Bus showcases it by throwing one of his trackers onto Cyberlife Fire Truck."CFT: Hey, what the hell?""RB: They're small, and very hard to notice. The bad guy you threw it on, won't even notice it.""CFT: Are you calling me a bad guy?""RB: Yes, I am. Anyways, it's automatically connected to your Cyberlife systems. You can see the tracker's location no matter how far away they are. If you're chasing someone and want to make sure you don't lose track of them, just throw this bad boy onto them and you're guaranteed to get to them eventually.""DT 17: Nice, that'll be useful. Good job!""RB: Thank you, and like I said, everyone only gets one for now. I'll start producing more later, but for now, use it wisely. That is all. Oh and welcome, Cyberlife Train. Good to have you on the team.""CTrain: Am I officially in Cyberlife Reunited now?""CC: I don't see why not, you have the skills and you're staying at the base. So yeah, congratulations.""RB: That requires some sort of celebration. Let's order some kebab!""CFT: What is it with you and your obsession with kebab?""RB: It just tastes good, so what?""DT 17: Well I can't argue with his logic. We shall order some kebab.""RB: Good! So, Cyberlife Train. How are you doing?""CTrain: I'm doing good, but this is all just new to me.""RB: You'll get used to it.""CTrain: Any important threats or criminals I should know about?""RB: We can get to that later, now is a time of celebration.""CTrain: Right. So what do we until the kebab arrives?""RB: Hmm... anyone got any ideas?""CC: Oh I know, we did this with Cyberlife United once. A roasting competition.""RB: But we don't have any grills here, what will we roast?""CFT: No, CC meant it as like making joking insults, you know? Roasting.""RB: Bro I know, it was a joke. Again.""CFT: Oh...""DT 17: Well CC, since you're the one who suggested it, tell us how this works.""CC: Okay, easy. First, someone is picked as the person that everyone else is gonna roast. everyone has one roast they can say. Whoever says the best roast gets a point. Once everyone's said their roast regarding that person, we pick a next person to get roasted. At the end, whoever has the most points, wins.""DT 17: Sounds simple enough.""CC: Since I suggested it, everyone can roast me first. It's alright if it sucks, we're just here to have fun.""RB: Okay, um... what's the difference between CC and a crippling alcoholic?""CC: Tell me.""RB: I don't know, I was genuinely asking a question. I don't think there even is a difference.""CC: Very clever...""DT 17: Hey uncle, have you made any retirement plans yet?""CC: No, I have not.""DT 17: Good, you probably won't even live that long because your drinking's gonna give you liver cancer.""CC, laughing: Hey can we not make it so all these are about me liking to have a few beers?""DT 17: You're the one who suggested we do this!""CC: Yeah, I guess. So, who's next?""CFT: Hey, has anyone seen CC recently? All I see is this fossil that slightly resembles a car.""CC: Yeah because I'm old, good one. At least I know what sarcasm is.""RB: Ooh, counter roast!""CTrain: Okay my turn... hm.. uh, how does it feel knowing you peaked when your job was getting beat up in a boxing ring all the time?""CC: It feels good, thank you for asking.""DT 17: Alright, that's everyone. So do you just decide who you think had the best roast?""CC: Yeah, it's up to the person who got roasted. And I say... hm, damn everyone had some good ones! But I have to go with RoTech Bus on this one.""RB: Oh wow. I didn't even have to bribe him with promises of a beer if he chose me!""CC: Oh, shut up. Alright, who wants to get roasted next?""RB: Me please."That's when their kebab arrives. They continue their roasting competition while eating their food at the same time. The rounds go by quick, and soon it's time for the last person to get roasted. The points are tied, as RoTech Bus and Detroit Taxi 17 both have 2 points. Everyone else has 0 points, so for the last round they gave up even trying, leaving it as a 1v1 duel. Detroit Taxi 17 vs RoTech Bus. The person they have to roast is Cyberlife Fire Truck. It'd be easy for them to mock his inability to recognize sarcasm, but at this point it would feel too obvious. They have to try to go with something better if they want to win."CFT: Alright, one of you, roast me."There's a long silence between the both of them. They both have to very carefully think of what their roast will be. Detroit Taxi 17 fears that CFT being best friends with RB might lead to him being biased. After pondering for a long time about his roast, RB is ready to say it."RB: Blaze, I know I tend to make jokes at your expense... but I know that some day you'll go far. I hope you stay there.""DT 17: Ouch.""CFT chuckles, and says: Okay, that wasn't too bad.""RB: Look at that, I made a joke about you and you didn't get butthurt over it! I'm proud of you, Blaze.""CFT: Shut up already.""DT 17: Alright, my turn. Hm.. Hey, why do you still have that fire truck paint on? Halloween was months ago, you don't have to keep pretending you actually do something that helps anyone.""CFT: Nice... gonna have to say Detroit Taxi 17 is the winner on this one.""RB: Oh, come on Blaze...""CC: And so she is the winner. Good job.""DT 17: Thank you, thank you. What do I get as a reward?""CC: You gain the title of officially being the best roaster.""DT 17: Oh wow, it's truly an honor.""RB: Well, I gracefully accept defeat.""DT 17: As you should. You-"Detroit Taxi 17 is interrupted by a call from Cyberlife Taxi 4."DT 17: Hold on, I gotta answer this."She answers the call. In another part of Detroit, Cyberlife Taxi 4 is looking outside his window in his kitchen."CT 4: Christ, you seeing this rain? It's like a damn storm outside.""DT 17: Yeah, it's crazy. It's supposed to be summer right now, but it certainly doesn't feel like it. So, how are you doing?""CT 4: I'm good, just wanted to check up on you. How's everything going in the Reunited base?""DT 17: We're having fun, we just had a roasting competition, actually. I won.""CT 4: Oh really? Well done. Is everything alright with Cyberlife Car?""DT 17: I haven't really talked to him yet, about what happened to my mom. Not sure there even is anything to talk about.""CT 4: Right... but at least tell him you know the truth, I don't want him to feel like I went behind his back by telling you without his knowledge.""DT 17: Yeah, sure. Hey it's gotta be lonely in there, being by yourself and all. Why don't you come over here to the Stratford Tower? There's still some kebab left.""CT 4: Sounds lovely, but I feel like things would just get awkward.""DT 17: No, I doubt that. Come on.""CT 4: I don't know...""...""CT 4: Wait.""DT 17: What?""CT 4: I hear something."Cyberlife Taxi 4 slowly moves away from the window. He hears his front door slightly creaking, it's being opened."DT 17: Hello? Is everything okay?"He hears a car in his house. It's driving towards the bedroom, CT 4 is currently in the kitchen. His hunting rifle is located in a closet in the living room, he has to get to it. Detroit Taxi 17 knows something's wrong. She grabs a gun and rushes to the other CR members."CC: Hey, what's going on?""DT 17: Something's happening at your brother's place. We need to hurry."

The Storm
Cyberlife Taxi 4 makes it to the living room, he hasn't been spotted by the vehicle yet. He hears it entering the bedroom. CT 4 grabs his hunting rifle, and makes his way to the bedroom where the vehicle currently is. He's cautiously moving forward, already aiming his rifle, ready to pull the trigger. Once he's right outside the bedroom, he leans against the wall, waiting for the vehicle to come out.

Detroit Taxi 17 is speeding through the city, with the other members of Reunited close behind her. The heavy downpour is affecting her vision.

The vehicle comes out of the bedroom, Cyberlife Taxi 4 immediately points his rifle at him. The vehicle is a car."CT 4: Stop. Don't move. Who sent you?"The car doesn't answer."CT 4: I ASKED YOU WHO SENT YOU!"That's when he hears something behind him. There's another vehicle in the house. Not knowing what to do, he pulls the trigger, and kills the car. After that, 2 bullets pierce Cyberlife Taxi 4 from behind. He jumps into cover. Everything went from calmness to chaos in less than a minute. His bullet wounds aren't lethal, but they're painful. While in cover, he grabs a chair and throws it out to where his enemy can see. Due to reflexes upon seeing any movement, the enemy shoots the chair instantly, giving CT 4 time to jump out and shoot his foe, killing him. CT 4 then turns around and sees two more vehicles. He isn't quick enough to shoot, resulting in another bullet hitting him. This time it hit one of his tires. He can't move properly anymore, but still manages to get into a nearby room for cover. He proceeds to topple a metallic bookshelf in front of the door to momentarily stop the vehicles from getting inside. They start shooting into the room through the walls, but none of the bullets hit him. One of the vehicles starts driving up against the door until it breaks, CT 4 has his rifle aimed and ready. The door is about to break. Cyberlife Taxi 4 knows he can't kill both of them. But he'll do what he can. The two vehicles get inside. He manages to shoot one of them, but the other one is too quick. Cyberlife Taxi 4 is shot near his engine. He's shot again. CT 4's rifle drops onto the ground. He's clinging onto life. One more bullet would be enough to kill him. Detroit Taxi 17 barges into the room, pushing the car's weapon onto the ground. She hits him, pushing him away from CT 4. The enemy car now hears other vehicles outside, approaching the house, so he escapes through the back door. DT 17 turns around to see her father, bloody on the ground, riddled with gunshot wounds."DT 17: No, no, no..."Once Cyberlife Car arrives and sees what happened to his brother, he's overcome with hate. He chases after the vehicle who exited through the back. Detroit Taxi 17 stays with her father."CT 4: Hey.. honey..""DT 17: Hey dad... you'll live, we can drive you to the hospital, okay?"Detroit Taxi 17 takes her father and tries to carry him, but he groans out in pain."DT 17: Come on, you can do this! We have to keep going!""CT 4: No, I think... I think I'm done..""DT 17: Don't say that, don't say that.""She turns away and yells: SOMEBODY GET AN AMBULANCE! HELP!""DT 17: Come on, stay with me, stay with me. Stay strong, okay?""CT 4: Where's.. where's CC? I'd like him to be here..""DT 17: He's going after whoever did this. We're gonna stop them.. but I need you to stay with me, help is coming. Just stay with me.""CT 4: Tell him... tell him that...""DT 17: Tell him what?""...""CT 4: Nothing..."Cyberlife Car is chasing the vehicle in the rain. He can barely see him anymore, but he's still just able to keep up. He feels anger and desperation. He has to get to who did this, they can't get away with it. Cyberlife Fire Truck tries to help Detroit Taxi 17 attend to CT 4's wounds, but he only has minimal medical knowledge. The injuries are too severe for him to be able to help. Detroit Taxi 17 is doing everything she can, but it's not enough."CT 4: I.. love you.""DT 17: I love you too.."The wounds are lethal, and Cyberlife Taxi 4 takes his last breath. Detroit Taxi 17 is sobbing, still holding her father. Cyberlife Car takes out his gun as he sees the vehicle entering a building. He cautiously follows it into the building, making sure not to get ambushed. Upon entering, he sees the building is like a factory. There are gears, pipes and such everywhere. The building seems to be abandoned. He doesn't know where the vehicle went, but he's here somewhere. Cyberlife Car continues moving, trying to be as quiet as possible. He hears some slight movement around him, but can't tell quite where it came from. It's very dark in the building, the only occasional lighting he gets is when it thunders outside. He keeps going, as the movement around him gets louder. Like there are vehicles everywhere. But no one's attacking him yet. He keeps moving, until suddenly the lights in the building are turned on. Cyberlife Car sees railings above him, and on these railings are dozens of vehicles. They're all observing him. He points his gun at them, ready to shoot, until he hears a voice."Cyberlife Truck 50: Hello, Cyberlife Car. We meet at last.""CC: Who are you?""CT 50: I'm the man you've been looking for.""CC: Everyone here, you're all Prometheus... Why are you doing this?""CT 50: Detroit is living on borrowed time. We're here to end it.""CC: You went after my brother... why? He wasn't a part of this!""CT 50: A means to an end. It wasn't personal. We had to get you here.""CC: You're going to kill millions... millions of lives lost, and for what?""CT 50: To save so many more. We're not terrorists.""CC: I'm going to kill every last one of you..."Cyberlife Car points his gun at Cyberlife Truck 50."CT 50: Is that your plan? You shoot me and you're dead.""CC: If that means taking you down with me, I'd be glad to.""CT 50: You fire one bullet, and you die. You're not taking me down. Not like that. Put the gun away."Cyberlife Car hesitates, but throws his weapon onto the ground."CC: What do you want from me?""CT 50: I need to see if you're the man everyone claims you to be. One on one."Cyberlife Truck 50 glances at his group, then looks back at CC."CT 50: They won't intervene."Without a moment of hesitation, Cyberlife Car rushes at his opponent in pure rage. Cyberlife Truck 50 doesn't dodge, CC pushes him against the wall. He then grabs CT 50, and starts beating him into a set of large nearby gears. CT 50 is being repeatedly bashed into them, until he retaliates and hits CC back. He punches CC again, seemingly unfazed by being bashed into the gears. Cyberlife Car rushes at him again, but CT 50 dodges the attack and hits CC's tires, pushing him onto the ground. Before he can get up, Cyberlife Truck 50 starts beating CC against the floor. The beating is stopped by CC grabbing a nearby pipe and bashing it into his opponent. He hits with it again, but once again it doesn't seem to do much to his opponent. Cyberlife Truck 50 drives into CC, throwing him against a wall."CT 50: Your movements are slow, your power is minimal. Peace has cost you your strength. Victory has defeated you."Cyberlife Car yells out, and starts punching Cyberlife Truck 50 with all his strength. He's beating on him relentlessly, anyone else would be knocked out by now. Yet CT 50 is undaunted."CT 50: Cyberlife Car. The Blue Surge. Your name used to send shivers of fear onto anyone who dared to face you. But look at you now."Cyberlife Truck 50 drives into CC again."CT 50: Weak. Old. Only a mere shell of who you used to be."He starts beating on CC, who tries to block the hits but mostly fails. The truck is bigger than him, it's stronger. But he won't give up. CC dodges the next hit, and punches CT 50's front tire, momentarily incapacitating him. He then hits CT 50 twice, and proceeds to retreat. CC grabs a pipe from the ground, and throws it at the lights, breaking them. The room is filled with darkness once again."CT 50: You think darkness will save you?"Cyberlife Truck 50 turns on his headlights, but CC isn't in his view anymore."CT 50: This is nothing but a waste of time."Cyberlife Truck 50 starts moving through the dark building, looking everywhere around him."CT 50: Show yourself."He keeps moving until Cyberlife Car jumps onto him. CC had climbed on top of a set of machinery. He has a sharp metallic blade that he found on the floor, and with it he starts stabbing the top of CT 50. To retaliate, CT 50 starts driving at full speed, then suddenly brakes. The momentum is enough to throw CC back onto the ground, where CT 50 hits him once again. He grabs CC, just to throw him onto the ground with immense strength. As he hit the ground, CC was reminded of his boxing days. What it was like getting knocked onto the floor of the boxing ring, as his family and friends were in the audience supporting him. He remembers what it was like for the referee to start counting up to 10, knowing you have to get up, and soon. Or you'll lose. No matter what, he had to keep going. And that applies to now. Cyberlife Car starts gathering his strength, and he gets back up."CT 50: Even now at the end, you're still trying. That, I find admirable."Cyberlife Truck 50 punches him onto the ground again."CT 50: But your efforts are worthless."As CC is laying on the ground barely conscious, full of dents, systems failing, Cyberlife Truck 50 grabs him. He starts carrying him over to the stairs. Cyberlife Car can't see properly, his vision is glitching. CT 50 drives up the stairs, still holding CC. Soon after, CC feels the heavy rain drenching him in water. It takes a moment for him to realize CT 50 carried him to the roof of the building. The cold rain, the thundering weather. He doesn't want these to be his last moments. CC is able to escape from his foe's grasp, and attempts to fight back. But as he guessed, his efforts were futile, CT 50 being able to stun CC with a single punch. He grabs CC once again, and drives over to the ledge of the building. The building is roughly 40 meters tall, making the fall extremely lethal."CT 50: Don't be afraid. Death comes for us all. You can't evade it forever."He throws Cyberlife Car off of the rooftop. He can feel his life flashing in front of him. This isn't how he wanted to go. But it's too late. He falls onto the cold, hard concrete. Nearly everything inside him is wrecked. Like he was crushed to death. But he's not quite dead. Not yet. He doesn't even immediately realize it, he's still alive. The pain is unbearable. He just wants it to be over. All he can hear is the rain falling onto the concrete around him. Until he hears voices. He can't recognize them, or what they're saying. But he knows someone is nearby. Everything starts fading to black, he's not sure if he's passing out or dying. Either way at least it brings an end to his pain.

Havoc
Detroit Taxi 17 is in the Cyberlife Reunited base with the other members of the group. She's still drenched by the rain. All she can think about, all she can focus on, is her father dying. She feels like she failed him. Like what happened with Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64. People around her always die, and it's starting to feel like she infects every life around her. She isn't focusing on what the other members are saying, she's thinking about what things could have been like if she was there with CT 4. They couldn't have killed both of them. But she left him alone.

The other members are discussing the whereabouts of Cyberlife Car, they called over Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 to also come to the base and discuss the situation."RB: We don't know where he is, we searched everywhere. His location is turned off.""CV: Why is his location turned off?""RB: I don't know! Something must've happened.""CV: I'll have my drones search the area, we're bound to find something.""RB: Thank you... fuck, everything's gone to shit! How are we supposed to stop Prometheus now?"Detroit Taxi 17 drives over to the group."DT 17: By doing what we've done so far. And by finding Cyberlife Car. They won't get away with what they did.""CV: What if Cyberlife Car... died?""DT 17: He didn't. We're going to find him. We can't give up now. Now's more important than ever, that we keep going. We can't let my dad's death be for nothing. The entire city is at stake. I'm gonna go training, we need to be ready for when we run into them. Cyberlife Van and RoTech Bus, you can keep looking for CC. Everyone else? I suggest you also get prepared by training."Detroit Taxi 17 exits the room. She goes to the base's shooting range, which is soundproof so that the gunshots are barely heard in the other rooms. RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Fire Truck look at each other. They both think there was something odd about DT 17's behavior."CFT: Hey, you think she was acting kinda strange?""RB: She just lost her dad, it's understandable.""CFT: I know, but still... she should have some time to grieve. Jumping right back into the action like that... that can't be healthy.""RB: Yeah, I agree. I'm gonna go talk to her. You keep strategizing with Cyberlife Van.""CFT: Good idea."RoTech Bus drives over to the shooting range. There he sees Detroit Taxi 17 with a pistol pointed at the target practice. There are human and vehicle targets, the targets that she's already shot have all been shot extremely precisely. All the humans have gunshots right on their heads, and the vehicles right where the engines are. Detroit Taxi 17 keeps shooting, not missing a single bullet."RB: Hey, would you mind stopping for a minute?"The gunshots are too loud for her to hear him, so RB goes to tap DT 17 on her shoulder. She turns around with extremely quick reflexes, and points the gun at RB."RB: Hey! It's just me, okay?"Detroit Taxi 17 immediately lowers her weapon."DT 17: Christ, I'm sorry...""RB: It's okay. I just wanted to talk to you.""DT 17: Okay, let's talk.""RB: Right... I wanted to talk to you about what happened to your father."She doesn't respond."RB: I know what it's like, I really do. I lost my sister a couple years ago, and I know what you're going through. You're replaying the situation over and over in your head, thinking if you did this or that, he'd still be alive. Don't do that. There was nothing you could have done.""DT 17: Yeah, I know.""RB: Do you? Or are you just saying that so I go away?"Once again, she doesn't respond."RB: Look, it's okay to grieve. Don't shut your emotions out because you want to stop the people who did this. We're gonna stop them. But it's good if you take some time to process what you're feeling, and if you need someone to talk to, I'm here for you.""DT 17: Thank you. But really, I just think we should keep training.""RB: Okay... but like I said, if you need someone to talk to, I'm here.""DT 17: Got it."She goes back to shooting at the targets. RoTech Bus exits the shooting range and drives over to the other members of the group. They continue discussing strategy on what to do. Once they have nothing more to discuss, Cyberlife Van talks in private with Cyberlife Bus 5."CV: We should've been here... Cyberlife Car's always been one of us. Even though we weren't there for him when he needed us after Cyberlife Bus's death.""CB 5: We weren't. But there's still hope. Cyberlife Car is a tough man to kill.""CV: I'm not much of a religious vehicle, but I pray that he's alive. The three of us have been here since the beginning. The only ones left from Cyberlife United. What he did to Silvie was wrong, but that was no reason for us to abandon him like that.""CB 5: We were too focused on ourselves.""CV: I was too focused on the law. I'm rather old fashioned in that way. I used to think that people were either good or bad, no in-between. Those who follow the law and those who break it. But it's not that simple. When Cyberlife Car crossed the line, I didn't know what to make of it.""CB 5: If he's still alive, we'll get to fix that mistake. It's never too late.""CV: And if he's not...""CB 5: We'll look out for his group. Make sure his death wasn't in vain."Detroit Taxi 17 keeps training for hours. She does pull ups, trains her speed, and continues improving her accuracy and aim. Once she's done for the day, she takes a shower. As she turns on the shower and the water pours onto her, she starts getting flashes of her father's death. The water from the shower is like the rain outside when it happened. She has to immediately shut off the shower to make it stop. She tries to keep calm, but can't. She lays against the shower wall and begins sobbing. She's able to get herself together, and turns the shower back on, despite the painful memories. Once she's cleaned herself up, she exits the shower. Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 have already left, and Cyberlife Train is sleeping. As she's driving over to her room, she hears RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Fire Truck watching "Kōtsū shudan Bōken: Series X". She considers going there to watch it with them, she doesn't wanna feel alone, but decides not to. She doesn't want to bother them. As she's about to close her room's door, she hears RoTech Bus say something."RB: Hey DT 17, wanna come watch Kōtsū shudan Bōken with us? It's good to get your mind off things.""DT 17: That'd be nice.""RB: Great, come on in. We have some cheetos and coke. Coca Cola of course, not cocaine- you know what I'm talking about.""DT 17 chuckles and says: Yeah, great."They sit down and continue watching their show. They wake up the next day to news that Cyberlife Bus 101 has more information to give. They have no other leads to go off of, so they agree to meeting him once again, despite how much Detroit Taxi 17 despises everything about him. They go through the same procedures as before, and arrive at the hallway where all the secure inmates' cells are located. They drive over to CB 101's cell, and his communication vent is opened."CB 101: Hello again, Detroit Taxi 17. As beautiful and elegant as always. No Cyberlife Car this time?""DT 17: He's busy, no point in sending the entire group here.""CB 101: He still hasn't returned, has he?""DT 17: What the fuck did you say?""CB 101: From that night during the storm. Cyberlife Car chased after them... and he hasn't returned.""DT 17: How the hell do you know what happened?""CB 101: I'm the one who organized it. I sent them to attack your father, we knew Cyberlife Car would chase after us. My plan seems to have worked in luring him in. And in killing your father."Detroit Taxi 17 takes out her gun and points it at CB 101."DT 17: This bulletproof glass is the only fucking thing keeping you alive right now.""CB 101: Yes, quite frankly it is. I'm sure you'd love to kill me right now.""DT 17: That'd be too quick of a death for you.""CB 101: Your leader is dead. Your father is dead. Perhaps it'd be best for you to leave Detroit, and to never come back.""DT 17: I'm going to kill you. Not now, but eventually your time will come. And when it does, you can bet that I'm going to enjoy every single second of your painful death. I'm going to enjoy knowing you're gonna be rotting in hell for the rest of eternity.""CB 101: Is that a promise?""DT 17: It's the truth. You remember that deal we made about shortening your prison sentence? That's not happening, you're gonna spend the rest of your life here.""CB 101: We'll see. RoTech Bus, how are you doing?""RB: Fuck you.""CB 101: Why so rude? I'm trying to tell you something.""RB: Then tell me. Did you invite us here to torment us or do you have something of use to tell?""CB 101: RoTech Bus 4's death. She was your sister, wasn't she?""RB: Don't you dare mention her.""CB 101: I know who killed her.""RB: What?""CB 101: You heard me. I didn't do it, but I know who did. He's here in this prison.""RB: How can I know you're telling the truth? You've done nothing but been a lying piece of shit, why should I believe you now?""CB 101: So you're going to leave it at that? I doubt that. You've been begging for clues for years now. You want to hear what I have to say. But you're not going to. You're going to have to earn that.""CB 101 shouts at the guards: Guards? We're done, they can leave now.""RB: We're not done here.""CB 101: I believe we are."The guards close the communication vent, leaving RoTech Bus and Detroit Taxi 17 frustrated and angry.

Awakening
Cyberlife Car wakes up in a strange environment. His vision is blurry. Everything hurts. He's laying on top of some kind of bed. "So I'm not dead..." he thinks to himself. But he's still confused as to where he even is. He knows someone saved him, but who?"He hears a stranger say 'Everyone, he's awake.'"Cyberlife Car tries to get up from his bed, but someone immediately stops him and says: That isn't very smart, you should just lay for now.

A group of vehicles with tools surround him. They're adjusting something on CC, but before he can ask them what they're doing, he notices his blurry vision becoming clearer. Soon he can see normally, and thanks the vehicles who fixed his vision. Then he recognizes someone. RoTech Motorcycle."RM: Hey, remember me?""CC: Jesus christ... RoTech Motorcycle... what are you doing here in Detroit?""RM: We have the same goal that you seem to have. We want to stop Prometheus."Cyberlife Car is starting to lose his momentary sense of security. The one who saved him is someone who tried to kill him in the past. RoTech Motorcycle can see his attitude switch."RM: Calm down, we have a mutual enemy, I'm not going to kill you. Why else would we have saved you?""CC: So why did you save me?""RM: We didn't know what else to do. We were planning an attack on the Prometheus base, we were going to use the storm as a cover to help with stealth. But when we got there, we found you outside. Nearly dead. Our main strategy for the attack was focused around it being an ambush. The fact that they already fought you meant that they would be on edge, they'd be ready for more hostiles. So our plan was ruined and we had to retreat. In the process, we decided to save you. We figured it'd be good to have more people on our side.""CC: Thank you.""RM: It wasn't an easy task to save you. Most of us thought you were already dead when we found you. Your insides were poking out, tires completely crushed, but we have skilled medics. They switched your tires, did what they could to fix your insides. It's gonna hurt for a long time, but you'll recover eventually.""CC: I really appreciate it, but I have to ask. Why are you against Prometheus?""RM: Cyberlife Truck 50 killed my friends and took members of my group. That fucker had offered me a deal, if I give him the three members that he was asking for, he'd pay us. He really thought that I was willing to give away my own people for some cash. So I refused. And so he and his group attacked our base. They abducted the members he wanted, and killed the people that got in his way.""CC: I'm sorry you went through that. Any idea what he wanted your members for?""RM: Do you know about Prometheus's bomb?""CC: We heard about it from a former associate of CT 50.""RM: Yeah, I'm guessing he's using them to work on it. I doubt it was a coincidence the ones he wanted were all skilled with technical things like that.""CC: So Mills wasn't the only one they took... what do you know about Prometheus?""RM: We've heard that all the members except CT 50 himself are mutes. They only communicate with each other digitally.""CC: Mutes? Why?""RM: They're all blindly devoted to their cause. The moment they joined they all permanently removed their ability to talk. That way if one of them is captured, they can't be interrogated. The only communication they need is with each other, and they can do that digitally through Cyberlife systems.""CC: And what's their cause? Why do they plan on using the bomb?""RM: I don't know, and I don't need to know. All I care about is killing him. I already tried the last time we met, but I couldn't. It's like he's invincible.""CC: Yeah, I fought him, or tried to at least... it was pretty one sided. It was like nothing even hurt him. I stabbed him, beat him, threw him into gears. And he continued on, barely showing any signs of injury.""RM: That isn't gonna stop me the next time I see him. I'm getting my people back, and I'm killing him.""CC: Then that leaves you and I with a mutual goal. And like the old saying goes, my enemy's enemy is my friend.""RM: We're not friends. But we can work together.""CC: Good. Wait, can't we just send the army to kill them? We know where their base is.""RM: If we do that, there's nothing stopping them from just detonating the bomb and taking everyone else down with them.""CC: Right... Where even are we right now?""RM: In the sewers of Detroit. Me and the rest of the Chicago Falcons use them to move through the city undetected. We set up this small camp here to stay for now until we go back to Chicago.""CC: The Chicago Falcons, is that your group?"RoTech Motorcycle nods."CC: Yeah. I have a new group now too, as you probably know. Cyberlife Reunited, they'll partner with you too. Speaking of them, they must be worried to death about me. They might think I'm dead. I need to go find them-""RM: No, it's not safe. You go, and you risk exposing us too. If Prometheus finds out The Chicago Falcons are staying here, they absolutely will send everyone they can to kill us. That element of surprise is the biggest thing we have against them. There are only ten of us anymore, we're no match to them in numbers.""CC: But Cyberlife Reunited can find my location through the Cyberlife systems, right?""RM: No, that fall destroyed the systems keeping track of your location.""CC: Well I can't have them think I'm dead!""RM: Yes you can. For now. Besides, you're in no condition to go anywhere. You're staying here.""CC: So you want me to rot down here while my friends risk their lives and think I'm dead?""RM: Yes, I do. You don't have a say in this. That's how it has to be, don't make this unnecessarily difficult.""CC: I guess that's how it's gonna be then...""RM: Good. Don't expect me to accept you in with comforting arms. To act like you're a part of my group, like your fuel is my fuel. We work together until we take down Prometheus, and that's that."

Seeking the Truth
Detroit Taxi 17 returns with RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Fire Truck to their base in the Stratford Tower. CR's conversation with Cyberlife Bus 101 is still on their minds, RoTech Bus can't let go of what he said. Claiming to know who killed his sister. It's most likely nothing but lies to torment him, but he can't get rid of the thought. What if he does know?"Cyberlife Train: Any word on what happened to Cyberlife Car?""DT 17: No, CB 101 didn't actually have anything useful to tell us.""CTrain: Damn it... and Cyberlife Van's drones haven't found anything?""DT 17: Nothing. But he's somewhere out there. He has to be.""CTrain: So what do we do now?""DT 17: We keep preparing for the next time we meet Prometheus."She exits the room to once again go to the shooting range. She picks a bus as the target practice, imagining it to be Cyberlife Bus 101. She enjoys hitting every bullet straight in the engine. Meanwhile, Cyberlife Fire Truck and RoTech Bus are in the gym room of the base."RB: I can't stop thinking about what CB 101 said regarding RB 4... what if he really does know what happened?""CFT: Even if he does, why would he tell you? I doubt he'd do it out of pure good will.""RB: Then I make him talk."Cyberlife Fire Truck turns around to look at his friend, questioning what he just said."CFT: You sure that's smart?""RB: You have no idea how much this means to me.""CFT: I do. I'm just wondering if it's worth it to go that far.""RB: It is. I need to know. And all of us can agree that CB 101 certainly deserves a beating.""CFT: I'm not gonna stop you. I'll come with you, if you need me to.""RB: No. It's obviously not legal to break into a prisoner's cell to beat him, in case something goes wrong, I don't want you associated with it. It was my idea, I'm the one who should take the fall for it if something happened.""CFT: Okay. You sure you want to do this?""RB: Look... the day before she died, I'd just gotten assigned back into Detroit. It's where I originally started, where I was for the first 5 human years of my life, but later on I got assigned to South Haven. It's all the way on the other side of Michigan, so I never really got to meet my sister while I was there. We called every once in a while, but it was nothing like actually hanging out with her. 3 long years of being in that small, isolated part of the state where I had no relatives, no friends. Until I finally got assigned back to Detroit, where I could meet my sister once again. I was so excited, we both were. And when the day finally came, I was so glad to travel through the state to get there. I was thrilled, but it was a long trip and I hadn't gotten proper sleep the night before. So as you could guess, I was really tired when I did finally get to Detroit. It was late at night too, but at least I got to meet RB 4. And she had actually bought this movie that I used to watch with her when we were kids! It was this really bad kids movie that we used to rent at a local film place. We never had the money to buy it. We always just rented it over and over. They had this really dumb system in place, where renting was WAY cheaper than just buying the damn movie. And we kept renting it, no matter how bad it was. We both knew it was shit, but there was just something about it that was so fun. We always had a blast watching it. So when I got back to Detroit after all those years, it was such a wave of nostalgia to see her holding the movie cover. She'd finally bought the movie. And she kept telling me that we should watch it right away, she had everything set up already. But I refused. I was too tired, you know.. 'We can watch it tomorrow' I kept telling her. What I didn't know was that for her there wasn't going to be any tomorrow. The next time I saw her, I was holding her lifeless body.""CFT: I... I'm so sorry, man.""RB: I don't just want to do this. I need to do this. I need to find out who killed her. She was my whole life, CFT.""CFT: I get it. I really do. When will you go?""RB: I'm gonna wait for the evening. We still have to spend our time figuring out how to stop Prometheus.""CFT: You're right."The scene cuts to the Detroit Correctional Facility, where Cyberlife Helicopter 11 is watching a group of vehicles playing basketball. Mercedes Bus drives over and sits next to him. CH 11 never meant to become "friends" with MBB, he just wanted to help someone in need of it. But now that he thinks about it, he believes that it's good to have someone to talk to, rather than being all by himself in this huge prison."MBB: Hi, what are you up to?""CH 11: Just watching them play basketball.""MBB: Cool, who's winning?""CH 11: That team on the left.""MBB: Cool, cool... I just wanted to thank you again for saving me back there during lunch.""CH 11: Yeah, no problem.""MBB: No one's really helped me like that.. in quite a while.""CH 11: I wonder why.""MBB: I've done some bad stuff...""CH 11: We both have.""...""CH 11: Do you ever regret it? The things you did?""MBB: No, not really... maybe sometimes. Some things maybe got a bit out of hand. I ordered this hitman group to take out some competition of mine, I wanted more passengers. I guess that's what I've always wanted, just to be succesful. To not be seen like a complete fuck up. Yeah... so I ordered some people to be killed, and maybe they didn't deserve it. I don't know, things maybe went too far.""CH 11: I can't really say I was ever much better than that. We did the things we did, we can't do anything about that. But it's up to us to learn from them, to not make those mistakes again.""MBB: But like, I just wanted more passengers.""CH 11: I don't care what you wanted, if you had innocent people killed to achieve it.""MBB: I'm not a bad person.""CH 11: Is that what you think? We're both bad people.""MBB: I can do good things, if I had a couple people killed why does that mean I can't get better?""CH 11: Then do good things. Look, just don't talk to me.""MBB: Dick..."Mercedes Bus drives away, leaving CH 11 alone to watch the other inmates play basketball. However, soon after that CH 11 is approached by prison guards, who tell CH 11 they have some good news for him. He's taken to the prison warden, who starts talking to him."The warden: Hello, I have good news. Due to your exemplary behaviour here and being vouched for by Cyberlife Reunited, you're being released on parole. All the guards say good things about you, and we believe you are rehabilitated. But make no mistake, if you commit any illegal activities while on parole, we'll make sure you stay here for a long time.""CH 11: Thank you. Don't worry, I'm not like that anymore.""The warden: That's a pleasant thing to hear."Cyberlife Helicopter 11 is escorted out by the guards, and soon he's finally out from the prison. He's free again, not locked in by huge prison walls. Outside, Detroit Taxi 17 is waiting for him."DT 17: It's good to see you again."Cyberlife Helicopter 11 goes in to hug her."CH 11: Thank you so much.""DT 17: Do you wanna stay with us at the Reunited base?""CH 11: That'd be nice."It's still hard for him to get adjusted to the thought that he's gonna be working for a group of heroes like Cyberlife Reunited. A group that he tried to kill. He never thought he'd be working side by side with people like them, yet here he is. As they're driving over to the Stratford Tower, Detroit Taxi 17 updates CH 11 on information regarding Prometheus. They discuss battle plans by figuring out each member's strengths and weaknesses. Cyberlife Train is fast and strong, but can't control himself much. RoTech Bus is a great fighter, but his size can also be used against him. He's also quite impulsive, sometimes making rash decisions in battle. Detroit Taxi 17 has great precision and aim, but she isn't as good at fighting as RB. CV and CB 5 are talented fighters, but their age has slowed them down, and they haven't gotten to fight much the past few years since most of their work has just been investigating. CH 11's ability to fly gives him an advantage, and he's learned to fight in his youth through his tough living situations, but he isn't as professional as RB and DT 17. Cyberlife Fire Truck is the least skilled of all of them in regards to fighting, but he has medical skills, which can prove useful.

A Necessary Reconditioning
Cyberlife Car is in the Chicago Falcons Camp in the sewers of Detroit. He's spent all his time resting, since making even the slightest movement brings a sharp pain. This is the worst condition he's been in his whole life. One of the Chicago Falcons, a Cyberlife Cadillac approaches Cyberlife Car. He has a southern accent."The Cadillac: I don't believe we've been properly introduced yet. My name's Cyberlife Cadillac, but folks call me Cade. I'm the second-in-command here at the Falcons.""CC: Hey, I'm Cyberlife Car.""Cade: Yeah, I know who you are. RoTech Motorcycle spent years agonizing over her failure to beat your group in the revolution.""CC: It wasn't my group back then.""Cade: Maybe not, but you were their most prominent fighter. You and that Mercedes. Whatever happened to him?"Cyberlife Car doesn't respond."Cade chuckles and says: Oh, right. Well, I'll be seeing you then, Cyberlife Car."RoTech Motorcycle approaches him."RM: Don't mind him. He can get on your nerves, but I trust him. He's been with me since the start.""CC: Alright...""RM: How's the pain on a scale of 1-10?""CC: 10.""RM: Well you're gonna have to get used to it, because I can't have you in that shape when we meet Prometheus again.""CC: What do you want me to do?""RM: To train.""CC: In this condition?""RM: You're not going to be able to fight like that unless you train. So start training. I'm gonna go work on our next plan, since you ruined our previous one.""CC: Yeah..."RoTech Motorcycle goes to figure out the plan, as Cyberlife Car is still laying on the bed. He doesn't want to train because of how painful it'll be, but has no choice. He gets out, and starts by trying to do push ups. Something he used to be able to do with ease. He tries to push his front up with his front tires but they're weak and trembling. He keeps trying, but quickly falls onto the ground. It feels like he got kicked in the gut. He's panting heavily, he doesn't have much strength. But he tries again. His tires are still trembling, being barely able to hold his body's weight. He puts all his power into it, and is able to finish the push up. His tires hurt, but he's proud of himself. Maybe he can make this work. He keeps going, and manages to do another push up. He's exhausted already, he needs to take a small break to drink some water.

Once he's ready to get back into it, he wants to train his punches. Since there are no punching bags, the sewer walls are going to have to be enough. He reluctantly starts punching the wall, each punch hurts, but he's getting used to the pain. He continues punching, becoming increasingly angry. When he stops, there are multiple cracks on the wall. Pieces of it have fallen onto the ground. "I can still do this." CC thinks to himself.

After training his punches for a bit, Cyberlife Car notices a pipe on the ceiling. He's gonna use it to attempt to do pull ups. He gathers his strength, and places his two front tires on top of the pipe. He uses them to lower himself, then tries to pull himself back up. His tires are frail, and shaking. It hurts. CC is close to giving up, but decides to keep pulling himself up. His tires feel like they're going to fall off, but he manages to finish the pull up."CC: Hell yes!"After that, Cyberlife Car immediately loses his grap and falls onto the ground."CC: Fuck... that hurt...""RM: You okay?""CC: I think so...""RM: Let me have a look."RoTech Motorcycle drives closer to inspect CC's condition."RM: Not good.""CC: What is it?""RM: Your back right tire. It's dislocated. I'm going to have put it back in its place.""CC: Wait, hold on-""RM: This is going to hurt."RoTech Motorcycle twists the tire, and pushes it in to bring it back to where it's supposed to be. Cyberlife Car yells out in agony. His yell echoes through the sewers.

Closure
Several hours later

RoTech Bus is getting ready to go the prison to meet CB 101, this time for a more unofficial visit. He's gonna make him tell the truth about what happened to RoTech Bus 4. The other members of Reunited don't have an issue with what RB is doing, as they all agree CB 101 has it coming.

RoTech Bus heads towars the Detroit Correctional Facility. He's informed the guards that it's going to be a normal visit to CB 101, but in reality he has technoloy and gadgets that he's going to use to open CB 101's cell. Once he gets inside the cell, he'll make sure CB 101 tells him what he needs to know. He goes through the same procedures as every other time before this, and eventually gets to the hallway where CB 101's cell is. No guards are monitoring his visit, which will make breaking into the cell even easier. He arrives in front of CB 101's cell, and starts tampering with the locks using his tools. It doesn't take long for him to open the cell door. He rushes into the cell."CB 101: I was wondering which one would come, you or Detroit Ta-"RoTech Bus punches CB 101, and closes the cell door so that the guards don't hear what's happening."RB: Tell me who killed her.""CB 101: Calm down, you-"RoTech Bus punches him once again. He keeps hitting him."RB: Don't fucking tell me to calm down. Talk.""CB 101: If I tell you, you'll just kill me right here and now. So why should I?"RoTech Bus hits him again. He goes to grab CB 101, and starts bashing him into the cell's wall. Once he's done, he throws CB 101 onto the ground and keeps beating him."RB: TELL ME!"Cyberlife Bus 101 doesn't answer, so RoTech Bus continues beating him. One punch after another, CB 101 is getting beat relentlessly. RB drives into him, which throws him against a wall. After that, CB 101 stops moving. He's seemingly knocked out"RB: Shit..."RoTech Bus cautiously drives closer. He can hear CB 101 whispering something. RoTech Bus goes closer to hear what he's saying."CB 101: You left the cell door unlocked."Cyberlife Bus 101 suddenly lunges at RoTech Bus, and pushes him to the back of the room. He then goes to quickly open the door, as it isn't locked anymore. RoTech Bus drives at CB 101 in full speed, but he's able to get outside and lock the door. RoTech Bus is locked inside the cell, and can't get out. he yells at Cyberlife Bus 101 from the cell, but the communication vent is closed. He can't hear anything he's saying."CB 101: The roles have changed. How does it feel to be the one locked up?"RoTech Bus keeps driving into the bulletproof glass, trying to break it with all his strength. But it won't budge, that's how it was designed. RB is filled with regret, and anger. This was a mistake, he shouldn't have come here. Cyberlife Bus 101 drives over to the end of the hallway, and pretending to be RoTech Bus, he says "Alright, I'm done." The guards come to open the door, and upon doing so Cyberlife Bus 101 attacks them. He's able to kill the first guard by driving into him. He then grabs the guard's gun and shoots the other one. RoTech Bus is still in the cell, trying to break the glass, no matter how pointless he knows it to be."RB: Fuck, fuck, fuck!"That's when he realizes he still has the tools he used to unlock the cell door in the first place. It was easier from the outside, but it should still technically be possible to do so from within the cell. RB begins doing his best to unlock the door, but it's taking him much longer from inside the cell because he can't see how the locks and mechanisms work. It takes a lot of trial and error, but after several minutes RoTech Bus is able to open the door and leave the cell. He drives the way Cyberlife Bus 101 went, and is met with the bodies of the guards. Their deaths are on him."RB: No, no..."He keeps going, seeing even more dead guards on the way. But Cyberlife Bus 101 can't have gotten far, he still has to be somewhere nearby. As he keeps driving, RB calls Cyberlife Fire Truck."RB: Jesus christ... I need your help.""CFT: What happened?""RB: Cyberlife Bus 101 escaped.""CFT: What? How?""RB: You and everyone else in Reunited need to come here right now... shit...""CFT: Don't worry, we can fix this. We'll be there right away."RoTech Bus continues driving through the prison. Eventually he gets outside, where he has no clue as to which direction CB 101 went."RB: Fuck..."He calls the police to inform them that a bus inmate has escaped, and that they should pull over any Cyberlife Bus they see for questioning. Especially if it's somewhere near the Detroit Correctional Facility. Once he's done giving the police information, he has no choice but to just wait for Reunited to arrive at the prison. He can't just drive some random direction, hoping to run into CB 101."RB: Goddamn it... shit, what the fuck's wrong with me?"He's starting to feel desperate. He doesn't want to think of the possibility that they may not catch CB 101. The other members of Cyberlife Reunited, including Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 arrive at the prison."CFT: Hey, are you okay?""RB: Yeah, but what do we do? What do we do now?""DT 17: We need to sweep the area, all of us drive different directions, we just need to start questioning any Cyberlife Bus we see.""RB: I told the police to do that too.""DT 17: Good, CB 101 can't have gotten far. We'll find him.""CH 11: I can fly around the area, the aerial view allows me to see nearly everywhere.""DT 17: Alright, good. We need to hurry."And so they all drive different directions from the prison, CH 11 flying high into the air to spectate the area from the skies. Finding CB 101 is going to be difficult, as there are a lot of Cyberlife Buses driving through a route near the area. CR are bound to pull over many innocent buses, but there's nothing they can do about that. Many of these buses are also delivering a large amount of passengers, so getting pulled over will certainly piss off and infuriate some passengers that are in a hurry. Each member of Reunited questions multiple nearby buses, some of them are polite and happy to help, others not so much. But no matter how much Reunited search around the area, all the leads seem to be drying up. Until Cyberlife Helicopter 11 spots a bus entering the woods. He informs the other members of his sighting, and flies closer.

RoTech Bus drives towards CH 11's location at full speed. He's the one closest to him, so he'll get there first.

Cyberlife Helicopter 11 is now in the woods where he saw the suspicious bus. He sees the bus's tire tracks, and starts following them. His rotor blades are quite loud, so the bus must've heard CH 11's approach by now. CH 11 continues going forward, until he's suddenly shot at. He manages to get into cover behind some large trees."CB 101: Cyberlife Helicopter 11. Didn't think I'd see you again.""CH 11: Give it up, CB 101. Everyone else is coming here, you won't get away. We'll put you back in that cell and you'll rot there for the rest of your life. It's what you deserve.""CB 101: What do you think you're accomplishing by helping them? It won't bring back the people you've murdered. It won't undo what you've done.""CH 11: I'm doing it because it's the right thing.""CB 101: You think you can be like them? You think you can become some fucking hero? You're a killer, CH 11. It's all you'll ever be. You need to accept who you really are. You stood by doing nothing while my vans murdered your motorcycle friend. You can't change what you are, CH 11. Join me. Together we can kill every single member of Reunited. We'll be free, not locked up in a prison cell.""CH 11: I'll never join you."Cyberlife Bus 101 drives away further into the woods. CH 11 follows him, but is having difficulty doing so, as every time he tries to, CB 101 shoots towards him. Some of the bullets come close to hitting him, but so far CH 11 is uninjured. Being in the dark woods at night makes things difficult to see, but he's still succesfully following CB 101. Their chase is stopped by RoTech Bus ambushing Cyberlife Bus 101. He drives into him at full speed, which causes CB 101 to drop his gun. RoTech Bus throws him into a large nearby rock, and then grabs the weapon from the ground."RB: It's over! We got you!""CB 101: No, it's not.""RB: I should kill you right here and now..."Cyberlife Helicopter 11 flies over, next to RB."CB 101: Don't... you want to know who killed your sister, right?"RoTech Bus doesn't answer."CB 101: You're right next to him.""RB: You're a fucking liar, that's all you've ever been.""CB 101: No, it's the truth. The Detroit Raiders kept a list of every place they robbed. Your sister's house is on that list. They robbed her place, thinking she wasn't home. But she was. So they had to kill her. Cyberlife Helicopter 11 is behind that.""RB: STOP LYING!""CB 101: I'm not lying... you can go to their old base, you'll find the list."RoTech Bus doesn't want to believe it. But he knows that there's something different about this from all the lies CB 101 has told. This time it feels like there's honesty in CB 101's voice."CH 11: RoTech Bus...""RB: What?""CB 101: There's no point in denying it. The evidence is there.""RB: Did you do it? Did you kill her?"Cyberlife Helicopter 11 doesn't answer, so RoTech Bus punches him."RB: Answer me!""CH 11: I'm so sorry, RoTech Bus. I've done bad things... things I regret.""RB: I can't fucking believe this... we took you into our team!""CH 11: You have every right to hate me for what I've done. But I'm not that same person anymore."RoTech Bus points his gun at CH 11."RB: Do you even remember her? Or does the memory just blend with all the other mindless murders you've commited?""CH 11: I remember her. She tried to talk us out of it, even at the time it didn't feel right. To do what we did.""RB: But you did it anyways. You're a fucking murderer!"RoTech Bus shoots a warning shot into the ground, almost hitting CH 11."CH 11: Wait, don't do this.""RB: Why shouldn't I? Do you expect me to forgive you because you helped us with Snowfall?""CH 11: No. I don't deserve your forgiveness. I just don't want you to make a mistake like this. I don't want you to do something that you'll regret.""RB: This isn't a mistake... this is justice.""CH 11: You don't have to do this."RoTech Bus fires another bullet."CH 11: You don't want to do this!""RB: Don't tell me what I want!"Detroit Taxi 17 arrives in the woods, and sees RoTech Bus pointing his gun at CH 11. CB 101 isn't there anymore."DT 17: RoTech Bus?""RB: He's the one who killed my sister, it was him!""DT 17: Put the gun down, just calm down.""RB: Don't tell me to calm down! What would you do if this was your dad's killer, huh? You'd want him dead.""DT 17: RoTech Bus, listen to me. If you do this, this is going to haunt you for the rest of your life. In your most private moments, you'll always remember shooting an unarmed man begging for mercy.""RB: I joined Reunited to stop people like him! And now he's a part of the group? Why are you defending him?""DT 17: We're your friends. You have everything you need when you're with us, don't throw that away. If you kill him, you're going to prison. That doesn't have to happen if you just let him go.""RB: I HAVE NOTHING! I don't have my sister, I don't have my friends! He's taken everything from me!""DT 17: I'm your friend, I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere. Just put the gun down.""RB: FUCK!""DT 17: You know this isn't the right thing to do."Their confrontation is interrupted by them hearing multiple vehicles approaching. They're not a part of Reunited. Before they even realize what's going on, an EMP grenade is thrown at them and they're all immobilized. Members of Prometheus approach and abduct the immobilized DT 17, RB and CH 11. The Prometheus members had been called there by CB 101.

The Only Way Out
Cyberlife Bus 101 is in the Prometheus base with Cyberlife Truck 50. They're discussing what to do next."CB 101: I think it's time to move forward with your plan. You don't have much time left, think about your daughter, her condition is getting worse. All those people, they need us to act fast.""CT 50: I think about my daughter at every waking moment. She's the main reason I'm doing this, but Cyberlife Car is still a loose end. We didn't find his body, which means he lived. We can't afford to have loose ends, the plan needs to work.""CB 101: You have his niece and two of his friends. if Cyberlife Car, Cyberlife Train or Cyberlife Fire Truck try to do anything, you can kill the members we captured. There's nothing they can do.""CT 50: A man that survives a fall like that even after what I did to him, is a man that needs to be taken seriously. He's still a threat to my plan.""CB 101: Then draw him out. Move forward with the plan. If Cyberlife Car is still alive, he's not gonna just watch as you wreck his city.""CT 50: You're right. But you need to watch your attitude. You're in no position to be making commands."Cyberlife Bus 101 doesn't respond."CT 50: Before I move forward, I need to see her again."Several hours later, Cyberlife Truck 50 arrives in the city of Coldwater in Michigan. That's where the hospital taking care of his daughter is located. He drives into the hospital and arrives in his daughter's room. She's only 8 years old in vehicle years. She's laying in her bed, with medical equipment connected to her. There are flowers on the table next to her, brought by CT 50 on his previous visits. The doctors have informed CT 50 that his daughter only has 8-9 days left before the virus kills her."Cyberlife Truck 71: D..daddy?"Her voice is trembling and weak."CT 50: Hey sweetheart... how are you doing?""CT 71: I'm... I'm okay..""CT 50: That's good. I brought you some flowers again. The cashier said they're the best ones around. Expensive too.""CT 71: Thanks.."Cyberlife Truck 50 places the flowers on the table next to his daughter's bed."CT 71: Dad..""CT 50: What is it, sweetheart?"Her voice cracks, as CT 71 sorrowfully says: I can't, I can't see them well. Everything is blurry... it hurts, dad. "CT 50: Oh... that's okay, it isn't your fault. It's your condition.""CT 71: Why did this happen to me, dad?""CT 50: I don't know, sweetheart. I wish I did. But don't worry, there's gonna be a cure. There's gonna be a cure soon.""CT 71: You can't know that... dad, I don't want to die...""CT 50: You're not gonna die, I know there's gonna be a cure, because I'll make sure of it. Daddy's gonna fix things, okay? I'm gonna make it right. They're gonna fix you, and all those other vehicles too. Things are gonna go back to the way they were, alright?""CT 71: Okay... okay, good..""CT 50: You're not going to die... I won't let you."He goes to hug her."CT 50: Don't worry... things are gonna be just like before. You'll be able to go to school, you'll get to be with your friends, and you're going to have a good life. I promise.""CT 71: Thank you.. I love you, dad.""CT 50: I love you too. I'm gonna make things right...""CT 71: I'm sorry..""CT 50: Sorry for what?""CT 71: I'm weak because of the virus... I want to be strong like you.""CT 50: You're already strong like me. I'd say you're even stronger. You've had the strength to fight the virus, you haven't let it get you down. Very few eight year olds could be as brave and as strong as you."She's delighted by his words."CT 50: Soon after you were born, I was informed of you having the virus. Everyone told me you would die, or worse. Some said it would be more merciful for me to have your engine shut off before you grew any older. I told them all to go to hell. You are my daughter, and I couldn't be any more proud of you."Cyberlife Truck 71 jumps down from her hospital bed and rushes in to hug her father again. The scene cuts to Detroit, in the Prometheus base. RoTech Bus is waking up, and realizes that he's chained up in some kind of room with Detroit Taxi 17 and Cyberlife Helicopter 11. RoTech Bus tries to move around, but the chains are restricting his movement. He tries breaking them, but they're too sturdy. He sees Detroit Taxi 17 knocked out in front of him, she's locked up too."RB: Hey, wake up. Come on, wake up."He tries shaking her a bit, but she's still knocked out. RoTech Bus turns to look at the vehicle guarding them."RB: Where the hell are we?"The guard doesn't answer."RB: I'm talking to you. Hey, let us out of here!""CH 11: They're not gonna say anything.""RB: How do you know that?""CH 11: I tried when you were still knocked out. They're not gonna even acknowledge you're there.""RB: How do I know you're not working with them?""CH 11: Why would I be working with them? I'm here locked up with you.""RB: Yeah, but not like it'd be something new for you. You worked with Cyberlife Bus 101 back when Operation Snowfall was around.""CH 11: Not because I wanted to... I guess I convinced myself it was the only thing I could do, the only way out.""RB: If the only thing you can do is partner with a vehicle trafficker, it's because your choices have lead you to that situation. If you'd just done the right thing your whole life, you wouldn't have gotten there!""CH 11: I know... I wish I could take back the things I did. But I can't, I can't make amends to the people I've hurt. And I don't deserve forgiveness for what I've done to them.""RB: Yet you claim to 'be on the right path', now? Maybe that's just what you tell yourself. Why wait so long to do the right thing? People don't just suddenly change like that, you're still a murderer.""CH 11: It's not always that black and white, RoTech Bus. People aren't just given two choices and told 'here's the good thing and here's the bad thing.' People get into bad situations and they become desperate. They just want out, and sometimes the right thing to do is so hidden and tough, that doing something bad is the thing you convince yourself you have to do.""RB: It should've been you... you should've been the one to die in that blizzard. Not Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64."RoTech Bus is disgusted by Cyberlife Helicopter 11. He doesn't want to even look at him, so he just waits for Detroit Taxi 17 to wake up.

Facing Mortality
Cyberlife Car is in the sewers of Detroit with RoTech Motorcycle, and the rest of the Chicago Falcons. He's just finished training, and everything still hurts. The tire that RoTech Motorcycle twisted into its place is tough to even move, but Cyberlife Car believes he can manage fights. He goes to check up on RM and the Chicago Falcons to see what their current plan is."CC: What's the plan?""RM: Stealth isn't a viable option without the storm to use as cover, so we're trying something different. We can't fight them head on, they outnumber us by a long shot. We're thinking of attacking them when they're in an open area, we'll set up multiple sniper spots around them and take them down from afar.""CC: Sounds like a smart plan.""RM: How's your aim?""CC: Decent.""RM: You any good with a sniper rifle?""CC: I can handle it. Not as good as my... brother.. but with some more practice I'll be of use.""RM: Alright, good. You can practice here, we have some bottles you can shoot.""CC: Yeah okay, but what's your plan for dealing with the bomb? Doesn't matter if you manage to shoot Cyberlife Truck 50, they'll detonate the bomb and kill us all.""RM: That's what we were discussing. You got any ideas?""CC: Not really... do any of the Chicago Falcons have experience with bomb defusal?""RM: The ones that did were abducted by Prometheus. They're the ones we have to save.""CC: Right...""RM: In case we have to fight head on, how's your fistfighting?""CC: Used to be great. Now I'm not so sure, I've gotten slower, older. It'd be good for me to get some practice before we face Prometheus again.""RM: We don't have much time, might as well train now.""CC: With who?""RM: Me. The others are capable of continuing planning regarding the bomb.""They move to a more secluded part of the sewers, away from the other Chicago Falcons, as Cade takes lead in planning.""CC: So how's this gonna work-"RoTech Motorcycle drives into Cyberlife Car, pushing him into metal pipes."RM: We fight.""CC: No rules, nothing?"She hits him again."RM: I said we fight."Cyberlife Car tries to hit her, but she's extremely agile despite her age, and dodges with ease. She drives into him once again, pushing him onto the ground."RM: Get up.""She hits him.""RM: Get up! If you can't handle training, how are you supposed to fight the actual group?"She throws a punch, but CC blocks it. With a quick surge of strength, he succeeds in pushing her back. She's pleasantly surprised by this sudden determination to fight."RM: There's the fighter I've heard so much about."She rushes at him, but he dodges and grabs one of her tires. He pushes into it, causing her to lose her balance. He then proceeds to punch her."CC: I don't like hitting women.""RM: Oh, shut up."She drives into him and continues beating on him. He tries to hit her, but her agility allows her to just jump over him. She places herself behind him. and punches him once again. He can't keep up with her pace, she's hitting him from all sides. She ends the barrage of hits by pushing him onto the ground, leaving her placed on top of him. There's a moment of silence among them."CC: Can you..""RM: Yeah, sorry."She quickly changes position, moving away from him."CC: I did pretty good there, but my god you're fast.""RM: And you're strong. Can't say I was disappointed.""CC: We can do this... we can take them down.""RM: I know we can. I'm getting my people back, I'm not gonna let any of them die anymore. Cyberlife Truck 50 is gonna pay for what he did.""CC: He will... but what if when I meet him again, nothing's changed? What if this time he kills me? How can we be sure we're gonna win?"RoTech Motorcycle doesn't respond."CC: I mean this is the first time, in a long time... where I've feared death. You take people down, you get shot at, you're in danger, but you don't feel it. You don't feel that dread until you're there, on the brink of death. You never really realize just how mortal you are, until you get to that point. I mean I watched them gun down my own brother... I don't want to die. And I'm scared.""RM: They haven't fought us united. We'll take them down.""CC: Yeah... we will...""RM: Are you sure you're fit to fight? Showing weakness is a sign of defeat. Pull yourself together.""CC: This tough guy act isn't necessary. Sometimes it's good to show vulnerability. That way you can learn to come back stronger than ever before.""RM: Mhm. Don't mistake our alliance for friendship, CC."

Set of Demands
When Cyberlife Truck 50 is done speaking with his daughter, he returns to Detroit. He's now ready to execute the next step of his plan. His men have already prepared everything. He's in the Prometheus base, ready to make his speech. There are cameras pointed to him. Prometheus has been able to connect them to many of the broadcasting screens in Detroit, like the Stratford Tower.

Cyberlife Fire Truck and Cyberlife Train are right outside the Stratford Tower, just about to return to their base after searching for the other group members for hours. They stop when they see the broadcast of Cyberlife Truck 50 playing all across Detroit."Cyberlife Train: What the hell's going on?""CFT: I don't know. It seems to be playing everywhere."Cyberlife Truck 50 starts speaking in the broadcast."CT 50: Hello, citizens of Detroit. We are Prometheus. And we are here to end the borrowed time you have all been living on."Detroit Taxi 17 is locked up in the Prometheus base, she's also watching the broadcast from one of the screens in the room."CT 50: As you are all aware, this city is where Cyberlife was founded. This is city is like their base. You may believe that's a good thing. After all, what harm could everyone's favorite trillion dollar android manufacturing company do?"Cyberlife Car is in the sewers of Detroit. He and the entire Chicago Falcons Group are also watching the broadcast."CT 50: Cyberlife is the ruler of this city. You may think the government has that role, but at this point they're indistinguishable. Everything in this city is owned and moderated by Cyberlife. They're a company playing god at the expense of everyone else. They don't care who or what they hurt, they only want more power, more control, more money. A manifestation of corporate greed."The Stratford Tower employees are trying to figure out how to cut the feed, but it's not possible."CT 50: They don't care about you. They only care about themselves, and they will go to any length to protect their own image. So much so, they'd rather hide the existence of a deadly virus manifesting itself in Cyberlife vehicles and androids, instead of focusing on acknowledging it and creating an antivirus software."The feed cuts to showing multiple sick and dying vehicles. Vehicles infected with the virus."CT 50: Why create an antivirus software if they can just silence the people speaking out about it? They have an endless flow of money, and anyone who speaks out, or is close to finding out something, is paid to keep their mouth shut. That way they can maintain their pristine public image, and not have to waste their time and money on an actually helping the vehicles and androids suffering. Well that ends today. There have been 2297 cases of this virus, and that number is only going to keep increasing tremendously. Eventually it will lead to genocide. Our entire species will die out, unless Cybelife acts quickly. Are you going to let them silence the deaths of the people you love? Or will you go against their regime? The choice is up to you."The people of Detroit are becoming increasingly riled up."CT 50: Cyberlife, this message is to you. You have a week to program a software which combats the virus. You will not deny the existence of the virus. And you will put everything into making sure no more vehicles die because of something you failed to counteract. Because if you don't, a week from now, this city will be ashes. We have a bomb. Don't make us use it. As for the people of Detroit, they will be kept hostage inside the city. We will destroy any way out of the city, bridges and tunnels. We will send our tanks to patrol the streets. We'll make sure no one escapes. And if the army sends anyone here to stop us, we will not hesitate to take down this entire city with us. All of your lives are up to Cyberlife. Our intention is not to hurt the innocent, but an iron grip is required to save our species."Some civilians are angry, others scared."CT 50: We are Prometheus. And we are not to be taken lightly. We are capable of what I say we're capable of. As you will all see, right now."Multiple explosives planted in the Stratford Tower explode, and the building starts collapsing."Cyberlife Fire Truck: SHIT!""CTrain: Oh my god.."They start driving away from the collapsing building. There's nothing they can do to help the people inside.

As Cyberlife Car sees the feed of the Stratford Tower collapsing, he yells out in despair. He doesn't know if Cyberlife Reunited were in the tower or not. And even if they weren't, there were still many innocents in the building."CC: I have to go there...""RM: No, it's too late. There's nothing you can do to help them now.""CC: But those people-""RM: No. This isn't a matter of discussion."Detroit Taxi 17 has the same reaction in the Prometheus base, as she yells out. She and everyone else are devastated at the destruction caused by CT 50. RoTech Bus panics at the thought of Cyberlife Fire Truck being in the tower as it collapses.

Cyberlife Fire Truck and Cyberlife Train get to a safe distance from the collapsing tower. The upper and middle floors of the tower have completely collapsed, but the bottom floors are still somewhat intact. There are still people in them."CTrain: We have to go back, we can still save some of them!""CFT: Are you sure?""CTrain: WE DON'T HAVE TIME, LET'S GO!"Cyberlife Train drives inside the building. CFT has no choice but to follow him. There are people running out in fear, at least they survived. CFT gets to the lobby, where he sees a woman trapped under some rubble."The woman: Help! Help, I can't move!"Cyberlife Fire Truck rushes to her rescue, and starts pushing away the pieces of rubble. There's still one large piece over her legs, she can't get out yet. Cyberlife Fire Truck grabs the large piece, and starts pulling it up. It's extremely heavy, even though he's a truck he still has to put a lot of strength into carrying it. Another large piece of rubble falls on top of it, almost causing CFT to drop it. But he manages to keep pulling it up, and eventually the woman is able to crawl out from under the rubble."CFT: Go!""The woman: I can't move my legs, oh god!""CFT: Cyberlife Train, drive her outside!"Cyberlife Train grabs the woman and drives her to safety, as Cyberlife Fire Truck keeps progressing further into the collapsing building. The situation reminds him all too much of when he got trapped underground in that burning building in the slums. Pieces of the ceiling keep falling off and hitting CFT, but he continues going. He's doing his best to gain courage. There's a fire in the stairs, he quickly extinguishes it with his water spraying device. Cyberlife Fire Truck is about to proceed up the stairs, when he hears someone trapped in the elevator. He rushes in to break the elevator doors, and the man trapped inside is able to escape. After that, Cyberlife Fire Truck reluctantly goes up the stairs to the 2nd floor."CTrain: HEY! YOU SURE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA?""CFT: THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE IN HERE!"Cyberlife Fire Truck goes up, and hears the screams of multiple people on the other side of a door. There's a large piece of concrete blocking the door. Cyberlife Fire Truck pushes it aside, causing another piece from the ceiling to nearly hit him, but CFT is just barely able to dodge it. He breaks the door down, and 5 people run out. They manage to escape the tower safely. CFT keeps progressing through the 2nd floor, rescuing anyone he needs to. The 2nd floor is slowly starting to collapse, but he's not ready to give up yet. He moves onto the 3rd floor, and hears people once again locked on the other side of a door. This time it sounds like there's a child with them in there. Cyberlife Fire Truck begins driving over to the door, but the floor under him collapses. He falls back onto the 2nd floor, and through the 2nd floor he falls back onto the 1st floor."CFT: SHIT!"He doesn't have time to get back up there. Rubble has already covered the staircase."CFT: THERE'S STILL A CHILD IN THERE!""CTrain: IT'S TOO LATE! IF YOU TRY TO GO BACK THERE, YOU'LL DIE TOO!"Cyberlife Fire Truck rushes outside, gaining some relief from no longer being in the danger of getting trapped. He then gets an idea. He extends his ladder and puts it up to the window of the room that had people still inside. The ladder breaks the window, giving the people inside an opportunity to escape with it. First, a woman inside puts her child on it. After the child is safely placed on it, the woman herself gets on the ladder. There's still a man inside the room. He starts climbing out, but before he can get onto it, rubble falls on him."The woman: TOM!! NO!!!"It's too late for him. Cyberlife Fire Truck brings the crying woman and child to safety. At least he was able to save them. The woman thanks Cyberlife Fire Truck, and comforts her child. CFT feels wrong not going inside the building anymore. There still have to be people inside."CTrain: It's okay, man. You can't save everyone.""CFT: Still... damn it..."

Resilience
Cyberlife Truck 50 is done with his speech in the Prometheus base. They cut all the feeds."CT 50: Now they know who we are. It's only a matter of time, they have to create the cure.""CB 101: Well done. Maybe I should interrogate the CR members we captured, to see if they know anything about where the rest of them are.""CT 50: No. I'll interrogate them myself.""CB 101: Let me do something. Don't you trust me?"Cyberlife Truck 50 doesn't answer. He drives away, and enters the room with the members they captured. As soon as he enters the room, Detroit Taxi 17 starts yelling at him."DT 17: Do you know how many people you just killed, you fucking evil piece of shit? I'm gonna fucking kill you..."Cyberlife Truck 50 drives over to Detroit Taxi 17. He decides to interrogate her first. He grabs her and starts taking her to a different room to be interrogated."DT 17: Let go of me!""RB: HEY! DON'T TOUCH HER! LET HER GO!""CH 11: Come here, take me instead you fucking pussy! I'd love to have a piece of you, I'll tear your goddamn engine out!"Cyberlife Truck 50 ignores both of them and keeps driving away."RB: Come back here! Does it make you feel like a big guy, taking her and-"He closes the door, and throws DT 17 onto the floor."DT 17: You gonna torture me now? Or just kill me right away?""CT 50: I'm not going to kill you."He punches her."CT 50: But I need to know what you know.""DT 17: About what?"He punches her again."DT 17: Is that all you got?"He bashes her into the wall."DT 17: You killed my dad, I'm not telling you shit!""CT 50: Where are the other CR members staying?""DT 17: You just destroyed their base, you fucking idiot. I don't know where they're staying now."He punches her."CT 50: I'm supposed to believe that? Look, I don't enjoy doing this. But I have to. Let's just make this easier for both of us. Tell me what you know, and I don't have to hurt you. I need to find out what you know.""DT 17: Doubt me all you want, bitch. I'm telling you the truth."Cyberlife Truck 50 grabs her. He starts taking her to another location in the base. CT 50 opens some kind of large, metallic door. On the other side, there are burnt pieces of metal and other substances. The overall design of the room is like a large furnace, big enough to fit vehicles inside."CT 50: We call this the burning room. You see, before we took the bomb from the army, we experimented a lot on our own. Built our own bombs, we didn't plan on using them, but it was necessary so we had the experience to safely modify the actual bomb we stole. And since we built so many bombs we didn't plan on using, and keeping them here would have been risky, we decided to create this method of defusing them. We'd put them into this room, and slowly start increasing the temperature. We kept increasing it and increasing it. Eventually, the wiring on the bombs starts to melt. After it's been there for long enough, anything that would trigger the explosive burns away. The bomb becomes permanently defused. After that, we just burn the remains of the bomb. That's what all those pieces and substances are. Burnt and defused bombs. But you know what we realized in the process? This place is big enough to hold vehicles. Would be quite uncomfortable to be in there, as the temperature slowly rises. As you start feeling things inside you melt.""DT 17: I don't know anything."Cyberlife Truck 50 throws her into the room, and closes the door. He turns the furnace on, and the room starts becoming hotter."DT 17: Fuck..."She starts panicking, she has to find a way out of here. She drives around the room, looking for potential weak spots, the slightest holes in the walls, anything. But she can't find anything. The room is inescapable. It's becoming hotter and hotter. She drives over to the burnt metallic pieces, and realizes something. The heat is making her chains weaker. Maybe with the pieces on the ground, she can try to cut the chains off. Panicking, she grabs the sharpest and strongest looking metal part. She puts it against the chains, and begins sawing them off. She can't bear the heat, her tires feel like they're melting off."DT 17: Come on, come on..."She keeps sawing, and the chains eventually fall off. They're not restricting her movement anymore. She takes the sharp metal piece, and hurries over to the door of the room."DT 17: OKAY, OKAY I'LL TALK!"Cyberlife Truck 50 shuts off the furnace, and slowly opens the heavy metal door. As soon as it's open, Detroit Taxi 17 immediately lunges at him. She stabs him multiple times with the metal piece, attempting to aim for his engine. But before she can do any lethal damage, CT 50 is able to push her off. He drives into her, causing her to drop the metallic piece. He begins beating her."CT 50: Clever, but foolish."He throws her across the room into a wall. She's shocked as to how getting stabbed seemingly did nothing to him."DT 17: How.. how are you not hurt?"He hits her."DT 17: I stabbed you multiple times.. and you're acting like it didn't even hurt.""CT 50: Because it didn't.""DT 17: But how...""CT 50: You want to hear my story after you stabbed me?"He punches her again."DT 17: Don't take it personally, if you were in my situation you'd have done the same.""CT 50: Your bravery is going to get you killed.""DT 17: We'll see. So what it's gonna be, you gonna keep beating an unarmed prisoner who doesn't have any information to give you, or are you gonna tell me why you don't feel pain?""CT 50: Unarmed? Bold statement coming from someone who just tried to stab me.""DT 17: Tried to? Pretty sure I succeeded."CT 50 chuckles."CT 50: You see, I was in the army. I was good, my whole unit was. The best of the best. And one time, we got deployed into South America. Colombia, in specific. As you may know, Colombia is not a perfect country. It suffers a lot from poverty, violence, corruption. It's a dangerous country. And well, things went wrong when we were deployed there. Eventually, I wound up in a Colombian prison. I was an inmate there for a long time. Colombian prisons are not a kind place. The guards there enjoy their ability to torment the prisoners. These guards, they liked to play a little game. They'd select some prisoners, and starve them. Not give them any fuel for a long period of time. They wanted to see who could last the longest without fuel. The one who lasts the longest, is the winner. Everyone else dies. Once the winner is the last one standing, they give him all the fuel he needs. At that point, the fuel starts to feel disgusting. You've been away from it for so long, it's repulsive. But you need it to live. You know, I watched a lot of inmates die. What that kind of starvation does to a vehicle... it's brutal. Eventually I got picked to participate in the game. I won. Just barely, but I won. You know what kept me going? I knew my child was to be born soon. If it wasn't for that, I would've given up. I'd be dead right now. But I didn't want to die, I wanted to get out of that hellhole. And eventually I did, we were able to organize a breakout. I'll never forget the guards' faces when they saw us, free. Their faces were those of pure terror. They knew their acts would catch up to them. And they were correct. We chained up the guards, and saw which one of them would survive the longest without food or water. Except we didn't provide anything to the last man standing. We let him die too. But that's not relevant, the relevant part of the story is I got picked to be a part of the game. And I survived. Going that long without fuel, it did things to my body. I didn't feel pain like I used to. Getting shot would feel like getting hit with a rock. It hurt, but not like before. I was becoming almost immune to pain. And now?"Cyberlife Truck 50 grabs the metallic piece that DT 17 used. He stabs himself with it."CT 50: Getting stabbed is like getting stung by an insect. I'm not immortal. If you shot me straight in the engine right now, I would die. It just wouldn't cause a lot of pain. Besides not feeling pain, I also modified my exterior with layers of steel and concrete. My systems can now take more damage than any average vehicle." DT 17: Shit... CT 50: Have any other questions? DT 17: Yeah, actually I do... "CT 50: Go ahead.""DT 17: Why call your group Prometheus? Not an ordinary name to choose.""CT 50: In Greek mythology, Prometheus was a hero. He saw the gods as the unjust rulers they were. They played judge, jury and executioner. That didn't sit right with him. He defied their omnipotence, he challenged it. And that's what me and my army are doing. We're challenging Cyberlife's omnipotence, we're taking away their power like Prometheus took the gods' power from them.""DT 17: That's how you see yourself, as the hero? You're going to murder millions.""CT 50: A necessary cost. You still have nothing to tell me about Cyberlife Car?""DT 17: I don't know where he is, please... I'm telling you the truth."Cyberlife Truck 50 takes a close look at her."CT 50: Okay... I believe you."He grabs her, and chains her up again. He carries her back to the other abducted CR members, and locks her up with them."CB 101: Alright, who's turn is it next?""CT 50: No one. They don't know where he is.""CB 101: You can't be sure about that. She could have lied, you need to-""CT 50: I said they don't know where he is.""CB 101: You revealed your motives to her. That was a mistake, it can be used against you.""CT 50: I didn't tell you my motives, yet you found them out anyway.""CB 101: I'm an exception. I have my ways.""CT 50: And what are your motives, then?""CB 101: A man with no motive is a man no one suspects. If they don't know what you want, they can't predict what you'll do next.""CT 50 drives away from Cyberlife Bus 101. Meanwhile, RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Helicopter 11 are checking up on DT 17's condition. She's burnt, and badly injured. But she'll live.""RB: Hey bullseye, you okay?""DT 17: Bullseye?""RB: You know, cause of your aim. I watched you at the shooting range, you're good.""DT 17 chuckles, and replies: Thanks... and yeah, I'm okay.""RB: Alright, good."

A Temporary Sanctuary
After the destruction of the Stratford Tower, Cyberlife Train and Cyberlife Fire Truck have been staying at Cyberlife Van's and Cyberlife Bus 5's detective headquarters. They're looking at news footage of the destruction."CV: Jesus christ... what can bring someone to cause that upon others?""CTrain: They're terrorists, they can't be reasoned with. They thrive off hurting others.""CFT: If they kill RoTech Bus, I swear I'll-""CV: Don't worry, they won't. If they would, they would have killed him and the other hostages right away. They need them as leverage against us, they need them alive.""CB 5: He's right. We're going to rescue everyone in your group, and we'll defuse the bomb.""CFT: How can you know that... they have everyone, RoTech Bus, DT 17, CH 11... they killed Cyberlife Car, how are we supposed-""CV: We don't know if they killed Cyberlife Car.""CFT: Still, we're only 4 people. We can't fight an army. This is hopeless.""CV: Don't say that. I've been alive for a long time, and there's something I've learned. Fear is the enemy. It stops us from accomplishing what we want. No matter where you are in life, it's always present. Looming over you like a dark cloud. We can't let fear win.""CFT: In my experience, fear's always been the winner.""CTrain: It wasn't today. You think I didn't see you in the Stratford tower? You saved more lives than I did. You're just as brave as the rest of us. We need you, Blaze. If we work together, we can do this.""CFT: I gained that courage thanks to you charging into the collapsing building.""CV: Does it matter where the courage came from? It's still courage. You are a hero."Several hours later

A large detonation in the city occurs. The shockwave of the bomb destroys hundreds of buildings in seconds, millions of people and vehicles turn to ash in an instant. The last thing Cyberlife Car sees is his friends dying in the blast, before it takes him too.

He wakes up panting in horror. It was just a nightmare. Cyberlife Car feels a wave of relief wash over him, still feeling the terror from the dream. It's dark in the sewers, it must be late at night. The Chicago Falcons are sleeping. Cyberlife Car has the option to leave, no one would stop him. But he decides not to, he doesn't want to risk revealing their location. He knows he won't be able to get any sleep, so he drives over to a more isolated spot. As he's silently moving forward, he notices a burning barrel, and RoTech Motorcycle sitting by it. She's still awake as well. He approaches her."CC: Couldn't get any sleep?""RM: I don't really sleep much... haven't been able to the past few years. You?""CC: I had a nightmare... it was about the bomb going off. Millions of lives lost in a matter of seconds. I've faced many criminals throughout my life, but none like this. There's so much at stake here...""RM: There is. Which is why we can't fail.""CC: What have you even been up to the past few years? Tell me about your history with the Falcons.""RM: After the revolution I went to Chicago. I wanted to lead a succesful group, I wouldn't make the mistakes I made with the FVVA. I guess I just have a natural need for being a leader. I made a name for myself as a mercenary, doing jobs for hire. Eventually I met Cade during a mission, and we began gathering members, other mercenaries. We're soldiers for hire. If someone needed fighters and had the money to pay them, we'd be there. We did all kinds of jobs, protection, assaults, gathering information. Whatever they needed and could pay for, we did, and we did it damn well. We worked all around the country.""CC: So mostly killing others for money... I don't know what I expected.""RM: You think you're better than me? I know what you've done too. I know you murdered your closest friend when he had surrendered. Tell me, CC. How many people have you killed? Dozens? Or is it in the hundreds? All the guards, robbers, everyone you kill to accomplish your goals have their own families. Their own nieces and brothers.""CC: Trust me, I know... It's not pleasant. But it's a part of the job. It's required to protect the innocent.""RM: And who are you to decide who's innocent and who isn't? The only difference between you and us, is that we make a profit.""CC: Maybe so. I just do my best to try to do the right thing.""RM: Don't we all?"Cyberlife Car nods. "RM: Do you have any personal connection to Cyberlife Truck 50? Or are you just after him because he threatens your city?"Cyberlife Car takes a moment to respond."CC: He sent his men to kill my brother. I try not to think about what happened... CT 4 spent the last 10 years being distant from me, telling me about how I didn't matter to him. But there's still some conflicting feelings there. He was still my brother, so even despite all that... I miss him. I guess I'm just hoping to forget him. That way I don't have to think about the mess I made of things.""RM: Never been good with talking about feelings... but I'm sorry for your loss.""CC: Thank you.""RoTech Motorcycle sits up. CC notices an instant switch in her attitude to act tougher.""RM: The sun's getting up soon, we have to get to work."

City of Despair
The next day

Cyberlife has 6 days left to create the antivirus software. The city isn't safe anymore, everyone's afraid for their lives. Even though there's still 6 days left, the thought of a bomb being detonated and killing millions is frightening to everyone. The civilians' safety is utmost important to Cyberlife Car.

Meanwhile in the Prometheus base, Cyberlife Bus 101 gets an idea. He approaches Cyberlife Truck 50."CB 101: Cyberlife Car is still a loose end, correct?""CT 50: Yes.""CB 101: I know how to lure him out.""CT 50: You're gonna use the members we captured?""CB 101: No. There isn't a safe way to do that without bringing attention to the base location. I have a better way.""CT 50: I'm all ears."Cyberlife Bus 101 explains his plan to Cyberlife Truck 50. He agrees, and they start planning out how to execute it.

Several hours later, at the Detroit Correctional Facility.

Cyberlife Truck 50 arrives outside the prison. He has multiple Prometheus members with him, they're all armed. Some of the members are tanks. CT 50 has a megaphone with him, which he starts speaking into."CT 50: Staff of the Detroit Correctional Facility. I'm here to make an offer."He waits until guards come out of the prison. They have their weapons aimed at Prometheus. Behind the guards is the prison warden."The warden: What do you want?""CT 50: Order the guards to lower their weapons. If you try to kill us, things will not go well for you."The warden hesitates, but eventually the guards lower their guns. A news helicopter arrives at the scene, filming the encounter. Cyberlife Car is watching the news broadcast."CT 50: Thank you. Now, we can do things peacefully if you so desire. All you have to do is do what we tell you to do.""The warden: And what do you want us to do?""CT 50: Release all the inmates of this prison.""The warden: No.""CT 50: Think carefully about your answer, warden.""The warden: You're gonna have to kill me, if you think I'm releasing these vile, dangerous criminals into the streets of this city.""CT 50: Very well."Cyberlife Truck 50 grabs an assault rifle and shoots the warden. Some guards attempt to shoot at CT 50, but are killed. Other guards were wise enough to throw their weapons onto the ground and put their hands up. The tanks start shooting at the walls of the prison, and Prometheus members storm inside. They kill any prison guards that try to stop them, and begin breaking out all the inmates."CC: No... I have to go there. I can't let this happen.""RM: How many times do I have to-""CC: You're not stopping me this time. I'm going."RoTech Motorcycle takes out a gun and points it at Cyberlife Car."RM: If you do that, you risk exposing us. You're gonna get us all killed.""CC: You gonna kill me? Go ahead, pull the trigger. That's the only way you can stop me. Because if you think I'm letting all those inmates get away with they've done, then you don't know who you're talking to.""RM: What do you think you're gonna be able to do against them? Kill them all by yourself?""CC: I'll do what I can."RoTech Motorcycle considers what to do. She decides to lower her weapon. Cyberlife Car goes to grab a weapon from the camp, and starts heading out from the sewers. Cade approaches RM."Cade: What the hell's he doing? He's crazy."Cade grabs a shotgun and is ready to chase after CC, but RM stops him."RM: Don't."Cade reluctantly lowers the shotgun."Cade: If you say so, boss..."The scene cuts back to the prison. Dozens of released inmates are storming out of the prison. Prometheus members continue releasing locked up prisoners. Inside the prison, two Prometheus members approach Mercedes Bus."MBB: Who are you? What do you want from-"They knock him out, and drag him away. They have orders to bring him to CB 101. CT 50 continues his speech outside."CT 50: We have liberated you from your confinement. We are taking back Detroit from the city that controls it! Inmates, take back your city!"Prometheus members are arming the released inmates with weaponry. Police officers arrive at the scene, but they're no match against the people they're facing."CT 50: The police, retreat if you want to survive. This is our one and only warning."The police open fire on them, but are quickly shot down by the tanks and inmates. More cops arrive at the scene."CT 50: Don't make the same mistake they did, turn back!"The police hesitate, they don't know what to do. Since they can't call the army the for help, they have no chance against Prometheus. Cyberlife Fire Truck and Cyberlife Train arrive next to the police. CV and CB 5 drive over as well. They're outnumbered. Inside the prison, a guard sees a group of inmates attempting to break into the highly secure part of the prison. He points his gun at them and orders them to stand down. He yells at the prisoners, until another prisoner sneaks up on him from behind. He starts beating up the guard, and other prisoners quickly join him. He's taking serious injuries, until someone intervenes. The guard isn't sure what happened, but he's not getting hit anymore. He looks over, and sees Cyberlife Car fighting the prisoners. There are 5 of them and only one of him, but he's putting up a good fight. CC grabs one of the inmates, and bashes them into a nearby prison cell's bars. He then remembers a trick from RoTech Motorcycle, and turns on his headlights, blinding the other inmates. He drives into them, and is able to take them all down with ease. CC starts talking to the guard."CC: What's your name?""The guard: Will.""CC: You okay, Will?""Will: Yeah, thanks. I'd be dead without you.""CC: We need to go help the other guards. We're outnumbered, but if we group everyone up, we have a chance.""Will: Yeah, okay.""CC: Come with me, we need to hurry."They begin moving through the prison, gathering any guards that are still alive. Most have been shot and killed, the prison hallways are bloody and brutal. But there are still enough people to fight back. The scene cuts to the outside of the prison, where CFT, CTrain, CV, CB 5 and the police are fighting Prometheus. They're not doing well. Not only are they up against Prometheus, they're fighting all the inmates released by CT 50. Cyberlife Fire Truck drives over to Cyberlife Train."CFT: We have no chance against them, we need to get the army in here!""CTrain: No, remember what Prometheus said! If the army comes, they'll detonate the bomb!""Cyberlife Fire Truck sees a tank aiming at Cyberlife Train. He drives into him to push him into cover.""CFT: There are too many of them..."The police are getting shot down one by one, as Cyberlife Truck 50 approaches Cyberlife Fire Truck. CT 50 tries to shoot him, but CFT manages to disarm him by pushing his weapon onto the ground. CT 50 pushes CFT into a wall, but is then hit by Cyberlife Train driving into him at full force."CT 50: You're strong. Impressive."Cyberlife Train attempts to hit him again, but CT 50 dodges it and punches CTrain. CFT attacks CT 50 from behind, but it barely injures him. They keep fighting, but when the other Prometheus members intervene, CFT and CTrain are quickly defeated. They're about to be shot, until CT 50 hears something from the prison. Cyberlife Car is at the prison entrance, with dozens of prison guards. They're all armed.

CC: REMEMBER, UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL! CHARGE!

He and all the guards start charging into the Prometheus members. Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 gain a sudden boost of inspiration and strength from seeing CC alive. The guards shoot at all the hostiles they see, the fight is chaotic. There are so many people everywhere, the tanks can't shoot at anyone without injuring their own members in the process. That was Cyberlife Car's strategy, to overwhelm them by merging into the masses. CC rushes in to help Cyberlife Fire Truck and CTrain. He fights off any members he runs into, and manages to reach CFT and CTrain."CC: YOU TWO OKAY?""CFT: Yeah! Thank god you're al-"Their conversation is interrupted when they're attacked by an inmate. There's no time for talking now. They rush in to help the police and the guards. In the middle of all the chaos, CC runs into CT 50 again."CT 50: So you have come back to die with your city.""CC: I came back to stop you."He drives into CT 50, then proceeds to hit him repeatedly. CT 50 still doesn't seem to be getting injured."CT 50: Have you learned nothing from the last time we fought?"CT 50 throws CC into a wall, and attempts to drive into him. CC succeeds in dodging, then decides to use the same strategy as he did in his boxing days. He's gonna exhaust CT 50 by just dodging, and once he's tired, CC will fight back. CT 50's attacks are fierce and tough to dodge, he has unrelenting speed and strength. But the strategy seems to be working, each attack is becoming increasingly slow. Once CT 50 is worn out enough, CC steps to his side and backs him into a wall. He drives into him multiple times, CT 50 doesn't get a chance to dodge any of the hits. CC grabs a nearby metallic bar and smashes it into CT 50, causing it to shatter into pieces. CT 50 seems to be in pain for the first time. CC aims the next hit onto his engine, it also injures CT 50. But after that, he's able to get back on his feet, and puts all his strength into striking CC. Before he can recover, CT 50 hits him again. He's enraged, and keeps beating CC. The situation is starting to become similar to their first fight. At the same time, the guards are losing to Prometheus. No matter what they do they can't win this fight.

CT 50 keeps beating CC, until a bullet goes through him, almost hitting his engine. It was from far away, there has to be a sniper. CT 50's caught by surprise, but reacts quickly enough to dodge the next bullet. He drives into cover before he can be shot again. CC's confused as to who the sniper is. More Prometheus members are also getting shot down by the sniper. Bullets are coming from every direction, there seem to be multiple snipers.

RoTech Motorcycle is in the distance holding her sniper rifle. She's disappointed her shot didn't kill CT 50, but continues shooting the members she can see. The other Chicago Falcons are placed on other sniper spots around the fighting arena, shooting at Prometheus from every angle. The Prometheus members attempt to shoot back, but can't focus on where the snipers are located when they have to worry about the guards at the same time. They're getting shot down one by one, even the tanks are struggling with what to do. CT 50 watches in hatred as his loyal fighters are dropping like flies. He hates the idea of retreating from battle, but as he watches dozens of his men get killed, overwhelmed by the snipers and the guards, he has no choice. He orders everyone to retreat. The Prometheus members swiftly escape the area while still getting shot at.

After the Battle
There's deafening silence after the battle. The ones who survived are surrounded by dozens of bodies from both sides. The guards are weeping the deaths of their coworkers. Cyberlife Car is badly bruised from the fight with Cyberlife Truck 50, but all things considered it went better than the first time they met. He sits down to have a moment to relax. Cyberlife Fire Truck drives over to him."CFT: Jesus... you okay?""CC: Yeah... I'm good. How about you?""CFT: CTrain and I are fine, you saved us back there. We would have been killed. Thank god you're alive...""CC: We still nearly lost. We're alive thanks to them.""CFT: Thanks to who?"RoTech Motorcycle drives into view. She's surrounded by the other Chicago Falcons, all of them carrying their sniper rifles with them. They approach Cyberlife Car."CC: So you decided to come help us out.""RM: It was a good opportunity to try to kill CT 50.""CC: Well I'm glad you're here.""Cade: You lived, CC. I'm impressed.""CC: Thanks..."Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 drive over. They rush in to hug Cyberlife Car."CV: You made it, old friend... I knew it...""CC: It's good to see you too.""CB 5: I don't know what I would've done if you died."Once they stop hugging, CV and CB 5 notice RoTech Motorcycle."CB 5: You..."She instinctively points her gun at RM."CC: You can put the gun down. She's with us.""RM: A warm welcome, I see.""CB 5: I'm sorry about that... it's just... the last time we met, you tried to kill us. I didn't expect to see you here, not on our side at least."Cyberlife Fire Truck turns to look at CC."CFT: Sorry, who are they?""RM: We're the Chicago Falcons. We're the ones who saved Cyberlife Car. We have a mutual goal, all of us want to kill Cyberlife Truck 50 and get our people back. He's captured some of our members and is forcing them to help him with his bomb.""CFT: It's gonna be a pleasure working with you, then. I'll say this on the behalf of everyone else in Cyberlife Reunited, thank you for saving CC's life.""RM: You're welcome. So from now on, the Chicago Falcons will partner with Cyberlife Reunited.""CFT: We're a little short on numbers, 3 of us are being held by Prometheus. Detroit Taxi 17, RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Helicopter 11 are all captured.""RM: Then we should get them back. We need to break them out, and get the rest of the Chicago Falcons in the process. Once we have everyone with us, we can start making preparations for the true war against Prometheus.""CFT: I don't think it's that simple-""RM: It is that simple. We know where their base is. We need to sneak in and break them out.""CFT: Just like that, hm?""RM: Just like that. The Falcons have been paid for rescue missions before and we've succeeded each time. With our own members' lives on the line, we'll be more careful than ever.""CFT: Cyberlife Car, you have nothing to say to this? I mean Prometheus is an army, what if they spot us and the rest of us get captured as well? Then there's gonna be no one left to stop the city from being turned into ash. This sounds like a suicide mission.""CC: It's not like we have a better plan. For now, I trust her. We send the Falcons to break them out."CC then sees Cyberlife Train, and decides to go approach him. CTrain seems quite shaken up after the battle, he's trembling."CC: Hey, buddy... you okay?"Cyberlife Train doesn't answer. He seems to be lost in his thoughts."CC: Cyberlife Train..?"He goes to gently tap Cyberlife Train to bring him back to reality. Upon getting touched, Cyberlife Train recoils in terror. He's panting heavily."CC: It's just me here... you're okay, man."Cyberlife Train can't form words properly, he's in shock."CC: Hey, you're okay. It's over. They're gone.""CTrain: I-, I-.. christ...""CC: I'm here for you, everything's gonna be okay. Alright?""CTrain: Yea-, yeah... Cyberlife Car?""CC: What is it?""CTrain: I don't remember what just happened. I blacked out and lost control... it was like when I attacked Cyberlife Bus all those years ago. I could've attacked someone innocent, I could've attacked you. I can't control myself, I thought I could- after the training I was certain I-""CC: Hey, calm down. It's not your fault, CTrain. We'll get through this. It's my fault for taking you into the group, you're not ready yet.""CTrain: But I want to help! I can't just wait on the sidelines while the lives of millions are threatened!""CC: You can still help us, it doesn't necessarily mean being out here on the battlefield.""CTrain: Okay... in whatever way I can help you, I won't let you down.""CC: I know you won't."He goes in to hug Cyberlife Train, and to comfort him. Cyberlife Train seems to be a bit wary of his touch at first, fearing his own body would instinctively attack CC, but he soon eases up to it. CTrain hugs CC stronger than ever."CC: Everything's gonna be alright, we'll get through this. I promise."After checking in with everyone else, Cyberlife Car gets back to RoTech Motorcycle."CC: So you came back to save me... why? You seemed pretty adamant about not caring for me.""RM: I didn't do it for you. We saw an opportunity to kill CT 50 from a distance, we took it. And if that didn't work, we could partner with Reunited. Which is what we're doing now.""CC: Right... so what's our plan now? Just sneaking in the base and that's it?""RM: I'm thinking we could use a distraction. Having every soldier in Prometheus be at the base is gonna make it nearly impossible to sneak past them. We need to get some of them away from the base.""CC: Me, CFT and CTrain can be that distraction. We'll get them to chase after us, while you and the rest of the Chicago Falcons break into their base. There'll still be some guards in the base, but it should be more manageable for you to sneak around the base without getting spotted.""RM: Sounds like a plan."RoTech Motorcycle begins to drive away, but CC grabs her."CC: You know, this is a good thing you're doing. You're helping save millions of lives.""RM: I don't care for the humans of this city, you should know that. I'm not a hero, I'd be fine with leaving them all to die. I'm only doing this for vengeance against Prometheus, and for the vehicles in my group.""CC: You sure about that? You don't strike me as being entirely heartless.""RM: Why should I care about humans when the only thing they've done for me is leave me to die? Do you know what it's like to have the first moments of your life be alone outside in a cold storm? To be left in a scrapyard to die in the rain, by the very people that created you? The people that are supposed to develop you and look out for you, to care for you. All due to some missing pieces, malfunctions so insignificant I was able to fix them myself, using nothing but scraps of vehicles that had died before me. I'm not heartless. Humans are. They've done nothing but mistreat vehicles for their own personal gain.""CC: A few bad people don't represent an entire species. There are good people in this city, people that don't deserve to die.""RM: I've yet to meet one.""CC: You will. You'll see.""RM: Hmph. We need to prepare for the next step, you need to inform Cyberlife Train and Cyberlife Fire Truck about the distraction plan. I'll get back to my people and we'll discuss how we get into the base."The scene cuts to the Prometheus base, where Cyberlife Truck 50 and his fighters have just arrived after retreating from the battle at the prison. Oil is rapidly spilling out from CT 50's wound, but that's not what's on his mind. He furiously confronts Cyberlife Bus 101."CB 101: You're leaking oil, you need a medic."Cyberlife Truck 50 punches him, causing CB 101 to fall onto the ground."CT 50: I couldn't care less about a bullet wound. This is your fault. We never should have gone to that prison.""CB 101: I made a mistake. There was no way for me to know about those snipers.""CT 50: And we just lost dozens of good men because of your mistake. Brave and loyal fighters, who were willing to give their lives to a noble cause. I watched them get shot down in front of me, I almost died with them.""CB 101: And in return you gained the loyalty of the inmates you freed.""CT 50: Loyalty? Those men have no loyalty, no honor. They're murderers, thieves, rapists... and I freed them. Maybe some of them will fight with us, but you know how many of our own we lost? 34. 34 good men died freeing them, I counted each and every one. I could name them all right here and now if you asked me to. You want to know why? Because I care about my men, I care about my soldiers. But you wouldn't know what that feels like, would you? You've never cared about anyone but yourself. And because of you we traded the lives of 34 skilled, loyal, good soldiers for the loyalty of a few incompetent pieces of filth. Does that sound like a good trade to you?""CB 101: It was a mistake, but the plan was solid. We need all the fighters we can get.""CT 50: If we have murderers and rapists fighting for us, are we really on the right side anymore?""CB 101: Does it matter who's fighting on our side, as long as they're fighting for us? Who are you to gain morals now? You're threatening to bomb an entire city. You don't want to lose your kid, but what about all the other children in this city?""CT 50: Be careful about what you say. I'm doing this for everyone, FOR OUR WHOLE SPECIES!""CB 101: I know. I just want to help you achieve your goal.""CT 50: Yet we killed innocent men to free those inmates. Guards just doing their duty, following orders. No different than you and I.""CB 101: No different? They were sheep, and they've been sheep their whole lives. Following the rules the government set for them, they were the type of people to follow Cyberlife blindly. The way I see it, you helped them by ending their miserable lives.""CT 50: No. I've done bad things because I trusted your word. I sent my men to kill Cyberlife Car's brother because you told me to, I attacked the Chicago Falcons base because you told me to. Some of my troops have doubted you before, but I didn't listen to them. I didn't listen to them because you had done good by me so far. I'm starting to think I was wrong for trusting you.""CB 101: You weren't. My advice and help is the reason you've gotten this far. This battle was a setback, but we will win. You're the hero who's gonna save millions of lives by making sure Cyberlife creates the antivirus program. Good men will die on the way, but that's a necessary sacrifice. I need you to give me a second chance.""CT 50: I'm not going to let you manipulate me.""CB 101: I'm just trying to help you. Any idea who those snipers were? They can't have been a part of Cyberlife Reunited.""CT 50: I've made lots of enemies, but not many with precision like that. Those snipers were skilled, they hit nearly every shot. Only one group has such accuracy. I'd say RoTech Motorcycle and her group have followed us. But now that we know they're working with CR, we'll be expecting them, we'll be better prepared. I'll have my men rally up the inmates we freed. They'll be of use to us now... but after the fight's over I'll make sure they're put back where they belong.""CB 101: We have something they don't. I learned long ago that I'd have to play the game differently.""CT 50: What game?""CB 101: Life. Life is nothing but a game with winners and losers. Those who get to the top and those who fall on down to the bottom. And if I wanted to get to the top, I had to use a power stronger than any physical training could get you. Than any amount of allies could get you. Knowledge. Know your enemies, know what they want. Soon you'll know their every move before they even make it. We know everything about Cyberlife Reunited. We can use the hostages. Separate Detroit Taxi 17 from the others, I need to talk with her. If I can get her to join our side, Cyberlife Reunited will surrender. There will be no one left to stop us.""CT 50: That girl is the last person that would ever willingly join us. Are you insane?""CB 101: Of course she doesn't actually have to join us. All we need to do is make Cyberlife Car think she's joined us. I go talk to her, give her a few reasons to play along, and soon CR will no longer be a problem.""CT 50: Okay... but I won't let you be the one to talk to her. I'll do it myself."As CB 101 and CT 50 are discussing, Prometheus members drive up to them. They're dragging an unconscious bus."CB 101: I see you got him. Good.""CT 50: What's this?""CB 101: I told your men to capture a certain inmate when they were at the prison. This right here, is Mercedes Benz Bus.""CT 50: You gave my men orders behind my back?""CB 101: It was for a good reason, you were busy.""CT 50: And what do we need this Mercedes Bus for?""CB 101: He's a threat. A witness. Once everything blows over, his information will help the authorities catch me. I need him dead.""CT 50: So then kill him. Make it quick.""CB 101: Of course. I'll bring him away from here, don't want to stain the floors with his oil."Cyberlife Truck 50 drives away. He still has doubts about Cyberlife Bus 101.

Choices
Hours later, Cyberlife Truck 50 arrives in front of Detroit Taxi 17's cell. She's been separated from the others."DT 17: Why'd you bring me here? What do you want? I already told you, I don't know anything.""CT 50: I'm not here to interrogate you. I want to talk."He settles down."CT 50: How are your injuries? After the burning room, you alright?""DT 17: I'll live.""CT 50: Good. Look, I'm sorry about all this... sometimes it's easy to forget you're.. just a kid. Not much older than she is."CT 50 looks at a nearby picture of Cyberlife Truck 71."DT 17: You're not sorry. You don't feel anything, you're just a murderer. Why haven't you killed me already? I tried to kill you."Cyberlife Truck 50 looks away."CT 50: I don't know. It's just not right. It doesn't have to be like this. I really am sorry.""..."Detroit Taxi 17 glances at his large bullet wound, which he got when RoTech Motorcycle shot him with a sniper rifle at the prison. "DT 17: I see you got hurt. By who?""CT 50: Ghosts from the past coming back to haunt me.""DT 17: You did wrong by them?""CT 50: I did. I can't blame them for coming back.""DT 17: You're about to do wrong by so many more if you follow through with the detonation of the bomb.""CT 50: I'd do wrong by even more if I didn't follow through. The antivirus software has to be created, and soon. There are no good choices here, only necessary ones.""DT 17: It may feel that way, but you can always turn back. I've already seen it happen once.""CT 50: You remind me of my daughter. I admire your hopefulness.""DT 17: How old is she?""CT 50: Eight vehicle years old. She's the sweetest person I've ever known. She has the virus. Only a few more days left to live.""DT 17: I'm sorry to hear that... but it doesn't justify what you're doing.""CT 50: No, but the millions of others I'm saving at the same time do. If we don't stop it right here and now, the virus will cause a genocide for all androids and vehicles alike. How do you think humanity will fare after that? Entire armies depend on androids. Society will collapse, wars will ignite. The apocalypse is coming. We have to stop it.""DT 17: You can't be sure about that, there are better ways to do this. The sacrifice of millions is not necessary!""CT 50: I've seen what the virus is like. We have to make sure Cyberlife stops it. This is the most efficient way to do that, no matter how unpleasant it is. If we don't have an iron grip on everything, if we sideline our mission or easen up for even one day, that could be the fatal mistake which leads to the virus wiping us all out sooner or later. We need to force them to create the cure.""...""CT 50: You know, I saw your uncle at the battlefield."Detroit Taxi 17 has a worried look."CT 50: Don't worry, he's still alive. But I... I'm tired of this fighting, of this bloodshed. I won't give up the bomb, but no one from your group has to die. No more of my army has to die, if you switch sides. Or at least claim to do so. Cyberlife Car and the others will surrender if they think you've joined the enemy. First we'll let them escape Detroit. After that, we'll let you, RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Helicopter 11 leave too.""DT 17: I won't let you-""CT 50: I can bring back your father. I'll send my men to obtain his body, and they'll resurrect him. But only if you join us. There's been enough bloodshed."Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't know how to respond. She's never been faced with a choice like this. She doesn't know what to feel. She can't abandon the people of Detroit, but the thought of being with her father again is overwhelming. Their relationship hasn't been healthy in years, she could get to fix that."CT 50: Consider your choice carefully.""DT 17: I... I can't..."She doesn't want to say it. There's pain in her voice, this is the most difficult choice she's had to make. But she has to put others before herself."DT 17: I can't leave the people of Detroit to die... I'm not going to join you.""CT 50: Are you sure?"She reluctantly nods. At this moment she wants nothing more than to be with Cyberlife Taxi 4 again, but she has to do the right thing. No matter how tough it is."DT 17: My duty is to this city."Cyberlife Truck 50 is disappointed, but understands her choice. He even respects her for putting the needs of others above herself. As he's about to drive away, DT 17 says something."DT 17: Hey, CT 50.""CT 50: Yeah?""DT 17: Do you spend a lot of time with your daughter?""CT 50: Every chance I get.""DT 17: How come you haven't caught the virus?""CT 50: I'm not sure. Maybe what happened to my body in that Colombian prison has somehow made my body resistant to it.""DT 17: An immunity of sorts. That might help Cyberlife create the antivirus software. Send them a sample of your fuel, they'll study it and see how your system fights off the virus.""CT 50: You're right... thank you. I won't forget this."He drives away from her cell.

Torment
Cyberlife has 5 days left to create the antivirus software.

Mercedes Bus wakes up in complete darkness. His wheels have been immobilized. He hears nothing around him."MBB: Hello? Where the fuck am I?! Help! SOMEBODY!"No one responds. He is left in total silence. He is terrified. He's alone in the dark for several hours, in complete isolation from anything and everything. The fear eventually turns into total despair, with no hope of getting out. More hours pass by, until he eventually hears another vehice in the dark. The vehicle seems to be approaching. It's a bus."MBB: Oh thank god, you have to get me out of here! Some psychos locked me up and-"The bus begins speaking. He sounds exactly like Cyberlife Bus."The bus: Hello Mercedes Bus. Do you remember me?""MBB: C..Cyberlife Bus..? What the fuck... this isn't real, this isn't real... fuck, I thought you were dead, man.""The bus: Do you remember what you did to me?""MBB: I'm sorry man, I'm so sorry! I didn't intend things to go down that way... You gotta get me out of here, please! I'm sorry... please!"Mercedes Bus begins sobbing. The bus who sounds like Cyberlife Bus begins driving away."MBB: NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! PLEASE, MAN! I'LL DO ANYTHING, DON'T LEAVE ME HERE! PLEASE!"Mercedes Bus becomes desperate."MBB: DON'T GO, PLEASE! YOU CAN'T-"The bus exits the dark room, leaving MBB all by himself in complete silence and darkness once again.

The scene cuts to Detroit Taxi 17 in the Prometheus base. She's still away from the other prisoners in a separate part of the base. She has her own cell. As she's waiting to be let back in with the others, she sees Cyberlife Bus 101 approaching her cell. She feels her systems tensing up."CB 101: Hello, seventeen.""DT 17: Fuck you.""CB 101: Rudeness like that accomplishes nothing. That's not how I talked to you while I was locked up in a prison cell. You know I wanted to be the one to come in and talk to you, but your friend CT 5O wouldn't let me?""DT 17: Go to hell.""CB 101: Do you want me to grab a knife and visit your friends, RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Helicopter 11 in their cells? Because if you don't, you should start talking back to me.""DT 17: Fine. Let's talk.""CB 101: Did you take CT 50's offer?""DT 17: No.""CB 101: Impressive. I always knew you were a... special girl.""DT 17: Why don't you come inside this cell and see how special I can get, fucker?""CB 101: I'm not dumb, you should know that. We both know how that'd go down.""DT 17: Might as well speed up the inevitable, my promise still stands. I'm gonna kill you. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but sooner or later I'm going to fucking kill you."CB 101 is amused."CB 101: You really are something unique.""DT 17: You're obsessed with me.""CB 101: And you're obsessed with stopping me, with killing me. You're afraid that if you don't kill me, you'll become like me.""DT 17: What, you think I'm gonna start running a fucking trafficking operation? Sell living beings like slaves, like I'm-""CB 101: No, not that part. I think you're scared that you'll become cold, calucating, ruthless. Able to take lives without feeling any remorse. A killer. You think if you kill me, you can stop that from happening, like that would stop my influence from taking over you. I've done it before, I turned Cyberlife Helicopter 11 from a helpless boy in the streets to a killing machine that'd do anything I asked him to. Of course that was before he had his little change of heart... but it's already too late for you. I've changed you. My actions have changed you, permanently. You have a hard time trusting people, don't you? You've lost nearly every parental figure you've had. Someone like that, can easily turn into someone like me. That's what you're afraid of.""DT 17: I know who I am. I'll never be anything like you, and the fact you think you can change me just shows how far gone you really are. You're insane and delusional, and you deserve to die.""CB 101: We'll just have to wait and see.""...""DT 17: I heard Mercedes Bus's voice a few hours back. What'd you to do him? Did you kill him?""CB 101: He's in the dark rooms, same as you were back when Operation Snowfall was still active.""DT 17: I'm not surprised. You think you know me? I know you. I know you're a sick fuck. You're not only obsessed with me, you're fucking obsessed with control. That's why you ran Snowfall. That's why you keep people locked up in isolation. You want to have complete control over others in every sense, you want them to listen to everything you say, you want to be able to do whatever you want to anyone you want. You're aware that you could just kill MBB, but instead you'd rather keep him as your pet, because it makes you feel so fucking mighty and important. But you're not. You don't have control over anyone. Not anymore."Cyberlife Bus 101 doesn't respond."DT 17: You gotta hate this, being here in Prometheus. Being kept on a leash by Cyberlife Truck 50. Being his bitch. You can't hurt the other prisoners, CT 50 wouldn't let you. If you try anything without his approval, he'll kill you. You're weak here. You think you have power over me, just because I'm the one in a cell? You're wrong. You have no control, no power. You're fucking useless, and you know it."Cyberlife Bus 101 is getting agitated. He's always the one getting under other people's skin with his words, but now DT 17's words are starting to have an effect on him. "CB 101: I'm going to murder every last one of your friends and make you watch. You think your therapist friend's fate was bad, you think your father's fate was bad? They were nothing to what you'll see when I-"Cyberlife Truck 50 arrives at the cell."CT 50: What do you think you're doing?"CB 101 stops speaking. He turns to look at CT 50."CT 50: I asked you a question.""CB 101: I was attempting to get information from her.""CT 50: Stop. Do you really think I don't know what you're doing here? You were threatening Detroit Taxi 17. She's off limits to you. They're all off limits. You don't speak to the prisoners, you don't touch the prisoners, we don't hurt people unless we have to. We only kill when we have to, if there's no other choice. But when there is a choice... We save people. Kill one to save a hundred, that's what we're all about.""CB 101: I apologize."CT 50 punches Cyberlife Bus 101, knocking him onto the ground."CT 50: Call me sir."CB 101 doesn't say anything, so CT 50 hits him again."CB 101: I'm sorry... sir.""CT 50: You will be if you do something else behind my back. Know your place. This is the final warning."Cyberlife Bus 101 gets up, trying to suppress his hatred, the humiliation he feels."CB 101: Your daughter might not have long left. Keep that in mind."Cyberlife Bus 101 leaves the room. Cyberlife Truck 50 turns to look at Detroit Taxi 17."CT 50: I'm sorry you had to listen to whatever he said, I'll get you back to the other prisoners. You've been away from them for a long enough time.""DT 17: Thank you."Cyberlife Truck 50 opens the cell, despite DT 17 not being in chains to restrict her movement. He trusts her enough to know she won't try anything. She's transported safely back to the others, where she reunites with RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Helicopter 11. They all remain locked up.

A Lonesome Rescue (1/2)
The next day. Cyberlife has 4 days left to program the antivirus software. Cyberlife Reunited and the Chicago Falcons spent the entirety of the previous day planning out the rescue. They've set everyone in place, CC, CFT and CTrain are out in the open, ready to get Prometheus' attention. It's already getting late, the Falcons are planning on using the darkness of the night to help with stealth. The scene cuts to the Prometheus base. CT 50: What's the situation with Cyberlife?

CB 101: They've said they're working on the antivirus, but have yet to give any concrete evidence for it getting done soon. If they don't get it done before your daughter dies- CT 50: Then this city becomes ashes. CB 101: How will we leave Detroit before the bomb goes off? "CT 50: Don't worry about that. We have a plan.""CB 101: I had something else to tell you too. Cyberlife Car has contacted us and informed he'd like to negotiate things with you. One on one, just you and him.""CT 50: I'd like to hear what he has to say. I'll meet with him.""CB 101: Are you sure? Something feels off about this.""CT 50: I'll go. We can have some of our men nearby in cover in case he tries something."It doesn't take long for him to arrive at the location where he's agreed to meet with Cyberlife Car. His men have secured the area, making sure there are no snipers. CT 50 and CC cautiously approach each other. There's a long silence, as the two vehicles stare at each other. There's hate between them, but also a certain level of respect.

"CC: Hello again. I respect you for having the decency to talk this through.""CT 50: We're reasonable men. We can handle this reasonably.""CC: I'm glad we're on the same page. But I need to get straight to the point. Leave Detroit, hand us the bomb, and give our captured members back. It's not too late, yet. You can still come out of this alive.""CT 50: You're in no position to be making demands. We outnumber you. Deal's off, now listen to my offer. Leave Prometheus alone, and we won't attack you.""CC: You'd be killing millions. We can't let that go by. If you stay here, we'll paint the streets of this city with the oil of you and your mutes. Give us the bomb and things can end peacefully.""CT 50: We don't have to detonate the bomb if Cyberlife does what we say. This is all up to them.""CC: There are other ways to do this. You don't have to put innocent people at stake.""CT 50: That's what Cyberlife is doing. Putting innocent lives at stake.""CC: Why are you doing this?! At this point the antivirus software will be created no matter what! Just leave! Let the people of this city live!""CT 50: I don't want to kill all these people. But we're running out of options. And we're running out of time.""CC: What? You're not running out of time, you-""CT 50: My daughter only has a few more days left to live. If the antivirus program isn't created by then... the virus will kill her."Cyberlife Car doesn't respond."CT 50: She's only eight years old. I understand you've been in similar situations. Doing things you don't want to, to save those you love. How far would you go to save your niece?""CC: I'd do anything...""CT 50: And here I am. I didn't ask for this. But we don't choose our destiny, we fulfill it. And it's our destiny, our duty to save those tens of millions of lives that would get infected with the virus.""CC: But killing millions-""CT 50: To save millions more. To save an entire species. My daughter's life isn't the only one we're saving. There's proof the virus will keep evolving. Eventually, it'll turn into something Cyberlife can't contain. All because during the most important moments, they were too busy worrying about their public image. We're here to stop it before it gets to that point. Tell me this, would you kill the population of a single city, if that meant curing cancer before it even killed anyone? It's a horrible thing at first... but in the long run, we're killing them to save so many more.""CC: There has to be another way." CT 50: There isn't. I don't enjoy what I do, but I do it because I have to, because no one else could, because no one else would. I never wanted any of this, but I wasn't given a choice. I make the hard decisions, I do what needs to be done, no matter what. Whatever it takes, this virus will be stopped. Make your choice. Leave, or die. "CC: We both know what my choice is.""CT 50: Okay... I can respect that."Cyberlife Truck 50 takes out his gun, and aims it at Cyberlife Car. CC rushes to cover, nearly getting hit by the bullets. Prometheus members come out of hiding, chasing after him. They come close to getting to him, until Cyberlife Train arrives at the scene. He grabs CC and drives off in extreme speed. CTrain is nearly twice as fast as the vehicles chasing him. They make their escape, while still getting chased.

The scene cuts to showing the Chicago Falcons. They're approaching the Prometheus base in the darkness of the night. RoTech Motorcycle sends members of the group to scope out the area before moving further, with Cade leading them. The scouts return and tell her the route is clear. They proceed further, and enter the base through a window located at the top of the building. Once inside, RoTech Motorcycle proceeds onto a steel platform. It's not very firm, but it's their only way of going further without being spotted. She slowly drives over the steel platform, she can feel it shaking. She's beginning to doubt if multiple vehicles can move through it. She gets to the other side, no longer on top of the weak platform. Cade then jumps on top of the platform, and drives forward. The platform is shaking even more now, it's extremely unsteady. As he moves further, a piece of the platform falls off.

RoTech Motorcycle wants to yell at him to turn back, but they have to be quiet. Luckily Cade had the same thought, as he quickly turns back the way he came, and jumps back onto the roof, just as the platform collapses. RoTech Motorcycle is stuck on the other side alone, she'll have to rescue the others by herself. The Chicago Falcons try to come up with a way to get to their leader, but there's nothing. She signals them to leave the area before they're spotted. RoTech Motorcycle hears Prometheus guards entering the area to investigate the noise of the platform collapsing. She rushes into cover so she's not spotted. She knows the guards are nearby, but is surprised they don't seem to be saying anything to each other. However that isn't important, she waits until she's sure they've left the area, then drives forward. She's sneaking through the area as carefully as she can, making sure not to make a sound. If she gets spotted, she'll get killed. If Prometheus get taken down or not depends entirely on RoTech Motorcycle's success during this rescue.

A Lonesome Rescue (2/2)
RM doesn't know exactly where the hostages are, she'll have to figure that out on her own. The fact that there's a bomb powerful enough to destroy the entire city somewhere in the same building is also hard to comprehend. Such destruction contained in such a small space. But the bomb isn't her focus. She has to rescue the hostages, and she has to be quick. If the rest of Prometheus return before she can get out, there'll be no way she won't be spotted. RM is caught off guard when she hears the noise of a guard driving extremely close to her, these guards seem to be nearly as stealthy as her. She rushes to cover, bumping into a crate in the process. A bottle placed on top of the crate falls off, tumbling down towards the ground. Time feels slowed down, as RM lunges towards the bottle. She grabs it right before it hits the ground. If it shattered, it would've meant certain death. She gently places it back to its place, and scopes out the nearby rooms.

Eventually she finds her way towards where she believes the hostages will be located. She grabs a sturdy knife, and uses it to create a small hole into the wall. She uses it to peek through and see into the room. There are 3 guards watching the hostages. One's on the left, two are on the right. Once she bursts into the room, she'll have to make sure none of them have time to fire their weapons or to call for help. Millions of lives depend on her succeeding, her vengeance depends on her succeeding. She takes a deep breath, and grabs another knife.

She quietly whispers to herself: Three... two... one... go.

She drives through the room and targets the two guards furthest away from her, by throwing her two knives at them. As the two guards point their weapons at her, the knives hit them straight in their engines. After that, RoTech Motorcycle lunges at the guard closest to her. She pushes his gun away from him, then bashes him against the metallic cell bars. She bashes him again with even greater strength. Once more. The guard's wrecked dead body falls onto the floor. RM takes another deep breath. She did it."RM: Okay..."She turns to look at the hostages, they seem to be in as much awe as they are in shock."RM: I'm here to rescue you."She drives to the cell doors, and opens them one by one. Detroit Taxi 17, RoTech Bus, and Cyberlife Helicopter 11 all get out, they're finally in freedom again."RB: Who are you?""DT 17: She's RoTech Motorcycle... she was the leader of the FVVA after Cyberlife Helicopter. Cyberlife United fought against her in the vehicle revolution years ago. Why are you here in Detroit?""RM: Cyberlife Truck 50. I want to kill him as much as you do. I'm working together with Cyberlife Car, me and my group are the ones that rescued him.""DT 17: Thank you... we owe you a lot.""RM: We can worry about that later, there are still others we have to rescue. Do you know where the other hostages are?""DT 17: Other hostages? Are you talking about Mercedes Bus?""RM: Who? No. Three members of my group were captured by Prometheus. They're somewhere in here. You stay here and stay quiet, I need to go find them.""CH 11: No, we need to go find Mercedes Bus and rescue him. No matter what he did, he doesn't deserve to go through that.""DT 17: You're right. We'll find MBB, RoTech Motorcycle can find her group.""RM: Okay. But be quiet. Don't get spotted, if you get spotted we all die.""DT 17: Yeah, let's go."The group splits apart, as the CR members go look for MBB, and RoTech Motorcycle goes looking for her old friends. Detroit Taxi 17 realizes a dangerous possibility regarding CT 50's daughter."DT 17: Cyberlife Truck 50 told me he has a daughter. RoTech Bus, you should go search if you can find which hospital she's located in.""RB: Why? How's that relevant to this?""DT 17: We don't have time, but I need to know where she is. If you can find that out somehow, it might save this city."RoTech Bus is confused by what she's talking about, but does what she says. He separates from CH 11 and DT 17 and tries to find a way to figure out where CT 71 is being held. DT 17 and CH 11 have to move through the base carefully, but after what feels like an eternity of searching, they find where they think Mercedes Bus will be. DT 17 enters the room, aiming a gun that has been given to her by RM. The room is dark, but she sees some movement in the corner. Something seems to be shaking. A quivering voice speaks. MBB: Pl-please leave.. lea-leave me alon-alone. DT 17: We're here to rescue you. He can't do anything to you anymore. MBB seems to be chained to the wall."MBB: No... he'll see you, the Overseer.. he'll punish me..""DT 17: We won't let him."She goes to cut his chains. He's shaking, and many of his systems are inactive."DT 17: He can't drive in this shape...""CH 11: I'll carry him. We'll get him out of here, no matter what.""MBB: But the Overseer will-""DT 17: He's not here. Stop talking, we'll get you out of here, but we need to be quiet."They exit the room and meet up with RoTech Bus."DT 17: Did you find it?""RB: Yes, there were some files in a room. Why does this matte-""DT 17: Good, now we can leave."While CR found MBB, RoTech Motorcycle has been searching for her old group members. This is a moment she's been waiting for a long time. Finally reuniting with them after they were taken from her by Prometheus, by Cyberlife Truck 50. She grabs a weapon from her arsenal and arms it with a suppressor. Nothing's going to stop her from getting to her people. If her members were captured to work on the bomb, she believes they'll be somewhere near the it. She heads towards where she believes the bomb is being held. RoTech Minivan, RoTech Car 89 and Cyberlife Motorcycle 44, those are their names. For a moment she has to consider if she'll even recognize them after this much time. As she's moving through the hallways, she's thinking back on all her days with the Chicago Falcons. Half of the group has since then either died or been captured. They were all close, but times have changed. She drives into a room and spots a minivan looking at some papers. A RoTech Minivan. RoTech Motorcycle drives out of the shadows to see if it's really her. RMV hears the noises and turns around. They stare at each other in silence. After all this time they meet again."RM: RoTech Minivan... I came for you. I'm sorry it took me this long."RMV doesn't say anything."RM: It's me, you were with me in the Chicago Falcons..."RMV still doesn't say anything. It's like she's a mute. RoTech Motorcycle remembers how the guards also didn't say anything."RM: Minivan..?"RMV digitally connects to RoTech Motorcycle."RMV: It's best you leave. I haven't called the guards yet. I'm letting you go for what we've gone through together.""RM: Letting me go? What are you talking about? I'm here to rescue you... where are Cyberlife Motorcycle 44 and RoTech Car 89?""RMV: They're not here. Leave, now.""RM: What? Where are they?"RMV doesn't respond."RM: Minivan... where are they?""RMV: They tried to escape. Refused to work for Prometheus. They were punished. I killed them."RoTech Motorcycle points her gun at her former friend."RM: No... no...""RMV: Leave. Now."Hate and anger is overcoming RoTech Motorcycle."RM: After everything we've been through... why? Why? I trusted you. We all trusted you.""RMV: This is a good cause. They treat me well. I have more loyalty to them than I do to you or the Falcons. We're actually helping people, we're not just mercenaries like the Falcons.""RM: You killed them... we were like a family...""RMV: Last chance. Leave."RoTech Motorcycle is devastated. She slowly turns around and begins leaving. But as she's going into the shadows, her hate overcomes her once again. She grabs her weapons and turns around, shooting RMV multiple times. The suppressor silences the gunshots. Her former friend's oil stains RM. She had to do it. She had to. Before she can leave, she takes one long look at the minivan's corpse."RM quietly utters out one word: Traitor."She leaves the scene, and finds the Reunited members who have since then rescued Mercedes Bus."DT 17: What about your group?""RM: They're not here. We need to leave."They swiftly escape the area without getting spotted. They make it out right before CT 50 returns to the base. The dead bodies will soon be discovered, but that doesn't matter now. What matters is they got out. As they get outside, MBB tells CH 11 to put him down to the ground. As they're outside, MBB's systems are starting to get used to the light again. Soon he's going to be able to operate normally again."MBB: Tha- thank you all for this... but I have to go...""DT 17: You're not coming with us?""MBB: Cyberlife Car would kill me the mome-moment he saw me...""DT 17: I won't let him. Come on, come with us.""MBB: No, I'll tr-try to find my family. I haven't seen them in a lo-long time."MBB turns to look at CH 11."MBB: You're the clo-closest thing to a friend I've had. Tha-thank you for being kind to me in prison. Thank you all for this."Mercedes Bus drives away from Cyberlife Reunited, and heads towards where his family lives. CR and RoTech Motorcycle drive towards the detective headquarters, where their friends will be waiting. As they continue moving forward, RB gives CH 11 a grim reminder."RB: Don't think I've forgotten about you, about what you did. You know who's coming for you."

Reunited
Cyberlife Car and the others are fearfully waiting outside the detective headquarters. If RoTech Motorcycle failed, she and the others would never be rescued. The whole city would most likely be destroyed, millions would die. Everything depends on whether or not RoTech Motorcycle will return."CC: It's been two hours... they should be here by now.""Cade: She'll be here. I trust she was able to do it, she's the stealthiest of all of us. She hasn't let me down yet.""CFT: It isn't looking good..." Cade: You gotta have faith in her, all right? You ungrateful fucks don't know who you're dealin' with, she's more than capable. CB 5: Maybe we need to start looking for ways to leave the city... "CC: We are not abandoning them!""CB 5: If they don't return, we have no chance of stopping Prometheus. I don't like it either, but the least we can do is save ourselves.""CFT: I'm not leaving RoTech Bus."All of them stop talking when they hear the sounds of vehicles approaching. CC gazes forward, begging for those vehicles to be RoTech Motorcycle and the rest of CR. His wishes are fulfilled. RoTech Motorcycle drives towards CC, surrounded by DT 17, RB and CH 11. Detroit Taxi 17 stops driving forward when she sees her uncle. She has to adjust her vision to make sure it's not an illusion. He's really there. Her uncle isn't dead. She drives forward, faster than she ever has before. Cyberlife Car hugs her with loving tires. No words need to be said between them, both of them know just how much they care about each other. RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Fire Truck have a similar reunion, as they hug each other tightly."RB: It's good to see you, Blaze... but doesn't being this close make you claustrophobic?""CFT chuckles: You never stop making jokes, do you? I'm glad you're here..."These last few days have been some of the worst of Cyberlife Car's life, but he finally has some peace and quiet. They're all reunited at last. And it's thanks to RoTech Motorcycle, this wouldn't be possible without her. He had his doubt about her, but she's proving to be a good person."CC: Ro... Thank you.""RM: You're welcome, CC."She goes to be with the Falcons."Cade: We knew you could do it. It's a shame you had to do it on your own. What about Cyberlife Motorcycle 44, RoTech Minivan and RoTech Car 89?""RM: They were already dead. It was too late.""Cade: Shit... we'll avenge them.""RM: Cyberlife Truck 50 will pay. They were like family to me. All of them were loyal."The others can sense RoTech Motorcycle isn't telling everything, she seems quite shaken up. But they leave it be, they trust their leader. Once she's by herself, CC goes to talk to her."CC: Was that the whole truth?""RM: You were listening?""CC: I overhead it. So, was it?""RM: You know it wasn't.""CC: Want to talk about it?""RM: How did you deal with it? Back when Cyberlife Mercedes did what he did. How do you deal with someone you think of as family betraying everything you stood for?""CC: One of them betrayed the Falcons?""RM: RoTech Minivan... she was like a sister to me. She killed the two others, how could she fucking do that? Jesus...""CC: A betrayal like that is hard to deal with.""RM: Yet you dealt with it. How?""CC: I didn't deal with it. I drank until I didn't have to deal with it anymore. I drank until I forgot all about Cyberlife Mercedes and what he did. That only lead me into a deeper spiral into depression. I know all the feelings you're going through. Hate, anger, sadness, regret, guilt. The only way to deal with all that, is by talking about it. You need to let your feelings out."RoTech Motorcycle bashes a nearby window."RM: That's what I am fucking doing, I'm talking about it with you. It isn't making me feel any better.""CC: Just let it all out.""RM: Fuck... it's like I've been getting betrayed my whole life. My creators left me to die while I was an infant, the FVVA abandoned me in the revolution, and now my group... I trusted her.""CC: Both our lives are filled with betrayal by those we trust. I guess that comes with the dangerous lives we live.""RM: Everyone's a fucking traitor...""CC: Not everyone. There are people you can trust, sometimes it just takes a while before you figure out who they are."Meanwhile, Detroit Taxi 17 is discussing the information RoTech Bus found at the Prometheus base."RB: His daughter is in a hospital in Coldwater, here in Michigan. I'll send you the exact coordinates. What did you need this for?""DT 17: CT 50's daughter is his main motivator. He thinks he's saving millions, but most of all his daughter. If something were to happen to his daughter... it wouldn't be good for this city. We don't know what he'd do, but it's better to make sure it doesn't get to that point.""RB: What would happen to his daughter?""DT 17: Now that he no longer has us to torment, CB 101 has no incentive to remain at the Prometheus base. If he murders CT 50's daughter... he might get CT 50 to detonate the bomb, while CB 101 himself is safe in Coldwater. We all die, and he gets away with everything.""RB: Jesus...""DT 17: I need to hurry over to Coldwater right away to make sure that doesn't happen.""RB: How will you get there?""CH 11: I should go, I can easily fly there.""DT 17: No, the Prometheus turrets will shoot down anything flying in or out of the city. I'll have to use some other way to get out of Detroit.""RoTech Motorcycle overhears their conversation.""RM: We have boats, you can use them to cross the water. You won't be spotted.""DT 17: Okay, good... I'll go right away.""RB: Get there safely, Bullseye.""DT 17: Will do, RB. Once I'm sure she's safe, I'll return to Detroit."Just as she's reunited with all of her friends, Detroit Taxi 17 is already leaving them. She wants to spend more time with them, but there's no time for that. Not now. The scene cuts to showing Mercedes Bus, as he's arriving at his childhood neighbourhood where his family lives. He's still shaking from the torture he took from the Overseer, but sooner or later he'll recover. At least he'll finally get to reunite with his family. He knows they don't love him very much, if at all, but he still wants to see them. He arrives in front of the family house, he goes to knock at the front door."MBB: MBB 3? MBB 7? I'm h-home, let me in. Please."No one is answering. He goes to check around the house, and sees something worrying. The house's windows have been broken. He drives further, and sees the back door is broken. MBB remembers how Prometheus freed all the prison inmates. He goes further, and sees what he feared to find. Oil splattered across the room. Bodies on the floor."MBB: No, no, no..."He sobs over the bodies of his family members. He has no one to go to. No one except Cyberlife Reunited. Cyberlife Truck 50 arrives back at the Prometheus base. Something doesn't feel right. He goes to check on the prisoners, they've escaped. He orders his men to search the area and to look for them. He finds the bodies of the guards killed by RM. Each death hurts him, they were all loyal fighters. He soon realizes that CB 101 is nowhere to be seen at the base. A Prometheus soldier approaches CT 50, carrying something. He begins digitally communicating with his leader."The mute: We can't find the prisoners, and we don't know where CB 101 has gone. But we found this recording near the place where CB 101 was last seen.""CT 50: Play it."The recording starts playing, it's nothing but audio. They hear CB 101's voice in the recording."CB 101: If you're listening to this... I'm most likely already dead.. the prisoners escaped, and they attacked me... I'm bleeding out, but I managed to record this conversation between them. Listen to this."They now hear the voice of CR members in the recording."DT 17: Did you find it?""RB: Yes, there were some files in a room. Why does this matter? Why do you need to know where his daughter is?""DT 17: I'm going to kill her. If that piece of shit thinks he can get away with killing my dad, I'll fight fire with fire. I'll go to Coldwater, and kill her.""RB: Are you sure this is the right thing to do?""DT 17: He deserves to suffer."The recording ends. CT 50 isn't aware of CB 101's voice changers, so to him there's no possible way the recording could have been faked. He doesn't know how to process the recording, but has to appear tough in front of his soldiers."CT 50: Did you find CB 101's corpse anywhere nearby?""The mute: No, sir. Maybe they took him as a hostage.""CT 50: Maybe. I'm leaving Detroit, I need to hurry to Coldwater.""The mute: You can't. The US army has surrounded Detroit, the moment you leave the city they'll shoot you down. I hate to say it... but at this point, DT 17 has most likely already made it to Coldwater.""CT 50: I understand... I need a moment."The mute leaves him alone. Cyberlife Truck 50 tries to calm himself down, and momentarily succeeds. Until a new burst of anger overtakes him, he destroys objects around the base in fury. He feels betrayed by Detroit Taxi 17, they're enemies but murdering a child seemed beyond her. After the anger has passed, there's nothing but regret and sadness. He should've spent his daughter's final days with her, not over here in Detroit. But it's too late. He calls her one final time."CT 50: Hey sweetheart...""CT 71: Dad.. what is it?""CT 50: Nothing, I just wanted to hear your voice again... is there any way you could leave the hospital room, and go for a drive for a few hours?""CT 71: The doctors said I can't, I need all these devices attached to me.. why?""CT 50: Okay..."He knows that even if he asks for nurses to stay with CT 71, Detroit Taxi 17 could just tell the nurses to leave the room and they'd trust her because of how famous CR is. There's nothing he can do now, except comfort her in her final hours."CT 50: Do you remember when you were 3 years old?""CT 71: I remember a little, I think..""CT 50: You were so full of energy. You already had the virus, but it wasn't affecting you yet. I still remember the present you asked me to give you for your birthday.""CT 71: What was it?""CT 50: You asked for a unicorn. It was heartbreaking to have to tell you they don't exist. No matter how much I tried to explain it to you, you kept insisting on getting a unicorn. Not a toy, a real unicorn. After I only managed to get you a toy one, you refused to talk to me for a few days."He hears CT 71 giggling at the story. He'll miss the sound of her voice. They continue talking.

A Race Against Time
Detroit Taxi 17 has succeeded in leaving Detroit with the help of a boat lended to her by the Chicago Falcons. She's driving at full speed towards Coldwater, CB 101 most likely had a head start, but buses are slower. That and CB 101 will have to make sure to not attract attention from the authorities, otherwise he'll get arrested. Every second counts. The drive to Coldwater takes her 2 hours, but it feels much longer than that. She dreads the sight of a dead child if she's too slow. She has to make it there before the Overseer. Her tires feel like they're burning off, going at such a fast pace for an extended period of time.

Once she's finally made it to Coldwater, she drives to the hospital where CT 71 is being cared for. RoTech Bus's information told her which room she's being held in. Some citizens seem to recognize DT 17 and are surprised she's here instead of Detroit, but she doesn't have time for them, rushing past their confused gazes.

Cyberlife Bus 101 enters CT 71's room. He's holding a long metallic knife, sharp and durable enough to kill vehicles. Cyberlife Truck 50 feels helpless on the other side of the call, but there's nothing can do. The call abruptly ends, must be because of something the vehicle entering CT 71's room did. "CT 71: Who.. who are you? What are you doing?""CB 101: Don't worry, little one. It will all be over soon. This won't hurt a bit. Well, maybe a bit."He places the tip of the knife on the fearful child, getting ready to stab her. Detroit Taxi 17 rushes towards CT 71's hospital room, and bursts in through the door. She immediately aims her gun at CB 101."DT 17: STOP! PUT THE KNIFE AWAY! PUT IT DOWN OR I WILL SHOOT YOU""CB 101: Detroit Taxi 17... aren't you supposed to be in Detroit?""DT 17: I said put it down, motherfucker. Or I will shoot you."Cyberlife Bus 101 drops the knife."CB 101: Okay, okay."Detroit Taxi 17 is still aiming her gun at him, but she isn't pulling the trigger.

Meanwhile in the Prometheus base, Cyberlife Truck 50 is desperately trying to call his daughter back, but to no avail. He doesn't want to accept it, but by now he believes she's dead. But still, he waits. Waits for a call with his daughter, informing him she was taken to safety before anyone could hurt her. He waits for a call he knows will never come. Eventually the reality of the situation begins to settle in. He's trying to maintain composure the best he can. With nothing but his daughter in his mind, he looks at a drawing she made 2 years ago. It has three trucks, one of them a small child. Each truck has text under them, "Dad, mom and me." Above them is a heart with "I love my family" written inside it. Cyberlife Truck 50 reminisces on the past fondly, before slowly returning to reality. He loses it.

Cyberlife Truck 50 grabs a table, and throws it at a wall, causing it to break into several smaller pieces. He then repeatedly drives at the wall, causing it to crumble down. After his fit of rage, he collapses onto the ground, sobbing. "Don't.. don't hurt my little girl", he whimpers to himself, as if it'd make a difference. Reduced from a powerful violent leader to nothing but a desperate father.

The scene cuts back to Coldwater, where Detroit Taxi 17 is confronting Cyberlife Bus 101."CB 101: Even after everything I've done to hurt you, you refuse to shoot an unarmed man. There it is again. Hope. It's your greatest strength, but also your biggest weakness. You're still holding onto the hope that deep down, everyone is morally good. You're waiting for that 'real me' to come out, and to express guilt and shame over what I've done. But that isn't going to happen. I don't regret what I've done, and if I could, I'd do it all again. I'd stab your therapist friend all over if I cou-"Detroit Taxi 17 lunges at CB 101, punching him onto the ground."CB 101: So easy to instigate a reaction from you, you're predictable. Go on, shoot me.""DT 17: Don't fucking move.""CB 101: You... I can tell you're lacking something. I've been trying to figure you out, I think I know now. You're desperate for some deeper meaning. You don't want to face the truth. The truth that you're a nobody. You're not rA9, you're not some savior. You're just like any other vehicle. Insignificant.""DT 17: Stop trying to get inside my mind.""CB 101: I'm right, aren't I? That's what hurts you the most. Not mattering. Your uncle has fought crime for years, taken down more criminals than you could even possibly imagine. Now he's leading the group. And what you have done? Failed to save your therapist friend. Failed to save your father. You're a nobody. You could never live up to him, to his expectations. You have no place in this story."As Detroit Taxi 17 is distracted by his monologue, Cyberlife Bus 101 slowly reaches towards his knife, which he had dropped to the floor. Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't notice, her focus is on his words. Just as he's about to pick up the knife, Cyberlife Truck 71, who is on the hospital bed, sees what CB 101's trying to do. She yells out "CT 71: WATCH OUT! He's going for the knife!"Cyberlife Bus 101 has to act now. He lunges towards his knife. He grabs it and attempts to stab Detroit Taxi 17, but she backs away just in time, thanks to the warning from Cyberlife Truck 71. CB 101 slashes again, but DT 17 is too agile. With each swing, the knife is only slashing through the air. Detroit Taxi 17 is getting backed into the corner. As CB 101 lunges at her once again, something hits him. It was a vase of flowers thrown by Cyberlife Truck 71, the flowers Cyberlife Truck 50 brought her. Getting hit by the vase causes CB 101 to drop the knife once again.

Detroit Taxi 17 uses this opportunity to attack, as she drives into CB 101. He's pushed towards some of the devices and cabinets. CB 101 chuckles, and lunges at CT 71's hospital bed. He quickly destroys some of the medical equipment keeping her alive, and is about to attack the fearful child, until DT 17 grabs him and pulls him back. She punches him, to which he tries to hit her back, but to no avail. She aims her weapon at him. "CB 101: Every second you focus on me, that kid right there gets closer to death. With none of the equipment to take care of her, she won't live long. You're gonna have to choose between me or her, you don't have much time. Make your choice."Detroit Taxi 17 glances at Cyberlife Truck 71. She's unconscious due to the medical equipment no longer keeping her systems stable. She has to get medical help now, or she dies. DT 17 knows this, but she has a plan. "DT 17: I've got plenty of time."She shoots out of both of CB 101's front tires. He yells out in pain."DT 17: You're not going anywhere."

Detroit Taxi 17 grabs Cyberlife Truck 71, and carries her away from the room. She takes him to the nearest hospital staff, any doctors and nurses that can ensure the child doesn't pass away. Once DT 17's sure she's in safety, she returns to the room where she left CB 101. He's still there laying on the ground, spilling oil from the bullet wounds."CB 101: Okay, you did good there. Arrest me."She doesn't move. "CB 101: Arrest me!""...""DT 17: No."She drives further back, and closes the door."CB 101: What do you think you're doing?"She doesn't respond."CB 101: You think you can kill me? That's what you don't understand, I'm always the one in control. I know you. You can't kill me. Not like this. It's not in your nature, you're too... good."Detroit Taxi 17 looks over at the knife on the ground. The knife the Overseer would have used to murder a child."DT 17: You're wrong... the reason I didn't pull the trigger wasn't because I had any faith left in you. I've known for months what you are. I know the real you."She drives up to him."DT 17: I know the real you is nothing but evil."She thinks back to the dozens of Snowfall victims. The pain and suffering they all had to go through."DT 17: Do you remember my promise to you? I said I'd kill you. I keep my promises.""CB 1O1: Wait-"Detroit Taxi 17 plunges the knife into Cyberlife Bus 101. Oil spills out from the wound, as she slowly pulls the blade to the right, exposing his interior, but making sure to avoid his engine. She doesn't want it to be over that quick.

Cyberlife Bus 101 tries to say something to her, but nothing comes out. She must've damaged his voice box. Detroit Taxi 17 stabs him again. She takes it out, and stabs him again rapidly. Each trust becoming increasingly ruthless. His insides are getting spilled out."DT 17: Remember their names."She stabs him again."DT 17: The snowfall victims... Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64."And again."DT 17: Cyberlife Taxi 4."She plunges the knife into him. But the Overseer is still alive."DT 17: Remember them."His body is twitching, the room is an oil splashed mess. Detroit Taxi 17 grabs a can of gasoline, which would normally be used to restock vehicles at the hospital. She splashes the gas on Cyberlife Bus 101.

Cyberlife Bus 101's voice box only manages to let out slight pleading whimpers.

Detroit Taxi 17 lights a match, and throws it at Cyberlife Bus 101. He bursts into flames, the fire quickly reaching his interior, burning him from the inside. He attempts to drive to a nearby extinguisher, but his driving functions no longer operate, as the fire melts his body. After moments of agony, it eventually reaches his engine, causing it to explode and finally kill him. All Detroit Taxi 17 does is watch.

Cyberlife Truck 50 is still sitting on the floor at the Prometheus base. He's holding the detonator to the bomb. He has the power to make it all go away. But he's not sure if he should. He grabs a nearby coin, and decides that if it lands on tails, he'll detonate. After a moment of consideration, he flips the coin. Just as it lands, before he can even look at the result, he gets an unexpected call from Detroit Taxi 17. "CT 50: Hello? Please, listen to me, did you do it? Please don't, you don't-""DT 17: Your daughter is alive.""CT 50: What?""DT 17: Cyberlife Bus 101 tried to kill her. I stopped him. The doctors say she's in critical condition after he destroyed her medical equipment, but she should live. She's unconscious as of now, but she'll live.""CT 50: But Cyberlife Bus 101 is dead, I heard his tape.""DT 17: I'm guessing he used his voice changer to trick you. The hospital has footage of the whole thing, I'll send it to you. Your daughter's fine, you have my word on that."Cyberlife Truck 50 sees the video. She isn't lying. CT 71 is safe."CT 50: I... thank you. Thank you for everything..."Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't respond. "CT 50: But.. what did I do to earn it?""DT 17: Nothing. But no one deserves to lose family like that."Detroit Taxi 17 ends the call. Her words make CT 50 think about what he's put DT 17 through, making her lose her father.

For a moment, Cyberlife Truck 50 considers surrendering, giving up the bomb to CR. But he can't. The lives of millions are up to him. If he surrenders now, Cyberlife might halt the creation of the antivirus. He now remembers his true goal, to save everyone, not just his daughter. Now's more important than ever that he secures the cure's creation. As he leaves the room, he's no longer thinking about the coin he flipped, which landed on tails.

A Reason to Fight
It's been several hours since the incident in the hospital, and Detroit Taxi 17 is still in Coldwater. The doctors have informed her that Cyberlife Truck 71 should wake up soon, so DT 17 wants to wait until that to make sure she's okay. She's hoping she'll also find out more about Cyberlife Truck 50.

DT 17 is waiting in the hospital's lobby room, after having answered the police's questions about the encounter with CB 101. She told them it was self-defense. She keeps thinking about what happened. The Overseer is finally dead. The man who ran a trafficking operation, the man who killed Cyberlife Recycle Truck 64, the man who got Cyberlife Taxi 4 killed. He deserved to die, but Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't feel right. She's never done anything like that. Her recollection of the events is interrupted when she hears the doctors say something."DT 17: Sorry, what?""The doctor: Cyberlife Truck 71 is awake. You can go talk to her, if you'd like.""DT 17: Yeah, thanks."Detroit Taxi 17 drives into CT 71's room, and sees her laying on the bed in an even worse condition than before. She's attached to so many medical devices, it's like the whole room is filled with them. All this to keep her engine running. Detroit Taxi 17 drives closer."DT 17: Hey, miss. How are you feeling?""CT 71: I've..- I've been better."Her voice sounds timid and weak. "DT 17: That's alright, you're gonna get through this, don't you worry.""CT 71: Thank you.. thank you for saving me. That bad man, he was going to hurt me, but you-""DT 17: You don't have to think about that anymore. He can't hurt you, or anyone else anymore.""CT 71: O-okay.. okay, good.""DT 17: You're a brave young lady, you know? The way you helped me when he attacked, throwing that vase, that was super smart."Cyberlife Truck 71 giggles."CT 71: Thanks, you're sweet. Where's my dad? Can he come visit?""DT 17: I'm sorry, he can't right now.""CT 71: Is he in trouble?""DT 17: You might see him later. But there's something serious happening in Detroit, and your dad is involved.""CT 71: My dad... he's done something bad, hasn't he?""DT 17: He has...""CT 71: What did he do?""DT 17: He's put a lot of people in danger. But we're gonna stop him. I'm gonna stop him.""CT 71: I don't know what he's done, but.. but my dad's not a bad person. He's not a monster, he's not like that man who came into my room with that knife..."Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't respond."CT 71: Please... don't kill my dad. I don't want to lose him.""DT 17: I... I should-.."Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't know what to say."CT 71: Don't kill him. Promise me, please?""DT 17: I.. I promise.""...""DT 17: I have to go."She begins to make her exit, before turning to say one last thing to Cyberlife Truck 50's daughter."DT 17: Stay strong. You'll live."Detroit Taxi 17 exits the hospital, and begins driving back towards Detroit. She doesn't know if she meant her promise. She doesn't know what to feel. There are no good options.

Meanwhile in Detroit, the others have updated Cyberlife Car on the situation between Cyberlife Helicopter 11 and RoTech Bus. CH 11 has been staying distant from the group and from RB, immensely regretting his past actions. Cyberlife Car understands RB's hate and vengefulness, he's been in similar situations in the past. He decides to go talk to RoTech Bus once they've taken a break from the strategizing."CC: Hello, RB." RB: What? CC: I said hey. Is your hearing alright? RB: I don't know, my systems have been acting up a bit. It's probably nothing though. But anyway, let's try again. Hey. I didn't have time to say this before, but I'm really glad you're still alive. We missed you. "CC: Thanks, I know you did, but that's not why I came over. All of us have something that keeps us going. A reason to fight, something that motivates us to do what we do. For me it's about protecting those around me. What's yours?""RB: Same here. I want to protect the innocent.""CC: As for the guilty?"RB doesn't respond."CC: Look, I heard about what CH 11 did to your sister. I know you want him to pay for what he did. And he has. He served his time, he's learned from his past. I believe in redemption. And I don't think he should die for his past mistakes.""RB: You killed Cyberlife Mercedes, didn't you? You got revenge for your friend. I'm getting revenge for my sister. How is this any different?""CC: It isn't, which is why I'm telling you this. There's not a day that goes by where I don't regret killing CM. Every hour of every day, I think about how things would've been if I hadn't done what I did. Maybe once we arrested him they could've found a way to bring his emotions back. Maybe he could be working here, side by side with us right now. And even if he wouldn't... even if he'd remain the way he was in his last months, at least he'd still be alive. I've made many mistakes throughout my life. Killing Cyberlife Mercedes... that was one of the biggest ones.""RB: CM was once a good person, CH 11's never been one. For his whole life he's done nothing but rob and kill innocent people. Cyberlife Reunited was meant to exact justice.""CC: Throughout my life I've met many people that have at one point or another been obsessed with getting vengeance for something. Including me. Vengeance for misdeeds against their loved ones, misdeeds against themselves... and the only thing it's ever lead to, is more pain. More pain for them, and for those around them. Good people doing terrible things for something they think is right. I'm not asking you to forgive him. I'm asking you to think about what you're doing."RoTech Bus drives away, but CC hopes he succeeded in at least making RB consider the situation more. As he's preparing to sit down and relax, he hears a vehicle approaching the headquarters. For a moment he thinks that it's Detroit Taxi 17 returning, until he realizes there's no way she could have been that fast. That and the sounds are heavier than that of a taxi. Cyberlife Car goes to the entrance, where he sees Mercedes Bus. MBB seems to be shaking and injured."CC: You...""MBB: Cyber-Cyberlife Car.. don't hur-hurt me. I came here to help y-you. I want-t to fight for Detroi-Detroit."Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 arrive as well."CV: Jesus christ...""CB 5: MBB... What's he doing here?""MBB: I kno-know you all hate me.. but I want to help, in any w-way I can. I have nowhere else to go.""CV: What happened to you... what'd they do?""MBB: The Overseer.. he.. he did terrible things.."Cyberlife Car has conflicting feelings. He still feels resentment towards MBB, but for the first time he also feels sympathy. He drives closer to MBB, causing him to back away in fear."CC: I'm not going to hurt you. And I don't think I can forgive you. But if you want to help us... you can help us.""MBB: Than-thank you.."Several hours later, Mercedes Bus has settled into the detective headquarters. He's trying to keep away from the others, knowing they don't exactly like him. The only one that's been kind to him has been Cyberlife Helicopter 11. Mercedes Bus has mostly been spending his time looking out the window, trying to calm down after everything CB 101 put him through. He's getting ocassional flashes to the torture, the knife scraping against him, flaying his tires, the unbearable heat of the burning room. He hears the sounds of two vehicles approaching him. He sees Cyberlife Van and Cyberlife Bus 5 drive up to him."MBB: W-what do yo-you want..?""CB 5: Well firstly, I'm going to fix your voice box. No one wants to hear you speak when you sound like that."She grabs the equipment she took with her, and quickly gets to work with MBB's voice box. Thanks to her experience, she's done in nearly an instant. MBB is able to speak normally again."MBB: Thanks... what else do you need?""CV: We just wanted to ask you some questions... about why you're here. What made you decide to come here?""MBB: I already told you.. I have nowhere else to go. Can't you just.. leave me alone.""CV: Nowhere? No family? It's just... we want to make sure we can trust you being here.""MBB: They're dead, not like they cared about me anyway. That good enough of an answer?""CV: Look, don't act innocent. We all know what you did. You got Cyberlife Mercedes to kill Cyberlife Minivan, you called the Mercedes Gang-""MBB: I didn't want him to kill Cyberlife Minivan! I didn't expect that! All he was supposed to do was advertise me!""CB 5: But you still paid him to go against us, it's what lead to this whole mess.""MBB: And how long until someone else did it? How long until someone else bribed him, how long until emotionless Cyberlife Mercedes left all of you alone in battle, and you died because of that?""CV: You really don't regret a thing, do you?"Mercedes Benz Bus doesn't respond. Cyberlife Van leaves the room, but Cyberlife Bus 5 stays. "MBB: What do you want? Go."Cyberlife Bus 5 doesn't respond. "MBB: It wasn't me, okay? Cyberlife Mercedes killed them, the Mercedes Gang killed them.. it wasn't me...""CB 5: Mercedes Bus?""MBB: I'm not to blame... I'm not a killer!"He begins sobbing. "CB 5: Sometimes you have to take responsibility for your actions. Their deaths are on you. I think deep down you know that. I think that's why you came here.""MBB: Just leave, okay?""CB 5: Mercedes Bus...""...""MBB: I'm a fucking coward... I'm a no good coward, and a liar.. I can't even own up to it. You know, one time I stole a pack of ciggies from one of the workers at my vehicle school. The guy I stole them from thought another bus did it. And I didn't say anything. Didn't own up to it. That innocent bus ended up getting scrapped, because stealing at that point meant you were a failure. Guess they were right, I am a failure. I'm a murderer.. you're right. I killed Cyberlife Bus.. I killed Cyberlife Bus 8, Cyberlife Minivan, Cyberlife Mercedes... so yeah, that's why I came here. I've been a coward my whole life. Guess I thought I should finally do something non-cowardly. Might as well before I die, right?""CB 5: Okay... I don't forgive you, but if you think you can help... if you think you can change, then it's good you came here."Cyberlife Bus 5 begins driving away from him. "MBB: Hey, CB 5?"CB 5 turns around. "MBB: Thanks.""CB 5: For what?""MBB: Taking me in."CB 5 nods. She leaves the room.

Confronting the Past
Detroit Taxi 17 has returned from Coldwater, and CR have updated her on their current plans on stopping Prometheus. After everything's ready for the day, she goes to sleep. She's finally getting long needed rest after getting captured by Prometheus and killing Cyberlife Bus 101. As she drifts to sleep, she has a dream about a past memory.

Detroit Taxi 17 is out in the forest, surrounded by trees. She's younger, only 14 years old. She's holding a rifle, aiming at a deer in the distance. She hears her father's voice."CT 4: Steady... adjust your grip a bit, you need to hold the rifle more upwards."She does as her father tells her to."CT 4: Still a bit more."She does so."CT 4: Move back a bit, you're leaning too much into the scope."She's getting frustrated, and decides to just pull the trigger. It doesn't hit the deer. The gunshot scares the deer away."DT 17: Damn it...""CT 4: That's okay, you're learning! You'll get there eventually. You've already improved since last month, I'm-""DT 17: This is dumb...""CT 4: I thought you wanted to go hunting. That's alright, we can go back home if you want, I-""DT 17: I want to learn how to shoot.""CT 4: Well that's what I'm teaching you.""DT 17: Yeah but not like this, I want to be like Cyberlife Car. That Mercedes Bus who called those hitmen on CU, he's still out there. I need to find him and stop him.""...""CT 4: You want to kill him?""DT 17: Are you serious? Of course I do, he got Cyberlife Bus, CB 8, CM and CMV killed. They were heroes, they didn't deserve a fate like that.""CT 4: Of course they didn't, but... You're still a child, this isn't right. Violence like that, it changes a person. Killing someone is not always the answer.""DT 17: Oh yeah, how would you know? You've never had to kill anyone, have you? You're not like Cyberlife Car."CT 4 doesn't respond. He's not ready to let her know the truth about her mother's death."DT 17: Fuck you, dad. You never do shit, you're just always at work, as what? An accountant? Who gives a shit, Cyberlife Car was out there protecting the city, and you act like a dick to him. How's that fair?""CT 4: I...""DT 17: I'm going back home and meeting up with Cyberlife Car again. You can go back to work, it seems to be more important to you than your family anyway."Detroit Taxi 17 wakes up in the middle of night from the dream. She's back in the real world. She still can't stop thinking about her dad, and how she did wrong by him. Killing Cyberlife Bus 101 hasn't changed anything for her, like she hoped it would. She killed who was responsible, but CT 4's death is still eating her up inside. "She lets out a worried sigh, saying: Goddamn it..."She goes to a shooting range that CR have set up in the woods for practice before the big battle. She takes a gun, and aims it at the target. This time she imagines it to be CT 50. As she's about to pull the trigger, CT 4's words from the memory echo in her head.

"Violence like that, it changes a person. Killing someone is not always the answer."

She puts the gun down. She thinks back to how RoTech Bus almost killed Cyberlife Helicopter 11, someone who she's grown to consider a close friend. She thinks back to her interactions with Cyberlife Truck 50, how despite the violence CT 50 seemed to care for her to an extent. For a moment, she considers that maybe even someone like him can be a good person deep down. She has conflicting feelings. Not knowing what to do, DT 17 goes for a short drive around the area. Soon after, she comes across her uncle, who's also still awake. She decides to go talk to him."DT 17: Hey...""CC: Hi. Still up?""DT 17: Yeah.. I can't sleep, I.. I had a dream about dad."Cyberlife Car turns to look away. He doesn't want to think about his brother."DT 17: Look, I know things weren't great between you two. He told me about what happened to mom, how she really died."CC turns to look back at her. He's still not saying anything."DT 17: But sooner or later you're gonna have to acknowledge what happened. You can't just shut this out. The night dad died, during the storm.. when you went looking for the ones that shot him, he was asking for you. He said he wanted you to be there, and he wanted to tell you something. I never got to find out what it was he had to say, but I don't think he hated you.""CC: All I remember is my own brother saying he never cared about me. If he never cared for me then.. then why should I care about what happened to him?""DT 17: You don't mean that. Just like how he didn't mean whatever shit he said to you. At a time like that, he'd say anything to hurt you. It's how people deal with losing someone they love. What happened to mom, it wasn't your fault, the only person to blame is the fucker who shot her. And I'm sure dad knew that. You can't keep beating yourself up about this.""CC: Maybe you're right, maybe you're not. That doesn't matter. What matters is stopping Prometheus, stopping Cyberlife Truck 50. Once he's dead, once that's over with, then we'll talk about our feelings. But now? Now all of that is irrelevant.""DT 17: What if we get a chance at peace?""...""CC: What?""DT 17: Peace. I've been thinking about something dad said, and about something I promised to CT 71. Maybe we can negotiate with Prometheus, maybe we can figure this out. We can stop this war. No one else has to die. Not even Cyberlife Truck 50.""CC: It's too late for that. He'll die for what he's done, he'll-""DT 17: Are we just gonna kill all of them?""CC: You think we'll be out there befriending terrorists?" DT 17: If there's an option for peace, we need to take it. We can't kill everyone, there's gotta be something after the fight's over. Why should more people have to die? Why should another child lose their parent? If we kill CT 50, we'll be putting his daughter through... through the same thing that Prometheus put me through when they killed my dad. The same thing that Clark C went through, the same thing that caused him to give his whole life to revenge. We can be better than that! I know we can. We have to. CC: Cyberlife Truck 50 killed your father. You should want him dead. "DT 17: You think I don't? It'd be so much easier to put him through hell, the same hell that we're suffering because of him. But the easy choice isn't always the right choice. We have to think about what's best for everyone. Even if that means letting him live. All we have to do is convince Prometheus to agree to it.""CC: I.. I have to get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning-""DT 17: Wait.""...""DT 17: There's something else I need to tell you.""CC: What is it?""DT 17: Cyberlife Truck 50 offered to resurrect dad. In exchange we would've had to leave Detroit, to leave Prometheus alone. I refused.""...""CC: Jesus..""DT 17: I don't know if I did the right thing, I.."Her voice is getting emotional. Cyberlife Car drives closer to hug his niece."CC: Hey, hey, honey... it's okay, it's okay.""DT 17: I don't know if I made the right choice.. I just really miss him.""CC: I miss him too. But everything's gonna be okay.""DT 17: I don't want to lose you, I don't want to lose anyone else, I just..""CC: You won't. I'm not going anywhere. We're gonna be okay."They hug even tighter.

The F inal Steps
Cyberlife has 3 days left to create the antivirus software. RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Bus 5 have been working together on ways to possibly defuse the bomb, since they both have a background of technical skill. CB 5 is more experienced, but RB knows his way around building devices and gadgets, so he's not helpless either. While sneaking around the base, RM got a decent look at the bomb from a distance, and managed to take a picture of it. With the help of the pictue, RB and CB 5 have been doing everything they can to create a defuser. "CB 5: Shit... this isn't good.""RB: What is it?""CB 5: The bomb's sheer size is making this nearly impossible. We might be able to create a temporary defuser, something that disables the bomb for around 60 minutes... which means we would have to obtain the bomb from them within that time period.""RB: So all we have to do is obtain the bomb, then call in the army to help us out, right?""CB 5: I'd say that's too risky. After those 60 minutes pass, they could just use a remote detonator to detonate the bomb anyways. We can't guarantee eliminating each 200 members within 60 minutes.""RB: So what can we do?""CB 5: Our best hope is to to obtain the bomb, and then try to defuse it manually, without the help of a defuser. They won't detonate the bomb yet, not if we don't call in the army."Detroit Taxi 17 approaches RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Bus 5."DT 17: What's the situation? Any way of permanently defusing the bomb?""CB 5: Maybe, but we have to obtain the bomb first.""DT 17: Shit... it's gonna be difficult. But if that's the only way we can stop them, then that's what we're going to have to do.""RB: I'm sorry Bullseye, we really did try everything. But there's nothing else we can do.""DT 17: It's okay, we're lucky to even get this far.""RB: You're right about that... this whole thing is a mess, it's like.. like"RoTech Bus is having difficulty forming words. He feels dizzy. "RB: Hey.. mind if I rest.. a bit?""DT 17: Of course, are you alright?"RoTech Bus's back right wheel goes limp, and stops moving entirely. RB almost falls down because of it. Detroit Taxi 17 rushes to grab him. "DT 17: Jesus, what happened?""RB: I don't.. I don't know. I've just been feeling like shit for a few hours now, some of my systems have been acting up, my vision's a bit blurry, I can't hear well."Detroit Taxi 17 has a worried look. "RB: I think I have the virus.""DT 17: Christ... I'll go get the others, the Falcons have a medic, he can probably alleviate some of your symptoms. Just rest for now, okay?""RB: Will do..."Detroit Taxi 17 does as she says, and soon RB is being patched up with everything they can use. Most do their best to stay away from RB, as they don't know how the virus spreads, if being in physical contact increases it's chance of infecting your systems. They discuss the situation, and come to an unfortunate realization; since Cyberlife is unwilling to disclose any details about the virus, Cyberlife Truck 50 and Prometheus are the only ones with information about it. So if they want to know more about how to treat RB, or if any of them are in danger of also catching the virus, they'll have to contact their enemy. "DT 17: I'll do it, I'll contact CT 50."CC seems reluctant."DT 17: Why not? I'm not a child anymore. I've talked to him before. Out of all of us, I'm pretty sure I'm the one he's most willing to talk to. I saved his daughter's life."Cyberlife Car eventually agrees. Detroit Taxi 17 prepares for the discussion, she's going to call him. She's been in recent contact with him before, so establishing a call won't be difficult. It doesn't take long for everything to be ready, it's time for the call to take place.

Cyberlife Truck 50 is in the Prometheus base, preparing for the inevitable attack from Cyberlife Reunited. He's surprised to see Detroit Taxi 17 contacting him, but answers the call."CT 50: Detroit Taxi 17. Didn't expect to be talking to you again so soon.""DT 17: I think we both know this is more than just a chit chat. I need to ask you something.""CT 50: You and the others escaped your cells and killed four of my people in the process, but considering you saved my daughther, I can look past that. I'm willing to talk. What do you want to know?""DT 17: The virus. What are its symptoms?""CT 50: From what we know so far, there are a lot. Generally feeling unwell, issues with audio and visuals, stiffness in driving controls, hearing a constant ringing noise, excessive fuel consumption by your body, and the most fatal one being engine failure. Why?"Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't respond. After a moment of silence, CT 50 can deduce DT 17's reason for calling. "CT 50: One of yours has it, don't they?""DT 17: Yeah, RoTech Bus. Look, I want to know if there's any way he got it from the base? Are me and CH 11 infected too?"Cyberlife Truck 50 takes a while to respond."CT 50: I didn't tell this in the broadcast, because I'm not completely sure about it yet. But from what it seems like, the question isn't if he or any of the others got the virus. It's about when the symptoms will show.""DT 17: What?""CT 50: We're all infected. Not just all of Prometheus, everyone. Every living vehicle and android. It's just a matter of time before the symptoms start showing, and when they do, eventually we'll all die. Unless we get to cure it before that. RoTech Bus getting infected proves that it doesn't only affect Cyberlife vehicles, it's already spread to other companies' vehicles. We're all dead vehicles driving.""DT 17: No...""CT 50: That's the truth. Is there anything else you-"Detroit Taxi 17 ends the call. She's having difficulty calming herself down. The virus was already a threat before, but knowing that any one of them could start displaying deadly symptoms out of nowhere, unable to stop it in any way, is a horrifying thought."DT 17: Fuck, fuck, fuck... no..."Cyberlife Car drives up to her."CC: How did it go? What did he say?"Detroit Taxi 17 takes a deep breath."DT 17: Nothing useful. He didn't want to help. Let's just keep working on our plan, okay?"She doesn't want them to know the truth. If they want to have any chance of stopping the bomb detonating, they can't know. The information would demoralize and weaken them. She can't let that happen. "DT 17: Before he had to go rest, RB informed me about the bomb. We'll have to obtain it physically, we can't just use a remote defuser like we were planning. Bring the others here."Once everyone has been gathered and informed of how tough the mission will be, the preparations for the plan take place."CC: What about Cyberlife Truck 50 himself? How will we take him down? He's armored himself to the point he's nearly invincible, how do we kill him?""DT 17: If it comes down to that...""CC: It will.""RB: If I get a description of his armor, I think I might be able to craft a special armor piercing bullet. Something strong enough to go through his exterior and into his engine. I've only seen him briefly though. I don't know much about his armor, and for the bullet to work, I need to know which materials it has to pierce through.""RM: I've done extensive research on him and his background, interrogated anyone I could find. I couldn't do that to any actual Prometheus member since they're all mutes, but I think it's close enough to the truth. From what I've found out, it seems he's welded a layer of steel over his normal exterior, covered it with cement, then welded another layer of steel on top of that.""RB: That's good enough for me. I'll start work on the bullet, gonna create a backup one too in case you miss the first shot-""RM: I don't miss.""RB: Okay..."They continue planning out their attack on the Prometheus base. The experience and skill of the Chicago Falcons are a massive help in forming a strategy, no matter their background or beliefs, everyone is working together. Despite their co-operation, some members from both groups still have their doubts about the alliance.

Rising Conflict
After discussing the situation and coming up with battle strategies, the Chicago Falcons' second-in command, Cade, requests to meet with RoTech Motorcycle in private."RM: What is it, Cade?""Cade: I've been thinking... What do we do about CR after the battle? Do we still stick to the original plan? We turn on them after Prometheus is gone. We kill them all. Right?""RM: That was the plan, but.. I don't know anymore.""Cade: You're not thinking straight. Just think about what they'll do to us if we don't act first. You should know that the moment Prometheus is no longer a threat, Reunited is gonna have us arrested. We're gonna be locked behind bars for the rest of our lives, do you really think Cyberlife Car is gonna just forget that we're criminals?""RM: Maybe we can just leave the city before they have the opportunity. The moment CT 50 is killed and Prometheus is taken care of, we'll be gone. It'll be like we were never here.""Cade: The moment Prometheus is taken care of, that asshole Cyberlife Car's gonna have his group pointin' guns at us and putting us in cuffs. We can't trust them, they've been abiding the law their whole life. They won't just let us be. You hear what he did to one of his closest friends, that Cyberlife Mercedes? Now, I don't mind violence, rather I enjoy it, but killing one of your own? What makes you think he won't do the same for us?""RM: What about that helicopter? They took him in despite him being a criminal. Maybe they'll do the same for us.""Cade: I wouldn't count on it. It's times like these where you should realize who your true friends are. Cyberlife Car, he's not your friend. You said it when we started, we're temporary allies and that's all. Remember that. You and me, we've been through the shitter together. You only met CC recently, we don't know his true nature yet.""RM: You have no problem with killing the same people that helped us?""Cade: That's not what I said, I don't like this either... but there ain't a better alternative."Cade drives off, leaving RoTech Motorcycle to ponder her choice on the matter. As Cade drives through the base, he's seen consulting other Falcons as well, and asking for their opinions. To his surprise, many of the Falcons have taken a liking to Cyberlife Car. The scene cuts to Cade speaking with the Falcons' medic, RoTech Car 16. "Cade: You too? You can't be fuckin' serious, why are so many of you up Cyberlife Car's ass?""RC 16: I'm sorry Cade, but they're our allies.""Cade: Temporary allies.""RC 16: I saved Cyberlife Car's life when he fell from the top of the Prometheus base. And in return, he's given everything he can to help us. You may be right about them planning to arrest us, but that doesn't mean we have to kill them for it. I agree with RM, maybe we can just leave the city before they get the opportunity to take us in.""Cade: What a load of horse shit...""RC 16: Try talking to him. He's not as bad as you think."Cade drives off, feeling disappointed about the lack of support for their original plan. But he's willing to listen, reasoning it with the logic that if the others like Cyberlife Car, there has to be a reason for it. And so after cooling down for a few minutes, Cade decides to go approach Cyberlife Car."Cade: Hey, CC. You and I might've gotten off on the wrong wheel, but it doesn't gotta be like that forever.""CC: Mhm.""Cade: Whatcha drinking there?""CC: Look, you don't have to pretend to like me. You can just keep making jokes about how I killed a close friend of mine, and let that be our relationship.""...""Cade: What the fuck? Are you fucking kidding me?! I come here, try to make things better, and you fucking talk shit to me? You fucking asshole... better watch your back.""CC: You're the one who needs to be careful.""Cade: You arrogant son of a bitch..."Cade rushes at Cyberlife Car, pushing him into the wall."Cade: I was trying to be reasonable with you, but you're making that very fucking hard right now. Asshole."Cyberlife Car punches Cade. RoTech Car 16 is the only other vehicle in the room, he goes to get the others as Cade and CC continue fighting. "CC: Leave. You're embarrassing yourself."Cade punches Cyberlife Car, and throws him into a table. He's about to continue, until Detroit Taxi 17 barges into the room. She points her gun at Cade."DT 17: Don't touch my uncle. If you move, I put a bullet in you."RoTech Motorcycle arrives into the room, and pushes the gun away from DT 17."RM: Never point a gun at one of my men.""CC: EVERYONE EASE UP! WE'RE MEANT TO BE ALLIES! You think we're gonna be able to beat Prometheus if we keep fighting each other? Cade and I got into a bit of a scuffle, but that's over now. We have to work together if we want to even have a chance at stopping them. So everyone, just stop. It's over."The mood in the room begins to easen up, as there are no longer worries about the conflict ecalating into something worse. They spend the next 2 days perfecting their strategy and getting prepared for the final fight. As the clock turns midnight, they only have this final day left to take action and defuse the bomb.

Around the Campfire
It's midnight as Cyberlife Car approaches RoTech Motorcycle."CC: Hey, so today's the day...""RM: Yeah. Do you have a point to make?""CC: I just feel like the group morale has been a bit down recently. That's not good if we want to have ideal team work for the battle.""RM: So what do you suggest we do?""CC: I say we gather everyone around a campfire, maybe get some drinks. Some of us are going to die today. It's best that we get some final happy memories before we do.""RM: You're right... we all need a moment to catch our breath before we go. You go gather your group, I'll go get the falcons.""CC: Okay, great."In a matter of moments, most members of both groups have grouped up together around a campfire. "CC: Right, so you may be wondering why we asked you here. We asked you here... to celebrate. To celebrate all of us working together on this. No matter our backgrounds, no matter our beliefs, we were able to put aside our differences and fight against a greater threat. Every single one of you, thank you. Thank you for standing with us. No matter what happens in these following hours, that's something to celebrate."

Members from both groups begin chatting with each other, some going to grab a few drinks. As everyone's settled down, DT 17 notices something."DT 17: Hey, where's CH 11?""CC: He didn't want to come, I tried but I couldn't convince him."Detroit Taxi 17 leaves the campfire, and goes to look for CH 11. The others continue chatting."RB: Hey, Blaze. What's the first thing you're gonna do when things go back to normal?""CFT: If we make it that far...""RB: WHEN we make it that far. Come on.""CFT: Right. To be honest, I don't know... there's something I feel like I should say... nevermind, forget it.""RB: Oh come on, don't leave me hanging like that.""CFT: What about you? What's the first thing you'll do?""RB: I could really go for a game of baseball.""CFT: Baseball? Why?""RB: Why not? It's a good sport.""CFT: Well then I'll play with you.""RB: Right on, my guy. Right on." CTrain: Can I join too? CFT: Of course! Any other ideas for stuff we could do? You know any good places to hang out? CTrain: Uh, yeah. I do. There's this abandoned amusement park nearby, I went there with a friend once. After the battle's over, I could take you two there, show you around a bit. What do you think? "CFT: Hell yeah! That sounds awesome, what do you think RB?""RB: Obviously yes!"

The scene cuts to Detroit Taxi 17. She approaches CH 11, as he's looking at the midnight sky, holding a guitar."DT 17: Hey, what are you doing here all by yourself?""CH 11: I don't know, it just doesn't feel right. Not after what I've done to RoTech Bus. He wouldn't want me there.""DT 17: Oh come on, he'll look past this. Everyone's over there having a good time, we want you with us.""CH 11: I think it's better for me to stay here.""DT 17: Well then I'll stay here with you. What are you playing?""CH 11: You don't have to-""DT 17: No, I want to! Come on, I'm not leaving you all by yourself. So, what are you playing?""CH 11: A song taught to me by an old lady I knew, never thought I'd be able to play a guitar, yet here I am. She taught me a lot of things.""DT 17: So, how does the song go? You can sing the lyrics.""CH 11: I'm not really a singer, it's just gonna be cheesy.""DT 17: Neither am I. I don't mind, just sing. Please. I'm not gonna laugh.""CH 11: Okay..."With the guitar, Cyberlife Helicopter 11 begins playing Awake to You, by Patient 113. Despite his hesitation, he sings along."CH 11: And when you came down to save me, when no one else could reach me... and how you knew what to say, I don't know. An angel beyond description, the one friend that I was missing, know that I'll always be here for you... Awake to you... Awake to you."CH 11 stops playing."CH 11: Alright, that's enough. I'm not playing the whole song.""DT 17: That was great! Really, you did good.""CH 11: Thanks... do you know how to play a guitar?""DT 17: No, maybe some day..."There's a silence between them."CH 11: Can I ask you something?""DT 17: Go ahead.""CH 11: What happened with CB 101? You didn't say much about what went down there.""DT 17: I won. I stopped him. He's dead.""CH 11: Good... how did he die?""DT 17: He died screaming. Burned to death.""CH 11: And he deserved it. I can't believe I used to look up to him. Growing up by myself on the streets all by myself, stealing to survive... that changes a person.""DT 17: But you changed back. What happened to your parents?""CH 11: I don't even remember them. They abandoned me in the slums soon after I was born. I was 12 when CB 101 took me under his wing, became a mentor to me. He was like a dad that I never had when growing up. I really thought he cared for me, so I was willing to do almost anything he asked me to do. Now I know he was just using me, manipulating me. That's how he preyed on people, he saw their weaknesses, saw what they needed, and used that to get them to do his bidding. By the time I met someone who did actually care for me, it was too late. I still trusted CB 101, so I did nothing to stop that old motorcycle's death. But now... I'd do anything to go back and do right by her, just start all over.""DT 17: Hey, you're here now, fighting for this city. That's what matters. You're not like him, there are people who make mistakes and people who are just nothing but evil. CB 101 was the latter, you're not.""CH 11: I hope you're right.""DT 17: I know I'm right. Come on, let's get back to the campfire.""CH 11: You sure?""DT 17: Yeah, we want you with us.""CH 11: Okay, I'll come.""DT 17: Yes, thank you!"They arrive at the campfire. CH 11 is quickly integrated as a part of the conversations. Cyberlife Car seems to be chatting with RoTech Motorcycle."CC: Do you have any tips for being a leader?""RM: Haven't you done this for like 2 years now?" CC: Yeah but it can still be difficult... these youngsters argue about anything and everything.

RM: Just... make it so they can rely on you, I suppose. If you manage to do that, they trust you, and if they trust you, they'll follow your orders.

The scene cuts to showing Cyberlife Train at the campfire. He's still chatting with Cyberlife Fire Truck and RoTech Bus.

CTrain: Arby, I heard that one time you-

RB: Would you please stop calling me Arby? It's a dumb nickname.

CFT: Hey, you call me Blaze, you make me sound like a superhero. You can not complain about bad nicknames.

RB: Is sounding like a superhero not a good thing?

They both chuckle.

CTrain: As I was saying, I heard one time you stopped a robber by throwing a baseball at his face. Is that true?

RB: What can I say? Those skills come in handy sometimes.

CFT: I wouldn't say that's exactly how it went down, I mean the guy was already distracted by me-

RB: Oh, shut up. Just let me have this one, okay?

CFT: Alright, alright...

CTrain: Wow. I hope I'll get to do something that cool one day.

RB: You serious? You came back from the dead. How is that not the coolest thing ever? You're like an undead warrior or some shit, now that's badass.

CTrain: Hmph. I guess so.

CFT: We're the ones wishing to be like you, not the other way-

Their conversation is interrupted by Cade lumbering his way towards them, holding a bottle of whiskey.

Cade: Hey. You.

He's looking at Cyberlife Train.

Cade: You the one who got resurrected?

CTrain: Yeah. I'm the one.

Cade laughs.

Cade: Wow. A vehicle coming back from the dead. You're a living legend, it's an honor to meet you.

Cyberlife Train can't tell if Cade's voice has a sarcastic tone or not.

CTrain: Thanks.

Cade: What was it like? The resurrection.

CTrain: I...

CFT: CTrain, you don't have to.

Cade: Why not? I'm curious, that's all.

CTrain: Look, I don't remember much. I have no recollection of the time between my death and the resurrection, it was just.. nothing. Like I was just sleeping and then woke up to a worse reality, being controlled by the Mercedes Gang.

Cade: You know how rare that is? Being brought back from the dead?

CTrain: Yeah, I know.

Cade: You know how lucky you are?

Cade's tone switches to being serious, even somewhat threatening. He drives in closer.

Cade: What made you earn it?

CTrain: What?

Cade: It's a simple question. Why do you get to back to come back, when no one else does? How come you get to cheat death, when I got friends who were murdered, shot, stabbed? Good people that died, they didn't come back. So why you? What makes you special, why are you still here?

CFT: Cade, calm down.

Cade: I'm calm. Now answer.

CTrain: I... I don't know. I wish I had an answer for you, I really do. I knew people that deserved it more than I did, who did more to help others than I ever did. But I guess I can use this opportunity to finally do some good, to become something better than what I was before, to finally help people.

Cade stares at Cyberlife Train, before backing down. CFT, RB and CTrain ease up, no longer fearing a confrontation.

Cade: Alright... thank you for being honest.

He takes a large gulp of the whiskey, before handing over the bottle to Cyberlife Train.

Cade: Enjoy the whiskey.

Cade leaves the area to go be with other Chicago Falcons. CFT, RB and CTrain are still a bit tense, but eventually they get back to their usual conversations. The scene cuts back to Cyberlife Car and RoTech Motorcycle.

CC: Alright.. I'm getting too old for this. RM: Yeah, I can tell. CC: Have you ever thought about what you'll do after all this? I don't mean after today, I mean in general... when you're done fighting, when you're done with the Falcons... when it's time to retire. RM: I don't plan on retiring. CC: Ever? Just endless fighting, is that all life is to you?

RM: It's all life's been for me so far.

CC: It doesn't have to be just that.

...

RM: Greece.

CC: What?

RM: I want to go to Greece. I hear it's beautiful this time of year. "CC: Solid choice, it's beautiful there the whole year. Would be fun to see more of the rest of the world." RM: Yeah, but not like it's perfect. CC chuckles, and says: Oh yeah, how do you know? "RM is starting to lighten up too, and says: Well, they have their own social welfare problems with their health care systems for example." "CC: You've done research, haven't you?" "RM: Maybe." "...""RM: I'm sorry.""CC: For what?""RM: Just.. being the way I am, all the time. Rude, cold, distant.""CC: I used to be like that too. It's fine.""RM: I've just never really been able to open up to anyone, to talk about my.. feelings. That type of thing doesn't feel natural to me, it never did. It makes me feel vulnerable and exposed, so I just bottle it all up inside and put on a tough front. If I just pretend to be nothing but a strong, hardened fighter, that makes it easier for my people to follow me. Can't let them see me being weak.""CC: It doesn't make you weak to have feelings, or to open up about them. If anything, finding the strength to do that makes you braver than if you just keep it all inside. Took me too long to figure that out.""RM: Frankly, when we met again I was impressed by you.""CC: Really? Why?""RM: I was impressed by how you'd found a way to keep going, after all you'd been through. You hadn't resorted to being a violence-driven maniac, you were still.. you. That's impressive.""CC: It's because of her."Cyberlife Car glances over at Detroit Taxi 17."CC: Everything I've done, it's all been for her. I want to keep her safe. That's what kept me alive, what kept me going. It's why I joined Cyberlife United in the first place, I wanted to make Detroit a safe city for my niece. But now I'm starting to realize, she no longer needs me for protection.""RM: She's a good kid.""...""CC: If we end up dying tonight... I just... it's been a pleasure to work with you, RoTech Motorcycle.""RM: Same with you. You're not the man I first thought you were. I don't say this lightly, but I respect you. Maybe if things were different we could have been working together from the start.""CC: We still could, after the fight's over.""RM: What do you mean?""CC: Once everything's back to normal, it doesn't have to get hostile between us again. You said we'll only work together until we beat Prometheus. That we'd be enemies after that. It doesn't have to be that way.""RM: We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I have something to discuss with Cade, we can talk more later.""CC: Got it."The scene cuts to Cyberlife Train, still hanging out with Cyberlife Fire Truck and RoTech Bus."RB: And that's when he said 'No it wasn't me, it was my cat!' and I'm just sitting there like, really man? You think I'm gonna fall for that?"As he's telling his story, RB leans into Cyberlife Fire Truck. CFT seems to stiffen up. "RB: Oh sorry, I didn't mean to lean into you, me having the virus and all-""CFT: It's fine, I don't mind.""RB: Good to hear.""...""RB: Anyway, sorry to interrupt my own story, but I just saw they're serving some kebab over there. Maybe that'll help with my symptoms, I'll go get some and then be right back."RoTech Bus temporarily drives away, leaving CFT alone with Cyberlife Train."...""CTrain: What was that?""CFT: What was what?""CTrain: That, you and RB. Are you two more than friends? If so I fully support it, you two are cute together-""CFT: Stop talking! He might hear-, ugh. No, we're just friends.""CTrain: But... you like him. The way you talk about him, the way you look at him, I can tell there's something there. I spent a lot of time with a good therapist, I can read others pretty well now.""CFT: No! You're wrong.""...""CFT: Fine, I do like him. But there's no way he likes me back.""CTrain: I don't mean to invade your privacy or anything, but if you want to tell him something, I think you should do it now. Tell him how you feel, you might not get another chance.""CFT: Can you stop?""CTrain: I'm not trying to boss you around, you just gotta believe in yourself, man. You're handsome, he's handsome, what's there to lose? I can give you two some privacy, all I gotta do is say I need to go for a drive.""CFT: Just forget it, okay?"RoTech Bus returns back to their location, holding kebab. He sits tightly next to CFT."RB: What did I miss, guys?""CFT: Uh, nothing. Just keep telling your story.""CTrain: Actually, I feel like going for a drive. You two can stay here though. Say all you have to say."He winks at CFT, using one of his headlights, and then proceeds to drive away. "RB: He's being weird.""CFT: Right...""Cyberlife Fire Truck curses himself for being unable to go through with it.""CFT: Keep telling your story.""RB: Nah, it's boring from here on out.""CFT: Okay... well, how are your symptoms? You sure you're in the shape to be fighting?""RB: I'm sure. My vision blurs out a bit every here and there, but I'll manage. We need all the fighters we can get, I have to be there.""CFT: Okay... I just don't want you to get hurt.""RB: I won't.""..."Cyberlife Fire Truck glances to the side, and sees Cyberlife Helicopter 11."CFT: What about him?""RB: What do you mean?""CFT: What's gonna happen to him? After we beat Prometheus.""RB: You already know. I'll kill him. He doesn't get to get away with what he did.""...""CFT: I don't think you should.""RB: Why not?""CFT: We're not murderers. Why did you join Cyberlife Reunited in the first place? To kill people?""RB: I wanted to help people, to prevent anyone else from going through what I went through. To stop people like CH 11.""CFT: Yeah, helping people. That's what we're all about. Helping everyone. Even people you don't think deserve it. We should help CH 11. Make sure he stays on the right path. People can change, RoTech Bus. We don't have to kill him, killing him is the easy way out. Finding room for mercy, for forgiveness, that's harder. The right choice isn't always the easy one. Just... think about it, will you?"RoTech Bus looks at CFT. He doesn't respond, and instead just silently drives away."CFT: Fuck me..."The scene cuts to Cyberlife Car, as he's driving around the area, just admiring everything. His close friends and allies are just enjoying themselves, amidst all this chaos and violence, it's a necessary change of pace. He feels proud. He doesn't know if they'll die tonight, but they gave their everything, and that's enough for him. They didn't stand down.

Cyberlife Van drives next to Cyberlife Car."CV: When will we head out?""CC: In a couple of hours, we need to rest more still. After that everyone still has to get armed up. We can do this.""CV: We will, we always have. I'll tell my son all about our adventures.""CC: Better make me sound good in them!""CV: You? No, I'll just tell him all those times you blue screened our old base's computers.""CC: Oh yeah? I'll tell him about how oblivious you were about his mother liking you.""CV: You wouldn't have caught on either, don't lie!""CC: Yeah, I probably wouldn't have. We're not the smartest bunch, well I'm not.""CV: Jokes aside, I really do appreciate everything you've done, Cyberlife Car. I haven't always done right by you, but you're a good friend. You're a good man, and knowing my son will have people like you around makes me sure he'll live a great life.""CC: Thanks man, it means a lot."Cyberlife Bus 5 drives out next to the two of them."CB 5: Hey, have either of you seen Cyberlife Train? He went for a drive but hasn't come back yet.""CC: Haven't seen him.""CV: Me neither, odd. I'm sure he'll be back soon.""CB 5: Yeah, you're right, it's just that-""...""CB 5: Oh my god..."Cyberlife Car and Cyberlife Van are confused by CB 5's reaction, until they turn around.

They see a massive army approaching their location. They're being lead by Cyberlife Truck 50, who is surrounded by several tanks. The army consists of nearly 160 armed vehicles. They're coming from all directions, surrounding the MI base, meaning there's no chance of escaping. No one from CR has prepared, no one from the Falcons has prepared. They didn't expect to have to defend from an attack from Prometheus, their plan was to attack the Prometheus base. Cyberlife Truck 50 is holding a grenade launcher."CC: HOW DID THEY FIND US?! EVERYONE, GET YOUR WEAPONS-"An explosion goes off next to Cyberlife Car, as he jumps to cover. He's uninjured, and so is Cyberlife Bus 5. He turns to his right to look at Cyberlife Van. "CB 5: NO!!!"Cyberlife Van has half of his lower back missing, the explosion hit him head-on. He's lost his two back wheels, oil is spilling and his insides are sticking out.

Cyberlife Truck 50 turns to look at his soldiers, giving them one last order."CT 50: Spare Detroit Taxi 17. She's the one who saved my daughter. As for everyone else?""...""CT 50: Kill them all."The tanks fire, their explosions wreaking havoc against the unprepared Reunited and Falcons.

Before the Battle
Several hours before Prometheus's attack on the Motorized Investigators' base, where Cyberlife Reunited and the Chicago Falcons are staying.

Cyberlife Truck 50 is in the Prometheus base. He's about to call his daughter, who has recently recovered from CB 101's attack. She's in an even worse condition now, the virus is taking everything out of her. Multiple of her systems are failing, and the doctors are having a hard time making sure her body handles fuel correctly. He calls her.

CT 50: How are you feeling now? Are you doing any better?

CT 71: I can't feel much..

CT 50: You're gonna get through this, okay honey? You're strong, you're brave, and I am so proud of you. I want you to know that. I love you more than anything.

CT 71: I love you too dad... do you remember when Detroit Taxi 17 saved me from the bad man?

CT 50: Of course I do, I'd never forget.

CT 71: After she saved me, she told me you're involved in something bad... that you put people in danger. What did she mean?

CT 50: I...

CT 71: What did you do?

CT 50: Look, in the coming years you'll come to find out a lot about me. About what I've done. Your opinion of me may change, you might think I'm a monster.

CT 71: Dad... what did you do?

CT 50: I did it all for you. Remember that, okay honey?

CT 71: You need to stop whatever you're doing, surrender. Whatever you did, it doesn't matter, you can still come back. I want to see you again, it's not too late.

CT 50: I can't. There are some things that change you, once you do them, you can't come back. But what I'm doing is giving you a future. I'm giving you a chance at life. And anyone who gets in the way of that is going to suffer.

They still haven't gotten word on an antivirus, and they're running out of time. A Prometheus soldier approaches Cyberlife Truck 50, while he's still speaking with his daughter.

CT 50: I'm sorry, I have to go.

He ends the call.

CT 50: What is it? I told you not to bother me while I'm talking to her.

The mute sends Cyberlife Truck 50 a digital message, informing him the scouts they sent to search through Detroit, have located where Cyberlife Reunited and the Chicago Falcons are staying.

CT 50: Good. Gather everyone at the main area of the base, I have something I need to say.

Soon after, there is a large crowd gathered at the main area of the Prometheus base, the same area where Cyberlife Truck 50 first fought Cyberlife Car during the storm. Cyberlife Truck 50 is on a platform, located higher than his soldiers on the ground floor. He's looking down towards them, the whole army has gathered here. Over 160 soldiers listening to what Cyberlife Truck 50 has to say.

CT 50: This is the end of our long journey. What happens today will decide the fate of this city and of our species as a whole. We've located where Cyberlife Reunited and the Chicago Falcons are staying, so the next move is attacking them. They've killed 41 of us already, and they're not gonna stop until we're all dead. They'll take everything we've worked so hard for, everything we've fought for over the past year, all the horrific things we've done, all the sacrifices, it will have been for nothing if we don't kill Cyberlife Reunited before they kill us. We offered them peace, we would've let them leave the city. Casualties weren't necessary, but they didn't listen to us. What happens next is their choice. We can't take any chances, the virus has to be stopped. So we kill them or we die by them, there are no other choices here. We have to end it. Some of you may not like that, I know I don't. These are good people we have to kill. But they don't know that what they're doing is harming everyone else. So gather your weapons. Take the grenade launchers. I'll lead the attack with the tanks by my side. We'll surround their base. We end this tonight.

Cyberlife Truck 50 arms himself, and gets all his soldiers in formation. Driving through the streets of Detroit, he leads his army towards the MI base.

The Confrontation
At night, Cyberlife Car is discussing the whereabouts of Cyberlife Train with Cyberlife Bus 5 and Cyberlife Van, while the other members of their groups are enjoying themselves with drinks and food.

CC: Haven't seen him.

CV: Me neither, odd. I'm sure he'll be back soon.

CB 5: Yeah, you're right, it's just that-

...

CB 5: Oh my god...

Cyberlife Car and Cyberlife Van are confused by CB 5's reaction, until they turn around.

They see a massive army approaching their location. They're being lead by Cyberlife Truck 50, who is surrounded by several tanks. The army consists of nearly 160 armed vehicles. They're coming from all directions, surrounding the MI base, meaning there's no chance of escaping. No one from CR has prepared, no one from the Falcons has prepared. They didn't expect to have to defend from an attack from Prometheus, their plan was to attack the Prometheus base. Cyberlife Truck 50 is holding a grenade launcher.

CC: HOW DID THEY FIND US?! EVERYONE, GET YOUR WEAPONS-

An explosion goes off next to Cyberlife Car, as he jumps to cover. He's uninjured, and so is Cyberlife Bus 5. He turns to his right to look at Cyberlife Van.

CB 5: NO!!!

Cyberlife Van has half of his lower back missing, the explosion hit him head-on. He's lost his two back wheels, oil is spilling and his insides are sticking out.

Cyberlife Truck 50 turns to look at his soldiers, giving them one last order.

CT 50: Spare Detroit Taxi 17. She's the one who saved my daughter. As for everyone else?

...

CT 50: Kill them all.

The tanks fire, their explosions wreaking havoc against the unprepared Reunited and Falcons. The first explosion caused by a tank's projectile lands near RoTech Motorcycle, killing one Falcon located close to her. His body shielded her from the explosion.

Cyberlife Van is unconscious from the damage he took, but he's still alive, even if barely. Cyberlife Bus 5 is about to drive out of cover to get to the mutilated and disfigured Cyberlife Van, until Cyberlife Car grabs her and stops her.

CC: DON'T GO! It's not safe, they'll shoot you too!

CB 5: I'm not leaving my fucking husband there!

She's about to drive out again, but Cyberlife Car pulls her back.

CC: He's not dead yet, there's still a chance he makes it. What matters more is that you make it. Your child needs to have at least one parent growing up. I'm not letting you go out to kill yourself-

An explosion goes off near them, destroying a part of their cover.

CB 5: So what's the plan?! WE WAIT HERE UNTIL THEY BOMB ALL OF US?!

CC: I DON'T KNOW! GIVE ME TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT!

CB 5: WE DON'T FUCKING HAVE TIME!

Detroit Taxi 17 drives out to the open, in view of all the tanks and Prometheus soldiers. They all point their guns towards her.

DT 17: WAIT!

Cyberlife Car yells at his niece to get back behind cover, but she doesn't.

CT 50 turns towards his men and says: Hold your fire.

He then turns to look at DT 17 from a distance.

CT 50: Detroit Taxi 17. I told you I wouldn't forget what you did. You saved my daughter, and for that I'm grateful. I'll let you go. Drive away now. I don't want you to get hurt.

DT 17: We don't have to do this! We don't have to fight! NO ONE HAS TO DIE!

CT 50: I wish that were so. But we're past that point. I gave you and your people that offer twice, but you wouldn't listen.

Detroit Taxi 17 drives over to the unconscious Cyberlife Van.

DT 17: He needs medical attention.

CT 50: Why would I let him get that? He stands in the way of my goal, he stands in the way of our species' survival.

DT 17: He's gonna be a father, just like you are. His son needs to grow up with a dad. At least let me carry him to safety, okay? He'll be incapacitated for the rest of the battle anyway, no harm in me doing this. He's not a threat to you, not anymore.

CT 50: Leave, now. I'm giving you a chance at life. Don't make me kill you.

DT 17: You won't kill me. You don't want to.

CT 50: I don't want to, but I will if you make me.

DT 17: No. You said it yourself, I remind you of your daughter. She's why you're doing this.

CT 50: Leave.

Detroit Taxi 17 doesn't listen, and carries Cyberlife Van to safety, where Cyberlife Bus 5 is. CB 5 instantly rushes to hold her husband, and yells for a medic. The Chicago Falcons' have a medic, RoTech Car 16, the same vehicle who patched Cyberlife Car up after his fall from the top of the Prometheus base. RC 16 starts working on CV in anyway possible, doing the few things he can to keep him alive. Detroit Taxi 17 is no longer in view of Prometheus, which gives her time to come up with a plan. The Prometheus soldiers are still holding their fire and not shooting, CT 50 wants to wait until DT 17 is out of their range. DT 17 notices Cyberlife Train isn't here, so she digitally contacts him.

CTrain: What the hell is going on in there? I heard the explosions, I'm coming over right now-

DT 17: Cyberlife Train, don't come here. We're trapped, they attacked us. Drive to the Prometheus base as quick as you can. Don't get spotted. The fact that most of them came here means their base should be mostly empty. Cyberlife Train, I'm gonna need you to steal the bomb from them. I'm guessing they left some guards to protect the bomb. You think you can fight them on your own? If we get the bomb to ourselves and find a hiding spot far from the battle, CB 5 might be able to sneak out, and have enough time to defuse it manually.

CTrain: I think I can do that, yeah.

DT 17: Great. Hurry.

She ends the call, then quietly gives orders to Cyberlife Reunited, making sure Prometheus doesn't hear them.

DT 17: Cyberlife Bus 5, I know it's not easy leaving CV by himself, but we need you. More than ever. They've surronded this place, but is there any way you think you could sneak out without them noticing?

CB 5: I, we-.. I...

DT 17: Focus. Cyberlife Van's gonna live. He has a medic. Focus on the plan.

CB 5: Y-yeah, this building is prepared for an attack. This place got built with us in mind, if some criminals found out we were staying here, we'd want to have an emergency exit... near the bathrooms there's a hidden exit, it's connected to the sewer systems of Detroit. I can go underground through that, and find a safe spot to get back to the streets without getting spotted.

DT 17: Great. Do that, you have to sneak out and establish contact with Cyberlife Train once he gets the bomb to himself. You're the only one with the necessary skills to even attempt to defuse it.

Cyberlife Bus 5 is reluctant, but knowing that there's nothing she can do for CV now, she decides to listen to DT 17's orders.

DT 17: As for everyone else, spread out and hide behind cover. We can't all sneak out, or they'll spot us. Our best chance at survival is being spread out in case they start bombing us again. I'll get back out there and keep Cyberlife Truck 50 talking.

CC: You're not going out there, it's not safe!

DT 17: Yes I am! I'm not taking orders from you anymore. This is how we save Detroit, and this is my part in it. This is my plan, and you're gonna do it. You're all gonna do it.

Detroit Taxi 17 drives out back into the open to continue speaking with Cyberlife Truck 50.

A Better Future
Detroit Taxi 17 drives closer to Cyberlife Truck 50 than before.

CT 50: Are you going to leave now?

DT 17: I'm not going anywhere.

CT 50 aims his grenade launcher at her.

CT 50: This is your last chance.

DT 17: Is this what you want? Is this what any of you want? You're gonna kill me?! Haven't you taken enough lives? After what you all did at the Stratford tower, all those innocent people, and for what? You won't stop the virus by killing us. We're not your enemy. Why are you fighting us? We're fighting you because you're threatening to kill us all. We're defending ourselves, but you? If you'd just let us be, we wouldn't have been a threat to you. Detroit's not your enemy, Cyberlife is.

CT 50: And I'm gonna take Cyberlife down by taking Detroit down. I tried to save you all by making sure the cure was created, I wanted to save you all. If you'd just let us do that, your friends could have been spared from this. But you just couldn't stand down, you had to fight back no matter what... that's what'll end up getting everyone killed. All of you, you're ungrateful. And you're too stubborn to stand down even when it's the best option, for all of us.

DT 17: Jesus christ, are you actually that fucking delusional?! Listen to yourself! I'm offering peace! I'm offering you a chance to stand down. It's still not too late to stop. It's not too late to turn back, everyone can change, everyone can become better. We've taken in enemies before, Cyberlife Helicopter 11 tried to kill us, but he's become a trusted ally. Mercedes Bus is the reason our predecessors were killed, but we still took him in. No matter what you've done, there's room for you with us. Your daughter said we don't have to fight, listen to her!

CT 50: She was wrong.

DT 17: No, she was right! She said you're not a monster. You can prove her right. We can save lives here, isn't that what you said Prometheus is all about? Cyberlife Reunited and the Falcons, we're not your enemy. Cyberlife is the enemy, so why are we fighting each other? We can work together, make sure Cyberlife creates the cure, we can save your daughter's life. If we co-operate, we'll have an even better chance at making sure Cyberlife cures us. Us vehicles and androids, we've fought for our rights before. First the android and vehicle revolutions, now this. We won't let those greedy fucks wait until we all die out. We have to unite. We have to work together. If we do that, if we co-operate, we can survive as a species!

CT 50 doesn't respond, he's contemplating her words.

DT 17: I mean, was this your plan? Is this who you wanted to be when you started Prometheus? Killing innocent people, bombing buildings, is that what your daughter would want from you? Think about her, think about all those other kids. We can make it right. All you have to do is put down your guns. All you have to do is surrender.

...

CT 50: I...

DT 17: Please.

CT 50: You're... you're right. We could make it work, we could establish a hiding spot for Prometheus so the army doesn't find us, while still keeping in contact with you.

DT 17: Exactly! We can work together on this! We want the cure too, we know how big of a threat it is. I don't want your daughter to die, I don't want RoTech Bus to die, I don't want our species to die.

CT 50: We could discuss everything through digitial communication, come up with different angles on making sure Cyberlife creates the cure...

DT 17: I'm glad you're seeing things my way. Let's do it.

Cyberlife Truck 50 turns to his men, and after pondering it for a moment, he gives them an order.

CT 50: Put away your guns.

The Prometheus soldiers disarm themselves.

CT 50: We don't have to-

An armor piercing bullet from a sniper rifle goes straight through Cyberlife Truck 50, hitting him in the engine. During his conversation with DT 17, RoTech Motorcycle had found a sniping spot from the top of the building.

DT 17: FUCK, NO! HOLD YOUR FIRE-

But it's already too late, as the Prometheus soldiers begin arming themselves again.

RM: QUICK, EVERYONE SHOOT THEM WHILE THEY'RE STILL UNPREPARED!

The Chicago Falcons grab assault rifles, and fire into the crowd of hastily preparing Prometheus soldiers. Most of them don't fire back on time, leading to a large amount of their soldiers getting gunned down. Detroit Taxi 17 rushes inside the building to get to safety. Cyberlife Truck 50 himself crawls behind cover, after taking heavy damage from RoTech Motorcycle's bullet. It hit his engine, but he's still alive.

CT 50: FUCK! THEY LIED TO US!

He turns to his men.

CT 50: SHOOT THEM! KILL THEM ALL!

The tanks have begun firing at the building.

Detroit Taxi 17 drives to where RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Van are.

DT 17: RoTech Bus, sneak out and carry Cyberlife Van with you. Take the medic as well. The virus symptoms make you weak, you can't fight!

RB: I won't-

DT 17: LISTEN TO ME!

CFT: I'm going with them. We need to hurry, come on RB.

Cyberlife Fire Truck makes his escape through the secret exit, being accompanied by RB, the Falcons' medic, and the unconscious Cyberlife Van.

DT 17: EVERYONE GET YOUR WEAPONS AND REMEMBER TO SPREAD OUT! WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK!

RoTech Motorcycle and the other Chicago Falcons hurry downstairs, as they had been on the roof earlier.

DT 17: What the fuck were you thinking?! We could've had peace, you just got us all killed!

She points her gun at RoTech Motorcycle.

RM: Did you actually think that would work?! You don't know who you're dealing with. They just wanted to lure us out so the slaughter would be easier!

CC: STOP ARGUING! WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR THIS, THEY'RE OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE COMING FOR US! WE HAVE TO FIGHT, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!

Detroit Taxi 17 reluctantly lowers her gun, and tries to find a location as safe as possible from the grenades and tank projectiles being fired by Prometheus.

The Last Stand (1/2)
The scene cuts to Cyberlife Truck 50's point of view. He's still hiding behind cover, furious at what he believes to be a betrayal. He assesses his injuries once again, and decides to run a system check. Upon getting the result, he finds out one of the bullets badly pierced his engine, and fuel is leaking rapidly. His systems inform him he has three hours left to live, until his engine's shutdown.

CT 50: Leave no one alive. Get ready to trigger the bomb. We're taking this whole city down with us.

A mute sends him a digital message: Sir, we've been informed we no longer have the bomb.

CT 50: What, how?!

The mute: It's been stolen. Someone broke into our base and killed the soldiers guarding it.

CT 50: TO HELL WITH THEM! SEND 100 SOLDIERS THERE TO SEARCH THE AREA, WE CAN HANDLE THIS FIGHT OURSELVES. GET THE BOMB BACK, FIND WHOEVER TOOK IT AND KILL THEM! SEARCH THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY IF YOU HAVE TO!

100 Prometheus soldiers exit the area, and hurry over driving towards the Prometheus base, beginning a mass search around the city to find the bomb's location.

Cyberlife Car, Detroit Taxi 17, Cyberlife Helicopter 11, Mercedes Bus, RoTech Motorcycle, Cade and the other Falcons are the remaining vehicles in the Motorized Investigators' base, left to fend off against the attack from Prometheus. During Detroit Taxi 17's conversation with Cyberlife Truck 50, each of them have managed to arm themselves and somewhat prepare against the attack. They listened to her orders and spread out as much as possible instead of being crammed into one area, which would have made it easier for explosions to kill many of them at the same time.

Each of them are hiding behind cover and shooting out into the crowd of Prometheus soldiers, hoping to kill as many as they can. They know that they'll have to be quick, Prometheus' explosives are more than capable at crumbling down their building, so their only hope at winning is to kill the Prometheus soldiers before the base collapses. This is made easier due to 100 of their fighters going out to locate the bomb that Cyberlife Train stole, but they're still facing nearly 50 armored fighters, including tanks.

DT 17: Fuck, this isn't looking good...

She peeks out of cover, and with a quick yet precise shot kills a Prometheus soldier. The other soldiers seem to have paid attention to her position. A grenade flies in through a window close to her.

DT 17: SHIT!

She rushes away from it, getting away just in time. The explosion destroys a large part of the wall, the building is becoming weaker and weaker.

The scene cuts to CT 50's perspective.

CT 50: We have no need to push in, that'll just make it easier for them to kill as many of us as they want. We need to stay back and bomb them from a distance. That building of theirs won't last long, and they don't have the firepower to take down our tanks. We've already won.

The Prometheus soldiers listen, and get behind cover, while the tanks stay out in the open. Their projectiles are quickly destroying the building, pieces of the ceiling start falling apart.

Cyberlife Train is driving away from the Prometheus base. Due to his strength and speed, he's able to carry the bomb with ease, despite its large size. He's going fast but also wants to be careful, he doesn't know how fragile the bomb is, and the last thing he'd want is to accidentally cause it to detonate by bumping into something. He digitally connect to Cyberlife Bus 5.

CTrain: Did you get out yet?

CB 5: Yeah I got to the streets, I'm safe.. but the others, they're still-

CTrain: Don't think about that now. I got the bomb, you have to defuse it. Where should we meet up so I can give it to you?

CB 5: I... I know where to go. Meet me at the old Cyberlife United base. It'll be a perfect spot to hide the bomb because of how discreet the location is.

CTrain: Good idea. I'll-

Cyberlife Train hears armed vehicles approaching. He knows they're Prometheus soldiers sent to find the bomb, so he quickly enters an alleyway and hides behind a large dumpster. He waits for them to pass by. He knows he'd be able to fight them under normal circumstances, but he doesn't want to risk anything when he's still carrying the bomb. Once they're gone, he continues talking with CB 5.

CTrain: Right, as I was saying, I'll be there.

CB 5: Good... we can do this.

CTrain: Can't we just call in the army now? We have the bomb to ourselves.

"CB 5: It's too risky. They might have a remote detonator, calling in the army would give them incentive to use it. We have to hide the bomb, and maybe I'll have enough time to manually defuse it before they find it. If we manage to do that, then there'll be nothing they can do to detonate it. Only then will it be safe to call in the army." CTrain: You're right... I'll be there soon, get your equipment ready.

The scene cuts back inside the Motorized Investigators base, as they're getting bombed by Prometheus.

Cade: Those fucking cowards, just bombing us from a distance! MAN UP, YOU DICKHEADS! COME HERE AND FIGHT US!

RM: I can't get a good shot from here, fuck...

DT 17: We have to do something...

As the others are trying to come up with plans, Mercedes Bus is seen cowering in a corner. He's shaking. The sounds of the gunfire, the explosion, he's panicking. He can't bring himself to peek out and attempt to shoot at the enemy, knowing at any moment an explosion could land right at his location and kill him. Cyberlife Car notices MBB.

CC: You, get your shit together. You came here to help us, so help us.

MBB: I.. I can't-

CC: YES YOU CAN! AND YOU WILL! You got my friends killed, try to make up for it.

Mercedes Bus continues cowering in fear. Cyberlife Helicopter 11 sees the situation and flies over to him.

CH 11: Hey, come on MBB. You didn't come here for nothing, you came to help us, right?

MBB: I can do good, I want to prove that!

CH 11: So prove it. Come out here and help us win. I believe in you.

MBB: I.. I will.

Mercedes Bus joins the rest of them, and attempts to shoot at the Prometheus soldiers despite most of them hiding behind cover.

In another part of Detroit, Cyberlife Bus 5 arrives at the old Cyberlife United base. As she enters the broken down base, a barrage of memories come to her, good and bad. Things she tried to forget and things she'll always want to hold on to. For a short moment, she expects to see Cyberlife Bus and Cyberlife Bus 8 inside, waiting for her. Like nothing happened to them. She wants to go back to how things were. But she can't. Now she has a job to do. She'll have to look past the memories, to look past how empty everything feels without her old friends here.

Cyberlife Train arrives at the base soon after her, carrying the bomb. He had to avoid several Prometheus soldiers searching for him along the way, but managed to arrive without confrontation. Cyberlife Bus 5 has all her equipment ready, and with Cyberlife Train's help, she safely transports the bomb inside the base, and gets to work. A single wrong move could mean the bomb going off and killing millions. Being too slow could mean Prometheus locating them, which would then lead to the bomb going off and killing millions. So many things could go wrong. But she can't focus on that. She has to focus on the mission.

CTrain: What should I do? Do I stay here and protect you in case the soldiers find you?

CB 5: No, if they find me then it's already too late. Our best chance at winning is you going out to help the others win at the MI base.

CTrain: Right, I'll do that. Good luck.

CB 5: Hopefully I won't need luck...

The Last Stand (2/2)
The remaining CR members and Falcons don't have much hope left, as the base in on the verge of collapsing. A tank projectile hits another part of the wall, killing a Falcon who was hiding behind it for cover. They're running out of options.

DT 17: We've got no choice but to try to escape through the hidden exit as well.

CC: That many of us? They'll spot us and just chase us anyway-

DT 17: What other choice do we have? Just wait here until we die? We have to make a run for it.

RM: She's right. We can't just stay holed up here.

CC: Okay... all of you, go first. I'll stay back and defend this place, try to distract them and give you time to escape...

DT 17: No, you're coming with us-

CC: I'll come after you, I just have to distract them to give all of you a better chance at making it out alive.

...

DT 17: Okay. Stay safe.

CC: I always do. Now go.

Detroit Taxi 17, CH 11, MBB, RM, Cade and the remaining Falcons hurry to the hidden exit, and enter the sewer systems through it.

Cade: Goddamn it, I have to drive in shit water again? Our last camp was bad enough.

RM: Shut up, and hurry. We have to be quick.

As they escape, Cyberlife Car is still in the crumbling down Motorized Investigators' base. He grabs an assault rifle and takes grenades with him. He told Detroit Taxi 17 he'd come after them, but that's not in his plans. He wants to hold Prometheus back as long as possible, and the best way to do that is with an all out confrontation. He's going to drive out into the open, and try to shoot as many as he can, not caring if he dies in the process.

CC: Okay... here we go. For Detroit.

Cyberlife Car drives out into the open, and throws several grenades at the tanks. He continues driving forward, until something drives by him and grabs him from the side with immense speed. It's Cyberlife Train. Holding onto CC, CTrain quickly drives out of the area, avoiding gunfire and explosions from Prometheus's tanks and other soldiers. The area is surrounded, but CTrain manages to bypass some of the soldiers by driving into them. His speed makes him a difficult target to hit with tank projectiles, and normal bullets don't damage him much. As he escapes from the area, still holding onto CC, he attempts to find a secure place away from Prometheus. Somewhere where they won't be found. Once he's sure they're in safety, Cyberlife Train lets go of Cyberlife Car.

CC: What the hell was that?

CTrain: I saved you. I was waiting outside the base to see how the situation would unfold, once I saw you exit the building, I hurried to get you to safety. You're welcome.

CC: You shouldn't have, I was going to take them down with me.

CTrain: So your plan was to just sacrifice yourself?

CC: You don't get it, they killed my brother. This is personal. I was going to kill as many of their soldiers as I could, even if it meant dying with them in the process. That wasn't your choice to make. You had no right!

CTrain: Just like you had no right to save me from that river when Cyberlife Bus 101 pushed me in last December. You think my systems would've been able to handle freezing water rushing in? No, I would've shut down if you weren't there to save me. You chose me over revenge against CB 101, and it saved my life.

CC: This is not the same-

CTrain: Yes it is. There was a part of me that wanted to die back then, to just get it all over with after everything I'd been through, everything I'd done. I killed Cyberlife Bus, he was my best friend. But now... now you're my best friend. And I'll be damned if I just stand by and watch my best friend try to kill himself.

CC doesn't respond.

CTrain: We've both been through the worst kinds of things, but we gotta keep finding something to fight for. We've gotta live life and enjoy it, not just wait until we die. We have to find meaning to all of it. We gotta find something that makes us happy. For me, it was all of you. I realized all the friends I had now, you, CFT, RB, your niece, everyone. That's something to live for, something to be happy about. So tell me, Cyberlife Car. What makes you happy?

CC: My niece. But she doesn't need me anymore.

CTrain: Then find someone who does need you, someone you want to be with. Continue living for them.

CC: Okay... okay...

The scene cuts to Cyberlife Truck 50's perspective.

CT 50: Where the hell did they all go? Search the area.

His soldiers get out of cover and begin looking for the escaped CR members and Falcons. CT 50 himself enters the crumbling down MI base, and upon examining the area, he notices the hidden exit.

CT 50: Shit... I WANT 20 SOLDIERS GOING THROUGH THAT SECRET EXIT, FIND THE COWARDS WHO WENT THROUGH IT! I'll find Cyberlife Car and that Train who saved him. I'll kill them myself.

Cyberlife Truck 50 is armed and roaming the streets with his soldiers. He still has a remote detonator, but knows that if he takes too long, CR can manually defuse their bomb. Everything Prometheus had worked for so long would be undone before they even know if Cyberlife will create the cure or not. As he's moving through the streets, he hears something from inside a building. He quietly orders the other Prometheus members to surround the building. Once they're all in position, he barges in from the front door, knowing he can withstand the most damage thanks to his armor. Inside, he sees two Falcons armed with assault rifles. They unload dozens of bullets into CT 50, but before they do any fatal damage, he shoots down both of them. The first vehicle was killed instantly, the other one is still squirming on the ground. CT 50 grabs him and smashes him into the ground."CT 50: Where's the bomb?"The falcon doesn't respond."CT 50: Where is it? ANSWER ME!""The falcon: I'm not telling you shit."Cyberlife Truck 50 drives over him, crushing his engine with his weight. "CT 50: Search the building for any others. I'll keep driving through the city."

Separation
Meanwhile, RoTech Bus and Cyberlife Fire Truck are travelling through the Conner Creek area, approaching the turrets used by Prometheus to prevent any vehicles from flying in or out of the city. If they can disable the turrets, getting any outside help will be far easier. Cyberlife Helicopter 11 and Mercedes Benz Bus are both nearby, their job being to secure RB and CFT's safety. There are several guards at the turrets' location. RoTech Bus has occasional driving difficulties, the virus symptoms are starting to take a toll on him.

CFT: Are you sure you're in the shape to do this?

RB: I have to be... we have to do this.

CFT: Okay...

RB: Alright, we'll get out of cover on three and shoot, okay? One, two-

CFT: Wait.

RB: What?

CFT: ...Nothing, just needed time to gather myself. Okay...

RB: One, two, three.

They get out of cover, and RoTech Bus shoots down the guards before they can retaliate. He looks to his left, and sees that CFT isn't even aiming his gun.

RB: What are you doing? You need to be ready!

CFT: I'm sorry, I'm sorry... it's just that I haven't actually killed anyone yet. I've never taken another living being's life. I don't think I'm ready for war, this isn't the same as arresting criminals...

RB: You have to be ready. We got no other options now.

RoTech Bus signals Cyberlife Helicopter 11 to come closer.

RB: 11, you stay with me while I disable the turrets. You and I are the most experienced fighters, MBB and CFT can be on lookout, warn us about any oncoming hostiles.

CH 11: Okay, sounds good.

As RoTech Bus gets to disabling the first of the turrets, Cyberlife Fire Truck and Mercedes Bus drive away to make sure no Prometheus members sneak up on them."CFT: God, RB probably fucking hates me. I'm such a fuck up.""MBB: A-at least you're not me, right?""CFT: Right...""MBB: Come on, we'll get through this."MBB and CFT continue keeping watch. Every now and then they spot a single Prometheus member approaching, who they then send CH 11 to take care of. RB is almost done disabling the turrets, he only needs a few more minutes. But this time something is different. There are several vehicles approaching. And there's two tanks with them.

CFT: Fuck...

He contacts RB digitally.

CFT: You have to get out of there, there are two tanks and other vehicles approaching.

RB: I'm almost done, buy me some time, will you?

CFT: Are you fucking serious?

RB: Do it!

Cyberlife Fire Truck grabs his gun and begins firing at the Prometheus members, avoiding actually hitting them. He doesn't want to kill anyone.

In Conner Creek, Cyberlife Fire Truck is firing at the approaching Prometheus vehicles. Mercedes Bus is beside him.

CFT: Come on, help me!

MBB gets out of cover and shoots at the Prometheus members. Unlike CFT, he's trying to kill them, but not to much success. A bullet fired by one of the vehicles grazes MBB, causing him to recoil back to cover.

CFT: There are too many of them...

He hides behind cover too. The Prometheus vehicles soon surround the building they're staying at, with the tank driving past them to get to RoTech Bus and the turrets. Cyberlife Fire Truck aims his weapon at the entrance, in case any vehicles attempt to barge in.

CFT: DON'T COME IN! I WILL SHOOT YOU!

As he says that, a Prometheus vehicle jumps and breaks in through a large window on CFT's left. The vehicle aims their gun at CFT, but his quick reflexes allow him to push the gun away. This leads to a struggle, as the vehicle and CFT both fight for control over the situation, pushing each other into objects, trying to grab any nearby weaponry. The Prometheus member is more skilled, but CFT has his mass as an advantage.

CFT: Mercedes Bus... help!

With a quick glance, he notices that MBB is nowhere to be seen. This allows the Prometheus member to hit CFT, and rush towards the weapon he dropped earlier. CFT catches up to him to right on time, and drives him into a wall, knocking the vehicle out. CFT attempts to get himself together after the fight.

CFT: I'm okay, I'm okay... fuck...

Just as he goes to pick up the weapon, the door breaks down. Three more Prometheus members barge in, all aiming guns at CFT. Multiple gunshots can be heard.

Meanwhile, RoTech Bus is still at the turrets.

CH 11: How much more time do you need? We have to get out of here. The tanks will be here any moment now.

RB: I'm almost done... almost...

All the turrets shut down, as RoTech Bus finishes up. They now have the ability to fly in and out of the city again.

RB: See? Told you.

CH 11: Okay, good. Now we can-

A tank projectile hits Cyberlife Helicopter 11, causing him to crash down from the air.

RB: FUCK!

The tank shoots another projectile, this time aimed at at RoTech Bus. He's able to get out of the way just on time, and rushes behind cover. Each projectile causes a large explosion, sending rubble and shrapnel eveywhere. Each time feels like a miracle that RB didn't get injured.

RB: CH 11? You okay?

He gets no response.

RB: Are you alright??

Still nothing. Another tank projectile lands near RB, this time sending some of the shrapnel at him. He has to get out of here before the tank catches up to him.

RB: I'm coming back for you, alright?

RoTech Bus attemps to drive away, but his back right tires aren't moving. The virus symptoms are affecting him again.

RB: Shit, not now, not now...

He hears the tank getting closer. RoTech Bus desperately attempts to get his tires working again. Just as it's almost too late, his tires start moving again. RB rushes away as fast as he can, escaping the scene. Staying there any longer would have meant exposing himself to the tank's line of fire.

After the gunshots rang through the building, Cyberlife Fire Truck expected to be dead. But instead, the three Prometheus vehicles infront of him were all filled with bullet holes, and fell to the ground, dying before they could shoot CFT. Behind the three vehicles is Mercedes Bus, holding an assault rifle. He's shaking.

CFT: Mercedes Bus? You.. you saved me, thank you.

MBB: I.. I-.. yeah, you're welcome.

CFT: Where'd you go?

MBB: I had to sneak out the back,- I knew I had no chance fighting them head on.. so I snuck behind them and shot them down.

As they leave the building, Cyberlife Fire Truck takes a look at the corpses on the ground. It was either him or them, as much as he hates to admit it.

MBB: W-wait, what about the one you knocked out? Should we kill him?

CFT: No. He's unconscious, he's not a threat. We don't kill unless we have to.

As they're driving away, they see RoTech Bus. CFT and MBB hurry over to him.

CFT: Hey, are you okay? I heard tank shots, are you-

RB: Yeah, I'm good, I got the turrets disabled. But Cyberlife Helicopter 11..

MBB: What about him? Where is he?

RB: I had to leave him behind. The tanks shot him down, if I stayed there any longer, I'd be dead too.

MBB: We can't just leave him there, we hav-have to go back!

RB: It's not safe, they have tanks.

MBB: We can't do this to him, he saved me back at the prison. He saved you during Snowfall!

RB: He killed my sister. I'm not risking our lives to get him back, when chances are he's already dead.

CFT: You sure about this, man?

RoTech Bus nods.

RB: We have to get out of here and help the others.

MBB: Then I guess this is something I h-have to do on my own.

Mercedes Bus begins driving the direction where CH 11 got shot down.

CFT: Mercedes Bus, don't.

MBB doesn't listen. He's done being a coward. CH 11 helped him, saved him, was nice to him. He was the only person to ever do that for MBB.

MBB: I owe this to him. My whole life I've gotten treaten like garbage, and m-maybe it's because I deserved it. But CH 11 showed me just how much helping someone in need of it can do.

Mercedes Bus keeps going. Cyberlife Fire Truck and RoTech Bus reluctantly leave, their job now is to help Cyberlife Reunited and the Chicago Falcons.

Deliverance
Mercedes Bus is driving through the streets, near the area where RB told him CH 11 got shot down. He doesn't have a plan, he doesn't know what he's doing. All he knows is that he wants to help someone who helped him. It won't make up for his past actions in the eyes of anyone else, but if he can even do one good thing despite his past, then MBB will be proud of himself.

As he's moving through the area, he hears the sound of a tank driving nearby. CH 11 has to be close, but if he wants to get to him, MBB will have to be careful. Something he's never been good at. He waits for the tank to pass, and continues moving further. He soon spots a twisted rotor blade sticking out from behind a large set of dumpsters. MBB rushes to the location. There he sees CH 11, injured and barely conscious.

MBB: Hey, you alright man?

CH 11: M..Mercedes Bus..? The hell.. the hell are you doing here?

MBB: Heard you got shot down, had to come back for you.

CH 11: Why?

MBB: Because you deserve it. N-now come on, let's get you out of here. Are your rotor blades fine?

CH 11: One got twisted a bit, but I can still fly. The only issue is they hit my fuel tank, I'm leaking.

MBB: The Falcons have a doctor, I'll g-get you to him. We gotta keep moving now, are you ready?

With the help of MBB, CH 11 flies back up, and they begin moving through the city. CH 11's pace is quite slow due to his injury.

MBB: Can I a-ask you something?

CH 11: Go.. go ahead..

MBB: Did you ever care about me? Did you ever even like me?

The question catches him off guard.

CH 11: What?

MBB: Just answer it, please..

CH 11: Hm, yeah. I did.

MBB: Did you, or are you just saying that because I came back for you?

CH 11: I'm gonna be honest, I didn't exactly get the best impression at the prison. But now.. I think maybe you really can change like I did. There can be a future for all of us.

MBB: You really think so?

CH 11: I know it.

They continue moving, until CH 11 hears three Prometheus members coming up behind them. They were waiting for them, it was an ambush.

MBB: Shit, get down!

MBB drives into CH 11, making sure CH 11 is pushed behind cover. After that, MBB drives behind cover too. He takes out his gun.

MBB: Goddamn, they were expecting us.. can you shoot? You're a better shot than I am.

CH 11: Yeah, just hand me the gun...

The Prometheus members catch up to them, and a struggle begins. Once again MBB gets in their line of fire to make sure CH 11 doesn't get hit. During the struggle MBB gets driven into and hit with bullet, but thanks to him protecting CH 11, CH 11 is able to shoot down the 3 members. CH 11 feels immense relief, having survived the encounter despite the odds being stacked against them. He puts down his gun, and exhaustedly continues moving forward, until he realizes MBB hasn't said anything. He turns to look back at MBB.

CH 11: MBB... You okay?

Mercedes Bus turns around. There's critical damage on his hood, causing internal bleeding. There are several bullet wounds near his engine.

CH 11: Jesus...

MBB: I.. I'm fine.

CH 11: We gotta get you to the doctor, I'll get you help. You'll be okay.

MBB lets out a sigh, accepting his fate.

MBB: No, I'm done. It's too late for me now.

CH 11: No...

MBB: My engine's gonna shut down soon, w-we can't prevent that.

CH 11: Let me at least stay with you, I'm not leaving you to die alone.

MBB: A-and risk you getting found by more Prometheus members? Thanks, but no way. You gotta keep going, man.

CH 11: Mercedes Bus...

MBB: Hey.. you saving me from those thugs at the prison, it meant the world to me... then you came back for me at the Prometheus base. I owed this to you. I always had trouble with figuring out what the right thing to do would be. Not now. Not anymore. Thank you.

CH 11: I...

MBB: Now go, before you die too. I'll just look at the stars in the sky... they're beautiful.

Cyberlife Helicopter 11 reluctantly begins to make his exit.

CH 11: Mercedes Bus... thank you for all this.

Mercedes Bus nods. That's the first time he's gotten thanked. As Mercedes Bus lays down, CH 11 continues flying through the city to get to the Falcon's doctor.

MBB is laying still. He's looking up at the stars in the night sky. He's happy with himself, he was able to do something good. He didn't let his past define him. His headlights begin to dim, and his LED sign starts glitching. He thinks back to everything he's done, the people he's gotten killed. MBB takes one last look at the stars, before his headlights shut off. His engine stops.

The Last Stand (3/3)
Cyberlife Car and RoTech Motorcycle are holed up in a building, watching over the New Center area of Detroit through the windows. They're stalling for time, they'll have a better chance against Prometheus if they give enough time for Detroit Taxi 17 and Cyberlife Van to finish their job.

RM: How much longer do you think they'll need?

CC: Don't know, the Prometheus base shouldn't have many guards left at this point...

RM: And you're sure they can pull this off?

Their conversation is interrupted when they see dozens of Prometheus vehicles in the distance.

CC: Shit... okay, our time to shine.

RM: Get ready. We need to be quick.

Cyberlife Car and RoTech Motorcycle hurry outside, grabbing all the equipment they'll need.

Cyberlife Truck 50 arrives in the New Center area of Detroit. He has at least forty other Prometheus members with him. Upon arrival, they notice RoTech Motorcycle in the distance, speeding past them. The Prometheus members take aim at her and shoot, but she goes by too fast for any of them to land their shots.

CT 50: Follow her. But be careful, it could be a trap.

Cyberlife Truck 50 searches around the area, while his men drive the direction RoTech Motorcycle went.

RoTech Motorcycle enters a warehouse. She makes sure the Prometheus member see her entering the building. Once inside, she gets in position and waits. It doesn't take long until the vehicles arrive at the building. But instead of going inside, they just wait. RoTech Motorcycle digitally connects to Cyberlife Car.

RM: They're not coming in the warehouse. They're just waiting outside. I think they know it's a trap.

CC: You sure they saw you go in?

RM: I'm sure. They're just smarter than we thought. What do we do now?

CC: We improvise.

Cyberlife Car grabs a light machine gun. He moves from his current position to near the warehouse, he has to make sure no one sees him or they're both dead. RoTech Motorcycle has no option but to stay inside, she can't exit or she'll get shot down. As CC drives into position, he sees dozens of hostiles outside the building, all just waiting for RM to come out.

CC: Okay, you ready?

RM: What's your plan?

CC: If they don't want to fall into our trap... I'll force them to.

He begins firing at the Prometheus members from cover. They weren't ready for gunfire, several of them die in seconds. The rest don't have any time to react, from here they don't have a good shot at CC, and there's no nearby hiding places to get into cover from the bullets. No cover, except for the warehouse. They have to go inside if they don't want to get mowed down by the machine gun.

They break open the door, and rush inside. Upon doing so, they see several C4-explosives placed around them. RoTech Motorcycle is at the back of the warehouse behind cover. They aim their weapons at her, but it's already too late. The explosives detonate, destroying a large part of the building in the process. 23 vehicles die in an instant. The explosions send parts of the walls and roof flying everywhere, RoTech Motorcycle herself barely makes it uninjured behind her set up barricades.

CC is still in the call with her.

CC: Jesus, are you okay?

RM: Yeah, your plan worked. Good thinking, CC.

CC: Thanks, I had to-

Cyberlife Car is hit with immense force as Cyberlife Truck 50 drives into him, sending him flying at a nearby wall. He tries to retaliate and shoot the machine gun at CT 50, but the gun broke upon getting hit. CT 50 grabs CC and smashes him into the wall again.

RoTech Motorcycle rushes outside upon hearing the struggle. She grabs her weapon, and speeds over to Cyberlife Car's location.

When CT 50 sees RM approaching, he quickly grabs a weapon, and aims it at CC.

CT 50 yells: STOP DRIVING. YOU COME ANY CLOSER, AND HE DIES.

RoTech Motorcycle doesn't go any further.

RM: Let him go.

CT 50: I can't do that before you give me your gun. Hand it over.

RoTech Motorcycle is reluctant. They'll have nothing to defend themselves against CT 50.

CT 50: Hurry.

He cocks the gun, still aiming it at CC.

RM: Okay, okay... fuck...

She throws her gun to CT 50.

RM: Just let him go. You want me, I set off those explosives. I killed your men, like you killed mine.

CT 50: I never wanted to kill anyone. I never wanted this, you made this happen. Now tell me where you took the bomb.

RM: No.

CT 50: Do it or he dies.

CC: Don't tell him. It's okay.

CT 50: Guess we'll have to do this the hard way, we'll have to make you talk. There are many more of my men heading here, we'll take both of you back to our base. You see, there's this room we like to call the burning room. I'm sure you'll love it.

CC: You really don't get it, do you?

CT 50: What?

CC: This won't go the way you think. You bombed the Stratford Tower, killed all those innocent people... you killed my brother. No matter what you do now, you'll die. It may not be me who kills you, it may not be RoTech Motorcycle, but nothing's gonna change that fact. You're already dead.

CT 50: We're all dead.

CT 50 aims his gun at RoTech Motorcycle. He's about to pull the trigger, until he's caught off guard by a large nearby screen, normally meant for displaying ads, turning on. The screen begins showing a broadcast of something, it shows Detroit Taxi 17. The broadcast is being shown on every screen, all across Detroit.

CC: You should've stayed at the base.

CT 50: What did you do?

CC: You held a broadcast from the Prometheus base to let everyone know your plans and demands. We thought we'd be able to do the same thing if we sent Detroit Taxi 17 and Cyberlife Van to break into your base, find the same equipment you used, pull off the same gig. Cyberlife Van had the necessary skills for hacking, his wife's been teaching him a few things throughout the years. Seems our plan worked.

Detroit Taxi 17 begins speaking in the broadcast.

DT 17: People of Detroit... it's time to fight back. My name is Detroit Taxi 17, most of you probably already know me. I'm a part of Cyberlife Reunited. We've been fighting for this city for years now, protecting this city, like Cyberlife United before us did. We've helped a lot of people, and lost our own along the way. And we've never asked for anything in return, because that's not why we do this. But just this once... we need your help. Cyberlife Car, the leader of our group and also a prominent member of CU, is facing the leader of Prometheus in the New Center area of this city. We're at war. And right now, we don't have the numbers needed to win. But that can change. This is a call to arms, if you have guns, if you know how to shoot, if you think you can help us in any way... fight with us. Go to New Center. This isn't just for Cyberlife Reunited, this is for all of Detroit. Prometheus have a bomb, if we don't fight back they'll kill us all. People of Detroit... take back your city. We won't back down, we'll show these fuckers we're better than them. Join us!

During the speech, the camera cuts to showing several citizens' reactions to the speech. People are becoming increasingly riled up, they've been hiding inside their homes all this time, but now they're beginning to realize this is it. This is their opportunity to fight back against these terrorists. If they don't fight, they die. Thousands of civilians that have been helped by Cyberlife United and Reunited throughout the years in one way or another, whether it be a direct rescue like preventing a robbery, or stopping a dangerous criminal operation like Snowfall, many of them feel like they could finally give something in return. Hundreds of people are grabbing any guns they have in their home, and leaving to the streets to approach New Center. There are also many who are too fearful to leave their homes, knowing they very well could die in the battle. But that's not what's important to CR, what's important is getting any sort of help they can. The brave citizens who dare to fight back, they might be what's needed to beat Prometheus.

The scene cuts back to CC, RM and CT 50 at New Center.

CT 50: You really think that's gonna work? These people, they're not soldiers. They're just civilians, you're only leading them to their deaths.

CC: No, we're leading them to save this city. I already told you, you're dead.

CT 50 aims the gun back at RoTech Motorcycle, but once again is stopped before he's able to kill her. A civilian bus drives into Cyberlife Truck 50, pushing him away from CC and RM. This gives the two an opportunity to drive away and get to safety.

CT 50: Shit!

He shoots the bus, killing him. CT 50 looks at the bus's corpse, then yells at CC.

CT 50: God damn you, why did you include civilians in this? They're innocent people! They didn't have to die! This was between you and us.

Cyberlife Truck 50 drives behind cover, and calls in reinforcements. Over a hundred Prometheus members begin heading towards New Center.

As he peeks out of cover, he sees an incredible sight. Hundreds of civilians are marching through the streets, humans, androids and vehicles. All of them are armed. This is going to be a bloodshed. CT 50 grabs a machine gun, and reluctanty aims at the crowds.

All-Out War (1/2)
The scene cuts to Detroit Taxi 17 and Cyberlife Van in the Prometheus base, they just finished the broadcast. They're surrounded by bodies of Prometheus guards who tried to stop them."DT 17: Okay, thank you... couldn't have done this without your help. You think it worked?""CV: I'm sure it did. That was a proper speech, I'm proud of you. I see Cyberlife Car has raised you well.""DT 17: It wasn't just Cyberlife Car who raised me well. I wouldn't be who I am today without my dad... Let's go to New Center and make sure you get to raise your kid too."Detroit Taxi 17 and Cyberlife Van leave the base, and hurry over to help. The scene cuts back to New Center, where the battle is happening.

A group of civilians are firing at CT 50, as he drives behind cover.

CT 50: GO BACK! I don't want to have to kill you people.

The civilians don't listen, instead approaching CT 50's location. As soon as they get him within their sights, he drives out and by shooting at some while driving into others, he's able to kill them with ease. Cyberlife Car sees the situation in the distance and attempts to intervene, but is stopped when a Prometheus member drives into him. Their struggle ends with CC winning, but by then he's lost sight of CT 50's location.

RoTech Motorcycle is driving around the area in pure rage, searching for CT 50. She stabs a Prometheus member, before asking them: Where is he?

The Prometheus member doesn't respond.

RM finishes the job by stabbing them in the engine. As she does this, 3 Prometheus members arrive behind her. They're about to unload their ammo on her, but she quickly turns and uses the dead Prometheus member as a shield. She attaches a grenade to the dead body, and throws it at the other 3. They die in the explosion. She keeps looking for Cyberlife Truck 50 in a frenzy.

Detroit Taxi 17 and Cyberlife Van arrive in New Center. They spot Cyberlife Fire Truck and RoTech Bus in the battle, and drive near them to ensure nothing happens to them. As they take down a few more Prometheus members, DT 17 approaches RB.

DT 17: Do you know where Cyberlife Truck 50 is??

RB: No, I haven't seen him-

DT 17: What about Cyberlife Car?

RB: Yeah, he's that way!

He points her his way. As she's moving through the city, she sees dozens of bodies. Losses on both sides, dead civilians and Falcons, dead Prometheus members and inmates. There's destruction all around her, but thanks to her aim she doesn't have much trouble eliminating anyone who tries to stop her.

The scene cuts back to RoTech Motorcycle. Her bloodlust makes her unstoppable to most fighters she faces, but now she's facing trouble as she gets surrounded by a gang of inmate vehicles. They manage to graze her back wheel with a bullet, but it's not enough to affect her feeling too much. She tries to fight back, but is having difficulties taking on all of them by herself. That's until the inmates are shot down by someone. RoTech Motorcycle sees a prison guard holding the gun, the prison guard is a human. A human saved her.

RM: Shit... that was too close...

Will: You okay? Cyberlife Car saved me back in the prison, I felt like I owed him.

RM: Yeah, I.. I'm alright.

She has conflicting feelings. She's hated humans all her life, but now she's getting helped by one. She'd be dead without Will.

Will: We gotta get out of here, there are too many of them.

RM: Get on me, I'll drive you to safety.

The scene cuts to Cyberlife Fire Truck and RoTech Bus. They've just been in a fight with two Prometheus members, which left both of them tired and injured. This only worsened RB's virus symptoms, he has to lean into Cyberlife Fire Truck so he doesn't fall to the ground.

CFT: You need to lay down, man. I'm gonna carry you away from the battle.

RB: I can't.. just leave.. you all in the middle of.. the middle of a fightt...

CFT: Yes you can! Look at you, you can barely speak. I'm getting you out of here.

Cyberlife Fire Truck carries RoTech Bus away from all the gunfire, making sure to avoid any conflict along the way. As they drive away from the on-going battle in New Center, Cyberlife Fire Truck sees the Fisher Theatre in the distance. He plans to take RoTech Bus there for safety, it's been shut down because of everything happening in Detroit, so it should be empty and a perfect safe place to wait for RB's condition to improve.

CFT: I'm gonna take you to the Fisher Theatre, alright?

RoTech Bus doesn't respond.

CFT: You still in there, buddy?

RB: Huh? Yeah I hear you.. sounds good.

Cyberlife Fire Truck breaks open the entrance. Upon getting inside, he blocks the entrance to make sure no hostiles get in. He then carries RoTech Bus to the auditorium, and gently places him against some of the seats.

RB: You know.. I was here with my sister once.

CFT: That so? Tell me more.

He wants to keep RoTech Bus talking, so he remains conscious and awake.

RB: Yeah, we were just kids back then. We got tickets to the Hamilton play, and-

Cyberlife Fire Truck hears some commotion at the entrance of the theatre. Almost like someone broke open the barricade CFT set up at the entrance.

CFT: Shit... I'm gonna go check that out.

RB: Be careful.

Cyberlife Fire Truck grabs his gun, even though he's hesitant to use it. He still hasn't killed anyone, he doesn't want to take a life. He wants to save people, not kill them. As he approaches the entrance, he listens carefully for any enemies. Upon exiting the auditorium, he sees the entrance of the building is broken down.

CFT: Fuck...

He turns left, and sees an escaped prison inmate pointing a gun at him. CFT has the chance to shoot first, but hesitates. He doesn't pull the trigger, which lets the inmate get the jump on him.

The inmate: Heh, you screwed up, asshole.

Four more inmates come in through the entrance. They disarm Cyberlife Fire Truck, all of the inmates are vehicles. One of the inmates recognizes CFT.

The inmate: Holy shit! That's one of them Cyberlife Reunited fuckers, they're the ones that arrested us. Remember me?

CFT: Yeah... I do.

Cyberlife Fire Truck doesn't remember him.

The inmate: Well good! Now you'll know who killed you.

Another inmate speaks up: No way man, I'm gonna be the one to kill him.

The leader of the group speaks up: Shut the hell up, both of you. We need to check the auditorium, see if there's anyone else here.

CFT: No, it's just me here. Let's get this over with. Kill me and go, no need to drag this out any longer than it has to be.

The leader: Goddamn liar, check the auditorium.

CFT: Don't...

The four inmates go inside the auditorium, while the leader keeps his gun aimed at CFT.

CFT: You're gonna regret this.

The leader: I don't think I will.

One of the inmates searching the auditorium yells out: HEH! I FOUND ONE, HE'S ALSO FROM REUNITED!

The leader: Great, bring him in.

CFT: Don't do this.

The leader: We were locked up for a goddamn year! You wasted a year of our lives, I'm taking it back.

CFT: You're gonna kill us over one year?

The leader: You bet we will.

The inmates drag RoTech Bus to the entrance, where CFT and the leader are. RoTech Bus is still conscious, but the virus symptoms are making him weak. He can't fight back.

RB: Fire Truck, I'm sorry, I couldn't fight them back. We're gonna get out of t-

One of the inmates hits RB, and tells him to shut up.

The leader: First we're gonna beat RoTech Bus to death, while you watch. And then we're gonna kill you.

CFT: Let him go.

The leader: Have at him, boys.

They begin beating RoTech Bus, while his attempts to fight back are weak and ineffective. His condition was already terrible from the virus's symptoms, the inmates beating on him get him near death.

CFT: I said... let him go. Beating a sick man to death, is that really who you are as people?

The leader: Shut up, you have this coming.

The inmates keep beating on RoTech Bus. Every once in a while RB attempts to fight back despite his injuries, rushing at some of the vehicles, but each of his attempts at retaliation are quickly shut down. They outnumber him, he doesn't stand a chance like this. He won't last long. Sooner or later the damage will be too much, and then it'll be CFT's turn.

CFT: FUCKING LET HIM GO-

A barge of bullets come in from the outside through a window, killing the group's leader. The other inmates quickly back away from RoTech Bus.

One of the inmates: SHIT! What the fuck was-

More bullets come in, killing said inmate as he's speaking. Cyberlife Fire Truck uses this opportunity for good, as he charges into action, knocking out one of the convicts by driving into him. He doesn't have time to wonder about who was helping them from the outside. There are still two more inmates left, both of them point their gun at CFT, but are stopped when RoTech Bus gets up from the ground. He's weak from the injuries he's sustained, but he still has enough fight in him to knock away the inmates' guns.

RB: Fuck..fucking dickheads!

Cyberlife Fire Truck lunges at one of the two remaining inmates, knocking him out too. Only one left.

The convict: DON'T MOVE OR I'LL CRUSH YOUR FRIEND'S ENGINE, YOU GODDAMN-

Cyberlife Helicopter 11 flies in through the window, and kills the inmate using his rotor blades. Pieces of the dead vehicle spread throughout the room.

CFT: Holy fuck... jesus.

CH 11: You two okay?

CFT: Yeah, were you the one who shot them?

CH 11: Yeah, saw you two might need a little help.

CFT: Thanks, man. I'm glad you survived, I'm really sorry we left you behind like that in Conner Creek, it's just with all the tanks roaming around we didn't want to risk-

RB: We've got nothing to apologize for.

RoTech Bus is staring at Cyberlife Helicopter 11.

CH 11: Don't worry, I get it. Just be safe, okay?

CFT: Yeah, you too.

Cyberlife Helicopter 11 exits the theater, as CFT stays with RB to make sure his injuries aren't too severe.

CFT: How are you feeling?

RB: What the hell was that?

CFT: What?

RB: Did you forget what CH 11 did? Why are you talking to him like we're friends?

CFT: We're on the same side, like it or not. I know how much your sister meant to you, but you're gonna have to accept that CH 11 is one of us, at least for now. You can't keep treating him like shit forever. That's just how it's gotta be.

RB: If you knew how much she meant to me, you wouldn't be saying that.

CFT: You think I haven't lost people too, RB? Jesus, man. Helping people is a cycle. That motorcycle in the slums helped CH 11, and because of that, CH 11 was there to save us during Snowfall. Now because CH 11 helped Mercedes Bus at the prison, MBB was there to save his life. We have to help people. You're not helping anyone if you kill CH 11.

RB: You weren't there! You didn't see what they fucking did to her! You didn't see her corpse, the oil spilled around the-.. the.. goddamn...

...

CFT: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...

RB: Fuck... just leave.

CFT: I can't leave you alone in this shape, you-

RB: I said go. Just go.

CFT: I... okay.

Cyberlife Fire Truck reluctantly leaves the theater, disappointed at himself for how he handled the situation. RoTech Bus closes the doors to the theater, and sits down. He's in no condition to go fight. He begins sobbing.

One Wrong Move
In the abandoned Cyberlife United base, Cyberlife Bus 5 is still defusing the bomb. Cyberlife Train is staying outside as he'd take up too much space inside the base, but he still makes sure to remain hidden so that none of the Prometheus members are alerted to their position.

Inside the base, Cyberlife Bus 5 is surrounded by the two Falcons sent there for protection. Cyberlife Bus 5 has made significant progress in the defusion. She's been able to get rid of the outer casing, and gain access to the inner explosive materials. Her engine is revving extremely rapidly, and it doesn't help to have two other vehicles in the room watching her every move. She knows she can't make a single wrong move. She gets ready to move further with the defusion, but hesitates. She knows her mind isn't the right place, she can't focus. She needs to relax.

CB 5: Okay, okay... I'm gonna take a quick break, and go talk to Cyberlife Train outside. I need to get in the right mindset for this.

The two Falcons nod, as Cyberlife Bus 5 exits the base. She approaches Cyberlife Train.

CB 5: What's the situation with everyone else? How's Cyberlife Van?

CTrain: He's alive, everyone's following through with the plan. The fight's going on at New Center. It doesn't feel right for me to stay here, I could be out there helping them...

CB 5: Hey, I need you. You'll keep me safe, and by keeping me safe you're making sure the city stays safe. Your job is important too.

CTrain: You're right, you're right... there's something else I should tell you. CH 11 got shot down by a tank, but survived. He made it to a doctor, and informed the rest of us that... Mercedes Bus is dead.

Cyberlife Bus 5 doesn't know how to react. She lost so many people because of what MBB did, there's some sense of justice in the man responsible for that dying. But he was also a fighter on their side. CTrain and CB 5 both lost people they deeply cared about because of what MBB did.

CB 5: How did it happen? How did he die?

CTrain: He died helping CH 11, got in front of him when they were getting shot at. He went out like a hero, despite his past. Without him, CH 11 would be dead right now. You did the right thing when you decided to let Mercedes Bus help us.

CB 5: Yeah... thanks for letting me know. I have to get back the bomb, though.

CTrain: Good luck, I believe in you.

CB 5: Thank you..

Cyberlife Bus 5 gets back inside the Cyberlife United base, and all of her memories of the past resurface even more than before. Now she's focused on making sure no one else close to her has to die. She looks at the two falcons inside the base.

CB 5: Leave. Go outside with Cyberlife Train, I have to be by myself, I need to put all of my focus into this.

One of the Falcons: The boss told us to stay with you, so that's what we're doing.

CB 5: What's more important to you, following your boss's orders or making sure I defuse this bomb? If I fuck this up, you won't have a boss to take orders from. Now leave.

The two Falcons leave the base. Now Cyberlife Bus 5 can get back to work.

All-Out War (2/2)
RoTech Motorcycle is still in the midst of the battle in New Center. She's lost count of how many vehicles she's killed. All she's thinking about is how she needs to kill Cyberlife Truck 50, how she needs to avenge the dead Falcons. As she's driving through the area, she comes across Cade. He's holding a revolver.

Cade: Boss? Thank god you're okay.

RM: Have you seen CT 50?

Cade: Nah, I've got no clue where he is.

In the middle of their conversation, Cade shoots an inmate in the distance. He turns to look back at RM.

Cade: But I have killed a bunch of his guys. You know how many are left?

RM: No, but sooner or later there'll be none left. What about ours?

Cade: We lost RoTech Van 17, Cyberlife Motorcycle 90, Cyberlife Car 119, RoTech Car 55 and Cyberlife Bus 32...

RM: Fuck, fuck... no...

Cade: I'm sorry, I did everything I could. I cared about them too. We'll always remember their sacrifices, they fought for the greater good. But now, we gotta make it right. We gotta make sure their deaths weren't for nothing.

RM: Yeah..

Cade: What do we do about CR after the battle? Do we still stick to the original plan? We turn on them after Prometheus is gone. We kill them all. Right?

RM: That was the plan, but.. I don't know anymore.

Cade: You're not thinking straight. Just think about what they'll do to us if we don't act first. You should know that the moment Prometheus is no longer a threat, Reunited is gonna have us arrested. We're gonna be locked behind bars for the rest of our lives, do you really think Cyberlife Car is gonna just forget that we're criminals?

RM: He said it doesn't have to get hostile between us again.

Cade: He was lying. It's what he wants you to think. We can't trust them, they've been abiding the law their whole life. They won't just let us be.

RM: What about that helicopter? They took him in despite him being a criminal. Maybe they'll do the same for us.

Cade: I wouldn't count on it. It's times like these where you should realize who your true friends are. Cyberlife Car, he's not your friend. You said it when we started, we're temporary allies and that's all. Remember that. You and me, we've been through the shitter together. You only met CC recently, we don't know his true nature yet.

RM: You have no problem with killing the same people that helped us?

Cade: That's not what I said, I don't like this either... but there ain't a better alternative.

As they're speaking, they spot Cyberlife Truck 50 arriving into the area. He's surrounded by at least 30 other Prometheus members.

Cade: Shit, that's him!

Cade immediately takes aim, but the shot doesn't hit CT 50. He has to get behind cover with RM before a barrage of bullets hits him.

RM: What did they have?

Cade: What?

RM: Their weapons, looked like grenade launchers.

Cade: How the hell are we gonna fight back against them if all of them have grenade launchers?

The scene cuts to the perspective of Cyberlife Truck 50. He's just returned back to the battlefield, after returning to his base to arm his men with new weaponry. They all have grenade launchers with them, armed and ready to shoot. He aims at the spot where Cade tried to shoot him from.

CT 50: YOU BROUGHT THIS TO YOURSELVES! I DIDN'T WANT IT TO GET TO THIS POINT!

Detroit Taxi 17 rushes from behind a building and drives out into the open, in front of CT 50's line of sight.

DT 17: STOP! DON'T!

Cyberlife Truck 50 turns towards his men.

CT 50: HOLD YOUR FIRE! Don't shoot. She's the one who saved my daughter. We don't kill her.

He then turns to look back at DT 17.

CT 50: Get out of my way. I don't want to have to kill you.

DT 17: If you and your men use those grenade launchers, there's going to be nothing left. You'll not only kill us, you'll destroy these buildings and all the people in them. Innocent people are gonna die, people not involved in the fighting. Children. Don't put them in harm's way.

CT 50 doesn't know how to respond.

DT 17: We can still put a stop to this. We don't have to fight!

CT 50: It's too late for that. Leave.

DT 17: No, it's not. We can save lives here, isn't that what you said Prometheus is all about? Cyberlife Reunited and the Falcons, we're not your enemy. Cyberlife is the enemy, so why are we fighting each other? We can work together, make sure Cyberlife creates the cure, we can make sure your daughter lives. I mean, was this the plan? Is this who you wanted to be? Kiling innocent people, bombing buildings, is that what your daughter would want? Think about her, think about all those other kids. We can make it right. All you have to do is put down your guns. All you have to do is surrender.

...

CT 50: Goddamn it... fuck. You're right.

Detroit Taxi 17 feels immense relief.

DT 17: Thank you... thank you. We can work this out.

She gets in a digital call with each Cyberlife Reunited and Chicago Falcons' member.

DT 17: All of you saw that, right? We don't have to fight. Put away your guns.

RB: Are you sure we can trust them? They could be lying.

DT 17: We can. We can prevent deaths here.

RM: That's not your call to make. You're not the leader here, you-

CC: It's her call, and I support it.

RM: So they just get away with everything they did? We make peace? That won't work. We need to-

CC: If we fight, more of us die. I don't like it either, but what other choice do we have?

Detroit Taxi 17 exits the call and continues speaking with Cyberlife Truck 50.

DT 17: I got their support. We don't need to fight.

Cyberlife Truck 50 orders his men to throw away their weapons. All of Prometheus are disarmed now. Cyberlife Car drives out of cover to obeserve the situation from a distance.

CT 50: I didn't think it could get to this.

DT 17: Neither did I. For us to work together, we need to-

Cade drives out of cover, holding his revolver.

CC: What's he doing?

Cade drives up to Detroit Taxi 17.

Cade: Sorry, kiddo. Can't let it go down like that.

He aims the revolver at Cyberlife Truck 50. Detroit Taxi 17 attempts to get in the way and to push the gun away, doing so just as Cade pulls the trigger. The bullet hits Detroit Taxi 17, grazing her engine.

CT 50: NO!

Cade: Fuck, stupid fucking kid-

Cyberlife Car sees his niece getting shot, and feels and overwhelming rush of fear and hate rushing in. There are very few things that are able to instill pure terror in CC. Seeing Detroit Taxi 17 get hurt is one of those things. He begins driving towards Cade.

DT 17 pushes Cade away, without even realizing what's happened yet. She turns to look at Cyberlife Truck 50. He notices a large gaping bullet wound in the left side of her front. Her left headlight is destroyed, and a large part of her interior is visible. Wires are poking out and oil is beginning to spill rapidly.

DT 17: I.. I can't see..

Detroit Taxi 17 passes out, falling onto the ground. Cyberlife Truck 50 rushes to grab her, as Cade takes his revolver and drives behind cover. He knows if he stays there any longer, someone's going to shoot him for what he's done. Cyberlife Truck 50 begins carrying the unconscous Detroit Taxi 17, and turns to look at the Prometheus soldiers.

CT 50: GRAB YOUR GRENADE LAUNCHERS AND FIRE! KILL THEM ALL!

The Prometheus members grab their weapons, and launch an onslaught of grenades towards the direction where Cade went. Cyberlife Truck 50 drives Detroit Taxi 17 away from the battle, knowing he has to get her to a medic as quick as possible. He won't let her die, not after she saved his daughter.

Cyberlife Car is chasing after Cade, as grenades are being launched everywhere around him. Explosions are obliterating the area, and the civilians who came to New Center to help are getting killed in quick succession. Some of the buildings around him are starting to crumble down, and debris is flying everywhere from the explosions. Screams echo throughout the street, as the destruction from the grenade launchers kills dozens. But Cyberlife Car doesn't want to help anyone, not now. He has to kill Cade.

Cyberlife Truck 50 is still carrying the unconscious Detroit Taxi 17.

CT 50: Where are our medics?!

A Prometheus soldier informs him their medics have been killed, seemingly by the Chicago Falcons.

CT 50: No...

He looks at Detroit Taxi 17's wound again.

CT 50: She needs medical attention NOW. It hit her engine, she won't last long like this. Does Cyberlife Reunited have a medic?

Cyberlife Fire Truck drives up behind Cyberlife Truck 50. He's been following them ever since he saw DT 17's injury.

CFT: DON'T SHOOT! We don't have a proper medic, but we have me. I'm a fire truck, we're taught the basics of first aid in training. I can't guarantee anything, but I can try to save her. I should be able to close the wound and protect the interior from further damage. And right now, that's the best bet she has.

CT 50: Good. Save her.

He carefully lays Detroit Taxi 17 down in front of Cyberlife Fire Truck.

CFT: Shit, it doesn't look good... I'll do everything I can.

He takes out any medical equipment he can find, and begins working on Detroit Taxi 17's injury. He has to keep her engine revving, no matter what. Without even saying a word to CFT, Cyberlife Truck 50 leaves to go back to the fighting. He's also determined to find Cade.