“Drive! Now!” Caiden commanded.
“I can’t do that,” Zolaaf said.
“I swear to you, your brain will be removed from your skull and painted on this dashboard if you do not drive right now!” Caiden yelled.
Seeing the fire in his eyes, Zolaaf decided not to take any chances. He drove off, with the White Knight trailing behind them. Caiden kept the gun pointed at Zolaaf’s head. The cab was weaving through traffic, making it difficult for the White Knight to lock in and target the vehicle. A car pulled out in front of the cab, forcing Zolaaf to pound on the brakes. A moment later they felt the thump of someone jumping onto the roof. The White Kight’s bright red energy blade penetrated the roof, missing Zolaaf’s shoulder by mere centimeters.
“The fuck is he trying to kill me for??” Zolaaf asked in disbelief.
“Get this car moving, now!” Caiden ordered. Zolaaf pressed on the gas, causing the White Knight to tumble off. As Caiden looked back, he saw the Knight leap on top of a few other moving cars.
“Hey, shithead! Keep this car steady! If you screw this up, I will die. And if that happens, I’m gonna come back from the dead and kill you myself! Steady the car!” Caiden shouted.
“What’re you gonna do man?” Zolaaf replied.
“Shoot this asshole down!” Caiden said with confidence.
Zolaaf skillfully maneuvered through the heavy traffic. Caiden wound down the window and hung out of the car, aiming at the knight. His NOVO Lenses were working overtime. Judging from the speed and movement of the car as it weaved through the traffic, Caiden surmised that he would have to fire the bullets either left or right of the knight in order for them to even come close. He double checked the contents of his pocket. Good, I have one last EMP charge left. I gotta make it count. I can’t miss at a time like this! The White Knight was not making it any easier by being a moving target. The key was to make sure the EMP charge connected with the Knight. Bullets didn’t bother him because he dodged or deflected them.
The Knight was three cars behind Caiden and Zolaaf in the right lane, closest to the guardrail on the bridge. Below the railing was a two hundred and twenty-two foot drop into the Kami River. The knight coasted on top of a small car. The goal was to fool the knight into believing that Caiden's aim was off due to the swerving vehicle. Caiden sold the act by shooting wildly on purpose, causing the knight to hesitate. Caiden then, looked at the moving car the knight was on and shot at the tire causing the car to spin uncontrollably. The White Knight maintained his balance and readied himself to jump to the car closest to Caiden.
”Before the White Knight had a chance to jump, Caiden fired three more shots, this time to the left of the knight, forcing him to dive toward the guarder rail. Simultaneously Caiden threw the EMP charge with such force that it connected and latched onto the knight. The charge let off a powerful stream of voltage, shorting and incapacitating the knight as he lost control of his body. The momentum from his jump combined with the inactivity of his limbs left him at the mercy of the bridge. He plunged into the river. As soon as Zolaaf saw this happen, he pulled over to the side to locate the Knight’s body. Caiden hopped out first.
“Too late. He’s become one with the water,” Caiden stated with contempt and satisfaction at the same time.
“Shit! Guess that tin can is nothing more than a piece of scrap metal now! Whelp, you’re coming with me!” Zolaaf exclaimed. He pointed his gun at Caiden. The other drivers began to panic and tried to cut in front of each other; it was chaos. Caiden could hear Psi-Corp police sirens in the distance.
“You sure you wanna do that?” Caiden pointed his gunblade at him.“Lemme guess, that psychopath, Stein, made a wager with Dragon, and made you their backup option if by some slim chance I defeated that shitty knight.” Caiden presumed.
“Don’t you worry about my orders, I keep telling you to worry about yourself,” Zolaaf replied.
“No no, I will concern myself with your orders cuz you see, your orders mean that my life is put in danger at the pleasure of others. And last time I checked, I enjoy living my life relatively unharmed and discretely. So I’m just gonna shoot your head off so I can be on my way away from all of this bullshit,” Caiden replied.
The fierce stand-off became more and more intense with every blink of the eye. The torrential downpour stopped, now leaving a slow and thick mist to rise from the damp concrete of the busy bridge.
“So what’s it gonna be dealer?” Caiden asked menacingly.
“Why couldn’t you just get beat by the machine like a good little boy?” Zolaaf sarcastically asked. He motioned to shoot Caiden and a loud shot rang off. He looked down and realized his gun was destroyed.
“My Gun! Holy shit!” Zolaaf yelled. Caiden turned and walked away.“ Wait a minute! Where the hell are you going?”
“I'll be taking your car now,” Caiden said as he searched the vehicle for the tracking beacon that allowed the white knight to follow them. He reached under the dashboard and pulled out a small device with several protruding wires attached.
“I gotta admit, Dragon is a pretty smart fella,” Caiden said as he threw the broken tracking device at Zolaaf’s feet.
“See you around, dealer. Oh, yeah. Thanks for the drugs, asshole,” Caiden snickered.
He hopped in the car and drove off. “You got what you deserved, dealer. Serves you right,” Caiden said.
He looked in the rearview mirror and saw the flashing
