Fortune favors the wicked.

[Wesker]

Cerro La Punta, Puerto Rico, 16JAN 828 A.S. 0300 PST

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Ezio's supposed intentions became clear over the next day. Lyngvi was using outcast weapon models to power a new sort of ship-to-ship EMP cannon called "TESLA". No one had any copies aside from Lyngvi, or so Ezio had assured Anna. It had him spooked though, in exchange for Anna's return to them, Ezio would walk away with all the copies. But that wouldn't be enough for the old Outcast though, he took a conservative approach to the whole thing; he didn't trust Lyngvi after being handed Anna's file. He wanted to put down the entire operation once and for all to ensure no one else had any chance of grabbing any copies. Helping Ezio was a bit more comfortable to Anna afterward, both from his determination and some sort of weird soft spot for her situation. She was a bit worried about what he'd think after seeing revenge first hand, but that feeling was slowly starting to be overruled by that very lust for revenge.


The two approached the moon where Lyngvi were stowing and developing the TESLA cannons. "Worried?" Ezio said over the commlink to Anna. "What makes you think I'm worried?" She replied, gazing into the Neutron star beyond the moon. "Just what they did, and you still haven't convinced me to change my mind." "What they did to me has run its course, just think of me as your daughter and forget what you see down there." Anna cut him off, the adrenaline was slowly building up, she was too agitated to dawn on anything at this point. There was a bit of awkward silence for a moment, Ezio knew he was in for a surprise. "The gravity well surrounding the neutron star has a bit of gap in this sector, be careful not to accelerate too fast or the Gs will send you unconscious." Ezio said finally.

"I thought you read everything there was to know about me?" Anna replied. "What do you mean?" Ezio asked. "Don't worry, as soon as you give the ok I'll make my approach." Anna said.


-1 Hour later-


Dozens of Lyngvi scientists and others alike stood in the Command center, all of them watching the Maltesian sabre land inside the hangar bay. Two men approached the ship as he finished climbing down from the cockpit. "The bounty?" One of them said. "Stasis pod's inside." Ezio replied. "Your reputation proceeds you, Sicario." Another man said walking up to him. He appeared more like a businessman than a scientist, definitely the leader - or one of them. "DNA readings from inside match subject 5's, moving for visual confirmation." The man in the suit nodded at them as they moved the pod out of the hangar bay. "Your weapons are here, and as promised we will arrange for Malta to make highly discounted purchases." The man said to Ezio. "What's so special about her then?" Ezio asked. "She possesses certain... qualities, qualities that have the potential for us to bring about change where it is needed. I take it you apprehended her planetside? Where was she hiding?." The man asked. "Yuma... And you didn't completely answer my question. Usually, when people want change brought about, they call a Maltesian - as you did." Ezio replied. The man took a deep breath, bringing his hands together and folding them at his chest. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you, there's a reason I stressed you detaining her in person. Tell me, did she have a ship or anything personal for transportation to Yuma?" He asked Ezio.

"She did." Ezio replied. Just before the man could ask the obvious question, the two men that took in the pod came storming into the cargo bay. "It's not her." They said aloud to the man. Just as all eyes could begin to turn towards Ezio, a pair of gunshots went off killing the two that examined the pod. "You'll get to see it in a moment, and maybe even her." Ezio said.