Utterly Mad

B-23 had found out the woman was named J something or other. He hadn’t quite caught it over the gunfire but she told him to just call her Jay. That worked for him and seemed somewhat apt as she was wearing a long coat that trailed from black to blue near the bottom of it.

They’d spent the past two months walking through the rough and tumble countryside as B-23 helped Jay finish her business. Now he found himself sitting in an old car they’d appropriated from its previous owner. Reaching a gloved hand down to the keys as he saw Jay running towards the car in the rear view B-23 rolled his eyes. As the engine roared to life Jay jumped in the back before he hit the gas.

She opened the bag that B-23 was fairly confident she had stolen since the men they’d been meeting pulled onto the dirt road behind them. Retrieving his pistol from his belt he slammed on the gas and the old charger tore down the road at breakneck speeds as he tossed the gun to Jay. He heard a pair of shots before he tapped the brakes and slid the car around a corner that left one of the gunman’s cars rolling into the ditch.

The remaining car started getting closer as the engine growled louder in B-23’s ears. The shots from the passenger in the car tore into his back and one ripped into part of his helmet as he swerved in the road from the pain. Feeling blood pour from the holes in his back he slammed on the brakes and felt the vehicle slam into the one pursuing them. Pulling the door open he stepped out and saw the gunman from the chasing car lying on the trunk of the charger as he passed.

The driver had just recovered when the iron grip on his throat hauled him out of the vehicle then threw him into a tree. B-23 followed as his vision blurred for a moment before he saw the security officer of the lab. Retrieving his wrench the words “You took me from her! YOU TOOK ME FROM HER!” flashed repeatedly on the screen in a dark red as he approached the man.

Jay had gotten out of the charger after a few minutes to see B-23 standing over a bloodied mess of blood and organs that was unrecognizable as a human being. She spoke in a quiet voice as she asked “B? You okay?”

He turned towards her and she saw the crack across the screen and winced as the words “No, bleeding and damaged.” appeared on the screen.

Walking towards the vehicle she saw “I need to take care of my business, need repairs too but those will wait.” flicker onto the screen as he got back into the car.

She got into the car beside him as she told him “Yeah, I’ve finished what I needed to get done. Let’s get you taken care of first though.”

He was surprised at the actual concern in her voice. That wasn’t common from his experience and it was..refreshing he supposed would be the word. Either way what he needed done couldn’t wait and to get where he was going would take many months. Hitting the gas he tore back down the roads and towards what remained of the highway.