It is November 09, 2053, and as always, the city of Night City is animated by the song of the roaring engine and the deafening shots to which these inhabitants do on a daily basis. But it wasn't all doom and gloom for everyone that day. In a small clinic on the Heywood side, two people named Marlon and Kayla were about to give birth to a little being who would soon show the tip of his nose.
The hours pass, the contractions that Kayla was stronger and more painful, the fateful moment was near, it was then 7:56 pm when finally saw the top of the head of a newborn, barely out this child was already ready to be heard in the ears of everyone with repetitive cries, Kayla then took the newborn in her arms and managed to calm these cries quite quickly while Marlon had fallen to her from a malaise due to stress.
That's it, the little girl named Victoria was finally born, her mother was always by her side to take care of her, her father a little less, because he was part of the NCPD, and therefore was only present at night but was far too tired to take care of Victoria.
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Victoria started kindergarten, where she was not the most welcome due to the fact that these parents were not particularly wealthy like these classmates. They suffered a lot of discrimination from them and had been afraid of school, until the day when a young lady approached her, Victoria saw a young girl with black hair and brown eyes, it was a girl from a Canadian family arrived 1 year earlier, she held out her hand smiling at him, Victoria was afraid because they did not know who this person was, the girl then decided to sit in front of her and say no words. Victoria was quite withdrawn because of these classmates. As a group of 3 walked towards them, they began to mock Victoria without paying attention to the other girl sitting across from her. The moment one of the individuals began to jostle Victoria, the black-haired lady did not think and stood up squeezing the point and pushed with all this strength the child who did not hold long on his legs. Surprised by the girl's courage, Victoria stood up and laughed at the boy who had fallen on her buttocks. Victoria turned to her and introduced herself.
- Thank you for supporting me, you know you didn't have to, I'm used to it.
- Don't talk nonsense, it was normal to do it, I don't like people like them, I'm Christina, and your name is you?
Victoria smiles and hugs her while mumbling.
-Vic.... my name is Victoria, thank you.
The two girls did not let go, and Victoria was happiest because she had finally found a friend.
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Victoria was then 5 years old, her father had to leave for several days for a manhunt operation against a cyberpsycho who had holed up in a raffens camp. Before leaving, he took his wife and daughter in his arms, and gave Victoria a small locket with a picture of him on it. He then said to these two princesses.
- I only have it for 2 to 3 days, I will not be long, when I return, I will take you to the beaches of Pacifica.
He hugged them hard one last time and took his bag before walking through the door. The first were very quiet, Victoria's mother scanned her phone every 5 minutes, and zapped on all the news channels to hope to have information on the progress of the operation. Time passed slowly, Victoria stayed in her room looking at the locket her father had given her before leaving.
The next day at the stroke of 10:30 in the morning, someone rang the doorbell, it was then that Victoria heard her mother crying and understood that her father would not return. She ran to her mother and hugged her with all her might. When Victoria laid eyes on the person standing in front of the door, she saw a man with so many implants on his face and arms with the Max-Tac uniform that she became frightened and took refuge in another room where she would be safe. The man gave Victoria's mother her husband's insignia and the Medal of Honour.
Days passed, weeks and months were just numbers for her mother, she could not bear the loss of her husband and took time to recover from all this. As for Victoria, although she was growing up and continuing her schooling, she had a person with whom she spent a lot of time and with whom she talked a lot, that person was Christina, who had become her best friend, Christina came to her house regularly to see Victoria's mother and keep her company. But when she was 13 years old, the two friends went to Victoria's house to work on a group project for the school and realized that no one was at home, after looking everywhere and asking the neighbor, she found on her bed, a letter addressed to her, the two girls arseillères and Victoria began to read it :
<< My little darling, you will probably not see me when you come home from class, and by the time you find this letter, I will already be far away, I can no longer bear to live without your father and not know the truth about what happened to him, I leave for a while to succeed in clearing all this, I won't be reachable on my number, but don't worry, I'll contact you as soon as I can. I will bring back the truth. Be wise, be careful, there is left roast in the oven for you and Christina, kisses, your mom who loves you. >>
Victoria burst into tears and tried to contact her mother dozens of times, but without success. Christina then invites Victoria to her house so that she is not left alone, and tells her that they will find her. Arriving at Christina's house, she explained the situation to her parents, Christina's parents were eager to contact the NCPD. A missing person notice was immediately sent to all news channels to find Victoria's mother. It was then that 2 weeks later, a reshare appeared on N54 News, it was a video, of the place where his father's operation had taken place, on the spot, a man with cyber psychosis was on the spot, the same man who had eliminated all his father's squad, he had not been arrested for all these years as the man had announced to Victoria and her mother following the death of his father. But on this video, the man was not alone, there was a group of 4 individuals with him, he deposited heavy crates not far away, that's when Victoria's mother was spotted and the video cut, on the last images of the video, Victoria recognized the uniform of the Arasaka gun doors.
Following this video, we learned that the person who had made it was none other than Kayla Moore wife of the late Marlon Carver a few years earlier in the same place, and that she had unfortunately been found lifeless not far from the place. The cell phone was found by NCPD investigators.
After her mother's funeral, Victoria promised on her mother's grave to find those responsible for their deaths, and swore to make them pay to the last.
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When she was only 18 years old and had just finished her studies, Victoria and Christina began to do the odd jobs that the fixers gave to the rookie and that no one wanted, for the sole purpose of earning money and getting better equipment, to hunt down the people responsible for the deaths of her parents and Arasaka's suits. Christina was very worried about Victoria, she was afraid that anything would happen to her, she knew Victoria was a lesbian, but never dared to tell her that she was bisexual. It was then that when she decided to launch this hunt, she promised her best friend to return safe and sound. Christina couldn't hold back, so grabbed Victoria's hand, pulled her against her, took her in those arms and said these few words :
- Come back quickly, I'll wait for you, I'm nothing without you, I care about you, we all care about you.
- Promised I'll be back, don't forget that we have to go celebrate our 18th birthday.
Victoria rested her forehead against Christina's, and as she walked away, Christina held Victoria and kissed her without even hesitating for a second.
Victoria looked at her in astonishment, and not knowing what to say about what had just happened, turned around and left, thinking about it.
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While Christina was at home, she sent Victoria a message and said these few words :
<< I'm sorry for it just now, I don't know what he took me, I was scared, I was stressed, and it's true that I never told you about it, but I'm bisexual and I think that's why I acted this way, I don't want to ruin everything, you've always been my best friend and I care about you. >>
Victoria immediately replied :
<< Don't worry, I was quite surprised at the time, but now that you explain to me for you, I understand better, and never forget that as a little girl I made you a promise, best friend for life, never forget it, I keep you informed of the evolution of things, here I'm on a big hit with a guy I met, his name is Jackie Welles, he's the son of the bar manager or we go for a drink from time to time, he's a good guy, I'll introduce him to you when I get back, take care of you, and I'll explain everything to you when I come back. >>
Following this message, Christina continued to do odd jobs to make money, hoping to pay for a trip to Japan with her best friend, she hoped to be able to give him this gift when she returned, since it is the dream of the two friends.
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There were only a few hours left before the start of the operation, everything was set to the millimeters, but Victoria felt that there were some things abnormal, while T-Bug reassured her about the job she decided to call Christina one last time and say these few words before hanging up :
<< See you soon, I'll be home before the weekend. >>
It was now the moment of truth, everyone was ready, Jackie said to Victoria before leaving :
<< Hermana, we're going to get rich, when we get back, I invite you to Lizzie's hahaha >>
There was silence, and serious business was about to begin......
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