Mike oxeall And Mary anne walked through the empty plaza, they had been sent on a scouting mission for their settlement, while the main team investigated the smoke.

As they walked a figure could be seen messing with a door. Mary, tapped mikes shoulder and pointed at the figure. “Hey look a survivor”

“be on your toes, if they survived that long alone, they’re clearly dangerous.” Mike responded

”I’m going to call out to them” Mary said clearly not paying heed to Mike’s warning.

as Mary started moving towards the figure, could be heard saying “YeS miKe, I ShOuLd bE cAReFuL, leTs NOt AppRoACh ThE myStEIrIouS fIgURe”

as Mary got closer to the figure, she shouted “hey you, we can help you” like the idiot she is. (How did she survive this long?)

upon hearing her words, the figure acted like a cat when it sees a vacuum cleaner, and ran away, leaving behind an object by the door.

mary went towards the object to get a better look at it. It was a pipe bomb (harry potter puppet pals flashback ensues)

Placing the readers attention back to mike who was still sarcastically imitating Mary “Oh Boy I sUre Don’T wAnt To AppRoaCH tHe ObJecT thEy Le-“ BOOM “oh shit!” And that was all it took for mike to go”fuck Mary, I’m getting out of here” and run back to base.

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BOOM

”that was fast” mal commented as they continued to run away. After getting far enough away and taking a breather, mal returned to their hideout. and their hypothesis was right, a message appeared:

Attention

the next step has been taken along the path of the fallen past. The regulators have begun to dislike you, and the enforcers are interested in your actions. Administrator039-A has left a message, your crimes have been listed below.

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loaded depositing message

”how do you turn this thing on- oh… you did that on purpose, and I’m not a loser”

message over.

loading crime list

loaded showing

sector052.crime_division.

hello, you have committed

fuck that I’m not writing all this shit down I QUIT

-Gary

That is all. Thank you for your time

message closed

mal was feeling pretty smart right now, they were right about the path, and that admin guy IS a loser. But what was that about the regulators and enforcers, what or who the fuck is those names. Mal figured they would find out later. For now they got some shut eye, they had a big day tomorrow.

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donning their normal clothes, mal decided that today was the day to check out on of the old warehouses from their past job, they weren’t even sure if it was still there but it was worth a check .

making their way out to the truthsdale theater, mal stepped through the service entrance and to the basement. Going to a locked crate and putting the combination: 3621734, the crate opened to reveal a ladder leading down wards.

climbing down, mal surveyed the room, they had hit jackpot. Gun racks, stacks of money, shelves of ammo, plastic explosives, redsnow (its a drug), and more. (Its seems the author gave mal a birthday present, even though it’s not Mal’s birthday) mal wasted no time placing the explosives in a duffel bag, and grabbing a .308 fukdier hunting rifle and slinging it onto their back.

Mal’s looting spree was cut short by the sound of a chamber round coming from behind them. And a “hold it” Turning around they saw an older man in their 60s brandishing a shotgun.

the man paused a bit looking mal up and down, before lowering their gun “holy shit, stikbug, I thought you was dead”

mal had zero clue who this dude was