Bottom of the 20th Inning

[freakinblur]

Wake up, sleepy head! You can't spend the whole day in bed.

[Scout's eyes fluttered open. The first thing he did was take in a sharp breath, deeply, in and out. It was the first time in 3 days he could breathe without immense pain. He savored it.

He sat up. There was a different drone wife in the house now. She was opening the curtains to show another beautiful spring day in Mayfield. The drone of Ema had been replaced. He saw a wedding photo of them on the nightstand next to him. It had changed, too. He turned it over.

He sat there for a moment, slowly rubbing his forehead, trying to think straight. He noticed the burn on his arm was gone as well.]

What's wrong, honey? You look like you've had a bad dream.

....yeah. Guess I did.

Well it's over now, so relax. I'll go start on breakfast.

[Off she traipsed to the kitchen. Scout still sat in the empty bedroom.

He's died before. He's died countless times in his service for BLU, resurrected and shipped back out into the battle field without even a thought. All in a day's work. He's even died in Mayfield, back on his feet good as new the next day.

Why did THIS time bother him?]

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[Call to all non-drones.]

... has anyone else come back? The people in Westport? _Shit...

The Milkman. He was there. He was there, and he was fine, that bastard.

Comments

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

We're gonna need gasmasks if they show up. Nothin' else is gonna cut it. Look, one whiff 'a that stuff was enough to incapacitate me completely. They kept puttin' tha stuff in the air, an' after awhile it was just too much. If they show up here, we can't waste a second. I shot one, an' he exploded inta gas. I don't even know how we can take 'em out without that happenin'.

[bloodon-myknife.livejournal.com]

Then when Engineer gets back, get with him and get started on something. Anything.

We know what they'll throw at us, it means we can stop it.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean... most 'a tha shit I saw over there didn't even make sense, but we might be able ta piece it together as people come back.

[bloodon-myknife.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile we have a man named Sho over here. He calls his side the "Baddies League United." Obvious that he is a wannabe. Grady brought him down before I even located him. Not sure when he'll be back or if he'll try to take over again. It's not a big problem but it does slow us down.

As for clues. I'll rely on you and Spy for the information gathering. How long do you need to recover?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

[Ai and Massimo mentioned it.. but the mention of the other B.L.U. finally brings it back to him.]

Oh, THAT guy. What a moron.


.... hey, I'm fine. Respawned fit as a fiddle. We ain't got time ta waste, man.

[bloodon-myknife.livejournal.com]

Good to know. I know quite a few people came back shaken and worried.

I am glad to see you haven't gone soft on me.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

[HAHA what no Scout is awesome and manly yeah he's a little shaken up this time around, what being in agony for nearly 4 days and all and seeing some freaky shit]

...'Course not, pally! Not a chance. If I give up, this town don't ever stand a chance.

[bloodon-myknife.livejournal.com]

[He'd nod. Offering a smile. Scout was right there. What? Really? Who gave Sniper the goofy pills? Who else was going to get the job done anyways if not BLU?]

Good. I know Masimo was searching around and might have found something. BLU Spy was checking on the REDs. A man named Mr. Crane is setting something up, I am attending but can bring a friend if I call ahead. I was a little busy putting down threats.

That's about all I have for now mate. Hopefully it's a start.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

I seriously think we need ta get this town equipped with gas masks in case they DO make it inta here. An' maybe some kinda, like, emergency plan so we don't have ourselves a mass 'a panicy people in the streets gettin' themselves killed.

[bloodon-myknife.livejournal.com]

I passed the word to others to try to set up a big meeting but I am not sure if it'll amount to much. If you can get another gathering like your party, only less alcohol, this might be doable.

Or we make a place ourselves and just announce it to the others.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

As much as I'd love to give people time to recover, I'm afraid time may not be somethin' we have much of...

[bloodon-myknife.livejournal.com]

We do what we have to. Don't worry about it, when we get them out of here they'll thank us for it later.