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]

… do ya know who's back? An' has the Milkman been here or has he disappeared?

[bustydefense.livejournal.com]

I believe there have been four of you. I haven't seen the Milkman here at all - but then, I rarely do.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should be keepin' an eye out fer him then. But we gotta tread lightly wit' him. The bugger droned me.

[bustydefense.livejournal.com]

He does that often. The Milkman has long been one to be concerned about.

He droned you - there?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

… yeah. I had a gun pointed at him, tryin' ta get some answers, an' the next thing I know I was droned without him even makin' a move. But I didn't make it too much longer after that.

[bustydefense.livejournal.com]

... Why in the world would he drone you?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Good question. Fer some reason... it made me wanna go to the elementary school. There was no way I'd make it there alive but I had tried anyway. I dropped over dead before I could make it ta tha next block.

… Westport was set up exactly the same as Mayfield. I wonder if there's any more similarities than just the street plan...

[bustydefense.livejournal.com]

So in an otherwise uninhabited town, people in hazmat suits were going around killing people, and the Milkman was droning others.

How did you die?