Sit.
I'll tell you a little story it shouldn't take long.
What? Yeah they are from Karma(tm).
Let me tell you about a BPN.
Simple, easy, a no hassle BPN they said.
Wait a sec, you got a 'Glow-Good'(tm)? Thanks.
My squad was small. There was me. I'm names Bastion. I'm just an ordinary
investigation\interrogation trained operative SCL 9c. .
My other squad members were Malcolm McDoogal SCL 9a. A Frother. He was Death
Squad trained. Now Malcolm and I get along fine but only because he needs my
skills. And he's saved my arse from getting chewed off a few times but at
times I swear he's going to get my arse chewed off for me.
Then there was Leon. He was pure meat. He'd been in SLA's employ 2 years
longer than me and had an SCL of 8b and like Malcolm was also Death Squad.
But his last squad didn't survive a red they picked up and the Chagrin
Stormer was the only one to walk away from the Cannibal Sector Incursion.
He'd seen a lot of shit and luckily for him he was stupid enough that it
just rolled off his back. But he was a nice guy when you were on his side
and did'nt poke fun or laugh at his sideburns.
We'd gone to the Department of Investigation for the details of our BPN.
It had seemed a little easy from the start. Find a guy called Karter. David
Karter.
He lived in Downtown. Should'nt be too hard? You've done harder BPN's
yourself right?
Now here's where it gets strange though we didn't think so at the time. Leon
was asked to report to another office and the suit in front of me made some
excuse about SCL's and ^D-Notice^s. We just thought there was sensitive info
involved, and him being a higher SCL, so we shut up and waited for Leon.
A few forms a couple of queue's and less than 4 hours later we standing
outside of his apartment with a list of his family and best friends. Though
a large portion of the file was ^D-Notice^d.
I knocked on the door. Then Leon kicked the door in and screamed.
Then things really started getting fucked up.
A man (who I gathered was Karter) was sitting in his lounge room watching
TeeVee(tm) with his wife sitting next to him. They were looking quite
shocked by all this but they probably didn't feel a thing as Leon lowered
his KPS 'Mangler'(tm) in their direction and pulled the trigger three times
spraying blood and cerebral fluids up the walls. Looks like Leon just
graduated from the Kit Kobaine School Of Interior Decoration(tm).
I just stood there.
'What the fuck Leon?!?!?' He turned and looked at me. I got the strangest
feeling from the look in his eyes I could tell that no-one was home.
But Leon hadn't finished. He growled and then stalked across the lounge
room. I could hear noises coming from behind the door. Leon kicked open this
door too. Two more shots were fired. Leon was trying for honours.
Even Malcolm had just stared and watched slack jawed.
I puked.
I could see in the room now and saw childrens toys and a twitching small
forearm on the bed. Kids.
Then Leon just stalked back out of the apartment passing us at the door.
Then he shook his huge head and walked off without a word. I wiped my mouth
on my sleeve and staggered after him. Malcolm just whistled. 'Fook'
Needless to say we got our bonuses. When we aked Leon what happened he
played looked at us strangely and said he had forgotten all about it?
I thought it best not to ask any questions. Otherwise I may end up like
Karter.
Wondering why my assassin had come.
And would my assassin be wondering the same thing?
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