"You sure you want to do this Nick?" I smile and keep walking down. "She's gonna get what she gave. Ain't my fault." I walk into the room. She still lays on the floor, so I grab some zip ties and strap her up to the chair.

I grab a smelling salt and crack it under her nose. She looks around as we back up, "Shit." "Who do you work for?" She leans her head forward, "You think I'll talk?" She doesn't make much fuss while I cut into her shirt and rip it off.

"What're you gonna do?" I come close to her face and smirk. "What do you think?" She hacks, so I shove her shirt in her mouth. We run over to a gas can and I sniff it. "Ooooh, you look thirsty over there." She moans through the shirt gag,

I make sure to pick it up and slosh it next to her ear before taking the shirt out. "Who do you work for?!" "Please-" I lay it on her face, then pour the gas on her face, she gags and coughs up the flammable liquid until I stop. "Ok! Ok!" I pull off her shirt and drop the can, "You really had me thinking I needed to grab something off your fancy table." "Someone called Bishop! Never seen him!" I tilt my head, "Meeting places, hideouts?"

"I can't!" I go to put her shirt back on, "Ok! East side, rabbit road in Euclid. A red house on the corner." "Lying to me?!"

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"No! I know who you are! I'd never." I smile, "You'll let me go?" I laugh wildly. She faintly laughs with me. "I think you

and your friends tortured mine for three days."

She shakes her head as I try to put her shirt back on. Someone barges into the room, "Bolt! We need her alive!" "Please help me, this hippie's trying to kill me!" I turn around, "Zero! Buddy!" He chuckles as I look at my getup, "Did you turn into a hippie?" I wave my hands out and look up at the lights, "Peace and love, maaan." His chuckle leaves again, but it stops abruptly, "Where were you?"

I smile, "We've all been tortured for three days. I just found Tango, so..." "I gotta take you back." I sigh and groan at my choice in fashion, "Can I smoke some weed first, maan?" "No." I put her shirt back in her mouth and slap her cheek, "Looks like you'll live!"

She stares back as others come in the room. Us three walk up, "You killed all of these guys?" I smile, "They didn't know what hit em'." "How did you sneak around with the metal legs?" Switch pokes me, "I found that red house she talked about. 4441 was bought by Veil LLC." Switch sneaks up the ramp and out the door. "I have to check a place." Zero shakes his head, "No, you have to report back to Raid." I look him in the eyes, "4441 Rabbit Road is owned by a mercenary front, a safe house."

Tango limps over, "You have to relax Bolt." "Gladius and Fox are still out there!" I grab past my tie dye shirt. "And that's the adrenaline stopping." Just before I fall to the ground, Zero catches me.