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Chapter Four: Fork In The Road
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Geralt is in the back of Betty, trying to find peace within himself. Everything around him is going to hell, and he is trying to cop with everything. Faye (Rose), trillions of people dying, and many children abducted… Geralt rises and moves towards the sounds of movement. What now? Geralt sees Faye passed out, drooling on her datapad. He goes over to her and shakes her a bit to wake her up. Once she is awake he leads her to the room where everyone else is. They enter together as Jack announces his retirement as leader. Geralt mumbles Well damn.
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*Pandora turns back to the group*”Can tin cans be tickled?”, she said seriously.
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Apollo looked sadly at Jack. “You’ll still be a leader in our hearts, you have never failed us.” Apollo surveyed around at everyone. “As the recently elected leader of The Keepers, my first priority will be that we are all unified. We’re our own nation against the OGA, and nothing can stop us! Today, we will liberate the Ctherramore systems! I’m sorry I will not be able to pay most of you for about the first week or two because I don’t worry about money myself. If this bothers you, you’ll live. Now, we must depart to our roles and begin to descend to the surface. I’ll go with Rose. Jack, you know what to do. You have the skills. And so do you all. Dismissed.”
Apollo turned to Pandora and responded seriously. “Yes, tin cans can be tickled, and so can velociraptors.”
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Jack gave a half-hearted smile to Rose, ready to be just a grunt. He needed someone reliable to be a leader, not someone who would black out for hours on end, not someone who would lose control of themselves if angered enough. He was proud of Apollo, as was he with his team. For once, he was happy. He believed that his team could carry themselves, as well as the galaxy, to victory against the OGA.
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Faye gets up with Geralt, whimpering a bit as she wanders into the room, rubbing her tired eyes, “Mmmrrgghh…” She hears what Jack said about stepping down as her eyes widen, looking down, and smiling… Now the bastard could finally die… He wasn’t the leader, and the Keepers would still be up with Apollo… and she could probably manipulate Apollo much easier…
She looks up at Apollo, grinning and nodding.
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“ok”, Pandora said before realizing.”Wait ok what do i do?”, she said confused again.(Lol me at swim practice)
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“Aye, aye, captain!” He said, dispersing.
“Geralt, under the rug in the kitchen is a trapdoor.” He said quietly to him.
“You will find around 500 different weapons and armor. Take what you need, and bring up the black suits. The ones with different colors lined on ’em. Make sure to grab guns enough for everyone.” He patted him on the shoulder, turning around.
“Apollo! You can’t go scouting, you’re captain now! I’ll scout in your place with Rose.”
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Rose smiled at the encouragement. “Of course! I wish to see you guys after this and share stories, try not to die on me.” Rose said.
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Apollo ran down to the starfighter bay and turned on the comm set, leading Rose down there as well. “Ready, Rose? I mean, we might need Katherine to do this. Explain to her what’s going on as we go down to the surface.” Apollo then spoke through the comms to the ship. “Updates will still go to Jack since I have no idea how to manage them. Personally, I think Jack should be leader again.”
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Jack ran down, stopping Apollo.
“You need to stay here, you’re the leader. I’m going in your place. Give me your suit.” Jack said, taking his comms and stuffing it in his ear.
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Rose nodded, “I’ll change now if anything, you can tell her and we’ll both be prepared.” Rose did as she said. Katherine looking at Apollo and Jack confused as to where they are.
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Geralt perks up at the sound of weapons. Can do! Geralt grabs Faye and drags her along with him to grab weapons and ammunition! Something I can DO instead of sitting around sulking! Wait, I’m not sulking.. Yes you are. No I’m not. Yes you are. No I’m not. Yes you are. No I’m not. Yes you are. No I’m not. Yes you are. No I’m not. Yes you are. FINE!!!! Shit. Pathetic.
Geralt’s ears go limp for a moment at realizing how pathetic he is currently being. -
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“Katherine, mind going back to Rose? You usually do the missions, and I want her to get some experience for once.” <i>Jack said, clambering into Apollo’s suit. </i>
“It’s a little baggy around the legs as you’re taller than me, but god this thing is tight.” Jack complained, the suit stretched out.
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