Issue #7 - The Team is Together Again!

[boostedfailure]

[The past few days have been the same nonsense for Mike, work a stupid job, come home, be intimidated by the fact the town gave you a not wife half your age, feel like a creep so patrol the city for a few hours, pass out and repeat the cycle.  That was life in Mayfield, depressing as it was, it was a bit too much like home, Mike just missed his

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[viridian_knight]

[Hal can count on one hand the number of times he's been into Olney's. He found it a poor substitute for Pancho's back home, and Lois made a far better drinking companion than the drones of Mayfield. Spotting a familiar figure at the bar, he takes his beer and sidles up to Michael.]

Come here often?

[boostedfailure]

Only when I'm living the life of the universe's punching bag.

[viridian_knight]

[That prompts him to take a seat.]

What makes you say that?

[boostedfailure]

At work one of those lunatics that this town makes a doctor.... Lets just say it was horrible, and guess who got the job of cleaning it up.

I didn't even know a spleen could MAKE a mess like that.

[He just sighs and takes a drink]

[viridian_knight]

[Hal blanches around his beer. Lowering it, he shoots Mike a look of incredulity.]

Are you serious? What the Hell are they doing that for?

[boostedfailure]

Cause they're homicidal maniacs in a town with no police structure or even place to hold them in. I don't know why they're doing that crap, but I know I have to clean it up.

[viridian_knight]

[His drink clanks when he sets it forcefully back on the bar.] That's bullshit. Michael- you don't have to do it. They should be stopped, for Christ's sake.

[boostedfailure]

[The drink slams down]

What do I do Hal? I blow the guy up? He comes back the next day? I blow him up every day? That's practically being one of them? There's no place to lock up the psychos here and even if there were, most of them would just blast their way through it! No. I clean up the mess so no kid comes by and sees it and try to keep as many people away from the psychos as possible...

[viridian_knight]

Jesus, I'm not saying kill them! [He glances around, lowering his voice as he leans closer to Booster.]

That's not what we do. There has to be something that can be done besides covering up for those bastards.

[boostedfailure]

You know, maybe if the police force were actually useful or we had some place like back home that was designed to store overpowered idiots I'd agree. But so far I got nothing.