John Smith, aka Fixxo, was a very moral man of sorts. He disliked fighting mindless wars and running mindless errands for people who were working mindlessly for others and so on. He wanted substance, he wanted something to fight for, he wanted a dream. What John wanted the most was a purpose to living, something to make one get up in the morning, and think about at night. And John knew just the place where he could find all of this, and more… they could give him freedom.
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I was out on another mindless raid on some Clan tower or another, it didn’t matter to anyone, just that they were gone. However, this time, I thought I would do things differently. Upon arrival I immediately saw that the Omnis were fastly outnumbered and much out skilled. <Those blasted Omnis, they have no organization what so ever,> I thought. Running along the edge of the forest, up against the 25% gas level boarder I managed to spark the attention of 2 Woodwolves. After running for 5 minutes I decided that I needed help, however the only Omni help was long shot down by the strong Clan guard.
“Hey, you there,” I called to a Clanner standing guard, “Give me a hand and I’ll give you some information about a few towers eh?” I hoped this would convince the Clanner to help me, it did. The Clan agent shot the 2 Woodwolves with a fleashy thud and a Clan doctor healed me back to full strength. I thanked them both profusely, however I managed to miss their names.
“Now for your end of the deal, go to the place marked as SAV 9L on your world map and await Kranden, he is our leader. Anything less will result in Clan retaliation.” <Standard political mumbo jumbo,> I thought.
I ran to the spot on his map, and took up position behind a tree, in case this was a trap. A few reets flew by, at the same moment I heard a faint sound of footsteps, I wheeled around, drawing my MCS and pointing it straight in the direction of the sound, which also happened to be right down the barrel of a huge rifle. <Blast, an agent, he knew I was here the whole time.>
I, not letting my guard down, said, “Are you Kranden?” The clanner smiled and relaxed a little and said simply, “Yes.” I, at this point, also relaxed. “Say, aren’t you the agent who shot those 2 wolves that where chasing me?” I asked. “Yes, but I needed to see if you were truthful about your bargain.”
“Well, here I am, now let's get down to business…”
(continued next post)