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Branzy sat at his desk, legs crossed observing some deleted cctv footage he managed to recover from the last mission he went on with some partners, Midmystic and Rekrap. He grimaced looking at the footage, a man held a child at gunpoint while threatening the woman in front of him. Branzy scowled, he hated merciless killers that had nothing better to do but prey on innocent people.
A small window popped up on his screen with a ding, Branzy lifted his head from his hand, he exited out of the video and clicked on the pop up. ‘Hey Branzy! Will you come meet us in conference room six ASAP?! -Parrot’, Branzy looked at the message with interest and quickly typed up a reply. ‘Okay I’ll head over right now! -Branzy’, he sent the message closing off his tabs and shutting off the computer as he rose from his desk.
He looked out the window peering at the people walking the busy streets, he smiled watching a girl get an icecream with excitement. He then turned to look at the glass wall that separated his office and the hallway, he saw Rekrap and smiled walking out the room.
“Hey Rek!” Branzy said as he walked out of his office to catch up to his friend, Rek had panicked eyes and looked slightly angry before turning towards Branzy with a relieved smile. “Hey Branzy! What are you doing?” Rek asked while the pair continued walking, Branzy gave Rek a questioning look. “I’m about to go see Parrot” He said, Rek sharply inhaled and stopped to look at the ground then back at Branzy. Branzy halted and chuckled nervously, “Is something wrong?” he asked, Rek sighed and put his hand on Branzy’s shoulder patting it before walking down the hall, “You’ll understand when you see him ” Rek said not turning back to see Branzy’s more confused face, “O-okay?” Branzy said and watched Rek turn the corner listening to his steps fade.
Branzy started walking the direction Rek came from and pondered what he meant, who was him? Why did rek look scared and mad? Can you even describe that feeling? Branzy shook his head realizing he was standing outside the conference room, reaching for the door handle before hearing faint conversation.
“You can’t just threaten people!” Parrot said frustrated, “I need someone who can handle a joke, it wasn't like I was going to actually cut off his fingers if he pointed a gun at me” A voice said playfully. It made Branzy hesitate entering the room, he inhaled when the voice said, “I mean, maybee he would lose more than just his fingers.'' The tone of the man's voice was darker and Parrot started groaning at the man. Okay so the guy seems a little crazy, why was he dragged in this? He didn't know, he shook off his nerves and turned the handle walking into the room.
Branzy first saw Parrot at the front of the room, pacing while grabbing his hair in frustration, he took note of how the curtains were drawn letting little light in besides the bright white light above them, he looked at the long oval table. Branzy looked past the table, meeting the eyes of someone he didn’t recognize, was this the guy Rek was talking about? “Um, hello." Branzy said at the man, he looked at Branzy with interest, at least that's what Branzy assumed , seeing as how he couldn't see the man's face but instead was met with a heart shaped mask that had a wide sharp smile and slitted eyes, he watched the man tilt his head moving the fabric of what was meant to be points of a jesters hat but looked more like horns. Putting his hand up to acknowledge Branzy.
Branzy nervously smiled and looked over at Parrot who watched the pair's interaction, Branzy shivered feeling eyes burn into his body. “Oh Branzy!” Parrot said, relieved, “You can take a seat if you’d like, I'll explain why I called you here.” Parrot gestured a hand to a nearby chair, Branzy took it with a thank you, still feeling that burning look, he refused to look at the man behind him.
Parrot started by clearing his throat, “Okay Clown, I went over this like eight times so I trust you already know what’s going to be happening?” he looked over at Clown, so clowns his name? That's pretty funny , Branzy thought with a smile. Clown nodded, still watching Branzy, Branzy shrugged the look off best he could.
Parrot sighed looking at Branzy with a small smile, “Okay Branzy, this is about a mission I’m asking you to accept, after of course, I give you details okay?” Branzy nodded. “So the mission is to take down an underground organization, theres a good handful of people who are apart of this, were thinking there are at least a thousand or more” Branzy's eyes slightly widened, a thousand, or more!? “Yes yes I know, it’s a little overwhelming” Parrot continued with a stern glance at Clown then back at Branzy.
“It’s an underground drug rig and we believe they are in the process of making a drug called selcouth , the only reason we have this information is because of a partnering company that has looked into the organizations antics” Parrot fidgeted with his hands behind his back, “They can no longer look into this anymore because the organization found what they were up to and killed most of their investigators, our partner company asked us for help.” Parrot looked towards the floor, Branzy tensed in his seat and shifted around uncomfortably. Parrot cleared his throat, “I want the two of you to look into the drug and see what properties it carries, and that is all you two will do. If the situation seems like it’s getting too dangerous then you leave immediately" Parrot said seriously but with an obvious worried look, “I value the safety of my workers and this company, it will be dangerous but the creation of a new drug with no clues on what it’s capable of can put lives in danger.” Parrot sighed, “Branzy, I’ll send you more details on the case but that’s all I have to mention verbally, so how about it?”
Branzy nodded with a determined look, he would do anything in his powers to save the lives of innocent people . Parrot smiled and shook Branzy's hand, “Wonderful! And I’m sure you’ve heard all about Clown, honestly I’m glad you didn't walk out of the room when you saw him” Parrot said nervously laughing. Branzy tilted his head looking back at Clown, “Actually I have no idea who he is,” Branzy said, he watched the clown perk up in his seat and start laughing. Parrot froze and with horror in his face, Branzy turned to look at Parrot, “What? What did I miss?” Branzy said confused while Clown laughed even harder and Parrot cleared his throat. “Clown is a former assassin currently, a convicted murderer"
Branzy whipped around with shock, “Then what is he doing here?” Branzy glared at Clown who stopped laughing. He could tell Clown was smiling under his mask, making Branzy more frustrated. “Hes well kept with what goes inside the organization, he has more information than any of us.” Parrot said with a sigh, “We made a deal with him that if he can get access to the drug and look into the effects then we’ll clear his record” Parrot stayed unflinching as Branzy stood up and slammed his hands on the table, Clown looking at him with more interest. “How can we even trust him? How would the families of those people feel knowing this?” Branzy shouted, “It isn’t up for argument Branzy!” Parrot shouted back, making Branzy scowl and sit back down, “He's an important asset, his situation is, complicated.”
”Complicated how?” Branzy asked, staring at Parrot, he sighed “He got convicted for-” Clown glared at Parrot and he stopped, Branzy looked at Clown feeling uncomfortable as the room fell silent for a moment. “Look, Branzy, we could really put a use to your skills and knowledge. I’m asking you to please take on this mission.” Parrot looked at Branzy with a pleading look. Branzy looked down and sighed, as long as I can save someone , Branzy looked up at Parrot and nodded “I can still do it,” Parrots eyes shined and Clown looked in surprise at Branzy.
“Good to have you on another mission BranzyCraft” Parrot said putting his hands in his pockets with a smile, “Yeah, good to be back” Branzy said with a nervous smile. Parrot sighed and checked his watch, “I have to go supervise an investigation with a suspect, will you two get along for a while? Maybe get to know one another.” Parrot looked at both Branzy and Clown, Clown spoke up “Yeah we’ll be good here” Branzy looked at Clown, hearing the man talk for the first time kinda caught him off guard, s ure he could kinda hear him through the door but it was surprising without the barrier .
“Alright, just play nice you two. You can leave whenever,” Parrot said, walking out the door waving a hand at them before closing the door again.
Branzy stayed in his seat, processing the information given to him, this was going to be a long mission huh? “Soo you're okay working with me on this?” Clown asked, Branzy yelped suddenly looking at Clown sitting next to him. WHAT THE FUCK? Branzy looked from the spot Clown previously was to now being next to him, Clown smiled leaning his head on his hand watching Branzy looked perplexed, Clown silently decided he liked that look. After a little Branzy gave Clown a small glare “It’s not like I had a choice” Branzy mumbled as he crossed his arms facing Clown. “It didn't happen how you think it did”, “Huh?” Branzy looked at Clown a little confused. “Me murdering someone, I know it's what you're thinking about”.
Branzy loosened his arms, “Okay I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, but I can’t fully trust you” Branzy said cradling his head on the table with his arms still looking at Clown, “That’s fair” Clown said looking back at Branzy. They stayed there for a moment, Branzy didn't feel uncomfortable like he did at first, he was more curious about Clown than anything.
”So,” Clown started, bringing Branzy's drifting mind back to reality and giving Clown his attention again by tilting his head slightly. “You walk into a room and you have seen me, consuming babies, just straight up eating them, infants, What do you do?” Clown asked, Branzy lifted his head and looked at Clown, okay I see what you're playing at , “Ask if you’d like a glass of milk to wash it down.” Branzy said smiling as Clown laughed “Okay dude did you come straight from hell or what?” Branzy laughed along with Clown, from there conversation flowed easily. Clown talked about different weak points to hit people in which Branzy took interest in, Branzy talked about some of the things he learned from Mr.Cube with hacking software, cameras, files, basically anything that could be used against someone digitally..
”So wait? The guy ran into the door right after you shut it?” Clown asked, smiling, “Yeah!” Branzy laughed followed by Clowns own laugh, “And so I opened it and shut it back on his face after he tried getting out again” Clown laughed harder “That’s so evil I love it, you'd think he learned the first time” Clown smiled, “I know right!” Branzy chuckled. He started to not mind Clowns company, actually he enjoyed it. Clown was about to speak up again before a very tired Parrot opened the door, “Jesus how are you guys still here? Almost everyone is gone,” Parrot said looking at the two new partners, Clown sat up straight and crossed his arms while Branzy turned towards Parrot. “O-Oh really? I guess we lost track of time” Branzy smiled and got up, “Well I’m heading out now, see ya later Clown!” Branzy said, waving and leaving the room. “See ya Branzy!” Clown said leaning back in the chair, Parrot held the door open and crossed his arms raising an eyebrow at Clown. “So it went good?”
Clown leaned back farther in the chair with a smile behind his mask, “Yeah, he’ll do perfect.”