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Raj gives you a gentle nudge, not that you need it. Cautiously making your way over the gun-toting gal, you take a steadying breath as she looks up at you through a fresh layer of tears welling up in her eyes!
“<span class="mu-i">I’m…</span>”
Oh for pete’s sake… spreading your arms in preparation for a hug, your old partner nearly bowls you over when she tackles you and wraps her arms around you like a red-haired octopus! Pressing her sobbing face against your chest, Pepper lets the <span class="mu-s">SHOTGUN</span> drop to the floor and miraculously doesn’t blow your leg off!
“<span class="mu-i">Mrrmshrrshrrrydrrsrlll…</span>” She blubbers, her voice barely intelligible from the confines of your <span class="mu-s">TRENDY TRACKSUIT</span>! Yea, yea, you sigh as you give her frazzled hair a gentle tousle, you’re sorry too… and Raj is right, you add, you shouldn’t be wasting any more time focusing on crap that happened in the past–not until you get to the bottom of what’s going on here, at least…
“<span class="mu-i">Rmhrm…</span>” Nods Pepper as she looks up from your chest and gives you a shaky, watery smile! “<span class="mu-i">We’re… we’re a team, s-sandcrab…</span>”
“Damn right!” Smirks Raj as he stands uncomfortably close to the two of you! “And hey, pobody’s nerfect, right? Pepper here ran off by herself and almost got killed, and Diesel let his dick make most of his decisions!”
Right, you nod, it’s all in the pa-<span class="mu-i">HEY!</span>
As your pals laugh at Raj’s slander, you take the opportunity to hand Pepper’s <span class="mu-s">DIGITAL CAMERA</span> back to her! Here, you groan, you left this in the bathroom…
“Good…” Mutters the girl as her sadness is quickly replaced by the usual gremlinitude, “I can do a <span class="mu-i">lot</span> more damage with this…”
You already did a <span class="mu-i">buttload</span> of damage with <span class="mu-i">that</span>, you remark as you point to the <span class="mu-s">SAWN-OFF SHOTGUN</span> lying on the ground next to her!
“Oh… yea…” Laughs Pepper as she sheepishly adjusts her hair, “I think I’m down to my last two shells…”
Well don’t even <span class="mu-i">think</span> of pointing that shit at you or Raj again, you warn before giving her forehead a <span class="mu-s">FLICK!</span> You aren’t <span class="mu-s">BUG MONSTERS!</span>
>CONTD.
