Liberty Police, Inc. Reporting Office

[Zapp]

The Chief moved over to O'Brian's office and looked in. There was his trusty right-hand man, the indispensable Hull O'Brian.

"Hull ya old bastard! Seems you're one hard mother to take out, eh?"

Myers laughed good-naturedly.

"I don't know if I am hard to kill, or someone is lookin' out for me..." Hull said. "God protects Fools, Babies, and LPI officers."

The Chief sobered. "We look out for each other, Hull. It's the only thing we got." He knew, of course, that the good Sergeant would always be one of them.

"Uh, Chief.. Matt.. I really didn't mean to pull such a bone headed stunt. I was really PO'd that someone took a swipe at ya, and we weren't getting the info that you had survived. When I was handed those CoP bars.... It really seemed like that was it... you were gone... and so was a little bit of hope we need in this Hell-hole of a galaxy."

"It'll take more than a few bullets to stop me. Or diabetes. We got a job to do. Also, I uh.. had a talk with a 'friend'. He said you were going to find Moore? Is that... the Moore?" The Chief had his suspicions.

Hull looked down at his desk... and measured his words carefully.

"Yes it was. I thought he was set up back then, and I still think he was setup. He was and ... is.. my friend. I know he isn't Liberty's most welcome celebrity, but we have saved each other's bacon back in the old days..."

Hull looks far off into the past.. and waited for the response that would tell him if he was still trusted. The Chief was quiet for some time.

"We all sometimes... do what we feel necessary, Hull. Sometimes the line between friend and foe gets too blurry for comfort. Just be sure who's got your back when the **** hits the fan, eh?"

"I got that five by five Chief. Somewhere along the line I think I grew a set of eyes in the back of my head...."

Matt chuckles, and is back to his 'normal' self. "Comes with the occupation, Hull. I got eyes in more places than you'd think." With a wink and a 'nice to see you', he's out the door.

Now I wonder who this Friend was the Chief talked to... thought Hull as the Chief's large frame receded into the labyrinth of offices.

Naw, couldn't be.... or could it? He is always pissed when he sees me.

And how did he know where to find me?

// Done over Skype between me and Hack//

// Note to that Rogue that said he learned stuff from our message dump and wouldn't shut up about it: ANYTHING YOU READ HERE IS OORP KNOWLEDGE AND NOT TO BE USED BY YOUR ROGUE OR ANY NON-LPI CHARACTER. NO ONE BUT THE LPI CAN SEE THIS IN-RP. //

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