[OPEN] [2nd Story] As if it couldn't get any worse...

[Zynth]

While a three-way space battle was raging between the lawfuls, the Xenos and the Junkers, the landing pad on Manhattan was littered with the bodies of dead LSF officers, all cleanly shot through the head with a Detroit DCA-5000 high powered photon rifle, clearly the work of whoever was on the balcony of the hotel Excelsior opposite the pad.

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[Caconym]

Back in orbit around Manhattan, Roderick finally found the ejection button; howver, as the pod was launched into space, a passing USI Bison on cruise picked it up.

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[lIceColon]

Turns out the USI Bison didn't belong to Universal at all - it was the mobile base for the LSF's anti-smuggling operation, as Roderick found out when an LSF officer greeted his pod, smiling.

[nOmnomnOm]

Roderick swore to himself but kept himself calm and collected thinking that maybe the officers on board didn't know anything about what happened on the planet and he could make a clean get-away.

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[PlasmaSabre]

He wore a false grin as he greeted the officer, taking in his surroundings and searching for a weapon of some kind.

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[lIceColon]

Still smiling, the LSF officer stared straight into Roderick's eyes, forcing him to abandon his search with a chill violently strangling his spine.

[Caconym]

Suddenly, the LSF's officer eyes glowed bright purple for a second, before it faded away.

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[Karamanjdji]

The LSF officer turns around and starts walking in towars the hallway saying: ''Come with me, there is someone expecting you.''

[PlasmaSabre]

As he cautiously follows the man towards the bridge, Roderick thinks to himself "This day simply cannot get any worse" then he sees the captain standing with purple, glowing eyes.

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[lIceColon]

"Have you ever read the book... The Color Purple, Junker?"