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Ep 10. Here's the Deal

11/4/22

Inside of a dark apartment, the night sky can be seen outside the window. Suddenly, panicked looking Citrus thunks into the glass, before opening the window and climbing into the room.
He throws Spool into the room. Spool lands with a thud and rolls, stopping in front of the door to the apartment. The apartment door has 5 different locks.
As Spool recovers from being thrown Citrus paces back and forth, until Spool sits up. When Spool sits up, Citrus steps towards him, eyes turning a hungry red. Spool looks afraid.
Hissing and baring his fangs, Citrus grabs Spool, only to get smacked in the face. Spool shouts, No! Now is not the time! Don't kiss me! Confused, Citrus asks, Kiss you? Then, Citrus shouts, I'm trying to kill you!
A thunk interrupts them as something slams into the door from the other side, cracking and splintering it. Spool and Citrus stare as the growling and chittering of an assimilated object comes through from outside. After a moment of frightened silence, Spool suddenly makes a run for the next room, and Citrus chases him.
In the next room, Spool stops, eyes wide. In the room there are two plastic tarps hanging up on either side of a raised metal table, with straps on each of its four corners. The table is in front of a wall covered in things like hammers, knives, and saws. Spool says, What, what were you, and he trails off.
Sweating, Spool turns to look at Citrus, stumbling backwards away from him as he approaches. He continues to back up as Citrus advances, first using the table as cover before turning towards the wall as Citrus glares at him. Suddenly, he grabs a pair of handcuffs off the wall, closing one half onto his wrist and running directly at Citrus.
Diving for the floor, Spool clicks the other half of the handcuffs onto Citrus's ankle, skidding to the ground as Citrus shouts, Why? Eyes squeezed closed, Spool answers, Take us somewhere safe! Or I'll scream!
Spool continues, And that thing will kill us both! As he speaks, there is a panel showing a crack in the door, with the fingers of an assimilated object slipping through. Citrus glares down at Spool, only one eye visible through the dark shadow cast over his face. Then, in the next panel, they're flying through the city, Spool on Citrus's back as Citrus says, You know, this little game won't stop me from eating you.
Spool answers, Hah, right! Good luck finding another bloke to eat after I'm gone! Citrus doesn't reply to that, just looking exhausted. They fly over the city past a smokestack, before finally landing on a moonlit rooftop.
Citrus smashes the chain between their handcuffs with a brick, and as Spool stands there with clenched fists Citrus says, Okay, here's the deal.
Citrus starts transforming back to normal as he explains, I kill other people. You help. Or I kill you. And when you fail, I eat some of you. As much as I desire. We start tomorrow.
Spool, distressed, thinks, I don't have much of a choice. Then, he says, Fine. Glaring at Citrus, he thinks, I'll kill you the first chance I get. Scumbag!
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