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Chapter 28: Not So Nuts
Skyler tilted back his beer. It had been a couple days and now that the interviewing was over he really
needed to unwind. Normally he didn’t drink that much, but it felt like a good enough time for it.
“This is nuts” He said.
Sam nodded, it was a fairly hard sentiment to argue with after all. He was glad to be out of the
debriefing and more than ready to get plastered. “Sure is man. But can we change the topic?”
“I suppose” The rabbit shrugged and gulped another mouthful down, “You need to get better drinks
guardboy”
“This is perfectly fine beer, boomer” Sam prodded, “Speaking of my job though, since when did you
become a bloody bomb tech?”
“Seemed a way to use my school skills in my job” Skyler explained. Military loves to find technical jobs
for those of us still in college”
“Still at Willow Park, eh?” Sam asked, “Can’t imagine how you have enough time to be both in college
AND the military.”
“It is a bit hard to handle at times, but they give me time for classes.” Skyler forced another swallow
down, “They like having recruits with actual tech knowledge after all, and they pay for my classes too.
That and I get to dress like a space marine”
Sam raised an eyebrow and before long the semi drunken pair were at the base. There are actually
quite a lot of places on a military base that are fairly open. Often enlisted and their families live on site
after all, so Sam walking around wasn’t’ a big deal especially as he was with his friend. Sam strutting
around in the bomb squad suit was less than allowed however, but it was funny.
“I promise to lead my men into the zone of war” The tipsy space marine fox chanted, “I swear to
conduct them to glory, no matter the ferocity or ingenuity of the foe. To crush the insurgents despite all
they might throw at us, to honor the legion and the emperor”
Skyler was practically doubled over watching his friend strut around in a bomb suit reciting the oath of
moment as if he was a marine of the imperium. It was more than a little funny even if they got in
trouble for it later.
“Ohh god man” Skyler chuckled, “You sound so damn sincere in that thing”
“FOR THE EMPEROR” Sam shouted and tried to run, only managing to trip over his clunky suit and face
plant on the floor.
“Oh yes Im sure the imperium’s ultramarines will love you, bud” Skyler managed to squeeze out
between fits of laughter. “Going to trip Slaanesh’s force of demons back to the warp.”
“Demons?” Sam said sounding less happy than a moment ago.
“Yes man you were just talking like a space marine right, they are fighting the warp and all that”
“Right… right” Sam staggered up, “Right, but… ok I’m done”
Skyler raised an eyebrow as he watched his friend drunkenly strip the bomb suit off, “Why the sudden
buzzkill man? something wrong.”
“I just” Sam winced stumbling free, “I just don’t want to think about ‘demons’ right now”
“Whats the big…” Skyler paused, “Duuuuuude… Is this about what that fed said? The nuts one with no
leg?”
“She wasn’t nuts”
Skyler burst out laughing, “Seriously, you bought that stuff about a hell portal and demons, I know your
company made meat freaks, but…”
“SKYLER” Sam barked, “I... sorry. I‘m not sure I saw a hell portal or anything, but… I did see the angel.”
“You…” the half drunk rabbit stared at his friend for a long moment, ears lifting up to be sure he heard
right, “You’re actually serious right now? There WAS an angel?”
“She was invisible… most of the time, the docs had her locked up in one of the labs I think. I don’t know
why”
“Bro, you know how this sounds right? Don’t need my ears to know it sounds bonkers”
Sam sat down and twiddled his thumbs swaying a bit from side to side form the alcohol in his system,
“Bud, I REALLY need you to believe me. I DID see the angel. I… I think that fed might not be all that
nuts”
“Ok man” Skyer said, “Say I do. what now? you’re not a fed or a cop, and neither am I! Neither of us can
actually DO anything you know. You’re out of a job with your employer’s company being half leveled, so
shouldn’t you be looking for some work instead of worrying about this?”

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“Honey, be reasonable you NEED to rest” Hector Nyx pleaded with his wife, “You can’t be running off
barely a week after losing your LEG!!”
Cybele hopped around on her crutches to face her husband. She new he was worried and had every
reason to be, and his frazzled, ‘I’m scared for you’ look made her almost change her mind. Instead she
just leaned against his warm fluffy chest and bury her fingers in his fur, “I know my love. But I can’t sit
still either. I promise I’m not going into the front lines, as it were, just doing research.
“At least let me drive you, babe. you lost a leg!”
“I still have the right one, that’s what I drive with anyway.” She slid up and kissed him, “I’m just going to
the library, and MAYBE city hall to check some things out, its not that far.”
Hector held her tight. He knew arguing with his wife was likely not going to get him anywhere no matter
how stubborn and pigheaded she was being. He could only hope she would realize how much she
needed rest before she overexerted herself. What he said was, “You better leave your phone on, and I
make no promises not to call you every damn hour, baby”
Cybele nodded, pressing her forehead to his, “I’ll keep it on babe. I pumped earlier if the little one gets
hungry, and I promise I won’t do anything dangerous, just research”
“It better be just that baby. Last thing I need is for you to come back and have lost your ass next” He
smirked and gripped her tush with both hands.
Cybele chuckled, “After this case is over, I promise we really will go on a vacation, and you can grab my
ass all you want then”
With one final kiss she hobbled out the door to her car. It was a little awkward getting in with her left
leg stopping at the thigh. She was still waiting for a prosthetic to come in. It took a little bit to custom
make then and given that the top prosthetics company, at least in this part of the country, was having a
bit of a demon problem she figured delays were likely. Still, it was true that one didn’t need one’s left
leg much to drive an automatic, so she was on the road without much trouble and puttering off. The
city council had decided to ‘save money’ by instead of funding the community library in full they shut it
down and paid half that as a grant to the local school to expand theirs. Political bullshitting aside it did
mean that Willow Park would have the best library around, so it was back to college for her.