Radio noise is heard as the camera fades from black. Caboose is standing behind Tucker cleaning the black stuff off.
Tucker: Come in, Blue Command. This is Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha. Do you read me?
Caboose backs away from him and Tucker looks at him.
Caboose: Okay, that is the last of it. Your armor is clean now!
Tucker: Did you get all the black stuff off?
More radio noise is heard. Cut to Vic sitting at his control panel.
Vic: This is Blue Command. Come in, Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha.
Tucker: Hello, Command! We need help!
Vic: Roger that, Blood Gulch. What is your request?
Tucker: I don't know what the technical military term is for it, but, uh, we're pretty screwed up down here. We need men!
Vic raises an eyebrow at that.
Vic: (pauses) Dude, how long have you guys been down there?
Tucker realizes his mistake and corrects himself.
Tucker: No, no, no, n-not like that! We need more men to help us.
Vic: Roger that. Did you get the tank we sent?
Tucker: Yeah, that got blown up too.
Vic: Wow. Sucks to be you.
Tucker: Yeah, we know.
Vic: Okay, here's what I can do. The nearest Blue forces can be there in 16 days, or I-
Tucker panics.
Tucker: 16 days!? That's almost 2 weeks!
Vic gets annoyed a little.
Vic: OR I can hire a nearby Freelancer and get him there within a few hours.
Tucker and Caboose look at each other.
Caboose: I like the "in an hour" one.
Tucker: Yeah, me too. Roger that, Command. We prefer the quicker solution.
Vic: 10-4, Blood Gulch. We'll contact Freelancer Tex and have them there post-haste. Command out.
Radio cuts off.
Tucker: Whoever he is, make sure he can fix a tank.
Caboose looks at Tucker curiously.
Caboose: What's a Freelancer?
Tucker: Freelancers are independent. They're not Red or Blue. They're just guns for hire who'll fight for whoever has the most money.
Caboose: Like a mercenary.
Tucker: Right. Or like your mom when the rent's due.
Caboose stares at him before getting the joke.
Caboose: ...Oh, that's funny.
Tucker: Yeah? You didn't think that was too obvious?
Caboose: No, no, not at all. It- It was good.
A ghostly figure appears behind them.
???: (ghostly voice) Tucker... Tucker...
Tucker gets startled at this.
Tucker: Who the hell are you!?
Church: I am the ghost of Church, and I've come back with a warning!
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Red vs blue and purple
FanfictionA escape pod has crashed landed on blood gulch with a mysterious person in black armor with no memory of who they are only their name. They join the reds in their fight with the blues. Who is this mysterious person? Why can't they remember who they...
