The Freelancers Three

Aren't You?

"Well sure thing! The names Cardlin!" Cardlin makes eye contact with you "well...I'll be what's a soft thing like you doing all the way out here?" Cardlin asked you

"Oh- uh- Mission...thing-" you say, you wonder what would you call this adventure Your on. "Well why don't you tell me all about it on the ride over, you could ride up with me and the horse?" Cardlin says with a sly smile, something about him just made you uncomfortable, that's when max jumped up on the counter "we payin' ya to drive a cart, not flirt with the side kick-" max says, trying to act big "max it's alright...wait sidekick?" You say confused, you? The sidekick?
"Fine then big bad wolf, I'll get the cart and we can start this thing-" Cardlin says with a snide expression, then went to grab some horses and cart "Cardlin, you know how dad feels about you giving service to thems types of folks-" a girl says, seemed to be his sister "oh dad will live- it's just to yance city-" Cardlin rolled his eyes

You now notice that Sam & Max are now ungodly close to you, in a protective way...eh- prolly cuz you have useful info and your paying for their services- I mean, that's what you boil it down to at least, "Well folks, hop in-" Cardlin says, holding out his hand to help you inside- max then took his hand "oOo!~ such a gentleman~" he says in a mocking voice, then turned to loom at you three "I feel like a princess-" he says as he did that little leg flick thing, then sat down "NOW COM'ON- this place smells like horse shit-" he complained , Sam let out a laugh "you crack me up little buddy-" then Sam proceeded to help you into the carriage.

You sat between the boys, "Boy! Sure is hot and cramped!" Max blurted out, Sam kinda crushed the both of you- "pardon-" max says as he crawled into your lap, and you scooted over to where max was sitting, you let out a sigh of relief "that's better..."
"May be a bit bumpy folks!" Cardlin says from the front seat, the horses moved surprisingly fast- like...2 horse power, cuz it was 2 horses
You closed your eyes, hoping for some sort of a nap, max was very warm in you lap...

The silence was nice...the wind, the birds, Cardlin muttering....wait-
"Yea...right here!....yea- no worries-" you hear him say
"Hey Cardlin?" You called out to your driver, Sam kinda gave you a strange look
"Yes? Soft thing?~" Cardlin cooed
"Who are you talking too?..." you say a bit softer
"Oh! Uh.....myself-" he says sheepishly
Himself huh? Weird- but you do the same so you can't judge. You see a road sign "Welcome To Yance City"
Finally! Yes- so then you guys could probably get a rental car,
"I can drop you guys off at the warehouses- that's a normal thing I do-" Cardlin says
"O...K? Thanks..." Sam says as the carriage came to a unsteady halt

Max got out, Sam got out...you kinda took a second to breath- you had a bad feeling, "coming?" Sam says
"Y-Yea! Give me a se-" you stopped dead cold
You saw them
Suited men had surrounded the area

Then it started, one tackled max- he yelled "HEY WHATS THE BIG IDEA?" He started to scream threats
Another man pushed Sam into the ground with a gun, Sam grunted and looked over at you, he had fear in his eye "Aboddon, get the last one-" the man said
You see Cardlin practically sprinting towards you "with pleasure-" he has a twisted smile.
Time seemed to stop, it was dim and cloudy and you couldn't think all you could hear was max yelling and Sam telling you too run.

Cardlin, or 'Aboddon' you know his real name now reached a hand out for you...You grab his shirt
"Oh?" He looked down at your trembling hands that just grabbed onto his cotton button up...it felt as if something took control of you, as of pure fear turned into a tool.  You pull down in his shirt and smashed his jaw in with your knee
"GRRK!" He gasped through clenched and now bleeding teeth.  You pushed past him and ran for it, it was nothing but locked warehouses...then you finally found an open one and ran inside.

Aboddon gasped for air, all he could taste was iron, he spat out the blood and...a few teeth and chunks of teeth
"Why that little-" he growled and got up, Sam saw the firearm in his pocket and started to really panic.
"Keep them down- I'm going to go kill the soft little thing-" Aboddon says with a broken smile as he walked the way to ran.

Run, Hide- yea hide- gotta hide. What time was it? Oh god- oh I can't breath- oh god-
Your thoughts wizzed around as you walked in, you were pretty deep in. He won't find you, Sam and max will be fine...yea...
"Oh Sofffffft thing~" you hear echo, you felt as tears pricked your eyes, it was dark- you were hungry, cold, scared, you wanted to go home, be in bed, have chips or something.
The foot steps grew closer
You hid behind a box and grabbed your gun, 3/5 bullets left,
And even closer they came
"I can smell your fear...it's very tangy, I like it~" you hear him purr, he was nuts, you were gonna die to a mad man.
"Im wondering if I should even kill you...I'm sure boss wouldn't mind if I kept like...a pet around- ya know that rabbit guy you were with would make a great jacket-" he continued to echo out, following was a crude laugh.
He was in front of the box you were hiding behind...

Oh god-

Your hands shook like crazy-

Hot salty tears ran down your cheeks

You were going to die?

"Aren't I?..." you says breathlessly

Aren't you?....