That Old Flame

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*After escorting Robin and Squirrel out of the clutches of Grim Claw, Badger turns back to the ones he once called his friends.*

Beaver: Good to have you back, ol’ mate!

Wolf: Don't get too comfortable, Weasel-Bee. There's gonna be some changes around here.

Badger: Changes?

Wolf: Well we can't exactly let you continue on in this group just forgetting what you’ve done. You still owe us for all the trouble.

Beaver: Toilet cleaning, good idea Wolfie! Get to it, tubby!

Badger: Oh look, the dam builder is calling the tuneller hairy. FYI, I’ve dropped 4kgs. What have you done, bark muncher?

Beaver: Ugh, I've always smelled the rancid peanuts off your breath!

Wolf: Alright boys, I think we have time to come up with better insults for each other once we steer clear of the studio. So for now let’s find ourselves a new score, perhaps a nearby bank we can heist?

Badger: Yeah, well it’s easy to claim that we can have a clean slate, but we’ve made a settlement here, which is less than an hour away from the studio.

Beaver: You forget that we could just scrounge for other places to live, we’ve never stayed in one place. Until you decided to stay here. So that’s on you, mate! Now grab a scrubber.

*Badger rolled his eyes and made his way through the rooms and took a right. Tucking himself into wall, he lets out a sigh of relief. He unzips his jacket and reaches into his pocket, pulling out the two feathers and Squirrel's bow. He takes a moment to examine them in his paws before clutching it all to his chest.*

Badger: *To himself* I can’t believe that worked… 

*He approaches a large window, placing everything back into his jacket. He looks through it and sees Viper, Robin and Squirrel huddle up and make their way back into the building*

Badger: No no no, what are you doing?! Go back!!!

*Badger fumbles around his pockets to find his tracker, before he activates it, Black Cat finds him at the window and approaches him*

Black Cat: Hey you~

*Startled, Badger turns back to face her*

Badger: Oh Cat! Um, hey. What uh… What are you doing?

Black Cat: Oh nothing, just watching you walk away had me intrigued. Y’know, it sucks that you had to come back to us this way, but you’re looking good. Looking really good.

*Badger glances away momentarily, he catches himself glancing out of the window and faces her again.*

Badger: …Y-yeah well, whatcha gonna do?

Black Cat: But anyway, it is nice to have a return to the status-quo.

Badger: What’s that supposed to mean?

*Black Cat steps closer to the weasel*

Black Cat: Well, it’s that we can be a formidable gang … Riding our bikes, stealing for kicks, vandalising for pleasure, causing havoc.

*Black Cat began to slowly saunter around Badger*

Badger: Right.

Black Cat: But… You and I can pick up where we left off. We can run away together, just like we planned.

*Black Cat raised her tail over his shoulders, allowing it to snake over his chest and fall down, brushing his arm. Badger simply watches it drop off.*

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