Hardwood

2

He was undercover.

His main objective was to snoop into the enemy territory, and try to cause as much damage as possible without drawing attention to himself.

Well, that failed.

He managed to knock three lawn mowers out of their displays, unscrew two toilet seats, knock about five lightbulbs off of the shelves, and askew just about every paint sample in the entire store.

But all that changed when the hammer nation attacked.

He passed through the nail aisle, tempted to knock some boxes of screws off the shelves, but was too afraid to make too much noise.

He snuck into the hammer aisle without a word, and pulled the first mallet he saw off of the shelf.

But that was before he saw her.