"Realignment"

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Fade into Epsilon-Church, who was limping his way to Blue Base with Caboose standing at the entrance.

Church: "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow."

Caboose: "Church, you're home! Welcome back."

Church: "Yeah, yeah, thanks for helping me while the Red's just shoot me in the goddamn foot."

Caboose: "Yeah, well you told us to stay on the cliff and I did...Yeah that was helping."

Church: "Oh really? Then why aren't you on the cliff right now?"

Caboose: "Oh I thought the helping part was over."

Church: "Ow, ow, ow, assholes, ow."

Tucker and Alpha emerges at the top of the base.

Tucker: "You're back already?"

Church: "What do you mean already? It took me half an hour to limp across this goddamn canyon."

Alpha: "Huh, that's surprising, thought you would've been gone by now."

Tucker: "Yeah, we thought they were going to kill you, we expected you back never so in our minds, you're early."

Church: "Shut up."

Caboose: "He is right about the two different times."

Church: "You shut up too."

Caboose: "Alright, now the helping part is definitely over!" (Walks into the base)

Church: "Damn it. This is exactly what I get for trying to fix things."

Alpha: "Fixing things?"

Tucker: "What are you fixing?"

Church: "Everything. Us. The Reds. Trying to make things the way they're supposed to be. (groans sharply) My foot!"

Tucker: "Are you okay?"

Church: "Am I okay? Do I look okay? Do I sound okay?"

Tucker: "I don't know you're wearing full body armor and bleeding. That means you're either dying or just whining."

Alpha: "I'm leaning towards whining."

Church: "Well I'm hurt alright."

Tucker: "Do you want me to call Command? Have them send a medic?"

Church: "No! No medic, I'm not hurt that bad, besides those guys are just...bad luck."

Alpha: "How so?"

Caboose: (Walks out of Blue Base) "I already called Command."

Alpha: "Goddamit."

Church: "You did?"

Tucker: "Caboose you're not allowed to use the radio."

Caboose: "Right. Unless it is an emergency. And then I can use it to call Command. And also 800 numbers I see on TV. Because those are free to call."

Church: "800 numbers?"

Tucker: "Damn it Caboose what did you order this time?"

Caboose: "Nothing."

Tucker: "Caboose."

Caboose: "I promise you will not see anything show up here that I ordered, nothing at all. For at least six to eight weeks."

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