Twenty-First PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[filtered and whatever]
[The voice that speaks into the phone is strangely calm.  After having suffered a severe shock and half-believing he had been transported back to Westport, Lucas wisely decided to remain at home.]

Please listen, everyone.  There are some things you should know about these people.

We called them the hazmat men when they first showed up in Westport.  They started off pretty slow and they weren't much of a threat, but as the days passed, they became much faster, stronger, and smarter.  I don't know how they'll behave now, but to be on the safe side, you should assume that they're at full power.

If you have to fight them, you should know that there's nothing underneath the suits.  Blunt force won't do anything and they won't react to getting hit.  What you need to do to break through -- stabbing or piercing or shooting works.  When the suit is opened, they release a lot of poison gas that can kill you if you're too close.  If you touch them or if you inhale any of it, the chemicals will burn you badly.  Some people died from the gas alone.

They attack with axes and they carry gas sprays with them.  Don't let them touch you.  The best thing to do if they're chasing you is to run.  They're not too fast.

Comments

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Please don't say that. It's bad enough as it is. . . . But you're right. I'm a little surprised it's them and not him.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Maybe they'll fight each other and both lose. That would be somethin'.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I think they're both on the same side. The Anti-Us side.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Well yeah but they seem to fight with each other too. Like that time the Milkman was Mayor. I mean they weren't on the same side then.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . I don't remember that. The Milkman fought the Mayor then?

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Well he vanished and everything went to Hell and back. We actually had to go and vote the Mayor back into power it was that bad. Acid rain, some houses were on fire. It was crazy!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . I guess on the list of People We Really Don't Like, the Milkman's at the top, then. Maybe he will fight them if he pops up, though.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Yeah. He's awful.

It would be nice though if they wiped each other out.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

And then the world is saved. The End.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Be nice. Too easy to work, but nice.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And I guess we'd still have to deal with Lucy Smith after that.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Ugh yeah.

Her.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . .

Maybe we should try being nice to her.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Why?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Well. We've tried yelling at her and calling her names and things like that, but no one's tried this yet.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

No one?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Not that I know of, anyway. Maybe someone has.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

She doesn't seem like a nice person.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . I'm almost sure she isn't.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

So why should we be nice to her then?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

We should try everything, right . . . ?

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

....I guess so.