Before Cayde and Zerris could fully take in what was just said, bright red and blue lights started to appear ahead and behind them.
It could only be one thing-The Fuzz...
Maxie, knowing that they couldn't be caught, sped off and made a sharp turn to the left, to try and avoid the cops.
He thought that they were golden until he heard something hit his car with a hollow ping and that made Maxie go even faster, thinking it was a bullet.
Maxie quickly decided to drive into a nearby parking garage to wait for the heat to cool and to let them collect themselves.
After about 10 minutes, he decided to start heading to the old, decommissioned military base on the outskirts of town. There they could find weapons and ready themselves to fight off and destroy all of the creatures.
As Maxie sped off, a certain lemon seller stood on a roof top, chuckling to himself.
He pulled out a little device with a screen. He watched the screen as the car started to race towards the other side of town.
His tracker was planted and fully operational...
No one had spoken for over fifteen minutes. No one could possibly find the words to describe what they were going through. Finally they reached the base. It was surrounded by a wide, flat plain protected by a sufficiently tall fence. With nowhere to hide, let alone a good parking spot, Maxie pulled off to the side of the road and got out.
"Is this the 'base' you mentioned?" Zerris asked cautiously, as he leaned out the window.
"Maybe," Maxie replied as he began to scale the fence, "Depends on what they've got here. The papers said they've got weapons here. Good weapons. Like,
crazy good. Ray guns and black hole lasers and, I dunno, nukes I guess. I only skimmed over it..."
Maxie was nearly at the top when Cayde finally got out of the car. "This is too much. I'm not getting involved with this. I don't care if I'm part of them or if they're part of me or whatever. I've got my own life, and I'm not about to waste it on-"
With a thud, Maxie hit the ground on the other side of the fence. Groaning in pain, he slowly rose to his feet. "It doesn't matter. They need you to complete them. You've got the genetic material they need to create a next generation of their species. It's why you're missing a kidney."
"I'm missing WHAT!?" Cayde was absolutely done with this. She turned away. Zerris got out to join her on the other side of the car.
"This place is bound to be crawling with Filer goons, you know." Maxie explained, "If you stick with me, you'll be more likely to make it out of here safely."
"Oh, not them again..." Zerris could hardly believe any of this.
"Look, if you walk away, it'll be a long walk. Even if you hitchhike, you'll end up in jail eventually. If you're lucky, they'll just wipe your brains... leaving you defenseless when these monsters come after you again."
Cayde sighed. "At this point, I want my brain to be wiped. I'll follow you, if only to keep you from being shot in the back of the neck and incinerated."
"How pleasant," Zerris murmured, hardly believing his feet following Cayde towards the fence, which they began to climb. In time, the trio were marching across the field towards the nearest entrance to the base. "You never explained what the Filer Institute has to do with this place," Zerris whispered as he looked around fearfully. The only visible lights were the stars.
"They've bought the land off the government. They're the reason no one's touched this place since it was shut down. And they want to keep it that way. But they're nice guys. They won't waterboard us or anything..." Maxie's brow furrowed. "...I think." At last, they made it to the door. It was a thick metal door, with no lock. No security of any kind was visible. Maxie sighed and rubbed his hands. "Well, here goes..."
Cayde and Zerris glanced at each other as Maxie Hyme twisted the handle. With a loud creak, Maxie pulled the door open. No one could have possibly predicted what they saw.
"Is this... a
nightclub!?"
NEXT:
@Guinea (all in due time)
