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No Turning Back Feb 5, 2022 13:09:46 GMT -5

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Post by Casimir The Clown on Feb 5, 2022 13:09:46 GMT -5

-No Turning Back-

January 23rd, 4 PM, The M.A.N's SUV somewhere in The Mojave Desert.

M.A.N: "Come and get your love, come and get your looooove."

Suddenly, The M.A.N's car starts ringing and he answers just as he turns to a gas station.

M.A.N: "Marc Aaron Newton from M.A.N Global speaking, who is this?"
Cain Sinclair: "It's me."
M.A.N: "Cain, how wonderful to hear your voice!"
Cain Sinclair: "So, are you coming or not?"
M.A.N: "I'm standing outside you idiot."

Cain walks outside the gas station and sees the M.A.N sitting in his SUV, he then gets out and starts walking towards the gas station as Cain ends the call.

M.A.N: "So, is he here?"
Cain Sinclair: "Yeah, he's here. Just wanna give you a heads up, he's a little deranged"
M.A.N: "You don't need to give me a heads up, I've dealt with deranged people all my life... people wanting to build bombs, scientologists, inmates... and many other which we won't speak of."
Cain Sinclair: "Alright, let's go meet our business partner then."

Cain tries to go back into the gas station but M.A.N turns him around and pushes him up against the window.

M.A.N: "Just one little reminder, he's not doing business with us, he's doing business with me."
Cain Sinclair: "Right, you're the boss."

M.A.N enters the gas station first and Cain has a look of disdain on his face, Cain stops at the door and M.A.N walks over to the clerk and hands the clerk a stack of money.

M.A.N: "You mind giving us a bit of privacy?"
Clerk: "Sure, take however much time you need."

M.A.N and Cain walk to the other end of the gas station where a man with a coat that's far too warm is sitting.

M.A.N sits down in front of him and Cain sits down next to M.A.N.

Cain: "This is Marc Aaron Newton and this is-"
Andrei: "Andrei Sokolov."
Cain: "Or as his Russian friends called him: "Lionheart."

Andrei extends his hand out to M.A.N and he shakes it.

M.A.N: "It is a pleasure to meet you."
Andrei: "Likewise, I've heard a lot of great things about you."
M.A.N: "Well I should hope so, I am after all... a great man."

M.A.N looks over at Cain and Cain winks and gives him a cheeky smile.
Andrei takes three cigars from his pocket and cuts them with a straight cutter.

Andrei: "You smoke?"
M.A.N: "Cigars? Yeah."
Andrei: "I don't even have to ask Cain if he smokes cigars, I'm pretty sure he remembers our little trip to Novgorod."
Cain: "Aye, I learned never to refuse a cigar from a Russian man."

The two share a laugh and Andrei gives him a cigar, they light up their cigars and relax for a bit.

Andrei: "So, Mr. Newton, how is your wife?"
M.A.N: "My wife? She's at home, pregnant, always complaining about every little thing."
Andrei: "Ahahaha, sounds like a true woman alright."
M.A.N: "So, you have anyone back home?"
Andrei: "Back home? No. But I'm pretty sure I have a kid somewhere in Europe."
M.A.N: "Ahh, one time thing right?"
Andrei: "You could say that... haven't seen the kid in years, apparently I'm a bad influence."
M.A.N: "One day..."
Andrei: "One day..."

Suddenly the clerk walks back out and he's pissed.

Clerk: "Hey hey hey, you can't smoke in here."
Andrei: "Don't worry comrade, we'll finish up and get out of here."
Clerk: "No no no, you put those out right now, okay? I don't want any trouble with the cops and I'd like to keep this place open."

The clerk walks over to the booth and snatches the cigar from Andrei's mouth and then stomps it.
Andrei looks at his cigar and then looks at the clerk before smiling, he then gets up and looks down at the much smaller clerk.

Andrei: "You... don't want trouble with police? But what about trouble with us?"

The clerk starts backing off as Andrei walks towards him.

Clerk: "Look, we can solve this like gentlemen."
Andrei: "Gentlemen? Do I look like a gentle man?"

The clerk trips and he's now sitting down.

Andrei: "Petty little man, it's time to teach you a lesson in how to treat foreigners."

Andrei gets down on his knees over the clerk and punches him over and over again as Cain and M.A.N look on.
When Andrei's done, the only thing left is a huge puddle of blood and a dead body. M.A.N and Cain walk over to Andrei and look down on the body. M.A.N gives Andrei a paper towel and he wipes the blood from his fist before spitting at the clerk.

M.A.N: "You boys get rid of the body, I'll clean up in here."
Cain: "Alright, let's get to work."

M.A.N and Cain put out their cigars and Cain and Andrei drag the body outside, M.A.N goes to the back and finds a mop and a bucket, he then starts mopping as Nick Cave's Red Right Hand starts playing on the radio.

10 PM, Brandon's Gaston.

After digging a grave for 5 hours, Cain and Andrei have finally buried the clerk's body and they're all ready to leave.
They walk their way back to the gas station where M.A.N is waiting.

M.A.N: "All done?"
Cain: "Yeah, you?"
M.A.N: "I've been done for 3 hours now."
Cain: "So what happens next?"
M.A.N: "What happens next... well that's your decision."
Cain: "What?"
M.A.N: "You can continue working with me or you can leave. All I'm saying is... we can always use a little more manpower."
Cain: "You're mad if you think I'm going anywhere."
M.A.N: "Glad to hear it, now boys... what do you say we go pick up DANTE and go for a drink?
Andrei: "Sounds like America won't know what hit them."

The three men laugh in unison and make their way to the M.A.N's SUV, they drive away as the screen fades to black.