Chapter 29. A moment after the men at Gate 2 had cut down the supposed case Bermel with machine gun fire,

the great steel door slid open with a clatter. Maybe we should wait, a voice from beyond the door said.

For what was the curt response? You saw it with your own eyes. They can't be alive.

Maybe we should wait for Kid Chaos, came the first voice. Stuff that, the second voice sneered.

We just gunned down our own man and his say-so. If one of those two ain't the red panda,

I want to be ready for that maniac chaos. He'll get his, that's for sure. With that,

the great door slid open with a creek the two gangsters looked down to

the floor the body of case Bermal lay at their feet face down on the concrete sheesh said the first

no blood what there ain't no blood maybe he got it all in the front. So what? He's lying on a drain?

We opened two dozen holes in him. There ought to be a lake. The first gangster leveled his gun at Bermel's

body. I'll make sure, he said. Wait. Wait? Where's the meat puppet? what? The zombie, idiot! He was right beside Case!'

"'From the ceiling above the two men heard a great booming laugh begin to ring.

They froze in an instant their blood running cold.

A misshapen mask of quick drying rubber torn in half, dropped from above, landing at their feet.

Slowly both gangsters turned their heads to the ceiling, knowing full well what they would

find. Crouched up against the ceiling above their heads, suspended by his remarkable static shoes,

the red panda was coiled to spring. Both gangsters struggled to break the spell and aim their weapons.

Suddenly what they supposed to be, the corpse of Case Bermal reached forward and grabbed both of

them by their ankles. They each gave a cowardly scream as the body of their fellow gangster

came to life and sent them sprawling to the floor. The masked man swooped in from the ceiling

and with two quick thrust to pressure points of their necks,

the guards were heard from no more. Parker got to his feet, scratching at the Burmell mask.

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