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Written by: p3pp3r_, DracoDragonGirl, hapyhappiness, Lucy_The_Llamacorn, AjexxanAlterline, Duskstorm1, GayCoffeeGhost and waffle(icant tagg- )

Word count: 2552

Summary: After playing a game of cards, a group of bounty hunters set out for a murder.

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Doc, Scar, Xisuma, Ren, and Grian sat together at a round table, the room around them completely dark except for a single flickering light in the center above where they sat. The eerie nature of their surroundings was fitting, considering they were planning their next big heist.

"+2!" Grian suddenly said devilishly as he put a +2 card down on the pile of cards in the middle of the table.

Doc grumbled as he reluctantly drew from another pile of cards that was off to the side.
The creeper hybrid grumbled as he picked up two more cards from the deck, adding to his ever-growing pile. He watched as Ren placed a red 5. "So, what's the job this time? I thought you said you got another...whachacallit? Bounty or something?" Doc looked up at Xisuma, obviously bored.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. We've got the details," Xisuma waved in the general direction of a thick black ring binder. "Over in there. Aha! UNO." He placed down a draw four card, leaving him with one more...and subsequently earning groans from everyone around the table.

"Oh come on, that was not fair..." Grian whined, dropping his cards.

"Oh, shut it, cobface. At least you don't get to draw four cards," Scar grumbled, getting four god damn cards.

Doc ignored the builders and just focus on Xisuma. "Over where exactly, X?" He asked the leader.

Xisuma stood up with a grunt, a smirk still on his face. He grabbed the binder and dropped it on the table in front of Doc, almost on top of his cards. Doc looked back up, a snarl on his lips, but he holds it back. X suppresses a chuckle and Doc begins to flip through the information.

"What's his name... Iskall, huh.." Doc mused, checking through the files. "Swedish, in his twenties... lives in Stockholm, Sweden. How lovely." He shut the binder, looking up at them. "Well, we have a murder to plan."

"Guys," Ren spoke up, getting both Doc and Xisuma's attention.

"We're still playing UNO." Ren proceeds to place down a +2.

Xisuma slammed his card face down on the table angrily. "Damn you, Ren!" He begrudgingly picked up two extra cards from the deck. Doc sighed, very much done with the dumb game, and got up, joining Cub, who was leaning against the wall in the corner of the room.

"Hey. Wanna bet on who's gonna win?"

"No," Doc answered, leaving the room to grab the tools necessary to murder Iskall.

Doc grabbed his gun and holster, grabbing as many bullets as he can fit in his pocket. He also grabbed a small dagger, just in case. He went back into the room, emotionlessly spinning the gun around his finger. "You idiots better hurry up or I'm gonna leave without you."

"Shut up, Doc," Ren yelled out. "Can't you see we are stuck in hell?" He gestured towards Scar and Grian repeatedly placing reverse cards.

Xisuma let out a groan and slammed his hands onto the table, causing the builders to turn to him. "Just play a normal damn card!" He screamed, his eyes daring them to play another reverse card.

Scar placed down a reverse card.

Xisuma slammed his hand on top of Scar's as he placed another reverse card. Everyone at the table jumped back, while Doc just smirked from the doorway. Finally, entertainment.

Xisuma turned to Grian and glared at him. "Place down another reverse card, I dare you," Xisuma threatened, glaring daggers at the codface.

"I would but I don't have a reverse card," Grian lied, placing down a plus two. "AHA!" Ren screamed out, placing down a plus two.

Cub suddenly stood up and quickly made his way over to the table. He placed a hand on Xisuma's shoulder. "X, calm down. It's just a game."

Xisuma narrowed his eyes at no one as he responded simply, "That's what they said about Monopoly." He grabbed the four cards aggressively while grumbling and sat back down.

Doc sighed, disappointed. "Guys, seriously. If we don't go soon, someone else is gonna collect it. I've already missed my rent last month and I need this. If you don't come now, I swear I'm going to leave without you."

"Welp, you heard him guys," Xisuma said, getting up and tossing the cards away a bit too happily. The other groaned and booed at Xisuma, Ren calling him a sore loser. However, they still got up from the ground and tossed the cards onto the table.

Ren paused and stared at the deck Grian had. He turned towards said man with a look on his face. "What the shit?" He asked in a hushed tone. Grian answered by simply placing a finger on his lips and winking at him.

Ren stared in awe at the pure amount of draw twos and reverse cards Grian held, but was quickly pushed out the door by an anxious Cub. The gang geared up and headed out to the car. "Wait," Xisuma stated. "Doc is NOT driving. We know what happened last time. Doc, get out."

"Damn it," Doc mumbled, getting out of the car.

"Cub." Said man turned to look at Xisuma. "Get in the car."

Cub sighed and climbed in the driver's seat. Xisuma took the passenger seat, and the rest clamber into the back. Cub is the only one wearing a seat belt. As they drive off, they begin talking strategy.

Ren pipes in first. "I'll go in with my dagger first!"

Doc sighs and turns to him. "Ren, no. We need to do this stealthily this time. I swear, if you give us away AGAIN-"

"Doc. Zip it," Xisuma interrupted. He turned around to face everyone else and asked them, "So what weapon did you guys brought? Depending on the weapons, we can do this quick and easy."

"I brought a pistol!" Grian piped in excitedly before laughing insanely.

Doc backed away slightly before adding, "Ah, yeah. I brought my gun and a dagger as well. What did you get Scar?"

"I didn't bring a weapon, but..." Scar pulled out a simple rag with a bottle of liquid. "I brought these," he spoke, a smile breaking onto his face.

As Grian and Ren compared daggers with Doc watching on, Cub focused on driving. He noticed that nobody wore a seatbelt except himself, and he thought up a plan. Slowly but surely speeding up on the lone road he drove on, Cub smiled to himself. Slamming his foot on the brakes, the car's wheels squealed, and it pulled to a stop. The five others in the car shot forward, unwillingly lunging toward the front of the car.

Xisuma held himself up against the dashboard, using his arms. Grian and Ren clung to each other, their contest forgotten and their daggers on the floor. Scar had let out a girly squeal and held onto the seat in front of him, while Doc tried to hold himself still, clinging to the door.

Xisuma pushed against the console, righting himself, and turned angrily to Cub, who still had his eyes on the road, as if ignoring the scene around him. "Dude, what the fuck?!"

Cub held back a laugh, still keeping his eyes on the road. "There was a stop sign." Xisuma glared at the driver, clearly unamused by the man's action, who in turn just shrugged at him with a grin and just simply stated, "Should've worn your seatbelt."

Xisuma mumbled something to himself, his tone annoyed, before turning back to Cub and asking, "So what weapons did you bring, huh?"

"3 swords, and a trident." said the scientist.

"Good," Xisuma said, checking the GPS. "Looks like we're almost there."

"Yeah, I'll park down the block from his apartment so we can stake it out," Cub said, taking a left at the next corner.

As Cub parked, the others got out of the car, making sure to grab their weapons.

"Come on, we need to go," Grian whispered, trying to make himself scary, but he was almost bouncing up and down on his toes. It was frightening, but not in the way Grian intended.

Doc grunted as he helped Scar out of the car. "How do we know he's even coming down this way? The binder didn't provide much information on 'em and half of us don't even know what he looks like."

Ren hopped out of the car behind him. "Wait, who are we after?"

"Ren, you idiot! I don't know either." Grian said.

"Iskall, you dumbasses." X snorted.

"Says the guy who got mad over a damn UNO game!" Grian shot back.

Before X could start murdering Grian, the GPS beeped. "You have arrived at your destination."

"We may not know what he looks like, but we know where he lives," Xisuma said as he stole one of Cub's swords.

Cub tossed a sword to Scar and took his last sword and trident and followed the group up to an apartment building. They climbed a few stairs before coming up to a door marked "85".

The group stared at each other, wondering what their plan of action was going to be.

"Well..? What are we waiting for?" asked Ren. Everyone shrugged, trying to think of a good plan.

Suddenly, Scar stood up taller, signifying that he got an idea. "What if... We charge in, saying 'yoohoo!' and kill 'em!"

"That's not the best idea, there could be-" Xisuma started to argue, but Scar already took off.

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Joe and False started their nightly shift, making their way down the dark, empty street. A car passed by and turned the corner sharply, and they could hear talking from inside. A streak of moonlight reflected off a gun laying on the console of the car, and the pair nodded to each other before following silently.

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Xisuma, on the other hand, had to run after Scar. He caught up quickly because Scar couldn't run fast and quickly covered up his mouth.

"Scar you fucking dumbass! you aren't supposed to run in and yell HIIII and kill someone! it gives it away!" X hissed in his ear, making him jump.

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Joe and False watched the small group of people with weapons head into the building and quickly followed.

"Requesting backup at Diorite Drive in apartment block C please. We got a group of six, all wielding dangerous weapons," False said into her walkie-talkie.

False got a quick reply from Python. "I'll be right there with the boys. We're just a street over."

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Suddenly, the group heard the sound of a car behind them. X quickly pushed them all into the shadows and turned around. They watched as a car pulled into the parking lot in front of the apartments.

"That's him," Xisuma whispered. The others nodded and they waited eagerly.

A tall guy in a crisp green suit walked out of the car.

"He looks like a walking green screen," Grian whispered, making Ren chuckle.

"Guys shut up before I murder you!" Doc growled.

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Iskall was about to make his way into the building when he got stopped by two police officers.

"Sir, I wouldn't recommend going in there right now." a police officer with a country accent said.

"Why can't I? I live here!" Iskall said, seeing the guy's name tag said "Officer Hills".

"There are some dangerous people inside, sir," the female cop said. Iskall looked at her nametag to see that it said "Officer Symmetry".

Iskall pushed the officers aside. "Yeah, sure. Whatever. Look, I need to go to bed. I don't care what you say, this is my apartment. Leave me alone." He continued walking past them and enters the building.

Iskall didn't even hesitate to knock down his door. Keys wouldn't work and he was just so done. He was exhausted from work and he was supposed to be having dinner with his boyfriend. He didn't care about the murderers sitting in his living room or the children shows they were watching, he just wanted them out.

"Murderers, get the fuck out of my house. I need to eat my frozen sushi in peace and I can't have people here." Iskall waved them out.

They looked at him weirdly. what was he saying??

"ISKALL! Don't yell at our guests!" Wels exclaimed as he walked into the room with a tray of cookies. The group of six quickly swarmed him and took the cookies.

As the bounty hunters each grabbed a cookie, Scar snuck a little of his poison onto the remaining cookies. He looked up and smiled at Iskall, holding out one of the poisoned treats. "Here, would you like one?"

Iskall didn't hesitate to grab Scar's collar, swiftly hoisting him up into the air. The room suddenly less lively.

"I am sick of you delinquents, I am exhausted, so tired that my hand just might slip and stuff this toxic cookie down his throat. so if any of you hold any sense of sentimental value towards this friend right here you will get up, thank Wels for his hospitality and leave."

The intruders were quick to collect their belongings and express thanks to Wels, then scrambled out of the building.

"Iskall, what the fuck was that about?" Wels said.

"I said, I WANT TO EAT MY FUCKING FROZEN SUSHI IN PEACE. LET ME EAT MY FUCKING FROZEN SUSHI IN PEACE FOR GODS SAKE!" Iskall yelled.

"Alright, it's in the fridge if you want," Wels sighed.

The Swede stomped over and pulled out a box of sushi from the freezer.

Iskall got his frozen sushi and sat down on the couch with Wels who gave him a quick kiss. He was about to dig into his sushi when the door was busted down.

As Wels headed to bed, Grian pounded through the already broken door, screaming, "DID YOU HURT SCAR, YOU BITCH?!" He ran towards Iskall before he could react and pulled him out the door into the hallway, holding his hand over his mouth and around his neck. Xisuma stood next to the doorway in the hall and punched Iskall, knocking him out immediately.

Wels leaped down the stairs, he wondered what Iskall would be doing. As he rounded the corner he was met with the sight of his lovely boyfriend unconscious on the floor and two of the guests from earlier. He assessed the situation and acted. Wels ripped the decorational steel sword off the armor display and smacked the two jerks across the back oh their heads.

"No one touches Iskall when he's eating his frozen sushi!" Wels screeched.

"Wait wait wait. Hold up. Frozen sushi?" Doc said, confused.

"Don't question his strange cravings. He ate pig and maple syrup once."

Doc rolled his eyes and pushed Wels against the wall.

Ren smiled, mischief in his eyes, and ran over to Doc. "Could I take him?" He asked, giggling insanely.

Doc smiled and shrugged, "Sure." Wels' eyes grew wide as Ren began to slowly cut at his arms with the dagger. He screamed.

Xisuma yelled at Ren angrily, "Damn it, Ren! You're gonna get us caught!"

Ren didn't get to do much. He was one of the first to be detained. The cops swarmed the place, restraining the UNO-playing bounty hunters, and sending Iskall and Wels off to the hospital.

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There will probably be a part two