"What were you doing down there?" Grif asks Tucker.

"Nothing." Tucker quickly responds. "What're you talking about?"

"We were just playing a game!" Caboose shouts.

"What in the hell is going on at this base?" Grif says.

"I told you these guys are weird." Doc mumbles to Grif.

Church with his back facing the reds yells to them. "What do you want, Reds? Get outta here or we'll start shootin' at ya!"

"Oh yeah?" Grif says. "You care to make that threat to my face?"

After a few seconds Church groans. "No."

"Yeah, I didn't think so. Punk."

"Can I blow them up?" Ash asks. "I still have the remote."

Simmons turns to Grif and Ash. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down guys. We didn't come here to fight. We just came to give back the prisoner."

"Give him back?" Tucker questions. "You can't give him back, you took him. A deal's a deal."

"Yeah, well, forget it. We don't want him" Grif tells them.

"Well, sorry, you can't have another prisoner!" Church yells. "That was our last one!"

"Hey, dude, what is your problem?"

"Didn't your mama ever tell you it's impolite not to look at someone when you're talking to them?" Simmons says.

Ash turns to Simmons. "It is? Well, I don't even remember anything before singing up for the military."

"He's shy!" Caboose yells.

"Shut up." Church says to Caboose. Then he talks to the reds. "Look, we don't want him back, and we don't care what you do with him. Now if you don't mind, we'd appreciate it if you'd leave us alone. We're in the middle of somethin'... kinda private over here."

Grif looks at Ash and Simmons. "That's sad. He is shy."

"Fine, but don't come asking for him back later." Simmons tells the Blues.

"We won't." Tucker says.

The reds walk a little ways away then they turn back to the blues. 

"Last chance." Grif calls out.

"Beat it, Reds!" church yells.

"Alright, we're going, we're going!" Grif yells. The reds head to the middle of the Canyon. "Man, I thought our team was obnoxious, but those guys are really rude." 

Doc turns around and heads towards Red Base, but Simmons stops him. Whoa, hey, hey, whoa. Where do you think you're going?"

Doc turns around and looks to the three. "Back to base with you guys. They don't want me over there."

"No, way." Ash says.

"What? You're not just gonna leave me out here in the middle of nowhere. By myself?"

"Yeah." Simmons says. "That's kinda the general idea."

Doc turns to Grif. "Not you too, right, Grif? Old buddy? Huh?"

"Sorry, it's pretty clear that you're not very popular around here, and if I'm gonna make any progress at all, I can't be directly associated with you." Grif tells Doc. "I'm sure you understand."

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06-28-2022