Engineer finished sucking up the last few clumps of dog hair from the couch before shutting off the small hand vacuum.
"Man alive," he exclaimed, wiping sweat from his brow, "I've probably sucked up enough hair to make Heavy a fur coat." Just then, Sniper walked in from the main hall with a young man, just a bit older than Scout, following him.
"Good news, Engie," Sniper said, gesturing to the young man, "Daisy's owner just arrived."
"Hello, I'm John Luther," Daisy's owner greeted, shaking Engineer's hand, "I can't thank you guys enough for taking care of Daisy for me. Especially when she's pregnant. I hope she wasn't too much trouble."
"No, sir. Not for us," Engineer replied, "It was our pleasure. Now let's get you folks reacquainted." Engineer put his fingers to his lips and whistled for Daisy, who came bounding in from the hallway and jumped into John's arms, licking his face happily. Then, the seven remaining mercenaries entered the lounge, each carrying a small puppy.
"Wow," John exclaimed, amazed at the number of puppies, "She had this many?"
"Actually, she had more than this," Scout answered, "But we ran out of food, so we ate the others." John's look of happiness quickly turned into one of sheer terror. The other mercenaries glared at Scout.
"I'm only joking," he explained, "Sheesh."
"Anyway," said John, "You guys mind helping me load these guys into my truck? We've got a long way to go."
"They can," replied Spy, handing his puppy to Heavy, "I'm just going to watch some television." The other mercs left the lounge except for Scout.
"What are you watching," he asked Spy.
"Nothing you should be concerned about,' Spy responded, turning on the TV and turning it to a certain show. Scout's eyes widened in surprise at what Spy decided to watch.
"You know," he said "I only dared you to watch one episode of that."
"I'm aware," Spy told him, staring intently at the TV. Scout, seeing as he had nothing better to do, joined Spy on the couch.
"Great show, ain't it?"
"Indeed."
"I kinda like the blue one."
"She doesn't make you cry?"
"Nah."