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Shadow was walking down the hall of one of the side compartments of the warehouse when he saw Shrapnel waving him down from his office. It has been three days since the newest member of their team, Anthony AKA Skunkworks, joined them.

"Hey Shadow, I need to talk to you," Shrapnel said.

"What is it?" Shadow asked in his British accent.

"I think Raven told someone about the information," Shrapnel said closing the door to his office.

"That fuckin' yank," Shadow said gripping his fists. "How are we gonna deal with our little problem."

"Well, if we kill him ourselves, then the person he told will know it was us," Shrapnel said thinking.

"What the fuck are we supposed to do then?" Shadow said. Suddenly the room filled with light followed by a loud bang.

"Hello," a voice said to them as the light cleared. Shrapnel and Shadow looked over and saw a dark brown chipmunk with two black stripes coming from the top of his light brown eyes going down his back. He was wearing a brown leather duster which he had buttoned up so you couldn't see what he was wearing underneath it.

"Who the hell are you?" Shrapnel said surprised.

"I am simply a stranger, a stranger that can help you with your problem," the chipmunk said.

"And how are you going to do that?" Shrapnel asked.

"I'll take care of it myself," the chipmunk said reaching into his duster and pulling out a folder and handing to Shrapnel. "Give these to Specs and tell him they have a mission. I'll take care of it from there."

"And how can I trust your not working with them?" Shrapnel asked.

"You never trust anyone anyway, Shrapnel," the chipmunk said as the bright light filled the room again followed by the loud bang and then he was gone.

"Shadow give these to Specs," Shrapnel said handing the folders to Shadow.

"Are we seriously gonna trust that guy?" Shadow asked looking at the contents of the folder.

"Do we really have a choice?" Shrapnel replied hoping he's made the right choice.

Birdy

Birdy was sitting in her room tidying up a bit when she heard a loud bang from the storage closet connected to her room.

"What the fuck," she said quietly to herself as she opened the door to the closet and turned on the light.

"Hello, Birdy," a chipmunk said to her as the light illuminated the room. Birdy surprised, turned to see a dark brown chipmunk wearing a brown leather duster.

"Who the hell are you?" she said jumping back pulling out a small knife.

"You won't be needing that," the chipmunk said as he straightened his leather duster.

"Yeah, right. Who are you?" Birdy asked becoming more defensive as the chipmunk came closer to her.

"I am simply a stranger, an Observer" he said. "I'm not here to hurt you or anyone else for that matter. I'm only here to tell you what is yet to happen."

"What the fuck is an Observer?" Birdy asked.

"It doesn't matter, and all that is important is that you do what you're supposed to when the time is right," the chipmunk said.

"And what is that?" Birdy asked.

"That you kill Shadow," the chipmunk said.

"What?" Birdy asked. "Why would I do that?"

"Because he is going to try to kill you, Raven, Specs, and Anthony," the chipmunk said.

"Why would he do that?" Birdy asked.

"It doesn't matter, all you must do is stop him," the chipmunk said.

"And when is this supposed to happen then?" Birdy asked.

"You will know," the chipmunk said as a blinding light filled the room followed by a loud bang and then he was gone.

"Well that was extremely unhelpful," Birdy said as she put the knife away and began to search the room for signs of how the chipmunk got in without going through her room.

"How the fuck did he do that. It's not possible. There's not even any sign of forced entry," Birdy said to herself. "Who the fuck was that guy?"

Specs

Specs had just finished handing out one of the folders to Birdy who seemed a bit distracted by something and was now looking for Anthony. He looked up from one of the folders he was reading and saw Anthony heading for the door.

"Hey Skunkworks!" Specs called to Anthony.

Anthony turned around to see Specs running towards him. "Yeah, what is it? I was just about to head back to California before my kids get here."

"Kids? You're a dad?" Specs asked.

"Well not yet, but that's soon to change," Anthony said smiling.

"I have some bad news then. We have an assignment," Specs said handing a folder to Anthony.

"You have to be joking," Anthony said as he took the folder.

"Sorry," Specs said.

"You have a phone somewhere?" Anthony asked.

"Yeah it's just over there," Specs said pointing to one of the side rooms.

"Vinny is gonna be pissed," Anthony said as he made his way to the side room.

Specs turned around and saw a dark brown chipmunk wearing a brown leather duster standing directly in front of him.

"Hello, Specs," the chipmunk said.

"Holy shit, who the hell are you?" Specs asked surprised taking a few steps back.

"I am no one, just an Observer," the chipmunk said. "There is important work that you must do."

"What? Work? And that didn't answer my question." Specs said.

"Your task is to keep Anthony safe, and do not tell him what you are doing or why you are doing it," the chipmunk said.

"Um… Okay random guy who I don't know. I'll get right on that," Specs said.

"This is no game," the chipmunk said grabbing Specs by the throat and slamming him into a wall. "You will do as you're told. You're life and the life of him and his family depends on it. Will you have their death on your hands?"

"Well, technically I have paws," Specs manage to say. The chipmunks grip grew tighter around Specs neck. "Okay I'll do it," Specs said then the chipmunk let him go and Specs fell to the ground coughing with a paw soothing his neck.

"Do not fail," the chipmunk said as he vanished in a bright light.

Raven

Raven watched in amazement as the chipmunk Specs was talking to vanished into thin air.

"Raven, its not very polite to eavesdrop," a voice said behind him. Raven's eyes got wide as he recognized the voice as the chipmunk's that was just talking to Specs. He whipped around and looked into the chipmunks light brown eyes.

"Holy shit, don't kill me!" Raven yelled as he almost fell off the rafters and on to the ground far below him.

"I'm not here to kill you, but since you were listing to our conversation I have a better use for you," the chipmunk said. "You're going to help Specs with his assignment or suffer the same fate."

"Okay, just don't fuckin' kill me, and why is this Anthony guy's safety so important to you anyway?" Raven asked as the chipmunk started walking away.

The chipmunk turned back to him and as the bright light started to shine again the chipmunk said, "Because he's my brother."

"His brother, that's not possible," Raven said to himself looking at the spot where the chipmunk once stood.