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    The Raiders attack, the Cleaners fight them. Everyone knows the drill by now. Zanka finds himself matched against Jabber again. Unlike last time, though, he finds he might have a way to beat the man.
    It's... unorthodox.

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    You see, to the locals, The Cleaners was nothing more than a humble odd-jobs company. Need your lawn mowed? Pipes fixed? A missing cat found? They had you covered, no questions asked. They were the kind of workers you barely noticed, slipping in and out of neighbourhoods, blending into the background.

    But when the sun went down and the shop doors closed, The Cleaners became something else entirely. Behind locked doors and soundproofed walls, they ran an underground investigation, gathering intel, tracking movements, and dismantling The Raiders. The ruthless gang tightening its grip on the city.

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    They locked eyes.

    Both breathing hard.

    Bruised. Bleeding. Still not letting go.

    Jabber’s face was inches from his. “You fight like you’re trying to convince yourself you don’t like this.”

    Zanka gritted his teeth. “Shut up.”

    “Make me.”

    Zanka almost did. With a punch. Or maybe something else.

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    Hard work beats genius. Zanka is gonna tattoo that onto the sorry fuckin' hide of everyone who's ever doubted him, and he's gonna start with Jabber fuckin' Wonger. He's gonna prove he's nothing like that guy, or his shithead family.

    (The rush he feels at the sight of blood, at the sweet sound of agony, doesn't mean a thing.)

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    "GREAT! Just great! As if this could GET any better!" Zanka bites out, seething. Of course he's stuck here, injured, in a damp, dirty cell, and of course he's stuck here with fucking Jabber of all people.

    Jabber whistles appreciatively, "Man, you're in a mood today. Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" and cackles at his own joke. Zanka's gonna strangle him. He's gonna rip out those bars with his bare hands and use them to beat Jabber to death.

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    Zanka is taken by some people who want to study givers. Jabber is there too. This somehow makes everything both better and so much worse.

     

    Disclaimer: do NOT feed my work into generative AI or I will fucking GET you.

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  5. Public Bookmark 79

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    -The Cleaners kidnap Jabber for an antidote to a dying Zanka-

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    Is that why he felt like shit? That damn poison was still in his system?! “Wait,” Zanka frowned. “You’re sayin I’m dyin?”

    “Well, yeah— BUT..!” Enjin took his hands out of his pockets and grabbed one edge of the opaque room divider next to the bed. “Good news is, we have a way to heal you!” He dramatically rolled the divider away to reveal-

    Zanka’s eyes grew wide and he suddenly had enough energy to habitually grab Assitaff from her resting place. “Why the hell is he here for?!?!”

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