Blisk was found in the lounge of the Syndicate base, drinking some iced lemon water while he waited for Gladiator to return. He had seen that the bounty hunter’s teleportation device had been activated with a course set for Earth, so his arrival was to be expected sometime soon.
In the blink of an eye, the portal opened up. Blisk stood up with his beverage in hand, waiting to hear all about the mission. But while he did see Gladiator come through the portal, it wasn’t exactly the same as how he planned their meeting to be. Once the portal closed, Gladiator was spit out and onto the floor, his body lifeless and encased in stone.
“What the… what is this, some kind of joke?” said Blisk. The old man looked down and found a note attached to the back of Gladiator’s head. Blisk swooped down and snatched the note in his hands, reading through the writing that covered most of the parchment.
“Dear Blisk, it’s Revenant. Did you miss me? No? Aww, that’s too bad. Listen, your buddy here gave me and my friends a hard time tonight. Normally I would hunt you down, but I got candy as a reward for all my struggles, so I will let this one slide. I even brought you a gift of your own: a statute for your own personal decor. Pretty cool, right? Hahaha! Happy Nightmare Night, skin suit!”
Blisk shouted in anger and crumbled the parchment up into a ball, throwing it across the room in sheer frustration.
“You may have beaten me this time, Revenant. But rest assured, you will never get your dirty claws on that source code. The battle may be over, but the war is still coming!”