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((Oh, you DID say you weren't returning.))

Anatoly glanced over as Mike applied the sticker to puncture in Widle's throat.

The Sticker fused over the hole and Wilde let out a relieved sigh. He sank into unconsciousness as the blood flow slowed down.
Rufus drove on in silence.

"No," Rufus said. "You're going to carry Wilde to the Infirmary. Then, you're going to go to the Armory and turn in your Stickers. Then you go see Stark."
Rufus went into the base, presumably to ready the Infirmary.

Kitt was asleep. Rufus was out, and two aides were bustling around. There were a few other people lying around in the infirmary as well.

"Come in." The voice rang ominously from the other side of the door.

Stark was sitting in a chair, turned so that Anatoly could not see him. "Sit," he said.

Anatoly sat, not saying a word. This was all damage control now....

Anatoly took a deep breath.

"We arrived. I carved this quarter with the Letter Opener and we got in unquestioned. I bullshat us through the checkpoint by basically acting like I knew more and capitalizing on the crazy rumors about the secret government groups with the engraved-coin IDs, claiming we were there to investigate a 'misappropriation of funds' claim. I got us to the quartermaster, convinced him to hand over his inventory records, and had one of the other new guys, Mike look through them. I said we needed to check on receipt of the Mysticker you sent us for.

"Wilde went with them and disappeared. My guess is he killed the guards there, took the sticker, and ditched us. Mike covered us, mutilating the face of a guard and claiming that it was Wilde, and that the guard had stolen it. I told the QM we needed to get a lineup of his guards and sent Mike and the other new guy, Z, to 'look for traces of an escape' so they could get back to the car. I called Wilde to ask him to make sure they got away - he pulled some bullshit about me having to admit I couldn't do the mission without him when he'd stolen our target from under us and drawn suspicion.

"I told the QM that it was actually the guard who'd died and that Wilde was a 'rogue agent' who'd just transferred all his funds to Swiss banks. He bought it. I claimed that a somewhat out-of-control agent was coming and we had less than ten minutes to find Wilde before the agent would arrive. I then told the QM I had to meet with the agent at the entrance to try to ensure minimal chaos after sending Z and Mike back to our vehicle. Z informed me Wilde was already there, god forbid he actually communicate and tell us we didn't need to wait for him, and I went back. I told Wilde I was never letting him carry the goods on a mission with him again since he ran off like that, and he put me in a headlock and Z in an armbar.

"I fully charged Joy Buzzer and Skulltap, then used Joy Buzzer on him twice, shifting Skulltap's charge onto Buzzer. I lost it about there."