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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 5082206" data-attributes="member: 3285">Unit 23: Part 3 – The Thing in the VanArchive, Hammer, and Jim-Bean stood uncertainly at the entryway to Unit 23, trying to figure out what the hell was going on.Amidst the swirling smoke and occasional spurts of blood, black figures darted in and out.  Hammer kept his pistols trained on the entrance, waiting to see what came coughing out of it. Archive stood beside him, muttering an incantation.Jim-Bean wandered into the melee, firing grenades at random. FOONT!  The explosion caused more screams.  The explosion masked the roar of a vehicle's engine as it made a crazy dash for the wide open exit. Archive suddenly froze up.  Eyes fluttering, he staggered. Hammer took careful aim and squeezed off a single shot, puncturing the rear wheel.  The van, previously barreling past them, suddenly took a sharp turn…right at Hammer and Archive."Move!" shouted Hammer.  Catching a glimpse of Archive's slumping form, he slammed into him, knocking them both flat.The van flipped over them, completing a full revolution before landing on its bent wheels. It teetered once, twice, and then was still.A pitch-black winged figure flopped out of the van.  It had webbed feet and hands, with a long snorkel like tentacle dangling from its face. Its skin was rough and catfish-like.Jim-Bean got a good look at it as its black, pupiless eyes focused on him.  He could feel the psychic pressure of a thing not meant for this world.  "Huh," said Jim-Bean calmly.  Unphased, he reloaded the grenade launcher and took aim.Before he could pull the trigger, it was gone.  Guppy and Caprice ran around to the back of the van. "Oh, hi guys," said Jim-Bean.  "You just missed the Insane Horror from Beyond Time and Space."Caprice dove into the van, rifling through the artifacts."Did you find it?" asked Guppy."Yes!" Caprice crawled back out of the van with the shillelagh he won in the bid.  "Not that, the book!""Oh.  Nope.  There's a book on torturing people and a book about physics, but nothing in Portuguese.""Great," said Hammer, joining them with a rattled Archive in tow.  "Whatever was in the van escaped with it.""Well I guess we can go home then," said Jim-Bean.Hammer cleared his throat and nodded in the direction of the continuing fracas in the warehouse."Oh, right."  Jim-Bean fired his machinegun in the air.  "May I have your attention please, gentlemen!  The police will be here any minute.  I recommend you leave before they arrive."The smoke had cleared.  White Shadows and bikers previously engaged in a death struggle stared blankly at Jim-Bean.He cocked his grenade launcher for emphasis.The White Shadows scattered, leaving dead bikers in their wake.Hammer shook his head. "I hate tcho-tchos."</blockquote>

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