Dino flipped the small bomb in his hand, still in disbelief he was about to blow up the home of a   
m a y b e    guilty man.
According to Tbh, they were no more then a few minutes from Socks base.
A sound from the bushes next to him pulled Dino from his thoughts. Instinctively, he pulled a gun from his pocket and aimed it at the greenery.
"What are you-" Joocie started, trailing off as he noticed the motion in the bushes.
"Waitwaitwait don't shoot!" A familiar voice exclaimed. Confused, Dino lowered his gun. "Nadwe?!?"
The 14-year-old emerged from the bushes, covered and twigs and leaves. "We came to help." He announced as if it was absurd that Dino hadn't thought he was coming.
"We?" Tbh asked, surprised.
"Oh, yeah, Muffin, you don't have to stay in the bush." Nadwe added, turning around.
"But I like it here :(" His friend mumbled. (Yes, Muffin talks in frowny faces now)
"Do you wanna help with Socks or not?" Nadwe teased. If only he'd known Muffin really didn't want to "help"...
"Yous shouldn' be here." Laff said disapprovingly.
/You shouldn't either. It wasn't Socks./ Muffin added to himself.
"Oh come on, pweeese?" Nadwe begged, activating his pouty face. It was game over for that argument. Once the pouty face came out, there was no fighting it.
So that was how two children got involved in arson.
They arrived at Socks' setup a few minutes later, and Muffin had to admit, he had expected something at least relatively large. Instead, all there was was a small wooden hut. He could've made that himself, for heck's sake. If Muffin could make it, it wasn't very threatening.
"Alright, surround th' house." Laff ordered as if they were trying to trap an unknown creature.
Muffin ignored Laff, knowing no one cared if he helped or not. One of the few perks of being a child was no one thought you could help, though it was mostly a con.
Laff nodded at Dino, who started toward the house as quietly as possible. All he had to do was get close, place the bomb, and start the timer.
They came at night, so hopefully Socks was asleep. And hopefully Dino wouldn't wake him.
He got near the wall and sat the bomb down carefully, afraid the tiniest nudge might blow it up.
Thankfully, that didn't happen.
He stared at the button at the top of the device, his finger hovering over it shakily.
Was he really doing this? I mean, he was only hurting the house. They would get Socks out before it blew up. Right?
With a deep breath, he pressed the button.

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