[CW] Write a short story with compelling dialogue without telling us who is saying what.

"This isn't what we agreed on!"

"You're going to tell me he didn't have that one ocoming to him"

"That's irrelevant, what are we supposed to report now. 'Ohh sorry. right yeah, he was shot actually but really sir, really, you should have seen his attitude"

"Fine then, what do we do now"

"What the fuck do you think we're going to do. Make this disappear. You're going to make this disappear. Nothing in the contract about heavy lifting on my end"

"Oh fuck, oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck"

"Is that a fucking - , fuck me, just don't say a fucking word. You don't speak English. Ill handle this"

"Evening, is there a problem"

"Its been all over the radio son, two males known to law enforcement spotted armed at a pub a couple miles back. Possibly armed and dangerous. Would you mind exiting the vehicle. All roads in and out of city lines are blocked. Routine, you two understand."

"Radios been broken for weeks officer, haven't heard a thing"

"Right well, all the same. Both of you please exit your vehicle. Hands out of pocket please."

''Cold evening sir, can't this be dealt with comfortably. We're just passing through. Visiting a friend, badly beaten you see. Broken arms, collarbone, eye socket. Completely random. Its astonishing, I think, how often people find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Poor sap, didn't even see it coming"

"My friend here, hes always been the sympathetic type. Well I use sympathetic loosely I 'spose"

"Like I said, didn't even see it coming. Just wrong place at the wrong time see. Maybe you're walking down the wrong street, or you piss off the wrong guy in the pub. Maybe you pull over the wrong car at a routine checkpoint."

"Officer Miles calling for backup on South end"

"Fuck! Are you fucking kidding me. Fuck me. What the fuck was that for?"

"I didn't like the way he looked at me, you saw it. Smarmy bastard with his flashlight"

"You can't just fucking shoot everybody who looks at you. You're fucked if you think I'm going to be the one to report this back. Youll pay for taking one of their own."

"If they cared about their own, they wouldn't have asked us to intervene."

"Is that what you call an intervention? Because they won't. Fuck me, pass the tarp."

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