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Edmund Extracts the Bank Manager

When a loved one disappears, there is only one person to call. Well, maybe more than one (but Edmund the Extractor is certainly a decent option, if you have the money).

Edmund discovered the robbery through his pirated police scanner. He quickly offered his services to the highest bidder. The mission: extract the bank manager.

Police were handicapped by scruples. Edmund had no such impediment. What he did have was an interesting idea. He pulled a smoke grenade from his utility belt, pulled the pin, and sent it through the drive-thru tube. Once inside the bank, he picked off three assailants with his trick dye pack launcher.

The final assailant stepped forward, gun in hand. “Drop your ludicrous weapon or the bank manager gets it.”

“Okay, you win.” Edmund set his weapon down.

“Hands behind your head.”

Edmund smiled, and pressed ‘fire’ on his hidden neck remote, his final fail safe. The launcher fired a dye pack. Surprised and covered in paint, the assailant fell to the ground.

Another job well done.

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