Julia gave her a long, suspicious look. "Really. You think you know him so well, huh?"
"Can it, Carr," Duke growled.
"Alright, alright, everybody sit down so I can explain," the Chief ordered, and then proceeded to start his speech without actually waiting for them to sit. "I was a rookie. The one time I saw one of these chameleon things. Just back from 'Nam, where I guess I thought I'd pretty much seen and done everything. Until I was forced to shoot my own partner, right in the head, to stop him from killing me."
"You shot your partner?" Audrey asked. Nathan, hovering just over her shoulder, gave his father a narrow-eyed look.
"Chameleon killed my partner," the Chief said. "He'd taken his shape, taken his personality, taken everything. I killed the chameleon. But not before it had copied and killed six people. Now, 27 years on the job, and the only thing I've ever hoped for was that I'd never have to see one of them again."
Re: As You Were - the death
"Can it, Carr," Duke growled.
"Alright, alright, everybody sit down so I can explain," the Chief ordered, and then proceeded to start his speech without actually waiting for them to sit. "I was a rookie. The one time I saw one of these chameleon things. Just back from 'Nam, where I guess I thought I'd pretty much seen and done everything. Until I was forced to shoot my own partner, right in the head, to stop him from killing me."
"You shot your partner?" Audrey asked. Nathan, hovering just over her shoulder, gave his father a narrow-eyed look.
"Chameleon killed my partner," the Chief said. "He'd taken his shape, taken his personality, taken everything. I killed the chameleon. But not before it had copied and killed six people. Now, 27 years on the job, and the only thing I've ever hoped for was that I'd never have to see one of them again."