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“You’re standing in the wrong position,” Max said. “Stand with your back to me.”
“I just hope the helicopter can find us,” 99 said. “There are probably hundreds of little islands like this around here.”
“It’ll be along,” Max assured her. He turned to Brattleboro. “Well, this is about the end of the line for us,” he said. “Frankly, when we started out, I had my doubts about a KAOS agent and two Control agents working together. I was sure there would be a lot of conflict. But I guess that our experience proves that it’s really possible for the lion and the lamb to lie down together.”
Brattleboro looked around. “Where?”
“What I mean is, our experience proves that it’s possible for two natural enemies, like the lion and the lamb, or like Control and KAOS, to work together.”
“You’re right,” Brattleboro said. “I’ve had a wonderful time on this mission. And not once did I think of you or 99 as the enemy.”
“Not even when you tried to kill us?” 99 asked.
“I was having nice thoughts all the while.”
“Brattleboro, I’d be very pleased if you’d call me friend,” Max said.
“You changing your name?”
“No, no. I mean from now on, I want you to think of me as your friend.”
“You, too,” Brattleboro smiled. “You think of me as your friend, too-okay?”
Max extended a hand. “Buddy. .”
Brattleboro started to respond in kind. “Buddy. .”
“There it is!” 99 shouted.
Max and Brattleboro clipped each other with a karate chop. They dropped to the ground, each one having rendered the other unconscious.
A second or so later, the helicopter landed. The pilot jumped down. He looked puzzledly at Max, unconscious on the sand, then at Brattleboro, unconscious beside him.
“Boy, that’s a relief,” the pilot said. “From up there, when I was coming down, you know what these two looked like?”
99 shook her head.
“A lion and a lamb,” the pilot replied.
“No,” 99 said. “They’re just. . just buddies. .”
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