Ballistics

Two moderately successful agents had heard word of new novelty weapons. They made their way to the nearest gun store to see what the news was about. They were greeted with two new handguns, the Magnum and Uzi. One, eager to show the world he was wealthy, immediately purchased the more expensive Magnum and plenty of ammunition. The other, more frugal than his partner, decided to go for the more economical Uzi. They went to the gun range to play with their new toys."So much power in such a small handgun.""I know, they really put the 9mm to shame.""Check out how fast this thing fires, it could really tear someone up!"Feel the kick on this beauty, I definitely don't want to be on the recieving end of this!"They were more than satisfied by their purchases and could not wait to show off to their co-workers. The next day, they arrived at their corporation headquarters and awestruck their colleagues. They recieved a mission to raid a building currently occupied by MegaCorp agents, not a problem for experienced agents like themselves. They assured their co-workers that they could handle the mission on their own and left."Hey, why don't we use our new handguns," the frugal agent suggested."Aren't they only novelty guns though, seems kind of risky," pondered his partner."You felt how powerful they were yesterday, let's see the real deal. Besides, we've done this so many times we could probably do it in our sleep. Let's spice it up a little.""Alright, but we should probably take it slow until we get the hang of it.""Maybe you and your $200 bullets can take your time, but I think me and my automatic handgun can do this in 5 minutes top."With that, the frugal agent charged in before his partner could protest. Gunfire quickly rang out as the agent used his uzi to clear out floor after floor. Before he could claim his prize, he was confronted by one last agent. His weapon was empty, he wasn't paying attention to his ammo. To be taken out by a MegaCorp agent is a disgraceful death. Before the blight could take advantage of the situation, he was sent into a backflip, spraying blood out of what was his face. Behind the frugal agent was his partner with a smoking Magnum."I told you to take it slow, you nearly died!""Yeah, guess I'm used to having 30 bullets in the mag... Gotta remember it's still a handgun with limitted capacity I guess. Still, way more than yours though!""Yeah, well my limited capacity, just saved your life, did you see how I sent that guy flying? Anyway, let's go, don't want to keep the others waiting."The agents returned to their corporation with a mission success, they day was otherwise mundane and profitable for the wealthy agents.Days went by and the agents found themselves called for another mission against MegaCorp. This time a limo was driving around in the city containing a valuable floppy disk. Again, not a problem for our experienced agents. They tracked down the limo easily enough and chased it until it crashed in an intersection with another MegaCorp limo. Both limos were gunned down rapidly from multiple angles. The agents got out of their car and came face to face with the persuers of the other limo, a rival corporation. Meeting agents of other corporations is always tense and this was no difference. Everyone still had their rifles out and the frugal agent was one edge. His partner, however, decided show some good faith and put his gun away. This could be solved peacefully."Okay, there's two limos here, but we only need one disk," announced the Magnum wielder.The other agents started to relax."So, which disk do you-" Our agent was cut off as the rival agents were gunned down in front of him. He instintively took cover behind his car and prepared to return fire to the new asaillant."Haha, no need to hide, I got them all." That was the voice of his partner. He looked up to see the frugal agent grinning proudly in front of the now dead rival agents spinning his Uzi by the trigger-guard."You... you killed them?!""Yeah!""Why?! We could have easily solved this without any violence!""Oh come on, they still had their guns out, they were totally gonna shoot us in the back. Gotta get them before they get us.""They were scared! It seems for good reason too... Come on, let's just get the disk and go before someone sees us and realizes what happened."The two agents returned to their corporation, a mission success. Though the Magnum weilder worried about what became of his friend. Frugal by nature, he often desired to avoid expensive firefights as they are costly in both ammunation and medical assistance.More days went by with the once frugal agent engaging in an increasing number of risky situations. He developed an affinity for his Uzi and found himself spending more of his once heavily guarded money on ammunition for it. These new changes worried his partner as he felt he was losing his old friend to something he could not quite explain. The Uzi wielder would often leave on his own claiming he could handle missions on his own and returning with a smoking gun and a bloodied suit without fail. It was not long before the Magum wielder would only see his friend in the morning and evening when they would clock in or out. It would seem that their partnership was no longer mutually beneficial.A day came where the Magnum weilder called upon to track down yet another MegaCorp limo. Without his partner, he instead gathered his less experienced colleagues and searched for the limo. The limo was sighted and the chase began. As they approached they were suddenly T-boned by an unseen car. The impact was powerful and our agent briefly lost consciousness to the sound of gunfire.When he came to, he was presented with a horrifying sight. All of the passengers in his car were dead, riddled with bullet holes. There was no sign of his attacker other than the wreck of a car embedded into his. He crawled out of his own wreck and saw a familiar figure infront of him. His old partner, scratched and bloody."Oh man, am I glad to see you! Did you see who attacked us? You scare 'em off?""... No.""Well, help me get to the hospital before they get back, I think the impact gave me a concussion or something. Where's your car?"His partner slowly looked behind him at the car wreck."Yeah, it was pretty bad, I know.""I did it.""What?""I attacked you.""What? Why?""I was following the limo.""Yeah, that was our mission.""I didn't know about the mission.""... Then why follow it?""I've been using them as bait.""Bait?""For other agents... Killing MegaCorp... It just doesn't do it for me anymore. They're too easy. I need challenging prey. So I follow the limos, stake out raid targets, and ambush those that seek to their rewards. I didn't even pay attention to the ties. Nearly killed you before I recognized you...""That's... That's wrong! We're only supposed to kill MegaCorp or in self defense!""Why? What makes us so much better than MegaCorp? They don't even attack me anymore, it's like they know I'm helping them. I don't think they're the mindless killing machines we've always been told.""They probably only stopped shooting at you because they can't tell the diference between you and them. You're all murderers!"The limo pulled up next to them. Oddly enough, the occupants were not firing at either one of them. There was one free seat."Maybe you're right. Maybe I am one of them."The Uzi wielder undid his tie and let it drop to the ground."What are you doing? We're supposed to destroy MegaCorp, not join them! We were supposed to become billionaires... together!"The agent moved towards the limo. He turned back before getting in."I'm sorry, but it seems that our paths are no longer moving in the same direction. For your sake, I hope we do not meet again..."With that he stepped in and the limo sped off. For the first time in since he became a millionaire, the Magnum wielder failed a mission.