And you thought the Gay Bomb was weird...

A package was sealed in a simple cardboard box, a package was delivered, a package was received, it doesn't particularly matter where, cause the blast radius was flooring, shocking, mass altering. A bomb was planted, no one was any the wiser, it was rather silent, not making any real noise to be concerned about, like a snake in the densest grass. A local police officer, Carter Blackstone was making the rounds about town, checking on the locals and seeing to that nothing was out of order. Though he attempted to pretend everything was perfectly fine and normal as to not scare the citizens things weren't quite so simple and safe, countless rumors swirled on a group of some kind; perhaps even a company that had been working on a secret project of which any who dared talk about their concerns and worries whilst working their would mysteriously be fired and become mute on any and all things concerning the subject of their former place of work. Almost as if their lips would magically seal shut whenever the particular topic came up, or like some kind of compulsive truth avoidance serum, Carter despised feeling uneasy like this, it made it so much harder to do his job and to do right by the people.

Nevertheless, he persevered trying to make sure to quell any bits of budding panic and not letting any talk of such things get to bad and to otherwise reassure those not as close to such conversations. The police wanted to do something, perhaps launch a full scale investigation, but somehow as if done on purpose somehow the paperwork and the legality of it all seemed to just spiral into nothing, if they risked sending undercover agents in they'd get in serious trouble and be accused of paranoia and a lack of "respecting private businesses' privacy". That wasn't going to stop Carter though, he was going to do some investigating despite this as subtlety as he could and if worst came to worst claim that the chief had fired him in secret and this investigation was Carter's and only Carter's idea. No reason to drag down the reputation of the police station over a bad feeling he and the station couldn't shake off and had to look into even when he acknowledged it probably wasn't a good idea. Bethany Graywire looked around happy to hang out in a little spot by their house with their child Leela Graywire, sitting in a couple of metal chairs around a glass and metal table they sat in, enjoying their breakfast they had gotten at a drive through, taking in the fresh air on a sunny day.

Carter parked nearby and sighed, he couldn't ever be to sure but he had been at this all day, so he decided that this would be the final time. He went up to the thirty five year old mother and her eight year old daughter sitting next to each other at a simple little outdoor fixture by what he thought was likely the house of the two. As he popped the question "Ma'am have you heard of any rumors about about a local private company working on a potentially dangerous secret project? I understand that probably sounds quite silly and like something you'd expect to hear out of a movie but this is not a joke, this is a very serious concern that I am personally investigating." Bethany absorbed this as she finished up the last piece of her sausage, Leela looked like she was gonna say something but Bethany made a gesture for her to continue eating before she spoke up. "No officer I am afraid to say I am not familiar with this case that you are referring to but I do wish you luck and that you get to the bottom of this for the sake of my family and the other incredible families that live within this suburb."

Carter nodded and tipped his policemen hat as he began to walk back towards his police car again as the package that had ended up on Bethany's doorstep an hour prior whilst they were getting breakfast, with its secret little gift, its time ticked down to the last twenty seconds and finally began to make actual noise. The noise of a terrifying and increasingly rapid beeping began to speed up as Carter whipped himself around whilst Bethany's face stretched in fear, and she grabbed and held Leela within her protective embrace. Carter dashed as fast as he could towards the package as with a darkened face Bethany looked down to Leela trying to soothe her fear if this was truly what it seemed like it would end up being "Leela, Leela, Leela look at mommy, look at mommy, no matter what mommy will always love yo-" Leela looked up to absorb everything her mother had to say, fear clear on her face not understanding what was going on before the timer ran out and Carter didn't even have time to voice his regret as the bomb went off creating a blinding light in an explosion that engulfed the entire county.