The refusal

Radigan conagher was a smart man, he was also a fan and personnel friend of abraham lincoln, who did not get assassinated, and it was during one of their conversations that he mentioned something he found odd "that builders league united company is acting suspicious" his friend sighed, he knew this would happan, he was the original pyro for builders league united, and it was only two years ago that he and his colleagues were sacked in favor of new mercs who were just as insane as their predecessors, "radigan, what if I told you that I know exactly what's going on?" now THAT caught radigan's attention, he listened carefully as lincoln wove a sad tale of two brothers that fought over useless land, and he was shocked to learn that he was the pyro class that all mercs on every side feared, by the time he was done radigan had fallen even more silent than usual, he noticed it was time to leave, he said his goodbyes and made his way home….

When he got there, he was immediately struck with the weight of what was happening, men dying and coming back to life, men being cloned, it was something out of science fiction, yet it was very much possible with the research he conducted, and then his assistant came in saying a certain blutarch mann wanted to schedule a meeting, for the first time in a long time, radigan was nervous, the meeting went surprisingly well, when he got back was when things got interesting, a women, similar to the description lincoln gave the administrator, somehow got past his security and made him a deal, she would give him 100 pounds of australium in exchange for building redmond a life extender machine as well, he instantly knew what it would mean for the men fighting, for the men who had families, for the men who would suffer gruesome deaths over and over again, he would not let that happen, he refused her offer, and judging by the shocked and confused stammering that followed she didn't expect it to happen, but it didn't matter, she left with her australium in hand, little did he know, that when she was far enough away she laughed, she would just have to resort to plan b….

MEANWHILE

jack hills was now the proud owner of reliable excavation and demolition, and he was going to see the old owner, redmond mann, who was on his deathbed, it pained him to see a fellow human being suffer like that, and to the shock of everyone, blutarch mann arrived, where he revealed that they never truly hated each other, it was their father that forced them to be who they were and after he was gone they never unlearned their ways, and not long afterwards, redmond mann was dead at 72, while many people considered the land RED and BLU owned to be useless, there was some value to it, the rest of the world was building giant structures that pierced the sky and gravel was a key component to concrete, indeed both companies were making a fortune selling gravel to the rest of the world, and they wanted more, while at first negotiations were held for there to be some type of merger, these broke down and the gravel wars began…