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He wandered the streets for a while, it was definitely more active than the last town they were in. People were everywhere even though it was already dark, it just didn’t seem to bother them the way it did back where they used to live. The nightlife here was actually a thing and he wanted to be a part of it. He was just about to head into a nightclub, when he heard a strange noise. Roman turned his head as he approached an alley, it wasn’t the kind of sound a human would be able to hear so he had to be careful not to let on that he’d heard it. 

Acting casual, he stopped at the alley entrance and lit up a cigarette. 

He looked at the tall man who was standing about halfway in, the shadows concealing his face like a mask. It was not often that Roman would meet someone as tall as himself. He tried to be friendly and nodded at the man, offering him a smile but tensing up in case the guy was bad news.

“’Sup?”

𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑔𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒹𝑔𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑔𝑒, 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓁𝒶𝓌𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽𝒷𝑜𝓇 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓌𝓃, 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝒷𝑜𝓎 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝒽𝒶𝒾𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝓁𝓊𝑒 𝑒𝓎𝑒𝓈, 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒟𝒶𝓂𝒾𝑒𝓃. 𝐻𝑒 𝓈𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒹. 

"𝒲𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎?"

The sky was gray with smoke from several fires that had ravaged the area around him, yet he could smell the faint scent of rain on the way. Gage was not worried about a storm, he just wanted something to eat. Wandering around in this unfamiliar landscape was discouraging, there were not any people anywhere. Just trees, shrubs and lots of thunderous booms in the distance. His stomach felt empty and it began to hurt.

Just as the rain began to fall heavily, some hours after the smoke had just about taken over the entire sky, something caught Gage’s attention. The sound of stumbling and then a fall. He walked toward the sounds, eventually finding a soldier unconscious and laying propped against a tree. Gage tugged on the man’s arm and lay him down onto his back, then he leaned over and began to bite chunks of flesh from the man’s throat. 

Of course, it was short lived. Not twenty minutes in and he was already hearing some odd sounds coming from behind him. Thinking it was one of Lionel’s lackeys, he slipped into a side street and pressed himself up against the wall. When his follower came around the corner, Lex grabbed him and pressed him against the wall.

“I don’t know why you’re following me, but I’d really appreciate it if you’d stop.”