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Once Raiden saw that Omni was gone he turned his attention to Elwood.He was having trouble controlling his blood lust."Elwood, I know you lost quite a bit yourself, but I need some of your blood before I feed on the wrong people."He said.There was a definite desperateness in his voice.

Retto still lay unconscious in the ally.

((Can you get Omni to do something? Ruth and Archer are between him and HQ))

"Clare, we have company," Mercav whispered.

Clare jumped and suddenly noticed a strange man standing outside the sewer. Her brain immediately entered the 'fight or flight' mode. Could this man possibly be from the government? It was so hard to tell who was friend and foe. Running was not an opinion, for no doubt the man had already spotted her. At least she appeared normal. Mercav, however...not so much. She remained frozen, yet tried to remain casual as she possibly could. Slowly, she turned away from the man and hissed in Mercav's ear, "What do we do?"

Mercav sighed, "Do you even know that he's a threat?"

"What kind of creeps just hang around sewers?"

"If my memory serves correctly, you were just about to jump into the sewers yourself."

"Well...yeah, but..."

Mercav smirked, "So doesn't that make you just as creepy?"

"Oh never mind!"

Clare gave slight jump and faced the man, "Oh! I'm so sorry! How rude of me! I'll just um...be on my way..." She laughed nervously and began to back away, pulling Mercav along her with.

Mercav, however, remained fixed where he stood, "My apologies. We're new to the area. No need to start aiming gun barrels at each other."

"Mercav!" Clare hissed, "Come on!"

But instead, Mercav took a step closer, "However, if you still feel the need to shoot something, you may shoot me. I really don't care."

Raiden looked down at his stomach.Three bullet holes had now stopped bleeding,not because they had healed but because they were dried out."Sorry, kind of lost a bit of my own back there."He said.he peirced his fangs in carefully so he wouldn't hurt him to bad as he fed. He didn't take much but enough to tide him until he could actually feed."Thank you."He said.

Omni kept walking trying to ignore them.He had failed.'My upper body was damaged, mostly my arms.I suffered no damage in my programming, but hardware is another story.There are to Gifted blocking my path and There is no chance I could take them in if I was able to defeat them, which stands little chance as is.I am trying to get back with no more encounters, but it seems they are looking for a fight.'He told Nym.He then called some reinforcements.

Desruc smiled.
"It's nice to meet you two. I'm Desruc. Not a very nice name, I know, but hey. You can call me Dess, if you'd prefer."
His gaze lingered on Mercav.
"You're certainly an odd-looking person. Granted, I can't necessarily talk..." He ran a hand through his purplish hair and flashed a smile, his golden colored eyes proving his point.
"Nah, I'm not an agent. I'm just a computer programmer. I've carried the gun ever since I got mugged a year ago."
He didn't like lying, but all the s**t he had gotten into today made him extra wary. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, he scanned the area quickly.
"Ah! I know where we are. Would you prefer a hotel or my place? My place is a shorter walk, but it's a bit of a mess."

"Look, maybe he's not trying to fight us-"
"I don't care! I'm sure he's the Agent! Any Agent I see, I'll kill!" Archer Shifted her hand and rammed the wireman in the stomach. He was babbling.
"Why did you do that! He's a robot! Were'nt the wires sticking out kind of a clue!" Archer sucked at her fingers.
"I worked that out! My hand!"
Ruth faced the robot.
"Look, we've got no choice now. We've attacked him, which means he can kill us. Why can't you stop rushing into things!"
"Why can't you act your age! You're acting like an annoying little kid! You're two years older than me for God's sake!"
Ruth ignored her.
"I thought you said you couldn't Shift!"
"Okay, I was kind of looking forward to a fight."
"Look who's immature now!"
The robot advanced. Ruth flamed her hands, Archer pulled out a dagger, and they got ready to fight.

"Alrighty, then. Don't mind the dents, my work's rather frustrating."
Desruc laughed as he led the way around a couple corners and down a couple blocks before finally leading them up to the steps. Bending over the keypad lock in his door, he fiddled for a minute as he murmured quietly to it, the lock clicking after a moment. It was mostly for show; he wanted to hide his gift as best he could. Flicking on some lights, he grinned at the two.
"You guys hungry? I don't normally eat here much, but I'm sure I have something somewhere..."