Ethan saw the dots of Lee’s eyes shrink. She raised a hand to the back side of the alley.

[i]“I didn’t say anything wrong di-?”[/i] he thought when he felt the rain suddenly stop pouring. 

[i]“Wha-?”[/i] he thought when the water droplets fell not down but flew to the side. He felt the sudden rush of the liquid particles against his face, as they flew in the direction of Lee’s hand.

“Whoa shoot!” he yelled as he tripped backwards on a garbage bag.

The impact hurt and Ethan’s sense of smell was violated by the smell of rotten food and other nauseatingly noxious odors.

[i]“Ow..,”[/i] he thought and rubbed his head.

“Lee I do not mean you harm!” he yelled out.

At that moment he heard the sound of wet footsteps approach him.

A heavily accented voice croaked, "Angel of Heaven indeed! How humanity managed to defeat you is beyond me."

The approaching figure became clearer as he stepped into the light. It was a man in a yellow rainsuit with a pistol in his hand."Worry not, I am not your enemy.You are lucky, my friend, to have found such a fine angel. I assume you are going to keep her?"

Ethan looked at the man in the rainsuit. His eyes widened as he holstered his pistol. [i]“Oh crud,” [/i]Ethan thought. Only one kind of person carried those old weapons. [i]“He’s a revolutionary, one of the crazies.”[/i]

“Look man, I don’t really want trouble around here. I’m just a honest mechanic doing my job,” Ethan replied.

His thoughts raced with what he should do.[i] “I can’t send out an emergency call to police. If they took Lee and knew I’d tampered with programming…”[/i] he thought. The image of visored and emotionless faces of Desium OPSEC personnel flashed in his head. 

“Lee, come with me,” he whispered towards her, his eyes still looking at the man’s pistol.

He stressed out. “Dude, I’m just gonna go and get this unit to a repair station. I don’t really have anything to do with your conflict with Desium Corp. Just trying to make an honest living, “ he said and started walking back towards his hoverbike.