Apparently luck, or at least one aspect of it, was with Alex today. The alley did in fact seem to be clear and through the various turns he made there wasn’t a single Walker in his path. It was a bit hard at first to tell if he was getting closer, given how the walls bounced the alarm’s sound, but it couldn’t fully muffle the climbing volume as he got near. He slowed to a walk as he approached another corner ahead, and gave it a wide berth as he looked around it. Last thing he wanted was to hug the wall, peak around, and get a Walker to the face. Not that that would have happened though, given how the alley was clear as well. The street that laid at the end of it? Not so much. Stragglers occasionally shuffled past the entrance on their way to the car alarm, so while Alex didn’t think he’d get overrun the moment he stepped out the chance of him having to fight was basically 100%. That, and he couldn’t be certain which building housed the rifle-toting lady, though he was fairly certain he was in the right area. 

What he was about to do was probably stupid, but only marginally more than trying his luck by heading onto the street. Breathing deep, tossing the crowbar hand to hand, he called out, [b]“Anybody around?!?”[/b] Now hopefully it wasn’t only the Walkers that had heard him. He was fairly sure that any in the street had heard him, but the car alarm a bit off probably drowned out his voice before it traveled too far. If he was completely off and the rifle lady wasn't nearby at all, he could always book it back down the way he had came. There hadn't been any Walkers on his way here, so with any luck there wouldn't be any if he needed to back off, but even if there were it'd probably be far easier to deal with than the mini-horde he might have just attracted.