[@Zapdos][@RumikoOhara][@HumanMusic]

Cato watched as the kid came over to him. [i]Very trusting[/i] he thought to himself, he knelt down as the boy came to stand behind him so that he could hear him better. 

[i]“Thanks for not shooting, mister. I can’t fight much, but I could clean your rifle or something after this?” [/i] the boy said by way of introduction.

Cato considered the boys words. [i]Shoot him? Why on earth would he have shot him? Oh well[/i], getting his rifle given a once-over seemed like a good prospect. 'Don't worry kid' he said in his somewhat raspy voice, made all the more distorted by his gas mask, 'Stick with me, I could use a mechanic and from the looks of things' he glanced at the boy's ride 'you need someone to watch you back'.

[i]“that girl’s walking kinda weird, don’t you think?”[/i] the boy said suddenly.

At that Cato turned back to observe the figure of the woman he seen drop from the bus confidently advancing towards him. At this he stood up and pulled himself up to his full height taking his rifle in both hands. [i]She looks harmless enough[/i] he thought [i]looks[/i] he qualified to himself. He'd been tricked in the past and he wasn't keen to be tricked again but she seemed harmless enough. 'That's close enough ma'am, mind telling me what you want?' he said addressing her, trying to place himself between both the area where the mutant had been, the advancing woman and the boy.

He noted that near where the creature had died the woman had been joined by another man, clearly he was the other shooter. Though it seemed he was rather reluctant. [i]So many[/i] Cato thought to himself [i]where have they all been?[/i] He started to whistle as he waited for the woman's answer, continuing the bars of Yellow Submarine.