[center][h1][color=cyan]Alex Woulfe[/color] & [color=f7976a]Jess Goldman[/color][/h1]
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	Alex let out a sigh. Welp, if he made it out of this predicament it would teach him to get some sleep. He must be tired if he forgot to check around the corner. Whoever had come up behind him was obviously a female. He couldn't tell much though since he couldn't get a good sight on her. Darting forward to get away would be a bad move in case she also had a gun so Alex decided to play along for now. He couldn't tell much about her but the blade on his neck felt steady. In a risky attempt to cause the ambusher to lose focus, Alex started with a sarcastic remark. [color=cyan]"Manhunter? I didn't know the Martians were on earth. Huh, now all the Lurkers make sense. They must have caused this disease. Look, lady. I don't know who you are or whoever this [i]'Manhunter'[/i] is. I don't care. I'm just a traveler passing through. I'd appreciate it if you'd remove your weapon from my neck. I ain't-a threat to you. Look, I'll even put my gun on safety if that'll ease your mind."[/color]

	Having only experienced the worst of humanity since the outbreak, Jess realized she might not be the best person to judge someone. In fact, the guy's reference to comics almost made her chuckle. It had been a while since there was anything to laugh about. Whoever he was, he was definitely not with the giant that ate people. And very much like her, he seemed to use humor to keep his spirit up, or maybe she had just caught him on his best day. The one killing, Jess had done a few hours ago, had been out of desperation: a necessary evil in order to escape. Everything was going so fast. And she wasn’t even sure she could execute this guy… [i]well, kid really… [/i]even if he drew his gun on her.

	In a display of exhaustion, she took a step back, allowing him to get a look at her tired figure, and then placed the sword on the floor. Didn’t even put it back in its sheath. Without her jacket, and sitting in her workout attire, she did expose a fair amount of skin, but hardly noticed it. All she could muster was to stumble backwards and end up sitting on the floor like a child. [color=f7976a]“Yeah, you seem like a pretty different kind of breed than what I’ve seen recently.”[/color]

	Alex turned around when the sword was removed from his neck. He saw the woman who looked extremely exhausted. [color=cyan]”Well, I have a reason to keep my humanity. But in actuality, I’m not that much different than most. It all depends on what you’re fighting for really.”[/color]

	At this point, Alex just wanted to walk away. Sure, somewhere deep inside he wanted to help but they just didn’t have the supplies to be helping her. He couldn’t leave though mainly because if she walked out that door the others would see her and would want to help. As Alex pondered what to do, the door right near the two opened up. Alex quickly raised his pistol only to lower it upon sight of Sadie. She slowly walked in, bow in hand, looking from Alex to this new girl. Alex was about to tell Sadie to go back outside when the teen spoke slightly panicking, [color=lightpink]”Alex, who is she? Is she hurt? Did you hurt her.”[/color] Alex groaned at the rapid outburst and Sadie glared at him then looked back to the woman. [color=lightpink]”It’s cold. We should get you some better clothes. You look about the same size as Kiley. She has extra clothes.”[/color]

	[i]So, Alex is his name…[/i] The girl’s words and the firm way she held her bow contradicted her fragile looks. An innocence, even more, glaring than Alex’s, glowed like a halo from her, Jess thought.

	[color=f7976a]“Clothing would be good,”[/color] Jess admitted in one exhale. She picked up her jacket and wrapped herself in it before the cold could do harm. Experience told her to watch her back and don’t fully trust these people quite yet. The naïve glance from the teenage girl told her something different.

	Sheathed sword in hand, Jess went up to Alex’s side. [color=f7976a]“Clothing would be fine, right?” [/color]she said out loud, back to her humorous performance. Then with her back to the girl, she whispered: [color=f7976a]“Look these streets are going to get a visit from some really revolting folks. I’m talking bottom of the barrel nasty. Maybe in a minute. Maybe in an hour. I would suggest you get your people inside and do it fast.”[/color]

	[color=cyan]”Sadie, go tell Kiley what’s going on. If she has clothes to spare then might as well.”[/color] The entire time he spoke Alex looked Jess right in the eyes. He was trying to tell if she was lying or not or worse. Threatening them. At this moment, Alex doubted she was threatening anyone, and judging by the looks of her she probably wasn’t lying.

	Once Sadie walked out the door Alex spoke to the woman before him. [color=cyan]”I’m assuming this Manhunter guy has something to do with what you're talking about. Same with why you look so exhausted?”[/color] He started walking towards the exit motioning for the woman to follow. Alex did keep a close eye on her though.

	[color=f7976a]“ManHunter - or whatever his real name is – has [i]everything [/i]to do with what I’m talking about. And with my recent makeover.” [/color]Jess answered without blinking. [color=f7976a]“You won’t know persistence until you’ve been hunted by him.”[/color]

	[color=cyan]”Alright, then I’ll offer you a deal. We are extremely low on supplies so we can’t leave here just yet. If you help then we will give you a ride out of here or help find a place to hole up. We don’t have many options. Do we have a deal?”[/color]

	[color=f7976a]"I believe we do."[/color] Jess extended her hand. Alex reaches out to shake Jess’ hand. Opening the door, Kiley has a few articles of clothing picked out and Alex tells them that they are all going inside to scavenge together. He purposely leaves out the part about a looming threat.