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Beck wandered through the downtown streets, making her way back to her VW. She was wearing combat clothes and a simple tactical rig, her pistol empty and holstered on her left calf. Normally she didn’t like being this kitted out in public; it tended to scare people a little bit to see a paramilitary hobo walking down the road, but it was barely dawn and last night hadn’t given her much of a choice.
She had arranged to rendezvous with a certain vampire who claimed to have some information about the Progenitors, but what was supposed to be a simple chat turned into a wild chase around town hunting down two crazed new vampires who took her target hostage. It ended up being a huge bust; she managed to stake and kill the two meddlesome vamps, but her target was so spooked by the whole thing that he fled into the woods without saying a word. Beck sighed and put her fingers to her temple. What a waste of time.
As she rounded a corner off of the main street, she saw a person she’d never seen before. Just across the next road was a young woman with jet black hair, who seemed maybe a bit distressed. Beck took a few quick strides toward her; maybe this night didn’t have to be a waste. [b]“Excuse me! Miss!”[/b] Beck called to the mystery woman, waving an arm to get her attention as she continued speed-walking toward her. [b]”Do you have a moment? I just want to ask you something.”[/b]