The Building is Falling Down

Night had come again, Nixon and Seth make their way to a smaller building and hide in a smaller area within the building, weapons readied. Hours and hours. They repeated this pattern for multiple days, hiding in a building, and running to another in the morning without a real goal in mind. The only thing that they had to think about was survival.

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The boy had thought he had lost his arms for good, that they'd be rendered useless from the pain but he came out unscathed. The orphans felt bad for him after hearing his screams ring out through the orphanage but they couldn't say anything simply because of the embarrassment they felt for their naivety.

Hours into the same day...

The doorbell to the orphanage rings wildly, constantly repeated. Irritated, a worker walks over to the door and swings it open to see a tall man covered in black, a mask blocking their face in the shape of a bird. The worker raises an eyebrow, waiting for a response at the door.