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Raleigh cocked his head. "Hey, do either of you hear that?"

Raleigh proceeded to follow after Szon, for lack of anything else to do and interest in the clangs.

Raleigh proceeded to speed up until he was right behind Szon. "What, trying to leave us behind?"

Raleigh said "What's going on there?"

Raleigh stopped walking and stood silently,waiting for Szon to say something.

On an abandoned lot, dominated by only a dilapidated warehouse, a strange project was going on.

Aberrants of all types were hauling heavy slabs of metal and wood and rock, ripping apart cars and telephone poles and the very street for their materials. They sluggishly hauled them into the building one at a time.

"C'mon, move your asses!" The voice was gruff and deep, emanating from a muscular mammoth of a man. He was easily six foot nine, dressed in torn jeans, brown work boots, and a ripped white Gold's Gym T-shirt. Sweat glistened off his brown skin and shaved head, as steely brown eyes surveyed the crew.

Next to him, an equally impressive physical specimen leaned against the wall, chewing gum. He wore black sweats, old tennis shoes, and no shirt at all. Slung across his left shoulder were a pair of tied-together boxing gloves. His skin was tanned but decidedly Caucasian. He wore his brown hair in a crew cut, and his deep blue eyes held a steady bead on the Aberrant workers.

"Yeah, lunchtime isn't for another six hours, so no water cooler talk!" The pair shared a laugh.

"What are you doing near them? Do guys wanna get killed?"

Raleigh muttered "They can't kill us. Even if we couldn't fight them, we'd escape. Stop being so fatalistic."