Something happens along the way!

Stepping out into the rain once again you head off to the mark's house.

He's supposedly a family guy... He's got a wife and three kids, two daughters and a son. He's pissed off the wrong people and it's his time. The parameters of the job say you're to kill him, it doesn't matter how. Details cost money and this guy apparently isn't worth that much.

You hail a cab and decide to walk the remaining few blocks to the mark's apartment building. You pay for the cab with your fake credstick and step back out into the rain.

It's time now, you know he's going to be coming home soon.

The building is not that upscale, though cameras are just about everywhere, your information tells you the entrance to the building is usually empty and has no cameras. It's the perfect spot. You wait in the alley between two buildings down the street for the right time.

But things don't ever go smoothly. You hear a sound behind you, something like a growling. It's distant, you flash on your sound amplifier implants. The world becomes a lot louder, almost painfully so, but the filters focus on the growling at your command. It's less than 100 feet behind you. You turn around slowly and refocus the sound amplifier.

The alley is dim, the buildings are high and not much light penetrates the thick rain clouds.

Your perception again changes as an infrared overlay displays all heat signatures in the alley. There it is, behind the dumpster next to that door. It sits low, but you can only tell it puts off body heat...

You wait and watch, it's not moving, it's not after you. What is a creature of this size doing in the city? The sound goes away, your sound filters pick out someone talking behind the door in the alleyway the creature is crouched next to. The door pops open and a pretty young woman lugging two bulging trash bags steps out, letting the door slam behind her.

She pauses a moment seeing you looking at her at the end of the alley but she keeps moving. She wears an apron, must be a waitress. She's quite shapely and attractive. Normally you'd stop and give an appreciative glance, but she's standing right next to something large and abnormal... That changes things a bit...

'Why doesn't she see it?' you find yourself thinking. She moves straight to the dumpster and tosses the garbage in. She looks back over to you, "Somethin' wrong?" she says in a sweet voice as she pulls out a pack of cigarettes.

The large blob of heat moves out from behind the dumpster and you involuntarily feel a fight or flight response coming on, adrenaline flows hot suddenly. The thing is invisible... And it's moving without a sound... She can't see it!

Before you can react a tendril of heat flicks out and slaps the girl on the neck, retracting quickly. The girl's eyes go wide a moment and she seems to try to move, but doesn't quite manage it. She's trying to scream as a large invisible arm wraps around her and starts dragging her toward the end of the alleyway. You see large claws emitting heat now that the arm is separate from the rest of the blob.

This thing may be a problem, but can you really let that girl be killed? Or worse? Do you give a damn?