Contamination

[Farewell]

She remained silent as she lead the way to the sports shop. Zaida didn't mind the bear, as long as he didn't try anything funny.
Eventually arriving at the trashed plaza. She walked to the glass door which was shattered into millions the alarm broken and shelves knocked over. However from the looks of it the building has been empty for some time.

[Razuel]

The vulture sighed and got back into the truck, "Follow him..." The driver nodded and they drove closer to him. Once they got close enough they got out, "Men sweep this area and find him! Be careful though! This whole building is crumbling!" Everyone got out and began to search the area.

A trail of staggering steps were on the ground that led into an alleyway and would lead to Raz, as he had dragged himself into that alleyway and went around a corner in there, not noticing that he was at a dead-end, but it gave him the feeling of being safe.
As Raz laid on the ground, breathing heavily and weakly, he tried to clean the wounds he could reach with his tongue, and did so successfully, 'That wasn't me... I'm not like that, it's what this body has changed me to be... a vicious feral dragon... but strong, and with that strength, I may just survive in this new world.', Raz thought to himself as he continued to lick his wounds.

A large group of anthros could be heard marching towards Raz's location, then at the front of the ally way stood seven anthros with guns. In front of them was the vulture, he smiled, "Now. Why didn't you listen to me? This would have been so much more simpler but nooo, you had to run." He pulled a pistol from his back pocket and aimed it at him, "Get up, and maybe if you listen, I'll fix you up."

Raz groaned and struggled to get up, his legs shaking as he did, and he stumbled from side-to-side as he walked out of the alleyway, "Ugh... I'll co-operate..."

[[INACTIVE]]

The vulture smiled, "Someone help him." Two anthros came out from the group, a tall and skinny white fox, and a muscular tiger. They grabbed Raz gently and helped him walk.

[Razuel]

As much as Raz didn't like this guy already, he was the only one that could help him right now. As Raz exited the alleyway,  he walked to the middle of the street, turned around and stared at the vulture, "I hate to be blunt, but what do you want?"

[[INACTIVE]]

The vulture put the gun in his back pocket again and smiled, "Well, me and my boys heard you and your friends little scuffle and we wanted to help. Sorry for pullin' a gun out on you. Just didn't know if you went feral, cuss it sounded like you did when we came lookin' for yeh." a cat came running up to Raz with a medkit in hand, he gestured Raz to move near the wall so he could dress his wound.

[Razuel]

Raz went where the cat wanted him to go and assisted the cat around him to dress his wounds, "I... didn't even know that creature, it just attacked me... and I think I did go feral... just as new instinct I suppose. I didn't feel pain... or remorse... just do and get it done with... and I didn't like that one bit... I'm nice, and polite... but I suppose that was my other side that knows true justice.", Raz then looked at the vulture and squinted his eyes at them, "I'm Razuel, by the way, Razuel Dracon, former biological experimentalist scientist.", Raz winced at the cat as they touched a very hurt wound, "Argh, be careful... that really hurt."

[[INACTIVE]]

"Sorry." The cat said, he moved more carefully around the wound. The vulture replied back, "Names, Bailey Stowe. Former Green Beret." He moved closer to Raz and sat next to him, "Now unlike you. The other ferals we've met never turned back to normal. They stayed that way, you my friend are lucky." He pulled out a canteen from his back pouch and handed it to him, "Want some?"

[Razuel]

Raz nodded and gently took the canteen and took a small swig and handed it back to the vulture, "To be honest, I'm fine with what has happened to me, the transforming part that is... This body, it seems more resistant to bullets, amongst other things too, and I don't think I want to revert back.", as Raz spoke, the spikes on his back grew longer until the stone in his chest flashed, signaling that it was done growing them, and one of the spikes poked through one of the medical wraps. Raz reeled his head around to the ripped bandage as it stopped growing, "And it seems like I'm still growing."

[[INACTIVE]]

The cat sighed, "Damn it..." Bailey took back the canteen, "This, thing that's happening to you. Has this happened before the outbreak? You know, with the spikes..."

[Razuel]

Raz shook his head, "No, it hasn't.  Before the outbreak, I was going through my normal day, get up, go to work, experiment with unknown chemicals and materials, however, this morning, I woke up in a damaged storage room of my work, broken beakers and canisters around me, and as I made my way outside, I felt beaten as I gazed upon the decimated city...", Raz looked down, "...after that, I just walked through the city, which felt like forever and just went into an alleyway and slept...", Raz then stopped and looked at the vulture, "D'ya think that those other ferals were my co-workers?"

[[INACTIVE]]

Bailey thought for a second, "At least one of wore a lab coat." A large bear spoke up, "Nah it was bout' three." Bailey turned his head, "Three?" The bear replied, "Yeah, bout' three of them near the lab." Bailey sighed, "It's safe to assume that they where you're co workers..." Bailey sighed, "Sorry, I bet it's hard for you."

[Razuel]

Raz sighed and looked down, "Yeah... but I assume they were corrupted somehow to make them that hostile... I wonder if my gem is what kept my sanity.", Raz then looked at his chest gem and it gave a slow fading in and out glow.   Clouds began to roll in, lightning and thunder being seen and sounded, "We should find some cover...", Raz looked back at the vulture, "I'm assuming that you have some sort of base?"

[[INACTIVE]]

Bailey stood up and offered a hand for Raz, "Yeah, it's out of town. It's rather big, lots of space and food."

[Razuel]

Raz's stomach grumbled as he hadn't eaten since he had gotten up earlier that day, "Good... I'm really hungry.", Raz then saw a few of the vulture's men wince and put up their guns to aim at Raz, "I may look feral, but I don't eat live creatures... some berries or some small amounts of food will do me until we get back to your base.", the men looked at each other and lowered their weapons as Raz took Bailey's assistance to stand up, "Thanks... so, which direction is it?"

[[INACTIVE]]

Bailey pointed at the truck, "We'll take the truck. Won't be to long." He went towards the truck and got in, "Sit in the back with the rest of the men."