City s Scavengers Seconds after pulling the trigger she sunk limp into his arms, numb and apathetic to the world. Finding himself equally disinterested in her, he laid her to rest against the nearest wall and left her in search of a source for his necro-nectar. Looking up, he searched the darkened skies for scavengers of a different sort and found a flock of birds swarming like oversized insects to the north. Circling, they kept watch high above the bodies of those who had fallen victim to the genetic renaissance, his suppliers. In a rare moment of nostalgia he thought, fatal birds, indeed.