Its dark out tonight, looks like it's gonna storm or something. There's nothing but black along the sky, faint hints of white or grey along the seams but the one thing that gives me cause to worry is the sound of thunder worming its way to us. I look up at the sky from where Lizard and I are squished together, red rock on either side of us, and grimace, looking back towards the makeshift camp of humans. I am human, so how can I discriminate?

A rough hand touches my cheek and I look towards Lizard, see him watching me with those intellectual eyes. Lizard is so much smarter than anyone gives him credit for. I mean he can't be all too smart most of the time because of the whole mutant thing, but these moments when he knows it's just him and I he knows he can let his guard down. I don't care about his image for his family, I don't care if he cries or whines or smiles or any of that. I care about his happiness, what makes him happy and all that. I mean I know what makes him happy, and it makes me happy too but still. Can't be doin it when his family is in the room, well we could but that would just be creepy-oh and wrong!

I let my eyes run over him, take in his marred face I had grown accustomed to, take in that deep light to his eyes and smile, leaning in slightly so I can kiss him. I know we shouldn't be letting our guard down like this, so close to the enemy, but I can't help myself. I have to give in for a moment, to Lizard, like I need this. And I fear I do. I need Lizard, I cannot go a day without being near him, touching him. He is like…he is my addiction and I think I am ok with that. I don't want to ever leave Lizard, but I do not want to be this way. I do not want to be so attached to someone that is the way Lizard is. I mean, it's not that I don't like the way he is, but it's just wrong you know? I am not supposed to love someone like this, but I do and I like it. Way more than I should. It's like I said, some sort of sick addiction.

We part, me looking back out to the camp, see no difference. The men still dance around like morons, sporting only one gun and a bunch of melee weapons (axes, knives, crowbars, etc.) and are sober. The women laugh around the fire, clapping at displays of stupidity. The strange thing is they have not spoken to one another at all, no whispers or anything either, they have just laughed and sang. It's weird, maybe their high on drugs.

"We need to attack soon," I whispered.

Lizard shifts, leaning forward. "Jus' wait fer Alt and 'is family. They best at this, dealt wit humans befer."

I roll my eyes and cross my arms with a huff. "Whatever."

"Can' just attack dem, Dizzay," he looked back at me. "They kilt Papa, they dangerous."

For Lizard to say someone or something is dangerous…is something. It means we aren't just fighting other mutants, which we can strangely handle. These are trained killers, even better than the military. Which worries me. Maybe we shouldn't fight them, maybe someone should talk to them, someone human. My eyes drift towards the camp with Lizard, seeing someone familiar walking towards the camp, begging for help. It's fucking Ruby!

"What the hell Lizard?" I growled, digging my nails into his arm as I pull myself forward.

He doesn't even flinch at the effect my nails are having on his arm. "Alt say he was gonna tes' someone. Guess Rubay…" he was in shock as well.

I watched her, followed by Clair who was sobbing about something I couldn't hear. Lizard started forward, slowly and low to the ground. I followed behind him, seeing the others coming from the rocks, but no one moving past a few feet from their hiding places. I stopped behind Lizard and watched him sway slightly, ever so slightly, as a breeze came through the canyon. He was mimicking a bush? Interesting…I had never been on a real human raid with Lizard so I didn't know what to do, but I copied him a little, just going in the opposite directions as him. None of the humans noticed, they continued to actually listen to Ruby and Clair, who I noticed were fixed to where their mutations were hidden but not obviously so.

"Go," Lizard breathed into the walkie talkie when one of the men grabbed onto Ruby's hood and jerked it back.

I darted forward, just like everyone else. We were lightening fast, streaking by the humans and catching onto a few of them. I grabbed onto the back of one of the men and used all of my strength to bring him down to the dirt, jabbing my knife into his throat. Well, not exactly his throat, it went into the dirt beside his head and when he realized he wasn't dead he almost growled at me, reaching up and grabbing a hold of my hair. I screamed and fell into the dirt with his fist, him climbing on top of me and holding his own knife above him. I growled for real and reached back, sawing through my hair and then jabbed the knife into his left thigh. He screamed and fell into the sand, grabbing onto his leg and twisting around in pain. I smirked and jammed the knife into his temple, sending him still and moving onto the next one I could find.

Lizard was howling, on top of this guy with thin, tattooed arms. He had his pistol pressed into the poor guys chin, snickering against his forehead as he whispered something to him. I looked away when he pulled the trigger, but still felt the blood and skull splatter against my side. Ruby and Clair were beating one girl to death, the look on Rubies once innocent face was one that resembled Alt's permanent grin. I shivered and moved around the camp, scooting away from scrambling hands as mutants tugged them into the darkness. It was exhilarating to be here, see this carnage and I loved it. I chuckled like the mad woman I was and kicked the other woman in the face, her teeth flying out to the sand, long brunette waves soaking up the blood she was coughing up.

I kept walking, bumping into Alt for a moment. He looked over his shoulder at me, one man held in his hand, feel dangling inches from the ground. The grin was unsettling and I couldn't help but grin back. Alt laughed loudly and tilted his head back, lifting the man to his lips and taking off one foot with his teeth. The blood curdling cry barely registered in my mind as I watched the blood pour from his open ankle. He was swinging his legs in agony but all Alt did was crunch up his foot and go in for another bite, the kick the human landed never registering in Alt's mind. I laughed again and turned on my heel, skipping towards the mess the twins had made with a woman I had not noticed before.

That made me freeze. Wait a minute…if there was a woman we hadn't noticed…my eyes widened and I turned to Lizard, saw his eyes wide on me and then slumped. Oh fuck me running would ya? I whipped around to see this huge man leering at me, handcuffs in his massive hands and went to run but he grabbed a hold of me, twisting my arms behind my back and laughing loudly in my ear. I screamed for Lizard and managed to worm my way out of his grasp just in time for Alt to have lumbered over and take a huge bite out of his chest. I fell to the ground, saw the rest of the humans running off into the desert and knew they would escape. I scrambled to my feet and hurried to Lizard, clinging to his chest and smiling in content. I looked back at the giant alt was eating ad grit my teeth.

"Stop Alt!"

And he did, looking back at me from where the giant was lying on the ground, twitching but still alive and smiling. I passed Alt and Ruby, who was cowering beside me in an instant. The others were still tearing their attacks up, screams were all around us, the fire had been spread to the canopy the humans had been playing under. It was a dynamic moment, but I was focused on this thing with immense hatred. I stood above him, breathing in heavy breathes while he cackled below me, blood pouring from several points on his massive body.

He coughed. "Guess I ain't getting my prize," he narrowed his eyes at me with a smile.

"Who was your prize out here? Why did you attack my family you monster?"

His eyes widened and he let out a loud, booming laugh. "Me the monster? That's rich, you were my prize little filly and why did I attack this mob of abominations?" he shrugged against the ground. "Well that's for me and for you to find out now isn't it?"

"Why the fuck were you after me?" I growled, crouching down and grabbing onto the scruff on his chin.

He laughed again, spraying blood all over my face. "You're a wanted criminal you little fuck, took up the offer to catch you and tracked you down."

I growled, dropping him and waving my hand at Alt as I passed. "Have at it."