You head further into the city centre alone and the hordes part for you, you can feel them dispersing to either side around you. "The Old Man said they keep them evenly spaced out in a ring, does this mean they knew I was coming?" You think as you walk.


Finally you see the two minds of the harbingers ahead of you without having to stretch your senses out, and you also see the minds of what seems like over 300 humans with them, the very thought makes you hungry.


As you get closer you see another link reaching out for you and as before you join in to let them converse with you. "You are only about an hour's gentle walk away but you will need to circle a little to your left, that's North, to get inside, only one entrance you see and everything is guarded to prevent any problems in our little haven."


You carefully force your hunger and feelings down, if you've been getting snippits of theirs then they might get some of yours and that might not be good. "Of course, it's getting dark but that isn't really an issue for our kind, I'll walk faster though so I don't make you wait."


There is a pause and you are about to drop the link when you hear one more question "You came from the West where our enemy lurked, Have you have any interaction with him, he has the feel of an old man, a very angry one at that."


You pause for a moment; you didn't expect this question so bluntly so you have to choose your words carefully.

You lie. You can't have them know you are affiliated with him, tell them you only recently came from the North before turning East to the city centre and didn't meet another harbinger.

You Lie, can't have them knowing the Truth.


"I don't recall anyone by that description, although I only recently came into the West of the City from the North, above the old stadium area. I really just passed through and didn't stay to investigate if any others were there."


There is a longer pause than before and you get a little nervous when you hear the voice again. "Ok just up ahead you'll see the underground entrance on your right? Good, that's the entrance you'll need to take, we are quite nicely set up in an old arena here, it was half underground before so makes it very defensible as you can imagine!" The tone seems jovial and the tunnel leads towards the minds you sense so you head inside.


As you walk through the tunnel which has obviously had some work done to it with reinforcements and walls removed or built you sense the humans all gathering up ahead. "Is something going on up there?" You ask down the link and immediately get the response "Of course! It's not every day they get to see a new harbinger so this is somewhat of an event! Everyone has gathered for it. Some of the minds to the East don't agree with our stance on the matter which is why we separated but we see that we are superior to humans and should be treated as such so we rule here like Gods in a way, when we say there is an event, EVERYONE attends, not that they'd want to miss this anyway."


You heartily agree with the statement. You ARE better than humans, they are your prey after all, you can see their position though. Keeping them like pets to obey and serve you before eating them wouldn't be so bad either.


You see some light up ahead and walk out into what looks like the centre of an arena with 10 foot walls of concrete topped with another 10 feet of metal and reinforced glass. The humans are all on the other side of the glass cheering down at you like fans watching a concert. Something clearly isn't right though.


You sense the minds above you and looking up you see two cloaked figures sitting on a platform that extended out from the wall over the tiered rows of seats giving them the best view both around the room and down into the pit.


"Welcome to the City Arena! Rules by the Lords of the New City, this is the place where your post-apocalyptic fantasies can become a reality, for the right price!"


You now know that something is definitely wrong as a massive battered steel sheet slams down behind you, trapping you in the arena. Even with your enhanced strength you aren't sure you could budge it without a lot of time and something to lever with.


The announcement continues though, the speakers voice amplified through a speaker system hanging high above of the roof. "Today we have a very rare treat for you, in the ring is a harbinger folks! That's right, like our very own Lords of the city he has superhuman abilities and can control infected, however this one tried to lie to the Lords and we know how they take that don't we!" The crowd responds with even more cheers.