"Really?" Niikura stared some more at the clump of buildings rising out of the otherwise flat landscape, already cycling through all the things that they'd have to consider. He agreed that the homes on the outskirts were probably their best bet, since they wouldn't have to move in as far. It was difficult to judge the height from this distance. "The outskirts what again?"

He turned around with a frown and then felt himself go cold when he saw Mike on his knees. I'm going in solo--no, he had to ditch that, focus on the task at hand, resist the urge to just do things on his own because that was without a doubt a surefire way of getting himself killed; he just attracted it...

"What the--" Niikura rushed over, kneeling down to get a better look. "Shit...who did..." He looked around, squinting, trying to catch sight of someone beating a hasty retreat in the darkness, ears straining over the sound of Mike's moaning to hear footsteps. But there was nothing. His head jerked back down. "Look, just..." Okay, maybe it really was time to go solo. "Look, just stay here; I'll take care of this," he hissed.

[idk man]