The Rumor Under the Overpass

Ethan wrote it down just as sirens started up in the distance. After the port, the city had clearly moved into another phase of its hunt. The police weren't here for him, but the net was spreading in every direction. Luke flinched at the lights. "I didn't call them. I swear." "I know." Ethan let him go and walked off. "Wait!" Luke shouted after him. "Why didn't you just kill me?" Ethan stopped but did not turn around. "Because I don't want to become you." He retreated under the bridge and turned into a maintenance passage. Behind him, a news van had the volume turned up high, broadcasting that the "possible anomalous attacker" had been spotted near South Side again. On screen, Ethan was only a blurred shape. You couldn't even make out his face.