Walking uninterested

As he stepped to into the street a smile come to his face despite the throbbing caused by the massive bruise on his forehead. He loved the smell of this place. Some would consider such a place forsaken, but to Moe it was home. He had been all over the world seen the finest cities and the worst hell holes but this place was most akin to his spirit. He stood up straight finally, his back audibly cracking as he did so. One day maybe he could find a new home, one where his massive 9 foot frame could stretch out his arms and still not hit the ceiling. However the constraints of "Normal" housing did not bother him anymore. He had finally found a place in the world where he was accepted. A place where women did not scream and children cower in fear at his approach. A place where he was not forced to hide in the shadows but was able to walk freely among common citizens in broad daylight. Even allowed to join society and work a normal job where he had found the closest thing to family he had ever known. If only he had come here first. So much would have been different. He may have never lost.....

His thoughts trailed away as he saw a woman walking down the street. It was not her appearance that caught his eye, although she was quite beautiful by human standards, but the way that she seemed so out of place. For a city such as this that was saying something. He watched as she headed out of sight, sighing to himself. He knew what is was like to be alone. He saw a cloud of steam rising in the distance and decided that he should get moving if he was to keep his job. He began to walk, each of his great strides covering twice that of a normal human. He was always alert, taking in the sounds and sights around him, it was just an old habit drilled in years of conditioning. It was in this that his attention was drawn to a small bar across the street. He had walked past serendipity at least a thousand times on his way to and from work but never had he went in.

"Sounds like a pretty good brawl in there. I will have to check that place out one day" He thought to himself.

As he rounded the corner he expected to see the station house at the ready. Men going about their duties with military discipline. The trucks shining in the light....

Nothing could have prepared him for the bloodbath that was before him......