Maple walked through the market with Alister in tow behind her. “You haven't been out of your house in several days now and while I know you and Tesla are working on something big, you both still need to get out.” Mapel said, skipping as she walked, to which Alister rolled his eyes. Al Catraz, the market of mutants, this was Maples first time being here since moving so her excitement was clearly visible to everyone the duo passed. Various booths were set up as far as Maple could see, each with their own sales set up.
“Hey I'll catch up with you in a bit, there's someone I need to talk to,” Alister told Maple while walking off. The booth was in a strange language and the shop owner was more strange than his shop, his body shimmered and changed colors as he walked in and out of the light. Alister walked up to him with no issue, the two talking like old friends which put a smile on Maples face. She began to walk away buying various groceries, “Everything is different from Genesis and the other flying cities, like this is supposed to be some kind of fish?” Maple thought to herself looking at a bright yellow fish with octopus tentacles instead of a tail.
While walking up to a fruit stand, Maple saw two people dressed in armor, one yellow and orange like the sun, the other in icy blue. “Come on dude don't try to deny it you know the guy in the picture don't you?” The sun man said, thrusting a picture towards the shop keeping. The shopkeeper waved his arms around speaking in a different language which just seemed to make the man mad. Maple ran up to them in an attempt to diffuse the situation saying “Hey can I help you?” The man looked over at her surprise in his voice as he said, “Oh you can speak English that's great! Do you know this man?”.
It was a picture of Alister wearing his Azazel mask, the sight of this causing Maple to worry. “Never seen him before, but you might wanna talk to the people in the city above because nobody down here would say anything.” Maple told the man handing the picture back to him. The man let out a sigh and handed her a business card, “Well if you see or hear anything let me know, names Apollo remember it.” Maple nodded and watched the two walk away, the moment they turned their back Maple ran.
Alister was still at the booth, a bag in his hand talking to his friend, not noticing Maple run up. “Alister, we need to go now!” Maple said out of breath from running so far. Puzzled, Alister said bye to his friend and the duo started leaving. As the two walked Maple explained what happened with Apollo, Alister nodding as he listened. Off in the distance the blue armored lady watched the duo walking away, “Found him now it's time to prepare,” Esdeath said to herself.

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