Wrong Place, Wrong Time - Turbatio Void

As the collie rolled across the ground and out of sight beyond the branches, with both the wind and the fight knocked clean out of him, the woman's screams for help had become hysterical. Free of the leash, she had begun to scramble backwards as the monsters assailed her loyal dog, not entirely watching where she was going. Her focus was on the fox and hedgehog, and the blinding speed the pair had used to dispatch Roscoe. The woman was sure she was next. But it was an uneven patch of ground, not these two anomalies, that got her. With her widened eyes still on the anthromorphic duo, even as the blue one was suggesting they high-tail it out of the area, the walker tripped and fell harshly backwards.

From the perspective of the couple rushing to the scene, the woman's fall coincided with the blue blur and the strange, mechanoid fox rushing past her. "Hey!" The man shouted aggressively and kicked it into high gear, making a short-lived attempt to catch up to the anomalies that had attacked the lady. After only a few yards however, it had become abundantly clear that he was no match for the aliens' speed, and he'd instead doubled back to his partner who'd stopped to assist the fallen dog walker. Beyond them, the jogger was already on the phone and making contact with the authorities as he neared the scene.

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The raised voices of the four humans fell into silence for Sonic and Nine as they left that chaos behind to find brief respite in one of the many patches of woodland that wove through the expansive park and the areas around it. Here, they were far enough away that they couldn't hear the conversation the jogger was having with the police, or know that UECH had now been alerted and were prepping several deployment teams. In this moment at least, hidden from the locals by a wall of leaves and branches, Sonic and Nine could catch their breath and be safe.

In order to find the source of the smoke though, they'd have to leave this temporary shelter.

If they made a short journey through the woods to the east, they'd find a sizeable field to cross before reaching a long, two story building with fresh brown siding and a steep, black-slated rooftop. A small parking lot in front of the building had a single truck parked in its back corner, and if they rounded the front of the building, a sign plastered above the entrance designated this building as the 'Cedar Creek Visitors Center'.

A look through the front windows wouldn't immediately reveal anyone inside, though the edge of a large fireplace could just be seen in what looked like a central lobby area. It was from this fireplace, and its attached chimney, that the smoke Nine had spotted was escaping from.