• Time: 9:37am
    Date: July 1st, 2020
    Temperature: 70
    Location: New York, New York

    Beneath the hot sun of this summer day was the human day community, they busied themselves with their "normal" lives. What was the definition of "normal" anyway, and who was the judge of that? It doesn't matter now though as society has its rules and they must be followed or chaos will ensue. The humans walking down or up the hot sidewalks, pushing against one another as they went to their destinations. Over half of the members on their cellphones or ipods of some sort, unable to hear anything but the other audio screaming in their ears, although to them it is barely audible. Men in suits, women in dresses or local teenagers in jeans with a shirt just cruising the walkways for the lack of anything to do. Some of them skipping what should have been scheduled classes and respecting the wishes of their parents, instead they chose to follow their own path.

    On the crowded streets that almost have become gridlock at this point is a slow moving river of yellow dots. Various individuals yelling at the top of their lungs and waiving an arm to get one of those "dots" to pull over to the side. Any who called for one of these yellow vehicles were either not willing to walk the distance, were too exhausted to do that very thing or simply wanted a break from the hot sun even if it only lasted a block or two. Nearly all the windows of these cabs cracked or rolled down entirely to combat the desert like heat with its humidity. Others, if the company could afford it, operated with closed windows but fully charged air conditioners. Many of the drivers let a cigar hang out the corner of their mouths as they inhale, the same for many of those who were walking that had cigarettes. No matter where the smokers were, the butts were casted to the street or stuffed into nearly overfull ashtrays.

    And beneath this river of yellow with the side streams of humans, was the sewer system. Many manhole covers are blanketted over by the bottom of the cabs but even so, the UnderWorld manages to stay much cooler. Within this much cooler environment lurks the flushed pets of humans, be dead or alive, the local life of vermin. Perhaps the occasional homeless being wandering in the system to try finding refuge for himself or herself. Criminals make their way down here as well when fleeing from the law and most of the time they make it back out with their lives at least. Any who venture into the network of underground tunnels are either desperate, foolish or stupidly brave. Whatever the case may be, it doesn't matter, for there is one and only one apex predator within this realm...it has yet to be challenged for dominance.

    The ruler of this UnderWorld, as it has come to be known as, refrains from going to the surface as usually there is plenty sources of food to feast on. However, there have been times that the OverWorld was a must to gain food but it was sought out with extreme caution. When the bounty is many to have, it is taken to the home of the predator before it is processed for storage for the harsher times. The diet usually consists of primarily rats, flushed snakes or even once in a while some goldfish. It is rare but when it comes to survival of the fittest, any homeless who come across this hungry carnivore do not ever return to the surface alive.

    Solitary is the lifestyle that has been chosen and it best suits the creature for there is no one else to look after. The spoils of the meal are for the victor and the remains are simply put into storage for later use. As for the gender of this mysterious beast it is female and she has no intention to seek out a breeding partner. Primarily she spends time scouting her domain to keep her scent fresh and to patrol for intruders, usually it is relatively quiet. A couple times she has encountered four humanoid like reptiles and they too stay to the UnderWorld, but venture to the OverWorld far more frequently than herself...and they associate with a female human. Most certainly a group that she does not wish to encounter often, though they are foolish enough to trust a human, she would not be.