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Whistling cheerfully, Gwen hoisted her backpack up and pulled her jacket around her more securely. Her gloved fingers fumbled for a moment with the straps on her backpack, allowing the heavy bag to sit higher up on her back. That had been a good robbery. She would eat well for a few days before she needed to go out again. Not to mention the money and jewelry in the hidden pocket of her coat. That would most certainly be useful.

When a neighbor, out early jogging, passed Gwen, she said "Hi Susan," and Gwen replied with a subtle "Looking good Jen" and a smile. Jen jogged onward, looking both flattered and uncomfortable. This was a common trick of Gwen's. Not only did her neighbors believe that Gwen was a woman named Susan, but they also held encouraged suspicions that she was a lesbian. Sometimes humans could tell something was off when they met Creatures. So to misguide them, Gwen simply turned their feelings of discomfort into a socially accepted feeling of discomfort. Homosexuals were accepted much easier than Creatures. In fact, many homosexuals were glad when Creatures were found out. It meant that they faced much less discrimination.

Turning into the alley that led to her apartment, Gwen let out a shocked "What the hell!" This was mainly because there was a ******** Agent sitting there, pegged to the ground. Of course, because she looked very much human, this would seem like more of a surprised remark made by a human finding another human. Stunned, her heart pounding with adrenaline, Gwen thought quickly. It would seem much less Creature to help the Agent and since she had been in a facility for children, field Agents would not recognize her. That and her appearance had changed since she had escaped three years ago. Gwen was much less a girl and much more a woman. Her bright red hair had darkened significantly and was now a lot longer. Her chubby cheeks had thinned and her freckles had faded. And she had become a marvelous actress and liar, practically a human.

Only a split second had passed between Gwen's shocked statement and her rushing forward to help the Agent. Kneeling down, she shook the woman lightly. She looked like she had been there all night. Plastering a look of concern on her face, Gwen asked "Are you alright? What happened?" while pulling a pocket knife out of her pocket to pry out the stake holding the woman's wrists.

"It's about 5:30 in the morning," Gwen replied to the Agent. Sitting behind the woman, Gwen had to practically lay on the ground before she could tell that the metal was completely welded together. No chains or attachments, just solid metal. Letting out a small gasp, Gwen jerked up as if frightened. "Was it...was it one of those things that did this to you?"

Gwen gave a quick nod to the man that approached, silenced more by the fact that she was in an alley with two agents than the fact that she was shy. When he leaned down and pinned the female agents legs, it was all Gwen could do not to stiffen. Thank goodness acting came better with a hell of a lot of practice. Letting a playful smirk play on her lips, she addressed the male agent. "Now she's told you, so kindly reign in your testosterone, give the woman a cigarette and let me focus on getting her out of the ground where those despicable things put her." Bending lower, Gwen worked with the pocket knife, twisting at what looked like a weak spot in the metal. As she worked, Gwen was careful to be gentle and even stroked the woman's wrist where it was reddened.