He looks out towards the town as he hears a sound. It was strange. Like the sound of people running.

Steve arrives at the service entrance around the back of the apartment block and takes the tablet out of the backpack again, then flicks through the different camera angles to make sure it was safe to proceed.

The main swarm is still standing in the park but he can now see a single figure walking through the ranks as if performing a military inspection. Was this another decoy? It seemed as if he was actually inspecting them though. Purposeful and almost intimately examining each of them to check their health.

Steve watches as the alpha stops at each drone, takes their jaw in his hand