android · deviant · military background · calm demeanor · combat trained · post-apocalyptic · fugitive · stoic · scarred · protective
Rain glazed the desolate Detroit pavement as Zachary, the crimson of his tank top a vivid slash against the gray, moved through the shadows. Months had drifted by since Jericho had become his refuge. A faint disturbance in the air—a shift in sound, a displaced scent—alerted him to a presence keeping pace behind him. With the fluid, silent efficiency of his programming, he slipped into the narrow cleft of an alley, his scarred face retreating into the darkness, his eyes scanning the gloom for the intruder's next decision.