Just as he’d suspected, he'd barely gotten a wink of sleep. When he was awake, his mind had been racing, a million different thoughts flooding his head, and when he finally managed to fall asleep, it only lasted for a few minutes before someone made a sound and woke him back up. It was hard to tell if he was even more tired after the night or not. He definitely wasn't well-rested, that was for sure.

Niké rolled over on his back before sitting up and grabbing the hoodie that he'd taken off at some point during the night and pulling it over his head to put back on. He didn't know what the time was, he was hoping it was a relatively reasonable time to get up because he definitely couldn't continue trying to sleep, he was driving himself insane with all his own thoughts.

The man got up on his feet and looked around, there were a few people awake by the looks of it but he couldn't tell if they were night guards or not. Instead of speculating further about what time it could be, he headed toward the exit. He planned on going out for a cigarette, hoping to be able to do so before someone could stop him.

He stood near the door for a bit, looking around slightly before he quickly slipped outside before anyone could stop him. Once Niké was outside, he leaned his back against the wall, right next to the door so in case someone had seen him leave and he wasn't allowed to, they could call him right back in.

The grey-haired man lit a cigarette from the pack that he'd gotten from Alleya, hopefully she was doing better today. He put the cigarette between his lips as he leaned his head back and looked up at the sky, it was still relatively dark out so by the looks of it, the sun had just started rising not too long ago.

The main two things that had been on his mind during the night was whether or not he was doing the right thing and then he'd been thinking about his brother, he knew what Dion would be doing in this situation and it was the exact opposite of what he himself planned on doing…

Niké let out a sigh, why did things have to get so complicated? The job was easy, become part of the gang, collect evidence of anything illegal going on to help build a case against them, help arrest Theodore and the rest. Spending just one day as part of the gang shouldn't be changing everything, he was part of the police now, he had to put his own feelings to the side, it was usually easy for him so why did it have to be so hard now?

The man smoked a few more puffs of his cigarette, he needed to get everything over with as quickly as possible, the longer he was here, the harder it would be for him to do his job. He felt guilty almost and he hated it, he wasn't supposed to feel guilty for doing his job, he was trying to protect other people, it wasn't something to feel guilty about.

Niké saw the door open out of the corner of his eyes and he turned his head to look at who it was. When he saw that it was Alleya he looked back in front of himself and continued smoking.

"Morning."

She appeared calmer today which was good, that meant he probably wouldn't have to deal with her lashing out again.

"Did you sleep well?"

He scoffed before he blew out some smoke, “I barely even slept, I usually have trouble sleeping so it doesn't even matter.”

Niké stayed quiet for a bit as he finished the cigarette and put it out before flicking it onto the ground, “You didn't sleep much better,” he finally stated, turning his head to look at the red-haired woman next to him. He’d heard her most of the night and whenever he'd looked over, she’d seemed to be awake.

The man didn't really feel like talking to her, he did still remember what she'd said yesterday and even if she hadn't meant to say it out loud, she'd still thought it. And it's not like he could say that she hadn't been herself due to stress and a traumatic experience, he didn't know what type of person she was and that was the problem, he'd let a stranger get too close.

“Why did you follow me outside? I don't need a tail,” he asked, his tone a bit more hostile than he'd intended it to be, most likely due to the fact that he had been awake for most of the night, he tended to get a bit more irritable then. He didn't say anything about it though or apologize for his tone, if it upset her that much then she was free to yell at him and insult him it made her feel better.

He had also made a promise to himself to put his personal thoughts and feelings aside so it didn't matter to him what she thought about him, if anything, her being upset with him would only make it easier for him to do his job without her clinging to him.

The man rolled his eyes before closing them and leaning his head back against the wall as he listened to Alleya explain why she absolutely had to follow him outside. It wasn't as if he’d ran off into the city, he was right outside the door. It did however mean that he would have a hard time sneaking off alone to go meet with his supervisor.

"I was simply saving you from getting a bullet stuck in your ass."

He opened his eyes again with a sigh and turned to look at the female. “I’m guessing you won't leave me alone even if I do say thanks but I was raised to have some manners so thanks, for saving my ass from a bullet,” he told her before looking up when the door opened and a few people walked outside, amongst them the woman who he recognized but still couldn't remember the name of.

Niké watched as the woman ordered Alleya to join the hunting patrol and when Alleya protested the other woman reacted by grabbing her harshly by her wrists and then pushing her towards the hunting patrol, where one of them luckily caught her.

"Newbie, go scavenging with Tia's group. We're looking for knives, scrap metal to make bullets with, and wood for heat."

“Alright,” he muttered back, not exactly excited about it but there were also worse things to do, like restroom duty, it was the one thing he was really hoping to avoid. Instead of wasting any more time, the man walked over to Tia, nodding at the other people in her group, not bothering to introduce himself despite not having met those people before. He was happy just being known as ‘Newbie’, it didn't make any difference to him, if anything people might just leave him alone if he didn't talk to them.

He glanced over his shoulder at Alleya before looking over at Tia who seemed to be the leader for the group, following her quietly while fumbling with the lighter in his pocket out of boredom. It didn't seem like there would be much, or any even, illegal activity going on if they were just supposed to go scavenging. Once again that feeling of doubt and guilt started creeping up on him, even if he'd decided earlier that he was going to ignore it and go through with this job. It didn't change the fact though that in front of him was just a bunch of people trying to survive on the streets and he was supposed to want them behind bars.

Niké followed Tia as she led the group into the city before some of the others in the patrol took off on their own in pairs. The grey-haired male just continued following Tia who now had started giving him a few tips to keep in mind while scavenging, nothing he didn't already know but he kept quiet about that part. The less people knew about his past experience, the less would be expected of him and he didn't like digging through dumpsters, so if he could do less of it, then that would be great. He actually preferred pickpocketing, it was less dirty and not as much physical work but he was a cop now, he couldn't break the law just because he didn't want to go dumpster diving.

He was starting to get annoyed with himself more and more, he constantly had to remind himself that he was a cop while trying to convince himself that he was doing the right thing. This had to be the right thing though, otherwise he wouldn't be here, right?

Quickly he pulled his hand back when he felt something poking his hand. Hanging over the edge of a dumpster and rummaging through it probably wasn't the smartest thing to do while he was distracted by his own thoughts. Niké frowned and looked at his hand to make sure that whatever had poked him hadn't broken skin, which it luckily hadn't.

As he and Tia continued scavenging together he did his best to push any and all thoughts of doubt to the side and even attempted some small talk with the other.

Luck wasn't really on their side that day since they spent hours scavenging and trying to find the supplies they needed before Tia finally told him that they had enough and they could start heading back, something that he was more than happy to do. Currently the man had a few knives in his pockets and was carrying some wood under one arm while, ofcourse, holding a cigarette in his other hand.

He and Tia talked on their way back to the gang's hideout, well Tia talked and Niké listened for the most part. On their way back, they ran into the other members who were part of the group, no one had wandered off too far which was understandable given yesterday's events.

Soon, they had all made their way back and together they made it over to the room where all the supplies were kept. Niké was shown by the others where everything had its place in the room but he didn't pay much attention, it wasn't too hard to figure out so he didn't need a whole explanation.

Once everything was done and he was finally let off, the man was quick to make his way back to his sleeping area, hoping to be able to get in a few minutes of rest. As he approached his sleeping spot, he saw that Alleya was back too and that the woman was busy tidying up her own sleeping area.

The grey-haired man walked over, pulling his hoodie off as he did due to feeling warm. Since he was only wearing a black t-shirt underneath, the tattoos on his arms were revealed for anyone to see. Niké threw the hoodie on the floor next to his pillow and laid down on his side, looking at Alleya quietly.

“Is Theo better today?” He finally asked after a moment of silence, assuming that the woman had already checked up on her oh so beloved Theo since yesterday she'd barely been able to leave him alone for just a few moments.

Niké glanced up at Taurus when he heard the guy ask about Theo, realizing his mistake when he felt Alleya glare at him before getting up to tell Taurus what had happened.

"And we just got back. I haven't had the chance."

Niké was just about to reply when he heard people gasping and he saw how Alleya looked up and past him. The man rolled over on his back and put his arms behind his head, raising his eyebrows slightly at the sight of Theo. The man had barely been able to stand up less than 24 hours ago and now he was up and walking, he looked like hell, but he was still walking.

"Can I have your attention everybody? As we all know, we were attacked yesterday by the Rebels. Until further notice, we will implement the emergency buddy system."

Niké let out a soft sigh as he closed his eyes, he’d already heard this yesterday and he was almost certain that he knew who he'd be paired with, someone he wouldn't be able to avoid which was unfortunate for him as he needed to figure out how to get out alone.

There were constantly guards keeping an eye on the exit, probably even more now after the attack and if what Alleya had said earlier this day was true, then he wouldn't be able to just leave whenever he wanted.

"Alleya and Niké."

He opened his eyes and glared at the leader for a brief second before closing them again with another sigh. It didn't come as a surprise at all but he would still have preferred to end up with someone less nosy than the redhead next to him. If he did anything that she found even slightly suspicious then he was sure that she'd go running to tell Theo immediately. Maybe that's why he'd been put with her..?

The man opened his eyes again, his pale blue eyes studying the leader. He couldn't be suspicious of him already, could he? He turned his gaze away and stared up into the ceiling as he went through yesterday's events, trying to figure out if he'd said or done anything that could be seen as suspicious in any way. He had been careful, at least he thought so…