ROMAC OC: The Hunter

The Hunter stood on top of what once used to be a viewing platform over the city. She could feel the hum and throb of the underground city miles below her feet, where people thought they were safe. They weren't safe, nowhere was any more. As The Hunter took as step forward, the ground underfoot crunched. Snow? Or radioactive dust? The Hunter didn't know any more.
There was a change in the air. The Hunter could sense it. Straining her ears, brief snatches of what could have been shouts reached her. Zee Captain! It had to be. For months now The Hunter had been tracking him across The Wastelands. He kept evading her, by accident or design The Hunter didn't know. One thing she did know though, she needed to catch up to him.

Ten minutes of swift travelling later and the voices were clear now. The Hunter could feel it in her bones, tonight was the night she would catch Zee Captain. The remains of a few houses stood at the bottom what had once been a grassy hill but was now covered in whatever it was that lay on top of the earth, like a crusty blanket. Creeping to the top of the hill, The Hunter peered down through her glasses at the houses below. One of them was emitting a faint light. Fire, a torch, had he somehow got the electricity working? The Hunter didn't know, but she was now sure of where her quarry was.
The breeze picked up as The Hunter slid down the slope. Looking up she could see the sky becoming darker than usual. A storm was coming, Zee Captain was right to get into some shelter. She pulled her long jacket closer to her, still cursing the fact that she hadn't been able to find any buttons to replace the broken ones.
Pausing for a moment to check the area The Hunter took a deep breath. The stale air coming in through her gas mask was foul to her. How she longed to taste fresh air again! But the fresh air was gone, and she needed to focus on the task at hand. Glance left, right, ahead, repeat. No vicious mutants? Good. Go.

The Hunter reached the comparative safety of the houses easily. Treading lightly, making barely a sound, she made her way around from the back of them to the front. No obvious danger out here either. Good. The voices and light lead her to the right house. It was the most intact of the whole road. Despite the fact a corner and the top floor was missing, it looked like it might actually have a few rooms that were fully intact. Good find. The Hunter couldn't help but be a little impressed.
She was now so close she could make out snatches of the conversation. Something about… Missions? Recruitment? A flying machine?! Judging by the voices, The Hunter guessed there were three, maybe four, people in the room including Zee Captain.
Pulling her hat down a little further on her head The Hunter did a quick inventory run through of her weapons. Rifle? Check. Revolvers? Check, check. Knife? Check. Okay, good to go.
She closed her gloved hand around the doorknob, twisting it until it clicked open. She had meant to open the door softly and slip into the room, but a sudden gust of wind pulled the door from her hand, slamming it open with a bang. She stood, illuminated in the doorway as the wind and her tailcoats whipped around her.

The Hunter had arrived!