[Norman rolls his shoulders a little, quickly doing a mental inventory of his aches and pains. They're bad, sure, but not enough to keep him from getting to that gate. He can worry about finding a drugstore with painkillers and icepacks later. For now? They have to move.
He pushes up from the loose, damp ground and keeps as low as he can while he runs, hunkered down, flipping his dark purple hood up over his hair so he's harder to see in the night. The grass and earth are quieter than tarmac or rubble, and he hopes that will work in his favor, though he does almost stumble on a depression in the ground as he passes over a grave. He doesn't have time to look to see who he owes an apology to, but sends one out silently, anyway. His focus is in three places at once already: the gate, Spike, and the groundskeeper behind them with his ominous shovel...
God, even with a bullet in his shoulder, the other guy is faster than him. Norman grits his teeth and tries for a burst of speed, almost wishing he had the serum still in his veins. Almost. Another part of him knows that if the groundskeeper catches him and knocks him down again, drags him into that grave for good ... he'd deserve it.]
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He pushes up from the loose, damp ground and keeps as low as he can while he runs, hunkered down, flipping his dark purple hood up over his hair so he's harder to see in the night. The grass and earth are quieter than tarmac or rubble, and he hopes that will work in his favor, though he does almost stumble on a depression in the ground as he passes over a grave. He doesn't have time to look to see who he owes an apology to, but sends one out silently, anyway. His focus is in three places at once already: the gate, Spike, and the groundskeeper behind them with his ominous shovel...
God, even with a bullet in his shoulder, the other guy is faster than him. Norman grits his teeth and tries for a burst of speed, almost wishing he had the serum still in his veins. Almost. Another part of him knows that if the groundskeeper catches him and knocks him down again, drags him into that grave for good ... he'd deserve it.]