[If this was any other situation, Alex would have fucked off and legged it. He's tired, he feels terrible, and using his power makes his head hurt even worse. But if this isn't what they're looking for, then he's the Queen of England.

But there's two of them and Alex doesn't particularly feel up to a fight. Even if he wasn't sick, he'd still think twice about tangling with tar-guy. Flashlight-guy looks normal enough for the moment, but if he's hanging around with a mutant, chances are good he's one too. The question is, what can he do.

So that leaves trying to outsmart these two, or get them to turn on each other.]

"George? Is that you back there? I can't see with this wasteman shining a torch in my face. Why didn't you tell me this was the other job you was doing? I thought we was mates."