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The familiar sound of rubber pelting against someone resounded from behind Hermès. If it wasn't for the fact that they were outside and in front of an injured old man, then he would've sworn he was back in gym class playing dodgeball. He turned to follow the sound and found himself face to face with a short, attractive, red head that seemed to be around his age. Though the way she spoke to those kids he could've sworn she was another senior citizen telling the younglings to get off their lawn. The weak ball toss adding to the image of an older graying ginger instead of the youthful one standing behind them all. Standing beside her was a man that seemed a bit too old to be with her, so Hermes decided they were more than likely coworkers of some kind.

”Hey, you two pulled up at a bad time. Got an injured civilian here and are awaiting paramedics. We've been instructed to stay clear for now and give him some air and room for when they arrive.” Hermes relayed to the two new faces. Ten minutes felt like an eternity, but it was a hell of a lot sooner than anything else he supposed. He kept the phone up to his ear, staying on the line as he was about to turn back around when he noticed Finley walking up towards them. The wound obvious even from this distance. ”Fin you ok?” He signed towards his friend as he began to speak on the line once more. ”There's another injured, from this distance i can see a nasty wound on his shoulder, potentially a bite.”

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The ball went sailing through the air. Or, so Kali figured it would. Instead, her throwing arm had been limp, and the ball had only flew a small distance. Thankfully for Kali, however, the kids had gotten the message, and quickly took off somewhere else to play. "Kids these days," Kali muttered to herself, clearly disgruntled.

Turning her attention back to the injured victim, Kali took note of the scene. Her elderly neighbor had a clear bite wound on his hand, a fact confirmed by a somewhat familiar individual. One of Hannah's friends, Kali could only figure, as she took notice of her other neighbor next to him. The teen had already been on the line with emergency services, although Kali was displeased with what she heard.

"Stand clear?" Kali asked, puzzled about the change in treatment. One medical professional, the doctor at the restaurant, wanted to keep the fever down. But now the paramedics wanted them to stand clear? "He's probably already burning up with a fever—just like Jeff."

Kali glanced momentarily at Isaac, wondering what he had been thinking.

"I'll go get some ice from my freezer, just in case."

Pulling her keys from her purse, Kali walked over to the apartment door. Before she was able to open the door, however, a bird swooped down from the sky and began to peck at one of the women that had come to the old man's aid. "What the fuck?!" She loudly exclaimed, startled by the incident. Were the birds somehow afflicted with the on-going craziness too? "Are you okay?"

Two new people had joined, and the woman of the pair said something and walked off to the apartment complex. Suddenly, Mandy was freaked out when a bird swooped down and attacked her. She had never really been bothered by birds before, why was this one harassing her? She swatted at it, but it left behind some scratches on her face.

She noticed that Hermes was signing to someone else. She looked and saw another teen. They looked messed up. Mandy frowned. Okay, things seemed to have gotten really bad. They had the man on the ground, this new hurt teen (that her cousin seemed to know), and a whole bunch of people in the area. If one of these people turned out to be a danger like Hermes feared they were all about to be in a lot of trouble. She glanced a little worried at the group of kids.

Mandy pulled the keys for her car out of her pocket and clutched them. If they needed to make a break for it she'd want those handy.