The Apocalypse Hoarder
Cyrus fired shot after shot. In a single breath, he had already taken down more than a dozen people.
Have you ever played that childhood game where you toss pebbles at tadpoles? In spring, shallow streams fill with them, tiny black dots swarming through the water. One thrown stone sends them scattering in every direction, seized by panic. That was exactly how it felt to Cyrus.
He chose a target standing at the center of a crowd, squeezed the trigger, and watched the rest scatter at once, frightened tadpoles fleeing for cover.