One could not describe the fear that grasped Kareem at that moment. He thought it was the tear gas making his vision blurry, but no matter how many times he robbed them, the oddities remained, causing the voice in his head to get louder and louder.
His crew, the ones who followed him out of the diner, began to notice as well. He had no answers to the questions they posed, and panic began to grow as his silence lasted.
One of them pointed out that the city was gone, which drew Kareem's attention to the fact that he couldn't see lights in the distance. Citywide blackouts were a thing of the past, so if one were to occur in this day and age, it could only mean a disaster.
Despite that, save for the panicked voices of his crewmates, Kareem heard nothing. Not the screams and shouts of confused crowds, not the blaring horns of cars and trucks. He couldn't even hear the ever-present noise in the background.
