He glanced at the flashing message on the two brothers' terminals, his brow furrowing. "Famine. It has awakened too."
Without any needless pleasantries, the three immediately set out and met up with Wu Heng, who had arrived directly via the Ghost Ship after receiving the coordinates, on the outskirts of Greenfield Community.
Wu Heng had come because he still needed to take part in the storyline mission "Seal the Four Horsemen" to obtain a "ticket" for the Lighthouse.
Iowa, Greenfield Community.
The tranquility and abundance represented by that name had now been utterly tainted by an invisible, viscous evil desire.
The community appeared peaceful, yet an eerie atmosphere hung over it.
There were few pedestrians on the streets, but many stared blankly ahead, clutching food or other items tightly in their hands and eyeing everyone around them with suspicion.
A disturbance could vaguely be heard coming from the direction of the fast-food restaurant.
Wu Heng swept his gaze across the community and said to Dean and Sam, "After the Apocalypse began, the Four Horsemen would awaken one after another. The situation here should be confirmed by now."
"It really is Famine?!" Dean frowned, tightening his grip on his gun.
He pointed toward the fast-food restaurant. "Famine's power lies in twisting desire. This all fits."
"Okay." Dean took a deep breath and worked the bolt on his gun. "Then let's go meet this bastard who's making everyone's 'appetites' soar."
The instant Wu Heng, Dean, Sam, and Castiel crossed the boundary of the community, it felt as though they had passed through an invisible membrane and entered a distorted domain.
The air carried neither sulfur nor stench, but a far more unsettling sense of hollow agitation.
As they passed the deli at the intersection, the sight on the street made their scalps