The woman's laughter dies away behind them.<br/><br/>"I didn't say I saw your shrink.  I said the last time I saw someone who fit the description was a long, long time ago," she says, her voice sounding hollow as if she's fading.  "As for the warnings, I'm the second."<br/><br/>The mist roils for a moment, and when it thins out again she's nowhere to be seen.<br/><br/>+++<br/><br/>Alexander's first warning is the coppery smell coming through the open door.  The second warning is the high-pitched squeal of static coming from a pocket radio that's been left by the cash register.  And then the lights flicker out without warning as something crashes through the doors that lead back to the stock room...a<em>big</em>something!<br/>+++<br/><br/>Two more things shuffle forward, converging on Zach from opposite sides of the street ahead!