But why were they out? 'Unless Zanek hadn't given them the warning, they wouldn't be out, right?' He thought. The others were drawing near. X stopped thinking and eyed them like a cat stalking its prey. They passed under the tree. X chipped off a piece of bark and threw it across the street. The oldest trick in the book, but it worked. At least on Trey. Trey turned his head towards the noise.