REX HILTS + HARVEY VAN HELSING-CRUZ
finding Adam Sycamore
July 17th - afternoon | Gem Mines | PG13
With Riggs on standby and reachable with the radio, he ventured into the one of the last remaining mines with Harvey. The Search team had taken the other after the engineers from upstate -where mining was still active- cleared it. Not that they had too much to worry about in terms of dangerous gases, what with the mines being gem and not coal, but it was still beneath the Earth and well... there were reasons why they'd been abandoned all those years ago.
Growing up mostly in Seven Devils, he was fully aware of the slew of rumors about the mines. It was virtually impossible to ignore them, but as Sheriff he didn't want to humor them just yet. Even though, every once in a while, he got a strong whiff of ammonia from the decomposition of animal waste. He had mentioned to Addison that he thought there was some kind of animal who'd made a home in the mines. Thankfully, with the vague remnants of animal carcasses they passed, he had his gun on his hip.
"Thank you again for all your help," he said after a brief period of silence. He hadn't quite figured the Private Investigator out yet. The Van Helsing name was something from pop culture and that was pretty much it for Rex, so he didn't have his suspicions. However, he could help but notice the faint scent of another wolf on the guy as they finally got some one on one time in a relatively closed space. It wasn't enough that he thought Harvey was a wolf, he had his own distinct smell that radiated off him - but he had contact with one, and enough that the smell lingered.
"And for dealing with the family," Rex added. He didn't have time, all the time, to answer their questions or even offer a blanket statement in terms of trying to comfort them. The last week or so had been completely consumed with finding Adam, in whatever state he was in, and keeping everything organized and legal. Aside from the searching he allowed Austin to do, and the one time he ventured into the main mine at night with Addison covering him.