'they' are a drugged out self-proclaimed philosopher, a punked out modern day jekyl-and-hyde, two asylum escapees, a birdboy, a birdbrain, and an owner of a café for runaways.

'they' are hiding from 'them'. genetically modified humans (2.0s) hell bound and determined to wipe out normal humans (1.0s) with a virus that makes the black plague look like the sniffles.

it's one-sided biological warfare, but it's not the end of the world. just humanity.