OverDrive — BURNOUT, Page 22
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Caption: RIVERSIDE PARK, WESTHAVEN Sound effect: THOOM Red-visored figure: Okay... Red-visored figure: Burning trees. Burning benches. Burning a whole hot-dog stand... Red-visored figure: ...and one Hot Topic forest fire. Red-visored figure: Lighter. Creepy coat. Fire everywhere... Red-visored figure: I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you're not with Parks and Rec. Curly-haired man: You're funny. Red-visored figure: Thank you. It's mostly anxiety. Red-visored figure: So what are you supposed to be? Curly-haired man: What am I supposed to be? Red-visored figure: You're walking around dressed like a sentient cigarette. Curly-haired man: ...Me? Curly-haired man: Ohhh. I got you, Matchstick. Curly-haired man: Matchstick it is. Red-visored figure: ... Curly-haired man: ...Don't call me that. Red-visored figure: Okay, Matchstick. Red-visored figure: Fun's over. Red-visored figure: People got hurt last night. Red-visored figure: And you're out here doing this again? Red-visored figure: You got a problem or something? Curly-haired man: ...Not even a little. Red-visored figure: And? Red-visored figure: You sure?
Image description
A red-and-white-suited figure with a red visor crouches amid rubble and flames while speaking with a curly-haired man in scorched clothes, as fires burn through the park around them.
About this chapter
Matthew Banks never asked to be Redline—and after learning that saving people can make him a target just as easily as a hero, he’s beginning to wonder why he should keep trying at all. But when a chance encounter brings an unexpected new friend into his life and a string of mysterious fires leads him to the dangerously unpredictable Ash, Matt is forced to confront what walking away from his powers can cost. As Westhaven burns around them, Redline and Ash collide in a brutal battle neither man may survive. And when the smoke finally clears, Matt must decide what being Redline truly means to him. Unfortunately, Ash walks away with an answer of his own: He knows who’s underneath the mask.
