OverDrive — BURNOUT, Page 28
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Amid a burning street, the Crimson Crusader crouches in the foreground while a woman carries a child away through fleeing people. Woman: “Thank you!” Crimson Crusader: “Just keep moving! Stay away from the fire!” The Crimson Crusader looks toward a man trapped beneath wreckage. Trapped man: “HELP! SOMEBODY!” Crimson Crusader: “!” Trapped man: “I CAN’T! I CAN’T!” The Crimson Crusader strains to lift a large beam as the man reaches out from under the rubble. Crimson Crusader: “Okay... COME ON... COME ON...” Sound effect: “KRRRRK--” Trapped man: “GO! GO! GO!” The beam crashes down as the Crimson Crusader crouches beside the wreckage. Sound effect: “THOOM!” Crimson Crusader: “...Matchstick?” Man: “Oh, you gotta be kidding me.” Close on the Crimson Crusader’s face. Crimson Crusader: “...Who the hell are you?”
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The red-goggled Crimson Crusader braces amid burning wreckage, then pulls up a collapsed beam as a trapped man calls for help and people flee behind 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.
