OverDrive — BURNOUT, Page 29
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Transcript
In a ruined city at night, the red-visored man looks toward the destruction. Red-visored man: “...Matchstick?” Red-visored man: “You gotta be kidding me.” Police officers aim weapons at him. Officer: “THERE! THAT’S HIM!” Officer: “HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM!” Officer: “GET ON THE GROUND!” Red-visored man: “No—hold on! Not this again!” Red-visored man: “I’m not getting on the ground! I didn’t do this!” Red-visored man: “There was another enhanced guy here! Blond hair, tattoos—he throws fire!” Red-visored man: “LOOK AROUND! WHY WOULD I SAVE EVERYBODY AND THEN—” Officer: “LAST WARNING!” A shot hits near the man. “BANG!” “TSHK!” Red-visored man: “...You shot me.” The man launches through a cloud of dust and debris, trailing red energy. “THOOM!” Officer: “DON’T LET HIM ESCAPE!” Officer: “HE’S RUNNING!” Red-visored man: “YEAH, NO SHIT!”
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A red-visored man in a bloodied white-and-red suit faces armed police amid a burning, rubble-strewn city, then recoils from a shot and streaks away on red energy as officers pursue him.
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.
