OverDrive — BURNOUT, Page 3
By finessin_phantom · Published
Transcript
In a clothing-filled room, a young person stands beside a laundry basket and a heap of clothes. Young person: “...This feels excessive.” The person sorts through the clothes and lifts a black garment. Young person: “Better.” Outside on a sunny city street, the person checks a phone. Young person: “Groceries first.” Young person: “Before I talk myself out of this.” Phone checklist: “TODAY”; “Groceries”; “Laundry detergent”; “Gas”; “Auto parts”; “Clean apartment”; “DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING”. Other visible text: “JAYLENE FINESSE”; “WESTHAVEN”; “SATURDAY”; “12:26 PM”; “N4 & BITES”.
Image description
A young person with braided hair sorts through a mound of clothes in a laundry basket, picks up a black garment, then walks outside checking a phone.
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.