OverDrive — BURNOUT, Page 40
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A concert venue is filled with a panicked crowd as fire burns around the exits. A security guard shouts, “BACK UP! BACK UP!” A person says, “Wait... that's real fire!” Another person yells, “WHAT?!” The sound effect reads “FWOOOOSH!!!” People in the crowd shout, “THE EXITS ARE BLOCKED!” “WHAT?!” “MOVE! GET OUT OF THE WAY!” “THERE'S ANOTHER EXIT!” and “THAT ONE'S ON FIRE TOO!” A blond man says, “...Matt.” The man beside him replies, “Where?!” Matthew says, “Yeah.” The blond man says, “We need to move.” Matthew replies, “...I don't know.” The blond performer holds a microphone as the crowd shouts, “LET US OUT!!” A speech bubble says, “Leaving already?” Other shouts read, “AAAAAH!!!” and “SOMEBODY HELP!!!”
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A packed concert crowd flees as flames engulf the venue, while two men push through the panicked audience and a blond performer sings into a microphone.
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.
