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Caption: WESTHAVEN. NEXT MORNING. Billboard: A BRIGHTER WESTHAVEN TOGETHER. News headline: BREAKING NEWS News headline: WESTHAVEN ARENA DESTROYED IN OVERNIGHT DISASTER News ticker: DOZENS INJURED | AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING | ENHANCED INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED? Female news reporter: ...AUTHORITIES HAVE YET TO RELEASE THE IDENTITIES OF THE ENHANCED INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN LAST NIGHT'S INCIDENT AT WESTHAVEN ARENA. News ticker: WNN Male news speaker: ...DOZENS WERE INJURED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE CRITICAL CONDITIONS. CREWS REMAIN ON SITE AS SEARCH AND RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE. Male news speaker: ...AT THIS TIME, WE CANNOT CONFIRM THE IDENTITIES OF THE ENHANCED INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, BUT OFFICIALS HAVE STATED THIS WAS NOT A NATURAL DISASTER. Male news speaker: THE SAFETY OF WESTHAVEN REMAINS OUR TOP PRIORITY. WE ASK THAT THE PUBLIC AVOID THE AREA AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE. Sign: WESTHAVEN GENERAL HOSPITAL Sign: Emergency → / ICU → / Radiology → Doctor: Mr. Whitmore?
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A city skyline at sunset and news reports about the destroyed Westhaven Arena appear above a hospital waiting room, where a bloodied young man sits hunched over as a doctor approaches 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.
