OverDrive — BURNOUT, Page 9
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WESTHAVEN 11:47 PM A burning apartment building towers over firefighters and bystanders. Bystander: SOMEONE CALL 911! Responder: GET EVERYONE OUT! A woman carries a girl clutching a stuffed animal as they move away from the fire. Woman: I know, baby! Stay with me! Woman: We’re almost out! Girl: Mom... I can’t breathe... The woman and girl look toward people fleeing the building. Responder: MOVE! GET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING! Girl: ...Mom? A dark-coated figure stands before the burning building as the woman and girl watch. Dark-coated figure: Everyone screams when something burns... Dark-coated figure: ...but nobody ever stops to look. Dark-coated figure: It’s beautiful!
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Firefighters and bystanders gather before a blazing apartment building as a woman carries a frightened girl with a stuffed animal toward safety, while a dark-coated figure stands amid the flames holding a small light.
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.