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Time to hurry. The crash was brutal and most people are surely dead, so you call upon God and bet on the possibility that Julian is still alive. There’s nothing else you can do except force every cell in your body to work toward saving him. You were never a church person, but you always talked to God — and He always answered.
I’ll climb up here and save them —, you think. It’s five yards high, but you could climb using the pipes and the gaps between the bricks.
*BURNING EXPLOSION*
Things don’t go as planned, because the moment your first hand passes through the beam of light, it sets on fire!
You grunt in pain and instinctively take two steps back, extinguishing the flame by shoving your hand into the filthy water.
— Fuck! There must be something sci-fi up there emitting ionizing radiation. I must be in a contaminated zone…
You step away from the beam of light, your nerves frying from whatever radiation (?) ignited you. Your burned hand throbs and smokes. Assuming it was radiation, you keep it far from your torso and head.
A shadow forms inside the light. A single human silhouette — slender, familiar, feminine. She’s talking on the phone, but you can’t hear the voice on the other end, only the girl.
— Don’t yell at me, geez! I’m looking for this shithead alone! Look… I THINK you screwed up when you said this was the street he fell on… No, wait! I-I can smell him!— Did he hang up? Son of a bitch! *sniff sniff* Blood-pariah, what do you think you’re doing with a corpse that fell from the surface? I can feel your vitae and his blood dangerously close. Wait! Could it be that—
The slender shadow five yards above disintegrates, and two steps ahead of you, a puddle of muddy slime takes the shape of a young, attractive woman. You feel pressure in the air. It’s the woman who seduced you.
— “Zhang?”
You fall backwards, startled by the display of magic. She looks you up and down.
— Zhang Yu Lin… So it’s you, CHUPASTAR?! And now you’re cursed?!
— You’re not hurt, Zhang! Thank God! How are the boys?? Did anyone else make it? Did you see Julián?
— I did, yeah. Just a mediocre meal. Looks like you drew the lucky card in your tragedy, big guy.”
— What do you mean?! What is all this?!”
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