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She saw shock register behind those askew glasses Jack was no different from most people, Brianna admitted to herself with some bitterness: he didn’t take her seriously Of course she —after all, she was the Breeze She was a superhero, so she had soation to carry off a certain style But she was also Brianna Regular girl

“Oh, did that sound too harsh?” she asked, letting annoyance resonate in her tone of voice

“A little bit,” Jack said

“Yeah? Well, thanks for helping Later,” Brianna said And she was gone before he could say so else stupid

Du

ck woke up

He was co nothing but a bathing suit In the dark

He was cold His fingertips were nu

He felt so hard and sharp beneath his shoulder blades and he shifted to lessen the pain He looked around, bewildered There was a faint light fro dirt shaft

Duck tried toto the bottoh the bottos burning There were scrapes down his sides, and along the underside of his arms

And now, here he was, in a hole A deep hole At the botto into the earth

Falling into the earth?

It was iround he was But froht, he had to be at least twenty feet doenty feet Underground

Fear stabbed at his heart He was buried alive There was no way he’d be able to clah that narrow muddy shaft to the surface

No way