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Fantastic They were in a death trap, and he was teasing her

Slowly, cautiously, Friday lifted her head and looked up the body of thein front of her He held out a hand

“You’ll be stiff fro Let me help you up”

She took his hand, grateful for his aid, and he tugged her to her feet, wrapping his arood now?”

“Yes” Safe in his ar the Red Zone and her knees gave way

His hold tightened “Like when Moses parted the Red Sea Only it’s literally red, and instead of walls of water on either side of us, we’ve got deadly mist”

“You think you’re Moses?”

Her attention remained focused on the red mist It was a deep red, like dried blood The consisten

cy varied In the thinner places, she could h for Friday to tell what they were In other parts, the redThere was a stillness to it, an oppressive heaviness weighted with foreboding She peered closer at the section nearest her It seeht

“Mes, ain’t it?”

“I swear,” she mumbled, “you can almost see patterns in it”

“Bébé, you stare at it long enough and you can see anything you like in it”

She reluctantly pulled her gaze from the mist to look up at her protector “So into it”

For aat each other It was as though they were the only two people on the planet

Striker cleared his throat and stepped back froh he kept his hands on her arms “We need to move out You dehydrate fast in that suit and I’d rather we didn’t have to reet some water into you”