Yesterday's Hero
“Something flares past me, grounds to my left. A massive shock runs up my leg, lifts me into the air like a rag doll. I somersault in the air. The world spins. I come down on my back.
Corrugated aluminum does not a comfortable landing make.
I roll over, groan. Blood dribbles from my mouth. I don’t know what I bit. Maybe everything.
“Arthur, what are you—?” Felicity is yelling at my back. But I can see Jasmine. I have to get to Jasmine. I stagger up and forwards. I half hurdle, half d...ry hump another girder. I roll. Another blast of something or other. I’m bucked up into the air like a lightning-powered donkey kicked me in the gut. I fly with all the grace of a sack of potatoes.
That may be slander from the sack’s point of view.
I’m out of cover now, an open stretch of metal between Jasmine and me. Even the walls have dropped away. Jasmine’s shouting something, waving at me, but my ears are ringing, and I can’t hear a word.MoreLess
Corrugated aluminum does not a comfortable landing make.
I roll over, groan. Blood dribbles from my mouth. I don’t know what I bit. Maybe everything.
“Arthur, what are you—?” Felicity is yelling at my back. But I can see Jasmine. I have to get to Jasmine. I stagger up and forwards. I half hurdle, half d...ry hump another girder. I roll. Another blast of something or other. I’m bucked up into the air like a lightning-powered donkey kicked me in the gut. I fly with all the grace of a sack of potatoes.
That may be slander from the sack’s point of view.
I’m out of cover now, an open stretch of metal between Jasmine and me. Even the walls have dropped away. Jasmine’s shouting something, waving at me, but my ears are ringing, and I can’t hear a word.MoreLess
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