His Biggest Secret

Chapter 73

Two men in hazmat suits rushed to Edmund and lifted him by his arms to drag him to a decontamination suite. They stood under a spray on the way in then, once inside, they got his suit off and went to work spraying him down.

One ran a Geiger counter over him then pointed it to the wicked looking burns on his face. It remained relatively silent. The men looked at each other and sagged with relief.

"Thank god!" Heller said.

Arnd, one of the day-shift control center technicians, looked closer at the burns. "They're fading!"

"What?" Heller said as he leaned closer to catch the last of the terrible burn marks dissipate. Edmund's slightly pocked skin looked as normal as it had been.

"What's going on in there?" Karl's voice boomed through the intercom.

"Edmund's burns are gone!" Heller said.

"Gone? What do you mean gone! How bad were they?" Karl asked.

Heller and Arnd looked at each other.

"The entire left side of his face looked like it was going to peel off. Now it's- fine," Arnd a