We're really in for it now, weren't we...
Here we were, running for our lives as a veritable electric storm ravaged anyone stupid enough to not run away from the rampaging Prime. While Olivia and I were still slashing our way through some of the tin cans that opposed us, it all eventually gave way to everyone just running side by side, all in the name of not dying to a young adult throwing a hissy-fit because I was gay.And holy shit did I wish that I just made that whole thought blurb up.*CRACKLE! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!*"Do you have a plan yet, Sis?!" I heard Olivia scream at me as we continued our descent all the way back to the Furnace. "We're about a few minutes away from going back to where we started!"In an instant, I felt the gaze of over a hundred souls land squarely at my puny shoulders. Friend and foe alike all looked at me like I was the savior sent by God that would deliver us from death via electrocution. It was a lot
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