Ray settled on his feet, face contorted in pain and fear.
“Maybe not draw the attention of the crazed medical experiment gone wrong?”
notToo pulled into Dee’s electric gaze, too overcome by what he saw there, or rather, what he didn’t see, Steve gave no response.
didn’tFar away, someone yelled, How could this happen? Another voice, drowned by the first, suggested he run.
How could this happen?runRay took a couple of tentative steps, his hand on Steve for balance.
This touch anchored Steve back to his body.
At Ray’s movement, Dee’s posture went rigid. Steve responded in kind.
He’d thought he was stiff with anxiety before, but this was something else. Looking down the short, narrow tunnel that was the last moments of his life did something too profound for language. The path between n
