I run back and shoot at Reede as a jeep drives straight at him. He cleaves down at Bolt, but the jeep sends Reede flying. A woman gets out and throws a Molotov at him. Reede catches fire and he begins screaming in a shrill, inhuman tone. He runs on all fours, "Zero! do no let them leave!" I get up, pointing my gun at her, "You wanna put down that gun, sweetie? I'm here to evacuate the both of you." I lower it, "Fine, drive." She grabs her radio as I drag Bolt up into the back seat, "Norbert! You ready?"

*Start it up?* She sets down a whiskey bottle before hopping in, "Yeah, now." She starts up the car and stomps on the gas, "Who are you?" She peers in the rearview, "We got company!" I look back and it isn't a car. A beast on all fours stomps through the swerving cars. "It's gaining fast! How far?" She makes a sharp turn and the creature flies straight past. "Not far at all!" She makes another turn and we come upon a long road with train tracks. A train's coming fast, whistling in the distance,

*I'm almost there! Keep driving!*

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The creature hops down, cracking the pavement behind us. I yell up to her, "No way we're getting on a bullet train!" She laughs as a train with a small moving crane crashes through a barricade before slowing down. Someone's in the crane. *Get your heads down!* The crane drops and rips through the windows. The woman yells, "Why didn't you use a magnet!?"

*It's all they had!*

The creature grabs hold and drags us back on the ground, "Shit! Tango! Get him!" Some kind of black hook comes through the back window, trying to claw at me. *Hold on, I got it!*

He takes out a flare gun, covering one ear before firing at him. With a shrill scream, it lets go as we get pulled up. Norbert waves with a smile, *Close call!* He moves us over a platform and drops us slowly. We get out as the burning creature screams, charging towards us, gaining fast. Norbert smiles as he grabs a tablet and waves to the monster. He waits as the woman yelled, "Do it already!"

"It's fine, trust me!" About twenty feet away, he presses a button and waves, "So long, sucker!" He grabs his knees and laughs while pointing at it. It started running faster, it's body becoming even more malformed, "Shit, shit!" He runs as it leaps, swiping a large hook at him. We laugh as Norbert and the creature tumble forward. He clenches his heart and breathes heavily.