The Raven Speaks: I'm Not Looking Forward to Terminator: Dark Fate

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Terminator Genisys (2015)

Title: Terminator Genisys

Series: Terminator

Director: Alan Taylor

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, and Emilia Clarke

Released: 2015

B.O.B.: The Party

-This is a Mature Story (if in content if not plot)
-It's an Animorphs/Terminator fic
-It's a Tobias fic

You can read it HERE

Terminator: Genisys Official Trailer Review

I knew this trailer was about to come out and I became very worried. I write for a Terminator fansite so I have been keeping up with the news about it. I knew Jai Courtney would have nude scenes and I knew some of the casting choices.

So when I saw this trailer for the first time I was nervous about what it would show.

So what do I think about it?

Terminator Genisys Trailer to Premiere at CCXP and Motion Poster

First let's talk about the Terminator Genisys Trailer. In an Exclusive found HERE from TheTerminatorFans (who I write for, hence you can find a link to their site on the sidebar of this blog) there is mention of a trailer for the upcoming Terminator reboot.

Terminator Genisys Should be Rated R

Some movie franchises need to be rated a certain way in order for their story to be adequately told. While I am doubting how well the Terminator reboot can be (one problem is it erases the first two movies right off the bat making hardcore fans less likely to see it), I think an R rating can help please doubtful fans AND allow a better Terminator feel for the overall movie.

A Brief Glance at the Cast of Terminator: Genesis

I admit I'm not looking forward to this movie. Rebooting the Terminator franchise is not what is needed to help the franchise out. A T5 that followed Terminator Salvation could have worked out the kinks in that movie.

However, I write for a Terminator fansite and so I haven't been able to push this as far from my mind until it comes to theaters as I wished.

Today I will talk about a few of the cast members that I'm familiar with. I hope all of those mentioned in this post do good performances even if they don't have that good of material to work with.

Matt Smith, most notable for playing the 11th Doctor on the BBC show Doctor Who, will be in Terminator: Genesis in a yet unnamed role. The 11th Doctor is my second favorite Doctor on Doctor Who, first being Christopher Eccleston's 9th Doctor, and I am excited to see him in a role that doesn't have anything to do with his former show. Well...except for the sci-fi and time travel parts that make up the Terminator Universe.

Emilia Clarke, whom I first saw as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones, will be the new Sarah Connor. This is probably the casting choice I'm most pleased with. In Game of Thrones Clarke is able to evolve from an innocent woman into a deadly queen. That's the kind of character development Sarah Connor needs. In T1 Sarah is thrown into a whole new world and in T2 she becomes very much a part of something that used to be strange to her.

Jai Courtney, who was recently in A Good Day to Die Hard and Divergent, will be the new Kyle Reese. Does he look like Michael Biehn? It doesn't matter as Terminator: Genesis is a reboot of the franchise. In A Good Day to Die Hard his mission was to protect a man and he was a good guy. This screams Kyle Reese protecting Sarah Connor. Though the outcomes of both situations are very different. In Divergent he was a bad guy so I was unsure of what to think of him being the new Kyle Reese until I saw the latest Die Hard movie.

And the final cast member I will talk about needs no introduction as his name, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is enough. I have to say him being in the movie is the casting choice I like the least. It just feels too much of a fanservice push than anything else. It's like people think if there's no Arnold in a Terminator movie then no one will go see it. Hell, in Terminator Salvation the Arnold CGI crap was made so there would technically be Arnold in it.

Three Sci-Fi Series Writers Should Check Out

Science Fiction is a very complex genre. Sometimes what is and isn't Science Fiction is up for debate. So someone deciding they want to get into writing the genre can be a big deal since it's so vast. People will get easily confused of what does and doesn't work.

For the help of future sci-fi writers, I will list three of my favorite sci-fi series so you'll have some basis of where to look for inspiration. I will also remind readers that I am only focusing on the sci-fi parts and not any other issues like representation and the like.

TERMINATOR

 For those of you wanting to keep your sci-fi story here on Earth, have no fear. While I love a good alien sci-fi story, the truth is that not every Science Fiction story has to be in outer space or involve aliens. Terminator is my favorite sci-fi series that takes place on Earth.

I would highly recommend Terminator to those looking to write a Post-Apocalyptic story. While the majority of the Terminator franchise takes place before Judgment Day (the event that destroyed the world and left the remaining humans to fight the Terminators), there are still a few times when a Post-Judgment Day Earth is shown (Terminator Salvation [whole movie], The Terminator [Kyle Reese's flashbacks], and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [flashbacks]).

Also, if you want a nice taste of how to write your invincible machines this is also a good pick. Even Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, a movie loathed by the majority of the fandom, has a good new Terminator. The new Terminator being the T-X who added even more features to Skynet's arsenal.

Finally: Terminator involves time travel. While it might not be the best time travel series, it should still give you a good taste on how to do them. When Bryan Singer made X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) he discussed with James Cameron about time travel so he didn't mess his own movie up.

ANIMORPHS

I am talking about the book series by K.A.Applegate and not the godawful Nickelodeon series. Because the show changed way more than any good adaptation should.

Besides telling a complex war story about children, this book does a great job at alien species. And, yes, that's why I'm pointing it out in this post.

Since I only have a limited amount of space here I will only list a few alien species:

Andalites are the 'good guys', though that becomes extremely complicated as the series progresses. They are centaur like creatures with no mouths and a tail-blade. The females are a different color and have smaller tail-blades than the males of the same species. They are the species that created the morphing power that the Animorphs use in the series. They are also backwards in some areas such as they don't respect females or the disabled.

Yeerks are the 'bad guys', though that becomes as complicated as the Andalite situation. They are slug-like creatures that need a host to fully experience the world. Because they need hosts, a good majority of the species is in favor of invading planets for more hosts. Yeerks must leave their host every three days to feed in the Yeerk pool to get nutrients from the Kandrona ray. The Kandrona ray imitates the Yeerks' own sun.

The final species I will mention are the Hork-Bajir. They are bladed creatures that look like they are predators but they are actually a simple-minded, pacifistic, and herbivore race. They were created by another species to tend to the trees of their home planet and so they eat wood. It wasn't until the Yeerks invaded that they had any need, or knowledge, of fighting.

STAR WARS

This is a series that really needs no introduction. Even if you haven't seen any of the movies you know about it. It's one of those series that has seeped into every place of pop culture. For simplicity sake I am only going to refer to the movies but highly suggest reading any of the Star Wars novels by Timothy Zahn if you like the movies.

I am bringing up Star Wars to point out about the complex world building that is needed for a vast series like this.

The Jedi and Sith are ancient orders that use a mysterious energy called The Force. The Jedi use the Force for peace while the Sith view it as a weapon to control the galaxy.

There are also different type of governments. A rebel alliance, a galactic empire, and a republic have all had their time in the spotlight in this series.

There is also different types of technology that makes different races in the Star Wars Universe unique. From the simplistic weapons of the Ewoks to the world destroying weapons of the Galactic Empire, there are a lot of things covered.

Finally, I will mention that Star Wars aliens look like aliens. A good majority of them don't look like a guy in a suit which I think is really important for sci-fi as a whole. Alien species should look alien and not like someone you'd meet on the street.

I hope this brief list helps a future sci-fi writer out there. Or at the very least, gives people an idea of some great Science Fiction series to check out.

The Eternal Heart: Fragile Package 5

I was aware of how to take lives out of existence, but bringing new life into the world wasn’t something I was familiar with. I was used to dying people screaming, but I wasn’t used to helping them give birth. I’m not a medic, though I am passable. I usually depended on another comrade to help the injured and dying.

Hell, Katherine was the medic everyone liked to get when they could.

I, on the other hand, was just a killer.

“Katherine!” I shouted. “Breathe in and out!”

I should’ve replied calmer, but I was frightened. Katherine would be alive and John would continue to be with her. How could I tell him I had hoped that she had died?

No matter now, I had to focus on helping her deliver.

Katherine was struggling and I had to try and keep her still. She had injuries from the chopper crash and I didn’t want to imagine the pain she was going through now. I thought of tying her up to keep her still but I finally decided to ditch the idea. I didn’t want to stop circulation and I wouldn’t be able to do it quickly enough anyways.

The last thing I wanted was for John’s offsprings to plop onto the floor like discarded items.

“I...I...I can’t!” Katherine said, but part of her wouldn’t quit wanting to give birth.

“Give birth first and then die.” I hissed, but she wouldn’t stop yelling.

Dammit, this was not going to work. Katherine would die and the twins would die and then I would have to watch John try to not fall apart. This was not going to be a good day at all. Even if the twins were born without being injured themselves, the fact was that I would be in the middle of nowhere with a dying woman and two newborn children.

I didn’t know how I managed, but I helped Katherine birth the twins. My hands were ready for both when they came out. Neither of them were terrified of my metal poking out. I knew that they were way too young to feel fear from seeing it, but there was always a chance that a fear of metal was an instinct. I guess that wasn’t true.

“Can I see them?” Katherine asked me, her voice sounding weak.

“Sure.” I replied and handed each of them to her carefully.

“What do you want to name them, John?”

“Shouldn’t the mother decide?” I asked her and I saw that she had fallen asleep before I could finish the question.

I looked at the twins and shook my head. They looked like weird little aliens from Mars and yet it was my duty to take care of them for now.

I sighed and took them both in my arms as I looked for some place to wash them. There was a sink and some of the water I had left would allow me to bathe them for the first time. I was alert at all times as I washed them so as not to hurt them.

This was hard to do as they struggled and I was afraid I would inadvertently kill them which would piss John off. Thinking of John made me able to do a better job than I would have without him in my mind.

After I finished bathing them, I took random bits of clothing to cover them up. When we got back to base they could get real clothing and real help.

As I put the twins next to Katherine I realized I couldn’t wait. I needed to find a radio so that Katherine could be taken care of.

For over an hour I made sure that Katherine would be fine if left alone for a few hours at least. I had to go around the area to find a radio. I had no other choice if we wanted to survive.

As I looked at them for what could be the last time, I smiled at the twins and Katherine’s sleeping form before walking away.

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The Eternal Heart: Fragile Package 4

The night had seemed longer than normal. Maybe because it was the first time I was basically on my own. Or maybe it was the fact that I was having to defend Katherine from any Terminators that stopped by. I had looked for better weapons in the building and hadn’t found anything useful.

All that was useful were a few items that I used to set up an elementary alarm system. Of course the Terminators could easily avoid it if they wanted to, but at least it was there. Maybe it was my human side that wanted a sense of false reassurance.

Did that make me weak?

When the sun rose I didn’t feel any safer. Hell, I felt even more like I was in a cage with Skynet able to walk in any time that they wanted to. I held my handgun and watched over Katherine’s sleeping form. The rise and fall of her chest which hopefully meant the twins would be born.

As Katherine awoke I took care of her needs even as she kept continuing to confuse me for John Connor.

“I’m not John Connor.” I finally told her. “I’m Jash. You know, the person you hate and never want John to be with.”

“Stop trying to avoid yourself, John.” Katherine said and reached for my hand. “I believe in you.”

I realized why John would admire this woman. Even while she was in so much pain she still found it in her to encourage me. Well…to encourage John. But right now we were really the same person. I took her hand in mine and squeezed it.

“Yeah, I just don’t believe in myself. The war is hard which is why you can’t die.” I told her and she tried to squeeze back.

I then let go of her and started to feel her stomach. I didn’t know what to look for. It wasn’t like Skynet was interested in raising or killing pregnant women. Unless you counted killing them like other people. I wanted to scream in frustration. I should be able to do this for John, but I couldn’t.

I couldn’t tell if Katherine was still pregnant. I should be able to. Why didn’t I try learning more about how humans worked as much as I learned about how machines worked?

Looking down I remembered. Oh, yeah, because then I would have to deal even more with Katherine. And dealing with Katherine was hard.

But, as I looked at her, I realized that dealing with her was worth all the pain and heartache. I had never really cared when someone died. However, if she died then I would have to deal with John and I didn’t want that. So did my caring for Katherine’s life have more to do with John than me actually giving a shit about his wife?

Probably.

“I’m going, aren’t I?” Katherine asked weakly.

“No, no.” I said and stepped away from her. “You’ll live to torment me but I’m not certain about the twins.”

“I feel like I’m going. I’ve thought of what death feels like. This is it.”

“You are not dying. Not today. Not here.”

“You’ll find someone to love you, John, you’ll find someone to put your trust in. You’ll find another me.”

“Unlikely, you’re…you.”

“You have a lot of strength and if you don’t find someone you can always carry on. I know it’ll be hard for you, but you’ll be able to do it.”

“You’re not dying. Just stop talking like you’re going to go any moment now.”

“Do you know why I decided to be with you?”

“No.” I said, generally curious.

“Because I couldn’t stand to see you alone.” Katherine explained. “I saw you on Judgment Day and didn’t think you could handle things on your own. I thought that you needed to have someone to lean on. Please prove me wrong. Prove me wrong.”

“I will.” I said and her breathing slowed down.

Katherine really did love John Connor. It was in no way because she felt she would have more power or anything of the like. I didn’t expect that. I expected her to be a mean bitch. But she wasn’t.

I was lost. Everything I had thought about her was wrong. How could I think such cruel things of her? She was a human being. She deserved kindness and respect. Not only because she was John’s wife, but because she was a person.

I sat down and felt weak. I had hated her for so long that I didn’t know why I was feeling like I was losing someone I cared about. I should be able to just carry on fine. I should be worried about John’s reaction, of course, but I shouldn’t be frightened of her dying body so close to me.

Slowly I stood up and made sure I was still capable of standing. Nothing would be right once John heard the news that his wife was dead. He would never fully recover. Would he heed Katherine’s dying words? Would he take the chance to be with me?

I admit that I felt a little bit happy with the thought that John Connor and myself would finally be able to be together. I could do nothing more for Katherine, so I wouldn’t be the one to blame once she died. John and I could finally live a life together.

Katherine started screaming loudly and I looked over. Whatever was happening, she was not dying at this moment. It didn’t sound like a death cry and she wouldn’t yell out now that she was so close to death. She continued screaming and I finally knelt down beside her.

She grabbed my shoulder and I realized what was happening: Katherine Brewster wasn’t dying, she was giving birth.

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Jash Talks: Terminator Talk

Avexle and myself talk about Matt Smith in Terminator: Genesis, why Hannibal could be cancelled, and rant about Fox cancelling Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles among other things.

If you would like to send questions/topics for the next live show just comment below and they will be answered!

Also go to my twitter (@jashykins) to look for updates about the next live show!

The Eternal Heart: Fragile Package 3

The burning smell was about as bad as seeing the metal parts of me. I knew I was metal and that my humanity had been tainted, but seeing proof of that was a thing unto itself. Because when I had proof like this that I wasn’t human, but a hybrid, then I wondered who I had been before. Was I someone that had sided with Skynet or had I been against it?

I put thoughts of the metal showing underneath my burnt skin to the back of my mind. Right now I had to look at the burning chopper wreckage to see if Star and Barnes were there.

“Star! Barnes!” I shouted and looked for any movements or the slightest sounds of a cry for help.

But I heard and saw nothing.

“John...” Katherine said and I quickly turned to her.

She wasn’t in good shape and didn’t have the benefit of being a hybrid to help her. I knelt by her and felt her stomach. If she survived but her twins died, then John would be distracted from the war. He wouldn’t be in good shape if just Katherine died so I didn’t want to imagine his reaction to his unborn children dying.

“Katherine?” I asked and tried to lift her up.

I stopped after she groaned. Shit. How was I supposed to get her somewhere safe? Skynet would probably be coming by soon. Maybe I was trying to carry her the wrong way.

“You need to walk. Can you do that?” I asked.

“John?” Katherine asked and looked at me. “I feel like I fell or-“

“You crashed, Katherine.” I told her. “Skynet will be coming soon and I need to get you to safety.”

“Weren’t there others?”

“Barnes and Star scouted an area ahead and found somewhere safe. They  are waiting for us there.” I lied and figured the truth could come later. Right now I needed her to move as quickly as she could.

As I managed to slowly help her up she said, “John, if I die-“

“You aren’t goin-“ I started to say.

“You never wanted to accept that I could die. I think that’s why you didn’t want to send me on missions. But if I do die I just want you to stay away from Jash. You’re a human, John, and you deserve the love only a human can bring. Promise me.”

“I promise.” I replied since there was no other option. If Katherine was going to confuse me for John, I didn’t have the time to correct her.

“And if you’re going to die, want to do it at another location?” I asked after she didn’t move for a minute.

Katherine’s reply was to smile weakly and I helped her walk. I didn’t know where to go since I hadn’t gotten a good layout of the land while I was crashing. I didn’t know if I was even going in the right direction, but I had no choice. I had to continue going forward.

It was hard work getting anywhere with Katherine in her current condition. Besides it being a pain in the ass to move her, she kept confusing me for John. While I didn’t mind the tidbits of gossip I was able to get from her, some of what she said was a little more personal. Sexual stuff was included in what she was saying. Sometimes she thought that they were just starting their relationship and so didn’t know John’s turn-ons and turn-offs.

While this could’ve been amusing, the fact was that for three hours I had to go with imagining John and Katherine together in detail.

As the fourth hour approached, I saw a broken down building. It seemed to be crumbling but was otherwise stable. Maybe other people had been here recently and so there would be supplies. Water and food to last us a few days was all that we needed. I could always give Katherine my clothes if need be.

“Katherine, we don’t have to go much further.” I told her and her only response was to nod.

I felt her stepping a little more quickly as she realized the walking would end shortly.

As we entered the building, I looked around to make sure that there weren’t any surprises waiting for us. Of course if there was a Terminator my small handgun wouldn’t do much to it. I would have to battle the metal hand to hand and hope that hybrids were well built to fight against other Terminators.

After two minutes nothing came out to get us so I set Katherine by some stairs. I let her down slowly and allowed her to choose how fast we went. After she was sitting relatively comfortably by the stairs, I started looking around in detail.

There was some food and water that would hold us over for the next few days. I then looked for things I could use to make a makeshift bed for Katherine, as this building hadn’t been one for sleeping in before Judgment Day.

As I made Katherine comfortable on the makeshift bed, I started to fully realize a problem. I had known about the problem before, but now things were calm and I could reflect on it.

I couldn’t tell if Katherine’s twins were now dead or if they were going to be born like they should. I stayed up all night with those thoughts going through my head.

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Matt Smith in Terminator: Genesis

While I am not looking forward to Terminator: Genesis, that doesn't mean now and again news about it will intrigue me. I am always going to be hopeful, until I see the film myself, that it'll actually be good. I don't want it to be bad, but I feel it's heading that way.

One bit of news has made me more interested in going to theaters to see the film. That bit of news is that Matt Smith is going to be joining the cast of the reboot. Yes, Matt Smit is going to be in yet another series featuring time-travel.

My Doctor is 9, aka Christopher Eccleston, but Smith's Doctor in Doctor Who was the first one I kept up with. Each week I'd be waiting to see what happened. So when I heard the news that Smith was going to be in Terminator: Genesis I had, and still do have, mixed feelings about it.

On one hand I am going to see what Smith can do outside of Doctor Who. Whenever I read an author like Timothy Zahn who is most famous for his Star Wars novels, I read something non-Star Wars (aka series/work in question) related to see if Zahn (aka author in question) really is a good author. Same thing I like to do with actors. I like to see if I just like their one role or their acting abilities as a whole. With Terminator: Genesis I'll be able to more fully judge Matt Smith.

But on the other hand, Matt Smith will be in Terminator: Genesis. It's a film I don't have much faith in and now my sorry ass will be rushing towards the theater when it comes out. Hell, I don't know if I can calm my fangirl heart down enough to not just run out to the theaters now.

Matt Smith's exact role isn't know yet. What is known is that he'll be playing a character that is close to John Connor.

The Eternal Heart: Fragile Package 2

The silence in the chopper was deafening. I didn’t much care for Katherine, but I had no idea beforehand of the hate she harbored for me. I could understand, although very vaguely, of why she wouldn’t like me. I was the person that John was attracted to and had talked of leaving her for.

To distract myself from the silence I looked at the radar and the scenery. Though the scenery really just consisted of decaying buildings and some movements on the ground. But I couldn’t tell if the movements were from Resistance fighters, nomads, or Skynet. It wasn’t my place to determine that and Katherine didn’t speak.

Her silence might be her way of discrediting me later. While that wasn’t comforting on its own, it was comforting to know that it must not be that bad for her to hide it from me. Katherine might loathe me, but she would never put her hatred of me above the protection of the Resistance. In that way John had chosen a good wife.

I had let the silence go on for so long since I had failed to get a conversation started with her earlier. If she wasn’t going to make the effort to reply, I wasn’t going to make the effort to talk.

“So how do you keep your hair like that?” I heard Barnes ask by way of the headsets.

“I don’t think Kyle would like you asking questions about his girlfriend’s hair.” I joked as I needed to say something. The silence was getting really bad.

“Is that really how you think pick-up lines work?”

“Hey, it’s not my fault if I’m a little uneducated in certain areas.”

“Just certain areas?” Barnes replied and I could see a smile briefly on Katherine’s face.

“What, you acting like you’re better than me?”

“I’m human.”

“Well, you’re not a very good example.” Star said dryly.

I grinned as she had just ended a silence that could’ve gone on a long time.

“Barnes is an excellent example. John trusts him.” Katherine said, defending the man.

“So you’ve decided to talk?” I asked Katherine.

She became silent. Smooth, Jash, very smooth.

“Well, you got one defender.” I said after the silence went on for a few minutes.

“That’s more than you have.” Barnes tried to counter.

“I’ve got the leader of the Resistance on my side. Other people have seemed to act kinder to me as of late.”

“But you’re never going to fu-“

“You keeping track of those movements?” Katherine asked and I could tell that her reason for interrupting wasn’t to check on anything.

Not even Barnes could bring up my obsession with John while she was around.

“My job is to look at the radar and your job is to look at the ground.” I replied dryly. “Tracking movements on the ground isn’t important in this point in time. We’re still a little bit away from the area we’re supposed to scout. But tracking movements on the ground for now could give us some hints for future missions.”

“You like commanding me, don’t you.” Katherine said.

“No, I’m just doing my job. Besides, dealing with you means dealing with John later. It isn’t always the best thing when you have something negative to say about me.”

Katherine formed a small smile on her lips and I sighed. She liked causing me pain and I’d like to cause her some pain at this moment. But she could get away with any jabs at me while I couldn’t. Sort of sucked to be me at the moment.

“What are the movements on the ground like?” Star asked.

“Nothing threatening.” Katherine replied. “No movements that would signal that they’ll be involved with our scouting mission later on.”

“That’s good.” I said and then noticed something strange on the radar.

Skynet wasn’t human and could move ahead of what us humans were capable of. Luckily that had proved not to be such a big advantage in the war so humans could still have victories. One thing Skynet had done was tamper with how radar saw their different Terminators. Depending how important a Terminator was, such as one going to infiltrate a Resistance base would have higher priority over one fighting in the battlefield, they could get it so that radar would pick them up as something else.

Luckily the Resistance had a decent percentage of spotting when this trick was being used. From the radar reading it seemed like Skynet was trying this trick again.

“Katherine, John mention to you any other Resistance choppers being in the area?” I asked.

“No,” Katherine said. “Wouldn’t he have mentioned something to you?”

“We have a friendship, not a relationship. Besides, sometimes a leader has to hide facts to get a victory.” I paused a moment. “Star and Barnes, get prepared for some action. Shit is about to hit the fan.”

I watched where the ‘Resistance’ choppers were and turned just as the first shot was fired.

“Get ready to shoot back!” I shouted and tried to get in a good position for Katherine.

But she was pregnant and getting a good shot was hard. I wasn’t going to be the one to have John lose his children. However, I still had to make sure we all didn’t die.

I spent a few minutes just dodging and cursing the fact that this was just supposed to be a simple mission. Katherine wasn’t supposed to be in danger and if something happened John would kill me.

Thoughts of John killing me were cut short as Katherine was finally able to get a shot out, but that victory was cut short when Skynet’s HKs finally landed some hits on the chopper. Due to me having to dodge, Katherine wasn’t able to land another hit.

Then I dodged some more, Skynet shot the chopper down, and darkness.

I opened my eyes slowly and the sight of burning wreckage greeted me.

“Katherine!” I shouted as I looked at her.

I quickly pulled her away from the wreckage and tried not to look at the metal that was now showing through my burnt skin.

“Star! Barnes!” I yelled, but there was no reply.

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