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- "A sugar refinery is burning," he said. "There are
- people inside."
- "So set me down," Lois said.
- He looked at her for a long moment and seemed to
- come to a decision. A moment later they were flashing
- forward and Lois found herself a hundred yards away
- from the wide expanse of a parking lot.
- She could hear ambulances already on the way,
- and as her feet touched the ground she felt the sudden
- chill as Clark let her go.
- He was a blur as he disappeared, and even as he
- vanished one of the silos exploded. Lois flinched and
- winced as the world seemed to go white for a moment.
- She could see the growing crowd of evacuees
- outside the plant. Some were standing and others were
- lying on the ground, obviously injured.
- Despite herself, Lois found herself moving
- forward. She'd taken an elementary first aid course
- before going to Iraq the first time. She knew the basics
- and with any luck the ambulances would be there soon
- enough that they wouldn't need her.
- Stepping forward into the crowd, Lois saw the
- stunned, haggard look on most of the faces in the
- crowd. These people were in shock.
- "Does anyone have medical experience?" she
- called out.
- When they turned to look at her she repeated the
- question again. Slowly they began to look at their
- neighbors, who were shaking their heads.
- "I had CPR training," one woman said.
- With that another man stepped out from the back
- of the crowd and then another, and another. They
- seemed almost grateful to have someone in charge,
- especially as Lois began to point to individuals and
- telling them what to do.
- "Does anyone have medical kits in their cars, latex
- gloves, hand sanitizer, blankets, and bottles of water,
- anything we can use? If you do bring them here," Lois
- said, pointing to an unused area. "We're going to have
- to make do with what we have."
- No one seemed to notice the bodies which were
- appearing behind them until Lois pointed them out.
- She flinched at the sound of another explosion, but
- she was pleased to see that one section of the fire
- seemed to be spontaneously dying out.
- [...]
- Behind her firefighters were already moving forward to put out a
- fire that seemed to be extinguishing itself piece by
- piece.
- Pilar was going to be furious, and Agent Randal
- was probably on his way already. Imagining their
- reactions almost made the risk worth it.
- Pgs. 72-73
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