Stops rocket launcher

"-clear!" I heard a voice.


The rocket launcher.


I flew, putting myself in the way of the rocket, Wretch active.


They fired. Pulling the trigger when a target presented itself, instinct more than smarts.


It was loud, but the upper ends of the sound were dampened by the forcefield, making it sound more like a loud noise from a television that couldn't be set to an ear-hurting volume. Heat and fire rolled around the Wretch and surrounded me, and as the Wretch went down, the air exchanged that had been protected along with me mixed in violently with the hot air immediately beyond it. My hair stirred and I was reminded of how much my mouth, nose, and scalp hurt.


The blast had been unexpectedly close to them, I was pretty sure. Most of the people in that group were reeling now.

- Polarize 10.13