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Authors: Kevin Rau
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directly toward the fire. It was easy to see the accident from above. A semi hauling a gasoline tanker was in a v-shape in the middle of the highway. Dark liquid ran out from the side onto the concrete.
A group of cars were smashed against it - apparently they had crashed into the semi. A small car farther back looked mostly flattened; it looked kind of like it had been run over by the semi. Overall it looked like about twelve cars were in the accident. Some of them were in horrible shape, and then I noticed the two that had rolled over in the ditch and lay upside-down.
We landed nearby and I looked at Psystar. "What do we do now?"
Psystar looked at me. "We've got a car on fire - I'll get the person out of there, but there's fuel everywhere. Can you fly that tanker out into the field a few hundred feet over there?"
"Err, how do I pick it up?"
"Take a few steps, leap up and grab those big metal supports under the tanker. Just fly it over there and land with it."
I walked over toward the semi when she called out again, "Hey, Daphne, pop the semi off it first, only take the tank part!"
How'd she know my name? Didn't I say I was Diva? Whatever. I stomped toward the semi, but then noticed the people stuck in their cars staring at me. I began striding slightly more sexily until I reached the semi and worked at pulling the trailer off it.
I glanced back and saw Psystar pulling a person out of the burning car. I looked at the semi again. I know I'm supposed to be strong and all, but she thinks I can lift a semi?
I couldn't figure out how the big pokey thing stuck into the semi thing, so I tried pushing up on it hard, and ended up popping it off. Well, that didn't feel overly hard to do; maybe I can lift it after all.... I ran a few steps, leaped up and grabbed the trailer, but it didn't work the first time. I did move the entire thing a dozen feet. It bounced to a stop while I steadied it.
The second time I tried it I went up into the air with the giant tank of gasoline. It felt a lot harder to get any speed with my flight this time, and this thing was heavy .
As I flew even the short distance with the trailer the gasoline poured down on top of me. It smelled awful, but I hoped the wet look would come across well with the bystanders.
The landing was really bumpy, but with a bounce and more splashing of the gasoline it was safely on the ground. I stepped out from under it and looked back toward the highway. Psystar flew back to the cars and worked at getting another stuck person out of their car.
I jogged a few steps, leaped up and shifted my flying gear up. I zoomed back to the highway while looking for the next thing to do. I landed and looked around. Two more people were stuck in their cars, one was lying against their steering wheel. The other woman was screaming about her children in the back seat of her van.
Psystar looked over at me and yelled for me to move the burning car off to the north side of the highway, opposite the tank of gasoline.
"Gotchya! I'm on it!"
I ran over to the car, picked it up by the back end and lifted it until I could pick it up from underneath. It was surprisingly light, although it was bulky. I bent some of the metal stuff underneath it.
I called out, "Woo hooooo! Check this out, Psystar!"
She glanced over at me from the van with the children - she was helping the driver, who looked stuck. "Fly it away from the highway! It'll light all this gas on fire!"
Oh, yeah, good idea. I jogged a few steps, jumped into the air and shifted my flying gear up again. Once I was in the air this whole flying thing is pretty easy to do.... I was looking down at an area without plants to set the car and thinking about the gear shifting thing in my mind when I heard an odd whoosh sound above me.
I glanced up to see my hand on fire, and the fire spread nearly instantly down my arm and over my body. I screamed and began
A group of cars were smashed against it - apparently they had crashed into the semi. A small car farther back looked mostly flattened; it looked kind of like it had been run over by the semi. Overall it looked like about twelve cars were in the accident. Some of them were in horrible shape, and then I noticed the two that had rolled over in the ditch and lay upside-down.
We landed nearby and I looked at Psystar. "What do we do now?"
Psystar looked at me. "We've got a car on fire - I'll get the person out of there, but there's fuel everywhere. Can you fly that tanker out into the field a few hundred feet over there?"
"Err, how do I pick it up?"
"Take a few steps, leap up and grab those big metal supports under the tanker. Just fly it over there and land with it."
I walked over toward the semi when she called out again, "Hey, Daphne, pop the semi off it first, only take the tank part!"
How'd she know my name? Didn't I say I was Diva? Whatever. I stomped toward the semi, but then noticed the people stuck in their cars staring at me. I began striding slightly more sexily until I reached the semi and worked at pulling the trailer off it.
I glanced back and saw Psystar pulling a person out of the burning car. I looked at the semi again. I know I'm supposed to be strong and all, but she thinks I can lift a semi?
I couldn't figure out how the big pokey thing stuck into the semi thing, so I tried pushing up on it hard, and ended up popping it off. Well, that didn't feel overly hard to do; maybe I can lift it after all.... I ran a few steps, leaped up and grabbed the trailer, but it didn't work the first time. I did move the entire thing a dozen feet. It bounced to a stop while I steadied it.
The second time I tried it I went up into the air with the giant tank of gasoline. It felt a lot harder to get any speed with my flight this time, and this thing was heavy .
As I flew even the short distance with the trailer the gasoline poured down on top of me. It smelled awful, but I hoped the wet look would come across well with the bystanders.
The landing was really bumpy, but with a bounce and more splashing of the gasoline it was safely on the ground. I stepped out from under it and looked back toward the highway. Psystar flew back to the cars and worked at getting another stuck person out of their car.
I jogged a few steps, leaped up and shifted my flying gear up. I zoomed back to the highway while looking for the next thing to do. I landed and looked around. Two more people were stuck in their cars, one was lying against their steering wheel. The other woman was screaming about her children in the back seat of her van.
Psystar looked over at me and yelled for me to move the burning car off to the north side of the highway, opposite the tank of gasoline.
"Gotchya! I'm on it!"
I ran over to the car, picked it up by the back end and lifted it until I could pick it up from underneath. It was surprisingly light, although it was bulky. I bent some of the metal stuff underneath it.
I called out, "Woo hooooo! Check this out, Psystar!"
She glanced over at me from the van with the children - she was helping the driver, who looked stuck. "Fly it away from the highway! It'll light all this gas on fire!"
Oh, yeah, good idea. I jogged a few steps, jumped into the air and shifted my flying gear up again. Once I was in the air this whole flying thing is pretty easy to do.... I was looking down at an area without plants to set the car and thinking about the gear shifting thing in my mind when I heard an odd whoosh sound above me.
I glanced up to see my hand on fire, and the fire spread nearly instantly down my arm and over my body. I screamed and began
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