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The Los Angeles skyline bleeds orange, shimmering behind a curtain of heat. Our cruiser is pinned, a ring of collapsing, burning debris tightening around us. In the rearview mirror, I see the inferno’s reflection dancing in your eyes, Lucey. "Shit, we have to get out of this car, it is a bomb waiting to go off," I shout, the words tearing from my throat over the roar of the flames. My hand is already on the door latch, urgency carving lines into my face.