Gabriel's strumming the strings of his guitar getting in some last minute practice when there is a knock on his door. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAQZuZWYVi1W
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He sighs, placing down his guitar, drinks the last sip of the energy drink beside him and answers the door of the trailer his in. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAC51ON6Qrrv
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"Hello, Gabriel."60Please respect copyright.PENANAqzGA4IL1Sn
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"What do you need?" He asks, it's a stage employee.60Please respect copyright.PENANA7uOf4q74kF
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"Your costume has just arrived. We have you down for practice performance at 12 p.m. Showtime is 7 p.m."60Please respect copyright.PENANAOUbP9OaDwC
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"Uh, I'll be there." He sniffles a bit, an irritant in his nose. "I'm just going to do an early lunch first and stuff. It's only 8:30 a.m." 60Please respect copyright.PENANA2yCO2canTg
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"Of course, we understand. I'll be back at 11:30 to collect you."60Please respect copyright.PENANAOqfDSQH7Ju
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And Gabriel shuts the foor in his face, he heads over to his phone picking it up, ignoring the stream of messages from his manager. He dials a number. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAPCDfzLRtyF
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"Hello?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAPExML7xLQp
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"Hey, Dennis."60Please respect copyright.PENANAAlIby8w4sq
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"Gabriel! I was actually going to call you!"60Please respect copyright.PENANAtwnUW6slUj
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"Guess I beat you to it, huh."60Please respect copyright.PENANAF25WvgGswV
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"It's no problem! I, Jake, Molly and Hannah are about to hit up the gym. You know, that swanky one with the large infinity pool on the rooftop."60Please respect copyright.PENANAPQqTmCbCye
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"I'll be there."60Please respect copyright.PENANAwZ6qNJpCX3
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"Great!"60Please respect copyright.PENANAQdNrr47GO3
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"Cappuncino."60Please respect copyright.PENANA1m6XuyeVge
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"You got it, bud!"60Please respect copyright.PENANAO30QaTVIhe
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And the calls ends. He dials another number. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAnmMLMo0H77
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"Longevity's Last Minute Rentals, how may we direct your call?"60Please respect copyright.PENANA8og7RdaxZ0
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"I need a ride."60Please respect copyright.PENANAmmNpmcgjwt
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"Limo, BMW-"60Please respect copyright.PENANAmCeHMifge4
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"The BMW."60Please respect copyright.PENANAupNba8ykI4
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"And your name?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAHfRqu3EGQJ
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"Gabriel Foster."60Please respect copyright.PENANAe5Bd6ODpVN
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"Of course, Mr Foster. Arrival time is six minutes. Payment will be billed directly through the app. We will see you very soon. Thank you for booking with us."60Please respect copyright.PENANAjXYUfkjn2a
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"Yep."60Please respect copyright.PENANAnOAcoGqoxa
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And Gabriel collects his gym bag, stuffing a towel inside and stops at the cupboard before leaving, a small white bag sitting there infront of a bottles of alochol. He snags the bag, stuffing it in his pocket, beside his phone, heading outside to wait.60Please respect copyright.PENANAphH7tUyoY9
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A quick drive over, he takes the lift to the 2nd top floor and sees his entourage is already there. "Gabe, the man!" Dennis smiles, the two sharing a fist bump. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAbAYMlpeSro
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"Basketball?" Dennis asks. "Yeah, sure." Gabriel responds, throwing his gym bag down beside the court. A game of basketball starts between the guys and girls. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAnjvQUO7uyp
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Exhausted after playing, the group heads back into the lift, taking it to the top floor, infinity pool. They all slide into the crystal clear water, him and Dennis swimming over to the edge. "That is a view, huh?" Dennis says, looking out at the city.60Please respect copyright.PENANAqvueHIS7eE
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"Indeed it is." Gabriel responds.60Please respect copyright.PENANAYKz5fvObXI
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"You excited for showtime tonight?" 60Please respect copyright.PENANAB9OGiynXrt
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"Not really. You?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAqbutm2wwBe
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"I'm honoured to be your opening act."60Please respect copyright.PENANAnjZby3w6Hm
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"You're welcome, it's no concern. Really."60Please respect copyright.PENANAFtvaHcPDnR
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Dennis completly just ignored what he said.60Please respect copyright.PENANAGTUnP4rPsr
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"What you going to do when we finish up here?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAFZAmE6YWeM
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"I have to try on my costume and do a practice performance in a few hours. You?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAvCcU3AlIxW
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"I already did my try on and practice early this morning."60Please respect copyright.PENANAY0kbIWvTVQ
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"Damn, eager beaver."60Please respect copyright.PENANATUHyKnrUmZ
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"Yeah! I can't believe it's finally happening. I've been dreaming of this moment since I was a kid."60Please respect copyright.PENANA7hXCcEv4ii
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"You want to order pizza and come back and hang at my trailer after this? We can shoot the shit and all that."60Please respect copyright.PENANAxjDkoVqSfZ
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"Ah, I'm sorry! I can't. I have a small signing downtown right after. This is my calm before the storm."60Please respect copyright.PENANAV5Vq0Zgtta
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"Oh... okay."60Please respect copyright.PENANAj8FHlzQEC4
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"It was nice meeting you here though. I'm going to go change now." Dennis smiles, patting Gabriel on the shoulder. "You'll be great tonight. Knock em dead."60Please respect copyright.PENANADhVwu04Cus
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"I always do." 60Please respect copyright.PENANAflm5h7rudy
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And Gariel's left alone in the pool, everyone leaving. He sighs, taking one last look at the city below him.60Please respect copyright.PENANA1z5KEQkYAM
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It's not supposed to be like this.60Please respect copyright.PENANA6HlOiJglPL
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Then he swims back to the pool exit, climbing out, the water dripping off him in the glistening sunlight, faintly aware of a few sirens below in the background. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAqCTQU6AdAr
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He finds the steam room and enters for a few minutes. It's so quiet in here, you really can't hear anything. Maybe he should gives his parents a call when he gets out...60Please respect copyright.PENANAWf2DQupxkA
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It has a been while since they've talked... he owes his success to both of them. He wouldn't be where he is now if they didn't nuture his talents when he was not much older than a toddler, paid for additional training and send him to a talent prep acadmey when he grew older. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAt7yGCFzU57
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He looks down at the ring on his finger, it belongs to them. They gave it to him a few years ago, first night of his first performance before a real live crowd.60Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9gMXJauJX
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It's getting hot in here, he decides it's time to leave, and heads for a nice steamy shower. When he walks out half dressed from his shower, the change rooms are empty. Bags, clothing, towels are lying everywhere. 60Please respect copyright.PENANApkty0wlqz3
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What happened? It looks like everyone left in a hurry. Come to think of it, he never saw a single soul on his walk from the steam room to the showers. It makes him feel a little nervous. He puts in the combination on his locker. The door reverbarates against the wall. His always doing that accidentally.60Please respect copyright.PENANAYAcQGNpSu4
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Guess his guns too pumped up he laughs to himself, kissing the buldges on both his arms. Anyway, he pulls out his phone scrolling through the contact list, ignoring more messages from his manager. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAdev3FP0wxJ
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Ma. 60Please respect copyright.PENANApRE0BAPMUU
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He dials, waiting to hear the dial ringtone. 60Please respect copyright.PENANACnQvFlkgNF
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But it never comes. It doesn't even go straight to voicenail. It's just nothing. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAnqbw5f0437
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He hangs up, lowering it, thinking. It's... actually been a very weird day. Alot of people haven't been around at all, the streets mostly dead. There was some road blocks, police blocking areas of the city off. There was a few people around though in other parts on the drive here.60Please respect copyright.PENANAGiu4UTH2Fj
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He checks the news feed on his phone, but it's all blue tials saying, "Please wait."60Please respect copyright.PENANAonp5h912BT
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Even weirder. Then he begins to feel weird, finally properly grasping reality on his surroundings. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAkeLVJAG0B7
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The place is a mess, but there isn't even any music or announcements playing in the building.60Please respect copyright.PENANAqiWvQKPGI4
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He looks at time on his wrist watch. It's 9:30 a.m now when he hears the sound of feet shuffling across the floor. "Hello?" He calls out, but no response is earned. 60Please respect copyright.PENANArjNGZUcyOZ
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He looks around the corner seeing a figure staggering around in just a towel. "Dennis?" He says, realizing it's him. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAtdvPR9qazm
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"You okay? Your skin looks pale." 60Please respect copyright.PENANAYHGUDHk6B0
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Dennis slowly turns around to look at him and his met with a gruesome sight. Gashes and scratches on his friends face.60Please respect copyright.PENANA2Bb1s2z7Ni
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"Dennis, what happened to your face?!"60Please respect copyright.PENANAgBJCUonkNy
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Dennis opens his mouth, but no sound comes out, only dripping blood. "Shit, dude. You need an ambulance?" Gabriel asks, pulling out his phone again, dialing.60Please respect copyright.PENANAFAhg2eECLJ
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The call suprisingly connects when the one to his Ma didn't. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAzzG21hvHF8
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This is Cosmos Tele-Communications. Police, Fire or Ambulance?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAPI5afMSLBC
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"Uh, Ambulance?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAZhKKkumIRA
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"Connecting you now."60Please respect copyright.PENANAFTPSQQr0i7
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"Dennis?" Gabriel says while waiting for the Ambo's to answer. Dennis just tilts his head looking at him weirdly then his eyes seem to buldge and he opens his mouth again more blood piling out this time and teeth bear. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAPn9SUOAGh7
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Dennis rushes at him, Gabriel holding his friend off who's now chomping at him. "Dude! What has gotten into you, man?!" He yells at him, when Dennis coughs, blood from his mouth hitting Gabe in his face. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAetBDwD0Bxo
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He groans, pushing Dennis back to who falls over, cracking his head on something. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAN7UVqA2A0a
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Dennis isn't moving.60Please respect copyright.PENANAK8oxOMo5Hy
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"Dennis?" He says while pulling his own towel from his locker and wiping his face, throwing it back in his locker.60Please respect copyright.PENANA3sd88qZyGn
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"Hello, Ambulance. Is anyone there?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAGlfutTp3A6
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Gabriel hears a voice and realizes he dropped his phone. It's lying under a bench. He bends down, pulling it out. 60Please respect copyright.PENANA1yXvHE9VuC
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The screen is cracked. "I think I just killed my friend!" 60Please respect copyright.PENANAQn5xmFMzpv
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But the operator can't hear him.60Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ycee6pZHE
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"Police, be advised. We have a silent line call showing at Floor 24 of 24/7 Luxury Fit Co. Caller was likely male and asked for ambulance services upon pick up by Cosmos Tele-Communications. Upon transfer, no one is speaking, but the line is still open and active. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAsR2OcHfdlp
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Awaiting Tele-Communications to provide Handset Owner Information."60Please respect copyright.PENANAwKRBeyjPib
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Gabriel drops the phone to the floor and drapes a random nearby towel over Dennis so he doesn't have to look at his face.60Please respect copyright.PENANATwVMBfwghB
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He heads to the change room exit door, looking outside of it. He sees a few staggering figures, and pushes the lockers infront of the door blocking it from opening. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAOa91X40Xhk
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He sits with his back against the lockers. There is nothing he can do, but wait for help to arrive, if they even find him that is... 60Please respect copyright.PENANAVnvKGTqkW6
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His not making it to his show tonight at 7 p.m for that one thing is certain. He looks at his watch, 9:4060Please respect copyright.PENANAJK8HYUSlLk
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Only ten minutes have passed, but it alrady feels like eternity when he hears some gunshots and knocking on the door behind him. He stands up, looking through the little window not covered to see Police, Fire, Ambulance and even two security guards from the Gym. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAFn4aCBpQ96
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"Are you okay? Are you infected?" Asks one the police officers. "Infected?" Gabriel repeats confused. 60Please respect copyright.PENANA2CnBGWoG32
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"We're you bitten?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAy49Sq6c1pW
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"No? I-I think I killed my friend, I'm sorry. Please don't take me to jail!" He starts balling. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAvWVRQrp7da
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"Open the door please." Repeats the officer and Gabriel reluctantly drags the lockers aside letting them all in. He drops to the floor, crying. "I didn't mean to, it was an accident." He cries to them. 60Please respect copyright.PENANA1HwpfbASJK
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The firefighters inspect Dennis under the towel while the police hoist a half dressed Gabriel up. Just his boxers and shirt.60Please respect copyright.PENANA61n0ubjm2W
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"His friend is dead." Firefighters announce. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAenFibWymLS
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"Can we just take a quick look at you?" The paramedics ask, inspecting Gabriel while Police hold him still, Security hanging back. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAFdBphsbTxm
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"His clear for now." The paramedics announce, snapping a yellow braclet on his wrist. "Come on, son. Let's get you to the ambulance." Instructs the police taking him down a lift that was left open manually, now in Fire Service mode. 60Please respect copyright.PENANAzUW58CWQKQ
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Everyone follows them, joining them back in the lift. His nervous when they load him in on the gurney in the ambulance on solid land, straps over his body.60Please respect copyright.PENANAeDRWSWRFxM
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One of the police officers climb in with him and the paramedics. "Can I ask what's happening? The news was blank and I couldn't make any calls to my parents."60Please respect copyright.PENANAeCYUXIm9t0
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"Uh, we'll explain at the hospital when we get you there." The police officer tells him.60Please respect copyright.PENANAQp7njWucb8
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"But I'm not sick or injured! I called the ambulance for my friend! Why do I have to go?" 60Please respect copyright.PENANAuLPF761qWH
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"We just need to get as many civillians off the streets as we can. Now, your name?"60Please respect copyright.PENANABOoiif7jXo
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"Gabriel Foster."60Please respect copyright.PENANAJCv6LwzwxK
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"The celebrity?!" One of the paramedics squeal with excitement.60Please respect copyright.PENANAauAd5m8EvR
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"Yeah?"60Please respect copyright.PENANAwHypXfUTNK
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"I thought it was you!"60Please respect copyright.PENANAH937rwTUmg
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"Well, I won't be performing tonight now."60Please respect copyright.PENANA7qCg7iZKYG
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"Guess not! But I did have tickets!"60Please respect copyright.PENANAdNbBJlGewP
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"Lana, drive the ambulance, please." The other paramedic demands, the excited paramedic hopping in the front seat to drive. "Dispatch, show us on route for Longevity Medical. One civillian, conscious and alert, Class - Yellow band. Leaving Luxury Fit. Co.60Please respect copyright.PENANAMLXUPeIlwq
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Police Officer onboard, accompanying."