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Rick turned and ran. He sprinted toward the back of the station, dodging falling rocks and bending metal. He reached the heavy, rusted metal door that Forge had opened.Rick dove through the doorway just as the entire ceiling of the subway station caved in.A tidal wave of dirt, broken concrete, and rusted iron crashed down behind him. The door slammed shut, sealing the old clinic forever.Rick was plunged into absolute, pitch-black darkness. He lay on the cold, wet ground for a moment. He coughed up dust. His whole body ached. But he smiled. He had beaten Isaac's perfect trap.He slowly stood up. He summoned a tiny, soft green light to the tip of his wooden staff. It acted like a weak flashlight in the dark.He began to walk down the steep, sloping tunnel. The air here was incredibly cold. It smelled like ancient, forgotten stone. This was the Deep Rust.High above the burning junkyard, in the spotless white tower, Auditor Isaac stood in front of his giant digital screen.The screen
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Rick turned and ran. He sprinted toward the back of the station, dodging falling rocks and bending metal. He reached the heavy, rusted metal door that Forge had opened.Rick dove through the doorway just as the entire ceiling of the subway station caved in.A tidal wave of dirt, broken concrete, and rusted iron crashed down behind him. The door slammed shut, sealing the old clinic forever.Rick was plunged into absolute, pitch-black darkness. He lay on the cold, wet ground for a moment. He coughed up dust. His whole body ached. But he smiled. He had beaten Isaac's perfect trap.He slowly stood up. He summoned a tiny, soft green light to the tip of his wooden staff. It acted like a weak flashlight in the dark.He began to walk down the steep, sloping tunnel. The air here was incredibly cold. It smelled like ancient, forgotten stone. This was the Deep Rust.High above the burning junkyard, in the spotless white tower, Auditor Isaac stood in front of his giant digital screen.The screen
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The people quickly stripped off their heavy, dirty coats. They dropped them into a large pile on the concrete floor. They shivered in the cold air.Rick raised his glowing green hands. "Water Qi," Rick whispered softly. "Cleansing Mist."A gentle, warm, beautiful blue-green mist poured out of Rick's hands. It floated over the thirty refugees. The mist touched their skin. It washed away the dirt. But more importantly, the magical water washed away the invisible tracking spores that Isaac's guards had placed on their arms and necks.The invisible spores fell to the floor, mixing with the pile of dirty clothes."You are clean," Rick told the crowd. "But the clothes are still broadcasting our location. We cannot leave them here like this. The lattice will find them."Rick turned to Forge. "Forge," Rick said. "You know the deep tunnels. You know the pipes. Is there a way deeper underground? A place where the city scanners cannot reach?"Forge nodded slowly. "Yes. Behind the old water pump
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The glowing hologram of Auditor Isaac was gone. The fake doctor lay unconscious on the cold concrete floor. The fifty refugees held their breath.The clock was ticking.Rick had exactly fifty-nine minutes to surrender. If he did not walk out of the dark tunnels and give himself to the cruel city guards, Isaac would turn off the giant ventilation fans. The city would flood the entire junkyard with toxic, burning gas. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people would choke to death.Rick looked at his hands. They were covered in dirt and dried blood. He slowly reached up and untied the heavy, dark gray coat from his shoulders. The coat fell to the floor with a soft thud."What are you doing?" Luna asked. Her voice shook with pure panic. She grabbed his arm with her one strong hand."I am taking off my coat," Rick said. His voice was completely empty. It sounded like a man who was already dead. "I have to walk out there. I have to surrender.""No!" Luna cried loudly. Tears poured down her
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Rick stood tall. He gripped his staff. He knew Isaac could not see him or hear him right now. This was a pre-recorded message, triggered to activate a few hours after the raid."You are probably wondering why I let you escape with those thirty sick scavengers," Isaac's hologram smiled softly. He adjusted his thin silver glasses. "You think you won a great victory tonight. You think you saved them from the incinerator."Isaac folded his clean white hands on the glass desk. "I did not want to kill them, Rick," Isaac explained calmly. "I needed them to be rescued. I needed you to touch them. I needed you to bring them back to your secret, hidden rat's nest."Rick felt a cold drop of sweat slide down his back."You see," Isaac continued, his voice echoing in the damp tunnel. "I knew I could not track you. You are a ghost. You hide your magic too well. But sick, terrified, ordinary people? They are very easy to track."Luna gasped. She looked at the thirty new refugees sitting in the train
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The warm water felt wonderful. Rick sighed. He opened his tired brown eyes and looked at her. "Thank you," Rick whispered."You are a fool, you know that?" Luna smiled gently, wiping a streak of dirt from his cheek. "You walked right into the smartest man's trap.""I know," Rick said. He frowned. He looked down at his own hands. "Isaac is a genius. He knew exactly what I would do. He knew I could not stand in the shadows and watch a little girl die. He used my vow against me as a weapon."Luna stopped washing his face. She let her hand rest on his knee. She looked at him with very serious, very deep brown eyes."I have been thinking about Auditor Isaac," Luna said quietly. The noise of the busy clinic covered her soft voice. No one else could hear them."He is evil," Rick stated flatly. "He is a greedy, heartless monster. He wants to put my magic in a bottle and sell it to the rich. He is worse than Yuren."Luna shook her head slowly. "No, Rick," Luna said. "That is the scary part. He
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