The Pink Valkyrie flew through the radioactive clouds like a flamboyant middle finger to the apocalypse. Inside the cargo bay, the air smelled of ozone, burnt flesh, and Ben’s fear sweat.Jack lay on a stretcher, his body a map of destruction. The Curse had retreated, leaving his right arm looking like charcoal, black flakes peeling off to reveal raw, pulsing muscle underneath.Catherine knelt beside him. She wasn't the Ice Queen right now. She was just a woman trying to keep the man she loved from falling apart. Her hands glowed with a soft, blue light, drawing the excess heat from his core."You're an idiot," she whispered, her voice trembling. "A brave, stupid, reckless idiot.""Comes with the territory," Jack rasped, his eyes fluttering open. They were still silver, but dim, like dying stars. "Did we get it?""We got it," Catherine said, nodding towards the containment box where the Titan Heart pulsed quietly."Good,"
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