The transition from the violet, radioactive hell of the sub-station basement to the cold, damp reality of the Gutter’s medical ward was not a sudden waking; it was a slow, painful drowning in reverse.Leo’s eyes fluttered open, but the world was nothing more than a blurred smear of grey and flickering amber. The first thing he felt wasn't relief, but the smell, the sharp, stinging scent of antiseptic mixed with the metallic tang of old blood and the heavy musk of unwashed bodies. It was the smell of a Sector 7 clinic, a place where miracles were made of duct tape and scavenged antibiotics."He’s awake," a voice whispered. It was Sophia. She sounded exhausted, her voice brittle like dry parchment.Leo tried to sit up, but a bolt of white-hot agony shot from his shoulder down to his hip, pinning him to the cot. He let out a strangled groan, his fingers clawing at the thin, threadbare sheets."Don't move, you idiot," Elena’s voice came from his other side. She sounded closer, her ha
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