Blood on the Asphalt biker
"The mass driver needs seven seconds to reach optimal launch velocity. I have to hold the target lock for seven seconds while the sky falls on our heads."
Dax reached out, his rough, leather-clad fingers wrapping around the back of my neck, pulling my forehead to his. The smell of ozone, blood, and rain was burned into him.
"Seven seconds," Dax promised, his amber eyes fierce. "I'll buy you ten."
DING.
The elevator doors parted.
We stepped out onto the apocalypse.