100,000 volt

Welding gear in hand,
his body unexpectedly flew backward into the room. Fire rose from the
protective plates on his chest. He’d just taken a blast of electromagnetism.
Silently, D stood between the man and the rough hole. His handsome face
shone blue and cold.

“Don’t bother. Can’t turn off the electromagnetic wave output,” the man
shouted as he used his hand to beat out the flames on his chest. “There’s a
hundred thousand volts running through there. Without a protector on,
we’re talking instant death.”

“Get in touch with the control room,” D ordered the frozen workers.
“When you need the barrier, I’ll send the current through.”

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