Chapter XIV
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Garth
Deadly Reunion
Jeremy? What the heck is he doing here?
"Garth!" Jeremy called out as a beam fell behind Garth. "Garth, you're trapped!"
"Up there!" cried the chief.
"It's Desire!" shouted Garth. "He's the one who started the fires!"
"What do you mean by fires?" asked Jeremy.
"This one and---" Another burning rafter fell. "---ours!" shouted Garth.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Jeremy.
"No time!" said Garth.
"You say that man is an arsonist?" asked chief.
"Yup." answered Garth.
"I'll take him into custody! You two, get outta here!" yelled the chief. He went to the back of the library to search for Desire.
"Let's go Jeremy!" said Garth, bursting through the wall of fire that separated the two brothers.
After the fire, Garth took Jeremy to his base and explained to him what was happening.
"Will you continue your marine service or will you resign?" the colonel asked. "I shall allow it if you would like. We all would understand if you did."
Silence. Garth wished two minutes later that he had said something. At that moment, a silent explosion occurred. The colonel dropped to his knees.
"Look…out…." muttered the colonel disgustingly.
He vomited then, blood and stomach acid leaking from his throat. He choked and fell to the ground. Not moving. Dead.