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Inside the Infirmary, three doctors, two workers who were present at the time of death, and the three Time Travelers crowded around the fallen worker. He was still wearing his protective suit but he was stiff. His arms covered his face as if he was being attacked by someone… or something. The Storyteller scanned the body with his Sonic device.
" Storyteller? What is it?" , Janet asked nervously.
" Unfortunately, he's… dead. Radiation poisoning. Died in ten seconds."
" Is it safe to take off the suit?" , Jake asked.
" That's completely out of the question!" One of the doctors said.
" He's right, he's still highly radioactive, we can be the next ones to die if we even if we take off the helmet."
The Storyteller looked at his Sonic Screwdriver. The small screen on it showed that the radiation inside it is really really intense… " It's as if… he was killed by the reactor."
" But that's the thing! He wore the gear and he wore it right!"
" Was he in Reactor 4?" ,The Storyteller asked.
" Yeah why?"
" I noticed that no one goes in there. Why's that? You have the gear and you wear it right, but why so afraid of that specific reactor room? It's just like the others… right?"
The worker shook his head. " Something happened exactly one week ago," said the other worker, " A young man, who was working on that reactor mysterious vanished and never returned. He was my friend.. I feared he died. They sent out people to find him but they returned with nothing. And the worst part of it was… they died soon after of the same thing that this poor soul went through. I fear it is him."
" And who is he?"
" No one really knew his name, but we know call him 'Chernobyl'. Or 'Cher' for short."
The Storyteller paced himself around the room, " So… you named your friend after this place and you know what happened to him. And if i'm correct, he may have the power to control the reactor… or even anything radioactive. But one thing I've noticed is this… Why is he pale?"
They looked at the body. The body was paler than it already was before.
" It turns out he didn't die of Radiation Poisoning, he died from getting the radiation sucked out of him. And it's still happening right now."
Jake was about to take off the suit and help him but he was stopped by Janet.
" NO! JAKE! YOU'LL KILL US ALL!"
" BUT HE'S DYING! WE CAN STILL SAVE HIM!"
The Storyteller grabbed Jake and pulled him away from the body before it turned white and faded away as it made a hissing sound. All that was left of it was an empty suit. Everyone was completely shocked on what happened. Jake stared at the Storyteller in anger before storming off. Janet was about to go after him, but she was stopped by the Storyteller.
" Just let him go," said the Time Child, " He needs to blow off some steam…"
