Markus was running through the burning Concordia Medical Institute, arm covering his face. He was almost at the exit, when he heard a voice, screaming and choked.
"Markus, wait for me!" Valerie screamed. He turned around, and there she was, coughing and holding her chest, which looked like it was hurting her badly.
"Stay right there, Val! I'm going to come get you!" Markus yelled, starting to run towards her.
"Markus, wait!" Valerie yelled. "If you try to rescue me-"
"Just shut up and wait for me, Val!" Markus yelled. "I don't want you to get any more hurt than you have to. I can take the damage!"
He reached her right before a ceiling tile fell down, burning and blocking the exit.
Great, Markus thought.
"It looks like we're going to die here...unless you know about a different exit, of course?" Valerie asked. Markus thought about it, then realized: there was another exit.
"You're going to have to trust me, Val."
"Of course, Markus. Lead the way," Valerie replied.
They ran through the burning building, Valerie on Markus's back, clinging on. Markus saw the exit, and used as much of his strength as he could to get to the exit.
Please, let us make it. Please, let us make it. Please-
As they finally broke away from the burning building, Markus woke up, startled.
"Alright, that's it. I am not letting Valerie convince me to drink chocolate milk before bed ever again."