Aberrant - The Wall of Fire

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Jennifer teleported the group to Brazil to a major city south of the fire.

Dr Primoris, Randal Portman, Dr Balmer, James and Jerry coordinated a plan to create firebreaks and stop the blaze spreading whilst asking Stephanie and Nadia to do evacuation and treatment of casualties.

They needed a ride as local police were evacuating people to send them further south as soot began to fall.

Needing a ride Nadia helped Steph steal an old hatchback car from outside a local barbers and they drove off. With Nadia running ahead to scout the situation, the cars owner briefly running after them.

The forest fire in Brazil was large enough to strain the imagination, a wall of flame stretching from horizon to horizon as far as they could see.

However Nadia was soon able to find a target in need of help. A large extended family in a large house had been attempting to fend off the fire with a water tower on the property. A man with a large hose was dampening down the nearby vegetation, but it was evident that he wouldn't be able to do that indefinitely.

Getting inside they found a fairly large family, with 4 more adults, 4 elderly people and several children.

They weren't able to evacuate as their only vehicle had broken and two of the older family members had serious illnesses. Communicating through the translators on their phones, they advised that they were there to help.

Stephanie drove up with the car and went inside to treat the sick. She was able to heal the most severe problems, but a couple of them still had medical equipment they needed. A lifelong smoker needed his oxygen tanks and a woman recovering from cancer had a drip that she could not be convinced was not necessary.

Nadia ran some of the healthier people back to the town for evacuation whilst Steph piled in as many people as the poor car could hold and drove off through burning vegetation with about 8 people crammed in the 5 seater car. As Nadia was looking around, she spotted a flaming translucent figure in the flames.

They were able to get the family to safety, but as they did Neptune sent them some updated information. There was a settlement, currently safe from the fire beyond the flames. There might still be people there.

Nadia tried to drive through the fire, but slammed the car in to a dense tree stump at full speed and was slammed in to the steering wheel. Nadia ran in to save her, burning the soles of her feet and ruining a perfectly good pair of Nike sneakers in the process, but successfully getting them out.

Exploring the settlement they saw that there was an existing firebreak around the settlement, they were clearly well prepared for forest fires, but had evacuated anyway. They found almost no vehicles except one with a flat tyre.

However they heard sobbing from a nearby building. Nadia investigated and found a crying woman over a tub of water. She asked who it was and the woman lashed out creating a figure of fire. that threw a ball of flame at Nadia, who effortlessly dodged. Finding a fire hose she extinguished the figure and went back to the woman that created it. She confessed that the fire was likely her fault. Government debt collectors came around and she didn't want to lose her home. So when the Galatea exploded her rage expressed its self in flaming figures.

They informed the others of what was happening and told them to be on the lookout for more flaming figures as she mentioned that she didn't know how many she had created.

Stephanie was able to change the tyre on the car and drove them back out of the settlement through the fire. Although when they escaped, this car too was terribly damaged.

They made their way to the firebreak and caught up with Dr Balmer who was driving along on the back of a pickup truck, moving the trees off to either side. They talked about getting the new Nova back to Addis Ababa, but said that a commercial flight might be too dangerous. They called Dr Primoris who advised that this was the sort of situation for which Jennifer's portals were needed. So they called her up and made their way back to their Ethiopian base.

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