Magnus:
The 5 of us that remain all stand up, and look down at the tragically peaceful breathless corpses below us. Sage lets out a kind of gasp that sounds like an attempt not to cry but also a strong sign of grief, I pull her in and whisper in her ear comforting words that are purely tasked with consoling her. I glance over at the thermometer and I know that the second wave is coming. The heat is already beginning to make me feel slightly dizzy.
-30 degrees
We all run away from the fire, towards the salvation of the shade that lies below the trees. That was a mistake, the running has made beads of sweat drip from my face. I can feel my skin burning. It must be about 50 degrees now, I take off my shirt because it's the only way I can cool myself. The other boys do the same and the girls share a slightly embarrassed look before silently deciding that dignity was worth more, that they trusted the injection.
80 degrees. My consciousness is slipping and my heart is beating so fast that I think it is going to burst. I can feel the burning heat of the thick air and I know that this is the end, there must have been a mistake, we can't possibly survive this. Then suddenly it stops, the redness of my skin fades and my mind returns to me, I feel like there is something inside of me. Something that is cooling me, something that despite it being over 100 degrees that's keeping me alive. I can see the others getting up, clearly feeling the same way as me. All except for Sage. I run towards her who is now lying on the floor, out cold (ironically) I throw her over my shoulders and run deeper into the forest. In search of a river.
I stumble and slip as I progress deeper into this forest, its full of brambles and hedges but my will to keep the most important person in the world to me is far stronger than the pain caused by these. I push through them and just when I am about to give up I hear the trickle of a stream, it cry out and follow the noise. Sure enough there it is, but it's tiny. I nearly shout out in anger when I realise this won't cool her down enough. I can feel her heartbeat slowing. Then my survival instinct kicks in - look further down the stream - I run down the stream following it, it's widening, deepening. After 2 stressful minutes I find the river, a thankful sight. I am too worried about Sage to be careful now so I chuck her in. Stupidly.
The current begins to pull her away and I think she is going to drown but then by some blessed miracle she wakes up, and she is stronger than ever. She swims with such strength against the current, back to where I am and pulls herself out. The others have found us now. "Phew, that was a close one." I say quietly, too exhausted to speak properly. Then we all begin to head down steam, purely because after that heat we feel most confident near by water. It takes us out of the forest and up to a huge wall that went from side to side of our vision and up at least 4 stories. There is a door, and we all walk in. It is a small plain room with three lifts, I stay close to Sage and we await instructions. As if it were timed the loudspeaker turned on, and gave us its instructions.
