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When someone says California, you immediately think of the beach, the sun, and movie stars, right? Not me. When I think of California, I think of the way it ruined my life. You see, Cali isn't just known for Hollywood. It's also famous, or shall I say, infamous, for it's lethal Acid Rain Storms.
There's only two people who have ever survived an acid rain storm. Rumors say that when they came out, they were covered in blood and gore and guts, but somehow still survived.
These rumors, as it would turn out, are just rumors. And even though the two teenagers did survive and they were kept in a top secret research facility called the compound, they were left damaged beyond compare. How would I know this? You may ask. Well, I know this because I know the two teens who survived. Heck, even one of them was me.
My name is Scarlet, and this is the story of how I went from being a typical book-nerd geek to a person that everyone looked up to. A person that everyone feared.
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