Originally Posted by
InTheMachine
Keith
Keith can feel Aeryn’s pulse very faintly on his fingers. It’s very fast, faster than any human heart could beat. His skin is even colder now that it was a few minutes ago.
Kenzie turns the corner and rushes back down the alley with a small plastic bag in her hand. She sees that Aeryn’s unconscious a quickly sets down the bag. “Help me get his jacket off. It’s fireproof.” With Keith’s help she strips the alien of his top layer, leaving the t-shirt underneath, then grabs Keith’s cloak. “You’re fine burning this, right?” she asks as she wraps it around Aeryn.
She then douses her teammate with lighter fluid and pushes Keith back with one hand before she strikes a match and throws it onto Aeryn’s chest. Flames burst into life for several seconds before they start to get sucked into Aeryn’s skin. After a full minute of being aflame, the alien takes a great, gasping breath and his eyes open again— this time a dull orange instead of almost black.