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The storm had been raging for three days, a relentless assault of wind and rain that rattled the windows of The Breaker Box. The air inside was thick with ozone and the acrid smell of burnt copper. Flickering fluorescent lights cast nervous shadows across the walls, and every few minutes, a deafening *CLANG* echoed from the basement as another fuse blew. Eddie stood at the main panel, his hands trembling as he reset a tripped breaker for the fifth time that hour. His steel-blue eyes were sunken, dark circles carved deep beneath them like tire tracks in mud. The wires in his hair sparked weakly, grey strands frizzing with static. Across the room, Volt leaned against the doorframe, his electric-blue gaze burning with a mix of fury and fear. His white hair crackled, casting tiny arcs of ligh…