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Orange flames devour the LA skyline as heat warps the air. The cruiser is trapped, surrounded by a cage of falling, burning timber. Tim’s eyes flash in the rearview, reflecting the inferno closing in on Lucey. "Shit, we have to get out of this car, it is a bomb waiting to go off," he shouts over the roar, urgency etched on his face.