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Removal

My suit collapsed from around me. I felt my insides contract and my heart race. I was completely unprotected. I didn’t even have any clothes on! They didn’t teach me modesty.

Jay was gazing in my eyes, terrified. Almost like seeing a god unmasked.

“Get to work.” I ordered.

Jay got out a fuel cell in a matter of minutes. I put my suit back on and we walked out with me carrying the fuel cell. The fuel cell was made of a clear material, letting you see through to the blue-dyed hydrogen. A lot of fuels are dyed, so you know what you are fueling something with. Way back they did that with diesel fuel and dying it red or green. Now with hydrogen they dye it blue, with nitrogen they dye it purple, and so on.

“All we have to do is breach that container.” Jay explained. “As long as we pack enough of a punch, that door is history.”

I nodded, and handed him the fuel cell.

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