Chương 5: Chapter 5

He grimaced when he saw lights blazing down and lifted his arms to block the brightness. Finally, after his eyes adjusted to the intensity, he looked around and saw crowds of people, cars, and tall buildings piercing the sky. He stumbled down the street looking all around him. He saw people coming and going, blinking lights, and so much chaos it was almost too big, and too busy to comprehend. To escape this onslaught on his mind he began to run. He was sprinting across the street when he noticed two cars, both skidding to a stop to keep from hitting the other, but clearly they weren’t going to make it. At that instant Dante jumped into action, ran between the two cars that were headed toward collision, put out both arms, and stopped them with both hands.

“Oh, my God, did you see that?” Someone shouted from the sidelines. “That man just…”

With the sound of shouts, and people running toward him, Dante became overwhelmed, and turned and ran.

“Hey, come back,” someone shouted.