This one was going to tell her what she needed to know.

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Ben surfaced slowly, and the first sense that returned was smell. His nose picked up the sharp and strong scent of gasoline all around him. He coughed and felt his ribs complain. They must have worked him over a little more while he was out as the pain didn't line up with the beating he recalled taking in the loading bay.

There was one good thing; his rage was gone. He felt clear headed... as long as he kept his thoughts away from his discovery at the museum. He pulled his mind back from his thoughts and...