He could feel the heat all around him. It was an unbearable heat that while it didn't scorch his skin it made sweat from all his pores. But fear then gripped his mind as it raced to the only reason that would be: fire.

Fire was all around him. He knew he would die. Somehow he knew could not possibly survive what was about to happen. However as he looked down at himself, he was not burning. The fires rages all around him, but never got closer than a few inches to his body. He was protected by something he did not and could not understand.

Calmness now overtook the fear and finally moved into curiosity. Looking forward through the flames, there was a silloutte dancing through the haze of heat in the distance. An explosion. The shadow grew in size and raced toward him. Suddenly he felt out of control and almost like he was viewing it all from the outside.

He watched his arms raise into the air, fingertips pointed toward the burning skies above. He viewed his mouth open and a roar rushed forward from his lips. He was screaming. Why is he screaming? What is going on?

The 'barrier' between the man and the fire increased in size from inches to feet. As the shockwave from the explosion neared, the man's eyes burned with a white light that grew it's brightest when the tidal wave of fire crashed into him.

The man's eyes shot open and all he saw then was cloudy skies, the suns rays stifled by nearby cloud-cover. He glanced around quickly, looking for flames. As he sat up all he saw around him was a charred wasteland of what once was likely a city or town. It looked as though a hurricane had torn the land apart and left a scorched mark of the wonderful town that once was.

He got up to to his knees and tried to take in everything. Soot fell off of his head and got into his eyes, blinding him momentarily. He tried to wipe the ashes from his eyes with a dirty hand, realizing how futile the action was and irritating his eyes further. He began to rise to his feet and questions rose in his mind.

Where am I? What happened?

He didn't have an answer. Then panic overtook confusion and he asked the most important question: Who am I?!

It felt like an eternity passed before he realized he didn't have the answer.