Fire.

EEEENNEEEEEERRGGGH

I heard sound of Siren coming from far away.

There were Burning houses.. and trees falling down, burnt.

Woooosh !!! Crash.. The tree standing next to the house fell to the ground.

The fear started to grow inside of me telling me. There were water hose on the floor.

I got up from a bit of wet floor. It seemed like an accident scene of fire.

I saw people from far away I wasn't sure that I saw it.

It seemed everything was over and fire fighters were taking the fire that lasted.

I tried to walk walk over to them only to fiind my self bind to a can of oxygen. They were for my breathing. I pulled it dragging like carrier and I I started to walk toward people.

It seemed like a town, peaceful and wonderful except for the fire. There were grasses in front of the yard of houses.

I tripped over and woke up.

Instantly I started to hear people talking, crashing going around me. I was in a bust hospital and people were so close to me.

Everything was breathing too heavy on me. I panicked and passed out falling in to the blanket again.

A moments later I woke up in a room of my own in the hospital.

I heard busy phone call going around and as I woke up somebody came into the door. I didn't recognize the man.

the man started to speak.

'Hey man, how have you been? I heard that you were in an accident so I came by to see if you were doing ok.'

Doing ok? It was hard for me to realize that I was even in an accident because I didn't have any strange pain or anything.

I opened my lips to speak but

'u h. h. h '

only a voice filled with air came out like a nozel with air leaking out.

-I can't speak!

I said it in my inner voice. I touched around my neck and found a disturbing plastic device under my neck. what is this ?

the man spoke.

' Hey, relax it's ok if you can't speak. . . ! Here I will give you a note instead so that you could write. '

I wrote in a whimper,

WHAT hapnned ?

probably I mis spelled it and I hate misspelling. But that was not important.

'Man, you don't remember? you were in accident and fire went out. The fire man found you dying in the house and rescued you .. ! '

the man looked at me suspiciously and said,

'You remember me do you? '

I couldn't just say that I don't know because that could have been a shocking for him or me, so I just said no with my head gesture.

'Oh thank God.. I was worried if you didn't remember me.. '

…

The man and I had a conversation for long. I just confessed that I don't remember anything. The man understood my statues and calmly started to explain to me about who I was, I use to be a kid coming to the local church in America, and the man, whose name I figuerd to be SongTae was the pastor's son, and I was a one of his close friend.

But for some reason I didn't come to church over 3 month, and the SongTae finally met me.

My throat felt a bit sore after long conversation probably from inhailing the smoke in the fire incident.

and don't this is something that I don't want to mention too much, but my parents came by and my mom worried about me so much crying and I heard that my hometown is not this planet but far away, but I was here for studying in college in major of Social Science.

A lot of information made me dizzy which ending up in puking. Everything seems to make scence now. When SungTae and my mom left, since people can't stay in the hospital and I was in a special hospital room with somebody paying for it. The room was large and it was a white space. I thought for a second of what happy life I would live if I keep on living in this hospital. I looked out in the city, which I've never seen before.

Even though it was night, there were cars flying around and the city was colored neon. When I looked up, it was surprising to see another city which seemed to be connected to the land and it was also glowing like a city covering up the sky.

The next day, I got out of bed with linger on One hand, and the other hand had oxygen tank for me to drag on. As I went outside and walked, after eating breakfast, there were many facilities. The hospital lobby was large and there was kids playing soccer with a little ball. I was standing far away from them watching them.

Surprisingly I didn't see anyone on a white Patiend Gown. Only some of them but not the first floor lobby, I saw them walking around up there in the hallway.

The hospital lobby used to be as spacious and clean as a hotel. There was a large lobby in the center, several floors of corridors wrapped around it, and a ceiling that seemed to be domed with glass to let in sunlight.

'Nice place.. wow'

I said it with amazed.

A man with sunglasses next to me said

'Nice place isn't it? '

He had cigar on his hand, and just as the smoke reached my nose, I turned my head to not smell it. But it was too late. I started coughing like crazy.

The man wen to a small convenience store, not far away from the bench I was sitting and came back with mask and a bottle of water.

I said with the tearful eyes'

'Thanks.. '

I drank the water. I scanned the apperance of the man and he was wearing slippers and had a red Hawaii fashion look shirt. He had a hat and a sunglass and a long blond hair. He went away and redoing the smoke.

I sat down. not saying anything. I had a watch on my wrist, and it has been 35minturs since I was here in the lobby. It was really confusing for me in the lobby because I had nothing to really think of at the moment. I was sitting and trying puzzle with the shattered memories in my head of who I am.

But I couldn't figure it out, so I decided to give up and watch the Pizzon.

Who am I ? I asked.

The man : You might be wondering who you are ?

Me: How did you know that?

The man : Because I've been to a same accident that you've been through.

He pulled his clothe on his forearm and showed a burnt mark. through that I was able to guess that he had an accident like mine too.

Me: What happened to you?

The man : Well a fire broke when I was at home. But there wasn't anywhere to go out. So I had to wait until all of the fire goes out laying in the closet. When I woke up, I had nothing but ashes around me, and a house and grass and burnt house whatever.. I don't even know if that was just a dream, or where I really use to be. When I woke up I was in this hospital just like you.

Wait.. Grass, burnt house? isn't that what I saw when I woke up? it's very strange to have a strange experience.

So I said,

'Sir.. I think I had the same vision when I woke up. Burnt house and that strange peaceful place, with firefighter taking out the lights? It resembles a lot.'

Then the man looked at me with the confusion in his eyes of unbelief of what I said, and he started being mad and breathing heavily. I stepped backward not knowing what was happening.

I saw a guard standing on the side walk, so I called him to help the man. The man started to examine the fallen man having a seizure. The time seemed going fast, I looked at the time again and the watch was ticking faster and faster.

.. ..

I've taken the test, in the hospital and the donctor said it was okay for me to get out. He given me the address according too my health record.

I started going home on subway away from this strange place.