Chapter 4- Fire

Soon the surrounding area was filled with chaos. People around them were screaming, some were calling the fire department. 

Ryan had a bad feeling seeing the ongoing smoke in the sky. He couldn't shake his feeling and said to Ned.

" Sorry. I am going to investigate. We will meet at the school tomorrow." Ryan then dashed toward the fire direction.

As soon as he turned around the corner, he felt heat assaulting his skin. Light shone brighter than the sky. The fire consumed the building.

The building was three story tall apartments. Ryan saw people swinging the water bucket at the fire. Although their effort was futile, they managed to stop the fire from spreading further.

" Goddamn."

" My books."

" Look, someone is coming out."

A man beside him pointed at the building and yelled. Ryan followed his eyes and saw a broad man coming out from the fire. He carried someone with him.

The man was coughing furiously. Nevertheless, he insisted on getting help on the woman he carried.

Ambulance came and quickly brought the woman into the car.

" Ahhh…." Suddenly, the unconscious woman shouted in the ambulance. " My child."

The broad man frowned. " I searched all the rooms and found you fainting in the bedroom. There is no Mark."

" No.No. Mark is in the closet. I.."

Ryan heard their conversation and quickly entered the back alley. Thankfully, the attention was on the building and ambulance. 

He quickly activated the Omnitrix. He saw the icon he wanted on the dial and immediately pressed down without wasting any time.

It was brief but Ryan felt the sensation in full effect. His skin split and blood transformed into flame. His eyes burned. 

Fire surrounded him and he became the living fire.

Heatblast.

Ryan calmed himself and the fire he emitted died down. He quickly ran toward the building. He heard people yelling at him to stop.Calling him suicidal. 

Look like no one points out my appearance. 

Ryan thought as he entered inside the burning building. Fire raged around him. Ryan clapped his hands and tried to manipulate the fire around him.

But nothing happened.

I should start training my aliens. Ryan sighed inwardly.

He stopped his attempt immediately and tried to suck the fire. Fire flew toward his mouth as he absorbed. As soon as he started sucking, he felt the energy inside himself burning more loudly.

After he cleared the fire around the entrance, he headed toward the second floor. Ryan calculated. No matter where the fire broke out, people on the ground floor will be the first to flee.

And the chance of Mark being on the first floor is low considering the smoke that man inhaled. 

Ryan ran through the stairs. He looked at the hallway of the first floor and confirmed his theory.

 The fire started on the first floor.

So the smoke must be heavy on the second floor. I should clear the fire here if I want to stop the smoke from forming.

Ryan threw a punch. He didn't know the reason why he did this. But at this moment his instinct was driving him. 

Ryan's punch transformed into a big fire ball. It consumed all the fire and pushed outside. The hallway was blown away by his punch.

Seeing the damage he just made, Ryan was stunned. He looked at his fist and looked back at the hallway now he saw the building across the street.

Wow. 

He shook his head and headed to the second floor. On the way, he sucked all the small fire. 

Haha. I am too powerful. I don't feel anything. I am not affected by the fire. I feel like fire became my home.

Ryan checked all the rooms thoroughly until he reached the final room.

Unlucky Mark. You just gotta be in the last room. But don't worry, I am here.

Ryan remarked inwardly and entered the room. The fire assaulted his face. Because of the force, Ryan was pushed back for a few steps.

" What!" He yelled.

Why is there burning in this room? I clearly killed all the big fire on the first floor.

Ryan walked inside the fire and searched for the bedroom. He didn't have the time to clear these fires anymore.

The bad feeling enveloped him. It coiled like a snake wrapping around his neck.

 Ryan quickly found the bedroom and entered it. The fire inside was even more hungry than outside. Ryan frowned. 

He willed the fire around him to disappear. This caused him to bust out a raging fire. The bust caused the air around him to vanish. This caused the fire to disappear.

Ryan caught the closet beside the bedroom. The closet was half opened. His eyes dragged down and stopped.

He wished he could just turn around. He wished he didn't come inside this room. He wished the fire never caught this building.

But he was not god and his wishes were not fulfilled.

The scene was brutal. About ten years old laying down on the floor. His upper body was outside the closet and the rest was inside.

His shirt melted down along with skins. All the hair on the boy's body was burned into nothingness. Ryan saw a brief moment of bones sticking out from the boy's back.

His skin was burned and cooked. Muscles were melted. 

Ryan grabbed his face and tried to throw up. But nothing came out. He felt weak seeing the body.

I should… I should move faster. I should fly and come straight into this room.

His head was spinning with regrets.

Ryan grabbed the fire around him and threw it outside. Maybe because he was being driven by emotions, he manipulated the fire smoothly.

Ryan slowly walked toward the body and crouched down. He didn't touch the boy. He didn't want to disturb the body as he didn't know how his fire would react to the flesh. 

" I am sorry." He spoke in a heavy tone.

Just as he was about to leave, someone came through the window. It nimbly landed on the floor and said in a cheerful voice.

" What are you doing…you…hot." The voice sank. " What did you do?"

Spider-man stared at Ryan and demanded an answer.

Before Ryan could answer, a kick was thrown at his stomach.