**_Astrid_**

Astrid threw open the door of the car, forgetting to shut it due to the radiating heat coming from her body. Like in an oven, the air began to heat up surrounding her. It shimmered as if reached a critical point. Her face was burning up, red streaks spread throughout her entire body, leaving her more red then her usual pale milky white. 

Getting out of the car, she tried to stand up, only for her feet to give out from under her. She collapsed to her knees breathing hard, as she had just finished running a marathon. The blanket caught itself on the door as she fell down, though it did not seem to help the heat that absorbed her. All that she could croak out was, "Run." 

Lifting her eyes she set them on the elevator, with a dead set determination began to crawl forward. She kept telling herself she would make it, she had to make it. One arm forward, pull, through the other arm, pull. Slowly she inched closer, body radiated with pain. By the time she had made it to the metal box there was a bubble of heat surrounding her. Its epicenter seemed to come from her core spreading out enough to encompass her entire body. Rolling into the elevator she quickly clicked the button for her floor and sat against the side of the box. Beneath her feet the plastic floor was melting, bubbling with heat. She watched with half closed eyes as the door closed trapping her with this mysterious power.



Reaching the her floor the elevator came to a shuttering stop. As the doors moved open they screeched and creaked with the sound of a broken machine. Flames encased the entire inside of the box,shooting up and crackling loudly, the control panel melted to a point of unusability. From out of the flames a leg stepped, no longer covered by pants. Then another leg, followed by the rest of the body of the young woman, Astrid. Now completely burned though her entire outfit of clothes she stepped in front of the flaming box, back straight with an air of certainty. No longer was she sweating, breathing hard, or skin feverishly hot. In fact she seemed cool to the touch, her hair perfectly in order, skin it's usual pale white. The flames burned around her feet, trying to find a fuel source, but finding none. Flipping her hair confidently she began to stride down the corridor towards her room. As she walked the flames found a source of life and exploded outward, engulfing her body. Without flinching a single inch, Astrid continued walking till she reached her door. Opening it with ease she stepped inside, just in time to miss the sprinklers in the building kick on.