Z saw the light before Brad even exclaimed. It felt like my heart was pounding at her chest to get out while everything around her seemed to slow down. Without thinking, she dove behind one of the columns that supported the gas station's overhang. The air around her went from being hot to intensely burning. If she had a voice then she would be screaming. To make matters worse, the explosion produced a ringing in her ears so loud that she couldn't hear anything. Z felt helpless and lost, being both mute and now not being able to hear. She wrapped her arms around her head, shielding the back of her neck and face as the blast wrapped around the column she was hiding behind.