[i][/i][color=8dc73f][h1][i][u]Myrtle Gardner - Wallƒlower[/u][/i][/h1][/color]
Wallflower was met will a sheet of black smoke. She fell to her hands and knees, coughing hard and her eyes stinging and watering. [color=8dc73f][i]I'm going to regret this,[/i][/color] Myrtle groaned, but a little girl needs help.

Vines extended, sliding out into the hallway. One went right, the other went left. Myrtle would use them to feel for fire and to help find her way back to the open window--their exit. While she couldn't hear through them, she could sense vibrations and would be able to detect damage if the vines were stepped on.

The young heroine kept low, trying to stay below the smoke. There was incoherent shouting down below, being drowned out by spraying of the firehose. Her vines sensed intense heat coming from the stairs leading downward. If the girl was down there, she was probably done for. But Myrtle wasn't about to give up. 

[color=8dc73f][i]She must be terrified of all the noise,[/i][/color] Myrtle reasoned. Feeling a tickle in her throat, she coughed into one fist for a moment before continuing crawling to down the left side, hoping with all her heart it was the right direction. She went past a bathroom, and the vines didn't find anything moving in there. There was a small storage closet, but it was stuffed to the brim, and a pile of clothes fell out of it. Myrtle thought to take a couple of pieces out of the pile and held one to her mouth to filter the air.

 The last room was larger. A bedroom perhaps. The vines spread out quickly through the room, over and under furniture. She almost turned around, but one vine felt warmth. Tammy, her heart rejoiced. Despite her aching muscles rug-burned knees, she crawled with renewed vigor.

[color=8dc73f]"H-hello?"[/color] Myrtle called out into the room, taking the fabric away from her mouth. She strained her eyes, but the room was blurred by her pouring tears. 
"Go away! Leave me and my mommy alone!" a weak, frightened voice cried back. She heard a faint coughing from one corner of the room and started crawling toward it.
[color=8dc73f]"My.. My name is Wallflower. I'm here to help,"[/color] Myrtle assured her.
"No.. no! you're a monster. And the other monsters are downstairs hurting my Mommy. One of them almost got me, but I stayed quiet," she whimpered, before breaking into a coughing fit. She struck at the approaching vines, crushing them.
[color=8dc73f]"No, I'm not a tentacle monster or alien-octopus-thing or anything, I promise. Open your eyes, you'll see what I mean,"[/color] she urged her. Vines began to sprout beautiful leaves and flowers all around the little girl. A minute passed, and the girl picked up one of the vines, sniffling and coughing. 
[color=8dc73f]"There is a fire downstairs, and firemen are trying to stop it but it's too big. We need to get out of here... Follow the vines to me, Tammy. We don't have much time,"[/color] Myrtle begged her. The vines on the stairs were drying out and beginning the burn. It wouldn't be long before the fire was headed their way if the floor didn't collapse first.

There was a scuffle, and then Wallflower felt a tug on her vines. She crawled toward the girl and when she met her, she brought her in a one-handed hug.[color=8dc73f] "You'll be okay, I promise. Here, take this fabric and hold it to your nose and mouth, it will filter the smoke. Now close your eyes and follow me,"[/color] Myrtle said, letting her go and giving her the clothes piece. She felt the girl nod.

[color=8dc73f]"Okay now, we're going to follow the vines to the window where I came in. Don't worry, we can climb down the vines,"[/color] Wallflower directed as the crawled out to the hallway. A glow was clearly visible and climbing up the stairs. Myrtle coughed a bit and put the fabric back to her mouth. They were crawling fast,  but the fire was crawling faster.

[color=8dc73f]"We're almost out,"[/color] Myrtle said with relief in her voice, leading her into the escape room. But they didn't get barely two feet in before there was a loud CRACK! SNAP! and the floor collapsed under them.