Chapter 2
A Light to Show the Way
Guido put his hand to his forehead. It was so hot that he was sweating. He looked up into the sky, but clouds covered all that he could see. He shrugged and went back to describing the scenery to all of the tourists. He looked around again and saw that a cloud of smoke had covered a large part of the city. He looked back and saw a wall of fire threatening to overtake his tour bus.
As a tour guide, his number one priority was to keep his passengers safe, so he quickly drove to the edge of the city. He parked the bus and yelled, "Everyone! Get out of this bus immediately! There is fire behind us and all of you need to get to safety!"
The passengers scrambled to get out of the bus while Guido assisted those who needed help. Eventually, there was only one left, an elderly woman with too much luggage. Without hesitation, he picked up the woman and her luggage and, with his muscles straining, he ran out of the bus, threw the luggage to safety, and set the woman down so she could run to safety. He turned back to see how much time he had and saw his bus become engulfed in flames, and he ran. As he reached the city limit, the flames swallowed him and all that was left was a charred figure laying on the ground.
The woman he had saved was a doctor, and she came forward and checked his pulse, "He is alive! Quickly, we must get him to the hospital!"
Step by step, they carried him to the one hospital that wasn't burned down, the Zhao Hospital. They turned him over to the nurses and all but the older woman left. She waited to see what his condition would be.
Meanwhile, Guido was rushed to the emergency room, where the doctors quickly realized that they were not equipped to help him, so they brought some in cellular regeneration experts. Those doctors in turn tried to use medicine to help him regenerate his skin more quickly, but his body absorbed it and burst into flame. This flame healed him using the medicine's properties and he regained consciousness.
"What just happened?" Guido yelled, "I was helping my passengers when I felt significant pain and… I'm on fire! I- wait, it doesn't hurt. It actually feels quite nice."
The doctors just stood, silent and startled, as a scientist walked into the room, "Ah, Guido! We have much to discuss now that you are awake again!"
