It felt as though he had just fallen asleep when he heard a noise from outside. Sean was a light sleeper so it could be anything. laying back down he heard it again. This time he got up out of bed and went to the window.<span style="font-style: italic">it's still dark. guess I haven't been asleep long after all</span>He thought to himself. scanning the night he noticed the sound again. it was a high pitch almost grinding sound.<span style="font-style: italic">That can't be right. Cecadas only come out during the summer.</span>He thought. "Ha, you big dummy sean, this is still summer here," he spoke aloud to no one in particular. Staring out into the night watching whisps of cloud pass over the moon and stars, the sounds of burbon street beconed him to join them. shaking his head he turned back to his inviting bed and collapsed once again into a fitful sleep.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Sean kept a cool head as he assisted the firemen in moving the wounded to safety. Once they were clear he went back to look for more. The fire chief was on the scene and stopped him from going into the building just as part of the fourth floor collapsed. That small collapse caused a chain reaction that brought down the entire northwest corner of the building. As sean dove out of the way of falling debris he saw a woman come from around the back of the building. Blazing red hair or maybe it was the light of the fire that made it look so red. For an instant his eyes met hers. then as quickly as she appeared she vanished into thin air. He could not see her any where. He called over his radio to units that were on that side of the building instructing them to find her. After several minutes his radio squawked out over the cacaphony of noise. "There's no one over her that fits your description sir," came the reply of his officer. He was sure she was there. who could know maybe she was only a halucination. Just then the firemen in the building came rushing out screaming, "GET BACK, GET BACK!" waving their arms in the direction of the parking lot well away from the building. Everyone ran including sean. as they reached the lot the rest of the building came crashing down as yet another explosion shook the ground. </span><br/><br/>Sean woke again with a start. "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Are these dreams ever gonna let me get some sleep. Damnit!" Rubbing his face with his hands as if to wash the images away, Sean got dressed left his room and headed out back to sit in the garden for a bit. It wouldn't be long before the sun came up anyway.