Teri stopped short when she realized a man(and a cat) were in her house. She thought he looked like that cute guy from the apartments up the road. She passed by that way every day on the way home from work and had seen him out and about. Although they had never spoken, she did recognize him as a neighbor.<br/><br/>The stench had become overpowering, making her eyes water and then the mist started rolling in. The guy started toward her when he keeled over, hand outstretched. She held up her hand as if she could stem the flow of the mist, which she realized was as useless as trying to stem a spewing fire hydrant with your hand, but it was just a reflexive action, as she tripped over the dog in an effort to catch him. Kneeling at his side, she noticed that the mist appeared to creep up an invisible wall and not advance any closer to them.<br/><br/>Teri was torn between helping him, finding her Ma and experimenting a little with this hand motion thing. She thought of the blow dryer this morning, so she put her hand down and the mists began to roll over the invisible wall. She held her hand up and the mist met another invisible wall. Okay, time to be weird about this later.<br/><br/>“Baby, go outside, Out.” Teri commanded the dog who for once obeyed, probably because the cat had run out the door. “ Hey,  you,” she turned her attention to the man on the floor, “I can’t turn you over because I’m holding back this mist. Hey, wake up. We have to get my Ma and get out of here.”<br/><br/>The mist had become thicker as it pooled in the back of the house where the kitchen was. Teri heard a rumble.<br/>“Ma, get out. Come here and get outside,” Teri called,now holding the mist back with both hands.  The rumbling grew louder and the entire back of the house blew up.<br/><br/>“Ma!!!!!!!!!!!!!” she screamed. And nothing but silence answered her.<br/><br/>“Hey, you, get up. This mist is evil stuff and I don’t know how much longer I can hold it off. Can you hear me?”