INTRODUCTION
I woke with a start, but around me it was dark, as if my eyes were still closed. My head throbbed with a horrible pain, as if someone had hit me with a large... something, I couldn't remember. In fact, I couldn't remember anything prior to waking up here. I couldn't remember my name, how I got here, or why I was here. I gave up looking for other information about me and decided to look around this room I was in. I stood up, slowly. My eyes had now adjusted to the light and I was now able to make out the edges of this small room. The room was empty, no furniture to speak of. The brick walls were blackened and charred, almost as if someone had wanted it darkened. Suddenly I smelt it, the faint smell of gas, growing stronger. "Brilliant!" I thought to myself, "I am going to be gassed to death!" no sooner had I said this when flames erupted from the walls - flamethrowers, they must have been powered by the gas! I was no longer going to die of gas; I was going to be incinerated! A jet of flame shot past me and I ducked quickly, but not quickly enough – my hair was singed. I found a safe corner and cowered, I didn’t know what to do. I was going to die. I felt something in my pocket, vibrating and ringing. I fumbled with my pocket and tried to get whatever this was out. I reached in and found a mobile phone. I answered it immediately, fresh out of other things to do! “Hello? Hello?” I shouted into the mouthpiece. A soft voice, barely audible, answered. “You have interfered with my plans for the last time, Commander” I recognised the voice, but I didn’t know where from – another thing to add to my list of things I didn’t know. Although I now knew that I was a commander, if nothing else. The phone clicked off, and I was left alone again. I threw the phone against the wall and it shattered. So here I was, in a room full of flames and about to die. I inhaled a load of smoke and I choked. My eyelids began to feel heavy and I dropped to my knees. The last thing I remembered before I passed out was a bright blue flash and then, nothing.
