Sees gas, blows away

This sky glimmered and shone above him with a
sort of ethereal beauty. It was something he wished he
could share with Lois, although to the naked eye it
would have been invisible.

Taking as deep a breath as he could, he began to
blow.

This wasn't his most powerful ability, and it wasn't
one he'd have chosen for himself. Yet at this moment,
the fate of the people on the highway and the people
back in down depended on his ability to hold back the
wind.

The knowledge that there were a thousand rifts
opening all across the Midwest even now bothered
him. If there had been a way to use sandbags to block
the portal away, he'd have done it.
Yet here it was, seemingly covering half the sky,
and all he could do was hold the line.
He blew, and for a moment he feared that it wasn't
going to be enough. After a moment he realized that
he'd increased the pressure on this side enough that
nothing was getting through.

Now all he had to do was hope that his breath
lasted longer than the portal did. The time it would
take to take a single breath would be enough to
disperse a massive amount of gas over a huge area.
Even tiny amounts would be lethal.

No matter what happened, he had to hold on.

***

"Is it getting bright outside?" the driver asked.
The cameraman was putting his camera away.
"Get it out," Anita said. She slammed the door to
the van shut and said, "You're going to have to shoot it
through the windshield."

Half the sky seemed to be brightening above them.
Unfortunately, it was the part behind Superman.

"Watch out!" she found herself shouting,
forgetting that the reporter was supposed to be simply
an observer, not part of the story.

Then the sky caught fire.

***

Another rift was opening, and this one was at least
half as large as the other one. The sound of thunder
almost distracted him, but he forced
himself to keep blowing.

Everything was brightening, and it took him a
moment to realize that the new rift was on fire.
It took him a moment to realize what was
happening. Although he was holding most of the
hydrogen sulfide back, some was still leaking through,
at least at the upper levels, and with the fire emerging
from the second rift, it was only going to be a matter
of time before—

The world exploded into flame and involuntarily
he took a breath.

***

Anita barely had time to scream as the flames
engulfed the van. It took her a moment to realize that
they were not on fire. Somehow the flames were
around them but not touching them.

The heat was rising inside the van, and Anita
coughed. It was getting a little hard to breathe.
It took a moment for her light dazzled eyes to see
the silhouette of a figure standing in front of the van.
Superman's arms were outstretched as though he was
going to hold the fire back with his arms.
For a seemingly endless moment, nothing seemed
to happen. Finally the monstrous fireball began to
move back.

The fireball was massive, covering the entire sky.
In truth it was probably only a mile wide, but to Anita
it seemed like it covered everything. Worse, it didn't
fade or burn away. It was as though the fire was
continuously being fed from inside the rift.
The sound of the wind was like a hurricane, but
this time it wasn't something to fear. It was the sound
of Superman saving them.

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