Noir - Strength

Context: This field contained a nuclear explosion, also Noir survived a nuclear explosion in a contained space.

> The barrier flashed red again, became an immense crimson curtain. The chatter stopped. Eddie held his breath. When the redness vanished, he was sure he heard a dozen exhalations at once.

> "Hurry up!" he said. "Whatever the hell you're doing, get a-"

> Redness. It appear and disappeared, a bloody wound blasted through a body then sealed shut. The engineers were shouting, swearing, coordinating, yelling incomprehensible things.

> Redness, again. And again. Again. Again. Again. Like the beating of a heart. No... Like punches.

> At the base of the barrier, at his own height, something small and black thudded against the field. And it went red.

> Impossible...

> The barrier went red. Then it melted away.

-Noir, Zone 18 “Playing with Fire" (Part Two)