You try to rescue the man.

You try to find the source of the cries for help and are relieve to see a figure appear in the upstairs window. The relish turns to dread when the man presses he hands up against the glass to support himself before collapsing out of sight again. The smoke from the fire must have overcome him. You know that you don't have long to act before its too late to save him, so you must act fast.

The ground floor is almost entirely ablaze by now with flames and thick black smoking spewing forth from every crack. There is no way you can get into the building that way. You try to find some other way that you can reach the second story but a tree, growing next to the window, doesn't have any branches that reach far enough for you to climb across. The fire is really starting to catch on upstairs now as well when you see something that may just help.

Your plan, although certainly dangerous for yourself, could be the only chance you have of rescuing the man. Setting Erin down, you sprint towards a parked pickup truck parked a couple of houses down the street. You hope that it will start and hasn't been abandoned after running out of fuel or something like that. The door is locked which is a good sign to begin with so you smash the window on the drivers side with a rock lying next to the vehicle. You reach through and unlock the door, letting yourself in. You pull the cover back from around the ignition and touch the two wires together required to hot-wire the truck, another now vital skill that your uncle taught you. You are filled with joy as the car turns over and starts with a health rumble.

Switching the column shift into first gear, you give the truck some gas before taking of in a great screeching of tires. You watch the speedo in the dash steadily increase until it hits the fifty mile an hour mark as you drive into front yard of the burning house. You hope this thing has an air bag that works, you think as you shut your eyes to what is about to happen. With a huge crash you slam head on into the tree that was next to the window. The most intense pain of you life explodes right inside your head, so much so that you threaten to black out. The air bag did work but as you didn't think to put a seatbelt on in such a tense situation you have been thrown forward head first at the exact instant the bag deployed. Your nose is most likely broken as you dizzily open the door and step outside.

Just as you had planned, the impact of the pickup has up rooted the tree which now rest against the smashed upstairs window. You climb onto the caved in bonnet an take a hold of the lower branches. You manage to climb the tree up to the window of the burning building and jump across inside the house. In a heap next to the window is the comatose form of the man. You pick him up and throw him over your shoulder in a fireman's carry. It's a struggle but you manage to work your way with him back down the tree and leap the last few feet onto the ground. You both fall into a heap as Brittney races to your side.