[ WP ] As you look out your window you see the deviation of a nuclear blast headed your way . You gain one super power in the moments before impact to save yourself and maybe a few others . What do you get and how do you use and control your new found ability ?

It was a suicide party, of sorts. Not that any of us actually wanted to die of course, but we had no choice, there was no time to run. The news made it very clear that anyone within our area could not escape the blast in the ten minutes before impact. 
 
 So I, my sister, my girlfriend, and two of the people from my building, had left our rooms to go to the roof. At first, it was just me and my girlfriend. But of course, my sister did not want to be alone, and came too. As we went through the hall to the stairs, we attracted the attention of the other two. And now, here we all were, sitting together on a slanted roof, and looking towards the area the bomb was supposed to hit. 
 
 It was a nice day. There was no wind, no clouds. Everything was very still, and on other roofs, we saw other people, doing the same thing we were. After a few minutes of waiting, we started to hear gunshots. They were n't continuous, just here and there, coming from all directions. Suicides, or mercy killings, I ca n't be sure. I was past caring. I thought I was about to die. 
 
 It was one minute to impact when my sister broke the silence of our little group. `` Close your eyes, at the impact,'' she said softly. Her voice was flat, but not sad. `` Or you'll go blind, and wo n't see anything after that.'' 
 
 As if that were some sort of signal, one of my neighbors suddenly reached over, and took my sister's hand. She looked at him, and smiled, taking the hand of my other neighbor as well. My girlfriend and I had been holding hands since we first heard the news, but our grip tightened, and each of us linked our other hands with someone else. 
 
 Together, then, we were ready to die. 
 
 We saw the missile coming. From straight above, it fell like a star towards the city. Just before it hit the ground, I closed my eyes. So did everyone else. Yet we still all saw the blast through our eyelids, and felt it in our bodies. Particles from the explosion, traveling at or near the speed of light, bombarded our bodies. It felt strange, and warm, and good, almost. 
 
 With my eyes still closed, I decided I did not want to see death coming. My last thoughts would not be of that inevitable fate that was moving towards me, but instead of the place I had lived as a child. My family, my friends, my dog. Everyone I had loved had been there, even my girlfriend, though she was only a friend back in those days. 
 
 I held onto those memories, reliving every moment, enveloping myself in those innocent days. So caught up in it, I did not even notice that the end had not come. Then someone tapped me on the shoulder, and I opened my eyes. 
 
 Sheer confusion was my first reaction. Thoughts of the afterlife were my second. I looked around wildly, making sure I had gotten it right. Wherever I was, dead or alive, looked exactly like the house of my childhood. 
 
 With me there was my girlfriend, my sister, and my two neighbors, one of which was crying softly on the ground. My sister was rubbing his back in an attempt to calm him down, but everyone's eyes were on me. 
 
 `` What happened?'' I asked, still disoriented. `` How did we get here?'' 
 
 It was my girlfriend who answered. `` Right at the end, I opened my eyes to see the blast, and you were... flickering. Like a lightbulb. Then, suddenly, I started flickering with you, and so did everyone else, and we ended up here.'' 
 
 I frowned, looking at my hands. They were completely solid, and were n't doing anything remotely like flickering. It was an issue for a different time, I decided. Looking back up at her, I smiled, and kissed her suddenly. `` We're alive,'' I said, almost unable to believe it. 
 
 `` You saved us,'' she whispered, in awe and joy.
