[ WP ] A super-hero/heroine returns home , having failed to save the world . He/She has but a few minutes with his/her family before the world is destroyed .

I gather my children into a hug, their simple smiles bring tears to my eyes. 
 
 I am immortal, I am strong enough to crack the earths mantle with a single blow. I am fast enough to stop a bullet fired half way across the world from hitting its target. My children are not. 
 
 I am powerless to stop what's coming. I speed up my thoughts, I soak in their every detail. The freckles on my daughter's nose. the chocolate brown of my sons eyes. Everything I will spend an eternity missing. 
 
 They crumble to dust in my arms. They never felt a thing. 
 
 I am alone.
