Pain...
Heat...
Tony felt as though he were beside an enormous furnace, about to burst into flames.
His flesh seemed to be growing, and his entire body itched terribly, as if ants were crawling all over him.
After an unknown amount of time, he felt as though he could finally move his eyelids!
Tony slowly opened his eyes and tried to get up from the sandy ground, but he couldn't make it all the way.
He fell heavily back to the ground.
Crude walls of sand and earth enclosed a small cave on all sides.
"Don't move." A young man appeared behind Tony, holding a bowl of water. "If I were you, I'd stay still. That little thing in your chest can only keep you alive. It can't heal your injuries."
Tony turned his head and looked at the young man's face in surprise. "Faiwu?"
"Faiwu? Five? My name is Yinsen. That thing in your chest is keeping you alive. You'd better not move," Yinsen said.
Tony hurriedly looked down. He remembered a large blade piercing his chest. Could being struck by that blade bring him back to life?
No, he remembered being kidnapped?
No, hadn't he been injured in an explosion?
Tony endured the agonizing pain and felt around the wound in his chest.
At the same time, he held his head, trying to sort through his muddled memories as he staggered to his feet.
"What is this?" Tony fiddled with the wires running from his chest.
He could tell that his wound hadn't been made by a sharp weapon like a sword or knife.
As he felt around, something began to seem wrong.
Tony could hardly believe it. The thing installed inside his chest seemed to be a makeshift electromagnet?
"An electromagnet. You were hit, and the shrapnel