There was a soft ‘fuck it’ behind me and I heard the sparking of fire, “Zoe, STOP,” I spun around to see Steve, his fists alight with fire. I reached for my cheek, pain splitting through it as he burned me, my skin melting away, the feeling of the concrete against my legs as he drove me into it. I could see Toby being dragged away by his broken arm through the flickering flames. I clawed at the fire searing my face, pulling it away while trying to keep my face where it was, I screamed bloody murder, I felt my nails pull through the edge of my lips as my clawing got them stuck in my mouth for a moment.

I snapped back into reality as I fell over onto the ground, cutting my arms on the shattered glass on the ground. The fire lashed out behind me, licking my bare feet hungrily. I turned to face Steve, he was holding his hands out to me, the fire dancing around them as he made open palms in order to blast something at me. He was speaking frantically, but I couldn’t hear anything over the sound of flames. I felt them on my head again, I got myself up to my knees.

The pain became unbearable, ripping through my skin and as I held tight to the left side of my face, fingers digging into the melting skin as the smell of smoke choked out my breath, it ripped at my lungs, making my breaths shallow and rattled. I started to scream on my knees, my fingers white-knuckled as I scratched at my skin. The fire was too much, it was too hot. I pushed it away.

I pushed it all away.

The fire on my face backed away, my breath was still rattled but not choked by smoke. I slowly opened my eyes, checking to make sure that the flames were gone, that they weren’t going to burn. I ended up staring at open air, mixed with the dust of shattered drywall and scraps of twisted I-beams impaled on nearby buildings. I slowly stood up, the broken glass cracking under my feet as I did. I let my mouth hang open as I surveyed what had just happened. The pieces of the building were scattered several city blocks, some of them having taken chunks out of other buildings as they landed. I threw my face into my palms.

So...Steve is the fire guy from Chapter 9.5?

Also - Zoe destroyed the entire safe house (plus Steve) when she "pushed it all away." Yeah, definitely getting an Akira feel from Zoe.