you hiss, pulling your hand back from the fireplace.

While on this last mission, the man you'd been chasing, some bioterrorist with a bad virus to release, had tossed the virus into the lit fireplace to destroy the vial and release it.

while Mac had been looking for a way to safely grab it, you simply stuck your arm into the fire and grabbed the burning hot vial before it could break.

but now your arm is severely burned.