Gasping For Air

I blew up half the city. I panted out of breath as I focused on the plans. The jumble of wires was causing focus to evade my mind. There were papers and scraps everywhere blowing in the wind. I tried to catch some of them to no avail. I needed to succeed before time was up. If I didn’t complete this task I wouldn’t get paid. If I didn’t get paid, I’d have to leave my beautiful home that I had spent so long preparing.

I hate this, I hate it all. The colors, The burning lungs, The stinging in my eyes.

I turned to the last page of my instruction. The last page that says:

USE HELIUM TO INFLATE THE BALLOON CITY

I sat down hard, head in my hands. I blew up half the city under my own lungpower. If only I had read the instructions.

This is the first challenge I'm entering for @famewriter 's challenge. I am unsure if I'm tagging correctly.