Rich was smart enough to not scream because then he'd have wound up with the scalding blood getting into his mouth and that would've been ten times worse. Instead, he reflexively recoiled, covering his face with his arm and closing his eyes tight. A scream erupted in his throat, but he didn't open his mouth to let it out.

Between that and his helmet blocking off a large portion of his face, it helped a little bit, but he was still left in agony, unable to open his eyes because of the risk of them being burned, unable to open his mouth because the last thing he needed was a burned tongue.

Fortunately for him, Sam didn't have time to burn him to a crisp. The reds were retreating, at Atrocitus' command. A blue Lantern was also zooming in towards Sam and Rich and he threw a shield around Rich, extinguishing the red flames.