Am I dead? 8.9 won't go to fastboot, stuck in fire animation

I used the KFHD_SRT v 1.2 to flash the recovery with root. Device was rooted and adb enabled. When I first plug it in to the computer, the ADB drivers flash for a second then disappear again.

My other kindle fire hd 8.9 is rooted etc but I did it several months ago, and works just fine with the adb drivers and windows drivers work as well.

I got 1/2 way through the same install but figured out I didn't put the new mod on the device before I got well into the twerp recovery. So I wiped the old one and didn't have a new one. I had saved to recovery, but I couldn't get it to load. So I started searching around.

I was stuck at fastboot mode until I found the utility. I'm sure if I had only used the v 2.1 I would have been fine.
v1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33156486

I currently have kffirstaide64 installed, but until I can get back into fastboot mode I don't know what to do.

direct answers as best as I know.

Which ROM or version of FireOS: Whatever the stock os was. I don't remember the version I planned on wiping it. I never got a ROM installed.

Was adb enabled at the OS level: Yes

Was device rooted: Yes

What did I flash: I tried to flash the rocovery with root for KF 7. And I'm afraid I was successful.