Let's take this back a little. . .
November 1st was the last anyone remembers The weather was decent, chilly but you could live. Heaters, televisions, radios, telephones, cellphones, everything was working perfectly. Children ran in the parks not worried about the cold, they were too busy having fun. Mothers and fathers talked about how they want their children to go to collage and have a bright future. Everyone who was old enough to go to school was in class enjoying their life. No one took the warnings seriously.
The days were passing by like usual. Everyone was either at home or work. The students were out of school and continuing with their after school activities. We focus in on a particular girl, her name's Lucinda. Lucinda was one of the quiet girls at her high school. She had good grades and always wanted her work to be perfect. She had a few friends but she only saw them in lunch. Sometimes after school, when she wasn't living inside another fantasy-fiction novel. She wasn't ugly and she wasn't shallow. Lucinda stood at 5' 2" and had long brown hair with outstanding pale blue eyes. She got her eyes from her grandmother who was half Irish and Italian. Lucinda went on about her day like always.
"MOM! I'm home!" she calls out as she enters her house.
"O.K. I'm in the kitchen, want anything to eat?" replies Mildred, her mother. Mildred was a slim woman who had short blond hair and brown eyes. She was divorced and lived with her only daughter in a small town on the east coast.
"Yes, thank you. I'm starving!" laughs Lucinda.
"You eat a lot, little lady." jokes her mother.
"When you have to wake up early, go to school, participate in gym class first thing in the morning, run to art club, swimming practice, tennis practice and dance glass you can expect to have a big appetite."
"Well that's great that join all those things, but don't you think it will become too much for you?"
"Not at all! It's great having things to do"
Mildred served her daughter and herself food and they sat and talked in the dining room.
They both said goodnight and went to bed after a few hours. The next morning was strange right from the beginning.
Lucinda was awoken by her alarm clock at 5:30 in the morning. She got up, took a shower, and did her morning rituals. There was nothing strange there. She went to the kitchen and as she was going to serve herself some cereal she spotted a little yellow sticky note on the kitchen floor. It looked like it had been blown off the table.
Dear Lucinda,
I had to leave early this morning. My boss called and said it was urgent that I get to work as soon as possible. I left you some money so you can buy yourself some food if I'm not back in time. I hope you have a great day at school. Lock the door before you leave and keep your cellphone on. I'll call you if anything else pops up and to check on you.
Love,
Mom
At first it didn't seem like something to worry about. Everyone had those days at work that were "urgent" and Mildred was a nurse, so this should be no shock.
Lucinda shrugged it off and continued her way to school. Her bus was late, this seemed a little odd, but once again thought nothing of it.
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| (What Lucinda Though) |
And with that, days went by so fast it was a blur. Her mom had returned back home only twice. She had been staying at the hospital tending to the injured. Lucinda went to her room and was watching television when all of a sudden, "BONK"!
Lucinda ran to the kitchen window and looked outside. It was dark, all the other houses where dark. Then came a flash, it looked like someone was trying to take a picture from the sky down. That's when she noticed, with that little light, a massive tree had fallen in the backyard! Her windows started to shutter as the wind came harder and harder every time. The rain drops sounding like bullets hitting glass, dying to get inside the house.
She turned around as fast as she could and ran to her room. She grabbed her cellphone and was about to dial her mom's number when her power went out. She checked her phone "No Signal".
"No, no, no this can't be happening!" she cried into the dark room. It seemed useless. She was alone, her mom was at work, no way to contact each other. . .
Lucinda, for the first time in years, started crying for her mom. She didn't want to be alone, she had no idea if her mom was okay or not. All she had was a cellphone with no signal. Not even internet to be able to check what was going.
"BONK!" another tree went down. This time it didn't go down alone. A car alarm started sounding, the tree found a car to cushion its fall.
"Oh great," sighed Lucinda. She began to calm down and started lookng for candles, flashlights, batteries, lighters, blankets, warm clothes, shoes, socks, pillows, and whatever food she could find. Down to the basement she went.
She put a candle in every corner by her, flashlight in the middle, with her blankets on the floor forming a bed. She put all her clothes on to keep warm and but a candle between her hands. Slowly her eyes started to get heavy. She tried so hard to stay awake and wait for her mom but her eyes wouldn't let her. She drifted off. . .
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Lucinda shot awake as icy cold water touched her skin. She jumped up, soaked as a rag, and began to shiver so hard her whole body couldn't keep still. She was in shock and couldn't move, her feet were glued to the ground. She knew trying to find the flashlight was no use, it was long gone. She tried to think, what could she do? She tried to dry herself up and ran upstairs to get more clothes. The house phone wouldn't work when she attempted to call her mom. It was dark outside, the time was hard to determine, her phone was gone under all that water.
"HELLO?!" someone called out from the door. "OH MY GOD!" followed right after. It seemed that they stepped on the [now] pond, that was Lucinda's basement floor.
"MOM?! IS THAT YOU?" yelled Lucinda to the door.
No answer.
"MOM?!" she tried again.
Footsteps were in her hallway.
Lucinda turned around, grabbed a broom ready to hurt someone, when suddenly,
"Lucinda! Thank goodness you're okay!" cried her mom.
Lucinda went to her mom and cried. They stood there hugging each other until reality came back and hit them in the face.
"I was so scared! There was no way of calling you! The signal's out, trees fell in the backyard, I thought I was never going to see you again!" Lucinda was crying so hard her lungs were aching.
"It's okay, I got here as soon as I could. You couldn't believe the traffic! I would've been here sooner but there was an accident on the highway and it took them a while to move everyone. All the officials of the town are out trying to see if everyone's okay. I'm so glad you're okay!"
"The basement's flooded, I tried to sleep there but woke up under water!"
"We should try to clear it out before it gets worse" Mildred told her as they gave each other one last hug.
"Mom? Is it still raining? I'm scared to look outside. . ."
"Yeah, it's raining. A lot of wind too. When I was driving over here, man, you could feel the car trying to tilt ov-" Lucinda looked like she just saw a ghost, terrified and colorless, Mildred realized she was scary the girl and decided to cut herself short. "Let's go clean the basement." she finished saying.
A couple hours later they were finally done. You could see some light outside, it was cloudy. The time was still unknown. They both decided not to leave the house and looked for a phone that ran on batteries. They called family members and told them they were okay. Mildred's sister offered them to stay in her spare room, they great fully took the offer. They began to pack and got their rain coats. Everything they needed was in their bag and they were ready to go.
As they where leaving their driveway, the wind started to pick up. Mildred drove slowly and with great caution. Lucinda was drifting off into another deep sleep. Her mom turned on the heater and gave her a blanket. As Mildred hit the highway traffic was getting heavier. It got to the point that they weren't even moving anymore. She started to get sleepy but forced herself awake. Mildred began to look around as a distraction. In here rear view mirror she saw a car coming at great speeds. Every car behind her was trying to get out the way. It was so crowded with cars there was no where to go. . .
Five, three cars away. Mildred tried to turn the car, away from everyone. . .
The wheel just budged when, her head smacked straight onto the steering wheel! Lucinda's sleeping body hit the window and glove compartment area with full force. Mildred's head was bleeding horribly, it was like a water fall of blood running out her skull. Lucinda's face was bruised and bleeding. Smoke began to come out the car, witnesses tried to get them out, not caring about the consequences. But it was too late. The car began to throw out smoke even more. The witnesses knew what was going to happen next and started to run. Some made it out, other's were unlucky and it was there time to go. The car blew up into a great explosion. People screamed in agony, babies cried, helicopters appeared, police men tried to get through, fire trucks were coming.
Everything was a disaster. . .
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