Deep Freeze by Kristin F. Johnson

Author:Kristin F. Johnson [Johnson, Kristin F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Danger, Darby Creek, Day of Disaster, Disaster, Extreme Weather, High School, Hi-Lo, Natural Disaster, Natural Disasters, Realistic Fiction, Storm, Storms, Survival, Teen, Teenagers, Teens, Weather, Blizzard, Cold, Deep Freeze, Freeze, Freezing, Ice, Kristin F. Johnson, Snow, Snow and Ice, Snowstorm
ISBN: 9781512435092
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2017-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

9

When Zach got to the open car door, his dad was still grimacing in pain.

“Dad,” Zach said, gently tapping him on his good shoulder.

His dad turned to look at him. “It hurts.”

The temperature was dropping fast now that dusk was upon them. Zach had heard something about staying in your car if you had an accident in bad weather, but his dad’s car was tilted forward so it wouldn’t be safe for them to sit inside. They couldn’t go back to Zach’s car either because it was sitting in the middle of the road. It would get covered in snow and if a plow finally came down it would slam right into them. Zach was certain that they couldn’t survive another disaster like that.

They needed someplace that was warm and dry for the night, especially considering the shape his dad was in. He was already shivering and his lips had started turning purple. There was no way Zach’s dad would make it through the night like this. They needed to find some place to get warm.

“We need to get you out of here. I’m going to undo the seatbelt.”

Zach reached around his dad and found the seatbelt latch on his right side. The car moved a little. Zach stopped for a moment. He would have to be careful not to push the car any further in the ditch or he might risk injuring his dad even more. He slowly reached in again and pushed the latch release and the belt unhooked. In the process, he bumped into his dad’s shoulder.

“Oh!”

The car creaked and moved again. This time it wobbled and slid a little bit further down in the ditch.

“Sorry!” Zach immediately drew back, afraid to touch the car now that it had actually moved.

He had never seen his dad so helpless and injured like this. His leg was badly hurt, he winced every time Zach came near his shoulder, and blood was matted on his face from a one-inch gash on his forehead.

“My leg jammed . . . into the dash . . .”

His face looked pained. Crinkles formed next to his eyes as he squeezed them shut. It was killing Zach to see his dad this way.

“Here. Wrap your arm around my shoulder.” Zach reached in the car and grabbed his dad around the middle. “On three. One . . . two . . . three!” Zach pulled him out of the car as gently as possible. His dad tensed and cried out in agony but Zach knew that he didn’t have time to stop. He pulled his dad the rest of the way out of the car and onto the snow bank. The car squeaked and wheezed. It rocked forward and rolled the rest of the way into the ditch. Skye, who had been sitting by the sled, jumped up and barked.

Zach helped his dad ease onto the tarp sled he had made.

“We’re going to pull you out of here, just like riding a sled.”

Zach was trying to sound positive, but it was difficult listening to his dad groan in pain.

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