The Calling by Aguilar E. M

Author:Aguilar, E. M. [Aguilar, E. M.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Steampunk
Publisher: E. M. Aguilar
Published: 2017-01-05T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 34

A wind buffeted Grace as she floated up and looked around their surroundings. Joan had decided to leave with them the next day. They stayed an extra day at the small store, gathering supplies and figuring out what they should do. Even though Grace had lived here for several years she didn't know where the nearest police station was but Joan said it was down a few miles from here. But Grace couldn't tell where they were. She scanned for the landmarks of the casinos, but all she saw while she floated in the sky was mounds of sand dunes. Eventually, she saw something she recognized, the 15 freeway. The sand dunes covered most of it.

She said, "Joan, I see the 15 freeway."

Grace floated too high and they couldn't hear her. She looked down and saw them staring at her. She was about to start to descend back to them, but turned away to look behind her and she saw something that almost made her shout. A wall of sand was coming to them. They needed to find shelter. But then she remembered that her powers could protect them. She descended.

Lawrence sensed something. "What did you see?"

"I saw the 15 freeway, but I saw something else. Another storm is coming toward us."

Joan said, "What do we do?"

Grace heard a whining noise and the ground rumbled. She started to radiate intense heat from her chest and arms. She heard the beating of her heart. The wind blasted through their small area in front of the store.

Lawrence said, "Grace, what should we do?"

The boy grabbed her arm. Grace looked at her hand and saw the ring on her finger start to glow.

She said, "Gather close to me."

Joan and Lawrence moved close to her. The wind started to whine louder and Grace felt power gather within her. It was as if the power of the storm raged inside. She lifted her hands and a white glowing barrier surrounded them. The sound of the storm was deafening. The ground shuddered and a wave of dirt, ground and sand hit the barrier.

Joan tried to speak to her, but Grace couldn't understand what she was saying through the noise of the storm. She focused and they floated into the maw of the tempest. Lawrence hugged so her tight that she almost couldn't breathe. Her magical powers seethed and thundered inside her. She felt the fury of the storm. Grace had never felt so powerful. She moved her hand downwards. The sand storm changed into a large hurricane. Large chunks of building walls, stone and other things she couldn't recognize flew around them. They were inside the eye of the storm. The deafening sound faded to a whine. And Grace knew that if she let the glowing force field disperse they would be torn apart.

Slowly, by degrees, the storm started to lessen and change direction, leaving them. They were floating several hundred feet from the ground. Grace saw that Las Vegas was completely covered by sand and dirt.

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