Tempest by Kenny Soward & Mike Kraus

Author:Kenny Soward & Mike Kraus [Soward, Kenny & Kraus, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Survival
Publisher: Muonic Press Inc
Published: 2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Sara, Gatlinburg, Tennessee | 12:35 p.m., Sunday

To Sara, it sounded like the roof of the cabin might blow off at any moment. The first floor rested on a big I-beam that ran the length of the structure, and it shook every time the wind kicked up, sending thin trails of dust floating down. Zoe was trying to be brave, but the ferocity of the storm wasn’t like anything she’d ever experienced in her young life, and she cried fearfully no matter how much Sara comforted her.

“Your dad and I built this cabin,” Sara said with measured assurance. “We’d never let it fall down on us.” Her maternal instinct to do everything she could to protect her children just wouldn’t quit no matter how much confidence she had in the cabin’s structure.

“Pull some of those five-gallon rice bins down and help me make a bunker,” she said to Todd, removing her arms from around Zoe.

“Do you think we need it, Mom?”

“Can you convince me we don’t?” Sara asked him with a pointed look. “Even if it’s a quarter of the power it was when it came ashore, it could blow the roof off.”

“I can’t argue with that,” Todd said, going over to the shelves and pulling the rice bins down one at a time. Once they’d gotten thirty of them down, Sara helped move them over in the corner to form a square structure. When they had them stacked three high, Sara pulled one section out slightly so she could enter and exit easily.

“Strong enough to stop an army,” Todd said, grinning as he patted the top. The little bit of exercise seemed to perk up his spirits, whereas Zoe just wouldn’t settle, not even when Sara put her in the bunker and explained how safe it was.

“I love you, Zo,” Sara said plaintively, “but you’re really making it hard for Mommy.”

“I’m sorry, Mom.” Zoe apologized, stopping her crying long enough to pat Sara’s shoulder with her little hand. “I’ll try to do better.”

“You never used to be afraid of storms.” Sara bit her lip in consternation.

“Dad let her watch that Twister movie,” Todd said with a nervous shrug before he glanced up at the ceiling. “That’s probably why she’s so scared.”

“What? Twister?”

“A few months ago. You fell asleep, and Dad wanted to show me this movie. He said some guy named Bill Paxton was in it.”

“I know the one.” Sara’s brow furrowed, then her voice raised in realization and alarm. “Your dad let her watch that?”

“She came down after it started, and Dad let her stay. He said PG-13 was okay.”

“It’s fine for you, not for your sister,” Sara said. “I’ll have to talk to your father about that when he gets here.” Sara hugged Zoe to her, thinking for a way to calm her youngest one’s nerves. She looked at Todd with a question in her eyes, and he only shrugged as if to say, there’s only so much a brother can do.

“Todd, could you watch your sister

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