Its been over a year sense Josh and Linna got married and returned from their honeymoon in Hawaii and their starting to talk about kids. Priss and Leon are loving parenthood. The twins are starting to walk. Syila gave birth to a baby girl named Rosemary on May 5th 2024. Nene and Mackey were married shortly after Josh and Linna and they are talking about having children. The STAR Corporation has grown to a world wide organization and controls 75% of all Boomer production. The other 25% belongs to the new GENOM. Mike Terry and Kenny left Japan the day after Mackey and Nene got married. Terry and Kenny were married in January and they are already expecting a baby. New GENOM has already had several rouge Boomers but it continues to grow. At the rate its growing they will take over 50% of all Boomer production in less than a year.
Linna and Josh's
Linna awoke with only one thought on her mind…Breakfast. She had not been feeling well the night before so she went to bed without dinner. She found Josh sitting in the kitchen eating a small breakfast and reading the paper.
"Good morning." Josh said looking up from his paper. "Are you feeling any better?"
"Food." Linna said heading into the kitchen.
"I'll take that as a yes." Josh said as Linna walked past him.
Linna opened the refrigerator and pulled out so 2 day old pizza and started eating it before the door even closed.
"Hungry?" Josh asked as she wolfed down piece after piece.
"Yep." Linna said between bites.
The pizza was soon devoured leaving Linna to scourer the kitchen for anything that was quick to eat. Linna's eyes found the plate that was in front of Josh and she started moving for it.
"I don't think so." Josh said covering his plate with his arms. "Go find your own food."
"Your mean." Linna said turning around and walking back into the kitchen.
"No I'm not you're the one that went to bed without dinner not me." Josh said as he pulled his arms away from his plate.
"I wasn't feeling well." Linna said.
"Well you still should have eaten a little." Josh said as he quickly finished his breakfast.
"So what do we have planed for today?" Linna asked as she pulled a skillet out of the cabinet.
"Well aside from a meeting at the Silky Doll regarding the new GENOM there is nothing planned." Josh said. "Why?"
"Oh nothing really I was just wondering." Linna said as she set the skillet on the stovetop and cracked a few eggs. "Lets head over there after I'm done eating ok." She said.
"Ok. The meeting is in an hour so make it fast." Josh said.
As Linna was pouring the eggs on to a plate she felt a small rumble under her feet.
"What was that?" She asked.
"I didn't hear anything." Josh said.
"I felt something." Linna said.
"I didn't fee." Josh started to say but was interrupted by the floor shaking violently under his feet. "Earthquake!" He shouted and got under the table.
Linna dropped her plate and headed for the table but lost her balance and fell.
"Linna!" Josh yelled and scrambled out from under the table.
He grabbed Linna's arm and pulled her to her feet. Linna dove headfirst under the table and covered her head. Josh fell to the ground when a support board fell from the roof and hit him in the head.
"Josh!" Linna yelled and reached out from under the table and grabbed his hand and started pulling him under the table.
Linna had almost pulled him completely under the table when another board fell on his ankle.
"AAARRRRGGG." He yelled as a blast of pain shot up his leg.
Linna pulled him the rest of the way under the table and they took cover until the shaking stopped.
Josh sat up with a little help from Linna and he looked at his leg.
"Damn its broken." He said looking at his swelling leg. "Are you ok?" He asked looking at Linna.
"Yea I'm fine." Linna said as she crawled out from under the table.
Linna helped Josh up and they walked out the door. Linna helped Josh into the car and drove him down to the ER.
"Man that was a big one." Josh said looking at all the damage.
"I wonder how big it was." Linna said trying to tune in the radio.
"Early repots say that the quake was a 6 pointer." The news reporter said.
"Man that's a on." Josh said as he winced in pain.
"Were almost there." Linna said.
Priss and Leon's
Priss came out from under the table holding Andrew and Leon had Lilly they both were screaming and crying.
"That was a big one." Priss said.
"I'm gonna have to go." Leon said handing Lilly to Priss.
"What where?" Priss asked.
"There is gonna be people that need help and there is gonna be looting." Leon said. "I'm gonna have to report."
"Ok but you be careful things are gonna be unstable." Priss said as he walked out the door.
Nene and Mackey's
"Wow I wonder what shook more. The ground or the bed." Nene said putting her clothes back on.
"It was a tie." Mackey said.
"Well if anyone asks I'll say the bed did." Nene said and smiled.
Nene set about the task of fixing all the pictures on the walls as Mackey started sweeping up the glass.
"I hope everyone is ok." Nene said as she picked up a picture of their wedding day.
"I'm sure their all fine." Mackey said.
Silky Doll
"Its ok everyone its over." Syila said trying to calm down the customers that were in the store. "However for safety reasons I'm gonna have to close up please bring everything up to the register.
The few people in the store brought up their items and soon the store was empty. Syila headed up stars to check on Rosemary and see what the damage was. Rosemary was not crying or screaming at all and that scared Syila. She ran into the nursery and found Nigel sitting on a chair with Rosemary fast asleep in his arms.
"Is she ok?" Syila asked.
"She's fine." Nigel said. "She was scared at first but she calmed down and fell back asleep."
"Do you know how big it was?" Syila asked.
"No I haven't had a chance to look." Nigel said as he stood up.
He put Rosemary back into her crib and walked with Syila into the living room and turned on the TV.
"The reports are now in." The reporter said. "It was in fact a 6 point earthquake that rocked Mega Tokyo just moments ago."
"Wow a 6 pointer that was big." Nigel said as he sat down.
"I'm gonna call everyone in." Syila said.
"Why it was an earthquake not a boomer." Nigel said as she headed for the phone.
"Something just don't feel right." Syila said and picked up the phone.
Priss and Leon's
Priss was just getting Andrew and Lilly to calm down when the phone rang.
"Must me Linna or Syila." Priss said to herself as she reached for the phone.
"Hello?" She said as she picked up.
"Priss its Syila I need you down here ASAP." Syila said.
"I can't I have Andrew and Lilly to see to and Leon went into work." Priss said.
"Bring them with you." Syila said.
"Ok I'll be there in 30 minutes." Priss said and hung up.
Nene and Mackey's
Nene and Mackey were just starting to recreate the scene just before the earthquake when the phone rang.
"Oh hell just when it was getting fun too." Nene groaned and reached for the phone. "Hello!" She said rather annoyed.
"Nene its Syila." She said.
"Show stopper." Nene whispered under her breath.
"What?" Syila asked.
"Nothing what's up?" Nene asked.
"I need you here ASAP something don't feel right about this quake." Syila said.
"Ok I'll be there in 45 minutes. Nene said.
"What your only 10 minutes away." Syila said.
"The place is a mess we have to get the glass off the floor at least." Nene said and hung up.
"We got 30 minutes Nene said.
Linna and Josh's
The phone rang and rang until the answering machine picked up.
"Hello you have reached Linna and Josh's answering machine please leave your message after the hey Josh stop I'm trying to program this." Linna's voice came on.
"Linna its Syila are you there?" Syila asked. "Ok I'll call your cell." She said and hung up.
Hemora Memorial hospital
Linna was just pulling into the parking lot when her phone rang.
"Hello?" She said as she found a parking place.
"Linna its Syila where are you?" She asked.
"We're at the hospital." Linna said as she got out of the car.
"The hospital? Are you ok?" Syila asked.
"I'm fine but Josh has a broken ankle." Linna said as she helped Josh out of the car.
"Ok as soon as your done over there I need you over here." Syila said.
"Why?" Linna asked.
"Something just don't feel right." Syila said and hung up.
"Oh great." Linna said as she put the phone back in her purse.
"What?" Josh asked as they walked
"Oh Syila's got a bad feeling about the quake." Linna said as she sat him down in a chare and went to go get the paperwork.
"Does she think GENOM is behind it?" Josh asked.
"Probably." Linna said looking over the form. "Your lucky you are covered with the companies insurance."
"Well even if I wasn't we're married so I'd be covered under yours." Josh said.
"That's true." Linna said as she handed him the form to sign.
They sat in the ER for a few minutes until an orderly brought a wheelchair in and helped Josh in.
"Ma'am are you related to him?" He asked.
"Yes I'm his wife." Linna said.
"Ok then you can come." He said and wheeled him into the x-ray room. "Ma'am I'm gonna have to ask you to wait outside until the x-rays are complete."
"Ok I'll be right outside." Linna said and hugged him.
"Linna its an x-ray not heart surgery." Josh said as she hugged him.
Linna walked outside and the x-ray technician took several x-rays then sent him into a small room to wait for a doctor.
"Dose it hurt?" Linna asked.
"Yea a little." Josh answered.
The doctor walked in and looked at the x-rays.
"Well the bad news is its broken." She said. "But the good news is that your only gonna be in a walking cast it will allow you more movement than a regular cast."
"So how long until I'm out of this thing?" Josh asked.
"About 6 months." The doctor said.
"That's a long time." Josh said looking at the bulky thing on his leg.
"Well consider your self lackey you're the easiest patient I've had from this quake." The doctor said. "You're free to go at any time." She said and walked out.
Josh walked out of the ER under his own power and got into the car.
"Ok next stop Syila's." Linna said as she started up the car and pulled on to the road.