Title: Aftermath and Aftershock
Rating: PG
Summary: An earthquake may tear the Camden family apart
Lucy was upstairs finishing folding the laundry. She and Simon were watching the twins. Lucy went down into the kitchen. Simon sat at the table swirling a spoon through the pudding that they ate for desert the day before. "Simon!" Lucy yelled furiously. "What?" he asked finally noticing that Lucy was in the room. "The twins" Lucy screamed throwing her hands in the air, then she noticed two people. The twins were eating pudding with their hands and it was everywhere. Lucy laughed.
"I'll get them cleaned up, you clean up down here" Lucy ordered pointing to Simon. She picked the twins up and went to the upstairs bathroom. Suddenly the ground began to shake violently. The thrust threw the three of them into a corner. Lucy protected the twins with her arms and ducked her head until the shaking stopped about ten minutes later. Lucy got up running to her parents room and setting the twins on the bed.
She had experienced many earthquakes but none like that. Lucy took the twins by the hand. She stopped in front of the stairs. It was exactly what Lucy knew would happen. The stairs weren't stable enough to walk down. Lucy carefully stepped onto the first stair. The ground began to shake again, so Lucy grabbed the twins and threw her and them into the corner of the wall. The tremor had ended as soon as it began. There was no chance for the staircase now however.
"Simon!" Lucy called out. There was no answer. "Simon!" she yelled again. There was absolutely no sound. "I'm scared" Sam said. "Yeah scared" David repeated. "Me too" Lucy said absently. "Stay here" she ordered, and they obeyed. Lucy ran to her parent's room, grabbed the phone, and dialed 911, luckily the phone still worked. Lucy was put on hold for about ten minutes and then she heard a voice on the other end. "Yes, may I help you?" the lady asked politely. "Yeah, my brothers and I are trapped upstairs with unusable stairs, my other brother is down stairs, but I don't know where he is" Lucy said quickly in one breath
"We'll get to you as soon as possible, but many people need police service" the lady said. "I understand" Lucy agreed. "Good day ma'am" the lady on the other end said. "Wait!" Lucy screamed into the receiver finally remembering something. "Is Kevin Kinkerk from the station, is he okay?" she asked worried that something terrible happened to him." Kevin is safe he's in the main offices" the lady answered when she got back to the phone.
Lucy was washed over with relief. "Thank you" Lucy said hanging up the phone. She went to the hallway and took the twins and stayed in her parent's room, waiting for help to arrive.
Eric buried himself out of the rubble that used to be the grocery store. He searched for his wife and his daughter They had gone to the store to pick up some things when the earthquake hit. Brown hair suddenly emerged from a scrap of a former shelf. "Ruthie!" he yelled. "Over here!" Ruthie screamed. Eric limped over to where he saw Ruthie. Ruthie was holding her left arm in pain. "I think I broke my arm" she stated painfully. "Other than that you're okay?" Eric asked. "I think so" Ruthie stated.
"Eric!" Eric turned around to see Annie run toward him. She had some blood coming from the side of her head, but she seemed fine other than that. Once the three were reunited they headed toward the hospital.
Author's Note: What do you think so far? Please R&R and I'll be sure to update soon
Lucy was upstairs finishing folding the laundry. She and Simon were watching the twins. Lucy went down into the kitchen. Simon sat at the table swirling a spoon through the pudding that they ate for desert the day before. "Simon!" Lucy yelled furiously. "What?" he asked finally noticing that Lucy was in the room. "The twins" Lucy screamed throwing her hands in the air, then she noticed two people. The twins were eating pudding with their hands and it was everywhere. Lucy laughed.
"I'll get them cleaned up, you clean up down here" Lucy ordered pointing to Simon. She picked the twins up and went to the upstairs bathroom. Suddenly the ground began to shake violently. The thrust threw the three of them into a corner. Lucy protected the twins with her arms and ducked her head until the shaking stopped about ten minutes later. Lucy got up running to her parents room and setting the twins on the bed.
She had experienced many earthquakes but none like that. Lucy took the twins by the hand. She stopped in front of the stairs. It was exactly what Lucy knew would happen. The stairs weren't stable enough to walk down. Lucy carefully stepped onto the first stair. The ground began to shake again, so Lucy grabbed the twins and threw her and them into the corner of the wall. The tremor had ended as soon as it began. There was no chance for the staircase now however.
"Simon!" Lucy called out. There was no answer. "Simon!" she yelled again. There was absolutely no sound. "I'm scared" Sam said. "Yeah scared" David repeated. "Me too" Lucy said absently. "Stay here" she ordered, and they obeyed. Lucy ran to her parent's room, grabbed the phone, and dialed 911, luckily the phone still worked. Lucy was put on hold for about ten minutes and then she heard a voice on the other end. "Yes, may I help you?" the lady asked politely. "Yeah, my brothers and I are trapped upstairs with unusable stairs, my other brother is down stairs, but I don't know where he is" Lucy said quickly in one breath
"We'll get to you as soon as possible, but many people need police service" the lady said. "I understand" Lucy agreed. "Good day ma'am" the lady on the other end said. "Wait!" Lucy screamed into the receiver finally remembering something. "Is Kevin Kinkerk from the station, is he okay?" she asked worried that something terrible happened to him." Kevin is safe he's in the main offices" the lady answered when she got back to the phone.
Lucy was washed over with relief. "Thank you" Lucy said hanging up the phone. She went to the hallway and took the twins and stayed in her parent's room, waiting for help to arrive.
Eric buried himself out of the rubble that used to be the grocery store. He searched for his wife and his daughter They had gone to the store to pick up some things when the earthquake hit. Brown hair suddenly emerged from a scrap of a former shelf. "Ruthie!" he yelled. "Over here!" Ruthie screamed. Eric limped over to where he saw Ruthie. Ruthie was holding her left arm in pain. "I think I broke my arm" she stated painfully. "Other than that you're okay?" Eric asked. "I think so" Ruthie stated.
"Eric!" Eric turned around to see Annie run toward him. She had some blood coming from the side of her head, but she seemed fine other than that. Once the three were reunited they headed toward the hospital.
Author's Note: What do you think so far? Please R&R and I'll be sure to update soon