The phone had died. I wanted to freak out. I was starting to hyperventilate but Carlos got me to calm down. Suddenly it hit. I could hear the roar of the tornado. It sounded as if it was on the other side of the wall. I was praying to god that it wasn't.
Suddenly the door of the bathroom was ripped off. I could see out of a small opening in the blankets and mattress. What I saw would haunt me forever. The whole side of the house was gone. The wind was so strong that we were holding the mattress onto us. Suddenly Carlos was unresponsive. He had passed out.
He had always had problems with panic attacks but this time he didn't even hyperventilate. He fell sideways into the side of the bathtub. I tried waking him up.
"Carlos! Carlos!" I screamed.
The wind was so loud I'm surprised James heard me.
"Kendal! It's ok! Just keep the mattress on us!" He screamed.
Suddenly it all went black…
Meanwhile… Ms. Knight and Katie were in the mall when it struck. More specifically, in the bank in the mall. They were waiting in line when all of the sudden the bank went black, the doors slammed shut and the gates on them locked.
In an event of a power outage, a banks security system automatically over-rides and goes into lockdown. This lockdown is not reversible until the power is back on.
"Everyone it will be ok! In the event of a power outage the bank goes into lockdown." The security man said.
"Wait so we are locked in here! Until the power is back on!" A man yelled.
"Yes, but until then, we must stay calm."
When the power went, out the mall went empty. Everyone running out, not paying attention to who was stuck in the bank.
Suddenly it all came to Ms, Knight.
"Tornado!" She yelled.
"What?" A lady questioned.
"My son, he had called but he only said tornado and then I lost connection. He's always messing with me so I thought he was kidding… Oh my god! They are stuck at home with a tornado!" Ms, Knight started to freak out.
"Mom it'll be ok! I'm sure they knew what to do!" Katie said.
Ms, Knight started to calm down. But suddenly they heard a roar. The tornado had hit the mall. The east side of the mall was being hit. They were in the west end. Katie started to scream and that made everyone else break down screaming. Suddenly a lady dropped down to the floor.
"Quick someone help her!" A man yelled.
Katie (out of all people) ran over to help the woman.
"No pulse!"
"Who knows CPR!" Ms, Knight yelled.
"I do but I'm too little! We need someone stronger! " Katie yelled.
"Ill do it! But you have to tell me what to do!" The security man yelled.
Katie quickly told him how to do it.
"Don't we have to breathe into her mouth?" The security man yelled.
"No! Just do the compressions the breaths are not important!"
The man nodded and continued. Everyone who wasn't helping was huddled in the corner like a bunch of frightened puppies. Suddenly the woman started to cough.
"She's alive!" Katie yelled.
Everyone sighed with relief. They all crowded into the corner and started talking to try to calm everyone down.
"Where does everyone live?" Ms, Knight asked.
"I'm on Sunshine Ave." One lady said.
"Really? That's our road! We had just moved in today!"
"I hope our houses are still there…" The lady said.
Katie suddenly broke down crying. She knew her brother and Carlos were home alone. She started to fear they were dead.
"Its ok huney. I'm sure they are fine."
But Ms, Knights words were no comfort to Katie. She couldn't get the image of them dead out of her mind.
Everyone continued to babble on just about everything. They went from pizza to dogs, from lights to birds.
Suddenly they heard yelling.
"Is anyone in here?" The voice yelled.
They all jumped up and started yelling. It was a fireman. The fireman had remembered that the bank in the mall had the auto shutdown mechanism and wanted to make sure no one was stuck.
When he saw them he told them to stay in the back. The one part of the mall was gone and the fireman drove the fire truck into the mall from there. The man lined the fire truck up to the door and went for it. The truck went bursting through the gates of the bank, ramming it as hard as he could with the truck. Everyone cheered when they were free. But there hearts sank when they looked outside. There was nothing… It was gone… just piles of mangled houses…