Chapter 3: The Cyclone
The area the Uhura farmers live in was no stranger to tornadoes. However, the one that was brewing up near the Uhura Farm was one of the worst ones that were ever seen in a good ten years.
"Get the horses somewhere safe!" Raheem called out to Noonian as he made sure to keep them safe when he looked around. "Where's Zachery? Zachery?! ZACHERY!"
Zachery managed to get to the others as they quickly went to the storm cellar.
"It's a twister!" Zachery called out. "A twister!"
"I know Zachery, now get down here!" Noonian said as he and Michael opened up the storm cellar.
As all this was going on, Kiara searched frantically for Nyota. When the storm had come up, she looked around the area, but she was nowhere to be found!
"Nyota?!" Kiara called out. "Nyota?!"
"Come on, everybody!" Kiara heard Raheem call out. "Into the storm cellar!"
She went to the boys as Noonian, Zachery, and Michael had gotten into the storm cellar as Kiara talked to Raheem, half hysterical!
"Raheem, I can't find Nyota!" Kiara called out. "She's somewhere out in the storm!"
"I'm sorry, but we can't look for her now!" Raheem insisted. "We've gotta get in the cellar!"
"NYOTA!" Kiara called out one last time before letting herself be taken into the cellar by Raheem, who quickly closed the door, dulling any and all sounds outside except the roar of the tornado.
Nyota rushed back home as fast as she could. She couldn't believe how selfish and stupid she was to just run away. She wasn't even mad at Aunt Kiara, and by now she must've found out she was gone, and if Professor Picard was right, she might be having a heart attack any minute!
Nyota and Porthos arrived home to find a huge tornado at the farm! She rushed around the farm area to see if anyone was still outside.
"Aunt Kiara!" Nyota called repeatedly out.
Finding no one, she figured everyone had made it to the storm cellar and tried to open it, but it was locked shut already.
"Aunt Kiara!" Nyota called out, trying to fight the roar of the wind! "Uncle Raheem!"
It was no good. Her voice just couldn't carry through the door with the cyclone roaring around. With no other options, she rushed into the house with Porthos.
"I hope Aunt Kiara's okay." Nyota said to Porthos as they went to their room on the way to a staircase without windows when a window frame came loose and hit Nyota on the head, knocking her out cold as she fell onto the bed.
Much later, Nyota never figured out how long, she woke up and looked out the space where the window was and saw that the house was in the eye of the storm and was actually being carried up by cyclone as she could only stare.
And what things to stare at. A cow zoomed past mooing, only slightly annoyed, an old woman flew past in a rocking chair and waved at her, and two men rowed by on a row boat, waving as well as Nyota could only meekly wave back as Porthos came up.
"We must be up inside the cyclone!" Nyota told Porthos. "Either that, or I've lost my mind."
Porthos barked angrily as someone passed who looked a lot like...
"Why..." Nyota said. "It's Annika."
But she was wrong as the figure flew by closer, she was dressed in black metal, had no hair but four wires sticking out of the back of her head, and pale white skin and her face didn't look like Annika's at all, much older, about Aunt Kiara's age. She laughed evilly and flew down as the house ended up falling as well as the tornado dissipated.
Nyota could only scream in terror as the house landed with a huge thud!
Nyota gasped as the house had miraculously landed right side up. Frazzled, she picked Porthos up along with the basket she had brought home with her and walked out the door.
And that is how the adventure began.
Fun Fact: They shot the house landing on the witch by dropping a toy house from the tip of the camera and reversing the footage.
