Back down in the subway, Riley and Maya were still watching the news on the screen. They had seen that everyone was advised to stay put. Both girls were watching the weather report. They showed scenes of New York City. There was trash, glass, litter, and broken tree limbs in the streets of New York City.
"Riley, how do you think Mr. Matthews is doing?"
"Maya, I have no idea. With knowing him, he is probably telling the class to take seat and be quiet. He was watching the news when I called. I bet he's still watching the news. "
"Riley, what about Topanga?"
"I don't know? I think I'll call her right now. I hope I have a signal." Riley stated.
She pulled , her cell phone. Riley smiled at Maya. Maya could tell she had a signal on her cell phone. Riley was going to be able to call Topanga.
Meanwhile, Topanga was working at her store. Topanga and Katy were making smooties for their customers. They were also watching. The weather.
"Katy, I wonder how the girls are. Cory called me and told me that Riley called him and told him about them missing the trip."
"I know, he called me and told me too. He said they fell asleep on the subway and missed their stop. Cory told me that Riley told him that they got off at last stop. It was somewhere in an unfamilar area. He said they got a free map at grocery store and they were close to Palaza Hotel. They asked if they were closer to the school or the stadium. They were told they were closer to school. So they decided to head back to school. He said they stopped for lunch and then they got on the subway."
"Katy, I know that too. He told me the very same thing."
"Topanga, I wonder where they are know. Do you think you should try to call Riley? I don't know if Maya has her phone with her or not."
"Katy think I will call Riley."
Topanga walked to the storage room to get her phone out of her purse. As soon as she got her phone out of purse, it began to ring. She looked at the phone to see who was calling. Riley's number showed up. She hurried up and went back to the front to where Katy was.
"Hello, this is Topanga."
"Mom, it's Riley, we are on the subway. We feel asleep on the subway and missed the trip."
"Riley, I was just getting ready to try to call you. You don't have to tell me about the field trip,I already know. Your father called me and told me what happened. I'm proud of how you and Maya handled your situation."
"Are you at the shop or getting ready to have a court case?"
"I'm here at the shop with Katy. We were making smooties for the customers. And we've also been watching the weather."
"How have you girl been? We saw on the new that the city subways were having techinical difficulities. Has your subway car had any difficulties?"
"We've been okay and we've been watching the news too. They have a TV screen down here on the subway car. Yes, our subway car has had difficulties. The lights have flickered on and off. The subway car that we are in isn't moving right now."
"Are you two okay? Katy said Maya was scared of storms."
"We are okay. Maya was scared at first, but she's okay now. We've been talking and we just thought about dad and wondered how he was doing. Have you heard from him lately?"
"No Riley, I'm was just getting to call him. I know that we've been advised to stay in doors for awhile. I saw that the schools are keeping the students for awhile. I wondered how he was taking it. I thought that I should call him. Don't worry about the subway, they are working on the techinical difficulities. I've called the electric company and told them about you and Maya being on the subway. They are trying to get the all of the back generators started and the power is being restored. If you need anything else, call me or Katy. I'm going to call Cory and see how he is doing."
"Okay, bye mom."
"Bye,Riley."
Topanga hung up the phone. The girls are okay. I'm going to call Cory. She began to dial his number on her phone. But, her phone began to ring as soon as she was dialing his number.
"Katy, think I know how is calling me." Topanga stated. "Hello, this is Topanga."
"Topanga, this is Cory. I'm at school. I'm standing out side of Prinicpal Yancy's office."
"Cory, what about your class?"
" I told them to take a seat and work quietly at their desk. I told them I was going to talk to prinicpal."
"Cory, why do you need to talk to the prinicpal?"
" I want to see if I can leave school, what part of the subway the girl's are in."
"Cory, I've called the electric company right after you called me the first time. I told them about the situation. They are working on getting the back up generators. They are also beinging to restore power."
"Topanga, when will we know when the girl are at about to get off at Greenwich Villiage?"
"They will most likely call one of us and tell us. Then we will meet them at the subway station. Cory, I don't think Prinicpal Yancy will let you leave school. He will probably tell you to go back to class. But if you have to talk to him, go ahead."
"Okay, I am going to talk to him. I'll you back."
"Okay, bye Cory."
Topanga hung up her phone. She told Katy that Cory was standing outside of the prinicpal's office. They both wonder how the prinicpal would react because Cory wasn't in his classroom.
Meanwhile, back down in the subway, Maya and Riley were still watching the news. Nothing had changed much. Maya looked at her watch, four hours had passed since the subway car stopped moving.
"Riley, we've been waiting for the subway car to start for few more hours. They began to walk around the subway to see what it looked like outside. Everything was still dark. But, they still had lights on in their subway car.
