Chapter 9- Season 1, Episode 4

By late afternoon Danny and Lexi were back in the wagon. The group continued to travel. Danny and Lexi were sitting with their backs to the wall. It was about 6 pm and the sun was setting, it was a deep red and orange colour. Lexi and Danny were side by side and Danny's arm was around Lexi. They were watching each of the soldiers, trying to understand their movements.

The sun had just set and the group pulled over for a break. Danny and Lexi were let out to stretch their legs, but were then put back in the carriage. They began moving again. Most of the men had a torch lit with fire. Lexi was watching the sky, a storm was brewing. Thunder could be heard in the distance. Danny and Lexi were sitting across from each other. Lexi looked back to Danny he had noticed the weather as well. They looked at each other and shared the same conclusion. "Hey, hey!" Danny called out to the captain.

"What? Hold 'em up" Neville called back to them. The group stopped.

"Come over here," Lexi called out. Lexi watched him turn his horse around and came over to them. Danny and Lexi had here head up looking at the clouds.

"A storm's coming…" Danny said continued to look at the sky.

"You scared of a little thunder?" Neville said mockingly to the both of them.

Danny looked towards the captain "You didn't feel the shift in the air?"

"The sky was red at sunset, there's a ring around the moon," Lexi added sternly.

The captain signed and looked at the sky then to Lexi "Anything else? I'm not going to say we should stop because the sky was red," he replied sarcastically.

Lexi continued "Before rain plants release waste and by-products… you can smell the plants better can't you?" She tilted her head looking down and to the Captain. He glared at them then lifted his head and to the sky.

"We're telling you we should find shelter," Danny said to him, his face was tern and worried. A man walked up to the captain.

"Sir,"

The captain spoke up "The kids say we need to stop, says we have some weather coming,"

"Sir if we keep going we'll reach Noblesville by dawn… it's only an hour away," the man continued.

The captain smirked at the two kids. Thunder was getting louder; he looked back to the sky. "You heard them, let's find some shelter."

Winds started blowing rapidly in all directions. There was a barn spotted to the left of the path. Two men ran over to it and opened the doors so the convey could hide from the storm. Everyone came into the barn. Lexi and Danny were in the carriage watching the sky. The barn was shaking and the horses were trying to get free. Danny were taken off the wagon and brought over to a set of crates. One of the soldiers that took them to the crates said "Don't move," then left the both of them alone. Lexi had wide eyes; every time there was a storm in her village they were wild, frightening and unpredictable. She noticed Danny was restless. Lexi looked around, there was no one watching them. Lexi proceeded to look around, she saw a window then tapped Danny's arm.

"Look," she nodded up to the window. He looked up, then back down. Lexi continued to figure a way out. Danny noticed there were two nails in a board of the wall. He grabbed both of them and nudged Lexi. She looked over and he slipped he one if the nails. They began to unlock the handcuffs.

Danny was quick to unlock his cuffs, Lexi wasn't as fast. He turned her around and began to unlock them for her. Lexi kept watch of the men; they were at the other end of the barn frantically trying to control the horses. Lexi stayed by the crates taking her hands out of the open cuffs. Danny ran over a horse. He took its reins then slapped its thigh, resulting in it causing kayos and making a distraction long enough for Danny and Lexi to get away. He rushed over to Lexi and told her to go first. She climbed up the crates and jumped through the window, Danny following close behind her. They jumped out the window and ran through the grass. They noticed how wild the weather was when looking back at the house. Danny and Lexi were right about the storm. Since Lexi was out before Danny she was ahead, but Danny was catching up. They were less than 100 metres away from the forest. Danny took Lexi's hand and ran fast pulling her along. Lexi heard something and stopped. Both were looking around thinking shrapnel might have been coming their way. Nothing was there, they continued looking. Lexi let Danny's hand go as she watched the barn to see if anyone was coming. Lexi began walking back toward the barn, believing she saw something in the bush. Suddenly Lexi heard a thump behind her. Snapping around, she saw Neville tackling Danny to the ground and hitting him. She hadn't realised how far she wondered.

"Hey!" She yelled over. Running towards them against the wind was quite hard. Neville stopped hitting Danny and grabbed his collar. Lexi pushed Neville off Danny slipping in the process. She and the captain were glaring at each other. They noticed Danny looking at the sky. Following his gaze they saw a funnel begin within the clouds. Neville got up and pulled Danny up by his shirt.

"Come on, come on!" he began yelling. Lexi was gobsmacked by the sight. On passing, Neville grabbed Lexi's arm and dragged her and Danny towards a bomb shelter under the barn. Both of the males opened the doors. Neville push Lexi down the stairs causing her to fall face first. Danny followed after her catching her before she smacked her head on a support beam.

Neville lit a torch. Danny and Lexi sat down practically in each other's lap then looked towards the captain. It didn't take too long to realise they were in a confined space with the man who had tormented them both physically and mentally.