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A guttural animal cry of pain escaped Miranda's lips as she lurched herself forward and the wall came crashing down.
Lizzie's body staggered forward, as she caught herself on some undistinguishable remain of the house. She turned her hazel eyes towards Miranda, who lay on her back, her chest heaving, her eyes welded together in a look of pain. Forcing air into her lungs which seemed to be threatening to collapse any second, Lizzie knelt beside Miranda. "Are you okay?"
Miranda lay on her back, her face tilted towards the sky. Her eyes were twisted into a look of pain. "What happened?"
Lizzie stared at the destruction that surrounded her. Never in her life had she seen or experienced anything that could compare with what had just happened to the place she'd known so well and grew up adoring. Only in movies were houses torn to shreds and friends almost crushed beneath walls that had once protected them.
"It couldn't be," Lizzie muttered, impatiently pushing a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"Couldn't be what?" Miranda murmured.
Lizzie stood up and turned to stare at her friend. "A tornado? In California?"
"What are you talking about, Lizzie?"
"It wasn't an earthquake, Miranda. It was a tornado."
"Lizzie, there's never been a tornado in this area," she protested, attempting to sit up. Miranda suddenly froze and briefly closed her eyes. Her hair fell around her face as she rested her head in her hands.
Lizzie stood up quickly and felt the rubble beneath her feet shift. She threw her hands out cautious as she wobbled on the unstable ground. "You okay?"
"Yeah," Miranda stated, clearly lying as her voice faltered. "I'm just a little dizzy."
"We need to find you help," Lizzie stated. Her eyes instinctively darted around the neighborhood. The neighborhood that had always been a safe haven was now wrecked in ruins. People were slowly emerging from the rubble, or the ones that had made it out were looking around the remains of houses. Lizzie's heart clenched in her chest as she took a deep breath and her hand flew to cover her mouth. People were looking for family members.
"Oh, God, Mom and Dad, and Matt," she breathed softly. Her hand flew to her pocket which held the small cell phone she was so used to carrying. She flipped it open but to her dismay saw there was no service.
She turned towards Miranda and was at her side in a second. "Come on, we've got to move, At least get you off of this rubble."
She knelt down and tucked Miranda's arm around her shoulders and counted then lifted her friend. Miranda let out a small simpering sound but she stood up and limped along with her. They made it safely off the remains of the hold house and stumbled onto the cushion of grass. Lizzie slipped Miranda's arm off her shoulder and eased her onto the ground. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine," she answered through gritted teeth.
Lizzie knotted her fingers through her hair as she glanced frantically around. "Gordo..." she gasped.
"What?" Miranda asked.
"Gordo, he left right before it hit." Lizzie felt her stomach clench as tears welled in her eyes. "We have to find them. Can you walk?"
Miranda closed her eyes and shook her head. "No."
Lizzie turned around to stare at her. She could only watch horror struck as Miranda slowly pulled her hand away from her head, the dark crimson stains barely visible in the dark shadows. Miranda turned her suddenly paled face towards Lizzie only seconds before her shock ridden eyes rolled towards the back of her head, closed, and she slumped lifelessly to the ground.
It's been so long, let me know what you think! Please read and review!
A guttural animal cry of pain escaped Miranda's lips as she lurched herself forward and the wall came crashing down.
Lizzie's body staggered forward, as she caught herself on some undistinguishable remain of the house. She turned her hazel eyes towards Miranda, who lay on her back, her chest heaving, her eyes welded together in a look of pain. Forcing air into her lungs which seemed to be threatening to collapse any second, Lizzie knelt beside Miranda. "Are you okay?"
Miranda lay on her back, her face tilted towards the sky. Her eyes were twisted into a look of pain. "What happened?"
Lizzie stared at the destruction that surrounded her. Never in her life had she seen or experienced anything that could compare with what had just happened to the place she'd known so well and grew up adoring. Only in movies were houses torn to shreds and friends almost crushed beneath walls that had once protected them.
"It couldn't be," Lizzie muttered, impatiently pushing a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"Couldn't be what?" Miranda murmured.
Lizzie stood up and turned to stare at her friend. "A tornado? In California?"
"What are you talking about, Lizzie?"
"It wasn't an earthquake, Miranda. It was a tornado."
"Lizzie, there's never been a tornado in this area," she protested, attempting to sit up. Miranda suddenly froze and briefly closed her eyes. Her hair fell around her face as she rested her head in her hands.
Lizzie stood up quickly and felt the rubble beneath her feet shift. She threw her hands out cautious as she wobbled on the unstable ground. "You okay?"
"Yeah," Miranda stated, clearly lying as her voice faltered. "I'm just a little dizzy."
"We need to find you help," Lizzie stated. Her eyes instinctively darted around the neighborhood. The neighborhood that had always been a safe haven was now wrecked in ruins. People were slowly emerging from the rubble, or the ones that had made it out were looking around the remains of houses. Lizzie's heart clenched in her chest as she took a deep breath and her hand flew to cover her mouth. People were looking for family members.
"Oh, God, Mom and Dad, and Matt," she breathed softly. Her hand flew to her pocket which held the small cell phone she was so used to carrying. She flipped it open but to her dismay saw there was no service.
She turned towards Miranda and was at her side in a second. "Come on, we've got to move, At least get you off of this rubble."
She knelt down and tucked Miranda's arm around her shoulders and counted then lifted her friend. Miranda let out a small simpering sound but she stood up and limped along with her. They made it safely off the remains of the hold house and stumbled onto the cushion of grass. Lizzie slipped Miranda's arm off her shoulder and eased her onto the ground. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine," she answered through gritted teeth.
Lizzie knotted her fingers through her hair as she glanced frantically around. "Gordo..." she gasped.
"What?" Miranda asked.
"Gordo, he left right before it hit." Lizzie felt her stomach clench as tears welled in her eyes. "We have to find them. Can you walk?"
Miranda closed her eyes and shook her head. "No."
Lizzie turned around to stare at her. She could only watch horror struck as Miranda slowly pulled her hand away from her head, the dark crimson stains barely visible in the dark shadows. Miranda turned her suddenly paled face towards Lizzie only seconds before her shock ridden eyes rolled towards the back of her head, closed, and she slumped lifelessly to the ground.