Hi, folks! Everything alright? It is for me. But the reviews came pretty slow this time around, which explains why there was a bit of a wait. Hey, what did you all think of "Control Freaks" on Friday night? I thought it was really good; I gave it 9/10. Let's hope "Memory Blank" next Friday is even better!
Now let's move to Chapter 8!
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Tucker's PDA beeped loudly. He had set it to go off as an alarm since they were to wake up by 9:00.
Sam and Danny shot up. "Tucker!" Sam shouted, "Turn that stupid thing off!"
Tucker woke up and shouted, "Alright! Alright! Geez!" Then he pushed the "off" button on the PDA and the annoying beeping stopped.
Danny yawned, "Morning, guys."
Sam stretched her arms and answered, "Morning, Danny." She turned to Tucker, "Hey Tuck, did it stop raining yet?"
Tucker walked over to the window and moved the curtains out of the way. He took a look out. He saw rain pounding and lightning flashing. He sighed and turned back to Sam, "Nope. It's still raining as hard as ever."
Danny sighed, "Man. What a trip."
Sam glowered, "Yeah." Her face brightened just a little, "Well, at least we're heading home today."
Tucker turned on the TV and switched to FOX (man, that channel's been on a lot lately).
A woman was reporting at the train station where they were supposed to head home. They saw flooding throughout the station and people were running around trying to get out.
The woman was saying, "It's pure chaos here at the Grand Central Station. Over half the platforms are flooded and service has been suspended on all trains until further notice. With planes still grounded and trains now out of service, that's bad news for the countless amount of citizens who have been stranded since early this morning."
The three of them all groaned. Danny asked, "Now what are we gonna do?"
Tucker shrugged, "I don't know, man. We're supposed to check out by 11:00 this morning. What are we gonna do?"
Sam interrupted, "Hey guys. Check this out."
The scene on FOX had switched to a bunch of scenes that showed severe flooding, but it wasn't New York. It showed piers collapsing and houses being carried across water.
A man was reporting now. "In Nova Scotia earlier today, the ocean rose by twenty-five feet in a matter of seconds. What we have had the premonition of for the last few days has arisen. The cold front moving down from the Arctic has created an enormous storm system in Canada." A huge storm cell appeared on a weather map behind the man.
"Incredible as it sounds, this front is looking more and more like a tropical hurricane." It was eerily similar to the one that had frozen the helicopters in Scotland.
Sam said, "It can't be a hurricane because they don't form over land."
Danny nodded, "Man, that thing is huge."
As the scenes showed a boat being rocked dangerously by waves while at a dock, as well as huge waves smashed up against another pier, the man went on, "If this system moves south, we could see a wind driven storm surge that could pose a heavy threat to the entire eastern seaboard."
They heard a knock on the door. Danny got up and walked over to the door. He opened it. Lancer stood outside the door.
Danny asked politely, "What is it, Mr. Lancer?"
"You three gather your things and come down to the lobby."
"Why?" asked Sam, "Trains have been suspended."
"Everything will be explained down there, Miss Manson. Now hurry." Then he left. Danny closed the door and turned to his two friends, "Well, you heard the man."
Five minutes later, the three of them had everything packed in their suitcases. They wore heavy raincoats. They walked over to the elevator that took them down to the lobby. The door opened…
Just then, the lights above them began to flicker. The severe weather was causing power to weaken.
Sam, who was the most logical of them, said, "I think we should take the stairs."
Tucker asked, "Are you crazy? We're on the tenth floor." Just then the lights went out.
Sam raised an eyebrow. Tucker said, "So like I said, let's take the stairs." The three of them walked to the stairs and began the long walk down to the lobby.
After they got down, they waited while the rest of the freshmen arrived. Everyone arrived after a few minutes.
Lancer called to them, "Everyone, please quiet down! Thank you. Now, we have a bit of a problem. For those of you who don't know, the trains have been suspended."
Everyone else groaned and started complaining.
Lancer went on, "But we managed to arrange a few buses last night just in case, and they will be driving us back to Amity Park. They will be arriving shortly."
Everyone sighed with relief. They still had a way home.
Just then, Lancer's cellphone rang. He answered it, "Hello? Oh, hi Bob. We're waiting right now. When will…You are? But…Well, okay." His facial expression dropped as he hung up, "Bye."
He turned around to everyone, "Well, that was one of the bus drivers. They're all stuck in traffic on Fifth Avenue. We're going to have to go meet them there."
One of the students asked, "Walk? In this downpour?"
"We have to be out of here quickly if we want to get home. If you want to stay, fine, but good luck paying for another room."
Several people sighed, and then everyone started out the door. They stopped after a few were outside. The sewers were overflowing and flooding was starting to occur on the street. Cars were lined up and moving at crawl speed.
Sam turned to Lancer, "Mr. Lancer, maybe we should just stay here."
The doorman said to Lancer, "I think the young lady may be right, sir."
Lancer sighed, "We have to get back home. Let's go, everyone!"
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In another part of the city, the zoo, the men who worked there ran inside. Flooding was impacting there too, and the animals were moaning in fright.
One of the workers walked over to the wolves' cage and stared inside in awe. He turned to his co-worker, "Hey, Benny. Come here." He opened the cage.
Benny walked towards him, "What are you doing, man? That's the wolves' cage."
He shook his head, "It could be anyone's cage now. Look." The door in the back of the cage where the wolves were first shipped to was open. There was nothing inside the cage.
"The wolves," he said, "They're gone."
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Back in Amity Park, Jack, Maddie, and Jazz were having a late breakfast. They were watching TV. Jack was flipping through the channels as he ate.
Maddie sighed, "Jack, could you just keep it on one channel?"
After a few seconds, Jack stopped on their FOX channel. It showed a man in an umbrella in Manhattan, while it continued raining there relentlessly. He said, "Just here to give you an idea of the situation which seems to becoming worse with each passing minute. Currently we have flooding in most parts of the island. There are traffic snarl-ups because the electricity is now out to almost every part of Manhattan. All traffic signals are out and car accidents have reached at least two hundred. And lower Manhattan, we've been told, is virtually inaccessible."
The three of them exchanged grave looks. Jazz said, "Mom, do you think Danny's going to be okay?"
Jack smiled, "Now don't you worry, Jasmine. He's a Fenton. He'll get through this."
Maddie said, "Are you sure? I don't know if the school will find a way to get back here. I'm worried."
"Don't worry. He'll find away." But in the back of his mind, Jack thought, I hope he'll find a way.
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Currently things were not looking good as the freshmen were practically wading through the water, which had now risen dramatically up to their knees. Many of them had brought umbrellas, but it still didn't help a lot against the pounding rain.
Lancer was currently on his phone again. He shouted over the noise, "We're on Eighth Avenue! We should be there shortly. I said we should…hello?"
He flipped his phone and shouted, "I can't reach the drivers! The phone's out of service!"
Paulina whined, "My clothes are getting all wet!"
Sam shouted, "We have more important problems on our hands, Paulina!"
"Well, nobody asked you, Manson!"
Tucker shouted to Lancer, "Let's forget this! We won't be able to be driven anywhere! We should probably just go back to the hotel!"
A few seemed to agree, while Danny shouted, "Tucker, are you kidding? We have to get up to higher ground!"
They continued hurrying through the water. Lancer shouted, "The public library's up ahead! We can take shelter there!" Sure enough, the huge public library was at the end of this road. It was fairly far away, but not an insurmountable feat to get there.
After a couple minutes, they were able to reach the library. As they walked through, an officer was talking to a woman with her child in a taxi. But she could only speak French.
"Ma'am!" shouted the officer, "Please calm down! I can't understand what you're saying! Just stay calm. I will get you out of there." The door had been jammed because of the traffic and rain.
Danny, Sam, and Tucker were near the back of the crowd. They were all getting soaked as Sam tried to get between two cars behind her two friends. But she lost her footing and felt her leg scrape against one car.
Sam cringed at the pain and she turned around. She saw the French woman in the taxi. Seeing that she was having trouble, Sam walked back to the cab to help out.
The situation in Manhattan was pretty bad. But as bad as it was, it was about to get about fifty times worse.
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Out in the ocean, near the Statue of Liberty, the ocean hadn't reached the land surrounding it. But in a matter of seconds, it suddenly rose above the land. But it didn't stop. It continued rising and rising, until the water finally stopped at the chest of the statue! And the water was heading straight for Manhattan!
People were cramming through the door trying to get inside the library. A bunch of the Casper High freshmen had been able to make it inside. Danny and Tucker were about to head in as well.
Danny whispered to Tucker, "I'd like to phase through all these people, but that would mean revealing my secret!"
Danny turned around to Sam, but she wasn't there. "Hey!" shouted Danny, "Where's Sam?"
Tucker turned around and answered, "She was behind us a minute ago. Where is she?"
"If I knew where she was, do you think I would be wondering where she was?"
"There she is!" Tucker shouted and pointed to Sam near the taxi.
Danny saw her and said, "What is she doing?"
The officer said to Sam with a nightstick, "Tell them to cover their eyes."
Sam had been taking French in school so she did as she was told. The woman nodded and covered her and her child's eyes. The officer smashed the nightstick into the window, shattering it.
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The enormous wave was now approaching the land. It raised high over land and water starting flooding from the ocean into the city. The streets of the city were disappearing under the water and the people on the streets were getting washed away.
Tucker had dropped his PDA into the water, so it was now becoming weak on power. He managed to hear a faint radio transmission. "There is a wall of water coming towards New York City. Everybody…" Then it went dead.
"Danny!" shouted Tucker, "We better get inside! There could be big trouble coming!"
"Not without Sam!" replied Danny.
Currently the French woman and her child were out of the cab and heading up to the library with Sam and the officer. They were approaching the steps when the woman turned around and started yelling in French.
"What's she saying?" asked the officer.
Sam answered, "She left her bag in the cab. Their passports are still in there."
"Forget about it!"
"You go on. I'll get it for her." Then she started back to the cab before anyone could stop her.
As she walked back to the cab, Danny saw something far down the road where they had come from. He saw the water rushing down the road towards the library.
"Oh my god," muttered Danny as Sam reached inside the cab. She reached for the purse containing the passports.
"Sam!" shouted Danny, and he ran back down the steps to her. He forgot the fact that he was soaked. He forgot the fact that he was putting himself in danger as well. The only thing he thought about was Sam, and the fact that she could be washed away by the water if he didn't get to her quick enough.
Tucker shouted, "Danny! Come back! Don't be a hero!"
Danny ignored him as Sam pulled the bag out of the cab. Danny reached her, pointed behind her, and shouted, "Sam! Come on!"
Sam turned to where he was pointing at and saw the water. She gasped as Danny yelled, "Let's go!"
Sam snapped out of it and grabbed Danny's hand as they hurried to the library.
Sam shouted, "Danny, we can't make it fast enough wading through the water!"
Danny nodded. Then he had an idea. Forgetting that everyone else could se, he turned them both intangible, and it seemed like the water wasn't there. They both hurried up to the library. The water was coming closer as everyone hurried inside as fast as they could.
Danny was forced to turn them tangible since they would go through the stairs if he didn't. Trusting his gut, Danny did as he thought and he and Sam hurried up the stairs. Everyone was trying desperately to get inside. Danny and Sam hurried inside just ahead of the running water. Tucker had already run inside to save himself.
Danny closed the revolving door, but it wasn't strong enough. The pressure blasted the door and windows open and everyone hurried up to the higher floors.
Everyone on the street was wiped away as the water finally stopped coming, while it still rained.
Wow! What a long and thrilling chapter that was! Well, getting home is completely out of the question for our heroes now, but at least they're safe in the library. What will happen? Review, and Chapter 9 will soon be here!