Chapter Five
Simon screamed in panic and terror as he was struggling in the gathering water. "Someone Help!" he screamed in hope someone would hear him. He searched around the area for land as he struggled to stay afloat. His leg was in enormous pain and blood was flooding out of it. He was being rapidly pulled under water and was fighting for breath. When he was finally pulled under, he pushed up from the bottom, and spotted a tiny piece of land. Simon began to swim to the land with his injured leg growing more painful by the second. As he gets closer to the land he hears a faint voice calling his name from ahead. As water is gradually building up, Simon catches a glimpse of a shadow on the land. He hears his name called several more times and the shadow becomes clearer, and Simon sees it is tall. When the stranger appears, Simon gasps at the face he sees.
The shaking continues as water quickly builds upon the area. Lucy grips Savannah tight and tries to find a closed area. The shaking gradually grows stronger. Lucy screams when a pole falls down into the water. She swims and covers Savannah's head to protect her. As she swims across the deep water, she notices a telephone wire shaking above them. She panics and tries to swim to shelter worrying if her family is okay. The shaking continues strongly and knocks down a lamppost. Lucy sees no one in sight begins to lose hope. "What is going on?" Lucy said panicking for her and her daughter's life. When the shaking grows unbearable, the telephone wire falls into the water and Lucy gives a loud scream in horror.
Sergeant Michaels swim hurriedly toward Kevin who had just being knocked down by the lamppost. "KEVIN", Sergeant Michaels screamed. When he reached Kevin he lifted the lamppost and found Kevin unconscious. "Kevin, are you okay?" Sergeant Michaels asked. "Talk to me!" Kevin wasn't moving and stayed there with a large bruise on his forehead. "We've got to get some help!" he yelled toward Jason who was in the safety of the building. "NOW!" he added as Jason wasn't acting. "You better be okay" Sergeant Michaels said holding Kevin in his hands as more water flooded through around him.
"Where is Daddy?" Sam asked his mother in tears. Annie didn't answer, but stared below her for some explanation for what she had just heard. "Stay here" Annie told Sam as she jumped into the water to find her husband and son. She swam and swam, but caught no sight of them. As more water piled up, Annie struggled to find them. When she heard a distant cry she gained hope and swam toward the sound. It was silent after that, except for the rushing water. Annie was waiting for another yell to guide her toward them, but there was nothing. At last she thought she heard David's voice calling for help at a distance. She swam more, hopeful toward what she had heard. Annie began to cry again when she caught nothing in sight. Then she heard Eric's scream, but this time much closer. "I'm coming!" Annie shouted rushing toward his voice.
Roxanne looked behind her to see if Chandler was watching, and then picked up the wallet. Inside, she found was nothing of importance. It was a normal everyday wallet. She found bills and checks, but nothing suspicious. Then she saw a white piece of paper hanging out. "Aha" Roxanne said picking up the piece of paper to discover a picture of a young couple of which she did not recognize. "Who are they?" Roxanne thought aloud, staring at the picture. She turned the paper over and saw many things scribbled on it, but before she could read it, Chandler came back. "What are you looking at?" Chandler asked. "Nothing" Roxanne said, secretly putting the wallet back in the compartment.
"Someone help me!" Martin screamed, hoping someone could help Ruthie who was slowly drowning in the water. When no one answered, Martin dove underwater another time to try to pull Ruthie's leg out. Martin tried as hard as he could but nothing helped. Martin tried one last time with all his strength. Finally, like a miracle he pulled her leg out of the hole. Martin helped Ruthie to the surface and gave her a hug. "I thought you were gone" he said crying. "Without you here I would be" Ruthie said trying to catch her breath. Martin looked at her head, and immediately began panicking again. "We need to get you to a hospital" Martin said. He searched around for someone that may be able to help them. Then, far away Martin saw a rescue boat. He grabbed Ruthie and swam as fast he could toward it.
Mary was shaking in her seat, as the pilot was taking her to her parent's house. "I'd be devastated if they were hurt" Mary said. Her pilot didn't say a word, but quietly flew to the house. When they arrived Mary looked in shock at the torn apart house she used to call home. "Oh my Gosh" she said looking at the verge of tears. As Soon as the plane landed, Mary jumped out and swam toward the house wondering if her family survived.
Matt and Sarah were approaching the flooded city of Glen Oak in their car. "What would life be like without our family" Matt asked thinking of how horrible it would be. "Be positive" Sarah said, thinking the same thing as Matt. When they saw the flooded city, Sarah's mouth dropped and lost all hope everything would be all right.
"Are you?" Cecelia's dad asked once more. "Forget it" Cecelia responded looking on the verge of tears. "I just want to know that nothing happened to them". "I promise we'll go when the water comes down" her Dad said. "No!" Cecelia shouted sounding furious. "How do you expect to get there then?" "I don't know" Cecilia said growing sadder every second.
