Midland

by: moonlightbear

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Chapter 4: fallout

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"I'm hungery."

"Me too."

"That reminds me..."

"Is there anything to eat?"

"Mom?"

"Mom?"

"MOM?"

"Kids please, calm down... Is there Richard?"

"Uh... I'll check my mini-frig in the office."

"You have a mini-frig?" Tom asked in a huge surprized voice. "They wouldn't let me have a towel rack in the office, but you got a frig!"

"I guess they like me better then you, Tom." Rich laugh as he got up. Tom and he went to the office talking, they had been in the now very hot locker room for 2 1/2 hours. It was aweful! The kids were either scared, didn't have a clue, or were worried. Charlie spent most of the time helping Kate with Nigel and Kyle, keeping them busy and all. Kate was also keeping an eye on Lorraine, Nora also help with Lorraine. Charlie was also now talking abit with Henry, Rich had told him about the essay Henry was doing, and understood Henry's sudden lack of speech. Kim and Jessica were playing the dictionary-abc game to keep busy(ex. A--Albeit, even though; B--Blithesome, gay,merry; C--Chirography, calligraphy.). Mike, Sara, Mark, and Jake sat in a corner, talking about... Fun stuff, away from the subject of Evanston, home, the cloud... They talked of skateboarding, animals, sports, and played I Spy games... Everyone was scared, worried, but they held there head high and strong. and thankfully Richard came back with some food. "Do you guys like me or do you like?" He asked with a smile on his face, that was only seen by the light of the flashlights. The power was out, but the food was still good enough to eat at this time...

"WE LOVE YOU!" They all said running up to him.

"Whoa, whoa... one at a time, we fixed bags in the back so, one bag each. Nora... Charlie... ... ..." And Tom went down the line of kids giving them a bag each... Inside was a half piece of pizza, gadorade, some candy, and a fruit cup... who keeps fruit cups in a locker room? tom thought himself... oh well the kids are happy!...

Another hour went by when finally someone came a knockin'... literally... The door opened to reveal the Dean of Lincoln University, "Hello?" He called. The Bakers and Richard greeted him and came out. "In the light of things I'm making personal rounds to all the buildings. Tom, Richard, you should head down to the town hall, all of you, the Mayor is having a city meeting. Everyone should go."

"Thank you Dean. Um, What's going on out there?"

"Talking about the city or the ahem," The Dean said, clear his throat. "Tom?"

"Both."

"We don't know anything of the north," He said, being discreet. "But in town, the police are handling it. People are fighting over gas, that can't be attain because of the lack of electricity. We've had a few break-ins. Slightly choatic, everyone is trying to get everyone to go to the meeting and hopefully, there is where order will restore. Surrounding towns are coming too. Midland, Beacon. Its gonna be crowded so stick together."

"Alright! you hear that kids 'stay together!' Lets all head to the square." All the Kids filed out of the locker room, walked through the school. They were all scared, worried.

"Damn bastards stole my gas!" "Mommy why can't we watch tv!" "Scott watch out!" Amother grabbed her son just as a car came through the intersection. "What the hell is going on here? what the hell is going on here?" "Move out of my way!" "Its just the crisis right now everyone is really nice normally." "Of course they are, can we go through please..." "WHY CAN I BUY MY SMOKES!" "Our registers are down, please let me close my store..." "Jack get the man there... what is it son?" "Dad, I believe a radiation rain storm is coming." "Are you the weatherman?" "No but my friend is becoming one, TRUST ME!" "Your sure, a Fallout is coming?" "Positive!" "We should tell the Mayor."

"Whats a fallout, dad?"

"Didn't you hear, its radiation rain!"

"That's bad!"

"Duh!"

"Stop, all of you stay together, we're almost there."

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