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"We're sinking… we're sinking…" Lily says to herself all the way to the airport and in the airplane to California, by the beach. Finally I can not take it anymore. "Lily! Please stop. I know you're paranoid. But this is necessary, we might sink but…" My eyebrows knit together in frustration. "It'll be okay, I hope." Lily nods.
"This will be chaotic." Klaus says.
It will be chaotic, very. I sigh to myself. I have to help these people, somehow. I fall asleep again, hoping I won't be awakened by a deep voice calling my name.
"Landing," I'm greeted by a pleasant sound. "Wakey wakey!" I hear Klaus calling. We swiftly get off the plane since we have no luggage. But I almost fall over at the sight.
"Holy…" My jaw is wide open.
The ocean seems to be huge. The waves coming in reach all the way to the airport, and we're pretty far away. I scratch my head.
"What are we going to do?" Lily answers my question.
"Get a boat and check it out, see what we can do."
We go with Lily's idea. Getting a boat. It's chaotic as we try to get over the waves and into calm waters. Once we do get there with some help from an expert I look into the water. It's as deep as the eye can see.
"Well I guess no problem here, what could be causing this?" I say as Klaus and I are leaning over, staring into the water.
"I don't know…" I feel a kick on my back and sprawl into the water. Klaus splashes in with me shortly.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing Lily Franklin?" I shake my fist at her while trying to stay afloat. She gives a small smile.
"This was all my fathers plan…" I smash my fists into the water, where I know I won't make destruction. I try to get back on the boat but Lily just pushes me off again.
"Go away!" She instructs the person controlling the boat to move on. They go further and further away. Until it's just Klaus and I in open water.
I start panicking. "We're dead. Dead, everything is dead, Lily was a liar, why did I even come to this stupid ocean!" I kick the water. "Yeah…" is the only thing Klaus says. "Don't you see? I've failed. I don't know what to do… why did I even come here? Argh!" I try swimming towards the waves.
"They don't seem too far away Klaus, let's try getting to the waves and going over!" I swim towards them more and Klaus follows behind. I put my hand on the huge wave once we get there.
"Scary…" I think about myself being thrown in the waves mercilessly. Klaus just stares at it. "Well we don't have a choice." He throws himself into the wave. "Klaus! Damn it!" I glance around before I realize there is no other choice, it's now or never.
Inside the wave it's like being underwater, I have trouble swimming because of it's force, but the wave just pushes me. So I just go with it. After a while I can stand on my feet on sand.
"Whew, I'm okay! Klaus?" I look around the beach. It's dead empty.
"Klaus where did you go?" I run back into the water and look around more. "What…" I stand there in the cold water. Then I feel something at my feet. Grabbing my ankle.
I send out a shriek and fall backwards into the water.
"Klaus!" I yell at him as he sits in the water with me. "I think I need to buy new clothes. They've been in water, oil… disgusting." I shiver at the thought. Klaus helps me up and we ran back up to the sand.
"We can try to find a store that's still open."
We run through the sand and back to the town area.
"Look a café, it looks open! Let's go in!" Klaus and I went inside.
The café was small, a few tables, two chairs with each and barstools next to a container full of bread and sweets. The walls were a dark green and floors were hardwood. A man behind the counter greeted us and I licked my lips thinking of eating a donut.
"Let's eat, yum!" Klaus jumps over to the display cases. They had everything. But one type of bread caught my eye.
"Interesting bread, Panem… it looks so… polished?" I wasn't being figurative. The bread actually was shining. It looked like copper.
"Yep, Panem. Made in Rome. It's perfected to the highest point and is the most expensive item in here. Has the best nuts and fruits and is baked to precision." The man behind the counter told us. "Can I try some?" I asked. "Try? You have to buy. They would not like it if I cut it." I showed confusion on my face. "It's bread, who cares if you cut it?" The man sighed.
"Okay, but don't tell anyone I let you have some." He reached for the Panem and took off a tiny piece. Then held it up for us to see. "You can't see it but tiny tiny flakes of almonds, peanuts, walnuts, every type of nut is there, along with dozens of fruits." I took it and tore a piece off and propped it into my mouth.
"Woah!" I couldn't taste the nuts or fruits individually but they all made this interesting taste together, interesting being good. "Wow. How much is this? It's really rich." I handed Klaus a piece and he thought it tasted the same.
The man at the counter shrugged. "Probably more then you can afford, one slice is $100." My eyes met my feet. I'm not paying that much for bread.
"Panem. What does that name mean?" I ask him. "It means bread." Oh" I reply. "I was thinking it would be named something more special." I tell him. The man sighs. "You want to know the real name? Please don't." I raise my eyebrows. "Okay."
Then I almost lose my balance and a strange rumbling comes on. "What is this?" I hang on to the counter as the shaking gets worse. "Get out of here!" Somebody yells. I try to run out the door, swaying and bumping into things. People pour out with us and other people get out of buildings nearby.
Klaus is frozen and staring at the ocean. "What are you doing?" I say as a grab his hand. "This is really bad Emilie! I don't think we have a chance." He says still staring. "Of course we won't if you don't get a move on!" I start running and drag him with me. "But Emilie, do you know what happens after an earthquake hits and water is nearby!" This registers in my mind as I'm still running. I then stop and look back. It's true. The water is falling back and the shaking has stopped.
I frantically look at all the buildings. Then realize I'm responsible for all these people too. "Get to high ground!" I yell at all the people running and repeat myself dozens of times. "Klaus c'mon!" We find a semi-tall building and go up it as fast as we can.
The scene is horrific. Some people didn't listen and the tide is coming in. I close my eyes for a minute while the water comes in and everything, everything, people, buildings, cars are all swept away. The water is an ugly gray and filled with things.
"How are we supposed to get out of here?" Klaus asks me. "I don't know. But I have a feeling this will be titled, 'The Great Panem Tsunami'."