Survivors

Chapter 43: Saving the Day

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The storm had occurred suddenly. A giant Supercell forming right outside the small town of New Baydon, Oklahoma, population 9,270. Concerned citizens going about their daily lives at work, at school, at home, were standing outside nearly frozen in horror, watching the tornado form just outside the town. Oklahomans were no strangers to tornadoes, quite the opposite in fact, but this one was different.

This tornado was a monster and growing before their very eyes. Though every person over the age of 15 had seen a tornado in their life, none had ever seen an F 5 appearing as if the devil had placed it there. The town had no warning, other than a siren five minutes ago. It had been a beautiful morning. Now it was a nightmare.

Fire Chief Jim Hozier stood by his emergency vehicle, having little time to debate a horrible decision. Have his Fire Department continue to try a futile evacuation or send them out of harms way so they could conduct rescue operations? The nearest emergency responders outside of his were twenty miles away.

The tunnel moved into the outskirts of town. He knew the country on the edge and the far lying houses were being torn to shreds. He could hear it and see the debris cloud swirling around the huge tornado.

"Are you the Chief?" a voice asked him, over the wind and rain. How anyone had gotten this close or would even be out was confusing. He turned around and saw...her.

"It's you. What...what are you doing here?"

"I was tracking the storms. I'm not a big fan of storms and watch Weather Channel a lot. I was just in Kansas trying to...can you evacuate the town?"

"No. People are running for cover but the outskirts have...you need to get underground!"

"I didn't fly from Kansas in ten minutes to hide underground. Get your trucks and ambulances to safety. They are going to be needed."

The blonde girl, hair slicked by the rain and a determined if slightly dirty face wearing the brightest colors, levitated in front of him, eyeing the storm. Her skirt, cape and hair moved with the high winds but she did not move in the air, as if she were standing on solid ground on a beautiful day.

"Where are you going?"

"To try and stop that tornado."

The blonde was gone and the man stood still, despite the terror around him, watching the red streak head straight for the giant black funnel.

"She is going to die." he whispered. Grabbing his radio he ordered whatever men he had in vehicles to move the vehicles out of the path of the storm. Taking a last look at the tornado that was nearly on top of him, he got behind the wheel and drove off, having seen no sight of the blonde.

The girl in question was in front of the black funnel cloud.

"Kelex? Alex? Anyone got any ideas on how to stop a tornado?"

"I'm watching the Storm Chasers on the Weather Channel." Alex told her. "I would recommend getting away. That thing is an F 5."

"Not an option, Alex, this town is about to be destroyed. Kelex, if I fly in the opposite direction fast enough can I counter the vortex?"

"On a small scale tornado it would be possible. However, this one is an EF5. It appears to be a mile at least in diameter. You would not be able to build that much speed around the moving object. The wind speeds are anywhere from 300 to 500 miles an hour and It is moving forward at 14 miles an hour, not sta..."