It's Just a Horsefly

chapter 1

The rain was a devastating thing, destroying cars, and people, bringing them back to the earth they originally came from. some were lucky enough to Jam themselves into the nearest building avoiding the catastrophe. Vivian Cheever was such a lucky case as she hid in trader Joe's. listening to her music. the only means she had to distract herself from the agonizing screams of civilians. Her phone rang begging for her to pick up.

Vivian rolled her eyes frustrated. The call interrupted her music. she grasped the phone reluctantly putting it to her head.

"Hello?" she said in the best manner she could muster. A man's voice echoed from the other line.

"Honey? are you okay I saw the news! I just wanted to make sure your alright." the man said.

"I'm fine dear, who are you again? I forgot." Vivian said peering out the window for a moment. A long black rope grabbing a passerby who barely made it to the trader joes. That's right, the sky, there was a cavis in the sky, a hole, it wasn't supposed to be there. then the rain came, and the ropes. she was lucky enough to already be in the building.

"honey it's John, your husband. thank god, I was worried, its been hell up here. don't worry I got the dog's inside. we're all in the stable right now." the man said Vivian focused all her attention on her phone hoping to forget the terror outside.

"oh, right, I forgot I was married..." Vivian looked towards a group of people huddled behind a shelf of organic snack foods.

"I know honey, where are you right now?" John whimpered Vivian looked around quickly reminding herself.

"I'm in Trader Joe's, I think, it's the one by the gas station," she said quietly as she looked at her feet. That's when she saw it. a small fly sat by her ankle. Vivian screamed as she pulled away from the small bug the group flinched as they turned to the terrified woman.

"honey what's wrong?" John asked, Vivian, moved towards the registers the fly crawling slowly towards her.

"It's back John... th- th-"

"Oh honey it's just a horse fly...do you have your medication right now?" Vivian looked at her note bookkeeping one eye on the awful creature.

"I took my last pill this morning, at 12:15," she said reading the entry she wrote that day.

"oh god, hang on I think it's starting to let up-"

"NO JOHN DON'T GO OUTSIDE!!!" She screamed as she hid herself behind one of the clerk counters.

"Alright, I'll wait till it's done. just- remember to breathe. stay on the phone, we'll get through this." Vivian sighed as she listened to her unnamed hero's voice.

"thank you whoever you are... are we married?"

"yes, honey." the man said reminding her.

"what's your name?" she asked keeping her eyes on the phone.

"John," the man said in a calming voice.

"Just focus on me, okay?" Vivian crouched behind the counter focusing on her husband's voice, his sweet, calming voice. reminding herself she was married to this wonderful man as she ignored the screams outside.

her eyes wandered along the ground the horse fly once again coming into view its prism-like eyes stared at her. A small ant made its way across the ground towards it. the fly peered at the small ant. Its maw opened shoving the ant into its mouth. Vivian backed further away from the fly.