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We start driving towards it but it gets really hard to see with how heavy the rain was. Praveen starts to give us the data as I look out the windshield "Come on give us a nice respectable EF1, I mean EF2 we'll take it." I say "Well a EF2 would be too big." Praveen tells me "You have no faith praveen" I tell him looking back "There's no more than babies EF0s" addy says "Javi how's Dorthy's GSP?" Kate asks "Dorthy's coming in loud and clear." He answers
As we drive things start to get thrown around, like small branches or bushes. Jerry swerves out of the way when we get hit by a small branch. "Are we in a tornado?" Praveen asks And I look out the window "No. No it's behind us" I tell them looking back "Ok" I mumbles "Should I drive faster?" Jeb asks "No no no we gotta drop the barrels in its path" I tell him "Are we gonna see the path?" Praveen asks then a big hat stack hits the car causing us the swerve around. Then we slide off the road causing the trailer to fall over.
I look out the window at the storm. "This is the path" I tell them "How close is it?" Kate asks "Oh that's a lot of lighting." Praveen mumbles "Ok you guys stay here imma get it ready" I tell them jumping out of the car
"It's spilling! Hurry!" I yell as I run over to it We all try to lift it but it was too heavy. "No we need leverage to tip it!" Jeb yells then comes back a few seconds later with a metal pole. He sticks it under and starts to lift, it tips some where we were able to push it back over. We all cheer as Jeb looks at me. "Hey oak you got muscles and brain-" he starts to yell as some hay pieces hit him in the face. I laugh as I run over to him giving him a quick kiss. "Ok let's open them up!" Kate yells as we all start to open the barrels
"We're clear!" Praveen tells us unlocking the trailer "Let's go let's go!" I yell "We gotta go!" Kate yells after me We all jump back in the car as I grab the radio "Ok we dropped the trailer Javi" I tell him as we drive off "What if there's no tornado? What if it's just a death wave of hail?" Addy asks
"Woo baby! We just shoot yo 10,000 feet!" Javi tells us "Yes!" We all cheer "That's not a hail wave" addy laughs "We did it oak." Jeb smiles "Hey wait it's getting closer" he says as his grip tightens on the wheel
I look out the review mirror "It's rising 30,000 feet" Javi tells us "The polyactivetm should've been active by now." I tell them "Are the winds weakening Javi?" Kate asks "Dorthy can't tell you that, a moving sensor can't give you the exact measurements of wind speed. But- aww yeah 40,000 feet, you're tornado isn't shrinking oak" he tells us "50,000 feet. Holy shit. Nah nah nah nah, this can't be right" he mumbles "Javi talk to us. Javi talk to us! Talk to us!" Kate tells him as I look over at Jeb. My heart dropping some.
"The seniors just shot up 70,000 feet" Javi says "What?" I mumble "Uh uh the next red volatility's is 200 miles per hour" praveen tells us "That's impossible" Jeb says "Unless it's a EF5" I tell them looking out the window
"Guys guys whatever's in there is big. It's big and it's moving fast. Drive drive" Javi tells us "Go go go!" Addy yells "How did it become a EF5?" Jeb asks "It's getting closer!" Praveen yells and Jerry speeds up more. But then something's hits us and causing us to go sliding off the road into the grass. Then we start to fall down a dip in the ground.
"Everybody ok?" Jeb yells and we all mumble our yeahs "We can't stay here" Jeb tells us "There!" Praveen yells pointing at a bridge "Overpasses are the worst in tornadoes!" I tell them "What do we do?" Kate yells as I look out the mirror at the tornado heading straight for us "This cars gonna fly, come on!" Jeb yells jumping out of the car
We all start to run as fast as we can towards the overpass. I glance back to see where everyone. "Praveen!" Addy yells grabbing his hand, only for both of them to get pulled into the tornado "No!" I yell as I try to keep running
Jeb starts to climb up the concrete with me and Kate behind him. As I climb I let out a yell of pain, a piece of metal sliced my leg open. I yell again as I try to keep climbing. Jen holds out his hand as I look back at Kate who slipped. "Kate! Kate grab my hand!" I yell reaching for her "Oak!" She yells as she tries to grab it but slips "Come on!" I yell We were just about to grab hands when a big gush of wind came and branches hit her, causing her to get swept into the tornado. "Kate!! Kate no!" I scream at the top of my lungs
"Come on!" Jeb yells as he grabs me and pulls me up "Put your arms around the rail! Get in get in! Put your arms around the rail!" Jeb yells as I lay down holding on to the rails with everything I had. He lays on top of me as he grabs the rails as well. "It's gonna be ok! It's gonna be ok! Keep holding on I got you! I've got you oak! I've got you!" Jeb tells me as we both hold on. But then I feel his body leave, I turn and watch him get swept into the tornado "No!!! Jeb!!!" I scream reaching out my hand
Then I quickly grab the rails with all my energy, screaming. Screams of pain, physical, emotionally. Everything hurt, inside and out. "No!!" I scream one last time
. . . . . .
The storm had passed. But I couldn't bring myself to move. I laid there for a long time before I managed to get myself up.
I limp through all the chaos that was left over. My hair a mess, blood was covering my head and body.
I watch as a cop car pulls up. Then everything after that I couldn't remember. My mind was fixed on the moments that just happened.
