[2.1] THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTNING, tyler owens

Run For Their Lives

Tyler and Jaymes were leading the team to the storm, carrying her barrels with them. The now violent storm was just starting to become a tornado.

"Okay, ground speed is at 22 and the interrupt is Northeast look for Silum Road."

"Silum Road." Tyler repeated while smiling at her.

Though, the smile was cut short when they hurt a roaring engine and mud flew at their windshield.

Jaymes was slightly surprised when she saw Storm Par, although she knew she shouldn't have been.

Tyler sarcastically laughed as he saw them pull out. "Ah, motherfucker."

She then heard Boone come over the radio. "These Par guys are cutting us off!"

She saw Tyler compose himself before going on the radio.

"All right don't get distracted. Let's get these babies in the air!"

Jaymes watched as Javi and Scott sped up, now almost completely invisible in the rain. She looked back to her doppler to see where the tornado was exactly, but just as she looked down the doppler died. "The doppler went dark."

"It's probably just a dead cell."

She reached for the radio, not happy with Tyler's answer. "Lily, are you above us?"

"It's getting completely rain-rocked up here. I can't see much."

Jaymes felt like something was off when she saw a stop sign shaking and twisting violently.

Javi swerved when a big tree came right for them, making Jaymes cry out his name in fear.

The truck came to a screeching stop due to Tyler's command as they watched on.

"Tyler, we gotta something." The desperation in her voice could have made him cry, but currently at the moment, he didn't know what to do.

They watched in horror as Javi's truck flipped sideways. Then allowed boom so the sky. Tyler and Jaymes looked to their left in their mouths fell open in shock. The tornado had ripped through the paper factory and was now making explosions in the air. The fire and smoke soon found drift with a tornado and was now a literal fire-nado.

"Oh my God, oh my God." Tyler repeated as he started backing up, just as Jaymes yelled.

"Wait, wait, we can't just leave them!"

"We're not going to leave them, but we can't stay here. We gotta move!"

Just then a piece of debris flew towards Javi's truck, hitting them in just the right spot to tip them upright again.

"Go, Javi, go!" Jaymes yelled as though he could hear her.

Javi pulled the truck in and out of the ditch, coming in front of them now waiting away to get away.

"Hold on!" Tyler yelled as he sped off towards Javi, the rest of the team following.

"Everyone okay?" He asked through the radio, receiving yeses from everyone.

He looked at Jaymes, concern evident on his features. "Are you?"

She sighed in exhaustion, "Always."

He nodded and looked back to the road.

Tyler looked back at Jaymes curiously when she cursed.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me."

"What?"

"It's shifting, Tyler it's going towards El Reno."

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Jaymes grabbed the radio and composed herself. "All right guys, there's nothing we can do to stop it, but when you get there make sure people get to a safe place."

She heard them all agree and say something about main street.

Tyler looked over at her with the determination written on his face.

She met his gaze and nodded. She knew they wouldn't do anything without her Intel. "Go."

He pulled out from behind Javi as she met his eyes with him before looking at the road as they sped off again, the rest of the team following.

Tyler pulled the truck to a stop on the side of main street. They both quickly jumped out and assessed the storm.

It was pure chaos. People were running and screaming in every direction, others were trying to get their merchandise off the racks and other things under their canopy, but to no avail.

"Guys! Guys! The shelters are full! We need to get them to the movie theater!" Dexter yelled to them as he began escorting people there.

They all took off in different directions; trying to get as many people as possible to follow them.

Jaymes was yelling at people to go and get inside. She knocked on windows of people in cars, but they ignored her pleading. She could still see Tyler yelling at people, so she continued too.

She stopped her duties for a second when she heard the trolleys wheels screeching, meaning they had come off the tracks. She watched in horror as Tyler stood in front of it, only hearing and seeing it when it was too late.

"Tyler!" She screamed that she sprinted over to him. The only thing she could hear was his groans of pain. His leg was barricaded under the pile of rubble, which was slightly under the trolley.

She pulled up with everything she had, but it barely moved. Tyler was pushing up with his arms, but it had a little effect also. She whipped around when she narrowly Dodge some debris that came flying at her. Only to see a car tumble onto itself.

Looking at the sky, Jaymes watched helplessly as an old oil well went flying through the air, and directly hit one of the connecting legs on the town's water tower.

"Watch out!" Tyler screamed as the leg came falling down.

"Arg!" She groaned, once again trying to move the rubble to no avail.

"You need to get inside! Go! Jaymes, leave!"

"No!" She yelled with fury, some he'd never seen before. "We're in this together, I'm not leaving you out here!"

"Jaymes," he pleaded desperately,. Looking into her eyes as he watched the tower start to collapse moments earlier.

Just then I wouldn't plank was shoved under the rubble. "C'mon Jaymes! Lift!" Javi yelled.

She pulled up and this time at worked. She hope Tyler get out and up as Javi came on his other side. "Come on come on we gotta get inside."

Now it was time to take the term seriously. It was time to run for their lives.

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Chapter 14 done! Hope you enjoy!
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