DEATH WISH - Twisters

If You Feel It

THE CHAIRS were rattling and shaking as the entire wall was sucked into the tornado. Where the screen once was, a perfect view of the tornado was there, and slowly, row after row, the chairs were being sucked out. Two people got sucked out and Phoenix squeezed her eyes shut as they screams merged with the howling wind.

She looked at Tyler, and all he saw was fear. It wasn't often that Phoenix Collins showed fear, but when she did, it was the most haunting thing in the goddamn world. She was gripping onto the metal legs of the chairs that were bolted in but hers started rattling, and she didn't care anymore. She didn't care who could see or hear, she just started sobbing and screaming.

She was terrified.

And so was everyone else.

Phoenix could see the tornado getting closer, and she was gripping onto that chair as hard as physically possible. She heard a scream to her left and her hand instinctively shot out, latching around someone's wrist as they got pulled backwards.

The sheer speed that Lily as pulled back with was enough to pull Phoenix back too, causing her to lose her grip on the chair. "Tyler!" she shrieked and she was spun around so she was facing Lily and the tornado. Just when she thought her and Lily were about to be sucked out through the wall, she felt two hands latch around her ankle.

She could faintly hear Boone screaming her and Lily's names over the roar of the wind. "Look at me! It's okay!" Phoenix screamed at Lily, who nodded. Phoenix had both of her hands wrapped around Lily's wrists, and Phoenix looked over her shoulder to see Tyler holding onto her leg with both of his hands as his boot was around a chair leg.

She mouthed the words 'I love you' over her shoulder and Tyler mouthed them back, his grip starting to slip on her ankle. The blood pouring out of her leg wound was making her skin slick and difficult to hold onto, but Tyler was never going to let go of her.

If she was gonna go, he was too. Just as his boot started to slip, the winds died down and Phoenix watched the tornado dissipate, the two women gently falling back to the ground. "Thank you" Lily mumbled and Phoenix nodded, a half-hearted smile on her lips.

She let go of Lily after a moment and turned around immediately, crawling to Tyler and wrapping him in a hug. They both started crying as he squeezed her as tight as possible, gripping her shirt as she cried into his neck.

Boone got to his feet first, helping both Tyler and Phoenix up, and Phoenix crashed into Boone in another hug. Phoenix looked at Javi whilst continuing to hug Boone, and she held out a hand, squeezing Javi's arm in thanks.

She pulled away from Boone, wincing heavily as she looked at Tyler, who had started limping towards the broken wall. She followed him, her own limp much more prominent, and Javi helped her climb up onto what was left of the stage.

Javi and Tyler quickly started running out towards where the truck was and Phoenix went to follow but found that she could hardly even walk anymore, the pain too much and the adrenaline worn off.

"I got ya, girl. I got ya" Boone stood in front of her, allowing her to get on his back, and he carried her over to where the truck was as fast as he could. As they got there, they saw Kate do their signal and Phoenix laughed, sliding down off of Boone's back and hobbling over to where she was.

"Holy shit, look at you" Kate started laughing at the sight of Phoenix, who dropped down in between Tyler and Javi. "Look at me? Look at you" Phoenix chuckled sadly. Phoenix let out a sob of relief and pulled Kate into a hug, the two women hugging as tightly as they both had the energy for.

"That was amazing!"

"Oh my god"

"We thought you were a goner for sure" Dani said as she hugged Javi from behind.

"You're brilliant" Ben said.

"I think I love you" Boone said sincerely and Lily looked at him.

"I think he might've hit his head, don't worry" Phoenix teased before coughing slightly.

"That's karma. Bitch" Boone pointed at her.

"Jerk" she replied, leaning against Tyler.

"Can I, uh, make a recommendation?" Phoenix asked after a few minutes of chatter. "If it's to go chase a tornado, I swear to god" Boone said and everyone laughed. "No, actually, its not. It's uh, it's to go to a fucking hospital because I don't think my shirt was red an hour ago" Phoenix chuckled.

"Oh, shit"

"Yeah, that ain't good"

"Hey, if you see a bright light, don't go towards it"

"Boone, what the fuck"

"That'll wash out"

Phoenix let the group continue rambling on and she looked up at Tyler to find her was already looking at her. "Marry me" Tyler said quietly, but it was clearly loud enough for everyone else to go silent as Phoenix started smiling. "I'm serious. I can't think of anyone I would rather spend the rest of my life with. Marry me" Tyler shifted so he could see her better.

"Tyler. You don't have to sell marrying you to me. I've wanted to marry you for around eight years now" Phoenix cupped his face and Boone started grinning. "The answer's yes, dumbass" Phoenix smiled before kissing Tyler, who smiled as he kissed her back.

"God, I love you, Tyler Owens" she mumbled. "I love you too, Phoenix Rae Collins" Tyler mumbled back, kissing her forehead. "Boone, are you...are you crying?" Dani looked at Boone. "You bet your ass I am. My best friends are gettin' married!" he yelled and everyone laughed once more.

"No but seriously, I need a hospital. Like, now" Phoenix said seriously and Tyler chuckled. "You and me both" he let his head rest against the upside down truck and Kate smiled at Javi. "I like that plan" Kate nodded.

ASH SPEAKS
okay so it might be cheesy having Tyler "propose" but I don't give a single fuck, it's adorable and that's that. Let me know what you think of this and the next part is the last part!
[at least, it is for the movie]