*Katie's POV.*
Ben and I cover our eyes as the missile hits. But I feel nothing, not the heat, nor the pain. I feel nothing. Is this what it's like to die? I wonder. I open my eyes. We are alive, the dome is still here.
"Ben look," I say. He opens his eyes. Beyond the dome wall everything is destroyed. It looks like a waste land. "I can't believe it. The bomb didn't work." Ben says. We see our fellow Millers come towards the dome. Joe and Norrie are among them. "Guys!" I yell as we run over to them.
"Are you okay?" I ask. "Yeah, we're fine. Great actually." Joe says. Norrie puts her hand on the dome. "I can't believe it," She says. "The dome is still here." "Good thing they evacuated everyone outside." I say. Norrie looks at me. Then I relize Benny and I are still holding hands. We immediately let go and I blush. Norrie just smirks at me.
"Hey, you guys okay?" I hear Barbie ask us. "We saw the missile hits the dome." Joe says.
"It didn't even put a dent in it." Ben says. "What the hell is it made of if a bomb can't break it." Norrie asks.
I see Big Jim pull up. I walk over to him. "You shouldn't have even been out here. Your luck to be alive.." "Jim please spare me the lecture." I say. "Did you find Junior?" He asks. "No. But Joe and Norrie where looking for Angie. If we find her I bet we will find him." I say. "Yeah probably. Uh, let me know if you see either of them." he says.
"Will do," I respond.
Carolyn and Alice show up. And Big Jim goes over to talk to Linda. "Come on let's go see if this thing held everywhere." I say to Ben. We walk around the domes perimeter until we get to the bridge where we had Visitors Day. I see Carter crouched over someone on the ground. (Why Linda made Carter a deputy is beyond me.) "Look." I say to Ben. We walk up to them. "What happened here?" I ask. "He must have touched the dome." Carter says.
Then I get a good look at the man on the pavement. "Oh my god. Is that Coggins?" I ask. Carter nods. "I don't suppose you've seen Junior around have you?" I ask. "No, sorry Hart."
He says.
"I should go. My mom might be worried." Benny says. "Alright I'll see you later?" "Yeah, absolutely." He says.
I deside to take a walk in the woods. It the only place that feels normal. It's calm, peaceful, for a moment I can forget about all the problems and worries in Chesters Mill. But then it hits me. I mean that literally.
Some runs into me and we both crash to the ground. "Get away from me!" I a high pitched voice yells. I rub my head and pull my hair out of my face. I look at the source of the voice. "Angie?"
Her hair is in knots, and she look terrified. "Katie," She says. Sounding relieved to see me. We both stand up and she hugs me and starts crying. "Woah, Angie calm down tell me what happened." I say.
"Junior... Junior- he..." she can't seem to get words out. "What? Junior what?" I ask scared that something bad had happened to him. She takes a deep breath. "He kidnapped me." She says.
"What? No, I-I can't believe that, Junior wouldn't do something like that." I say. "He did. H-he locked me in his bomb shelter." she says. I can hardly believe what Angie is telling me. The Junior I know would never do something like that. But then I remember before this dome came down, I hadn't spoken to him in years.
"So when the bomb hit he let you go right?" I ask. "No, Big Jim found me and then he locked me in again." She says. "Now that I believe." I say. Big Jim would do anything to protect his image.
"A-and he o-only let me out because he thought we were all gonna die." She says. "But still Junior he... I mean he must have had a reason-" Angie cuts me off. "K-katie, you can't let him find me. You can't let him lock me up again." She says. "I wouldn't!" I say quickly. "I'm just trying to figure out if he is a pissed SOB or a crazy one." I say. "He. Is. Insane." Angie says.
"Okay, alright. Calm down." I say. "And when Big Jim let me out I ran to my house but- I couldn't find Joe. I could find him anywhere. Junior was there. And Joe he-" She trailed off and started to cry again.
"Angie, Angie. Ang hey, listen toe." I say firmly. "Joe is fine, he's safe." I tell her. "We need to go to the cops." I say. "Junior is the cops." She says. "And his dad is the councilman. Who's gonna believe my word against there's?" I asks. I hug her. "I do." I say. "Look, if we go to Linda I know she and everyone else will believe you. I'm not going to let them touch you again okay? I promise." I say. I don't make promises lightly. "Okay." She says. "We should go to town, that's where Linda and the others will be." I say.
"And if we run into Junior or Big Jim?" She asks. I hesitate before answering.
"If either of them even go near you, I'll kill them."
