When the Winds Blew

Why Us?

My eyes are still clenched shut. Everything is calm now but us. There was ceiling plaster on my back when I stood up. At least the kids were all safe. The bathroom door was stuck. Great. "Come on guys, help me open this door." We all push as hard as possible, but it hardly budges. Its not their fault, they're little kids. Think, Raena, think! I go around to the walls and push on each one. Nothing. Stuck in a bathroom right after a tornado. Just how I wanted to spend my night. Somehow, my tablet survived. Wow... I pull the live-stream back up to see what the people say.
"Wow, that was a freak tornado!" the one person says. Thank you, captain obvious! I'm not that dumb. I try pushing the door down again. It moved a bit this time. Good. I shove harder.
"Guys, stand back please. I don't want anyone but me getting hurt," I tell them. I watch them get out of the way. I run to the door and slam my whole body against it. It splinters to pieces. I get up and look at my surroundings. Everything is destroyed.
"Alright, come one at a time please," I instruct the kids. Once I get them all out, I look for the stairs to try and get upstairs.
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"Dad?!" I yell.
I see him crying.
"Dad?" I ask gently. I run up to him and hug him. "Dad?" I ask again.
"At least you guys are OK," he said quietly.
"What?" I ask, tears welling in my eyes.
"Y-your mother..." he says sobbing again.
"No! Was... was she inside?"
"N-no... She didn't listen to you when you said to find safety. She went back outside to check the hamburgers."
"So, she's gone?" I ask quietly. He nods sternly. I run outside to the wreckage.
"Why?!" I scream to no one. "Why us? Why did it have to be us?!" I fall to the ground screaming and crying like a toddler. I have cuts and bruises, the cuts burn with dust and splinters. I was thinking, Why us!? and Please let me die here as I lay on the ground sobbing.