Rainbows after Hurricane

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Zach swears loudly, slamming his fist onto the steering wheel. "Damn!" In front of them, the road is blocked by a huge tree that's fallen down due to the storm. The storm turns out to be stronger than what they had thought it to be.

                "What are we supposed to do now?" Jason asks, with wide horrified eyes, a trait of his nervousness.

                "Common, we have to move it. There's no other way." Zach says solemnly. He turns back to Asher and sees him already looking at him with approval. Then, Zach shifts his attention to Meredith, saying, "Take care of Dianna."

Meredith nods and without another exchange of word, Zach, Asher and Jason gets out of the car. The rain is so heavy that it doesn't even take less than a second to drench them completely.

Putting their head down, they sprints towards the direction of the tree but the wind is making it a difficult feat. The fierce gale shoves them to the right and left, and they stumble over from the force of it a few times as they use their arms to swim through the air current.

By the time they finally reach, Zach, Asher and Jason bends down, and with all the energy they have, they use it to move the huge tree out of their way, but, of course, it's not an easy task to move a tree as big as that. And, to say that the storm is just beginning would be an understatement.

Zach grunts under his breath, putting all his effort into lifting the tree. The rain isn't making it any easier. His hands are freezingand the force of the windis making it difficult to stand in a same place. "Common, move." He groans.

Above them, lightning occurs followed by loud thunderstorm, which for a moment leaves them all blind and deaf.

             "It's not moving. It's damn too heavy." Jason shouts, flexing his muscles to again bend down, trying his best to move the damn tree out of the way.

             "We have to try harder." Zach says, applying more effort as he tries to lift the tree. After a minute later, the tree shifts slightly but not enough for them to pass through. "Common, just move already." Zach grunts, with a hint of frustration in his voice.

The last thing Zach's expecting right now was a damn freaking tree getting in their way. The hurricane is fucking enough. With each passing second, he can feel his heart pounding loudly against his chest, he is afraid it would just burst out of his body like a volcano.

He is doing his best to remain calm and collected when he is feeling just the contrary to that. It feels like the history was repeating itself all over again. The only difference is—then it was Ashley, the love of his life and—now it is Dianna, his only sister he loved more than his life.

His mind is spiraling away with so much emotions, he thought he would die because of the pressure he is feeling right then. He can't lose Dianna as well. He wouldn't. All he can think at this moment is: he won't let history repeat itself.

He had always been able to protect Dianna since she was born and he will be damned if he wouldn't be able to save her now, when her life is at line. He can still remember that one time when he scared away that one guy Dianna went out on a date for the first time. He didn't know about the date until she was already gone and his mother informed him about it.

In an instant, the protective side of a big brother resurfaced and before he knew he was on his way to where his sister had gone for a date with Asher on tow, of course. It was not hard for him to find out about the place as it was a small town and pretty much everyone knew everyone.