Family

Chapter Eighteen

 Andrew hears Max's voice in his head opens his eyes. Max, is that you? He asks not sure if he's hallucinating or what. Thank the Moon Goddess. Where are you? We've been looking for you. The storms over. He mindlinks with happiness.

I'm..umm, stuck...under a car.

Where, where were you when you got stuck? Come on Andrew. Andrew thinks for a moment. How did he get here? How did they end up stuck in a cold ditch?

Across from...from Maddie. He says slipping out of consciousness. He hears Nicole's slow heartbeat and knows they don't have long. She's not gonna make it...be quick. He says before slipping away once more.

Max is already on his way to the elementary school. Just hang in there Andrew. We are coming.....Andrew, Andrew, can you say something? Anything? "Shit, come on let's go, Mike. Addison, he's not responding and said that Nicole's dying. I don't know, just they are stuck across from the school." He says and Addison nods her head. Andra sitting next to her and can't stop fidgeting.

"Andra, calm down. Being nervous or scared isn't going to help them when we get there. Max, are more people on their way. If he says he's stuck, us four aren't going to be enough." She says trying to keep worry out of her voice.

"Ty said that they were coming from the shelter. He's with some of the hunters." Max says looking all around, but not seeing where the school is.

"That's where the school was. It's..gone." Andra says looking at the pile of wood and other debri. It looks like the tornado just took the house and replaced it with crap.

"Alright, let's go." Max says opening his door. Mike stops the car and they all get out.

"Careful if you start moving things, it might end up collapsing and we don't know where they are." They all nod and spread out. Andra runs down moving wood, but not getting anywhere. She slips from it being so muddy and lands on her hands and knees. Her hands are red and she looks to see a stream of blood coming.

"Addison. Addison." She yells running up to a big load of debris piled up. They all come running towards her. Addison sees the blood mixed in with the water and mud.

"Ok, start to slowly remove pieces, but if it sinks so much as a centimeter stop. We don't know how much weight can fall on them or how much could already be on them. Andra, go and put the car closer to here and open the back so I can get all my things." She says and Andra runs up the ditch.

Max, Mike, and Addison all start removing debri. "Addison, we're going to need more people then what's coming," Mike says seeing that a car is only being held up by some shrapnel and wood. Addison comes around and looks at what he's pointing at. She sees and curses backing away. Max comes around to see and feels his stomach drop.

"Ok, see if you can find a hole somewhere. I need to see them." She says and starts searching. "Don't move any more wood." She says as she sees the car start to sink. She looks down and realizes it's not them, it's the ground. Because it's so muddy the supports have been moving. "Ok, think, think." She says spinning in a circle. "We need more wood. We need to prop the car up on the left side. The right side will stay because of all the metal." She says and Max and Mike look at her confused. "The wood is slipping because of the mud, the metal is deeper into the ground, making it more stable. We need to stabilize the car and then find a way to open either on the front or back to get them out. Max, tell Ty and the rest of our plan. See what they can bring." Max nods his head and Andra jumps up.

"I can see them." Addison runs around to her. She gets down on the ground and looks through the whole.

"Can you get me a light? It's in the blue bag on the side." She says moving some things to get more room. She feels some heat seeping out of the hole and blocks it with a piece of wood. "How can I make it warmer? The heat's going to continue to seep out. How to keep it warm?" She mumbles and then Andra's back. She hands Addison the flashlight. She removes the wood and shines it in.