The Cold Wind Whispers

Chapter 8: Only if...

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Cold wind whispers

Chapter 8

Only if...

"Madison?" Who was that? It wasn't her mom. Didn't she dial her mothers phone number while she was in the dressing room? "Madison?" She looked at her phone. It was the Mayor. Oops...she must have called him instead.

She heard someones else over the phone. Someone she didn't know. Flecks face was in view, his eyes grew wide. "No no the phones are working. I guess they got that going for mobiles only. No land lines." He

looked back down at Madison.

"Your mother is on her way to...to...Madison? Why are you covered in soot?" Fleck noticed the fact that she was under what looked like metal beams.

"I'm inside a burning building." She tried to stop sobbing long enough to explain things.

"Stay there...I'm sure the fire dept is on there way. Just stay..." Madison panned out a little to show Sarah and Buster with her. "Oh...Oh my...hello." They both waved at him.

"Kinda stuck sir." Sarah said hearing the rest of the roof starting to moan. Buster picked up Madison and cradled her close to her.

"I'm on my way Madison...I'm coming. Just hang on." The phone went silent.

Madison stuffed her phone into her pocket and looked around. Buster had them under what looked like a shelf. He pulled the face mask off and put it onto Madison. It was the best breath of fresh air she had in awhile. But it also resulted in her coughing up the soot she had just swallowed.

Buster pulled Sarah closer he knew they wouldn't last much longer in there and much of the roof was down in the front half of the store. What would they do? Freya wouldn't give up. She wasn't that kind of person. He could see the water falling from the roof which meant they moved the truck to the back half of the store.

There was a loud sound, and a bull horn. They couldn't make it out. Buster looked up and through the window.

"Is that a..." Sarah asked. Watching the large fire truck...two of them and a regular truck.

"Cover your heads!" Freya's voice called out. Both Buster and Sarah grabbed Madison and pulled her back under the shelf. It wasn't much, but it would have to do. The loud crackling and bang the rest of the roof made as the trucks pulled them into the streets so they could get inside.

"Madison!" Madison heard the voice. She knew that voice.

"Buster!, Sarah!" That was Freya. Unmistakable. Madison felt Buster and Sarah being pulled from her. Buster looked around and at Clemmons. He had a few bite marks on his hands. Bob helped Sarah up and dusted her off.

"I'm alright Bob. Come on we gotta get Madis..." Sarah turned to see Madison in Flecks arms. The mayor shouldn't have been inside of the burned out building much less away from the medical station.

"How did you..."

"Im going to have to...return Ann's truck..." He motioned to the huge monster truck he had borrowed to help them pull the roof off. 46's truck stood there along with the other.

"My hero..." Madison hugged Fleck again.

"Its all part of the job. You called the mayor. Asked for help...its the least I can do."

"Freya! We're getting calls in from all over the city!" Clemmons said as he put the CB down. "Dukes been shot."

Fleck pulled Madison closer to him on instinct.

"Wheres mommy?" She asked Fleck who gasped. He didn't know.

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~Ring!~

Vito smiled down at the woman who had been tied up, and a gag fit into her mouth. He picked up the phone and sat back in the mayors chair.

"Carol? Carol I have Madison. Are you alright?"

"Oh she's fine, ex-mayor Fleck...for now." He laughed.