In denial//clexa-lexarke an

Thonderstorms

What the hell was that?" asked Alicia as they both sat up straight.

"I don't know". Elyza grabbed her double-barrel shotgun and stood up. "Wait here" she told Alicia and she went back inside through the window.

Elyza carefully made her way down the hall and the stairs to the source of the explosion. There was smoke coming from the kitchen and she rushed to see if anyone had been injured, but before she made it, Travis walked out helping Daniel and Madison helping Ofelia into the living room couches. Daniel looked like he had been injured and all four adults were coughing from the smoke. Not a moment later, Nick and Chris appeared from the back with a fire extinguisher and they rushed into the kitchen with Travis to put out the fire that had broken out. They did not take long, and soon they were out of the kitchen and trying to breathe while they sat with the rest. 

"What the fuck happened?" Elyza asked.

"The gas tank exploded in the kitchen" explained Ofelia as she drank water out of a bottle Madison handed to her.

"Are you alright?" Elyza asked Ofelia and she nodded before pointing to Daniel and saying "I wasn't really close when it went off, but my dad was."

Elyza looked at Daniel. His right hand, arm and part of his neck and face had been burned.

"What happened? Is everyone okay?" asked Alicia, suddenly appearing from the stairs with her bat in her hands.

"I thought I told you to stay on the roof," scolded Elyza.

"Like hell I was" she talked back, to which Elyza pursed her lips and Alicia responded with a shrug. You're so stubborn, Elyza wanted to say, but she decided it was not the time.

"The gas tank exploded. We need to get Strand," said the blonde.

"Where is Strand?" asked Nick.

"Excellent fucking question" said Elyza.

"Is everyone okay?" asked Alicia again.

"Well the tank blew up next to Daniel", explained Nick.

Alicia turned to Daniel, "Oh my God, are you okay?" she asked.

"They are only 1st degree burns, so I will be okay," Daniel said, reassuring everyone.

"Where the fuck is Strand? We have to get him," reiterated Elyza, her irritation evident.

Strand finally showed up, coming from the front door, soaking wet. Apparently, in the course of a couple of minutes and at some point during the catastrophe, the sky had darkened, and a thunderstorm had formed; the rain was pouring at last though no one had noticed until now.

"There you are." began Elyza, but before she could say anything, Strand ran into the kitchen presumably to check what damage had been done.