She feels the heat first. The clouds are dark and heavy,
with only the smallest fragments of daylight making it through.
“Come back in,” the father pleads.
She ignores him and takes some shaky steps forward. The air
is acrid and thick. The ground feels hot underneath her feet.
He feels the heat now behind her. “Is it… is it… okay?” He moves towards the door.
She looks around her, trying to see in the darkness. The air
is hurting her eyes, burning like chlorine.
“I… I don’t know,” she says.
Her eyes slowly, painfully adjust.
She can see for miles. Rubble, dust and death is all that
there is.
Bringing her hand to her eyes, she rubs them. It helps with
the stinging a little bit.
“Is there anyone there?” the father asks.
“No,” she says. “There’s nothing.”
She begins to walk.
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