Spookychild’s writings

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Ana continued to take a few more deep breaths. At first, she stared at the building without blinking, but her eyes began to hurt. Then Ana forced herself to blink often and rapidly. She was sure it had been too long, and she had missed it. She leaned towards Leo. She never took her eyes off the building but hissed, “What is the time?”
“4:40 pm.” He replied as the numbers switched.
Ana frowned. They had never discussed how long she should watch if the vision never came. How long would it take? It had been 10 hours and 50 minutes since waking. Wasn’t it past time? She was about to turn to Mr. Abbott.
But then it happened. A very bright light flashed halfway up the building. It was like someone had many mirrors facing the sun, reflecting directly on her face. She wanted to close her eyes, but she forced herself to keep them open. The flash got brighter and brighter until she could see the building coming apart and exploding outward in a blast that grew until the whole building was gone.
The blast began to eat through other buildings, moving in all directions till the financial district was gone and the mushroom cloud was beginning to form directly overhead where ground zero had stood. But now, the cloud was approaching Ana, and she could hear it. A loud sound deafened her; it was all she could hear. She fought the overwhelming need to cover her ears, close her eyes and drop to her knees, screaming. The cloud engulfed her. She was moving back towards the water.