Dallon leads Lasal into the base, passing me. Ever since that storm, he's changed. He's hurting, but what if he's too far gone? I sit down and watch him, I still love him, even with his new flaws.

"Boyfriend trouble, sugar?" I look over, an older woman smiles, in her 40s, blond hair. I sigh "He lost his whole family, killed people." "Honey, everyone did some horrible things after that wicked thing hit."

"He's so unapproachable, I think-" I pause and imagine the worst thing, being his meal. I cry at the thought. She touches my shoulder, "Sugar, he's still the same person. I know he loves you." "And if he doesn't?"

She snaps her fingers and her thumb glows red. "I'll kill that brute for hurting you." "No, I still love him." She grabs my shoulder, "Then talk to him. He's probably thinking the same about you." I smile, shake my head, "Thanks, uhh-" She hugs me, "Taylor, honey. Now go get your man."

Lasal takes a seat, "Dallon, was it?" "Yeah, what's up?" He sighs, "That nuclear waste cloud, it's gonna hit us hard. We need to get some evacuation going, soon. Sooner than two days. "This is the only real shelter we have." He scratches his head, "Ok, we need to move everyone inside here." "Uh, when?"

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Shouts come from outside, I run out the main doors, rain splotches onto my skin. I move it in my hands, heavy, black rain. I shout above the rain pounding the ground, "Everyone get inside, now!" I wave at people and they run towards me. I turn to Lasal, "Keep shouting here!" "Wait! Don't go out there!"

I run out and it pounds against my skin. I run towards the main gate, "Sunny!?" People hide under tents, but it burns through the fabric slow. I tense up my arm and make my arm large enough to cover the entire tent. "Come on!" They run out and I walk them back to building. "Thank you Dallon!" I nod,

They run inside and my arm recedes to normal. "Did Sunny come through?!" "Who?" "The girl we passed on the way in here!" "Uh, yeah! She's in!" I exhale and walk in. We shut the doors and block it with anything we could find, desks, cabinets.

Lasal turns around, "Uhh, Okay!" He claps, "Everyone that got touched by the rain, get to the showers! That was radioactive rain, you don't want it on your skin!" I walk towards the showers and Lasal follows us,

We get in, it's one big room full of shower heads. "Okay, uhh- Everyone gets new clothes, take everything off. Use soap too! I'll try to find you guys fresh clothes." We all look at each other as he leaves, Sunny included.

I shrug, "Guess I'll go first." I tear off my shirt, pants, underwear, everything. I walk to a shower head and turn it on. I reel back from the cold. I look back, they're watching me. I turn, "Come on! We gotta get all this black stuff off!"

They look at each other, then suddenly start taking everything off. I look away and get under the streams of water. Ughhhhh, never had it this cold. It feels good on my skin, though, better than the burning rain.