I layed on my bed that was made out of an old torn sheet stretched on the floor. I covered myself with a second old sheet and closed my eyes resting. A few minutes later, the rain started to fall. Hearing the sound of the rain, was actually calming my mind and relaxing my thoughts. Since I left the astronaut suit outside on the line, the rain was washing all the dirt and smell away.
Jester stood there sitting by a wall of the shelter made out of old rusty iron scraps found within the abandoned city close bye. We stood there for about an hour while the rain was falling.
- Jake, wanna play cards? - Jester asked.
- We don´t have cards you idiot! - I replied without moving or opening my eyes.
- What about "I Spy"? - he asked me once again.
- I do not want to play your silly games! Stop bothering me! - I told him while turning my head and body to the other side.
- Damn! You´re no fun! - Jester replied stretching his arms. - I am already bored of staying here, waiting for... - he was saying when I interrupted him.
- Shh... - I shushed him.
- Why are you shushing me! That is very rude you know? Don´t shush me... - he stated when I interrupted him once again.
- Quiet and listen! - I shouted.
We silenced and started to listen.
- I can´t hear anything... Are you just going nuts or something? You are acting strange today! - Jester replied while moving his head about trying to listen.
- Exactly! It is quiet. - I stated while concentrating.
- Aren´t you the one that likes quiet times? - Jester questioned scratching his head in confusion.
- Not like this! Its too quiet! Something is wrong! - I replied while getting up and walking towards the door. The shelter had no windows, so there was no other way to look outside, except from the small roof hole that was located in the corner of the shelter.
I slowly opened the door and as the door opened, a massive lightning stroke a few meters away from the shelter, causing dust and pebbles to be thrown at me. The pebbles were hitting my face and body and some of them were even getting inside the shelter. My heartbeat was accelerated in fear because, the lightning caused some destruction on the ground.
- We gotta leave! - I shouted, grabbing my astronaut suit, going inside the shelter and wearing it as fast as possible.
- What´s going on? What is happening outside? - asked Jester in panic and getting up as I was wearing the suit. I quickly opened the door with the suit fully on and stepped outside.
- Jester! Make sure you keep close to me. I am going to run as fast as possible! - I stated looking to the sky outside. The sky was tainted with red and orange. There was a massive rotating storm above us that looked like a gigantic rose. It seemed like that it was stretching around a 20km radius. I could hear roaring and flashes from within the storm.
Jester also stepped outside and then he realised what was happening.
- Jake! Is that what I think it is? - asked Jester in panic.
- Yes! It is a Superstorm. The biggest I ever seen. I´m gonna run as fast as I possibly can. Try to keep up with me. - I stated while watching a few lightnings striking the ground in the distance, causing destruction.
- Don´t get hit by any of the lightnings or you will die. - I stated once again.
- Start running then! - Jester shouted.
- Not yet! Just wait! - I replied while getting into a sprinting start position. I placed my hands on the ground and flexed my legs.
- What about now? Are we going to stand here just staring at the storm? - asked Jester in panic looking at the superstorm, then me, then the storm again.
- Not yet! Wait until the eye of the storm is right above us! Not yet... Not yet... - I kept instructing, while waiting patiently for the right moment.
Lightnings were now striking the ground everywhere in the distance and around us. One west of us, another sligthly north, another south west. Many lightnings kept hitting the ground.
- JAKE!!!!! - Jester screamed in fear.
- NOW!!! - I shouted, sprinting as fast as I could. My speed was so tremendous, that a large cloud of dust was lifting behind me. In the distance, it would most likely look like a jet passing close to the ground.
Just as I started to sprint, a massive lightning stroke the shelter, causing it to explode into dust and destruction. Many parts of the shelter went flying into the air. I kept running and running as fast as I could. If you ever watched a Superman or Flash movie, that was almost my speed.
Lightnings kept striking close to us, causing craters and destruction. Dust lifting, rocks flying, the ground terramorphing. It looked like the end of the world.
I quickly ran past the abandoned rusted city and lightnings were striking the buildings causing them to crumble into dust in total destruction. It felt like as if the Superstorm was alive and was trying to kill me that day.
The vegetables farm was ruined. Everything I had was gone. All I could do was keep running.
- Jake! This is insane! We are not going to survive this! Our home is gone! - Jester shouted in panic while running by my side.
- We can´t just stand still! We will find some other place and rebuild! - I replied while running with all my strength.
- If you weren´t my friend, I would call you a maniac! - Jester stated while looking around seeing destruction being caused everywhere around us.
Another lightning stroke in front of us, about 300m away from our current location. It made a large crater on the ground and a big cloud of dust was lifting. I quickly jumped above the cloud, landed with my hands on the ground on the other side of the large crater and carried on running. The eye of the Superstorm was still above us, which meant that the Superstorm was a lot bigger that I acknowledged to be.
After some time, the lightnings size got larger and the destruction got bigger. Suddenly a massive lightning stroke a few feet from me catching by surprise and sending me flying backwards. I crashed into the ground. Dirt and pebbles were on my body while I was laying there.
- JAKE! - Jester screamed while running towards me. Just as he was about to stretch his arm to help me get up, I stood up on my own and looked up. I stood there staring at the eye of the storm while lightnings kept striking down to the ground everywhere around us.
- Are you okay? - asked Jester worried about me.
- I am fine! - I replied while cleaning the dust on the suit.
- What are we going to do? This is chaotic! - asked Jester while looking around in fear.
- The storm is too large. We will not avoid it just by running. There is no other way! - I replied still looking up to the eye of the storm.
- What do you mean there is no other way? - Jester asked looking at me shocked.
- Stay here! I am going to try something crazy! - I stated. Suddenly I jumped as I high as I could without using much impulse. As I reached the peak of the altitude the jump was able to send me to, a lightning stroke me causing me to fall to the ground. My body caused a crater and some terramorphing in the area.
- Jake! You don´t have to do this! - Jester shouted once again holding to his stomach and looking at me.
- We will die anyways if I don´t! - I replied while standing up. I quickly jumped again using a stronger impulse, but as I reached the peak once again, another lightning stroke me. This lightning was the biggest lightning I had ever seen in my life. It was so powerful and large that caused a gigantic flash and the loudest roar. Jester trembled in fear. My body started to fall like a small meteorite and once again I hit the ground causing a larger destruction on the area.
- JAKE! ARE YOU INSANE? IF YOU DO THAT... YOU WILL DIE! - Jester stated in panic and worried.
- I rather die saving someone. Saving my best friend, than dying achieving nothing! I guess I will go all out! - I stated while flexing my legs and placing my hands on the ground. I forced my body down as hard as I could, I looked up to the storm and suddenly with all the impulse and force I could, I jumped towards the eye of the storm.
My speed was so fast that a cloud of soundwave was being created behind me, like a flying jet or plane as I was rising up in the air. This time, the Superstorm stroke 3 massive lightnings right at me but my force and speed was so strong, that I kept rising upwards while all those lightnings keep striking my body.
Then, I reached the peak of the altitude once again. But this time, I was able to reach within the eye of the Superstom. Dark red clouds were around me spinning fast. The wind pressure was tremendous and lightning was striking from where around me. Jester was unable to see me any longer from down there.
- Jake! If you do this, you will die! - Jester stated to me.
- I told you to stay down there! - I shouted to Jester while turning my head towards him. I was able to stay in the air, because the strong wind inside the eye of the storm was allowing me to float. It felt like one of those wind pressure free falling trainings from Nasa.
- JESTER LEAVE NOW! - I shouted very mad at him for not following my orders.
- I will stay here with you! If you die, then we will die together! We are friends! Friends stay together in the good times and the worst ones. I understand your pain! I understand your feelings and your guilt. You are not alone! - Jester replied while looking to me and giving me a gentle smile. Hearing his speech broke my heart. Those words touched me, right at the depths of my sorrow and loneliness. For once in my life, it felt like I was not alone. I had something to fight for. After all, he was the only friend I had... He was my best friend... even though he was... he was just...
- I WILL NOT DIE TODAY! LEFT HAND.... MIDDLE FINGER!!!! - I shouted as loud as my voice could. The feeling of survival and hope was running through my veins. The force of my attack was so powerful, that it caused the Superstorm to shatter and vanish. All the cloudy sky became clear in front of me and some behind me. It was as if the gust of my attack had gone around the whole planet.
I stood there in the air almost out of breathe, while Jester was staring at the sky in shock. Sadly, my body had reached its limit. I had no more energy and my body started to fall.
- JAKE! - Jester shouted while trying to grab my hand but he missed for a few inches and was unable to grab me.
My body carried on falling like a large meteor. I was so high in the air that took sometime until I hit the ground. Then, my body hit the ground with so much force that caused the largest crater in the area, lifting in the air a big cloud of dust.
The sky was quiet and clear once again.
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