Tornadic has a minion!

Vortex the Twerster

My sister and mother both shrilled as a bolt of lightning struck particularly close to our house, rattling the windows, doors, and foundation with its loud boom.

"Sweet lord, that scared me half to death!" my mother chimed in as the noise faded to a slow rumble. The power was starting to flicker on again.

"Now now, Margaret, it's just a little ol' thunderstorm." my dad responded, fidgeting with the radio. "Ain't nothin bad gonna happen, jus' the start of storm season, that's all."

"Daddy, is there gonna be a tornado?" my sister asked in a small voice, still trembling from the earlier fright.

"Now don't you worry your pretty little head any, sugar. If there's gonna be a tornado, then we can all pack up in' head down to the basement."

"What about the animals?" I asked quietly, my head down.

"Well..." my dad started, shifting his gaze to my sister and my mom. "I'm sure they'll all do fine. They're animals, ain't they? They have good survival skills in' what not."

My face remained stone like as I looked out the window to our pasture, lightning flashing in the distance. Our farmland was barely visible though the sheets of pouring rain by now, and small pieces of hail had started to bounce off of the the window, making a more heavy tapping sound than the rain. The radio was barely audible over the dull roar of the storm outside, but I could tell that my father had just about gotten the radio signal to come in.

"...ure to take...nary measures as the storm...velops further..."

"Almost got it!" my dad yelled over the noise.

"...ke shelter immediately......spotted in the following counties..."

No one noticed that I had snuck out the back door to try and find our farm dog, Blue, as the warning sirens played a small part amongst the symphony of noises outside.

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