By early morning the next day, the tower had settled into a kind of hushed, airless quiet.
The tsunami had completely destroyed all the power companies and the back ups as well. The low hum that had been filling Sera's ears since she had been reborn was quickly cut off in the middle of the night, and it was enough to wake her up for a moment.
True silence was so much different from the quiet of regular life.
And for just a moment, she could hear the sound of her own fear echoing in her ears.
The apocalypse had officially arrived…
And now Sera was having all sorts of second thoughts.
Not bothering to try and go back to sleep, Sera got out of bed and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. Taking out a camping burner she got a massive pot of water boiling away.
Hot chocolate was the best thing for when you were having an existential crisis.
Yesterday, the guys had already swept what there was to sweep, and they weren't happy with what they found.
