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Show Twisters . . . 34 "Civil Defense Emergency!" I whirled around. "I'm getting Ryan!" The lights flickered again. At the same time we heard these really strange sounds which stopped us in our tracks. They were coming from the bathroom and the kitchen. Sucking sounds. The drains were sucking! I felt this awful pulling in my ears, too, as if there were vacuums on both sides of my head. "I've got to go home!" Arthur cried all of a sudden, bolting for the door, I ran after him. "You're not-you can't!" I grabbed the back of his T-shirt, hauled him aroundf pushed him toward the stairs. "Get down there. I have to get Ryan! Now go!" I don't know what I'd have done if he hadn't minded me. We were catching the fear from each other, and even though the siren was screaming on and then off again so I didn't know what it was telling us, I knew we had to take cover fast. The lights went out for good just before I reached Ryan's room. |