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......Harold the lead weatherman for News Channel 8 had been in front of a camera for the last three and a half hours, bringing continuous coverage of the inclement weather in the metro area. The weather had gone from bad, to worse, and wasn’t getting any better. He’d sent out ten different meteorologists to survey the hazardous weather conditions. And report on what was going on every few minutes.

“…And over here in Altus, you can see this very large, very dangerous, storm. It’s currently producing baseball, to softball size hail. And then we have…wait…go ahead Ryan.”

“Harold, I don’t know if you’re seeing this, but we are looking at some big rotation, and that it’s already kicking up some debris. Not only that, but this storm is developing very rapidly and-what’s that? What?” Ryan starts talking to his assistant.

“No. That’s not possib-“ Ryan’s eyes widen, “What in heck?! Quick move the camera over!”

The camera-man turns the camera in a 180 degree angle, to where Ryan is pointing.

“Okay, Harold are you seeing this?” Ryan says into his microphone.

“Yeah, I see it what on earth is that?!” Harold replies.

“Harold, I have no idea. I’ve never seen this.”

Everyone’s eyes are glued to the sky. The storm that Ryan had been following sudden started to build, incredibly fast. And another storm forty miles away was building at the same pace. Dark clouds on one side, an orange clear sky in the middle, and even more dark clouds on the other side of the sky.

“Harold, these storms are building at an unnatural speed. Hold on, hold on…what’s this? Harold, these storms are racing toward each other!! And as you can see, they are going to meet in the middle, right over that wheat field!”

“Okay folks, if you’re listening or watching us right now, these storms are building very rapidly. You need to be in your shelters or your safe spots immediately! Stop whatever you’re doing and get to your safe area now! These storms have gone from very dangerous, to extremely dangerous! ” Harold says into the camera.

All the people in the weather center where Harold was talking fall quiet as they watch the event unfold on the screens. They watch as the storms race toward each other, effectively swallowing up the orange sky. Every person holds their breath after what happens next. The monstrous, dark clouds keep building until:

“Harold they’re just about to-“  Ryan is unable to finish his sentence, before the two storms collide.

Lighting suddenly splits open and the sky, and a loud, but muffled, explosion sounds in the distance. The sky starts spinning like crazy. Tornadoes, appear by the dozens. Small ones, and big ones, everywhere. Moving very, very, fast.

“Harold we have a big emergency here!! We have to pull out there’s too many tornadoes!” Ryan says as him, his assistant, and the camera-man make a run for their weather van.

Harold’s eyes open wide in fear from what he was seeing. Never had he seen this many tornadoes, all at once, in his lifetime. He watches as Ryan and his crew near their van. They suddenly stop, and look at the ground.

“It’s an earthquake!” Ryan yells, “Hold on!”

The ground under Ryan’s feet shakes violently. Terror spreads across their faces, as each man tries desperately to keep his footing. Harold then feels a slight shake at the News Channel 8 Weather Center; as quickly as it came, it went. Lightning continues to split the sky, and the mobile weather look up in just enough time to see a very large, one-half mile wide wedge tornado barreling down on their position. 

As they turn to run towards the van, a loud, low hum sounds in the air. Ryan turns just as he gets into the van and looks back up to the sky. In the midst of the pitch black clouds, he sees a monstrous shape, moving in between the bottom and the unseen top, of the thunderclouds. He watches as the bottom of the shape suddenly starts glowing red-hot. The bright light reflecting off of his eye-balls.

“What in hades?” Ryan said, as he started to slowly get into the van.

That’s as far as he got. Before him and a large area around him, was suddenly enveloped in a glowing red-hot beam.....