For the next few minutes, they tore along the dirt road at sixty miles per hour, the car’s rickety frame bouncing off gravel and groups of rocks. “Maybe you should try aiming for the potholes instead,” Evelyn yelled above the roar of hail and thunder, clinging for dear life to the door handle.
“Hang on!” he called. “We’ve got to outrun this storm. I think it must have rotation or something.”
She squeezed her eyes shut, mouthing a prayer. Her deep breathing exercises from yoga sessions forgotten, as a tight feeling gripped her chest, her heart pounding out of control. She couldn’t die like this–trapped in a car with a guy she barely knew, stranded on a stretch of forgotten roadway. All while the love of her life prepared to say ‘til death’ with someone else.
Something seized hold of the Sedan, spinning it in swift jerks like a giant child's hand operating a top. With a scream, Evelyn seized the door's arm rest and held onto it tightly; beside her, Brian gripped the steering wheel until his knuckles were white, face set with grim determination. She was aware that he was no longer controlling the car, but that another force was–the same force that tossed a tree trunk across the road, dissolved the barn in the field ahead like a cloud of debris swept away.
The car spun towards the ditch, Evelyn's eyes closing as protection against dizziness. She felt the thud of impact as the tires struck dirt, jerking her body forward in her seat.
A hand touched her arm. “It’s okay,” Brian’s voice was muffled, the words barely audible above the roar of the wind. It died to a gentle murmur after a moment, along with the roar and crackle of the storm. Brian's free hand rested upon the steering wheel.
"What was that?" Her voice was weak. It was a long moment before Brian spoke again, his face noticeably pale.
"I think that was a tornado," he answered.
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