Chapter 51

“Jim! Sasha!” he screamed as he climbed over on top of everything in search of some sign as to where they might be. At least it was still early so that no one seemed to be around. That didn’t mean a house collapsing wouldn’t bring company quick. He had to find them. “Jim! Sasha!” he called again.

“Nathan, over here!” Walter waved to him from a short distance away.

Nathan spotted movement beside Walter beneath the rubble, and started scrambling that direction. His shoulder burned with the effort as he started tossing pieces of debris aside. He had to lift what was left of a door and, since none of the normal rooms had doors attached, he guessed it was from the Future room. Underneath that was a piece of broken wood from the 1st floor. He could still see the Gaelic writing of the number ‘twenty’ that had been above the last first floor room