How to save a factory in 3 easy steps

The funnel was immense and filled the horizon. The rain lashes and pours. Samuel is transfixed and frozen to the spot. He is trying to comprehend how this day took the turn it has taken. All the swings in the storage yard are flinging wildly in the wind.

Furthermore he can no longer move while standing upright. The sheer force of the wind is driving him to his knees. The lightning pops randomly, and dangerously close. And the resultant thunder claps, then roils throughout the sky.

A mad thought fixes itself across his mind. This is how portals open. Now it is lost in the chaos, that is the storm. He tries to look skyward again, but the rain and wind, ground him further. He crawls forward, trying to avoid the clamor of the chaotic swings.

How to Save

The only thing he can do now is try. He can barely think from the pressure drop of the storm. Besides, he wouldn’t be able to hear anything, over the sound of the approaching train. He tries not to panic, but knows full well this is bad. And getting worse.

In the distance he hears a rumbling sound, followed by a low, and ominous crack. The world has turned upside down, and Samuel is scrambling. Then, one of the swingsets topples, and lands on him. He is driven flat and kisses asphalt. As a result, he feels complete surprise, when he feels himself falling.

He falls fast and lands hard. The jolt rattles his cage and chatters his teeth. He is laying on cold concrete in absolute darkness. Furthermore it is quiet. The storm, a distant sound, from far above.

While he is trying to get his breath to return to his lungs, he rolls onto his back. Above, he can see the crisscross frame work of swingsets, covering the hole he had fallen into. Then, slowly, he is able to draw slightly deeper breaths.

A Factory

Though the storm rages more than thirty feet above, it is no less severe. The atmosphere around him seems to shimmer, and the intense thunder from above, echoes through this…this what? This where?

He sits up as he hears the sound of the chaos above. Instinctively, he knows this strange opening into the underground, has saved him. Furthermore, he is completely caught off guard, as bright lights flash on. Not only do they illuminate everything around him, but also in stark and terrifying detail. He hadn’t been prepared for this. At all.