Dead World

From Chapter 4
Deep underground, in a bomb shelter; Ward, Samantha and the five girls are in a larg room.  The six females sit on two large king-sized beds and Ward sits on a leather desk chair.  They are intently listening to a radio as it broadcasts reports of the bombs falling all over the world!  The bomb shelter is brightly lit with both battery-powered and propane-powered lanterns.  Overhead lights are working on a gasoline generator.
    Explosions go off from outside of their bomb shelter!  Fressy and Brandy hurry from their bed to their father's side.  He sympathetically hugs the two beautiful girls as they stare at the concrete ceiling above their heads!  Ward looks over at where the beautiful, 22-year-old Jazmine is staring at the ceiling, as well.
    "Are you all right, princess?"  Ward asks.
    Jazmine nods her head, never uttering a word.  The sound of a huge explosion goes off, causing the petite blonde to spring to her feet.  Sierra stands, putting her arms around her younger sister.  The two sistes are staring at the ceiling.
    "We're safe in here, Jazmine."  Samantha says, taking hold of Jazmine's small right hand.
    "But how do we know that for sure?"  Jazmine asks, her voice filled with fear.  "How do we know that Ward and the others made these things strong enough that a nuclear bomb won't destroy them?"
    "Princess, I wish I could be more positive but we did the best we could."  Ward replies.  "Truth is, there is no way to really test these shelters unless something like this happens and by then, it could be too late."
    Jazmine nods her head.  Sierra picks up a portable CD player and hands it to Jazmine.  She is about to put the head-phones on when another huge explosion goes off!  The radio broadcast ends, becoming nothing more than static.
   
From Chapter 37
    The preachers step back from the two females.  Sierra tearfully looks back at the tied and gagged Jazmine, as well as where Brandy and Fressy are tied up and standing beside of her.
    "We know what we lose."  Sierra says.  "What does she have to lose?"
    "Her life!"  The preacher says.  "And in the process, the Amazons lose their second queen within a month!"
    Sierra walks back to Jazmine and tightly hugs her!  She kisses her younger sister on her gagged mouth.  She kisses her cousins, as well.  She looks into Jazmine's tear-filled blue eyes.
    "Remember, shrimp, no matter what happens, I will always love you!?"  Sierra says.
    "Me, too."  Jazmine says, through her gag.  "Now kick her butt!"
    Sierra turns back to the Amazon.  The Amazon now holds a knife.  Sierra looks over at the preachers, confused.
    "Wait a minute!"  Sierra frightfully says.  "I'm unarmed."
    "You may take a weapon if you like."  The preacher says.  "This is your home ground.  Use whatever you can!"
    "Actually, this is the first time I've ever been here."  Sierra nervously says.   "Our home ground is a long ways away from here!"
     "Either find a weapon or fight her like you are!" The preacher demands.
    Sierra grabs a large rock!  She looks back at Jazmine and then at the Amazon.
    "My friends know me as this soft-hearted, caring person!  My sister and my cousins look up to me as their role-model and their caretaker!"  Sierra says, taking deep breaths as she talks.  "All of Jazmine's life, I have promised to take care of her, even though she usually didn't need me to.  Now, you are making me fight for her life!  If it's a fight you want, bitch; lets go; because there is no way in hell you are getting to that little blonde!"