Nothing for Now

You hear screaming in the distance and a rumble as a piece of the house impacts the ground worryingly close to you. You scramble back on to your feet and haul Jenny up, dragging her across the street and away from the house while Allegra helps. When you feel safe you set her down as you can make out sirens closing in from the distance. You drop onto your bottom and bury your face in your hands as you try to process what just happened, you feel Allegra wrapping you in a hug.

"It's gonna be okay Morgan." You appreciate her attempt to console you but it feels empty. You know Keith is somewhere in there but you're powerless to do anything to help. You watch the first responders begin to appear, blocking the area off and evacuating everyone they can. You look to Jenny, she still seems strange and out of it.

"Something's wrong with Jenny, we should get her home..." Your tone is flat and dejected, you know it's important to make sure she's okay but unsurprisingly you can't bring yourself to focus on it fully. Allegra nods and the two of you hoist her up, beginning the timely endeavor of bringing her home. Eventually you get to her apartment and Allegra volunteers to stay behind to watch over her for the night, well aware you have other things on your mind. You're thankful for it and catch a bus to go home yourself. People talk nonstop about what happened at the house on the way back, apparently the damage was more severe than they realized and it makes your heart sink further.

When you finally reach your apartment you're so worn out you can't even bother to undress before collapsing onto your bed. That feeling of powerlessness, of uselessness, hangs over you all the more. Your brother in mortal danger and all you could do was watch, how pitiful. A part of you thinks back to the 'deal' you signed in the house, if that had been real maybe you could have done something. Eventually you're too exhausted, physically or mentally, to continue thinking and you drift to sleep.