Chapter 3

Bree awoke to the sound of a chopper resonating throughout the covered area. She looked over towards its destination and saw Kyoto bridge on fire. She got up along with Kit who had also woken up and stared at the bridge. Bree held Kai a little closer in her arms and whispered, "Oh no...Kyoto bridge..." Kit looked up at Bree, "Mrs. Bree? Is Kyoto bridge going to burn down?" she asked frowning and looking back at the bridge. "Hopefully not, There are a lot of firefighters out there putting the fires out so it should be fine," Bree reassured her.

A couple minutes had passed and Bree had fed Kai his morning bottle of formula after heating it up at the convenience store. She sat on one of the steps next to kit who was looking through the little bag she always carried. Kit smiled brightly and brought out a pencil and paper pad. "Bree can you draw me something!" Kit smiled handing Bree the pencil and paper. "Sure, what do you want me to draw?" Bree asked, getting the pencil ready to draw. "TOTORO!!" Kit said happily leaning back a bit as she stuck out her arms and legs. Bree laughed, "Of course!" Bree scribbled away before finishing it and handing the paper to Kit. "Here you go!" she said 

Kit looked at it in happiness before saying, "You should show this to your mom when we see her!" Kit said. "Haha yeah!" Bree said smiling before frowning and taking out her phone. She tapped her mom's contact and pressed the call button. She put the phone up to your ear and it rang for a couple seconds until she heard the beeping noises of it disconnecting. "Ugh! No bars!" she said angrily. "Mrs. Bree, what are you trying to do?" Kit asked, "I was trying to call my mom and see if she was okay..." Bree answered putting her phone away. Kit frowned a bit before looking down, "Are you sure your mom's okay?... I don't want Miss Moriko to be hurt..." Kit trailed.

Bree was silent for a couple seconds before smiling. "Of course she is! She might seem like a frail old lady but trust me my mom is just as strong as I am!"  Bree said happily. Kit smiled, "Really! someone just as strong as Bree! That's hard to believe!" Kit laughed.

The two of them joked and played with Kai for a bit longer before hearing a loud honk from the ocean. "This is the Coast Guard! we are transporting Quake victims via water bus! Anyone wishing transport from Odaiba to Hinode Pier please assemble at the pier in Rainbow Park!..." He continued to talk but Bree tuned out and looked at the two kids. "Well looks like we're going to be going on a boat. guys!" "Boat! Boat! Boat!" Kai said clapping and giggling. Bree smiled and got up with the rest of the people to head over to the pier.
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They had been walking for a couple minutes when Brees back began to ache. Ugg carrying Kai is making my back hurt so much she complained in her head. As they began to walk more it started to hurt even more, so much that she didn't even realize she began to slow down. "Miss Bree are you okay?" Kit asked. Bree look down at her, "what do you mean? of course, I'm okay!" Bree smiled. "But you're slowing down so much..." Kit said pointing ahead to where they used to be standing. "Ah!" Bree said, going into a light jog to catch back up in the crowd.

They reached a man speaking into a megaphone. "Everyone headed for... move straight those boarding the boat for Hamamatsu Cho please make a left at the intersection straight ahead please!" Crap! What was it he said!! To move straight for!! Ugh... Guess she'll have to figure it out herself... "Kit hold my hand and stay close please I don't want to lose you in this big crowd," Bree said looking down at Kit and squeezing her hand. They walked under a bridge part and Bree saw- "Hey it's that girl AGAIN" Bree whispered to herself laughing a bit.

Her chuckles were cut short from the ground shaking uncontrollably. She heard Kitscream as a woman behind them tumbled forward and landed on there linked arms, separating them. Kit fell and was pushed forward in the crowd while Bree was pushed back. The ground stopped moving and Bree immediately ran up to the lady helping her up before running ahead to try and find Kit. "Hey girly! No skippin'!" a burly man said shoving her back a bit. Brees face turned red and she pursed her lips. "Who you callin' girly... bet ya I could jump over you while holding this baby in no time at all!" she said in a dark tone. The 6'9 man laughed and smirked, "Haha! I'll humor you because I'd like to see you try with those scrawny legs and arms of yours!" Bree smiled and stepped back a bit. "What? ya Chickenin' ou-" He wasn't even able to finish his sentence before Bree had stepped on his face and gotten over him. 

She ran ahead despite the shouting of the man and called out for Kit. She caught a glimpse of her and went to call out her name, "KI-" She was cut off by more shaking only this time more violent. People were screaming and falling and there was a sudden loud crash in front of them and she heard the shattering of glass and concrete crumbling. It all ended as soon as it started and she looked ahead to see Kit had fallen on a piece of rubble. Brees blood ran cold and she ran up to see if Kit was alright. When she got there she saw that Kit had only scraped her cheek. "KIT! Oh, thank GOD! You're ok!!" Bree yelled hugging her close.

Bree heard everyone around them yelling about the boat and the blocked way. Bree decided to run ahead and attempt to get to the boat, but of course, she was stopped by a bunch of selfish people. She kept getting pushed back but she made sure to keep a tight hold on Kit and Kai. She saw a man trying to push past everyone and ended up knocking over the girl behind Bree. "Hey that hurts!" the girl said before tumbling into Bree. Like a ball being rolled down a bowling alley lane filled with pins, Bree was tossed down the crowd knocking everyone over like dominoes. Oops... Bree thought sheepishly staying off to the side getting a bunch of glares from people.

When they finally got to the pier Bree was two lines away from the edge of the pier away from the boat. Was it too late to leave on foot? Did she have to risk being on the water? The one thing she feared most! She sighed as she heard the man say "The boat will be departing soon! Please give priority to the week and injured!" she walked forward a bit but decided to get on the next boat. It would be more convenient to get a spot where she doesn't have to see those deep, dark... horrifying... depths...

"Those who wish to board please wait for the next boat!" Bree was pulled out of her thoughts by the man continuing to speak to someone in the front of the crowd. The three people got on board, wait a second! that's the girl boy and women from before! AGAIN! Its as if... shes tied in with there story somehow...

The three of them were on board and Bree waited at the front of the line for the next boat. a man in front of Bree jumped off the pier trying to grab onto the departing water bus but let go and fell in the water. He was pulled up onto the next boat and it came around to the pier. Bree, Kit, and Kai were one of the first ones on. Bree sat near the middle part of the seats and sighed after having the weight of Kai taken off her. The boat began to head off and Bree got this sudden pang of distress. Aww man! something bad is gonna happen! She thought. Her danger senses were tingling and she felt a little nauseous. She decided to ignore the feeling for right now and relax a bit. She looked to her left and saw Kyoto bridge a bit closer. "Wow, It's really burning..." she said looking at the bridge in sadness. Suddenly one of the boats putting out the fire on the bridge began to back away quickly. "Mrs. Bree, what's happening?" Kit asked, "I don't know- agh!" Bree screamed as there was a Thunderous snap and she saw the bridge begin to fall... directly towards their boat. 

A large piece of the bridge fell into the water right next to their boat, making a humongous wave. Before Bree could even react their boat had begun to flip and she was plunged into the water. Bree swam up to the surface to get Kai above the water. She gasped for air and watched as the wave headed to the boat in front of them but quickly turned her attention to the baby and child in her care. She realized Kit wasn't with her and swam over to the edge of the boat placing Kai carefully on the upturned bottom before plunging down into the dark depths of the water. She found everyone sinking, struggling to swim, or trapped in the boat. Kit was trying to swim up through the bars but couldn't fit or swim down under them. Bree grabbed her small frame and pulled her up to the surface. 

The four-year-old gasped for breaths as did the 14-year-old. Bree grabbed the unconscious Kai and began to swim to the boat ahead of them. "Hold on tight to y waist Kit ok!" she yelled over her shoulder, paddling with her one free arm and her legs. Kit did as she was told and as soon as they got to the boat the coast guard members pulled them up and a paramedic immediately tended to Kai as another began to perform a basic checkup on Kit and Bree.

"You three are very lucky..." Kai's paramedic said as Kai coughed up some water. "Not only are you not injured but the baby is miraculously alive after inhaling so much water and being unconscious for that amount of time!" she said handing Kai back to Bree and smiling. Bree was silent for a second before smiling back at her

"Yeah! I guess we are!"

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