An echo

  It reaches the ears of Rich sitting on the patio,

  And Will watch the horizon as the sun greets them,

  They stand watching for a sign of their son.

  A soft wind reaches the water sending a ripple across them,

  May now with Laura having rushed over, when the car was found missing, and Bug was found alive, with her.

  Jay and Ella tucked into bed,

  It will be hours before they realize tomorrow's become today.

  the building,

  dust,

  crushed,

  smothered.

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  Silent.

  Over 1,000 pounds of black powder went up that day and went up fast.

  The rebar stretched towards the heavens, towards the woods,

  The weight of the force pushed all away from them, no fire, no heart.

  It was better for everyone this way.

  The train fell from its tracks,

  The land wavered, waiting for time to reclaim it,

  Many lives were lost that day,

  Many were saved that day.

  I wont ever forgive that pest for this.

  Juno found himself awakened by the sun many hours later,

  The men having drug him out of the building to the cages in the train

  the musty smell of moss and mold hung around him.

  The day began to warm the woods as the snow began to melt.

  Once the word spread Laura called the boys telling them what happened

  As they went to see for themselves,

  Finding an injured and exhausted boy cradled in the wreckage.

  Bring him home safely.

  His life will continue.

  The Morrowmen, now following the orders of Mantis, took time to regroup.

  As for those still carrying the plague, time will tell.

  Bug’s name still spoken in the hushed tones of the waterfalls

  and in the whispers of embers

  In time to be woken again by the woods in their time of need.

  Shrouded/Mycoforms will have much more involvement now that they are in later stages and no one is containing and destroying them.