The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 809

Chapter 809

Chapter 809

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The kitchen grew dim. Poppy glanced up, always alert to changes around her, but nothing seemed wrong.

Then she looked farther out and nearly dropped her spatula.

She blinked, certain her eyes were playing tricks on her, but the sight remained.

Cola’s frantic barking jolted Nicole awake. She sat bolt upright, then raced outside with Zeph.

From the deck, they saw enormous waves churning in the distance.

Along the horizon, walls of water more than 100 feet high surged toward them, threatening to crush everything in their path. Yet the sea around their ship remained perfectly calm.

A violent storm was bearing down on them.

Clouds churned across the distant sky like spilled black ink, blotting out the light in seconds. Purple lightning ripped through them and struck the ocean with a deafening crack.

Flash after flash lit the darkness. Green, blue, and purple bolts tangled across the sky, threatening to tear it apart, their brilliance outshining any fireworks display.

Thunder cracked and boomed without pause.

The waves raced closer, swelling by the second. Like the curling pages of a book, they rose into sheer walls before folding over in vast arcs.

Through the gathering darkness, Nicole and Zeph could just make out another ship. A towering wave hurled it into the air, then flipped it upside down as the crest broke.

The sea swallowed it in an instant.

It was a sizable vessel, but the wave tossed it over as easily as a child’s paper boat. Against the storm, an entire ship was utterly helpless.

The ship seemed to be crowded with survivors. They did everything they could to save themselves, but against the storm, they were no more than ants. They plunged into the raging sea and vanished before they even had a chance to struggle.

Nicole saw scenes like this in disaster movies. Now, one was unfolding right in front of her. Her chest tightened as her whole body went rigid.

“Zeph!” Poppy sprinted out of the kitchen, still clutching her spatula. “There’s a storm coming!”

In those few seconds, the storm seemed to leap forward. It was only a few hundred yards away now, a monster lunging at them with its jaws wide open.

The sea churned beneath them. The wind hadn’t reached the ship yet, but waves suddenly heaved around it, nearly knocking the four of them off their feet.

“Careful!” Zeph caught Poppy and pulled her against him.

Nicole swept everyone, along with the ship, into her storage space.

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The instant the cruise ship vanished, the storm tore through the spot it just occupied.

Waves more than 300 feet high surged relentlessly onward, striking with more force than several tons of explosives. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and rain came down in sheets as the ocean lashed out like a madman wielding a knife.

Inside her storage space, Nicole brought out the escape capsule. Zeph quickly ushered Poppy inside.

“Don’t be scared. I’m right here.”

Cola followed them in, and Nicole climbed in last, shutting the hatch and drawing the curtains.

Poppy was still in shock, terrified by a sight unlike anything she had ever seen. Zeph held her close.

“It’s okay. It looks closer than it is. It’ll change direction.”

Nicole almost laughed, but the close call still left her shaken. A few days of calm seas were all it took for her to grow complacent. Letting her guard down on the open ocean could’ve gotten them killed.

She sternly reminded herself to stay alert, no matter how calm the water looked. Having her storage space was no excuse to take chances.

Poppy sipped some warm water and finally settled down after a long while. “Zeph, did the storm miss us?”

Zeph pulled the curtain aside and peered out, playing his part convincingly. “Yep. It changed direction.”

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