Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 245

Julian looked around the forest area with Rayne.

"It would be nice if we could somehow stick it underground and just refill it or swap it out later", said Julian.

Rayne looked down on the ground below her. She never tried storing a section of the ground before and wasn't even sure if she could.

She walked over to a small section of dirt between two trees and knelt down, placing her hands on the ground.

Closing her eyes, she visualized a cube of the ground in front of her.

Store!

A few moments later she opened her eyes to see a palm-sized cube of soil missing right where her hand was.

"Wow! Although it's not the size I was hoping for, I was still able to store a section of the ground!", she exclaimed.

Julian noticed the missing soil but looked closely at Rayne's face to make sure she was okay. Every time she did something new with her ability he couldn't help but worry.

He smiled after ensuring that she looked healthy.

"You're amazing babe", he said softly.

Rayne's excitement was through the roof at her new discovery. She could use this to dig holes for additional infrastructure like septic tanks, allowing the homes to have useable toilets!

She quickly reigned in her thoughts and placed her hands on the ground once more, trying to focus on visualizing the correct size that she wanted.

This time her brow furrowed and small beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

It seems like visualizing the correct size is more difficult than I assumed.

After giving another command to store, she opened her eyes to see the result.

On the ground in front of her, a cube of dirt the size of a basketball was missing.

"Oh! Look, you took out a larger chunk this time", said Julian.

Rayne's eyes sparkled, excited to see the progress she made in just a few minutes.

"I'll keep trying. If I can get a large enough hole then we can bury the tank!", she said, looking at Julian happily.

"Just don't overdo it", he said.

Rayne nodded and continued to try to store a larger section of land. It ended up taking her almost an hour to finally achieve a decent result.

"One more try and it should be large enough", she said, wiping the sweat off of her forehead.

Julian looked at her worriedly, "Okay, once more but after that I'm carrying you home regardless of the result".

Rayne smiled and placed her hands down. She began visualizing the cube again. She quieted her mind and focused purely on the size of the cube.

When she finally felt like she had a good grasp on its size she gave the mental command to store.

This time when she opened her eyes, she wanted to jump for joy. A large cube of dirt was missing in the exact size that she wanted!

Julian walked over and placed his arms around her, hugging her tightly.

"You did it, babe! Good job!"

"Yay! Now we can bury the tank and get this irrigation system up and running!", she said happily.

Without further delay, she pulled out the large tank and placed it in the perfectly cube-shaped hole. She filled the gaps with rocks and dirt, covering it almost completely.

On the top of the tank was a small lid where the pump would connect to. It was also where she could check the water level and refill the tank if needed.

He placed his arms around her and leaned in for a deep and passionate kiss.

They wrapped their arms around each other, kissing each other in the water as if it were a scene from a romance movie.

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On the other side of the settlement, Ella sneaked out of her room to meet up with Noah. Although they were now openly dating, it was still difficult for them to get any alone time for physical affection.

"Noah, I'm over here", whispered Ella from behind a house.

She walked over to meet him and noticed him staring at the lake from the distance. When he realized that she walked over he covered her eyes.

"Look's like we're not the only ones having some fun tonight", he said in a low whisper.

Ella pulled his hand down to look at the lake. She saw two figures intertwined in the late, kissing each other.

Since it was very dark out the moon was the only thing lighting them up.

"Who do you think that is?", asked Ella curiously.

Noah chuckled, "Who else could it be? Beside your parents there's only one couple who is so...affectionate".

"No way! Is that Rayne?", she asked, surprised! "Wait, are they skinny dipping?!"

"Shhh! Lower your voice, you'll give us away", said Noah with a smile, "Look's like we'll need to find a different spot tonight".

She took Ella by the hand and led her to the forest on the opposite side, giving the two 'skinny dipping' love birds some privacy.

"Remind me not to drink the lake water", giggled Ella as they walked into the forest for their own escapades.