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Jessica that it was okay, and unlocked the security gate, then the door to let Kyle’s dad Cal in. Along with his dad were his Dad’s friend, Adam, and two blonde women he had never seen before. He let them all into the store. After letting them in, he immediately locked both door and gate back up. Once he had done that, he turned and gave his dad a long hug.
    “Pop, it is good to see you. Some crazy shit is going on.”
    Cal just nodded calmly, looking around the store. It was as if there were nothing unusual about the day. Kyle never ceased to be shocked at his dad’s ability to remain calm under stress. He assumed that is what had made his dad such a great soldier. Calm under fire is what people always told him about his dad. Cal turned toward those following him.
    “Kyle, you know Adam.” Kyle reached forward and shook each hand in turn. “These young ladies are Erica and Ellen. They have decided to come with us, as this thing, whatever it is, seems to call for people to stay together.” Kyle agreed and let his Dad know. “Do you have anyone else here with you, son?”
    Kyle was pretty surprised that he had suddenly forgot his friend. “Oh, yeah, sorry.” Turning toward the back he yelled out, “It’s okay, it’s my dad.” The young brunette with big blue eyes came out from her hiding place behind some shelves. She was obviously terrified. “Dad, this is my friend Jessica, she works here.” Turning back to the group he said, “This is my Dad, Cal. This is Adam, and, I am sorry…”
    The taller, skinny lady with long blonde hair said, “Erica.”
    He shorter, fit woman with short blonde hair said, “Ellen.”
    Everyone shook hands and Kyle stepped close, “Dad, my boss is tied up back there, he tried to shoot us. I disarmed him and took him down.” Cal just nodded and put his hand behind his son’s neck, pulling him close into another hug.
    “Show me to him. Adam, just in case, will you come with me? Ladies, if you don’t mind keeping Jessica company? She looks like she could use some.” Cal followed his son back to the corner, where Jeff was being held. “What happened?” he asked.
    “When the power went out, we all sort of hunkered down to wait it out. I mean, it happens, right?” Adam and his dad both agreed that it did sometimes happen. “But, then the phones didn’t work. Our cell phones didn’t work. We saw all of the cars stop, some crashing like their brakes didn’t work. We locked up, because it is policy in these types of situations, if there are these types of situations. We had locked the front, and pulled the gate down, we were watching people act weirdly out the window and we see these people get in a fight right outside. A cop ran up to stop it, he must have been right there, and he pulled his gun at some point. The guy beat him up and sent him running back that way. It was crazy. But, Jeff…he just went wild. He ran to the back and pulled a shotgun and a pistol out of their cases and began loading them. Jess and I ran back to see what was up and he pointed the gun at me and told us to get out. He said it was the ‘beginning of the end.’ I told him to calm down, it was okay, this was just a power outage and the power would be back soon. He pulled the shotgun on me and pulled the trigger, twice. I was so shocked, I just stood there, and then he pulled the pistol and I had to act. I disarmed him and knocked him out cold. Then Jess helped me tie him up, and we have sat here for the whole time since that. She is really freaked out.”
    Cal nodded. “Adam, would you check on this man, and make sure he is okay? Kyle, take me to the gun case.”
    Leading his dad to the case, he unlocked it and his dad took out various weapons and ammunition, loaded them and pulled the triggers. The first two times he did this, Kyle recoiled, waiting for the inevitable sound of the guns discharging. But, they just made clicking noises. His dad repeated this with about ten different weapons and