Firework Safety (closed w/ sungpraise)

sungpraise:

the-perfect-scientist:

Angie heard yelling and looked around. Where
was David? Was that his voice?

Ered was lighting a spark fountain and Nerf
had found a big, red, funny-looking Firework with no label. They lit them and
ran away to watch with the other kids.

Suddenly though, the red firework let off with
a loud BANG! that had Angie’s ears ringing. Most of the kids fell over from the
force of the bang, or from shock, and when Angie was back on her feet she saw
that one of the trees had fallen over onto the fireworks. The spark fountain
was going off within the branches, and a couple of the kids screamed.

“It’s going to catch fire!” Neil shrieked.

“Oh no! Where’s David?” Angela asked. “We need an adult!”

He couldn’t see what was going on but that horrible bang scared the hell out of him. David’s heart was pounding, his ears aching. Where was the quartermaster? Where was anyone that could help? He silently hoped that Cameron would come in and save the day again.

“Kids!” David called as loud as he could, struggling against the ropes and feeling the uncomfortable burn start to form on his skin from it. “Someone, untie me, please!”

There was the fear for the kid’s safety but something about what he said and the fact he was bound set off a wave of panic he couldn’t place. The situation hit him with inexplicable deja vu. He felt like he couldn’t breathe, tears stinging at his eyes.

“Help me!”

The bang and screaming had Carlos running
toward the smoke faster. Quickly he emerged from the forest and saw cabins, a
flagpole, and a bunch of running and screaming children. “Everyone, away from
the fire!” he exclaimed, and he broke the lock on the extinguisher before
running to the tree. He started to blast the fireworks inside with cold CO²
foam.

Anglea was surprised when she realized she
recognized the labcoat and the black hair not unlike her own. “Daddy!” she
cried, running up to him.

“Angela??” Carlos said, shocked. “Angela, stay
back! Does anyone have a phone!?”

“David does!” Angela said. “Where’s David?”
She looked around at the other campers. “Is he tied to the flagpole again?”

Carlos looked at his daughter incredulously. “What??”