PATIENT ZERO -The lone survivor
For a long minute, the ocean was a chaotic, boiling nightmare of displaced water and falling stone.
When the boiling surf finally calmed, Musa breached the surface, gasping for air. A dozen yards away, Jabari broke the surface, his skin back to its normal grey tone, holding a sputtering, coughing Neema by the collar of her vest.
They treaded water, looking up at the coastline.
The cliff was gone. The lighthouse was a smoking, glassy crater.
"Well," Musa breathed, spitting a mouthful of saltwater. "I'd say the UN definitely knows we were here."