The storm was raging havoc outside while Grace and Davian were enjoying a delicious meal that the former prepared inside her space. It was around seven in the evening and they just sat down to have their dinner.
"It’s been a month since the rain started. Do you think it’s going to stop anytime soon in the coming few days?" Davian asked as he took a bite of the grilled chicken. His gaze immediately shifted to her, expressing in volumes just how impressed he was with her cooking.
There were several elective classes that Grace was made to take during Junior High and High School. Back then, she learned several skills like - cooking, sewing, embroidery, home maintenance, gardening, and first aid. It wasn’t until the apocalypse arrived in the previous timeline that she actually started appreciating her father for making her take part in all those classes.
She might not be an extremely talented cook like Davian, but she knew her way around kitchen very well. She too tasted the chicken and was thrilled at its rich taste that immediately coated her tongue.
"I’m not sure if the rain will be stopping anytime soon. Things aren’t really going as per the previous timeline. We can only hope for it to stop soon." She finally answered.
The situation had only worsened in the past few days. The water level was rising even in the Sunspire City because there wasn’t enough space for flooded water to flow out of the city. After basements, now the ground floors had become flooded.
Since the super typhoon, the storms hadn’t stopped at all, making it extremely hard for the rescue teams to work as they were failing time and again. They could no longer supply food and water, resulting in the current chaos that was seen everywhere.
People were starving, scared, and turning inhumane with each passing day. They had started killing each other now as attacking alone wasn’t working that well. There were even those who self-exited because they couldn’t handle the hunger and the fear.
There had been two more incidents where people from lower floors tried to break through the metal door on twentieth floor, and they all were taken care of by Valeska and the rest. Their bodies were then left to Rune as per Grace’s order.
As all three attempts failed and those people, who went to the top floor to snatch food, never returned, terror grew among the residents of the lower floor. There were several theories about what might have happened to those people. While some did believe they were killed, there were others who thought that these people had betrayed their families and joined those from the top floors to enjoy good food and safety.
Overall, people were finally starting to fear the top three floors once again. No one was ready to venture up there even if they were starving. This allowed the residents of the top floors to enjoy some peaceful nights of sleep.
"I received updates this afternoon. The supplies that we ordered previously are all ready now. We just have to wait for rain to stop so that we can go and fetch them." Davian stated as he continued to enjoy the food.
Grace nodded her head in understanding but there was a frown decorating her face which made him ask - "What’s wrong?" She fixed her gaze on him as she replied, "There’s an issue. Even if the rain stops, we won’t be able to fly to Country K immediately. The airports are flooded and it will take a while before the flights will resume. But we can’t wait as the Shadow Rain might happen at any time. And though I have a private jet, we can’t use it for the time being as it might bring us unnecessary attention."
Davian reached out and patted the back of her hand that was resting on top of the table. The gesture made her look up at his face and she found him looking straight into her eyes. The calm look on his face made her realize that he already had a solution in mind.
"Can you help?" She asked.
He nodded his head and spoke, "It seems like you have forgotten something - I can open portals."
Grace opened her mouth in surprise, recalling such a big thing that she had completely forgotten about. "That’s right." She stated with excitement but soon calmed down as she thought of something. "Don’t your portal opening power has a limit?"
Usually, most of superpowers that were woken during the previous timeline had some sort of limits. These limits weren’t fatal, but they sure made these superpowers controllable to some degree.
"It has." Davian confessed. "I can only open a portal to a place I have been to before. I can’t open a portal to a place I have never visited before."
There was the limit, and while it certainly controlled his power, it didn’t really lessen its strength in any way. Despite this limit, portal opening was still one of the most powerful superpowers that were seen during those five years of apocalypse.
"I’m sure you have been to Country K." Grace said and watched as he again nodded his head in agreement.
"I have been to the very city that we need to visit in Country K to fetch our supplies. Truth be told, we don’t really need to wait for the rain to stop. Since there’s no rain in Country K, we can visit there at any time." Davian suggested an idea that had Grace nodding her head immediately.
If they could fetch their supplies now, they would have time to take care of other things when the rain would finally stop.
"What are we waiting for then? Let’s head there tonight. All we need are the two of us to grab all our supplies from Country K." She said and Davian nodded his head in approval.
"Let me inform my men there to shift all the goods to warehouses so that you can take them without any issues." He added while taking out his phone to call his men in Country K.