Prompt: Even with the ringing...

She woke with a start, breathing hard.  "It's just a dream," she told herself, not even half convinced.  "Only a dream..."  Sashi rubbed at gritty eyes and noted the pale light slipping into her room.  It was nearly time to get up anyway.  Dressing for the day, her heart was sent pounding yet again as the city alarm bells started peeling.  Paling, but moving quickly, she rushed to Kova's bed and caught him in her arms.  His startled cry muffled against her shoulder.

"Sashi?  What's going on?" His small voice wavered as he debated tears.

"I don't know, Kova.  But if we sit tight, we should be ok."  She smoothed the boy's hair from his forehead as the pale light once more darkened and they could hear the winds picking up.  "On second thought, we need to get to Mariyetti's.  Can you get dressed?  I need to get some supplies..."

Sashi reluctantly left the scared boy as she quickly gathered food and small entertainments for Kova.  She had no idea how long this storm would last, but if the alarms were going off.... she stopped her train of thought.

Both of them dressed and ready to leave, the rains started pounding down as they stepped outside.  Drenched within minutes, they hurried alogn deserted streets to Mariyetti's, the safest place Sashi knew of when the bad storms hit.  In a lull of the storm, they passed an alarm tower just as the gongs rang again.  Sashi ineffectively shook her head to clear the ringing in her ears, but could still hear the screaming of the wind as the lull ended and they two were once more buffetted by the storm.

Before too long, they came to Mariyetti's door. Standing on the door step, dripping in the down pour, Sashi desperately knocked on the door, hoping the thunder wouldn't overshadow her own pounding.