He had no idea who these hooligans were who had raided his town, but unlike everyone else, he felt happy for it. He had never felt this alive. For the first time in his life, there was no one to answer to, no one to push him around. He was the one with the power tonight and he planned to use it. There was one place Elaine might be. He drove the Corvette through downtown and toward the strip mall. There was smoke and chaos all over the place, but she might be around. The nail salon was a small store at the strip mall and looked mostly untouched. Chances are no one even noticed it. He stopped the Corvette a few feet in front of it and climbed out. There was a sporting goods store a few stores down with the windows busted out. It had probably been picked clean, but he stepped inside anyway. There were a few people rummaging around. He looked through the piles of merchandise strewn about. After sifting through some broken glass and shelving where some display cases used to be, he found a large hunting knife.
