Write for ten project for March 28.

Let's start another novel. Begin Chapter 1 with "It was a dark and stormy night and ..."

It was a dark and stormy night and Cash was just beyond the tree line. His black, waterproof windbreaker had the hood up protecting his head, but his jeans and sneakers were soaked. The Sig in his right hand at his side had drops running off its barrel in a constant stream.

The lightning kept illuminating the old farm house like it was an actress on the red carpet at an award show being photographed by the paparazzi. It played hell with his night vision.

His mom had always cautioned him to not stand under a tree during a storm. And the time between seeing the lightning and hearing the boom of thunder kept getting shorter. Then one lightning strike and thunder boom happened as one.

A shaking hand grabbed his arm.

"Damn, Carrie," he whispered, "I told you that you shouldn't come."

"But, Cash, that's my Dad in there being held hostage."