Ethan's POV

Everything started to come down. Stern continued to absorb all of the power of the Lucrifractor. I tried to warn him, but Stern was too interested into the power that the Lucrifractor holds.

"We got to get out of here!" I yelled.

Sarah, Jesse, Benny, and I started running. All of the walls and the bits and parts of the building began to tear down.

I couldn't believe that the Lucirfractor could do all of this. How could it do all of this damage? I have to get my friends out of here.

When I was about to run to a corner of the hall, Sarah shrieked, "Ethan, stop!" She yanked me back. The ceiling fell to the ground. It was blocking our only exit.

"We're trapped!" said Jesse. "There's no way out now!"

"Oh, really?" I scoffed. "I was thinking we should use the back door!"

"Both of you stop!" said Sarah. "What are we going to do now?"

There was no way out now. This might as well be my last moment of life.

"Guys, I can lift this entire building long enough for you guys to escape," informed Benny.

"What?" I said. "B, what about you?"

"I won't be able to make it, guys. I won't live. This building is too heavy for me. Go, run. Save yourselves!"

"Benny, we're not leaving you," said Sarah.

Benny lifted his arms up and most of the broken parts of the building lifted up into the air. He commanded, "It's your only chance. Go now!"

"NO!" Sarah cried out.

We had no choice. I grabbed Sarah and threw her over my shoulder. Jesse and I ran for it.

"Ethan, let me go! Let go NOW!" screamed Sarah.

Before the exit door collasped, Jesse, Sarah, and I jumped through the building and landed on the grass.

I carefully got up and awakened Jesse and Sarah.

"Guys, get up," I said.

"Did it stop?" asked Jesse.

All three of us stood up on our feet. I stared at the building. Now it was officially destroyed. Nothing was left of it.

Rory, Erica, and Anastasia appeared.

"Guys, thank god y'all are alright," said Rory. Erica yanked both of Sarah and me into her arms.

"We were so worried," said Erica.

After she let us go, Anastasia said, "Aren't you guys missing somebody?"

Somebody? We can't be missing sombody. It was me, Jesse, Sarah, and...Benny!

"Benny," I said under my breath. We left him!

"Benny!" screamed Sarah.

Sarah and I were about to lurch toward the building. Jesse locked his arms around Sarah's waist, while Anastasia grabbed her by one of her arms. Rory grabbed me by my arm and yanked me back without ripping my entire arm off. Erica grabbed me by my other arm.

They needed to let go. Benny could still be alive. He might still be alive. He is. I just know it!

"Ethan, he's gone. He's gone." said Erica.

"He's not!" I screamed. "No, he's not! Shut up! Benny's not dead!"

"Ethan, Sarah, there is nothing the both of you can't do, okay?" said Anastasia. "Benny's gone now. You can bring him back from the dead. You can't."

I weakly fell to my knees. My screamings turned into murmurs.

"We left him in there," I said.

"Benny, Benny, Benny," whimpered Sarah. I saw the tears dripping from her face and dropped from her chin. "I'm sorry, Benny. Benny, I'm SORRY!"

What was I thinking? No one on earth could survive something like this. Not even Benny.

I couldn't believe that Benny, my best friend, my brother, was dead. He was gone forever out of our lives. Why? Why couldn't I sacrificed myself to save us? What was I going to say to Grandma Weir? She already lost her son and her daughter-in-law. Now she lost her grandson because of me.

That moment before we left Benny I turned and saw the damaged pieces of the ceiling fall down on him. It killed me once my own eyes saw Benny fall down to the ground with those heavy ceiling pieces crushing his body. I wanted to go save so badly, so did Sarah, but...it was too late.

"What happened to Benny?" asked Rory.

"He sacrificed himself to save us all," explained Jesse.

Sarah laid her head on Anastasia's shoulder. As Sarah cried, Anastasia gently stroked her hair.

When Erica and Rory let me go, I fell to the ground and found myself crying. I hid my crying face into my knees.

"So, he's really gone, isn't he?" asked Erica.

I looked up at them and whimpered, "Why? Why did we leave him behind?! He could've made it. He could've still been alive right now!"

"Ethan, he sacrficed himself to save us," said Jesse. "He didn't do it because he wanted to. He didn't because he had to. The both of you don't blame yourself for this."

"So, is Stern dead?" whimpered Sarah.

"He should be," I said, whiping the tears off of my face. "He's not as powerful as Benny, so the Lucrifractor must've killed him."

I looked into the burning building. Sarah was released from Jess and Anastasia. She walked towards me and sat down next to me. Her head rested on my shoulder.

"He was my best friend in the world," I murmured.

"Benny may have been shallow, loud, and dumb at times, but he was still one of the greatest people I ever met," said Sarah.

Rory and Erica sat down next to us.

"Benny can't live forever like us," said Rory.

"We didn't even tell him goodbye," said Sarah.

"He already knows that," I said.

"Don't worry about him, guys," said Erica. "He's now in that beautiful place in the sky that we can never go to."

"Rest in peace, old friend." I said.

Just wait. It's going to get better.