The happiest day of their lives would become their darkest. All he remembered was seeing dust fall down like snow from the ceiling. Then everything went black.

Opening his eyes, Cal could see nothing but, a dark room covered in dust and debris. Blinking a few times his eyesight soon became adjusted to the room. In front of him, he could see most of his friends and colleagues moving about trying to help the injured. But, there was one face he didn't see. A sinking feeling crept up him. Frantically, Cal searched his surroundings hoping he would find his brother. the dread he felt inside his stomach only got worse when he couldn't find him. It didn't make sense to him. Ethan had been with him when they were trying to move out of the way. Cal slowly got to his feet. Luckily for him, he hadn't broken anything. He carefully began looking around when something caught his eye. There shattered on the floor were the remains of Ethan's glasses.

"Ethan!" Cal yelled.

No answer. Cal tried again hoping his brother would respond to him. His third call was interrupted by Fletch.

"Can I get some help over here?" Fletch called out.

Cal would have gone over to help, but all he cared about was finding Ethan. Alive if possible. Fletch with the help from Charlie and Max managed to lift the debris off. There was a gasp from Max and that when Cal knew.

It was Ethan.

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Cal metaphorically hit himself for not going over there in the first place. He saw it was where he had fallen and should have gone over behind him to check if Ethan was there. But, he hadn't. And now Ethan was trapped under the pile of dust and plaster, probably in complete agony. Cal ran over to where the other three were. He was, however, stopped by Charlie, who held his shoulders.

"Cal..." Charlie said as he blocked Cal's view.

Cal struggled to push past Charlie.

"That's my brother!"

"I know it is. That's why I need you to stay calm." Charlie tried to reassure him.

"Stay calm?" Cal yelled in his face. "How can I stay calm when I know Ethan's trapped under there?"

Cal continued to struggle against Charlie's hold but, soon gave up the fight. With Cal calming down Charlie walked over to where Dylan and Fletch were trying to assess the situation. As soon as he approached the scene in front of him, Charlie realised there was a more sombre mood to the atmosphere. A cold feeling washed through his body and Charlie knew something was wrong. Fletch looked up at him, slowly shaking his head. Charlie sighed. Cal saw Charlie look over his shoulder. His knees turned to jelly forcing him to almost collapse, but luckily he managed to find a bit of strength in him to run over. Seeing his brother's body, Cal fell to the floor. Giving Cal space to be alone with his brother, Charlie, Fletch and Max silently walked over to the gathering crowd to tell them the devastating news. The realisation of who it was underneath the rubble soon dawned on the others when they heard the news and saw Cal over by the body.

Stroking Ethan's dust covered blonde hair, Cal sobbed his heart out. His little brother was gone. Cal squeezed his eyes shut as he thought of the pain Ethan must have felt when must have seen the ceiling falling down on him. He should have found him sooner. He should have been there to hold his brother's hand and make sure he was comfortable. But, Cal hadn't. He blamed himself for not looking there in the first place. The place where Ethan was standing next to him before the disaster happened.C Cal wiped the tears from his face. Another scenario flashed through his mind. If Ethan had been knocked out when the ceiling collapsed then it would have painless. He had hoped this was the case. Cal bent over and kissed his brother's forehead. He was about to walk away when he thought he heard a small intake of breath.