Chapter 1

"Dawson, Shay, over here," Severide yelled as they entered the burning building. "We have a boy with a spinal cord injury.

Just as they got to the boy, they heard Mills scream from over by the stairs. "I need some help over here!"

"Go," Dawson told Shay. "I can take care of the boy."

Shay ran toward Mills who was on the stairs. "We've got a woman who's having trouble breathing," he said, as they ran up the stairs.

"Is she having any pain?" She couldn't hear his answer over the rumblings of the building. The stairs started to sway back and forth, and then everything went black.

The first thing Severide heard was Dawson screaming his name. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he said, wincing as he stood up. "I'm a little sore- got hit by some concrete, but I'm fine."

The radios started going off, with the chief telling everyone who was able to walk to get out immediately.

"We have to get out," Dawson said. "Before this building completely collapses."

As the two of them reached the outside, Casey pulled Dawson into his arms. "Thank God," he said. "I wanted to look for you, but they made me leave," he said, pointing to the extra emergency workers there.

"I'm fine," she said.

"How is everyone?" Severide said.

"Everyone's fine as far as I know. Munch hurt his back so they took him to the ER, but they don't think it's serious."

"Hey Dawson," Cruz yelled, "Where's Mills?"

"He's not out here?"

"I thought he was with you."

"He was with Shay," Dawson said. "They were on the stairs. Oh God!"

That sent Severide into panic mode. "Shay!" He screamed, running around the scene trying to see if she was out there. "Hermann," he yelled, "Have you seen Shay?"

"No. Is she okay?"

"I think she's still in there."

"Severide!" Dawson shouted. "No one's seen Mills or Shay. They're still in there."

"I'm going back in."

She nodded. She and Severide didn't have very much in common, but they both cared very much for the blonde paramedic.

He almost made it into the building before Casey stopped him. "It's not safe to go in there."

"We have to! Mills and Shay are still in there."

"Chief said-"

"I don't care. Casey, she's my best friend. Please."

"Fine, but I'm going in with you."

"You don't have to."

"You think you can rescue them by yourself? No way."

"I'm going in, too," Cruz said, running to meet them.

As soon as the three of them walked in, Severide's heart sank. The set of stairs that Mills and Shay were on had collapsed. They were buried.

"Dear God," Cruz whispered.

"Shay! Mills!" Severide screamed as the three firemen ran over to the rubble.

"Chief- we need more men in here now!" Cruz said over the radio.

"We have to move this now if we have any chance of getting them out alive," Casey said. "We can't wait for more men."

As they went to work Severide prayed that they were still alive. He couldn't lose Shay. He just couldn't.

When Mills regained consciousness, he felt pain in his shoulder. When he tried to move his arm, the pain intensified and shot down his arm, but he forgot all about his shoulder when he looked over and saw Shay.

She was still unconscious and he leg was pinned under a pile of rock and rubble. "Shay," he yelled. When she didn't respond, he felt for a pulse. He sighed with relief when he felt one, but it was weak. They needed to get out.

He crawled as far as he could, but it wasn't very far. There was rubble blocking his path, and with his shoulder throbbing he knew he couldn't move it. He was trapped.

He crawled back to Shay, but she was still unconscious. He knew no one could hear them, but he started yelling anyway. "Casey! Severide! Anyone! Help us!

Nothing. They were all alone.

"Please God," he said, "Please don't let us die."

Thanks for reading! I hope everyone liked it. I got the idea to write this story after the season finale. Shay and Mills are my favorite characters so I decided to write something that featured both of them. Please review and let me know what you think. Thanks!