Dark Ace ran as fast as he could towards the wreckage. Half of the building hadn't collapsed yet and he prayed that Piper was in that half.
But before he looked for her, he went to his bedroom quarters. He wished she wasn't in there and that she had gotten out but part of him knew that she probably hadn't. He arrived. And a devastating sight stood before him. His house in ruins, with a hand peeping out of the wreckage. His eyes bulged and he didn't think; all that mattered was her. He went to see if she has a pulse but then Piper appeared. She was crouched in front of her and checking if she was alive.
"Is she alive?" he said and she gasped in surprise. But after she looked and saw who it was her surprise was replaced with sadness and she shook her head. Every bit of him wanted to run over there and scream.
"Why would you care?" she asked and he lied to save his pride. "Who said I did?" With a smirk he went over to her. She was injured and so he decided to get her to Aerrow as soon as possible; he didn't want to carry her if she passed out. "Come on, Aerrow's looking for you." She gave him a funny look.
"So you follow Aerrow's commands now?" she tried to sound mean but her voice came out shaky. All she could think of was the stone cold hand she was holding. A woman's hand. "Do you know her?" She gestured to the hand.
"Yes. She was my… friend. Will you help me get her out or are you too girly?" he was trying to sound like himself but was failing miserably.
They dug her out for an hour. First her feet. Second her legs. Third her body. And finally her head. Piper gasped. She was very young and very pretty. Thick blonde curls framed her face and wide unstaring blue eyes were open in shock. Pretty pale skin and rosy cheeks. And blood. It covered most of her forehead and lots of it was in her hair. "C'mon we got to go." Said Dark Ace picking the up the woman in his arms.
"She's young. How old is she?" The blue eyes were haunting her and weeks later she would still wake up dreaming about the blank, unstaring eyes. "She's 24 and she's left behind a husband and a child. Jet's only a few months old. I don't know what I'm going to do with him. But he's safe with Aerrow now. Anyway Luna's gone and she's not coming back. I don't know what she was doing in my bedroom quarters." He let out a sigh. Why had she gone back when he had told that the buildings were unstable? What a husband he was. Flinging her over his shoulder so he could grab Piper's hand he walked off. "Wait up!" Piper literally screamed and he grabbed her hand and headed back to Aerrow, Cyclonis and his son, Jet.