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Chapter 7

"Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most."~Author unknown

EM POV

I clawed at pipes and debris until my fingers were bloody and aching. "What are you doing in here Jazz? I told you to stay outside." I yelled to him. He didn't respond which automatically made me panic and dig faster. "Em, calm down. One false move and this whole thing could collapse on us. We don't even know how far down we are." Tommy yelled to me. It took awhile before his words actually made sense in my mind. Once I was able to understand his words I realized they were true. Slowly I let my hands fall to my sides.

I realized my breathing was uneven so I tried to concentrate on steadying it. I took deep breaths in and out until my chest stopped aching and I was breathing normally. I tried to come up with ways to get over there and help Jasper. "Its ok Em." Jazz said, breaking me away from my thoughts. His voice was so weak I barely heard it. "I'm not hurt to bad. Just a little exhausted." I could tell by the tone of his voice that he was lying to me. "I know when your lying Jazz." I yelled to the darkness. "I'm fine enough to hold out until help gets here." He said. "There's just one problem with that Jazz. We don't know when or if help is even coming." I yelled to him. "I'm fine." He insisted. "Can you move?" I asked. "I can but I rather not. It hurts to much."

"How bad are your injuries?" I asked. "I don't know. I'm too weak to check it out." "Can you see what's around you?" I yelled to him. "Just a lot of pipes and beams and wires." he replied. "Ok. I'm gonna try and move some more of this debris so I can get to you better ok." I yelled wanting to make sure he understood me. "I'm not one of the people we rescue everyday Em. I know the routine." I didn't bother replying. Now was not the time to start an argument. Instead I started to dig at more of the debris.

The only thing I really thought about was getting to Jasper. I tried to tell myself over and over again that he was ok and that him talking to me was a good sign. So far I was failing to convince myself that we were going to get out of here. No matter how many times I told myself we would get out and be ok the facts kept getting in the way. The facts were that I couldn't find Edward. I couldn't get to Jazz and Tommy was most likely gonna die. The cons definitely outweighed the pros.

I was so tangled in my thoughts that I almost didn't hear Tommy yelling at me. "EM MOVE OUT THE WAY." I looked above to see debris falling viciously over my head. Everything around me rumbled as though we were sinking farther down. Closer to hell. As if it could get any worse than this. I raised my arms to put my hands over my head but it was to late. Something hard and jagged fell straight on top of my head, knocking me out instantly.

I could still here Tommy's scream. It was a blood curdling scream that made the hairs on my neck stand up. I wanted to get up and help him but it was as though my mind was disconnected from my body and it wouldn't send the message to my legs to move. I felt weak. And tired. Like I wouldn't move in years. I'm not even sure I wanted to. The thought of the pain I would encounter was to much for my mind to bear let alone my body.

I laid there listening to Tommy's scream as hot debris that had been on fire fell on top of me. I didn't even try to move as I felt the hot pieces of debris piercing my skin. I stared at the back of my eyelids and welcomed the pain. At least it meant I was still alive. That I still had a chance. Maybe that chance was slim but I welcomed it with open arms if it meant I could hug my kids again. If I could kiss Rose again and hold her in my arms.

I would welcome pain a thousand times worse if it assured me I would be home with them. They were my everything. My reason for waking up in the morning. I wasn't ready to leave them just yet. I still had so much to teach my kids. I had to teach Josh how to play baseball and Abby how to annoy Rosie to death. Now was not the time for me to die. I had so much things that needed to be done. A little voice crept inside my head and told me death didn't care. He didn't care if I was a father. A husband. He didn't care if I had unfinished business to take care of. He wanted me. That's all that mattered. He was here to take me away despite every plea I would make to let me stay. He just wanted me. And I would have to obey. He would tell me whatever he could think of to make me go.

I refused to think of myself as dead just yet. I was still very much alive. And I needed it to stay that way. I held on to the pain. If I could feel it that meant I was still alive. Pain was my new best friend. I needed it. What was really only a few minutes of rumbling and falling debris felt like much more in my mind. The rumbling died down then stopped completely. Debris till fell but not as much as before. I laid there with my eyes shut trying to take in what just happened.

My mind fluttered to Jazz and Tommy and realized I wasn't off the hook yet. I still had a job to do. I was the Captain and it was my job to get them out of here. I searched inside me to find out how to work my muscles then opened my eyes. Nothing made sense at first. It was so dark I couldn't really see anything. My eyes made everything blurry. I felt the warm blood run down my face. I tried to sit up, taking it slow so that I wasn't interrupted by too much pain. Once I was finally able to sit upright I looked around me to access my surroundings.

There wasn't but one ray of light shining in on us. I could tell we were farther down because the light seemed farther away than it did before. "Jazz? Tommy?" I tried to yell. My voice cracked and it hurt to talk but I kept yelling determined to get an answer. "Tommy? Jazz?" I yelled over and over again until I finally got a response. "Em?" "Are you ok Jazz?" I sighed in relief that I finally got an answer. "I would say yea but I think I'm gonna have to say no."

"How bad are you hurt?" I asked. "Worse than before. I cant feel my legs and its really hard to move." he said. Time was running out. I had a feeling if Jasper stayed down here any longer there would be no hope of regaining the use of his legs. It would kill Jasper if he couldn't walk again. Ok I admit my choice of words weren't actually appropriate for the situation. I had to get him out of here and to Carlisle before it was to late. I found myself facing a dilemma. I could risk staying down here and trying to find Edward and the rest of my team. Or I could get to Jasper and try to save his life. I felt that I had to choose between brothers and it wasn't fair at all.

Bella would never forgive me if I left Edward down here. But Alice would never forgive me if I left Jazz down here. I was a lose lose situation for me. Whatever I chose there was a possibility that I could lose one brother if not both. This was probably the hardest decision I was ever gonna have to make. "Em? Can you here me?" Jazz called out. "Yea. I hear you." I said back. "You gotta stay with me bro. I cant lose you. You cant doze off like that. Ok?" I could hear the desperation in his voice and it felt weird that a grown man could sound like that.

"Yea. You too Jazz." I said, too weak and tired to say anymore. I found out how to work my hands and legs and said "Jazz, I want you to talk to me so I can follow your voice to you." "Ok" he said. I got on my hands and knees and crawled to where I heard his voice coming from. I didnt even get the chance to process that I had lost Tommy. "Jazz, that requires you to talk remember." I said. "Oh yea." Jazz chuckled. It didn't really sound like a chuckle but more of a cough. "What do ya want me to say?" he yelled. I followed his voice and said "Anything." "How we gonna get outa here?" he asked. "Anything but that." I responded.

"You said anything." he yelled. "Yea well I don't have a answer to that so maybe we should talk about something else." I said. "What happed to Tommy?" "I don't know the answer to that either Jazz." I said. "Do you know anything?" Jazz said. "I know your gonna be hurting a lot more if you don't shut up." "You're the one that told me to talk." he said. "Yea so I could find you. Keep talkin junk and I'm not sure ill want to find you anymore." I said. "Yea what a big brother you are." "Hey I'm still lookin for you aint I?" I said. "Yea I guess."

"Would you two quit arguing. I mean now is not the time for you two to be arguing like two little kids. We got bigger problems." The voice belonged to a female I didn't recognize. "Who's there?" I asked. "My name is Hannah Briggs. I worked in the towers." She said. "You wouldn't happen to know anyone by the name of Edward do you Hannah?" I asked not really expecting an answer. "Edward Cullen?" She asked. "Yea that's the one." I said letting a little piece of hope get put back into me. But it didn't last long. "Yea I know him. We were together right before this happened but we got separated when the building came down." Great. Back to square one.

"How do you know him?" Hannah asked me. "Hes my brother." I told her. "Jasper or Emmett?" "What?" I asked taken aback that she knew me. "Are you Jasper or Emmett. Edward talks about you guys alot." My heart twinged and ached at the same time. Hearing someone else say Edwards name only reminded me that I couldn't find him. "I'm Emmett." I said not allowing my mind to convince me that I would never find him. "So your the funny one?" She said. "Yea I guess." I replied. "You don't seem very funny." "Well if you haven't noticed were trapped under a building and no one can find us. I don't think this is a time to be funny." I said letting my anger get the best of me. I continued in the direction that Hannah's and Jasper's voices were coming from. My hands ached from all the debris that had cut them.

"Jazz you still there?" I yelled. It took a minute for him to respond. "Yea. Im here." He said in a voice so weak it scared me. I was getting closer and closer to their voices and it sounded like Hannah was closer. "What about you Hannah? You still with me?" I asked. "Yea. I'm here." She said. "Ok I think I'm getting closer to you Hannah. Keep talking to me. About anything. Just talk." I told her. "My son just turned one not too long ago. We had a party in the park. My husband came late cause he was caught up at the station. Hes a police officer. I remember fighting with him that day. I was so angry that he could miss his sons first birthday just to be at the station." I kept crawling in the direction of her voice. It was getting louder and more clear for me to hear which meant she was getting closer. "I didn't talk to him for two whole days after that." Hannah kept talking and shortly I came to a wall of debris.

Her voice was at its highest and I was sure she was behind it. I took a second to access the situation and determined that it wouldn't be that hard to move enough debris out of the way so I could get to her. "Hannah, I think I can get to you but I'm gonna have to knock some of this debris out the way ok." I told her. "Ok." She replied. Immediately I began working on the debris. I tore wires and pipes and pieces of all different types of stuff away. Once I was finally able to make a hole big enough for my body to fit in I climbed in ignoring the pain that shot through every inch of my body. "Hannah your gonna have to talk some more so I can find you. I don't have a flashlight. What about you Jazz? You doing ok?" "Yea. I'm fine." He said but I couldn't help but notice his voice get a little weaker.

"Hannah talk to me." I said after I made my way through the hole. "I'm over here." She said. I turned in that direction and found Hannah easily. She was buried under rocks and bleeding. I had tried to prepare myself for what I was gonna see but it still caught me off guard and surprised me. I took a moment to get myself together and began trying to help. "How you doing Hannah? You think you can make it?" I asked. "Yea. Just get me out of here." She said. The rocks weren't that heavy and I easily lifted them off of her. Her legs were twisted at odd angles that made me want to gag and she was pretty banged up and bruised.

"Ok Hannah I'm gonna try and crawl to Jazz with you on my back ok." I told her. She nodded her head and I began trying to pick her up. Pain shot through my broken arm that made me scream but I didn't put her down. Once I was able to get her on my back I called out to Jasper. "Jazz, I'm coming for you now. Talk to me." It took a minute for him to say "I'm tired Em." "No Jazz, don't you dare go to sleep. You gotta stay awake. I'm almost there." Crawling was even harder with Hannah on my back. She wasn't a big women but my body was so worn down that it couldn't withstand any extra weight on it. I had to work 10 times harder but I was willing. "I cant keep my eyes open." "Come on Jazz, stay with me. I'm almost there."

His voice was getting closer and closer. I could hear him coughing. I could hear the drip of the pipe next to him. "Jazz where are you?" I yelled into the darkness. "I'm right here Em." He said. His voice was closer than I expected but I was glad. I was just a few crawls away from him. I kept crawling until my hands came across something hard. I looked down and a little ray of light was shining across him. He looked horrible. There was blood all down his face and his legs were wedged in between two rocks. His face was bruised and swollen and his hand looked like it was broken to. I gently set Hannah down next to him and tried to tend to his wounds. They were too much for me to handle. I couldn't do anything for him. The rocks were too big to move and I had no medical equipment with me. I sighed in frustration and said "Do you have your radio?" "I don't know. I haven't checked." I could tell it was taking alot of effort for him to talk.

I searched around him and on him for his radio. I found it lying a few feet away from him. I picked it up and tried to radio someone in. "This is Captain Cullen, if you can hear me come in." I waited but nothing happened. I tried again. "This is Captain Cullen. I have a firefighter down and a civilian. Where trapped under the debris of the tower. Please if you can hear me, come in." I waited for what seemed like forever. No one answered. I put my face in my hands in desperation and nearly had a heart attack when a voice answered. "Captain Cullen, this is officer Briggs. Can you tell me who you have with you and their condition. " Hannah's eyes went wide but before she could jump up and take the radio from me I said "I have Jasper Hale. Hes my brother and fellow firefighter. Hes hurt the worst. Hes wedged in between two rocks and i cant get him out. He needs help fast."

"And the civilian?" He said. "Her name is Hannah Briggs and shes pretty banged up. I think her legs might be broken." There was a silence in the air as the officer took in the information that his wife wasn't dead. "I'm contacting a search and rescue unit right now. Can you tell me where you are?" "No." I said. "Well that's gonna make it alot harder for us to find you. Can you tell how far down you are." "There's a light up above. Id say its about 20 maybe 30 feet up." I said. "What tower were you in when it collapsed?" He asked. "The North." I said. "Ok search and rescues almost there. Just hang tight." I felt true relief wash through me and I never wanted it to end. "Can I go to sleep now Em?" "No Jazz. Where gonna get out of here. Helps on the way. Where gonna be ok."

Welp there it iz ppl....MAYBE Jasper and Emmett r gonna make it out alive. lol. Well ive already started working on tha nxt chapter but i havent got much dne so idk wen im gonna b able 2 update nxt. Well i hope u lyked it and dnt forget 2 reveiw n tell me wat u think.

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