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The ground beneath the group began to shake violently as another earthquake hit them. Robbie grabbed Cat and pulled her quickly away from the large shelving units which looked like they could fall on top of her at any second. He pulled her into the empty corner and they crouched down, bracing themselves for the full force of the oncoming earthquake.
Beck and Jade also curled up in one of the corners, but they flipped their mattress onto it's side and pulled it over them, sheltering their bodies from any falling debris. Beck angled them so that he was above Jade, fully protecting her body. He refused to let her get hurt again.
Not even two seconds passed before the earthquake fully attacked them. The shelving units collapsed onto the ground, making a loud crashing noise as everything fell off of them and spilled onto the floor.
They could hear various things falling outside of the shelter, and several car alarms beginning to blare. It all brought back memories from when the first earthquake hit; the reason that they were in here in the first place.
Suddenly, a loud rumble sounded out. Something was definitely wrong. Beck was instantly aware of something beginning to happen from outside of the shelter. From... above them. The ground shook again and the rumble became louder until finally it climaxed, and Beck realised what was happening.
The house above them was collapsing.
Right on top of them.
Cat screamed loudly as the house began to collapse. The heavy brick walls began to crumble above them, making the ceiling of the shelter begin to cave in. Robbie held the redhead tightly to his body, doing his best to protect her from the falling ceiling. He silently cursed himself for not getting anything to hold over them, like Beck and Jade with their mattress. But Robbie's attempts to protect his new girlfriend, fell unsuccessful, when a large part of the ceiling came down and landed, right on top of Cat's legs.
Unaware of her best friend's serious injury, Jade had her eyes squeezed shut as the shelter began to collapse on top of them. She could hear the ceiling falling around them, but luckily, nothing had fallen on top of herself and Beck yet. Beck held her tightly to him and pressed his forehead against hers. Jade's eyes flew open and met his. Somehow, his dark eyes seemed to calm her slightly, giving her reassurance that everything would be okay, and that they would get out of there alive.
A loud bang sounded out in the shelter as the water pipe burst, and water began to leak out into the shelter. It wasn't coming out fast enough to cause a flood, but it was still dangerous. The shaking and rumbling continued, getting more violent each time.
Robbie stroked Cat's hair and tried to calm her as she began to hyperventilate from the agony in her lower body. She breathed quickly and tears streamed down her face as her legs became trapped under more rubble as it fell from above them. Robbie's own eyes teared up as he watched her in so much pain, knowing that he couldn't do anything until the earthquake was over.
Suddenly, the ground shook violently again, and the building collapsed completely. Luckily, when it collapsed, it fell away from the shelter, the opposite way. Meaning that the couples at each corner of the shelter were much safer than they would have been if the building fell straight down on top of them. The quaking continued for another few moments, before everything finally fell silent once again.
Beck waited to see if it had actually stopped,before throwing the mattress off of himself and Jade and doing his best to stand up, bringing Jade up with him. Jade coughed loudly as the smoke and dust entered her lungs. Beck shrugged off his plaid shirt and handed it to her. She took it from him and balled it up, holding it to her mouth, so as to not inhale any more.
"Guys?" Beck yelled across the destruction, unable to see Robbie or Cat anywhere.
"Under here," Robbie called weakly from the opposite corner of the room.
Beck and Jade slowly and carefully began to climb across the rubble. Beck ignored the pain in his knee, knowing that it could wait a little longer. He had to save his friends first, that was more important that a twisted knee. Jade looked around them, and for the first time in several days, she could see the sky. She could breath the fresh air and feel the wind on her face. The clouds were grey, and it was raining slightly, but nothing like the rain had been whilst they were in the shelter. She couldn't see the rest of the street though, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to. Who knows what would be waiting for them?
They got to the corner where Robbie and Cat were covered in debris and rubble and began to pull it all off of them. Robbie emerged first, his face panicked, "Cat's legs got crushed," he coughed.
Jade's eyes widened at that information and began frantically looking for her best friend, "Cat! CAT!" she yelled, desperate to pull her out. She could hear Cat crying from underneath the debris and it was breaking her heart.
They finally pulled Cat out, which resulted in her screaming her lungs out as they removed her legs. Robbie lifted her up in his arms and Beck and Jade gasped. Her legs were completely bruised and bloodied. Jade had to look away, shielding her face in Beck's bicep as she noticed Cat's bone sticking out in her right leg.
"We need to get out of here, now," Beck ordered as he saw how bad of a state Cat was in. Jade and Robbie nodded in agreement as Cat sobbed loudly into Robbie's shirt.
They slowly made their way over the rubble and finally made it out onto the grass beside where the house used to stand. They then had a clear view of the street. Houses were completely damaged, some weren't even standing anymore. Telephone poles had collapsed, trees were uprooted, cars had been flipped. It was just horrendous.
"Oh my God," Robbie whispered, looking out at the destruction.
"What are we going to do?" Jade asked, her eyes scanning what was left of the street.
Beck took Jade's hand and held it tightly, "C'mon, we need to get to a hospital before anything else, Cat needs help," he said. Robbie and Jade nodded and they began to walk down the street.
It was going to be a long walk until salvation.