"The bombing happened just after 6:00 pm and so far there's been a confirmation of seven people being inside. One of which was the owner of Angelo's Pizzeria, a cook and five others who are employees of the Santa Barbara Police Department. At this point we don't know how many survivors there are, but we'll inform you with more as the story develops…."

Chief Vick shook her head with an exhausted sigh as she looked over at the news media who were surrounding the scene like vultures. Her head felt like it was in a vice, throbbing at a constant rate. She couldn't stand the waiting and the unbearable thoughts running through her head. What if they were all dead? She wouldn't be able to handle that and if she even tried to she would break soon after. As much as those five drove her nuts at times, they were her family and one that she couldn't bare to lose.

"So, any word yet?"

In a daze, the Chief turned around and came face to face with Detective Stone. "Uh, no. Nothing yet."

"I'm sorry. I mean I didn't know them as well as you did but they all seemed like such nice people. Even Mr. Guster," she stated with a fake smile.

"Yeah they're all very special indeed. I just hope and pray they make it out of there soon…."

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Trying to catch his breath, Henry stopped for a moment and leaned up against what was left of a wall. Numbness had combed over his aching body and he felt completely frustrated and terrified that he hadn't found any sign of the other two. All he knew that when this was all over he was going to live his life to the fullest and try to take life a little more lightly, especially with his son, realizing that perhaps he had been a bit to harsh on him during his life, thus being the reason that they weren't as close as what a father and son should be with one another. But that was going to change, he was going to make sure of it. But first he had to find his son and pray that he was okay.

"Shawn?! Lassie?! Can anyone hear me?!"

Barely able to get the last of his words out, Henry started coughing violently to the point where he felt like his lungs were going to explode, wishing more than anything for a giant glass of water at the moment. As soon as he was able to compose himself again, he continued on his search hoping it would soon be over.

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"Damn it!"

Lassie cursed in frustration when he suddenly tripped over a piece of rubble and landed hard on the pile of debris below him.

"Ah! My shoulder!"

He grabbed his left shoulder with agony written all over his face and soon realized he had landed on a sharp piece of a broken brick, which more than likely dislocated his shoulder.

"Great, like this couldn't get any worse," he said as he managed to start walking again.

As he made his way along while rubbing his newly injured shoulder, his heart suddenly stopped when he saw a hand beneath everything. For a moment he stood there frozen in place, not wanting to face whoever it might be. After a moment he gathered up enough courage and slowly started removing the ruble piece by piece, his body shaking with fear. He then got down to the last brick that was covering the face and with a deep breath removed it slowly, only to reveal Mr. Angelo, the owner of the restaurant they were in.

Lassie collapsed to the ground, covering his face with his hands, letting the tears of relief stream down his face. After a moment he wiped his eyes and leaned over to check on the man lying before him. Lassie sighed with a bit of disappointment when he felt no pulse. Realizing he needed to keep going, he slowly got back up and gave one last look at the innocent fallen victim who lay there, hoping that he wouldn't find any of his friends the same way.

As he slowly continued on his way, he stopped suddenly when he heard what sounded like shouts coming from the other side of the mound of debris and bricks that lay before him. Unsure if it was real or just his mind playing tricks on him, he got a little closer and listened closely only to hear a muffled sound of someone shouting. But who?

"Hello! We're in here!" he shouted as he banged on the wall.

Lassie listened once more and soon got startled when a brick was pushed towards his direction, creating a hole to allow him to see what was on the other side.

"Hello? Who's there?" Lassie asked as he peeked through.

Suddenly seeing Henry's face appear before him Lassie nearly fell backwards. "Geeze, Spencer you nearly gave me a heart attack! But I admit, I'm extremely glad to see you," he admitted as he caught his breath.

"Yeah me too," Henry shouted through the hole. "Where's Shawn?"

Lassie paused for a moment, not sure how to bring up the fact that his son was right on death's door. "Uh…he's back there a little ways. Where are Juliet and Gus?"

"They're fine they're back there a little ways too…but uh-"

"But what?"

"Juliet's in labor," Henry finished slowly.

"What?! And you left her?!"

"No I didn't leave her! Gus is with her! And I could say the same about you leaving Shawn behind! And why did you leave him behind, why isn't he helping you?" Henry asked in a worried tone.

"Uh, I just thought it'd be easier if I just went to look for help alone," Lassie replied nervously, trying not to look at Henry.

"Lassiter, you're not telling me the truth now where is my son?!"

Hesitating for a moment, Lassie swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat and answered. "Alright…I had to leave him behind because he's not doing well."

Henry froze and his eyes soon widened with fear. "What do you mean not doing well?"

"Well he has a lot of internal injuries and possibly internal bleeding…and well…if we don't get out of here soon I don't think he's going to make it…"

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Laughing…running…playing… Shawn couldn't get enough of it as he held his beautiful wife in his arms and watched as their son and daughter played together. It was one of the most joyous things Shawn never thought he would experience in his life, but now that he had it he couldn't imagine his life any other way.

"Okay kids, time to go inside!" Juliet yelled at them.

Shawn stood there and smiled as he watched Juliet gather up the kids and slowly walk into their house. As the kids ran inside, Juliet soon turned around with a single tear falling down her cheek as she stared into Shawn's eyes with sadness.

"Don't leave us, Shawn…We need you… Please hold on…."

Confused, Shawn then watched as Juliet made her way into the house, and watched as the house suddenly disappeared before his very eyes.

"Wait a minute! What's going on here?! Jules?! Jules come back! NO!"

Suddenly Shawn woke with a jolt, realizing it was all just a dream. He was still stuck in the hellhole he was in and was still in an extreme amount of pain that wouldn't go away. As he tried to shift his body to a more comfortable position, he soon realized as the pain shot through him that that wasn't an option. He was stuck and unless someone found him soon, he was afraid that this would also be the place he died in.