Holly J's POV

"Declan! It's…getting…so…hard…" I coughed. "To keep up." I almost fell. But he was there to catch me.

"It's okay, what's going on? What happened to the Holly J. who always persevered? The one I fell in love with?"

"Dying." I said. He looked at me funny so I continued, "Declan, I'm sick. I want to tell you…but I couldn't."

"Did Fiona know?" he asked quietly. "Who am I kidding- of course she knew!" He then kissed me so forcefully it almost knocked me off my feet. "Just in case." he said, and we went back to running. We sprinted into the main hall where everyone else stuck in the fire it seemed was there.

Fiona jumped up and ran over to us. "Declan! I told you not to come!" she reprimanded. "Holly J!" she hugged me close, and saw Adam's head droop slightly.

She let go and looked at Declan and me closely, behind the soot and ash, we had the characteristics of a newly- remade couple. She squealed. "I have a sister-in-law again!" She then saw Adam shift out of the corner out of her eye and called him over.

"Declan- this is Adam- my boyfriend."

Adam's head snapped up at the term. Declan grinned. "Nice to meet you- been treating her right?"

Adam looked bewildered, but Fiona answered for him. "Yes Declan- he's too nice for his own good."

Declan nodded in approvement. He had to know Adam was an FTM…it was kind of obvious- and when the pair turned away and Anya came running over, Declan quickly whispered, "Transgender?"

I nodded, and Declan actually bobbed his head in a fashion that said, alright- that's cool.

Anya nearly ran into me. "HJ! You're okay." I laughed.

I looked around at the people in the group. Zane looked feverish, Jenna did as well, Adam and Fiona were worried, but still put on cutesy faces. Bianca tried to talk to Drew and put her hand on his shoulder, but he screamed at her how he almost got himself killed for her, and went as far away from her as possible in the small space that seemed to be not bursting into flames.

I saw Sav wasn't there.

I widened my eyes and my mouth went slack. Oh my god. He could hurt! Alli wasn't there too…where the Bhandari's?

According to the group, Alli, Eli, K.C, Sav, Clare, and Riley were missing.

I didn't have much concern for any of them besides Sav and his sister, but I knew Riley and Clare- and I knew of K.C and Eli, and I knew none of them deserved to die.

We all stood there, the flames around us. And hope was starting to fade from all of us- the 6 of them could be dead for all we knew, as hard as it was to picture that and accept it. And the remainder of us could die too- there was no way out.