A/N: Hello to all of you…we are heading into some different things for this story…new plots I had no idea were coming…I hope you enjoy!

We will be moving to ONCE a week updates for a little while. My girl Melanie is just being beat to death at work and I worry about her. So to lessen her load a little bit I will be doing updates on Wednesday only for the next three weeks. Then we will be back to twice or even three times weekly updates right around Thanksgiving. I hope you understand, but Melanie comes first…

Big, giant, squishy hugs to Dalloway5906. She knows why…

And to you…my loyal readers and the new ones who seem to join us every week…words cannot express my love for you.

"Edward…I need you, Bella and Jake at the airport in an hour. We gotta move on this one." Rose barked as soon as Edward answered the phone. They had just fallen asleep an hour earlier after they had stayed up most of the night talking about Rose. Now they were needed in Turkey after a massive 7.2 magnitude quake hit one of the poorest sections of the country near the city of Van. They were scheduled to fly out as soon as the team could get to the airport. Thankfully they were still in Florida and that would take some time off their flight.

Edward rolled over and nudged Bella awake, hating when she looked at him with her bleary and tired eyes. He just hoped they could get some sleep on the plane.

"It is always like this…this busy?" He asked as he placed a quick call down to the desk to have some coffee waiting for them at the counter. Bella yawned behind her hand as she tossed her toiletries in her bag.

"We're at the mercy of the weather. Sometimes we can go weeks without a call and then sometimes it's back to back like this."

Edward laughed when Bella had to pull Jake out of the bed and nudge him with her foot to get him to move. When they stopped at the desk to get their coffee and check out, he plopped down on the ground and curled up, snoring only seconds after his head hit the hard tile.

"Jake…gotta go to work." Bella sighed as she bent down to run her fingers through his fur. He grumbled but got up and followed them out to the rental car. The airport was crazy that early in the morning and it took forever for them to get through security. When they were finally settled into their seats, Edward pulled Bella's hand up to his mouth and pressed his lips against her palm.

"I love you." He spoke the words against her skin and she sighed as she felt that love infiltrate her soul.

"I love you." She whispered back as she pulled her hand away and pressed her lips to his. He sat back in his seat and tucked her against him, closing his eyes. They were together, even if they were heading into hell, at least they were together.

*()*()*

"I have one team leaving for Ercis and one for Özlap. Split up and get on those transports!" Rose shouted, trying to be heard over the chaos. The command center was a madhouse as the organizers tried to keep track of the military and volunteer rescue teams. So far there were reports of possibly 1000 still missing with the death toll standing at 270. Hospitals were damaged which meant people were being treated in tents with amputations happening in the streets. Edward had never seen anything like it. His camera was glued to his face as they made their way through the country on their way to Ercis. The buildings were so poorly constructed that it was a miracle that anyone survived if they were inside when the quake hit.

Jake had his vest on and when Bella sent him to task, he took off immediately towards what was once a school. Edward stayed back as Bella and a recovery team followed after the dog and after a minute he could hear Jake's high pitched bark signaling he had found something. His heart was in his throat as he waited to hear if it was a body or a survivor. When Bella came stumbling out from the rubble with a dirty, crying little girl in her arms, he dropped the camera, thankful he had the strap around his neck, and he put his arms out for the child. Bella handed her over with a blinding smile and turned back towards the destruction. There were more survivors to save…thank God.

*()*()*

"Rose…ROSE!" Someone shouted to be heard over the competing voices and Rose turned from the map and radio to look for whoever had called for her. She saw Caius White, a fellow team leader and waved him over. They had worked together several times over the last 6 years and had forged a friendship of sorts. They usually got together for drinks after a rescue to unwind, being that they both had the same kinds of skeletons hiding in their closets. For Caius, it was the loss of his wife and child in the 9/11 terrorist attacks that got him into their vocation. You could see the shadows in his eyes and Rose liked hanging out with him because there was no reason to put up a front. He knew exactly what she was going through.

"Where's your team?" He asked as he slung his arm over her shoulder. She pointed down to the map and he nodded. "Tough area. Have they found any survivors?"

"Yeah, my one pair got ten kids out of a religious school." She said as she reached her hand up and tightened her pony tail. She had done a passable job with makeup, trying to cover the bruise, but when her arm brushed against her cheek she winced, and Caius saw it.

"You walk into a door?" He asked as he brushed his knuckles over her cheek. She grimaced and a smart man would have left it alone. Too bad Caius wasn't very smart. "No really Rose, what happened?"

"Drop it." She growled low under her breath, pushing away from the table. Caius reached his hand out and grabbed her arm, stopping her.

"You need to let someone help you." He whispered in her ear and he tightened his grip when she tried to pull away.

"Let me go." She breathed, feeling her tightly wrapped emotions start to unravel.

"No. You are falling apart…you can barely do your job. You need to deal with this." She turned and looked at him, her eyes wet.

"Like you are? Did you even go to the anniversary ceremonies? Can you go back to the city yet? 'Cause you don't seem to be doing a very good job of 'dealing' with your own shit." She snarled.

"I'm getting married." He said, and he watched as the color drained from her face. "Next year. I met her at the volcano rescue in Iceland. She's a pilot."

Rose was in shock. She and Caius had always been kindred spirits in their inability to move forward after they lost their one and only love. And now to hear that he had found someone else…was moving forward, was like a kick to the gut. How dare he?

"And what do you think Athena would have thought about this? Or Jane? What would they think about the man they loved forgetting about them?" She seethed and Caius grabbed her arm and pulled her outside the tent. Once out in the dusty air, Rose yanked her arm free and paced, her fingernails digging into her palms.

"Rosie…" He soothed but she spun back towards him, her finger pointing at him.

"No…you don't get to do this. You were with me with this. We were together." She yelled, hating the tears that sprung to her eyes.

"No Rose, we were never together. I loved Athena and God knows how I adored Jane, but after having them gone for so long now I am able to see things more clearly. We didn't have the kind of love that you and Emmett shared. I mean, my child…losing my child is a pain I will carry with me forever but Athena, I think we would have ended things sooner rather than later. So I don't feel like going on with my life, marrying Rachel, is bad. I think…I hope that Athena would want me to be happy." He said with a small smile. He reached forward and pulled Rose into his arms. "This is it girl. This has to end. The way you treat yourself is a disgrace to his memory. If you want to find someone…to be with someone, then do that. But stop this senseless, meaningless pain."

Rose nodded against his chest while he ran his hand up and down her back. As the chaos continued around them, they stood in their tiny bit of peace…and healed.

Aww…again…poor Rose.

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