Here is the next chapter sorry about the delay.

This carries on from the last chapter.

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Charlie

Jackson and Jasmine had left me like they usually did. I understood because they were teenagers and they were in love. So whenever we got home I stayed downstairs and blasted my music while they were upstairs. I never dared enter his room when Jasmine was over. If I had to I knocked and waited.

Jasmine had cooked me dinner as an apology for leaving me home. Jasmine was like another sister. If something happened I would be upset because over the last 4 years I have gotten to know her so much better and we usually sat watching movies together into the early hours of the night if Jackson was at work. She comforted me like Meredith used to when we lived together. Meredith will always be my favourite sister but Jasmine has become a part of my life.

They told me what they were doing and how it was illegal but they knew I wouldn't say anything because I am the quiet one and am afraid if I know something and don't speak the truth so I usually lie and say I don't know anything.

Tonight though I had a strange feeling the moment Jackson and Jasmine left the house. I didn't know how to explain it but I felt weird inside. I skipped the feeling and went to the DVD collection Jasmine brought over. She promised me in the morning that we would watch one of the movies while Jackson was at work. I skipped through one of the movies that made me feel happy when I was sad.

Being the youngest child in the family sucked. There is a 12 year age gap between Meredith and me and 6 years between Jackson and I. My parents were never around to care for me so Meredith raised me like she raised my niece and nephew. Don't get me wrong having an older brother and sister that much older made me feel more protected when I was scared. Meredith's arms were big enough to hold me when I was scared and Jackson was old enough to know how to kick someone's butt when they hurt me. If something happened to me they would do a great lot to go and find the person who hurt me because I am the little sister but it wasn't always like that.

Meredith was sometimes too busy with her friends and Derek. She tried hard to do both but sometimes she had to just leave me to be herself for an hour but I don't blame her. Having the responsibility to look after me and Jackson since she was 6 could be a handful and she never had her own time. When I was 6 she being pregnant with Kaylee pushed me further out of the picture. Maybe it was to do with the fact that a lot had happened that year. She was pregnant at a young age and I think that is due to the fact that Michael died and Meredith and Derek found comfort in each other. It was great becoming an aunt but I did get pushed out of the picture a lot because the baby came first but she tried hard to do both and I am grateful for what she has showed me in life. Derek also. They sheltered me a lot from the bad things in life and always stopped mum and dad yelling at me. Before Kaylee they cared an awful lot about me and they still do by letting me stay at their house when Jackson is working and if Jasmine is away. Meredith still treats me like she did when I was 6 years old and I like that. It makes me feel special.

My mother I never really knew. She left me in the care of Meredith the minute she could go back to work. Her career was better than us kids at home. So when she died I was upset but not as upset as you could be with a mother you hardly knew. Dad is a good dad. He made time for us kids if it was our birthdays he would take a day off work to spend it with us. I love my father more than my mother. It's a mean thing to say but I do. Now and then I get upset about missing her but I soon recover because I think about her Alzheimer's and how painful the disease is and how time consuming it is. I'm grateful that she passed on because then she didn't have that nasty illness taking over her life.

I think that let me be more dependent of myself and I could be by myself for a long time without feeling lonely. I know I shouldn't be left alone being 10 years old but what are you supposed to do when your sister is married with the two kids and is busy becoming a surgeon and your brother is 16, and has a girlfriend.

It was close to 11 when I shut the movie off and headed off to bed. I lay awake for a long time. I needed some comfort so I walk into dad's room and go to his cologne. I smell it and it makes me feel safe like he is near me. I then go and find some photos of Meredith, Jackson and I when we were younger. Meredith tried to do this stuff so we had a normal upbringing.

Flicking through the photos of us makes me smile, even though life was tough it was better when we were together. I grab the album from Kaylee's first holiday away and carry it to bed looking at the photos.

I finally fall asleep.

"Charlie." I hear on the other side of my door.

I wake to find Callie and Arizona walking inside.

I turn my light on.

"What are you two doing here?"

"Your father wanted us to bring you to the hospital. Something has happened and he wants you with him."

"Is something wrong with dad?"

"No nothing is wrong with him. Its Jackson and Jasmine."

"Oh okay. I'll just get dressed and meet you guys downstairs."

They left my room.

Yeah you know your life sucks when your father sends his interns to pick you up and you're told that your brother and sister are in danger.

Derek

Dr Stanley checked over Cooper. Meredith sat with Cooper in her lap while he did the check up.

"So how long has he been crying for?"

"Well I had to bring him here because Derek called because of the roof collapse. That was just after one I got in the car and he cried all the way here and hasn't stopped. We only tried feeding him but we know something is up when he cries like this because he normally never cries like this."

"Give him here for a minute." He says.

Meredith passes Cooper off and lays him down on the table. He takes his onesie off and checks his nappy.

"Anything?" I ask.

"No. Clean nappy. He could have a little wind."

The doctor pats his back for a good ten minutes and he still cries.

"I will check if he is teething again. He has teethed before hasn't he?"

"Yeah but if he was with me he was fine. He just sucked my fingers or had Kaylee hold him."

"Well I think that he could have the possibility of teething at the moment. I will give him some medicine."

"Oh we have some in the bag." Meredith says.

"I'll use that then."

Giving him a dose of the medicine his cries calm a little and the doctor hands him back to Meredith to hold. Cooper's crying gets worse.

"How'd you feed him last time?"

"With the bottle." I say.

"Do you usually breastfeed Meredith?"

"Yes I do. It was just some expressed milk from earlier today just in case I was in class and he needed a drink."

"Okay well try feeding him again." He tells her. "Make yourself comfortable and I'll be back in 5 minutes."

"Okay then." I say.

Meredith gets up and goes and sits in another chair. She takes his onesie off and leaves him just in his nappy and starts feeding him.

Seeing Meredith like this makes me sad. The panic in her eyes because the baby won't stop crying when he is usually a happy baby smiling all the time.

Meredith

Sitting there trying to get Coopie to feed was the hardest thing to do. He wouldn't latch on at all and turned his head away. I didn't know what to do. I sat him over my shoulder rubbing his back and rocking side to side.

I had a feeling that he was overtired and hungry because he sometimes has a feed at this time. The crying had soothed so I tried again to feed him and luck would have it he latched on and started drinking.

"Is he drinking?" Derek asks.

"Yes he is. Thank god."

"I wonder what is wrong with him."

"He just needed to feel like he wasn't alone." I told him.

Doctor Stanley walked through the door.

"Did it work?"

"At first it didn't but now it is."

"Okay most likely the medicine kicked in."

"Yeah I think so."

Jackson

I couldn't see a thing or move a muscle. I turned my head and saw nobody. My right arm was caught under a part of the roof. I could hear nothing but only the tiny murmurs from inside the building.

"Hello anyone. Can you hear me?" I called out.

"Jackson?"

"Jasmine where are you."

"I'm underneath you."

I remember now when the roof feel I landed on Jasmine's body to protect her from the falling rubble.

"Can you get off me?"

I moved so I could see her.

"Jasmine do you hurt anywhere?"

"My leg is stuck."

"My arm is as well. Does anywhere else hurt?"

"Nothing hurts but I know that Meredith is hurting."

"I know. I wish we didn't come here."

"I know me too."

"But you learn from your mistakes." I say.

"So almost dying or probably dying is learning a lesson."

"I don't mean it that way. Anyway we won't die. If so it will be in each other's arms."

I hear noises coming from outside, like drilling and rummaging through the rubble

"Those lucky bastards who escaped."

"I know. I know but at least they could go and get help."

"I'm gonna be so dead if we get out of here alive."

"We will."

"Hello?" I hear weakly.

"Hello. Who's there?"

"It's Chloe. I'm stuck under one of the supports."

"Chloe we're stuck as well."

"Is anyone else alive?" She says.

"We don't know. Its Jasmine and Jackson here."

"Okay. It really hurts."

"I know. Just try and get through it."

Within 5 minutes another rumble sounds through the warehouse and I prepare for another cave in but it is a noise of people.

When I look around I notice that the roof has covered almost everything. One section hasn't had anything fall on it. I also see the clothing or the body parts of the other trapped kids.

It was going to take a while before they were even rescued.

Richard

Hanging up the phone from the conversation with Jasmine's parents was hard. They yelled at me for calling so earlier then they yelled for letting Jackson take her to a stupid party. I hung up to go and see if Charlie was around.

I walked past the waiting room but stopped and walked inside when I heard what was happening.

"Search and rescue are still waiting for the okay to enter and they are hoping it will be when first light approaches to make the search easier. With me now is Matt from search and rescue. Matt what can you tell us. Well as we have found out from some of the kids the warehouse here was used as an underground dance party ones that have been banned. We suspect that the loud music and the dancing has caused the collapse. Some of the teenagers said that a balcony was the first to fall and that's when everything started going haywire and the collapsing happened. A helicopter has gone over and some of the roof has fallen and another part is still there. So our first priority is to stabilise the roof so we can get in there."

"Has anyone gone in there just to see if any kids are alive?"

"In one of the exits I went to was completely blocked off. We are finding another alternative to try and communicate."

"Do you think there will be any survivors?"

"Yes I believe that every kid in that warehouse will only come out with a few scratches and maybe some broken bones."

"Thanks Matt. We will be in contact with you."

"How could she ask such a stupid question? Most of the parents will be watching this. I don't think they would want to think about this." Mark says.

"I know." I say leaving the room.

Charlie

Callie and Arizona had driven me to the hospital and walked inside with me to one of the waiting rooms. I saw dad walking around lost.

"Dad." I call out.

He turns and looks at me. "Charlie."

I run towards him and jump into his arms I break down in tears.

"It will be fine."

"I should have tried to stop him."

"Charlie we all could have but it might not have happened and he still would have gone."

"I can't believe how stupid they are."

"Hey I know. I know but we just have to sit and wait for any news."

"Okay."

"Do you want to stay with me because I have no idea where Meredith and Derek are?"

"Sure dad." He takes my hand and leads me away.

I feel sorry for him. He deals with situations like these only a few times a year but now having to deal with this situation with your son in it must be hard. Now I know how Meredith would feel if this was Kaylee or Cooper. Or if it was Jackson or I. I knew I would have to see her because our brother is trapped and we would want the comfort of each other.

Meredith

I finally got Cooper back to sleep. I wrapped a blanket around him and then Derek and I headed down to the waiting room where we left Kaylee with Mark.

My mind started ticking about Charlie and how she is doing. Then how Jasmine's parents are doing. Then I think about all the other parents with children trapped. Most of them wouldn't even know if their children were trapped because they didn't tell them about the party. As we head towards the waiting room my phone rings.

Derek looks at me as I take it out of my pocket. I read the caller ID.

"Jackson?" I say aloud.

"Answer it." Derek says.

"Hello Jackson."

"It's Jasmine."

"Jasmine how are you?"

"Yeah I'm good. My leg is trapped though under something."

"And Jackson?"

I could hear the muffled noises but I couldn't hear a voice.

"Jas I can't hear you."

"We love you Mer…." Was all Jasmine said.

The line had gone dead.

"Dammit." I muttered.

"What happened?"

"The line went dead. I don't even know if Jackson is alive."

"Hey he is."

"How do you know?"

"I just do."

"God I hate when you are right."

"You love it dear." He says kissing my cheek. "Let's go and find Mark and Kaylee."

Mark

Life as a doctor can bring the good and the bad but today brought the bad. Being on call I was at the hospital and woke up to a page. It just said present myself to the 3rd floor nurses station immediately. That's where Chief Webber made the announcement about the roof collapse. Everyone rushed to a TV and we all sat and waited for news.

That's when I realised that Jasmine and Jackson would be involved in something like this. 1 it was their school and 2 it was their year. Derek and Meredith had also told us about the parties that they attended throughout the summer.

I had called Derek as fast as I could and got him here so he could know what was going on.

I felt like the doctor with the bad news, telling his patient that they were dying. But Derek wasn't dying. It was his brother in law that was trapped and somehow that made me feel like death. When I saw him walk towards me I didn't know what to say. He left me as soon as I updated him to let Meredith know and he told me she was on her way.

Before I knew it the rest of the hospital was here. Arizona and Callie soon joined me watching the local broadcast of the unfolding event. No one was paged and the air was quiet all you could hear was the television broadcast and the crying of a baby. Baby Shepherd. We all looked at the family of four and I felt heartbroken that this was happening.

Before I knew it I had a sleeping Kaylee in my arms, Callie and Arizona had gone to collect Charlie, Chief Webber was tearing his hair out and Cooper wouldn't stop crying.

Meredith and Derek left to see a doctor. I sat alone holding Kaylee just so she knew she was safe in this world and she didn't have to wake up alone because everything else was a mess and no news had been shared.

By 4 o'clock Derek and Meredith were back with a sleeping Cooper. Meredith was asleep on Derek's shoulder and Derek watched the news. I sat beside him with Kaylee and every once in a while I would smell her hair because the comforting lavender smell made me feel like it was going to get better and that I had Kaylee who could be my niece here to hold just in case the world slapped us all in the face.

Arizona and Callie were also sitting down. Arizona on Meredith's side and Callie on mine. We were just hoping that the day was going to get better. I know in Callie's head she was praying for Jackson, Jasmine and all those other kids.

Just before sunrise we had been given news that Search and Rescue were stabilizing the roof and before 9 am that they would start the rescuing of the children inside.

At that very moment Kaylee was starting to wake. Richard and Charlie had joined them and all you could see on the TV screen was the faces of parents waiting for the news that their children were alive.

When you're doctor you never think moments like these will happen. You think that it becomes a once in a lifetime that things like buildings collapses and earthquakes cause devastation to countries. You also never think that every single member of the hospital you work with will just sit there silently not saying a word and just wishing that it would get better because when the phone rings it usually means that trouble is on its way and you don't have time to see the news it means you have to forget about the world and go save a patient because one of these disasters have evolved and there is nothing you can do it stop it.

So what'd you think? Let me know. I'll try and have the next chapter up in a few days.

It continues on from this one.