"Toby, Toby. What the hell!" Josh screamed into the phone. "Toby!" Josh
tried one last time and slammed the phone down. "What is his." Josh
started, but stopped when he saw the picture on the TV. He had the news on,
but kept in on mute. Josh ran over and turned the volume on. "That's Sam's
building." Josh said to himself.
".I repeat, the fire has been contained, but there have been no survivors as of yet."
"Sam!" Josh jumped and ran for the door. He grabbed his car keys that was hanging near the door and ran out of his house. "This is not happening, not now."
Toby stopped his car near the building and jumped out, and then he began running.
"Sam!" Toby ran as fast as he could towards the building, but was stopped by a firefighter.
"Sir, I'm sorry, you can't go in."
"Sam Seaborn lives here, he works for the President of the United States," Toby screamed, trying to get through.
"I'm sorry, you can't get any closer sir."
"Sam!" Toby screamed louder. He started to feel the tears run down his face. "Sam!"
"Toby!" Josh yelled as he got out of his car. He looked at the burned building. "Oh god, Sam!"
"Josh, he's not up there right? Tell me he's not up there!" Toby grabbed Josh's shirt.
"He can't be," Josh saw the tears in Toby's eyes, and he started to feel them in his own.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you two any closer," The firefighter said.
"Sam Seaborn, tell me he wasn't in the building," Josh yelled.
"I'm not sure, we have found some bodies, but."
"No! Sam Seaborn, where is he!" Toby yelled.
"Excuse me, can you gentlemen come here please," An officer asked them.
"Do you know if he was in there?" Josh asked.
"When we got here, we could here people inside screaming. They were trapped on the third floor."
"That's Sam's floor."
"Yes, I know," The officer looked down.
"How do you know?" Toby asked quietly.
"We got a latter up to the floor to help them out. Mr. Seaborn was one of the ones who identified himself. Just as."
"What?" Josh held his breath.
"Just as the building collapsed. I'm sorry, after the building collapsed; everyone in the building went down. I'm sorry, but there's no way Mr. Seaborn could have made it."
"No!" Toby screamed as Josh fell to the ground. "This is not happening!" Toby couldn't help but scream.
"I think we have something here," One of the firefighters said.
"What?" The officer walked over as the man lifted some ruble off a body. The body wasn't burned to badly, but he had been crushed. "Alive?"
"No sir," The man said after feeling for a pulse. "Shall I check to see if he has any id?"
"I think that." The officer looked at the body closer and recognized the face. It was the same face that identified himself earlier as Sam Seaborn. "No, I know who he is," The office removed his hat.
"What?" Toby yelled as he saw the office walk up to him. "He's not dead. He's."
"I'm sorry, but we just located the body."
"No!" Toby screamed and walked over to were the body was lying. "It's not." Toby started but stopped as he looked down and saw him. He bent down and looked into the face of the man he knew to be his friend. Toby wiped some dirt of Sam's face. "He was my friend," Toby said and then started crying. He pulled Sam's upper half up and held him, putting his forehead on Sam's cheek. "No!" Toby screamed while holding him. Josh cried harder and walked over, getting on his knees again and bending lower to hug Sam's chest. Both men rocked as they cried for their lost friend. Each not wanting to let go.
TBC
".I repeat, the fire has been contained, but there have been no survivors as of yet."
"Sam!" Josh jumped and ran for the door. He grabbed his car keys that was hanging near the door and ran out of his house. "This is not happening, not now."
Toby stopped his car near the building and jumped out, and then he began running.
"Sam!" Toby ran as fast as he could towards the building, but was stopped by a firefighter.
"Sir, I'm sorry, you can't go in."
"Sam Seaborn lives here, he works for the President of the United States," Toby screamed, trying to get through.
"I'm sorry, you can't get any closer sir."
"Sam!" Toby screamed louder. He started to feel the tears run down his face. "Sam!"
"Toby!" Josh yelled as he got out of his car. He looked at the burned building. "Oh god, Sam!"
"Josh, he's not up there right? Tell me he's not up there!" Toby grabbed Josh's shirt.
"He can't be," Josh saw the tears in Toby's eyes, and he started to feel them in his own.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you two any closer," The firefighter said.
"Sam Seaborn, tell me he wasn't in the building," Josh yelled.
"I'm not sure, we have found some bodies, but."
"No! Sam Seaborn, where is he!" Toby yelled.
"Excuse me, can you gentlemen come here please," An officer asked them.
"Do you know if he was in there?" Josh asked.
"When we got here, we could here people inside screaming. They were trapped on the third floor."
"That's Sam's floor."
"Yes, I know," The officer looked down.
"How do you know?" Toby asked quietly.
"We got a latter up to the floor to help them out. Mr. Seaborn was one of the ones who identified himself. Just as."
"What?" Josh held his breath.
"Just as the building collapsed. I'm sorry, after the building collapsed; everyone in the building went down. I'm sorry, but there's no way Mr. Seaborn could have made it."
"No!" Toby screamed as Josh fell to the ground. "This is not happening!" Toby couldn't help but scream.
"I think we have something here," One of the firefighters said.
"What?" The officer walked over as the man lifted some ruble off a body. The body wasn't burned to badly, but he had been crushed. "Alive?"
"No sir," The man said after feeling for a pulse. "Shall I check to see if he has any id?"
"I think that." The officer looked at the body closer and recognized the face. It was the same face that identified himself earlier as Sam Seaborn. "No, I know who he is," The office removed his hat.
"What?" Toby yelled as he saw the office walk up to him. "He's not dead. He's."
"I'm sorry, but we just located the body."
"No!" Toby screamed and walked over to were the body was lying. "It's not." Toby started but stopped as he looked down and saw him. He bent down and looked into the face of the man he knew to be his friend. Toby wiped some dirt of Sam's face. "He was my friend," Toby said and then started crying. He pulled Sam's upper half up and held him, putting his forehead on Sam's cheek. "No!" Toby screamed while holding him. Josh cried harder and walked over, getting on his knees again and bending lower to hug Sam's chest. Both men rocked as they cried for their lost friend. Each not wanting to let go.
TBC