The loud bang of Ana's body hitting the hard cement floor, must have alerted the others up on the roof.
At first everyone froze and looked at each other...then they all eyed the door leading down into the mall.
Michael was the first to run towards it, something set in his face looked stern and scared at the same time.
He threw open the door and looked down the long flight of stairs, where the light was dimmer and cloudy looking.
He squinted at first as CJ, and Monica also poked their heads in the tight door frame, trying their best to find the source of the huge crash.
Everyone else on the roof, got closer and all gave each other nervous looks, They all shared the same fear, "What if they got in...what if they found a way inside?"
Michael then saw Steve on the first landing of the stairwell, backed up against the stone wall and a blank look on his face as his dark eyes starred down at something on the other flights, leading down.
Michael looked at him and then called out.
"Steve?"
Steve didn't even look up
"Steve was that you?"
Still nothing...
"Steve?"
Michael's voice became louder and his time, Steve's eyes slowly rose and looked up at him.
"She just fell...I couldn't catch her..."
His voice was flat and soft.
Everyone went dead.
Steve then looked back down at whatever he was looking at.
Confusion filled their minds, and still no one moved...what did Steve mean?
Then it hit Michael, Ana was still inside.
His heart skipped a beat and without another word, he rushed down the stairs, skipping three or four steps at a time.
He rushed past Steve and then looked down.
It was Ana...
She was laying on the floor of the stairs, her legs sprawled out, her body pail looking...and thin blood dripping out of the conner of her mouth.
She was dead...Michael new it.
Just then a loud scream filled the stairwell, everyone was behind him now and gasping at the sight of her.
Monica's knees bucked and she fell to the floor, Tucker bent down and put his arms around her shaking frame and tried to calm her down.
Everyone just stood crowed together on the small landing...just looking down at her.
Then Michael lost it.
He screamed her name, and someone tried to hold him back, but he tore out of their grip and ran down the stairs.
CJ ran behind him, and both kneeled down and raised her bleeding head.
Michael's hands were shaking up a storm and CJ looked just as worried, Kenneth went down behind them and tried to help the two of them check her, but the second Kenneth went to touch her Michael snapped at him to get away.
CJ worried eyes scanned her body and saw she had a few good bruises on her legs and lower arms...he then felt her silk blond hair and felt a huge knot.
Michael then checked her pulse...she was still breathing.
A loud sigh of relief filled the air as he pulled her body closer and asked for help.
Later on Ana woke in one of the large king sized beds, her head was throbbing and it looked darker out.
A few lamps were on around the store and everything seemed be to frozen in stillness, the same way it used to get her house back when she was a kid, whenever someone was sick.
She tried to move, but both of her legs felt sore and damp feeling.
She threw up the sheets and saw ice packs laying on each of her raw looking knees. She then remembered the awful fall she took...she hoped nothing was broken.
Just then she heard soft footsteps and she looked up, Michael was there with a cup of tea, his soft gray eyes looked worried and out of sorts.
She smiled
"Hi Michael..."
"Hi Ana...you okay?"
Ana sat up a little and rubbed one of her bruised knees.
"Yeah, lucky nothing got broken."
"That's what CJ said."
"Yeah...just some bruises, did I get knocked out?"
Michael placed the tea down on the night stand and sat down beside her, his hand started to rub one of her ankles.
Ana liked the warm feeling of his skin, gently rubbing her skin.
"Yeah...scared us all pretty bad."
Ana then knew the feeling.
She tried to put on a silly smile.
"Ah, just walking up the steps to fast, better watch it huh?"
She wasn't going to get into anything that happened with him, it was over and done with and she just wanted it to get behind her.
"I thought you were dead Ana...you scared me."
She then smiled half way and raised her own hand and touched the side of his face, very much like he would do in a matter of weeks before the boat pulled away.
Both then didn't say anything for a while.
"I'll try to be more careful."
Michael smiled and Ana then knew, if she had really hurt herself...or even worse, would Michael be able to go on?
Ana felt a strange feeling crawl over her as she thanked him once more and watched him walk off to bed.
"If Michael ever I?"