A/N: I'd like to think that Doc never went crazy and threatened people with a gun, so even though it's not true to the timeline he's still in there, as sane as ever.

FireFly: That James-Jimmy thing never crossed my mind actually ;) That would have been a cool twist though.

And yes, Carlos has a safety box at the bank where he keeps his papers concerning Kylie.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed this so far! It means a lot to me, it really really does.

Not so much happening in this chapter I'm afraid, just some facts and background that hopefully makes the whole thing a bit less confusing.

Chapter 2

"James?" Kim asked confused. She didn't get an answer.

The girl started talking to the other teens in Swedish and Kim walked over to the young woman.

"Let me check you out, I'm a paramedic" she said sitting down next to her.

Tears were running down her cheeks. Kim looked into her green eyes and was struck by her beauty. She had brown hair down to her shoulders and her fringe tucked partly behind one of her ears. She was tanned and slim, her face really beautiful. She could be a model or an actress, thought Kim stuck in her own thoughts for a moment, just staring at the crying woman before her. Somehow the tears didn't fit in.

A man that had been sitting near by approached them. "She's bleeding," he said. The woman's teary eyes met Kim's. She lifted her arm to reveal a gash in her side.

"I need to take a look at that…" Kim said gently.

The girl that had talked to Kim before was suddenly at her side, shocked. "She's hurt?" Upon seeing the blood she looked devastated and Kim realized that these teens cared for the young woman a lot. How did they know each other?

Kim took the young Swedish brunette over to the benches where she laid her down on one of them. She lifted her shirt up taking a look at the hole in her side. It wasn't too bad but the bleeding needed to be stopped.

"Your name's Susanne?" Kim asked.

"Yes" she answered, her voice empty.

A read-headed boy appeared at her side with a towel.

"You probably need something to stop the bleeding with… keep pressure" he said handing her the towel. She smiled at him.

"Thank you"

"I want to be a doctor" he said.

"Then you can help me" Kim gave him a small smile. She pressed the towel to the woman's side and showed him what she wanted him to do. He nodded. He knew what to do.

"What's your name?" Kim asked him as he took over.

"Anton" He answered.

"I'm Kim"

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Around her people were crying… Everything had a thick layer of white dust and she could feel her eyes and lungs itch. Kim sat, back towards the back wall next to 23 other people, she had counted. Opposite from her, backs to the big blocks sat another 15 people. Then of course there was the middle-aged man in the corner with the big block of cement on his back. He'd been crushed immediately, just like the woman and the older man that still remained in the middle of their half of the room. Kim hadn't even tried to move them.

It had now been an hour since the roof had fallen in on them and about 50 minutes since she for about the 5th time had tried her radio. It didn't work down there.

Some of the teen boys were together with a few others trying to move some of the blocks but it didn't seem to work. Some of the blocks couldn't be moved since that could cause a domino effect, with other blocks coming down. Someone would get hurt.

Kim couldn't for her life understand why they hadn't received any help yet. A building had collapsed for heavens sake, someone had to notice!

She didn't know what to do. She had introduced herself to the group of people keeping her company letting them all know she was a paramedic and that they would get help by the police and fire department, all they needed to do was stay calm and help each other in the best way they could… it had almost been an hour since then and she could see that the crowd was starting to doubt her, she couldn't blame them.

Could something else come crashing down from the ceiling? She had assumed that they were out of danger, but what if that wasn't the case? In her shocked state she hadn't even thought about the possibility that she may never see Joey or Jimmy again. The situation was just so absurd that she hadn't taken it all in yet. She had pushed her fear into the back of her mind and worked to keep her preoccupied. She helped the people around her in the way she was trained to. This way she didn't have to stop and think about how she felt. Now just like in the bus earlier when the calls suddenly stopped coming she was stuck with her own thoughts and feelings. She didn't like it.

"Are we getting help?" one of the Swedish girls asked sitting down next to her.

"Who's this James person?" Kim asked glancing at Susanne who was now calm enough to sit on the bench, keeping pressure on her own wound, sipping at a water bottle.

"He's our local leader… well not very local at the moment" the girl, named Katja, smiled at herself. "He's British"

Kim immediately remembered the blond young man in the other queue talking to her with his charming accent. She nodded. Yeah she knew who he was.

"Boyfriend?" Kim asked now. Susanne seemed to be really upset about not knowing if he was okay.

Katja put her long, straight, light brown hair up in a loose ponytail and thought about that for a moment. She looked over at Susanne as if to see if she could hear them.

"They love each other" she looked sad.

"So they're together?" Kim, for some reason wanted to know more about Susanne.

"I didn't say that" Katja said, moving, trying to find a more comfortable position on the dusty floor. "They've only known each other for about a month and I don't think they dare look into why they constantly want to be together in case they would see what everyone else sees, that they're perfect for each other."

Kim stared at her dusty hands. If Susanne's feeling so much, how can she ignore it like that? You love somebody; can it get any simpler than that?

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"Hey Doc!" Bosco ran up the stairs entering the firehouse-kitchen. "Doc?"

Doc sat in front of the TV, trying to solve a crossword puzzle. No calls, no paperwork.

"In here Bosco" he said, putting the puzzle down on the table in front of him. "What's going on?"

"We were called to a office-complex down on Lenox Avenue and found Adam-55, without the medics, just the bus. The building has partly collapsed for some reason and people just assumed that the ambulance standing outside had been called there, but it's empty."

"What?" Doc looked confused. "Kim and Carlos are in that bus… are you sure they're not there?"

"Positive"

Just then the call for fire engine 55 to back engine 33 up at the site came. Jimmy, DK, Billy and the others came rushing down the stairs.

"Did you call it in to central? That they were missing?" Doc asked grabbing his coat.

"No, we wanted to check with you. So you don't know where they are? They're not having lunch or something?" Bosco knew that it sounded unlikely but had to ask.

"No… no Kim would've called that in. Are you going back there?"

"Yeah, me and Yokas. Do you want a ride?"

"Yes, thanks"

Doc contacted central and just like he first had thought there hadn't been a word from Kim or Carlos in about an hour.

"Could they be inside?" asked Yokas as they drove through the busy city.

"I have no idea" sighed Doc. This is going to be a long day…he thought.

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When Kim first heard the approaching sirens she realized that there had been sirens up on the street for a long time now… these we're just more sirens… more people, help.

"Am I the only one hearing that?" she almost whispered, afraid that if she talked to loudly the sound of the sirens would drown and disappear.

Around her people now hushed and sat completely still concentrating on the sound. Kim received a few nods.

"Why aren't they helping us?" a woman asked angrily.

"Yes, they must know we're down here!" called a man to Kim's left side.

"Listen people I know that this is frustrating but I know that they're working very hard and there's a reason they're still up there and-" she was cut short.

One of the teenage boys called for attention, working harder on removing one of the blocks.

"Help me! Susanne vi har hittat ett hål! Come on, someone please help me!" He worked frantically on removing the big block. The teens, and a few others rushed to his side while Kim stood in shock just watching them.

A few seconds later they all stood in shock. No one said anything. It was only a tiny whole in the wall and much couldn't fit through it…

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"What do you mean Kim's in there!" Jimmy stared at Doc.

What did he mean? That the mother of Jimmy's child could have been crushed to death about an hour earlier? Yeah, maybe that was it.

Doc shrugged. Jimmy stormed off he picked the first person he was that wasn't one of his own men and decided that this person was in charge.

"We're going in now!"

Lucky for him he'd picked the right man. "No. We don't know what caused the collapse in the first place. I'm not letting anyone in until we know if the building's safe."

Breathe Jimmy, breathe… screw breathing… I'm a firefighter not breathing is what I do best!

"Safe! Would we be here if the building was safe? Is a building on fire safe? No! But we're in there anyway! It's what we do!" Jimmy couldn't admit to himself just how worried he was about Kim, not just yet so he let the feelings come out as harsh words instead. It worked great!

"We're not going in yet Doherty! We don't even know if anyone down there's alive. We need to do this the right way"

"The right way…" Jimmy muttered angrily… this man obviously knew nothing about right and wrong. Images of Alex on top of that car popped up in his desperate mind. Did she know what was right or wrong?

Sometimes right is wrong and wrong is right Jimmy thought as he returned to his confused, grounded men.

TBC

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I've been to New York many times but still just making the address up… so just play along if it's really weird : )

That was that, if you still want me to continue, let me know! There will probably be another 2 chapters to this but not much more than that I don't want to make it too long.

So why all these other people, you're wondering… well I'll let you know… I'll let you know...