A/N: Sorry I haven't updated this story for a long time, hopefully the next chapter will be up really soon. I appreciate your reviews! Feedback is always great, so a big thanks to everyone that has reviewed so far!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Third Watch characters.
Chapter 3"Carlos?" The call came out before Kim was aware of what she was thinking. The boy that had called out to all of them kneeled in front of the tiny whole. Kim's feet felt heavy and she had to fight against herself all the way over to the gathering.
"Carlos?" she called out again.
"Mattias help me!" The two boys continued to dig with their bare hands to make the opening
bigger.
"Stop!" someone suddenly shouted from the other side "It's going to fall! Hold it!"
Kim fell to her knees beside Mattias and Andreas. She reached out, in to the whole in the wall.
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"What's going on?" Asked Billy confused.
"They're not letting us in… Kim is in there! Carlos is as well… this is insane!" His men could see the worry in his eyes.
"But Jimmy maybe that's wise, I'm sure they know-" D.K tried to reason with his friend but Jimmy cut him short.
"They know absolutely nothing! People need our help! I'm going in!" He had made his mind up. "Think about Alex!"
Billy and D.K looked at each other confused.
"Well if you're going so are we," sighed Billy and D.K nodded.
They went around the corner to the side entrance where Sully stood looking just as happy as usual.
"We're just…" Jimmy walked past him.
"Hey stop! What are you doing? Is it clear for you to go in now?" Sully asked, sticking his hands in his pockets.
"Wife!" Jimmy called entering the building… "Ex…" followed a couple of seconds later.
D.K shook his head, following the mad and worried firefighter inside.
Sully couldn't have cared less and just shrugged. I wanna go home…
The lobby looked like nothing they had seen before. The floor had cracks, going across the whole room. The inner walls were pulverised.
Jimmy ignored it and made his way over to the elevators knowing that Kim and the others were below him. He turned around seeing DK and Billy making their way across the room.
"I guess this is our way down" Jimmy stated.
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She desperately wanted to close her eyes but she forced them to stay open. When her fingertips felt his she wanted to cry. He grabbed her hand and she heard his voice for the first time in what seemed as an eternity.
"Kim, you okay?" she squeezed his hand as hard as she could, speechless. She took a deep breath and bent down looking through the hole… she never thought she'd ever be so happy about seeing Carlos' face. He smiled at her as their eyes met.
"They'll come for us anytime now…" he said, still looking her straight in the eye and it hit Kim that he tried to comfort her knowing she'd be worried about never seeing Joey and Jimmy again. She often forgot that Carlos knew her as well as anyone… he just didn't show it that often. She cleared her throat.
"Yeah… they better…" Suddenly aware of everyone else around her she quickly moved on. "How's your side?" She wasn't sure she wanted to hear the answer though.
He sighed. "I've done my best… I really have. Some need to get out of here now, others are fine but many… well what can you do?" His eyes were sad.
"Pretty bad, huh?"
"Yeah to say the least, about half on this side are gone… over there?" he looked at her hoping she had good news.
"We got lucky… most of us are fine." She felt a hand on her shoulder. Susanne looked at Kim, her eyes for the first time since the collapse full of hope. Kim nodded.
"Hey Carlos, is the British man alright? Blonde, young…?"
Carlos' eyes widened "So his girl is alright? And his students?"
"Yes they're fine but they wanna know about him"
"He's…" Carlos took a deep breath.
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After making their way down through the elevator shaft Jimmy and his men met up with the still-standing elevator. The wires were cut.
"Let's hope this is where the elevator was at the time of the collapse…" Jimmy did not want to find the mother of his child dead in that elevator. They were finally back on track and he knew they could make things work this time… and not just work, things would be great if they were just given a chance. While Jimmy, DK and Walsh had been working on getting in through the elevator doors they of course had been caught but the building had been cleared for them to enter by then and even though Jimmy knew he'd get punished for not obeying orders once this was over he refused to give up now, he was going down there and that was that!
Billy slowly opened the door in the elevator ceiling and the three men gasped at what they found looking down into it.
The old woman lay with her body in a funny angle on the floor. Her face was fixed in a terrified look and papers were thrown everywhere. It was a mess, a mess with an old, dead lady in the middle.
Damn it! Thought Jimmy looking up through the shaft.
"Hey!" He called to the firefighter up on the ground floor. "We have a woman down here, we need to get her up."
Jimmy jumped down through the small door and bent down by the old woman to feel for a pulse. He looked up, and shook his head, no she was long gone. He went over to the elevator doors and froze for a second. If only he could get through… then he'd be out there… where Kim was, right? He was going to see her and things would be alright… wouldn't they? Instead of keeping to these positive thoughts about reunion his mind started to wander.
When I tell him should Kim's mom be there as well? I should probably tell her first though, so that she knows and can help me console Joey… but she'll be crushed… she won't be able to comfort her grandson, her own daughter have just been crushed to death by a building…
His thoughts were interrupted by a loud thud to his right, and then another one to his left. DK and Billy had joined him in the elevator.
"Hey, Jimmy, it's getting a bit crowded, what do you say we crack this open?" DK looked at him a gloved hand resting on the doors, knowing Jimmy's mind was a hundred miles away.
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"He's what!" Susanne pushed her way between the wall and Kim, staring at Carlos through the small hole, with wide eyes.
She wanted to know if James was alright, and now! She trusted him with her life and without him she wasn't sure if she trusted her with her life… From the moment the two of them met, a little over 3 weeks ago she knew that he was amazing. He could make her feel things her boyfriend at home in Stockholm didn't even come close to, just by looking at her. She couldn't stop smiling around him and he kept the students laughing 24-7. If something had happened to him her heart would be torn in to tiny pieces… he had to be alright!
"….Susie?"
Tears started to trickle down her cheeks when she heard his voice. It was his voice! It was him… The teens looked at each other… it was his voice but it held non of that over excitement or overflowing energy that always drove them nuts and kept them happy at the same time, that his voice always held. They often joked about him seeing a giant chocolate ice cream at every street corner since he always half ran half bounced wherever they were going, always full of energy. The sun always seemed to shine on him but where was it now?
Kim suddenly realized that she had tears running down her cheeks as well. She had recognized the young mans voice when he spoke… he'd spoken to her earlier and it wasn't quite the same… she knew something was wrong. She thought about what Katja had told her… James and Susanne love each other but it doesn't mean they're together… it was so sad that all she could do was cry harder. Even her, a complete stranger could see in Susanne's eyes how much she loved this man… and still Susanne didn't seem to be able to see it herself.
Or what if she did? Thought Kim, her heart dropping. What if she would destroy the world for this guy and knows it? Maybe it's just scary, maybe it's so scary that she imagine problems and obstacles just so that she won't risk getting hurt… or hurt others?
"But it's worth it!"
Susanne turned and stared at her, waiting for Carlos to come back.
Kim looked at her a bit embarrassed. Did I just say that out loud?
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TBC…
So what do you think? Should I keep going?
I really need to figure out why I always post new chapters or stories after midnight… especially now when winter break's over… this is a bad habit! It's now 3.45 am… I should be asleep! (and according to my mother: finnish that paper I have to hand in monday morning...)
