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Chapter Twenty Three: Searching For Thirteen

Thirteen's Apartment

Rain soaked the three of them as they scrambled out of the car. When they had driven up to Thirteen's apartment, there hadn't even been an apartment. There was a big pile of debris, and that was all.

They met up at the front of the apartment, or where it was supposed to be, and discussed on who was going where. Cameron suggested on having Cuddy stay near the front of the apartment and search there, but she refused. Cameron had let her make the decision of coming here, she would decide on where she was going to search. So they came to their decision: Cameron would stay at the front of the apartment, while Chase searched around the yard, and Cuddy would search the back of the apartment.

As they searched through the debris of the apartment, the rain began to come down heavier, which made Chase angry, but lately, everything seemed to bother him. The rain made the search for Thirteen even more desperate. No matter what, they would find Thirteen, even if she was at her apartment or not. But after what had seemed like hours of searching and experiencing rain, Cuddy found Thirteen. And she didn't expect to find her the way she did.

She was buried under a butch of debris, unconscious. There was no way Cuddy could remove the debris from her by herself; she needed help. She looked around, but she couldn't see either Cameron or Chase. She cleared her throat, and tried to yell out, "Help!" but she didn't know how loud she had yelled, because she couldn't hear her own voice. She tried to whistle too, but she didn't think that would have helped either. Unexpectedly, Cameron and Chase appeared at her side.

"What happened?" Cameron signed.

Cuddy nodded to the pile of debris under which Thirteen lay. "I need help to remove the debris," she signed. "Thirteen's under there."

Cameron nodded to Chase, and they removed the debris from Thirteen's body. Once they had removed all of the debris from her, Chase checked her pulse. "She still has a pulse."

"Okay, we've found her, now we have to get her to a hospital," Cameron yelled above the noise of the thunder.

"We don't have time to take her to a hospital!" exclaimed Chase. "The hospitals are probably not even open after the tornadoes! We have to go back to your apartment!"

"Not with the floods," said Cameron. "My apartment could easily get flooded. We need to shelter somewhere and hope there is medical equipment where we go."

"Cuddy?" yelled Chase. "You decide!"

Again, they were letting her take charge. She looked around the landscape of the demolished houses and came to her decision. "We find a place to shelter," she signed. "Cameron's right; her apartment won't withstand the flood waters."

As Cameron interpreted what Cuddy had just said to Chase, they both nodded. Then they ran back to the car. Chase sat in the backseat with Thirteen in his arms. Cameron and Cuddy stayed in the front seat, with Cameron driving. She quickly started the car and drove off to the next closest building that was still standing that they could find: The Chicago Public Library.

Kind of short, but I hope you liked it!

The next chapter will be about Danny and Lindsay. Their meeting was good, but now they may begin arguing with each other again...