Sorry I know, I said soon but...well here it is! Review! They make me smile...
BPOV.
Oh god. Please let them be alright. She's waited so long to bring her daughter home and now...they both could be dead.
"Max!" I yell trying to catch up with him. He doesn't say anything, he just runs around to the back of where the school was. I yell back for Dawn to stay in the car and wait for us. I can hear the fire trucks in the background and finally catch up to him.
"You grab that end, I'll get this one. Be careful, don't want ya burnt." he says. I look at him like he's crazy but I do what he says. "1...2...3..." he says and we lift the beam with great difficulty. At first it barely budges.
"Max?" I call his name. He gives me a reassuring smile.
"C'mon Buffy. Stop worryin." he says. I nod and we try again. This time it moves an inch before we drop it again. He sighs. "Buffy. If you want to see Faith again, you'll try harder." he says.
"Max there are somethings we just ca-"
"If we don't move this they'll both die!" he looses his cool for the first time. I nod and swallow hard. We go again. "3...2..." before he gets to one we both lift. There's a lot of strain and I can almost feel my muscles tearing. I look at him and see some of his skin tearing but that doesn't stop him. We lift with everything we have in us and soon it's moved. We toss it as hard as we can and it lands several feet away. We start to dig through the debris and find a small door. He pulls on it but nothin. "Shit! Fuck! Dammit!" he yells. He looks at me and it's my turn to reassure him.
"We'll get them." I say. I hope I'm not lying to him.
FPOV.
I'm alive? Yeah. Right. I'm alive.
"M-" cough. "Megan?" I call out to my little girl.
"Yes?" she answer. I sit up a little too quickly and groan while falling back.
"Where ya at baby girl?" I ask. I hear her sniffle.
"Under the bed."she says.
"You alright?" I ask. My eyes finally adjust to the darkness and I take a look around.
"Yes." she says. I nod relieved.
"Well come give me a hug then!" I exclaim and I see her hop up and run to me quickly.
"I missed you mommy." she says cryin into my shoulder a little. I hug her tightly and rub her back.
"I missed you too baby... I'm sorry it took me so long." I tell her cryin myself. God, this feeling I haver right now? Nothin will ever compare.
"I was scared." she says holding on to me tighter. I just rock back and forth with her in my lap.
"That's alright but you were so brave. God you were so brave." and she was. It's been years and she's still here. "Did they hurt you baby?" I ask pulling back to examine her face. She shakes her head.
"No but they taughted me a lotta stuff. Like how to count to 40 in Spanish and how to read my pooh book." she says. I smile.
"They did? So they didn't hurt you?" I ask pushing some dark brown hair outta her face.
"No." she says layin her head on my shoulder. "Can we go home mommy?" she asks. I nod.
"As soon as I get us outta here sweetie." I tell her. I realize that this little girl brings out a whole nother side of me. A side that I like. But that don't matter. All that matters is I gotta get my daughter home. "Go back under the bed." I tell her. I see fear pass in her eyes. "I'm not goin nowhere without you. I promise. I'm not gonna leave you." I assure her. She nods but still looks afraid. She does what I told her too though. I look around for a possible way out. Light streams in from over my head.
"Faith?" I hear. I look up.
"I'm good Max." I say. He hops down and hugs me tightly. "I'm fine. We're fine." I say.
"We?" he asks with his head buried in my shoulder...
MPOV.
She said 'we'. That means that it's her and somebody else. I pull back from her shoulder and look at her.
"Megan? Come say hey to uncle Max." she says and the most beautiful sight comes from under the bed. I laugh through the dust in my eyes makin me tear up and hug her. I pick her up and spin her around a little. She just giggles holding on to my neck.
"Uncle Max silly." she says. I laugh a little more and set her down, kneeling to eye level.
"Yeah. Uncle Max silly. Wanna know something else?" I ask. She nods. I jerk my head tellin her to come closer.
"What?" she asks in a whisper.
"You're goin home today." I whisper back. I look back at Faith who just smiles all proud and stuff.
"Really?" she asks, big eyes filled with hope.
"I promise. Me and you're mommy are gonna make sure of it. But you gotta do whatever we say." I tell her. She nods and smiles over at Faith.
"Kay. Mommy's gonna protected me." she says with a proud, firm nod. I smile back at her. I stand up and look at Faith.
"How we doin this bird?" I ask. She smirks a little.
"The way only a Lehane can." she says innocently. I shrug.
"Big and loud?" I ask. She nods in confirmation.
"Big and loud." she repeats. "Go back under the bed while we do this." she says to Megan. She just nods and runs back under the bed. We step over to a wall and look at it. There are explosives lining the wall. I can friggin smell it.
"Faith?" I call. She frowns at me then squints at the wall.
"Yeah?" she replies. Her eyes widen and she pushes me back toward the bed where Megan is and I'm covering my scared niece with my body immediately.
"Don't worry kiddo. We've got this." I say and I feel Faith covering me then an explosion goes off and it feels like all the air's been sucked outta my lungs. I do manage to gasp a few more words though. "I...don't t-think she meant literally!" I say before passin out.