"Dup stop!" Rosie shouted as she noticed Ed on the floor bloodied and bruised, an irate Dup still throwing frantic punches. She grabbed Dup's shoulders pulling him back firmly. Tears were rolling down Dup's cheeks in the same volume as Rosie's were running down hers. Rosie held onto his arms tightly, swallowing thickly. "We need to..." She stopped as she noticed the emergency services landing at Mara.

"They might have survived it." Ed told them weakly as he stood up, clutching his battered ribs.

"And pigs might fly." Rosie muttered before turning to the fireman who had come running up to her, "There was just a huge explosion... my Dad and my Mum were in there..."

"It'll be a miracle..." The fireman sighed, "Look at the place... our best shot is to try and put it out. Stay here, no closer."

Rosie nodded before falling into Dup's arms crying into his shoulder. He held her tightly as a bloody Ed stood like a spare part, trying to nurse his wounds. Ed, despite his harsh exterior, felt incredibly guilty and saddened by the events. He'd grown too really like Danny and Alice and he knew this was all his doing. If he'd just gone about things properly; he'd been trying to do a Danny, save animals regardless of the situation but Danny had something he had not... local knowledge.

"What do we do Rosie?" Dup asked quietly as he noticed a paramedic working on Robert. "Robert... Charlotte."

Rosie pulled away and sighed, she shook her head before walking over to Robert, enquiring about his health as Dup followed her.

"He'll be fine, he's on oxygen and he needs to go to hospital for observation and tests but getting him out so quickly has saved his life." The paramedic told her, "We need someone to come with him..."

Rosie looked at Dup, he nodded, patting her shoulder. "Go." He told her, before helping her into the ambulance where the paramedic handed her Robert. He clasped onto her shirt, the small oxygen mask stopping him from chewing it. Rosie tried to halt her tears, she needed to be strong for him. She gently kissed his forehead.

"I'll look after you Robert..." Rosie vowed.

"You his God-Mother? Aunt?" The paramedic asked.

"No... I'm his big sister." Rosie explained proudly, "My Dad had me young... and I suppose Robbie old."

The paramedic nodded before continuing to observe him; Rosie sighed, at least one person would be ok.

(x)

Pain was burning away in every part of her body. Despite the fact she was boiling hot, charred almost, she felt as though she was underwater. She could hear fuzzy coughing and groaning and when she opened her eyes, despite the cloudiness she could see she was on top of someone. She coughed herself, rolling onto the grass before yelping in pain. Her arm was throbbing and the other seemed to have absolutely no movement. Her ribs too were killing her and her neck felt heavy. She breathed heavily before reaching out the one arm she could move to touch him.

He grasped her hand as it landed on his aching torso, he swore the heat coming off her hand was enough to cook a three course meal, that's when he noticed it himself, his arm was even more burnt than some of Caroline's cooking. He groaned as she tried to move his leg, pain streaked up it and stung him like a thousand bees.

"Alice?" He coughed, opening his eyes and turning his aching neck so he could look at her, "You ok?"

"I'm in a lot of pain." She admitted, "Can't feel my arm, can't breathe, everything is fuzzy... How are you?"

"In a lot of pain, think I've broken my leg, as you say breathing difficulties and fuzziness." Danny explained gritting his teeth before looking around him. "We're round the back of Mara..." He frowned as she noticed a piece of glass in his wife's shoulder, he pulled it out quickly before applying as much pressure as he could muster to the wound, "The doors, they must have shattered and thrown us out."

"We need to get to the car park." Alice groaned, "We need oxygen..."

"How?" Danny asked, "My leg is broken, you look to have a broken arm... we're not able to move properly."

"We can't stay here." Alice told him passionately as she despite her pain moved closer to him, "We need to help each other out... we can't afford to pass out or be left here."

"Ok." Danny whispered, "Do you think you can get up?"

"I'll try, can you sit up?"

"I should be able to..." Danny told her, before moving his thumping arm and pushing himself upwards. He yelled out in pain as he finally sat up, using his upper body strength to pull himself up against a nearby tree. "Ok... I'll support you."

Alice gritted her teeth as she tried to stand up, her ribs were kicking her angrily, screaming at her not to push it, but she was in this with Danny. His hand came to support her back, pushing slightly. He nodded at her encouragingly. She screamed in agony as she managed to stand up right.

"You ok?" Danny asked her immediately, panicked and concerned.

She nodded, "Just concentrate on this job eh? It's a miracle we even survived... thanks for kissing me."

"Your blue eyes." Danny mumbled as he held his hand out to her. She grabbed it with the better of her two arms. "Get me." He clasped his teeth together as he bent his good leg, pain already pulsating through his other leg, "Through." He groaned as he began to pull himself upwards, Alice's support helping him, "Anything." He breathed as he stood up. Alice automatically moved to wrap an around his waist, his arm over her shoulder as they both leant on one another.

"I feel faint." Alice moaned after a short while of stumbling through.

"Keep with me..." Danny murmured, his voice slurred, "Look we're so close."

"I love you..." Alice told him as they reached the corner of the car park. She could see Ed, numerous fire trucks and an air ambulance.

"I love you too." Danny breathed as they continued on... pain ebbing away each and every step.

(x)

Ed watched as Dup drove off. Dup had announced he was going back to Leopards Den to tell everyone the news and stated most clearly how he was not at all welcome. Ed sighed as he watched the emergency services fight the blaze, the ambulance was staying for another ten minutes before they would have to leave. Ed was praying in vain, he knew that, they'd have to be superman and woman to survive that.

With a sad and heavy heart he glanced towards the corner of the car park. He frowned as he swore he saw two silhouettes in the smoke. It was then he realised, by God; they had survived it.

"DANNY! ALICE!" He called, before turning back to the medical staff. They nodded, running to him with slings as he set off at a raging gallop.

His joy however was shortlived as Alice fell to the ground taking Danny with her. Neither moved or attempted to move and with that the paramedics ran on straight ahead of him.

A/N – So Danny and Alice have survived the fire itself but they aren't without injuries. Will they survive?