Thank you for the reviews. I have a liability to dramatic art and I fought long with it how should it go further. But I'm a hopeless romanticist and I love happy ends, so here is the next chapter. I needed this 'accident' just for later. You will see at the next chapters what's it all about. Hope it pleased you.

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Chapter 8

It was dark around of him as he opened his eyes again and his first thought was Linka, as usual. Uncontable times he had asked himself, if she was okay and his other friends too. Or had Nukem them captured and killed. His steady faith that they will be alive, let him live.

A few steal girders were to his unbelievable luck so fallen, that it formed above him a structure, that keep the large stones away of him. The cave was so flat that he can only turn from one side to the other and was just a little longer as himself, but in the debris were many cracks and crevices, so that he have not to thought for oxygen.

His hunger had he with totally ignorance suppressed. But his thirst was too hard and he was the first time in his life happy for bad weather, because he could catch with his helmet from his overall a little rainwater. It was cruddy and not much, but he rationed it strictly.

It didn't seemed as he got hurt, except of a few bruises and galls, but the darkness all the time and the creak of the rocks above him afflicted him very much – it was no wonder as well, because he felt as he was buried alive. Since the first day, as he was awaked in the darkness, he feared to go crazy because of the strait. To divert himself from the situation he thought constantly, if he was awake, because an strong tiredness let him sleep the most of the time. Just now he thought if he should try to dig out himself – as his first effort to do it, little stones were trickled down and he had the fear that all above him would collapse, if he try again – as he heard rumbles and barks above him. They have dogs? What has them delayed?, he thought grimly, but the rumbles was louder he could hear human voices. Finally I come out of this…Patience Wheeler, who knows how deep you was buried.

He had lost all his senses for time and it seemed for him that it needed yonks, unless the light was brighter, as the last stone above him was taken off. Then many hands grabbed him and pulled him out of his strait grave.

"He lives", called one of his rescuers."Are you all right man?"

"I felt like I was new born, thanks guys", he said with an faint smile and a raspy voice and two men helped him out of his heavy suit."Where are my friends?"

"They had to go. A hour ago they were still here and had helped to find you, but it seems that your boss has much work for you to do. They will be really glad to see you. We had no longer hope to find you alive", said one rescuer on their way to the ambulance.

"I'm really glad that you searched further for me. Are my friends all right?"

"They are really smashed down, who would it not?! The blonde copped it really worst. Your girlfriend?" he asked and Wheeler nodded, as he set down on the step of the ambulance."Can I bring you something?"

"Many Water please. I have the feeling that I have a few to make up", he said and the rescuer laughed and gave him a water bottle and laid three next to him.

Wheeler had drunk the second bottle as Gaya appeared.

"You don't believe how glad I am to see you alive Wheeler. Are you all right?" she asked with an happy smile.

"A little seared, but besides that very good. I could yank out trees, if it would not be against our principles", he said with an grin and Gaya smiled at his strong and positive nature.

"That's good. Linka is in trouble. Sly Sludge had captured her and want to do something to her, but the others are busy with the fire of a toxic waste warehouse. I can bring you to her, are you ready?"

"Go ahead Gaya", he said and was at the next moment at an harbor. He saw to an warehouse that burnt down, his friends tried despairingly to put out the fire. As he turned he saw how Sly Sludge chucked Linka, captivated with heavy chains, into the harbor basin.

"NO, LINKA!" he screamed and ran to Sly Sludge, the turned bewildered to him. Wheeler hooked him to the chin as he ran over him and Sludge collapsed, during Wheeler leaped into the water.

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Linka didn't fought with the heavy chains. She let herself pull to the ground from that. There was no escape. It was all gone wrong and now she resigned herself. Wheeler was dead – it can't be different after three days without a sign of life from him.

Sly Sludge had lured them into a trap and the warehouse, rife with toxic waste, kindled. They were evaded, but during they fought with the fire, Linka had spied Sly Sludge and tried to catch him. But he had overpowered her, had trussed her with the chains and flung her into the harbor basin.

She could had drawed a deep breath, but in a little more as one minute it would be over. She thought if she should breath out that she tantalized herself not any longer and she would be faster combined with Wheeler again, as she felt something pulled on the chains. She looked up and beheld…Wheeler?!…and he burnt through the chains. Now I see him yet, if I was awake?! It have to be over soon, she thought as she felt that her breath run out, and she saw how Wheeler surfaced. It seemed like he soared to heaven.

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Wheeler surfaced frustrated and he swam to a little boat, in that he had seen something yellow, as he was jumped in the harbor basin. Linka's breath would run out at any moment and the chains were too strong. He needed minutes to burn it through, but Linka had not the time, she needed air.

But to his pleasure he had seen right, snatched the scuba and dived again. As he attained Linka he opened the scuba and stuck the embouchure into her mouth. He saw alleviated that she took a breath and she saw at him as if he was a ghost. He have to grin at this, girded the scuba on his back and burnt again through the chain.

He had just a half chain link burnt through, as he needed air for himself. He gave Linka a cue and she nodded and held her breath, during he took a breath and gave then the embouchure back to her.

She felt that the chains were loosened and at the next moment Wheeler grabbed her and dragged her upwards. They swam to the border of the harbor basin and shinned up a few steps of the stair in the wall.

"Are you all right, Babe?" he asked gasping und turned toward her. She looked still at him as he was a ghost or a dream. She raised hesitantly her hand, but she paused in front of his face because she had the fear that he disappeared if she touched him. Wheeler smiled lovingly at her as he took her hand gently and laid it at his cheek. She gasped unbelievingly for air as he touched her, but then she let her hand slide down his neck, his shoulder and his side, during her eyes were filled with tears.

"You're here. You're really here", she whispered.

He can't holding back a smile as he took her face in his hands and his eyes were wet too."And I will leave you never again", he said and kissed her. She entangled her arms around him and pinned her body on his. He was really with her, lived and she would him nevermore leave alone."You don't know how much I have missed you. I love you. I love you so much", he whispered in her ear, as he pinned her firmly at himself.

"I let you never again out of my sight, I love you too Jayden." She kissed him again, but an explosion tore them apart and they looked to the warehouse. They jumped up and ran to help their friends.

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Captain Planet had the fire fast under control and after an extensively welcoming for Wheeler, they were flew back to hope island.

During Wheeler lay with Linka in his arms on the couch and drank so much water he could get, Gi, Kwame and Ma-Ti told him of their adventures in the past few days and why Nukem was dead, before Wheeler told them of his impression of his captivity and his rescue.

"It is amazing how many water you drink", said Gi with an grin, as he voided the fifth bottle.

"I had three days just a bit vapid brackish water. What do you expect?"

"I don't understand why I can't find you, if you was not continuous senseless", said Ma-Ti thoughtful.

"Gaya said, she was embarrassed by the radioactivity, maybe it was the same with you", said Gi to the youngest planeteer.

"We are just glad that you're back at home. I don't have really thought that you could have outlived Nukems attack and the collapse of the building", said Kwame to Wheeler.

"Yes, we all have lost by and by the hope, except Linka", said Ma-Ti and Wheeler stroked her gently through her hair, during they smiled at each other.

"Da I do, as I was in the water. I thought you were only a hallucination."

"Yeah, I have seen it, how you've looked at me. It was so funny", he said chuckling and Linka slapped him on the arm.

"How can you make fun of me? We all have thought that you are dead?" she hissed angry.

"Hey Babe, I'm not either knew if Nukem had copped you. What do you mean, on what I have thought, if you can only lie there and have nothing to do as thinking."

She looked him in the eyes and saw but now the fear, that he have to bear in the last few days and up to now he had it masked with his optimism and his humor. She gave him a peck on the lips, before she snuggled herself on him.

"It is late. I will go to bed", said Ma-Ti and Kwame and Gi bowed out too.

"Come Yankee, let us go to bed too", said Linka as she got up and turned off the TV.

"Babe, I have slept almost three days long."

"Actually I had not thought that we would sleep", she said with an mischievous smile and he followed her grinning.

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Wheeler lay in his grave and stones trickled on him. Around of him the debris creaked and cracked, during he can saw through an fissure at the stones, how Nukem grabbed Linka and killed her with an atomic beam, and at the same moment his cave collapsed and buried him.

"NO!" screamed Wheeler as he startled and instantly Linka sat straight beneath him.

"Wheeler?" she asked worried and laid a hand on his shoulder. She was frightened as he turned to her and she could see the fear in his eyes. At the next moment he pressed her on himself."It was just a dream Jayden", she said gentle.

"No, it was a possible truth for me for three days. I had such a fear that I came out of this and have to detect that you are no longer in my life or that I could die there and never see you again."

"It is all good Yankee and in the future we will be more cautious, that such a thing could never more happen. We have never may to stop to help at the search for you. You had much sooner can come out of this."

"No, the emergencys comes first. The nature was in danger and I had really could be dead. For a dead body nobody should risk many other lives."

"Kwame said, that you think so", she said smiling and pulled him back down on the matress with her, to snuggle herself on him again."Should I bring you to an doctor by tomorrow, that he can examine you?"

"I'm really okay Babe, because of a few scratches I have not to go to a doctor", he murmured. She accepted it and saw him in the eyes. It was so wonderful to see and to feel that he was alive and was with her. Never again she would it allow that anyone take him away from her."You smile. A kingdom for your thoughts Babe", he said and stroked a loose wisp of hair out of her face.

"I'm only overjoyed that you are with me again."

"And you never get rid of me", he said with a smile, during he stroked her cheek.

"Really never ever? You promise me that?" she asked at his chest.

"At all, what is holy for me", he murmured in her hair, before he cocked himself on an elbow and looked at her."Babe, I love you and I'm serious about it that I never want to leave you. I can't and I wan't to live without you. You mean everything to me, I need you. Want you to marry me?" he said and saw nervously that her eyes were once again wet."I don't want to overpower you…I'm sorry…I…"She laid a finger on his lips and silenced him.

"Da Jayden. It gives nothing that I want more. You're mine", she said with an smile and lightened and happy like never before in his life he kissed her.

"Tomorrow we will look for a ring. I'm sorry that I have none. I was again too impulsive."

"I love it if you are so impulsive", she said and kissed him again."I love you", she whispered happy on his lips as she pulled him on top of her.

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Okay I think the fact of Wheeler had a J-name is burned-in in my brain :-) but Jayden pleases me more, as others, so I chose it, hope it's okay for you?! I hope the next chapter will not need so long time like this, sorry for keep you waiting.

To be continued.