Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing.

Author's Note: Well, here is the second chapter of Seismic Drama. I'm going to go ahead and apologize now for it's extremely fast pace, but considering the situation the pilots are in, everything does need to kind of happen quickly.

Warning: There is obviously more blood and injuries in this chapter. Possible character death eventually.


Seismic Drama

Chapter 2

After locating a sturdy metal pipe for Duo to walk with and sweeping the bottom floor twice over, the three dark-haired pilots stood at the base of the staircase once again. With no sign of Trowa or Quatre downstairs, they knew there was only one more direction to go; up. Wufei turned to Heero and Duo a cautious look on his face.

"Duo, you might want to stay down here…we don't know the situation up there and if we have to run -."

"Oh no," Duo interrupted Wufei and stared back at him determined. "There's no way I'm staying down here while you're up there looking for Trowa." Duo proved his words by slowly beginning to make his way up the stairs. He glanced back at them to speak again.

"And don't you worry; if we need to run I'll be sprinting out of here faster than either of you. My ankle is not going to stop me, nope." Wufei raised an eyebrow but Heero merely shrugged at him before turning and carefully following Duo up the staircase. With each step they took, the three could feel the wood beneath them adjusting to the weight and could only hope that it didn't give out. After a tireless effort, they finally managed to make it up the staircase with no major incidence; now they just had to find two people and get out before the entire house collapsed. At the top of the stairs, they made a left heading down the hallway toward Duo and Trowa's room. Duo was shaking with anticipation after every step they took.

"Come on Trowa…where are you…" Heero glanced over at his friend as he mumbled under his breath and felt his own anticipation brewing. Ahead of them, Wufei was the first to reach the door. Creeping slowly still, he gently pushed the door open and entered the room. At first glance, Wufei saw the adjoining bathroom door open and headed toward it. Duo and Heero followed in behind him and Duo looked around forlornly for his lost love.

"Trowa?" Wufei was about to glance behind him to tell Duo not to be so loud but was interrupted by something he saw along the way. Near the bathroom door, Duo and Trowa had kept an antique wardrobe but it currently lay horizontal on the floor; what had caught Wufei's eye had been a hand outstretched from underneath. Cursing under his breath and forgetting momentarily to be careful, Wufei moved as quickly as he could to the heavy piece of furniture. Heero, who had been kneeling on the floor, immediately stood as he saw Wufei rush to the wardrobe. Duo merely stared horrified as Wufei did his best to lift it.

After many grunts of discomfort, Wufei was finally able to push the wardrobe back against the wall but he did not like what it had revealed in the process. Trowa's mangled body was covered in blood; he had a severe head injury as well as a few obviously broken bones and probably broken ribs. Wufei heard something drop behind him and turned to see Duo's horribly wide eyes and tear-stained face. Having dropped his walking pipe, Duo hobbled slowly closer confirming all his fears at seeing Trowa's state. Heero and Wufei could both see as Duo's entire body shook, tears freely flowing down his cheeks now. Without warning, the braided pilot spun around and tried to run from the room only to be caught in Heero's arms. When he felt Heero embrace him, Duo completely broke down, sobbing into Heero's shoulder violently. Heero simply rubbed his hand along Duo's back soothingly feeling tears forming in his own eyes. Duo wrapped his own arms around Heero holding onto him tightly.

"I was gonna ask him to marry me…Hee-chan…I love him too much…" Heero's grip around Duo tightened as his sobs grew even worse. Wufei closed his eyes as tears fell from his eyes as well; the injustice that Trowa had to be taken from them, especially Duo. After taking his moment to grieve, Duo pulled away from Heero his eyes red and puffy. Heero looked at him concerned, not completely letting go of him.

"Duo?" Taking a deep breath, Duo turned back to look at Wufei again.

"I'm not burying him with this house." In any other situation, Wufei might've chuckled at Duo's ever-present determination but Wufei simply nodded in agreement with Duo's request. Carefully, Wufei moved and knelt down next to Trowa beginning to try and pick his body up. Duo sniffled as more tears escaped from his eyes but Heero put a comforting arm around his shoulders, pulling Duo away from the sight. Wufei was being as careful as he could in pulling Trowa toward him and picking him up with one arm under Trowa's knees and one around his shoulders; however, Wufei nearly dropped his bundle when suddenly Trowa gasped desperately for air and began coughing. Wufei stared down completely shocked as Trowa's eyes tiredly opened. On the other side of the room, Duo and Heero turned.

"Trowa?" Immediately moving again, Wufei hurried to Duo's side with Trowa still in tact. Once he was close enough, Duo reached for Trowa's cheek, cupping it gently as more tears brimmed his eyelids.

"Trowa…you're alive." Duo smiled through his tears.

"Du…o…" Trowa grimaced as he tried to speak but Duo hushed him.

"Don't try that right now. We've got to get you out of here, Wufei's going to carry you out, okay?" Trowa nodded weakly and Duo looked to his two friends. Heero spoke first.

"You two take Trowa outside at the front of the house and I'll stay here and sweep the rest of the bedrooms for Quatre." Wufei and Duo nodded quickly before cautiously heading back to the staircase. After slowly making their way back down, Wufei and Duo finally made it outside. Gently, Wufei placed Trowa on the ground next to a kneeling Duo; reaching into his pocket, Wufei pulled out his phone and tossed it to his braided friend.

"Call for an ambulance and wait here, I'm going back in to help Heero." Without argument, Duo nodded.

"Be careful and don't leave without Quatre." The Chinese teen dashed back into the house and headed straight for the staircase again. He got about halfway up when suddenly the ground was shaking beneath him. Cursing loudly, he grabbed onto the railing before he could fall down; fortunately, as quickly as it had begun the shaking stopped. Gathering his bearings again, Wufei looked up finding Heero standing at the top of the staircase looking at him.

"You okay?" Feeling safe again, Wufei let go of the railing and began climbing the stairs again.

"Fine, what just happened? Another earthquake?" Heero stepped down a few stairs to meet Wufei halfway.

"Aftershock I think, it wasn't bad enough to be an earthquake."

"Well, that's a re-." Wufei didn't get the chance to finish his sentence as without warning the stairs beneath him crumbled. He would've fallen along with them but Heero grabbed him just before. The two of them stared as they watched five steps disappear leaving a giant gap between them and the bottom three steps and ultimately the bottom floor. Still catching his breath, Wufei looked up to Heero gratefully. With a nod, Heero spoke again while heading up the rest of the staircase.

"We need to hurry. If there's another aftershock, this place could fall apart." Heero paused as he reached the top of the staircase, waiting for Wufei to join him, "I checked all the rooms on that side of the house and didn't find Quatre."

"The only other place that he could be is his office." As if on cue, the two pilots heard a loud thud followed by a cry of pain coming from Quatre's office to the right of the staircase. Without another word the two sprinted across the walkway and into the room. Immediately upon entering, the two saw a large beam that had fallen from the ceiling directly on top of Quatre's desk; they feared that Quatre could be unconscious but upon hearing another grunt of pain, they knew otherwise.

"Quatre? Are you all right?" Heero scanned the room for any sign of their comrade and turned when he saw a tuft of blonde hair from behind the desk. After seeing that Wufei had spotted it too, they both jogged toward it.

"I'm alive, that's what counts right?" Quatre's pained response was followed by another painful cry. The blonde looked behind him when he heard two pairs of feet stop near his desk, "Are you guys okay?"

Even Heero grimaced at the sight. Quatre too had a bad gash on his forehead currently pumping blood over one side of his face but more gruesome was the wooden stake lodged through Quatre's right thigh; then, to top it off, Quatre's leg was also partially pinned under the beam. Wufei took a step closer toward the beam and saw that it had broken through to the floor below them which only alerted him to the urgency of the situation.

"We're fine Quatre, but we've got to get you out of here now."

"Where are Duo and Trowa?" Quatre flinched as Wufei attempted to lift the beam to no avail. Heero moved into Quatre's view.

"They're already outside waiting for the ambulance." Quatre's eyes grew wide at this, silently inquiring as to the situation; Heero, who was checking Quatre over, didn't even have to see the look on his face before answering.

"Duo's got some minor cuts and scrapes as well as possibly a broken ankle. Trowa on the other hand is pretty badly wounded." Heero was interrupted as all three felt the floor somewhat vibrating beneath them. The brown-haired teen instantly joined Wufei and looked back to Quatre.

"If we lift the beam, do you think you can pull yourself out?" A little hesitant, Quatre bit his lip but nodded anyhow. Realizing that they didn't have much time, Heero and Wufei both got a firm grip and prepared themselves.

"All right, ready? One…two…three…!" Heero and Wufei strained as much as they could until finally the beam lifted enough for Quatre to move. With a loud cry of pain, Quatre dragged himself away from the beam and his desk only to collapse back on the floor breathing heavily. As gently as possible, the two set the beam back down and rushed back to Quatre's side; it was only then that the two noticed Quatre cradling his left arm on his chest. The blonde couldn't help but flinch when Wufei tried to move it.

"My wrist is broken, it happened when I fell out of my chair trying to avoid the beam…because that worked out so well." Heero ignored Quatre's comment focusing in on the stake through Quatre's leg; they all knew it would be easier to move Quatre with it out. Following Heero's stare, Quatre trembled at the thought but gritted his teeth and nodded. Hurriedly, Heero ran across the room to another bathroom and searched for a towel. Once he found it, he returned handing it to Wufei.

"Be ready to wrap his leg." Kneeling again, Heero placed a firm hand around the stake looking back to Quatre for the signal. Taking a deep shaky breath, Quatre tightly clutched part of his shirt and closed his eyes.

"Do it." Placing his other hand on Quatre's leg for leverage, Heero took a deep breath of his own before swiftly tugging the wood out. Quatre couldn't suppress his bellow of pain while Wufei quickly moved in to wrap his leg as tightly as he could. Blood poured from the wound but it was disregarded as Wufei then began to pick Quatre up; they only hoped that the ambulance would be there once they made it out of the mansion.

End


Another semi-cliffhanger, I know! I hope to get the next (and final) chapter done with as soon as I can. I was going to make this the last chapter but after everything that happened, I figured that this was a good stopping point. Again, sorry about the fast-pace and the short length. Hopefully things will slow down in the next chapter.

Thank you for reading! Please review!!