As most of the staff began to round up the walking wounded and guide them outside, Ethan could feel his chest tighten again. The screaming filled his ears and for a while that's all he could hear.

It took him back, the scream coming from Lily. He was unconscious but he could hear everything that was going on. He couldn't work out what was going on, all he knew was that his chest was hurting and his head was pounding. He couldn't move.

Snapped back into reality by Cal banging on the staffroom window Ethan took a deep breath and lifted his hand to his chest wincing as he willed for the pain to stop. Cal was signalling for him to get out but he just couldn't move it was like he was trapped again. He shook his head at Cal as he gripped the edge of the counter as if his life depended on it.

Cal shook his head and went into the staffroom. "What are you playing at!? Come on! We are evacuating Ethan!"

"I can't…" Was all Ethan managed as his breathing picked up and he groaned in pain leaning over slightly.

"And this is you fine right?" Cal spoke annoyed and rushed to grab a wheel chair.

Ethan frowned, he knew he was being silly. The 12 lead came back clear, it was just a little pain so why was he struggling to catch his breath? Why did he feel he was about to pass out?

"Right, get in." Cal spoke, his tone of voice a little softer than before.

Ethan did as he was told and sat down, he felt guilty and he was wheeled outside seeing everyone who had actually made it out themselves without help, drip stands and all.

He closed his eyes tight as he tried to calm himself down. He reopened them again to see that Cal had gone back inside. He felt hurt that Cal had just left him when it was clear he was in pain, but he remember that he had just thrown all his effort that he had made back in his face not half an hour earlier.

Ethan coughed and tried to clear his chest taking a deep breath to convince himself that he was ok but the breath only caused him to ache. He then noticed Tess was beside him with her hand on his arm.

"You're ok Ethan." She smiled kindly. "Just relax." She spoke Ethan noticed that she didn't just hand her hand on his arm it was right by his wrist, she was monitoring his pulse.

He concentrated on his breathing as much as possible trying to block out the sounds of sirens around him. He reopened them seeing Cal now wheeling out Lofty, both of them coughing and spluttering trying to get rid of the smoke in their lungs and get some oxygen.

"Cal?" Ethan stood up without a second though and went straight over to his brother and his friend. Totally forgetting about the pain he felt himself.

Cal hunched over coughing harshly.

Ethan grabbed the wheel chair he had been occupying and took it to Cal allowing him to sit down. "I'm fine…" Cal coughed a little as he relaxed into the chair.

"Why did you go back in there?" He asked.

"Lofty was dragging a kid out… he's in resus now." Cal told him and Charlie came over and placed masks over his and Lofty's faces leaving the oxygen cylinders beside the chairs

"What happened to not even being able to walk out of the staffroom? You practically ran to here." Cal spoke through the mask and frowned as Lofty was clearly having some difficulty.

Ethan crouched beside Lofty and turning up the oxygen. "Just slow deep breaths." He told him before looking back at Cal and shrugging. "Can't feel a thing now…"

"Funny that." Cal spoke as the fire warden came back out allowing people to begin re-entering the building after the smoke from the flare had cleared.

"Right, I'm going to take Lofty to resus and then I will come and find you." Ethan told him and picked up Lofty's oxygen before taking him inside.

Ha ok so i'm sorry i've not updated this after i got such good feedback. I just didn't know where to go with it. I just started typing tonight and this is what happens. Its not great but I hope I can use it to go somewhere with this story. Suggestions would be a HUGE help!

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