Hey guys, sorry for the late delay. I still haven't given up on this story; I'm still in school and just barely got over with all of the exams. And since is Memorial Day I've decided to update. Enjoy!

Chapter Three

After Dash was finished with the drinking fountain, he walked over to his punching bag. All this time, while they were stuck in here, stuck with each other. Dash hated how he had to rely on Danny to get us both out. Out of all people, why was it him? It almost didn't seem fair, almost. He did save him twice and what did Dash do in return? Nothing, absolutely nothing.

The jock felt guilty then when that thought flooded his mind. His punching bag saved him twice and he didn't do anything in return, not that he really wanted to anyways. It just seemed so weird at the same time. Like he didn't know how to act nice towards Danny, then again, he really never was. So what's the difference?

Dash found Danny studying the door way; he didn't really care, but with the look on Danny's face, it almost scared him.

"Um, what's wrong?" Dash asked.

Danny turned towards him, now puzzled that Dash had asked if he was okay. "Yeah… I'm fine. I'm just worried about what happened to the rest of the school." He said hesitatingly, "I mean have you heard any other sounds besides us?"

Dash pondered about that; the halfa had brought up a point. He didn't hear any noises besides them. Were they dead? No, no way, I wouldn't make any sense; if they lived, then shouldn't other people have lived as well? The jock paled as another thought came to mind; what if they all got out and forgot them?

"Dash?" Danny asked worriedly, "Are you okay now?" He paused and studied the jock again, "Are you pan—"

"No!" Dash snapped, "I'm not! Now shut up!"

The halfa put his hands in the air, surrendering. "I was just asking. You have every right to be scared, I am too." He said softly, hoping to bring down Dash's temper.

Dash scoffed, "I'm not scared, but you? You are scared, you should be. I mean I'm in here with you and an earthquake occurred. Maybe you're scared because you don't know when I might wail on you."

Danny gritted his teeth. "I'm not scared. I'm worried. I'm worried something may go wrong and I won't be able to help and—"

The jock laughed, interrupting Danny. "Helping? Isn't that a superhero job? In this case, where everyone is stuck, I'm pretty sure this is a superhero job. Especially Danny Phantom's job right now, which…. Um, where is he? Wouldn't we be out by now?"

The raven-haired boy pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to control his anger. "Listen Dash, anyone can be a superhero. You were a superhero when you finally helped me with those pieces. I was your superhero when I saved your life—twice." He looked back up at Dash, "You don't need powers to be a hero; you're already one if you help others."

"Whatever," Dash muttered, "I just want to get out of here."

They both went back to the door way and continued to try to get out of the gym. They didn't speak at all throughout the whole process, but occasionally they would glance at each other when one wasn't looking.

Dash kept thinking a lot about what Danny had told him about being a superhero. He hated to admit, but he was right. Anyone could be a superhero; anyone but him. It seemed right, everyone around him was his superhero and he didn't return the favor.

The time in the gym, trapped gave him time to study Danny more. He noticed that Danny was confident and that he kept encouraging Dash that they would be out. The jock had never seen the halfa so full of courage, which kept asking him: why would Danny be scared if Dash was to beat him up, but not now? Why not now?

Why all the sudden did Danny want to help him? He was never nice to his punching bag, but Danny was still helping him. He didn't understand it, nothing made sense anymore.

Did it somehow have to do with his bathroom problem? Did he go every ten minutes and talk to himself in the mirror, helping him to be confident? It sounded weird, almost too weird. But geeks and nerds were weird, so it should be weird.

He just had to find out more about his punching bag. "Um… Fenton?" Dash asked as he pushed a light piece out of the way.

Without stopping, Danny said, "What is it?"

The jock paused; he assumed that the halfa would be mad at him, but instead he didn't, as if he had already forgiven him. "Is it okay if I ask why you have to go to the bathroom so often?" Dash asked hesitatingly.

Danny paused briefly with the piece he was moving. "I just have to so often… because I drink a lot of water…" He said slowly.

The jock grabbed another piece and pushed it out of the way. "Oh… I guess that's understandable." He sighed in tiredness, "So why did you give me that superhero lecture?"

Dash saw a smile tug on Danny's lip. "I didn't give you a lecture, I was just saying." He replied, his tone sounding as he had shared an inside joke.

"Did you get it from a TV show or something? 'Cause, I think that's what your type does." Dash said.

The raven-haired boy raised an eyebrow. "My type? Oh what's that?" Danny grinned slightly.

"You know, nerds, geeks. Do I need to continue?" Dash replied smoothly. He grabbed a big piece and pushed it, but finally got it out of the way with Danny's help.

You don't need powers to be a hero; you're already one if you help others.

Danny chuckled, "Alright, I see where you're coming from. No need to continue." He walked over some parts and leaned against the wall, straining to hear something else on the other side. No luck.

The halfa walked back and continued to help moving parts out of the way.

Dash smiled weakly, "Um, random question." He heard an 'hmm?' from Danny and continued, "Who's your favorite superhero?"

For a second Danny didn't reply. "Why do you ask?" He asked cautiously.

"What? Everyone has a favorite superhero." Dash shrugged, "Besides, I'm trying to build up a conversation here."

"Oh, well in that case, I like Ironman the best," Danny said, "What's yours?"

"What do you think, Fenton? Of course everyone here knows what their favorite hero is," Dash replied, walking back to the drinking fountain, "Danny Phantom of course!" He bent down slightly to get a good drink.

But what he missed when he was getting a drink was a smile from Danny.

…

Firefighters were all over the school, helping others to get them out of there. Police officers were outside, telling people where they should stay away from the dangerous places. Adults searched the buildings to see if they could find anyone that was trapped underground or was stuck.

A firefighter came up to a teacher and helped him up to his feet. "Where are Mr. Fenton and Mr. Baxter?" The teacher asked the firefighter.

"There are still some kids in the school?" He asked the teacher to make sure.

"Yes, they both had to use the restroom," Lancer said, limping on one leg as they walked out.

The firefighter said some words through his helmet, and then turned back to the teacher. "There is another guy coming in to escort you out, I'm going to find your students, okay?"

Lancer nodded and soon found the other guy taking him out of the building. The firefighter turned back and went looking to find the two kids. He checked all the bathrooms and couldn't find them in any of them. He turned to the gym door; it was pushed out, as if there was something on the other side pushing on it and made a dent.

The guy had a feeling that they might've been in the gym room instead of the bathroom. He called in a few more guys and started knocking on the door to see if he could hear anyone on the other side.

After a few minutes, he couldn't hear anything coming out from that room. But the feeling in him still told him that they might be in that room. Maybe they were just knocked out.

Other firefighters came by his side and tried to open the door the safest way, due to the damage of the door, there might be something on the other side that could harm them once they open the door.

They tossed around ideas while they worked as fast as they could around the door. They knew that they had to move fast, because they never knew when the building could finally come down.

"Kids?" One firefighter called out as he tried using a lever between the door way, "Are you there?"

Again, there was no response.

He sighed, "Are you sure they might be in there?" He asked the guy that told them to come in.

"Yes, I have this feeling, we can't ignore it now." He replied.

He nodded, "Alright, let's keep working to get those kids out… if they are even in there."

…

Danny kept thinking he was hearing things from the other side, but thought it might've been his imagination. Every time he thought he heard something, he tried to work faster to get out and see if he was right. Maybe there was someone out there trying to bust them out.

"Is it just me or do I actually hear something besides us?" Dash asked, stopping with his task.

"I thought I heard something too," Danny admitted.

Dash could feel his hopes rising. "Do you think they might be here to rescue us?" He asked his punching bag.

"I think they're checking if anyone is locked in here," Danny replied, "So yeah, they're coming to the rescue, which means we should get back to work, so we can get through easier."

Dash didn't need to be told twice.

Danny was about to go help as well, when he felt a slight vibration. "Dash, freeze for a minute…" he paused to feel it moving a bit harder, "Do you feel that…?"

As if right on cue, the ground shook again and the rest of the ceiling above didn't stand a chance. It all came crashing down.

Dash screamed as he saw the ceiling falling down; Danny moved quickly. He ran towards Dash and got a hold of him and he started to make his way back to the bleachers for protection, but there wasn't time.

The ceiling made contact with the floor.

Aftershock.

…

Okay! I knew I shouldn't have ended there, but I love writing cliff hangers.

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