A/N: REPEAT: If you are wondering, I didn't make up any thing about the whole map/set up of Ferryport Landing; I have the 'Very Grimm Guide', which has maps of Ferryport in it, so… I made nothing up, and am just using the map the Michael Buckley created.
Disclaimer: I created Ray, Xavier, Chris, Andrew, and Sabrina's 'Past' that is all. The rest of the rights go to Michael Buckley, and whoever created the 'John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt' song.
Recap:
I see Red lying on the other side of the wall. I act quickly by covering her mouth with my hand and dragging her back to my side of the wall. Red look terrified, she must have not see me clearly in this darkness. "Shh, it's just me Red." I whisper in her ear and take my hand off her mouth when I'm sure she's not going to scream. "So where's Daph?" I ask her.
"Uh…" Red starts.
The Past's Not Always in the Past Chapter 19
Sabrina's POV
I look at Red expectantly and she twiddles her thumbs. "She, um, she went up stairs and is on the second floor," she says quietly, "Peter and I tried to convince her come down, that it wasn't safe, but she insisted it was, and would not come down!" Red adds quickly.
I look over at where Daphne supposedly was with wide eyes. Part of the second floor, a room, was still standing, if you could call it standing, it was more like balancing. All the support beams looked to be in the corners of what once was the living room. It had one support beam from a wall still standing straight, and one that completely disconnected from the floor and looks like it's begging the ground to let it go so it can just crumble away. The second floor is leaning on to that support. Another support looks like a chunk of it was cut out, so the top half (the half connected to the ceiling/second floor) was just a balancing on the bottom half (the half connected to the ground). And the last support was nowhere to be found.
The corner where the last support was missing was sagging towards the ground. The stairs that were supposed to lead up to where Daphne was, weren't even connected to the second floor, there was a gap that I would have to jump over.
It looks like some termites had a feast on the second floor itself, many of the floorboards were gone and the ones remaining looked like they would fall apart at a slight wind. I take a deep breath and sigh. I'll have to get her because I'm positive anyone else would get seriously hurt trying, sure Puck could fly up there and get her, but not with Andrew and maybe Chris watching. Besides, Daphne's my sister and I want to be the one to get her.
I turn to Red and said, "Stay with Ray." Then I turn to the rest of my team and say, "Ray, Puck, and Andrew with Red's help try and find Peter and Chris, Okay?"
"Alright, you just get Daredevil down safely." I nod to Ray in response.
I walk quietly towards the stairs. I walk on the edges of the steps, I learn from sneaking around foster homes, that walking on the edges is where they make the least creaking noises, which I figured would mean it's also the most stable part of stairs. I make it to the top step and think how I am going to jump the gap. No doubt that it's my only option, but I can't just jump because the floor would most likely crumple under my weight, but if I distributed my landing, that would distribute my weight, and maybe I wouldn't fall through the one landing spot.
Put my plan into action and hop onto the second floor, and start into a tuck and roll before I even land, successfully distributing my weight. I stopped my roll when both my hand were on the floor and one knee was right in front of me with my other leg tucked under me, a perfect position for doing anything, fighting, avoiding, or sneaking.
Wait… did I just hear… a crack? Hear a much louder and clearer one soon after the first. My eyes go wide and I roll to my left, towards the edge of the room, as fast as I can. From there I watch the floor where I just stood disappear. I hear a girly scream from under me, and then is soon muffled I just hope Red or Ray weren't crushed from the falling ceiling. Then I hear a yell of, "Run!" and some shuffling. Then I hear an, "I got her!" which I recognize being Ray. I hear a loud grunt and then Andrew yell, "We got Peter!" So now we got Peter, Red, and I'm assuming Chris.
I look up from where I was staring (the hole in the floor) and see Daphne stuck in a corner; the entire floor in front of her was gone. She has no way to get out of her little island of stable floorboards.
I move towards Daphne, hoping the rule about the edge of stairs stair being most stable… is the same for rooms too.
As I get closer I see Daph whimpering and shaking. "Daphne, Daphne, it's okay I'm right here." I call to her.
"Sabrina?" She calls back.
"Yes, Daph, it's me." I reply in a soothing voice.
"Sabrina, I'm stuck." Daphne says, her voice cracking.
"I know, and I'm going to get you." I say as I near the gap.
"No! Don't!" Daphne yells.
"Daphne, stop. The game not important anymore, you are in danger." I tell Daphne.
"I know! I don't care about the game either! But if you come any closer you will get hurt!" Daphne yells, but she was to late. I fell through the floor but was able to grab the edge of the floorboards. And was able to pull my arms up on to the floor, and then swing my legs over. I stand back up, put my hands on my knees and take a deep breath. I inspect the deep cuts I got from the sharp wood, and the sheet of medal between the floorboards of the second floor and the plaster of the ceiling in the first floor.
"Okay, lets try this differently." I say to Daphne. "Puck!" I yell at the top of my lungs. Puck appears under the hole that is keeping Daphne and me apart.
"Yeah, Grimm?" Puck responds.
"Daphne is going to jump through this hole, and you are going to catch her." I tell Puck.
"What?!" Daphne yells at me. "No way José!" Daphne barks.
I roll my eyes and ask Daphne, "What other choice do you have?"
"Well I could stay here." She tells me.
"With no Elvis and no food?" I question smirking.
Daphne grunts and Puck asks, "When have I ever let you hit the ground, Marshmallow?"
Daphne sighs and says, "Fine." She takes deep breath, pushes off the floor, falls through the hole, and lands safely in Pucks arms.
"Was that so bad?" I ask Daphne.
"Whatever, it's your turn." Daph says to me.
"Nope, I going back the way I came." I tell them.
"No Grimm, I will get my head bitten off by the Old Lady or your parents if you brake a bone going back through that minefield!" Puck says.
"Well that's not going to happen." I reply.
Puck just sighs, knowing arguing with me is useless, I'm just to stubborn. Puck then says, "Come on Marshmallow, lets get out of here before the whole floor collapses under her weight." I roll my eyes and I watch them disappear from the hole.
I walk back the way I came, the floor behind me crumbing away every so often. That's when I hear a snapping sound behind me. I twist around to see what it is, the support beam that the second floor was just leaning on, was finally getting it's wish, it was heading towards the ground, and it's bringing the floor with it. I stop being careful, I sprint toward the stairs, jump the gap, land on the railing and I slide down the railing till I hit solid ground. I turn around to see the walls being ripped from the ground, what's left of the roof, and the second floor leaning towards the ground with some cracks, creaks, and pops. Then finally with a loud groan, the whole the just gives up and hurdles at the ground. It is very loud, and even after it settled you could still hear some windows shattering.
I sigh and turn around to Chris, Ray, Puck, Daphne, Andrew, Peter, and Red staring at me, some with awe, some with hatred in their eyes, some with jealously, and some with knowing.
"Won't this 'Mr. Applebee' be angry?" Ray asks. Puck, Peter, Daphne, and I start cracking up, I see Red with a large smile on her face, and Ray with a little one. Andrew and Chris just look plain confused.
Once the laughing settles down I say, "Okay you guys, wait five minutes, don't look at direction we are going, we didn't do that to you, so cover your eyes." They do. "And if you can't find us in two hours we will come out of our hiding spots. Okay so see you later!" and I sprint away from them, Andrew, Puck, and Ray following me.
We head towards the darkness, not knowing what is in store for us, with big smiles on our faces.
