I'm as interested in finding out what's going to happen next as you all are :) this chapter is all about the others in the aftermath of the explosion.
Zoey:
Zoey opened her eyes her clothes where wet, something heavy was on her, she shifted and forced it off her, it was Stark unconscious, Damien was as well on him, Stark woke feeling her distress.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"I think we fell into the sewers" she says together they hold Damien up between them and trudge through the tunnels looking for a man hole all were soaking wet and hurt.
"There" Stark says pointing up.
"How are we going to get Damien up?" Zoey asks.
"Carefully" Stark says climbing up, opening the man hole into a dissertated alley. Between them they got Damien up and out of the sewers and together looking like they were competing in a three legged race, they made their way back to the House of Night.
Eric:
"Shaylin" he called looking around humans where carting Raven Mockers away by the dozen they stared when they saw him pass he hadn't covered his mark, he ignored them looking for a small girl in the chaos eventually he grabbed a passing human.
"Have you seen a girl? Fledgling red crescent moon?" the man gets over seeing him and nods.
"Yeah over there" he points Eric goes Shaylin was being checked out.
"Move" he growled going to her she was unconscious, she'd been hit by debris or falling Raven Mockers he didn't know, he lifted her into his arms and stormed away the EMT's didn't protest but moved on to more Raven Mockers. Eric got her in his car and drove her to House of Night carrying her into the infirmary which was already packed, they were using the hall to put Raven Mockers in some were awake, others unconscious some in a place half between, Eric gets her on a bed, someone comes to her immediately, Eric knew he should go back to help search for Zoey and the others but he couldn't bring himself to leave her.
"Medics!" someone yelled Eric turned with the others Stark and Zoey stubbled in hurt with an unconscious Damien between them, Eric ran to them grabbing Damien, he looked worse than Shaylin, cursing they got him on a bed another vampire doctor went for Damien.
"Are you okay? How'd you get here?" Eric asked.
"We were blown into the sewers we had to carry him is he alright? Where are the others?" Zoey asked.
"Shaylin was the only other one found besides the Raven Mockers unfortunately we don't know how many of them there where and there still coming" Eric waves his arms showing them all.
"How's Shaylin?" Stark asked Eric swallowed looking to her they followed his gaze she was still unconscious.
"What happened?" Aurox had walked in.
"We were in an explosion, we don't know what caused it but the Raven Mockers where hurt with Shaylin and Damien the others are still missing" Zoey said Stark shifted uncomfortably he was still awkward around Aurox/ Heath.
"What can I do?" he asked.
"Come back with us we have to find the others" Zoey said.
"You two need attention I'll go, just stay with them" Eric says Zoey is about to argue but Stark touches her shoulder and they sit with a last look at Shaylin, Eric leaves with Aurox.
Thanatos:
Most of the Raven Mockers where at the house of Night they were now organising for diggers to go in and find the others, Nisroc had swayed a few times but he was still on his feet.
"Thanatos" Eric called they turned to him Aurox was with him.
"Shaylin is unconscious but alive I took her to the House of Night, Zoey and Stark stumbled in with an unconscious Damien he looks bad they do to they were blown into the sewers I made them stay there…you might want to go there to mate" Eric says seeing Nisroc.
"This is Nisroc he says he's not leaving till their found" Thanatos explains Eric nods.
"Where were they when it happened?" Aurox asks Thanatos sighs.
"The Raven Mockers where around the perimeter, Shaylin on east so she could summon water Zoey, Stark and Damien where on the lowest levels, Shaunee and Kalona on the middle levels, Stevie Rae, Rephaim, Aphrodite and Darius up the top"
"If we don't get Stevie Rae out in time and the sun is on her…"
"We sssshall find her" Nisroc interrupts Aurox he nods.
"Then we better start" Thanatos says they begin to carefully climb up the rubble heap.
Stevie Rae:
"I'm fine Rephaim it'll be okay" she says for the hundredth time she wasn't badly hurt, just half the building had fallen on her and she was trapped, there was a bigger hole in the roof that we couldn't reach and it was ten minutes till dawn but besides that.
"I…can't…move it" Darius grunts he'd been trying to free Stevie Rae since they'd gotten their bearings, Aphrodite had a small cut on her head but was fine Rephaim and Darius were mostly covered in dust their hands hurt from trying to dig Stevie Rae out.
"It'll be okay bumpkin" Aphrodite says in a voice that sounded to vulnerable, Stevie Rae couldn't believe it had come from her mouth she was eyeing the roof the sky was beginning to lighten Rephaim kissed Stevie Rae's forehead turning to Darius.
"Save her" he tells him not asking or accepting any other option getting as far from them as he could, Rephaim begun screaming into his painful transformation small tears feel from Stevie Rae she'd only seen him change once it hadn't gotten any easier, the Raven looked at them to Stevie Rae before flapping it's wings and flying out of the hole in the roof making a whole lot of noise. Darius went back to removing as much as he could from on top of Stevie Rae's leg.
"Hey are you here?" Eric's voice reaches them.
"ERIC!" They all call, a bit of scuffling and looking down at them is Eric, Aurox, Thanatos and a Raven Mocker.
"Are you hurt? We saw Rephaim he led us to you"
"Stevie Rae's trapped!" Aphrodite calls a quick discussion and the Raven Mocker drops down to them.
"Who are you?" Stevie Rae asks.
"Nisroc" he answers together with Darius they lift what trapped her, Aphrodite pulled her out they let it down again, Stevie Rae's leg was okay twisted ankle only, Nisroc lifted her to him and jumped up, humans got Aphrodite and Darius out.
"Is everyone else out?" Stevie Rae asked on the gurney when they others came to her.
"Zoey and Stark stumbled into the infirmary with Damien he's pretty bad, I brought Shaylin in, she's not bad but both are unconscious, the Raven Mockers where knocked out of the sky Shaunee and Kalona are still trapped" Thanatos informed them.
"We mussst find them" Nisroc said with a hiss.
"We will Nisroc, don't worry but you need to come with me you're hurt bad" Stevie Rae said she spoke the truth Nisroc was swaying looking like he was staying conscious by force of will.
"I musssst find father" he says his words slurring Stevie Rae makes him sit on her stretcher.
"I'll take him you guys find them" Stevie Rae says unable to argue Nisroc and Stevie Rae are taken back to the House of Night leaving their friends with no clue where Shaunee and Kalona are.
Yikes. God I love Nisroc such a brave bird :)