I have an addictive personality. Once I find something I like, I can't get enough. The idea of placing TBBT characters in the middle of natural (and unnatural) disasters is too tempting. So, here's another.
:Forest Fire:
They stood side by side and watched the horizon. Even now, at 1 o'clock in the morning, the sky was as bright as noon day. All around them they could hear crying, shouting, moaning. Bernadette was the one to reach out, seeking comfort. Sheldon made a conscious effort not to pull away.
Raj was the first to die. Shot by looters. Howard had tried to get to him only to be swept up in the rushing crowds. When they found him, he was leaning against a bench. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. A broken rib protruded from his side. They had sat with him until he passed. Leonard succumbed to smoke inhalation, after he lost his inhaler. Amy and Penny had died trying to reach a child in a burning building. Now it was just the two of them. Rescue workers brought them bottles of water and blankets. Offered them transport to a shelter. They declined in unison. They had to stay. They had to watch as their home burned. Forest fires were not an unusual occurrence in California, but this one was the worst in over a century. Nothing firemen and volunteers had done could deter it from it's goal. It swept across the state, growing stronger with each day that passed. By the time he had realized the danger, that it wasn't going to be stopped like every other one before it, it was too late. The city was trapped. Their friends were gone. Their homes destroyed. Their possessions nothing but cinders and ash.
Bernadette started to hum softly. Sheldon smiled as he recognized the tune. Penny had made him listen to it often enough. Somehow it seemed a fitting tribute. When Bernadette reached the end, she began again. This time he joined her, a soft baritone melding with her humming.
"Don't tell me what to think Cause I don't care this time
Don't tell me what to believe Cause you won't be there
To catch me when I fall But you'll need me when I'm not here at all
Miss me when I'm gone again"
The song it Going Down In Flames by Three Doors Down