Jack thought he heard something and froze straining to listen for signs of life but he couldn't hear past his own racing heart and building shifting around them. At the words of his partner his eyes shot up to the ceiling, grasping on to his orders like they were the only thing keeping him grounded, but his eyes only found the gaping hole where the second floor had been. Where she had been.
Jack spun on his heel with a jolt, moving to where he was called before even processing the words, and the color drained from his face. The rush of blood in his ears blocked out everything else as he realized that bit of cloth poking out from the rubble was clothing and she was under there. Silent. Unmoving.
The next orders reached him as if from a distance and he watched himself raise his wand to the pile, mimicking his partner. His lips pressed into a thin line and his knuckles shone white from his tight grip as he worked to carefully lift and remove the rocks and beams from the right side. Bit by bit more of her ragged form was revealed until he couldn't stand it anymore. He rushed forward and fell to his knees beside her, reaching out a shaky hand to carefully clear the debris from a round her head with eyes locked on her unconscious face.
He wanted to call out to her, urge her to open her eyes, but the words caught in his throat. With a quick glance towards the left, to confirm the other man had cleared the rest away, Jack wordlessly performed the same levitation spell he'd just used to extract her sister. He rose with her until she was cradled in his arms.
Even though he knew it was the spell, his stomach twisted at how light she felt in his arms, like she was already half gone. "Hey…" he finally spoke as he took a step back toward the door, his voice hoarse and barely above a whisper. "We're getting you out of here."
Jack spun on his heel with a jolt, moving to where he was called before even processing the words, and the color drained from his face. The rush of blood in his ears blocked out everything else as he realized that bit of cloth poking out from the rubble was clothing and she was under there. Silent. Unmoving.
The next orders reached him as if from a distance and he watched himself raise his wand to the pile, mimicking his partner. His lips pressed into a thin line and his knuckles shone white from his tight grip as he worked to carefully lift and remove the rocks and beams from the right side. Bit by bit more of her ragged form was revealed until he couldn't stand it anymore. He rushed forward and fell to his knees beside her, reaching out a shaky hand to carefully clear the debris from a round her head with eyes locked on her unconscious face.
He wanted to call out to her, urge her to open her eyes, but the words caught in his throat. With a quick glance towards the left, to confirm the other man had cleared the rest away, Jack wordlessly performed the same levitation spell he'd just used to extract her sister. He rose with her until she was cradled in his arms.
Even though he knew it was the spell, his stomach twisted at how light she felt in his arms, like she was already half gone. "Hey…" he finally spoke as he took a step back toward the door, his voice hoarse and barely above a whisper. "We're getting you out of here."
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