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BUCK GASPS AS HE REACHES THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. His eyes were wide as he stared up at the sky. One moment he was sat with the others on the pier, the next he was running away from a tsunami with them. And now he was alone. Completely alone as he tried his best to stay afloat in the rough waters that were threatening to pull him back under. His eyes frantically search around.
"Christopher?!" His voice screams as he looks around, his eyes darting in every single direction. "Christopher?!" The boy seemed to be gone even though he was just with him in the booth. He had slipped from his grasp and Buck didn't know what to do. How would he even find him in this mess, how would he find any of them?
"Victoria!? Rosie?!" Buck felt like his entire life had just come crashing down. The past year he had spent finally growing his relationship with Victoria into something great and now she was gone. And even if he was to find her and Rosie was gone, he didn't know if Victoria could survive that. Having her sister ripped from her.
"Christopher?!" Eddie was on his mind. Eddie had entrusted Christopher with him and this happens. Buck didn't want to lose his best friend, he didn't want to lose Christopher, he didn't want to lose anyone. But if he didn't find everyone, he would surely lose one or all of them.
"Buck!" Buck's head snaps in the direction of the voice, seeing Christopher holding onto the pole. His eyes widen, relief flooding over him that he was at least alive.
"Christopher! Just stay there, don't move!" He shouts, wanting to make his way to the young boy without him trying to do the same. Buck grabbed what he could to get him closer and slow him down. "Reach out and grab my hand! Christopher, grab my hand!" Buck states, reaching out but as their fingers only brush against each other, he was pushed past the boy by the waves. "Just stay over there!" He screams, trying to find something to stop himself.
"I can't hold on!" Christopher shouts back, his hands slipping from the pole.
"Just hold on, Christopher!" Buck luckily got stopped by a large piece of debris, his eyes going back to Christopher who was desperately trying to hold on.
"Buck!" He screams before he goes under the water. Buck tries to track his movements beneath the waves. He pushes himself off, intercepting the boy in his path and grabbing a hold of him. Buck brings him out of the water, holding him tightly so he couldn't go anywhere.
"I got you!" Buck assures him, closing his eyes for a moment as he breathes heavily, feeling the young boy cling to him. "I got you, I got you." He whispers, glancing around and seeing a firetruck in the distance. He swims them over to it, lifting Christopher onto it.
