Chapter 2 Rescue

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Metropolis falls to pieces while the civilians helplessly look on.

Batman is on the scene before anyone else somehow and beelines from Wayne Tech down the road.

The masked hero begins searching through the debris.

A humvee screeches down the street and barely comes to a stop before Scarlet Sentinel is leaping out.

"Batman!" they call as they dashes to him amidst the ruin.

"Scarlet!" he returns. The heroes are both frantic, horrified, and despairing. The statuesque hero lowers their voice upon reaching Batman and grabs the front of his suit. They pull him in close, their eyes nearly hopeless.

"Have you found her?"

"Before the building collapsed I called her and told her to get in one of the elevators. They're reinforced, she could have survived," he informs and Alex balks.

"She survived! Help me find the damn elevators," Alex snarls and releases him roughly.

In the ash and dust two volatile vigilantes scour the rubble for a single significant girl.

They work together lifting heavier pieces of walls and flooring, searching every inch of the site.

Time passes and the heroes grow frantic. If she's alive she won't be for much longer under all the detritus.

With each slab flipped over and revealing nothing Scarlet Sentinel huffs in frustration and Batman growls in vexation.

Finally Scarlet overturns a chunk of ceiling and finds a metal box underneath. It's an elevator! But the doors are dented partially open and the siding horribly deformed.

"Batman!" Scarlet cries out and he flies to their side. He bends down and starts prying the doors open but Alex is stalled in place, remembering Allie's voicemail.

"Could you lend a hand?" Batman grunts and Alex snaps back into focus. Scarlet crouches down and puts their hands besides his, yanking with all their strength.

The doors give and the first thing they see is a bloody curl of blonde hair.

Alexandra Aldridge is paralyzed at the sight, fear striking them down as they falls to their knees, groping the rock for their moon.

"Allie?" Their voice is as broken and tiny as the body of Allison Gray is unearthed. The outfit she was so excited about this morning is ripped and stained black and red around her. Alex vividly remembers Allie picking the white long sleeved shirt and the constellation skirt as she flounced around their mansion.

Scarlet Sentinel reaches down and ever so gently lifts Allison Gray into their arms.

The image of Allison Gray draped in the arms of Scarlet Sentinel before Batman is a haunting one. Her entire body is limp; her arms and legs hang down and her head is dropped back. Blood and shreds of clothes fall from Allison as she is held in the heroes arms.

"Allie? Allie!" Alex repeats and gingerly shakes the girl. Batman pulls a glove off, steps up and places two fingers against Allie's throat.

"She has a pulse! We can save her!" he exclaims and hope delights in the both of them.

"The humvee, you drive!" Alex barks and the vigilantes scramble to get to the car.

Navigating the terrain of a collapsed building was difficult before but now, with precious cargo in hands, it is nearly impossible. Every bump and jostle creates quiet but sharp sounds from Allie.

A large obstacle comes up and Batman leaps over it and then holds his arms out to accept Allison. Scarlet Sentinel hesitates, Batman has been a crime fighting ally for awhile now but they isn't sure they can trust him with the most precious thing in their life.

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