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Nathan stormed towards Ryan. He was busy calling out Brooke's name looking everywhere for her. He had his first rounded into a ball already.
"Sir, there are police everywhere. I think it is best to look for Doctor Bee now." Matteo advised him.
Nathan looked around and saw Matteo was right. It would not be worth it to waste his minutes throwing punches at Ryan. There is a possibility that he might be taken away without finding her.
"There is Terry." Matteo announced. Redirecting Nathan's attention all together.
They rushed to him. Terry was sweating furiously. "I have checked every room on this end but she is not there."
They all turned to the other end with horror. It is the side that was ablaze and smoke was already visible.
"I will check the other side." Terry said and began to rush to the side with smoke.
"I am coming with you. The two of you, go and check every other place. If you find her, let me know. GO...NOW!." Nathan ordered and also began to walk in the same direction as Terry.
The other two did as they were told.
Ryan finally noticed Nathan. Nathan stopped and gave him a death glare. "I don't have time for you now Ryan. But we are definitely going to settle this later. Where were you when Bee was taken and locked up in a room?" He asked.
"Locked up?" Ryan asked with confusion. "She was having a talk with the Mayor while I was waiting for her. I must have missed her when she left , I guess."
"When did you say her last?" Nathan asked.
Ryan's eyes grew wide when he turned to the side of the building that is on fire. "The - the last room at the end of this hallway." He pointed in the direction that Terry had gone towards.
Earlier when Ryan met with the Mayor. He asked the mayor after Brooke and he told him that she already left the room before him. As Ryan didn't have a reason to doubt the mayor's words, he went on to look for Brooke elsewhere. But he ended up not finding her. Up until the party turned into what it is at the moment.
"Damn it, Ryan. You couldn't even protect, just for a few hours." Nathan barked. "Just informed the police of a missing person. At least make yourself useful for once." Nathan instructed him before he continued to walk in the direction that Terry went.
Ryan was disappointed in himself at the moment. How could such happen with Brooke when she was under his watch? He felt so useless at the moment. Soon, a policeman walked by him.
Ryan was quick to stop the man and said, "Sir.... Sir."
The policeman turned to Ryan. "You need to evacuate the building, sir." The policeman instructed.
"Not just yet, sir. I have to find my friend. I need you to help me find my friend, please. She went missing earlier. I think something terrible might have happened to her." Ryan pleaded. The list he could do was to inform the police and also help in finding her.
Meanwhile, Nathan was walking through the hallway and screaming Brooke's name. He was feeling the smoke going through his lungs as he kept coughing. So did Terry, who was also doing the same far from where Nathan was.
Nathan found a bathroom and wet his clothes. so that he can protect his skin from the blazing fire that kept increasing by the second.
Terry then found a fire extinguisher. He was making use of it to clear their path as they went deeper into the hallway.
"Bee, Brooke..... Brooke. Are you here?" Nathan kept calling and hopping.
Brooke on the other hand was forced to wake up at the amount of smoke that was going into her lungs. She was coughing continuously when she was awake. She could see smoke coming into the room from the door.
"Bee.... Bee..... Brooke, where are you?" Nathan continued calling. This time around, Brooke heard the call. She knew it was Nathan. He kept coughing but would still shout her name so loud.
"Nathan.... Nathan." Brooke tried yelling but her voice wasn't loud enough. She knew he wouldn't hear her from where she was. So she forced herself up from the floor. She manages to make it to the door.
Using all the little energy she had left she began to hit the door. "Nathan, I am here. Nathan, can you hear me?" Tears welled up in her eyes. "Please... Please hello me, Nathan. Help me." She cried.
Nathan finally heard Brooke's calls. He rushed to the door he heard someone hit. "Bee, Is that you?" He asked, going closer to the door.
"Nathan, please help me. Get me out of here." She cried again, still hitting the door.
Nathan quickly tried to unlock the door by twisting the handle. But it did not open.
"Bee, I need you to step away from the door. I will have to kick it down." Nathan explained.
"Sir, the fire extinguisher is almost finished. We have to be fast." Brooke heard Jerry's voice from the other side.
"Well, then stop using it all together until we get Bee out." Nathan said.
Nathan then began to kick the door. At the third try, the door finally gave in and opened. Nathan quickly walked in and removed his suit jacket. He wrapped it around Brooke to protect her skin from the fire.
The two men protected her from both sides. They began to direct her out of the place. The fire had gotten worse. It was burning through the ceiling too and some burning pieces were falling from up.
Brooke could hear Nathan scream from time to time as they found their way out. But there was no time to examine or ask why at the moment. He used his body to shield her even more as they went on. The fire extinguisher is exhausted now.
They finally made it out of the building. They were met with rescue teams that readily wrapped fire blankets on them.