Snippet #1556358

Rei heard an abundance of yelling, all mixed and mashed together to the point that it started to give him a headache and he blocked it out. He covered his ears. "Shut up," he mumbled under his breath. The tremors stopped and he let out a breath, thinking the worst of whatever-that-was was over. He then heard a creaking sound and looked up as the building above him began to fall, just like he wanted, but not like he planned. This was unexpected. He was going to get crushed if he didn't move. Move? Move. Move, you idiot! He blinked back the visions of his life scrolling across his eyesight and jumped out of the way of the quickly descending building just in time to avoid being completely destroyed.

He stood and casually brushed himself off as if this were some ordinary thing. Sadly, it sort of was. Rei suddenly winced when he heard a loud, familiar scream. He instantly became worried--Cyrus, was he okay? was he hurt? Please be okay, please be okay. He looked around frantically for the blond before finally spotting him and sighing in relief. He hesitated, but then slowly walked up to his teammate and bent down by his side, rubbing his back comfortingly and softly with his good arm. "Cyrus," he started softly, not sure what to say or what to do to stop his sobbing. He wasn't even sure why he was crying at all. Everyone was okay, from what he could see. Which made Rei more or less happy, when it came to the Thorns and Shanks. "What happened? Are you hurt?"

"Besides, who in the world attacks a group with an eight year old? She's eight! Eight, you jerks!" That idiot just didn't get it, did he? Rei sighed in annoyance, but he was tired and he didn't care anymore. But if they still wanted to fight that badly, he was up for it. Just when was about to stand, another, stronger quake shook the town, making him stay crouched on the ground and protect Cyrus as left over pieces from the fallen building chipped off and fell over them. So many years they've all been here and not once had they had any natural disasters, and suddenly, they get two quakes in a matter of minutes?