"Dr. Lewis?" Susan looked up to see a concerned looking paramedic walking over to where she was sitting.

"Any news?" she asked hopefully, but her hope plummeted to zero when she was met with a regretful head shake.

She put her face back into her hands and tried desperately to hold back the tears.

All she could think about was Carter's face, as he waited in agony for news. She knew how much he cared for her. She had figured it out before he had and she had told him to do something about his feelings but now it was looking like he wouldn't get the chance.

"We're doing everything we can", he told her and walked away again to help in the rescue search, leaving her on the pile of bricks where she had been for the last hour and a half.

* * *

Katie had managed to pull herself free from the rubble and was looking around for some one to help her.

She was coughing because of the dust and was in pain from her arm but even though she was only young, she knew that Abby was in trouble and she was the only one who could help her.

She looked around and saw a group of men digging into the building. But they were digging in the wrong place. She had to tell someone where she really was but she knew that the fire fighters would not be able to hear her over the noise of the machines.

Then she saw someone sitting alone. She walked towards them apprehensively and tugged at the woman's white coat.

The blonde haired woman turned around, startled, and Katie pulled away nervously and backed away.

* * *

"Oh my God." Susan looked down and saw two very frightened eyes of a little girl staring up at her pleadingly. "Are you Katie?"

She nodded shyly and started to sob into Susan's lap.

"There's blood!" she managed to cry out between the tears and cried even harder.

"Honey, are you hurt?" Susan was very worried, despite the feeling she had that if Katie was alive, then there was a chance that Abby might be too.

"My arm, but it's not my blood. It's Abby's!"

A sudden wave of nausea and panic swept through Susan's whole body and she tried to calm the frightened little girl, while her brain was working over time to try and figure out what to do next to help Abby.

"They're digging in the wrong place!" She sobbed and pointed to another area of the fallen building where she had just crawled out of.

She picked up the girl and rushed over to the fire engine where, who she assumed was the chief of the fire crew was standing and tried to attract his attention.

"Hey!" she yelled at the top of her voice but the machinery was too loud. She got closer and tapped him urgently on the shoulder. He turned to face her and looked very annoyed until he saw the little girl that Susan was carrying and gave her his full attention.

"Is that...?" he asked in astonishment.

"Yeah" Susan replied quickly, not wanting to waste any precious time that could put Abby's life in further danger. "Your men are digging in the wrong place!"

"What?"

"She's over there!" Susan told him but the noise was so overwhelming that they couldn't hear each other at all. She pointed frantically in the direction that she believed Abby was in and he understood. He rushed over to alert his crew and Susan sat down on the edge of the fire engine and examined the girl.

"Daddy!" she heard her call and looked to her side where a man was rushing towards them.

She smiled for the first time since she had arrived here and put Katie down and watched as she was swept up off her feet by her obviously loving father and pulled into a hug.

"Is she OK miss?" he asked Susan, concerned.

"Your daughter appears to have a broken arm but she's going to be fine. Go and see that paramedic over there and he will see to her."

Susan smiled again as she watched them walk away but her happiness soon turned back to anxiety when she remembered.

The rescue crew were now searching in the correct place and there was now a glimmer of hope but even if they did find Abby amongst the debris, there was no guarantee that she would come out alive.

She ran over to where everyone was. She was determined to do something if there was even the smallest chance that her help could save Abby's life. She was not going to give up yet.