@protectxthem (Bruce Wayne from Violet Mikami: Pre-Plotted starter)
Why was everyone leaving? The parties at Wayne Manor were supposed to be quite legendary if the papers were to be believed. With brows furrowed, Violet steadily kept pushing her way through the fleeing crowd.
Then, to her abject horror, she gets her partial answer. The Manor which had been full of splendor and grandeur began to glow-- strangely. It takes a moment, or maybe two, for her to process what was happening.
"Bruce!" The scream tears from Violet's tightening lungs. He's still in there! He hadn't been among the fleeing throng of party goers. She quickly determines, casting her gaze around quickly.
Oh, God, NO! He is still in the Manor which was being hastily engulfed by flames. After the moment of sheer paralysis wore off, Violet bounded up the stairs and into the front door with the police shouting in her wake to wait for the fireman. But she knows better than anyone that they would get there too late.
Delaying is what cost Evan his life. If she had gotten there a moment sooner, if she had somehow gotten him out of the way, then the theater kiosk wouldn't have crumbled and toppled over him. It wouldn't have crushed him to death.
And with that same fear, entwined like ivy about her heart, Violet presses deeper into the scorching halls. "Bruce?!!!" She calls out, the sound more strangled than usual. Frantic steps carried her through the hallways. The smoke is thick and choking. Her sightlines blurred and still she ambles forward.
THERE HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRUSHED under a fallen section of ceiling. "NO! No! NO! NO!" It is the only word that intensely registers. She crouches before him, fingers moving to inspect for his pulse. "Wake UP!" The shaky command is given. "I NEED --" She starts with the slow drag of a cough rumbling free of her lungs. "I NEED YOU TO WAKE UP!" This time the words are spoken less patiently. It's getting hot enough to cook both of them now that flames were licking up the walls closest to them. "Come on, Bruce---- W--w-- we gotta go."