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What If

Chapter: 1

One second he was happy—standing by Jill and watching the fireworks. And the next—his world was falling apart.

He had felt so great, the fireworks were beautiful and so was Jill. Harbor Fest was going great. But then all of a sudden everything got hot and bright and loud. It felt like a heat wave. Looking around for the source of the explosion, his eyes were brought to bright colors dancing in the park. His mind had barely wrapped around what had happened when Jill yelled.

"Hank, the park is full of people."

Then it hit him. Not just this moment, but every moment since his annoying younger brother dragged him out to the Hamptons after his engagement fell apart. The person that he cared for the most was down there, the one that had always been there for him and the reason why he was here today.

"Evan!"

He was frozen. Had this really happened? Was his little brother okay? His sightless, horrified stare didn't show him anything until there was a hand waving in his face.

"Hank, are you okay? It's alright. I'm sure Evan's fine, Hank?" Jill was still waving her hand in front of his face trying to get his attention. She was afraid that he would go into shock. Even though Evan might be in danger she had to do something to calm his brother down, "Hank?"

Hank needed to get a grip. He knew that. He had to cope. Sure, Evan was probably fine. What were the chances that he had gotten hurt? He finally snapped out of it. He looked up to see a very worried Jill.

"I'm fine, we need to go down and help. Evan and Ernie are down there!"

Jill quickly agreed and they fled to the elevator. So many people were trying to get down so they had to wait for nearly ten minutes, though it felt like an eternity. They both were getting impatient. Their brothers could be hurt. They both were down at their booths near the explosion.

Not wanting to wait any longer they looked at each other and silently decided to take the stairs. It only took them two minutes to get down from the fourth floor. They hurried into the crowd of people rushing out of the park.

The crowd was so loud that he didn't even hear her yell to him. All of a sudden she was just gone. When he turned around to see where she went all he could see was her head disappearing through the crowd. Maybe she had spotted Evan. He soon started through the crowd trying to follow her. When he came to an opening he saw her arguing with some firemen.

Hank walked up behind her and touched her waist. She turned sharply and gave him the "help me" expression. "Ernie's booth is right around the corner and they won't let me go check on him."

"Excuse me, why can't we pass here?"

One fireman replied, "It's not safe. You guys need to evacuate the park right away. We're still putting out fires. There are too many hotspots around that corner. It got hit the most."

Jill started to tear up. "Is everyone okay?"

"We're not sure. We can't to get too close until we get the fires out. It's still too dangerous."

They both looked in that direction for the first time and saw a fire ablaze over all the booths in that area. Jill pulled Hank into a hug. She couldn't hold in her tears. Hank tried to comfort her but at the same time he was trying to remember where Evan's booth was. Hank was starting to remember when Jill sprung up out of their embrace.

"Hank, Evan's booth is right there." She pointed to the strongest part of the fire. "His was only two down from Ernie's."

This time it was Hank who needed the comforting. Jill started to put her hand on his shoulder but he pulled away. He started running back towards where the firemen were putting out the fire.

Jill yelled after him, "Where are you going?"

Hank tried to run past the fireman but they stopped him. "I thought we told you to evacuate."

Hank needed to see if his little brother was alright. "I'm a doctor and I want to help."

The fireman thought for a while. "Alright, but you listen to the firemen down there. Is she a doctor too?" The fireman pointed at Jill.

Hank could see that she wanted to go check on Ernie so he told a little white lie. "Yeah, can she come with me?"

"Alright, but don't get in there way, alright" he replied. "Just be careful." Hank and Jill nodded and started rushing towards the flaming booths.

People suggested that I should write an alternate Royal Pains Imperfect Storm ending so I tried. Please comment, what do you want to happen next? Also a special thanks to my betas, Splashes-of-silver and Arlothia!