For a comment fic:

The set-up was simple, really and JJ had planned to take it all in a single continuous camera shot. How could Zach screw up running the length of a 40 foot raised platform? JJ was sure that he wouldn't have a problem with it and he thought nothing of asking Zach not to expect any cuts. After he'd called "action!", JJ bent to watch his actor gracefully flow into motion off screen and then come bounding into view along the length of his marks. He looked good and stayed perfectly in frame until the moment where Zach just disappeared. The crew erupted simultaneously, some shouting out cries of alarm, and the ones closer to the scene rushing forward and onto the set.

The metal grating of the set's floor had been loose for a long time but since it had been so rarely used, fixing it was never high on the maintenance list. Unfortunately, Zach paid for the lax in upkeep as the grating gave way beneath his weight and dropped him ten feet and into the thick nest of wires and computer equipment stored on the floor below.

Zach lay there a moment, staring up at the worried faces looking down at him, and assessed the condition of his body. The fall surprised him more than it hurt him, at least initially and he stretched his long legs out to get some traction amongst the slippery wires. But, when he tried to sit up, a bolt of pain stabbed right into the center of his back. Groaning piteously, he grabbed at his back and lay back again.

"Stay still, Zach!" JJ yelled down to him. "Someone's coming for you. Are you ok? Are you hurt?!"

In lieu of speaking, Zach held up a hand hoping the gesture would assuage his director. The small door at the far end of the room opened and about ten men ran in. Hands closed about his arms and legs and lifted Zach from the bed of miscellaneous equipment. He felt like rag doll being pulled in all different directions until the men finally coordinated themselves and carried him a little more smoothly between them.

The doctor on set found him surrounded by a crowd of onlookers in the makeshift break room. She examined him and gave him he green light that he most likely didn't damage anything too extensively.


tbc