Short story, 2-3 chapters

Takes place before 2x11

953-investigate smoke

11-99 officer needs help

11-71 fire

11-41 ambulance needed

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November 12th

There was 3 hours until shift ended and the sun was about to set when the radio crackled to life

7-adam-19 go 953 roof at the apartment on 24th and waters, attach?

Lucy glanced at tim, he nodded, she always did this when they were in the last hours of their shift, so she did not drag them into something that would get them trapped until after hours.

She grabbed the radio "dispatch this is 7-adam-19 show us responding"

She sat back and stared at the street signs until they pulled into the parking lot of a 10 story ricketty grey building

"Looks like we found the definition of code violation" lucy said as she got out

"That's for damn sure" Tim agreed, shutting his door and walking up beside his boot.

There was less than 3 months left of her training and Tim hated to admit that he would miss her, she was gonna make a damn good cop-she walked in the door that way, what started as a rebellion against parents turned into one of the best cops Tim has ever trained, and probably ever would.

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As they entered the building

"May I suggest something sir?"

"Shoot"

"It might take a little longer but i say we take the stairs to get from floor to floor, seeing as the smoke is coming from the vent on the roof that is connected to every floor, the smoke has to come from somewhere"

Tim fought to hold back how proud he was of his rookie just then

"Good plan boot, i'll sweep the odd number floors, you sweep even, we meet at the roof and ride the elevator down"

"Yes sir" she ascended to the second floor as he went down the hallway.

Tim was taking his time, he was only on the 3rd floor while lucy was on the 6th,

radioing that there was no sign of the source yet

"Its most likely on a higher floor, keep going"

"Yes si-" the radio was cut by the sound of an explosion, tim dove out of the emergency exit as the upper half of the building caught fire

"Boot?!"

"Chen!?"

Tim sprinted a safe distance from the building to the shop

"Dispatch, 11-71! I need fire and EMS to my location, 11-99 in the building!"

"Copy"

"All emergency units, respond to fire corner of 24th and waters, 11-99 on scene"

Tim stared at the building as different sirens filled the air, all he could do was hope that his rookie could handle herself.

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Lucy finally came to, the faint sound of sirens in to distance,

her ears rang as she felt blood dripping from her forehead

Damnit

She tried to turn on her radio but was greeted by a high pitched whine, it was broken.

She then realized that the building was burning, and from what she could see, she was trapped

Trying to get up multiple pains shot through her body, her ankle was fucked, her shoulder and knee were dislocated, she had something bleeding on her head, and thanks to the adrenaline in her system the last thing she noticed noticed was the bone sticking out of her other arm,

She had to get out of this building.

Her best friend in highschool was on the football team, so she had relocated her fair share of shoulders and knees from bad blocks and tackles, but never her own.

Going over the steps in her head, she bit her lip as she grasped her kneecap and shoved it back into place with one painful movement, the pain went down to an ache so she could assume she didn't screw up.

She was forced to put weight on her ankle for this next part, once again going over steps in her head she pushed her arm into the wall sliding down until a painfully loud popping noise assured her it was back in place, she swung it a few times to make sure it was at least partially useful.

The smoke was getting worse, and the walls were getting hot, the fire was heading towards her.

unbuttoning her uniform and grabbing her knife, she sliced a part off the sleeve, cuttting the circle and tying it around her mouth and nose, she pulled out her batton to push past debris, praying that the open wound on her arm didn't start bleeding as she desperately looked for an exit. A cry in the distance immediately rerouted her as she followed the noise.

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Within 10 minutes every firefighter, Paramedic and police officer was there, with no sign of his rookie, Angela forcing Tim to sit in the back of an ambulance so he wouldn't assault the fire chief for ordering that everyone stayed outside the perimeter.

But no one was stopping Wade Grey as he marched up to him

"One of my best officers is trapped in there with god knows how many civilians, and you are keeping your men out?!"

"Don't start this wade, the building is incredibly unstable, im fire you're crime, stay in your lane"

"My officer is in there, not yours, do something before I do!"

He stormed away and joined bradford on the ambulance

"She'll be okay right?" tim looked at his former T.O

"I trained you and you trained her, the soon-to-be best of the best is in there, she'll be okay"

"I really wanna believe you sir"

"Then ill make it an order, Believe me"

"Yes sir" his head dropped into his hands as his knee bounced aggressively.

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Lucy found the source of the noise, her heart broke, a boy holding a baby, sitting next to their dead mother

"Are you guys okay?" the boy stared at her as she maneuvered through the wrecked, debris filled apartment

"We gotta get out of here ok kid buddy?" she was about to pick up the baby in her "good-ish" arm when a secondary explosion shook the building, she heard wood crunching and cries for help as she stood, the smoke got worse and the older child started coughing,

"Hold your sister for me sweetheart" she handed the baby girl back to him, remembering that she had had on a thick under shirt she slowly wiggled it off to avoid jostling her visibly broken arm

leaving her in a full duty belt and sports bra, pulling out her knife she hacked out a square from the thick white material and handed it to the boy, thinking for a second on what to do for the baby, she pulled her hair tie out and brought all her hair to one side, taking the infant back she put the baby girl on her chest so her small face was buried in her hair.

looking back at the terrified child

"Here's what we are gonna do, you get on my back and wrap your legs around me", he obliged and got onto her back, They made it down 2 flights before another cry came from the end of the smoke filled hallway, stepping over what looked like a body she turned the corner and saw a young girl huddled in the corner "hi sweetheart, come with me" the little girl walked up to stand next to her and grab her, "hold onto his leg, can you do that?

"my mommy is dead, i want my mommy!" The little girl cried

"I want my mommy too sweetheart, believe me, just please hold on i don't want you getting lost"

She sniffled and grasped the boy's leg.

They continued to try and find an exit stepping over bodies of what used to be people, the smoke was getting heavier, Lucy's arm started to bleed and her ankle felt like it was about fall off.

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When the second explosion happened tims stomach dropped so hard that he grabbed the ambulance trash can and emptied his stomach

"Easy bradford" angela came and sat next to him,rubbing his back as she offered him a tissue and he took it, wiping his chin and tossing it into the trash can

"How could she be alive?" tim dropped his head to hide the tears that threatened to appear

"She is, you know your boot, she is probably putting up a hell of a fight right this minute"

He nodded and leaned back, sending up a prayer, something he hadn't done in years.

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Lucy's arm was starting to bleed more, she had to stop, finding a safe corner she handed the baby back to her brother, taking her button up out of her pocket she sliced off another section of the sleeve, taking one end of the strip in her teeth, pulling it tighter until the bleeding slowed and double knotting it. She put the baby back on her chest and the boy on her back, the fire was clearly spreading downwards, the smoke thickened and got darker, she made sure that the kids had the clothes firmly pressed to their mouths and noses before continuing their race to the bottom.

"Help!" "Help me please!"

Lucy stopped, taking a deep breath and removing the cloth "come to my voice!"

"Im trying!"

"I can hear you getting close, keep listening!"

"I'm almost there!"

A teenage girl climbed over a fallen beam and was coughing aggressively

"Take the baby" she handed the girl over, pulling out her under shirt and making another

Clothe square, taking the baby back,

"We have to get out of here, Now!" as if on cue another explosion rattled the building, this time fire erupted from the stairway ceiling, just as fast as it was there it was gone, leaving thick black smoke in its wake, lucy limped down the stairs as fast as possible on her ankle

They made it down to the second floor, when lucy's vision hazed from the lack of oxygen, turning to the teenage girl,

"Can you take him?" the teenager nodded and put the boy on her hip

Looking down at the little girl who was visibly exhausted

"Your turn baby" the girl climbed onto Lucy's back.

Lucy let out a cry as they made it to the lobby, all 5 of them were bloody, dirty and on the verge of passing out.

They stumbled out of the burning building, Lucy cupped each childs faces and scanned them for injuries.

lucys emotions and pain finally caught up to her, as her ankle and knee finally gave out beneath her she sobbed on her knees, the baby and 3 other children held onto her as she cried.

She relocated 2 joints and made it, she survived 6 floors of smoke and debris, 3 explosions , carrying two children and saving 4 in all, while shirtless, concussed, her bone sticking out of her body, and her ankle absolutely wrecked to hell, But she still made it out alive.

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They had all come to accept that they may never see lucy again after the third explosion, until a shout from the media crowd told them otherwise

"There she is! Shes alive!"

Officers and first responders cheered

They all turned to see lucy falling to her knees, clutching a baby, a young girl on her back and a teenage girl with a little boy holding onto her,

She sobbed on the ground, covered in blood and dirt, wearing a sports bra and full duty belt,

"She did it" tim whispered

Tears sprang to Angela, Nyla, west, nolan and his eyes as they ran to her.

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Lucy was still sobbing if not harder, as she held all of the children, she had got out of the building, she heard multiple sets of footsteps, looking up she saw then running towards her, a stretcher close behind, that just made her cry harder as she stood up with the help of the teenage girl, still clutching the baby to her chest

it was nyla who made it to her first "Lucy you're bleeding"

"i know, this tourniquet is making my fingers go numb"

"Im not talking about your arm, you head is bleeding alot"

"I would know if my head was blee-" she reached up to wipe the side of her face, bringing her hand down she was greeted by a bright red palm

"Well damn"

The paramedics were about to put her on the stretcher but she pushed them off

"Take the kids first, they didn't have good protection, i cut up a shirt, but the smoke was bad"

the rest of her friends were now infront of her

"Now's not the time to be stubborn boot" tim cringed at the bone penetrating her arm

"I'm not, take the kids first!" she turned back to the paramedic

"Ma'am i can't do that, your injuries are clearly worse than theirs"

"Its officer not ma'am, and until you have to put your own kneecap and shoulder back into place, keep track of 4 children down 6 flights of stairs through 3 explosions, with a bone sticking out of your body and your ankle crushed to shit, you don't get to determine whos injuries are worse, now, take the kids to shaw memorial before your arm is the one with a bone sticking out of it!"

The paramedic quickly got the message and took the baby and small girl from her, helping them plus the little boy and teenager onto the stretcher

Lucy leaned on the stretcher and wiped the tears from the two little kids cheeks

"You all did so good, your moms would be so proud" they nodded and held onto each other

Turning to the teenage girl who was crying as she tried to comfort the baby, Bringing them both into her chest with her non broken arm, planting a kiss on the girls forehead

"You're okay sweetheart, you're safe, its over" lucy pulled the girl back and cupped her cheek

"Promise me you'll stay with them in the hospital, i don't care how you do it, ill bail you out, just stay with them"

"I promise"

"Good" she waved for the paramedic to take them

The second the kids left she started to stumble and sway

"boot?" tim walked around to stand in front of her

"Light heade-" she collapsed into him

"It's probably blood loss, c'mon your turn" he scooped her up and set her on the other stretcher, being mindful of her literal bone.

They watched as tim climbed into the back with their somehow living coworker

"Wait, why is she shirtless?" grey asked

"She used her uniform shirt as a tourniquet and mask and cut her undershirt so the kids had something to protect their mouth and nose from the smoke sir" john responded quietly

"Wow, I need to make some phone calls, follow chen and bradford to the hospital"

Yes sir

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In the back of the ambulance, lucy got an oxygen mask shoved on her face and was poked with three needles, fluids, blood, and pain meds

"Alright officer chen, this is gonna hurt like hell but we can't have you bleeding out after what you've been though" a man in his mid/late twenties pointed at the bloody bone

she nodded and looked at tim her eyes swimming with pain and despair,

He took her good hand and squeezed

"Ready?" the 2 paramedics were positioning themselves to reset the bone

"Quiz me" she looked back at tim

"What?"

"Quiz me, ask me questions, yell at me about all the procedures i broke, TALK!"

Tim nodded, sliding onto the stretcher, holding her by the shoulder with one hand and squeezing her hand with the other

"Where did you learn to relocate joints?"
"My childhood best friend was on the football team all through highschool, i did ride alongs so they paid me under the table to be there at home and away games, cus our school rivals offensive line played dirt-SON OF A BITCH" the bone cracked back into place lucys body became numb before it all went dark.

"Pain knocked her out" the paramedic turned to his partner

"Keep her out, she's gonna be in a lot of pain"

When they got to Shaw, Lucy was swept away to a trauma room.

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