"Hey Roy," Johnny Gage greeted his partner of 6 years as he walked into the locker room and began to change.
"Hey Junior," Roy DeSoto replied to his friend and partner as he tied his shoes.
"Looks like it's gonna be a great day today. The rain finally stopped," Johnny exclaimed with a smile as he took off his shirt and put on his uniform shirt as Chet walked into the room.
"Hey Gage your cars on fire!," Chet cried out. He just loved picking on him so much. He was so easy.
"What?!," John yelled as he raced from the room with just his boxers and his uniform shirt on.
"Chet that was bad!," Roy exclaimed as he saw Chet double over in fits of laughter. You'd think John would learn one of these days not to ever listen to Chet?
"Oh man. Hey Marco, Mike you gotta hear this one!," Chet yelled to the other engine crew as he raced from the locker room.
"Where's Chet?," Johnny questioned angrily as he flew back in the locker room where Roy was leaning against his locker.
"He just went to tell the rest of the station. Johnny let me give you some advice. Don't listen to Chet. It's just that simple," Roy stated with a smile. If you could see Johnny right now all you'd see is a grown man standing in the doorway with just boxers and a shirt on.
"That is good advice, but I won't need it when I kill Chet!," Johnny yelled as he stormed out of the room.
"Would you at least get some pants on?," Roy called after him as he grabbed John's uniform pants and rushed out of the room. I feel like a mother running after her child.
"Gosh Gage don't ya need some pants? I have some to lend you if you need them," The short Irish man asked John with a smile.
"No thanks, Chet. I've just decided to not talk to you the rest of the shift," John replied with a smile as he took the pants Roy held out for him.
"Oh man it's like a holiday for me," Chet exclaimed rubbing his hands together.
"John what have you gotten yourself into now?," Roy questioned as he watched his partner dance around the room trying to put his pants on.
"Don't worry about me Roy," John replied with a smile as he zipped up his pants.
"See John I never stop worrying about you," Roy stated with a frown. He acts just like Chris when he's fighting with Jennifer.
"Roll call!," The Cap yelled from the other room.
"Coming right, John boy?," Chet challenged John with a smile as he walked out of the room with John right next to him. This is gonna be so easy.
"Morning Cap," John greeted the Captain with a smile as he took his usual spot in line.
"Morning guys," Captain Stanley exclaimed to his crew.
"Ok as you know guys we've had some rain these last couple days so..., there is gonna be some mud we'll have to deal with today," Captain Hank Stanley explained to his shift who just moaned when they heard this news.
"That's not moaning I hear is it?," The Captain asked with a smile.
"No sir," Marco replied quickly.
"Good men here are you assignments. Gage and DeSoto are in charge of cleaning the squad, Marco your cooking, Chet your latrine and Mike you and me are waxing the engine," The Captain explained as he dismissed his crew.
"Cap why do I always have the latrine?," Chet questioned the Captain with a frown.
"Let's see who tried to glue Gage's butt to the toilet seat and caused him to go to the hospital with a rash?," The Cap questioned right back with no smile as well.
"Oh ok," Chet walked away mad.
"So Marco what are we having for breakfast?," Hank Stanley asked the cook with a smile.
"Well Cap I was making omelets with bacon in them," Marco replied as he took milk out of the refrigerator.
"Sounds good," Mike and Cap exclaimed at the same time.
"Well........," Johnny started, but was interrupted by the tones.
"STATION 51 MEN TRAPPED IN TUNNELCAVE IN 6 MILES OUT FROM WEST POINT TIME OUT 8:54," The dispatcher relayed over the station.
"Station 51 kmg365," Captain Stanley exclaimed into the mike.
"Let's go," John told Roy as he took the slip the cap gave him and got out his map.
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"Up here!," The man yelled as he saw the engine pull up.
"Ok were coming sir," Roy told the man as he grabbed the equipment out of the squad.
"What do we have?," Captain Stanley questioned looking down the tunnel.
"2 of my men went down 12 minutes ago. I radioed down 9 minutes ago and they weren't doing to good. I just lost contact," The man replied quickly.
"Hey Cap I think I can make it down there," John offered.
"Ok. Were sending John down. How long do you think it will be till you can get threw from the other side?," The Cap questioned the man.
"About 3 hours," The man replied wiping sweat from his face.
"They need oxygen, Cap," Roy exclaimed. 3 hours is way to long to go without clean o2 in their lungs.
"John take a radio and then we'll send the o2 when your ready," The Cap told John as he suited up.
"Good luck, Junior," Roy DeSoto exclaimed to John as he helped him get onto the top of the opening.
"Sounds good," John replied as he started to decent down the long tunnel.
"Careful!," John yelled back up as he hit some rough spots.
"You ok?," Roy questioned concerned.
"I'm fine," John replied rubbing his knee.
"Let us know when your down," The Cap yelled down to his paramedic.
"I'll tug the rope twice," John yelled back up as he could feel the tunnel getting narrower.
"Man that looks unstable Cap," Chet replied looking down the tunnel.
"I know," Hank exclaimed.
"He's down!," Roy yelled as he saw the rope being tugged twice.
"Good," Cap replied quickly.
"Ready for o2!," Hank yelled to Mike and Marco.
"Got it!," They yelled back.
"Hey Cap. That was real rough, but I got down," John came over the radio.
"He always could get threw anything," Chet exclaimed with a smile.
"Ok John o2 is on it's way down," Roy replied into the mike to his partner. He hated it when they were split up. If Johnny was hurt he wouldn't let Roy know. Johnny was so stubborn.
"Thanks. Roy we've got 2 victims. 1 is unconscience and the other has a broken leg. The 1st one has a BP of 120/90, pulse of 100 and respiration's of 12. Victim 2 has a BOP of 100/60, pulse rate of 90 and respiration of 19," John relayed threw the mike to Roy.
"I'll set up contact," Chet replied.
"Rampart this is squad 51," Chet exclaimed into the biophone.
"Go ahead 51," Dr. Brackett replied.
"Rampart we have 2 victims of a cave in," Chet explained giving the phone to Roy.
"1st is unconscience. Vitals are BOP 120/90, pulse 100 and respiration's of 12. 2nd has a possible broken leg. Vitals are BOP 100/60, pulse 90 and respiration's of 19," Roy relayed to the doctors at Rampart.
"Have you gotten threw top them?," Kel questioned quickly.
"Johnny is down there. We sent o2 down," Roy informed the doc.
"Monitor them. I want an IV D5W TKO stared on both of them," Kel ordered.
"We are unable to.........," Roy started as a rumble came from below.
"Doc there was another cave in," Roy yelled to him.
"Johnny?," The doc questioned concerned.
"Doc I'll inform ya when we hear anything," Roy replied concerned as he lied the phone down and went to the tunnel, where he said a silent prayer for his partner.
"If we do," Chet whispered when he saw the dust that came up threw the tunnels entrance.
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"You ok?," Johnny asked the man with the broken leg.
"I think I broke the other leg," The man cried out.
"Let's take a look," John replied feeling another rumble coming on.
"Hold on!," John yelled as he threw himself on the man.
"Help us!!!!!," John yelled as the cave in finally stopped.
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"Another cave in, Cap," Marco told his superior. Poor Johnny. They've only got enough o2 down there for about 45 more minutes. That's if it wasn't damaged.
"Listen we've got to get my man and those 2 victims out now. How much longer till your drillers are threw?," The Captain asked quickly.
"I'd say about another hour or so," The man replied.
"We can't wait that long," Roy exclaimed concerned.
"Squad 51. This is Rampart are you threw yet?," Dr. Brackett's eager voice came over.
"Ah, No Rampart about another hour," Roy explained wiping the dirt and dust off his face.
"Keep us informed," Dr. Brackett replied quickly.
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"Dixie we got 2 maybe 3 victims coming in, in the next hour. I want rooms," Dr. Brackett ordered the head nurse.
"Is Johnny one of the victims?," Dix questioned. I heard Kel talking to Roy earlier. How does John always find trouble?
"I don't know yet. He's still down there. There's been 2 cave ins since," Kel informed the shocked nurse.
"We'll be ready," Dixie replied as she hurried off to inform the rest of the staff.
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"You alright?," John questioned the injured man.
"Yeah I'm ok," The man replied as he tried to sit up.
"Just take it easy. I'm gonna check on your partner here," John exclaimed as he made his way over to the other injured man.
"Still no change," John whispered to himself.
"He ok?," The man asked quickly.
"He needs a hospital," John replied.
"Did you see where my walkie talkie went?," John questioned looking around.
"No man I didn't," The man stated starting to dig around himself.
"Let's find it ok," John exclaimed digging his own little area.
"Hey I think I found it!," The man yelled as he pulled something up out of the dirt.
"Nope it's a rock," The man replied.
"Just keep looking, and try to keep that leg straight till I can immobilize it," John told the man.
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"Cap we've been here since 9:20. It's now 12:40. We gotta get them out of there," Roy exclaimed as he sat in the squads drivers seat.
"Roy I know. We just gotta wait. John's gonna be ok. I bet ya right now he's cracking jokes with the victims," Captain Stanley told his paramedic with a smile. God I hope I'm right.
"Yeah your probably right," Roy replied. John's gonna come out of this with a medal.
"I know your worried. We all are," Chet exclaimed form where he was sitting.
"Sorry Chet we didn't know you were there," Captain Stanley replied looking to see Chet leaned against the hood of the squad.
"At least your last minutes with the guy was where he was talking to you. I feel horrible for what I did to Gage," Chet explained as he slammed his fist down on the hood.
"Hitting the squad isn't going to help, pal," Mike replied as he walked over to join the group.
"Chet you know you would still play jokes on Gage even if he walked out of this unscathed," Roy exclaimed with a smile.
"No pal I don't know about that anymore," Chet said as he walked away from the crew.
"I'll go after him. I guess all we can do is wait anyway," Roy replied as he got out of the squad and started after Chet.
"How's the fist?," Roy questioned as he stopped just in front of Chet.
"Fine. You know I was thinking. Send me down," Chet exclaimed quickly.
"We can't Chet. It's too dangerous," Roy explained.
"Yeah I know," Chet explained.
"Let's just pray," Roy stated with a slight smile as they walked back to the group.
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"Find it?," Johnny questioned the injured man.
"Not yet," The man replied taking off his hard hat.
"Is the pain in your leg still bad?," John asked quickly.
"Not bad," The man replied as his fingers found something.
"I found it!," The man yelled as he pulled it above all the dirt.
"Let's clean it off," John replied with a smile.
"I hope it still works," John whispered as he started picking dirt out of the talking part.
"Roy......Roy," John tried into the mike.
"Roy can you hear me?," John tried again.
"It's not working!," Johnny exclaimed as he spit on his shirt and then continued to clean the walkie talkie off.
"Roy can you hear me?," Johnny yelled into the mike again.
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"Cap it's Johnny!," Chet yelled as he heard a familiar voice come over Roy's walkie talkie.
"Well answer it!," The Cap yelled back with a smile.
"Johnny we hear you," Chet replied with a smile. It sure is good to hear John again.
"Chet we need to get out of here now!," John's urgent voice came over.
"Johnny are you hurt?," Roy questioned concerned as he took the mike from Chet.
"No, but the guys I got in here are," Johnny relayed quickly.
"Chet get the life lines," Roy ordered happily.
"Were on our ways. Have the drillers gotten threw?," Roy asked.
"Nope. Gotta find another way, Roy," John's breathless voice came over.
"Hold on, John we will," Roy replied. We need to get them out now.
"Cap, John's having trouble breathing. We gotta move on them now!," Roy yelled to his Captain.
"How close are the drillers?," The Captain asked the man again.
"Real close, about 10 minutes," The man replied.
"Ok let's move," Hank Stanley yelled to his crew.
"Roy their threw!," John's voice came over 5 minutes later.
"Good were sending a line down now," Roy replied to his partner.
"Good deal," John exclaimed giving the man a smile.
"Here comes a line, John," Roy explained trusting a line down to John.
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"Good," John replied inhaling the air coming threw the new tunnel.
"Nice and easy!," Roy exclaimed into the mike.
"You know me," John replied as he helped the drillers pick up the injured men.
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"John," Roy exclaimed concerned when he saw his partner emerge threw the new opening.
"I'm ok," John explained as he dragged himself over to Roy.
"You ok, John?," Captain Stanley questioned his paramedic as he ran over to him.
"I'm really ok, Cap," John replied as he rubbed his eyes.
"That's nice bud, but your going to Rampart," Roy explained as he put his arm around John for support in case he got dizzy.
"Good idea," Hank exclaimed with a smile.
"As long as I get a nice shower," John replied as he got in the back of the ambulance with Roy.
"What no arguments? Are you sure your ok?," Roy questioned as he took John's hand to check his pulse.
"I'm fine I'm just tired. Who'd a thought I would be stuck in a cave for 4 hours?," John questioned as he pulled his hand back from Roy and lied down on the bench with his armover his eyes..
"Not me," Roy exclaimed with a sigh.
"Me neither," John replied with a yawn.
"Get some rest, John. Your gonna have a lot of stories to tell," Roy explained as the ambulance started.
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"How's our star patient doing?," Dixie questioned as the ambulance pulled up and John got out followed by Roy.
"Couldn't be better Dix," John replied with a smile.
"How's the other 2?," John asked as Dr. Brackett approached the group.
"I sent the man with the broken leg up to surgery and the other died a few minutes after he got on the table," Dr. Brackett told John. He looks like hell.
"Oh man. I knew he wouldn't make it. If that damn tunnel hadn't caved in we would have gotten out in time," John replied as he walked away from the group.
"Pal, you did everything you could have," Roy explained to his partner as he went over to him.
"I know. I'm just tired," John replied as he rubbed his eyes.
"Let's get you checked out," Roy explained as he took John's arm and squeezed it.
"Yeah," John replied as he let Roy steer him to the treatment room where Dr. Brackett was waiting.
"Let's see if we can't clean those eyes out for you," Dr. Brackett explained with a smile.
"Sounds good," John exclaimed.
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"Hey. So how was your weekend?," Roy questioned his partner with a smile as he came into the locker room.
"Hiya. My weekend was great. I met this great chick at the supermarket. We went out on Saturday. She's really nice, but she did have this weird sense of humor," John explained as he got ready for his shift.
"Well at least you had a nice time," Roy replied.
"I did until she told me she was a Kelly," John exclaimed.
"He didn't?," Roy questioned with a smile.
"He did," John replied as he put on his boots.
"She only went out with me as a joke," John explained with a smile as he took off his boots.
"What's so funny?," Roy questioned seeing John burst out laughing.
"He put jello in my boots," John replied dumping out his boots onto the floor.
"I'm gonna get him Roy," John exclaimed as he opened his locker quickly to get his second pair of boots.
"Johnny watch out!," Roy warned John, but was too late.
"Oh man," John exclaimed as 2 pies came out and hit him in the face and water dumped onto him from the ceiling.
"That's a record, Chet!," John yelled as he got up and slid over to the sink.
"Thanks John, but I couldn't have done it without a pigeon like you, so this award goes to you," Chet replied as he took a snake out from behind his back.
"Ahhh, Chet get that thing away from me!," John yelled as he ran and hide behind Roy.
"Relax, John," Chet replied as he threw the snake at John and Roy.
"Chet!," John yelled as he hit the floor.
"You guys. It's only a rubber snake," Chet exclaimed with fits of laughter.
"Your gonna get it," John yelled as he chased Chet out of the locker room.
"It's good to have them talking again," Roy replied as he got off the floor and made his way out of the locker room.
"Real good," Roy exclaimed as he saw Chet race past him followed by a wet Johnny.
"You'll never catch me!," Chet yelled back to John.
"Nah nah nah nah nah," Chet teased John as he put his fingers in his mouth and made a face at John.
"Excuse me Chet, but you have latrine duty am I right?," Captain Stanley questioned as he came out of his office.
"Yes sir," Chet replied as he walked back to the bathroom with Johnny now making faces at him.
"Oh grow up!," Chet yelled making a face at him.
"You grow up first," John replied with a smile.
"No you!," Chet exclaimed.
"Cap is it possible to have them both locked in an old cave?," Roy questioned the Cap with a smile.
"You let me know if you find a safe one," Captain Stanley replied.
"I think were the only sane ones," Hank exclaimed with a laugh as John stuck his tongue out at Chet.
"I'm begining to think so," Roy replied as he followed his Cap into the kitchen.
"Roy, Cap, Johnny is making faces at me again," Chet whined.
"Oh man. This is gonna be a long day," Captain Stanley replied with a frown.
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