Disclaimer: I own NONE of these characters. All the major TW characters are owned by NBC. Fyre created Mercedes.

Thank You: To Fyre, for letting me use Mercedes and for helping me come up with the basic story line.

Special Thank You: To moonshine44 for being the first person to review my story 'Vengeance' and insisting I wrote more Carlos/Mercedes angst. Here you go moonshine! Hope you enjoy! This is dedicated to you.

Synopsis: 2 Cops and 2 Paramedics get caught up in a restaurant attack. Can the rest of the 55 save them before all hell breaks loose? It's probably about a year after my last posted Fic 'Unexpected Surprise'

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It was a boring Tuesday evening as Mercedes rested in the seat of the Bus. She had replaced Taylor for the next few months as a Paramedic. With raising her their newly adopted child, her blood nephew, Mikey Jr., She felt the job would be less stressful. She never realized it would be this boring. It was 4:30 and she was starving. Looking to Kim, who was driving, she sighed.

"Let's call in for dinner. I'm starving." Mercedes said, rubbing her stomach, moaning. She heard her stomach growling loudly.

"All right, call it in." Kim nodded, turning a corner towards the restaurant they usually ate at. Mercedes reached for the radio as a call came through.

"Adam 55-2 respond to a possible Domestic. Police are on scene. 198th and Oak."

"Of course. Only when I am starving and need food." Mercedes picked up the radio, responding.

"Adam 55-3, responding" She turned on the lights and sirens as Kim sped up.

Arriving on the scene, Sully and Davis nodded for them to go up, and followed close behind. They had stuffed the abusing husband in the RMP and were waiting for the paramedics to show up. As they walked in, Mercedes saw a horrid sight. Flashbacks of her mother and her childhood crossed her mind as Kim moved to the woman. She lay, unconscious, blood coming from her mouth and side.

"Davis." Mercedes said softly.

"Yeah?" Davis responded, looking towards her.

"You remember your EMT training?" Mercedes voice got softer.

"Yeah, why?" Davis looked at her, wondering why she would ask that.

"Because I. I can't do this. I'm gunna be sick!" Running out of the building, Kim yelled after her. Sully ran after her as Davis assumed her responsibilities. Running down the stairs she ran behind the building and started to puke. Sully stopped, hearing her and moaned, cringing. Why did he have to listen to this? Watching Mercedes stumble out of the alley, she moved to the bus. Getting a bottle of water she had in the bus, she rinsed her mouth out and spit it in the street. Popping a piece of gum into her mouth, she moaned, slumping into the driver's seat. Kim came rushing down with Davis and the lady, who was now laid on the stretcher. Moving her into the Buss, the doors slammed and Mercedes drove. Kim called mercy with basic Information and looked towards Mercedes.

"Merc, you want to tell me what happened back there?" Kim said in a 'you're gunna tell me whether you like it or not' tone of voice. Mercedes just moaned, holding her stomach, hoping they would make it to Mercy in time for her to barf again.

Mercedes pulled the Bus up and backed in. Jumping out of the driver's seat, she opened the back doors and helped pull the woman out. Seeing her face made Mercedes' stomach lurch. As the doctors took the stretcher, Mercedes ran for the bathroom. Disappearing behind the doors Kim, sighed, starting the paperwork. Sully and Davis came up behind her.

"Where did Mercedes go?" Ty asked looking around.

"She went to the bathroom. I think we went to puke again." Kim shook her head.

"That scene must have upset her." Sully knew some of the Boscorelli family history, and didn't like any of it.

"But why? Mercedes isn't exactly the faint of heart." Kim looked up at Sully.

"You'll have to ask her Kim." Sully shut his mouth as Mercedes came back. Just seeing Mercedes pale face made him heave slightly. She looked terrible. Proctor came out and saw her. Taking Mercedes arm, she took her into an Exam room. Kim looked a little shocked. Was Mercedes sick?

Kim went outside and called Doc.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Kim. Tell Carlos and whoever else met you there we won't be able to make it."

"Why? A Call runs late?"

"Kind of, but Mercedes is sick. Sully said it was the scene. But she's all pale and greenish tinted."

"What was the scene? Mercedes has seen some gross stuff Kim."

"A woman got beaten by her husband. Pretty bad too. Mercedes walked in, saw the woman, and ran."

"that doesn't sound like Mercedes. I'll tell Carlos, Bosco and Yokas. Call us when you go on lunch, maybe we can meet for coffee."

"All right. See you later." Kim hung up and sighed, walking back into the ER.