Secrets

By

Numb3rsfan

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: Angst, H/C, OOC, AU and Language.

Author's Notes: Ok, most of this overall plot is from the film Love's Enduring Promise, so if you haven't seen that then you may or may not get this. Also, any and all grammatical mistakes are my own. And one more thing this is set after season 1 and before season 2.

PS: In this one, Johnny Gage isn't a part of Station 51. In fact, no one has even heard of him.

Disclaimer: I don't own Emergency, so in other words, please don't sue. Also, I don't own any part of Love's Enduring Promise and most of the lines used from the film have been reworded!

Summary: Many secrets revolve around Roddie Gage's past and one in particular which is preparing to come out. (Crappy summary, I know.)

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Chapter One: Station 51

Station 51 was an overall brand new station located deep in Carson which was a pretty good sized chunk of LA. It was supposed to house paramedic firefighters as well as the usual firefighters, but for some reason that wasn't happening.

Apparently not enough people signed up for the program, and one of the paramedics who had taken the course and who had been assigned to Station 51 had decided to up and take the training class again!

So now Captain Hank Stanley was waiting for the class to end so he could find out if he was finally going to get his paramedic team.

The one paramedic that he knew he was getting was Roy DeSoto. Roy was in his late 20's early 30's and from what Hank had found out, his paramedic skills were beyond the best. In fact, Hank had found out that Roy had even requested that he be placed at Station 51. This news had caused Hank to beam with pride.

The other paramedic he had supposed to have gotten decided that this life wasn't for him, so he had dropped out of the department all together.

Shaking his head, Captain Stanley stood up from his chair, planning on heading for the day room of his station when the tones went off.

"Engine 51. Fire at the petting zoo. Respond with Station 18. 1380 Wind Willow Dr. 1380 Wind Willow Dr. Cross street Larch. Time out 9:38."

While dispatch had been talking, Captain Stanley had scribbled down the address before running for the engine. Inside, all in their turnout coats and hats were his men, Chet Kelly, Marco Lopez and Mike Stoker the engineer.

After slipping in to his own turnout coat and hat, Captain Stanley grabbed the mic before acknowledging the request with a "Station 51 10-4, KMG-365."

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First on the scene was station 18, followed by station 51. Captain Mike Howard from station 18 instructed his men to take an inch and a half around to the side, while he suggested to Captain Stanley of 51 to have his men tackle the front, to which Hank agreed.

Soon the hoses were rolled out and in the hands of the firefighters and the water was flowing, hitting the fire and causing more and more smoke to go up in to the air.

After several minutes, it was clear that two of the firemen from 18's were having problems with their hose.

"Hey Rod!" Jason Stapleton yelled to his buddy, Rod Gage.

"Yeah?" Rod yelled back, struggling to hear his friend over the fire right in front of them.

"Go see why our line isn't fully charged!" Jason yelled, gesturing to their engineer Tim Jennings, who was turning some knobs on their engine.

"Right!" Rod yelled, letting go of the line before turning and trotting over to the engine.

"Hey Timmie! What's the deal with the line? We just lost pressure!" Rod said when he was close enough to the engineer.

"Yeah I know! The engine's fouled up somehow. I'm doing my best to fix it!" Tim said, not taking his eyes off of the gauges in front of him.

Shaking his head, Rod looked to Jason who was watching him.

Smoothly Rod shrugged his shoulders before he looked to his left at the other station who was working the fire as well.

'Station 51. The new station over on Carson.' Rod thought as he studied the men for a second. They all looked a little green to him, but hey, he was probably as green as they were, and he wasn't going to say anything about it!

Getting his mind back on the job, Rod was about to turn around and return to Jason when he saw a big diesel truck go by. On the back of the truck there were bags of something or the other.

In the blink of an eye Rod watched the line holding the bags down, snap and fly back, just as the truck rounded a curve, going faster than it should.

The bags in the back shifted and one flew right off the bed of the truck, heading straight for 51's captain!

Before Rod could shout a warning, the bag hit Captain Stanley head on, sending the older man right in to the side of 18's engine.

The man hit the vehicle with such force that his head actually left a dent in the metal!

As everyone turned and watched Captain Stanley fall to the ground unmoving, Rod was the only one who acted.

He knew that he legally couldn't do this, but he had taken the paramedics course over at Saint Frances before deciding that that life wasn't for him.

Quickly Rod ran over to the downed captain and gently rolled him over on to his back before he checked him over.

He was unconscious, that much was obvious.

A large, dark bruise was slowly forming on his temple where it had connected with the engine.

Without wasting a second, Rod took all the vitals he could before he felt a tap on his shoulder.

Looking up he saw the faces of two paramedics that he didn't know.

Rising he moved back and watched them work, wondering when the heck they had arrived.

As they were working, Rod told them what he suspected; that the captain had a concussion and bruises.

For that he only received two nods.

After several minutes the paramedics rose and loaded up Captain Stanley in to the ambulance to take him to Rampart, while Rod and the others started to put up the hose.

While he had been so focused on the downed captain, he didn't know that Station 51 had almost single handedly put out the fire with very little assistance from Station 18.

"Hey Rod!"

Turning, Rod saw Jason waving him forward towards the engine.

Blinking back the haze, Rod saw that everything was stowed away and the rest of the men were waiting on him.

Nodding his head, Rod jogged to the engine and climbed in while Timmy got it in gear and headed back for the staion.

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I just guessed on Roy's age, because I don't know how old he was supposed to be during the beginning of the program.