"Rescue base to rescue portable 1, how's it going guys"

"Rescue portable 1 to rescue base, yeah not too good here Vince" said Dean.

"What's happening Deano?"

"We've got a code 4, woman about 25 years of age, we couldn't stop her internal bleeding."

"arghh... Righto, leave it to the ambos now...and ahh, hurry up mate, I've been looking forward to nice beer!"

Dean just laughed down the radio.

The drive back to the station house was relatively quiet as Heidi just sat, staring blanking out the passenger side window.

"You know you couldn't have saved her." Jordan said after a long wheel of silence.

She sighed "But what if I did something different Jordan, like what if I had got to her faster or something?" said Heidi.

"But you didn't, and that's ok. You can't change anything now alright?" he placed his hand on her thigh.

"Yeah...alright...I guess" she said, putting her hand on top of his.

The car pulled into the Rescue Special Ops station driveway and the two made their way upstairs.

It had been a long day for the team. Three MVA's and a collapsed bank building had left them starving for a good night's sleep. The day had been especially hard for Heidi. The thought of not being able to save someone's life haunted her and she was always thinking about the 'what if's'. She walked over to her desk and slumped down into the hard chair. Resting her head on the desk and closing her eyes, every little thought imaginable ran through her. She was not left alone for long when Michelle called her into her office.

"Heidi, can I have a word" Michelle said in a welcoming tone.

Heidi sighed and lifted her head before getting up and making her way into Michelle's office.

"Please, sit. I know you're tired and this may not be the bit of information that is going to make your day, but I'm just letting you know that the woman that died today, her name is Maria Kooley, and Heidi, she wasn't just at that bank coincidently. Her brother, Ryland Kooley was let out of jail 4 months ago after he'd served his sentence for robbery. The police think that instead of him doing any more of the dirty work, he's put his sister up to it."

A long time went by before the next words came out of Michelle's mouth. She knew what she was about to say, but when she said it, it still shocked her.

"Heidi, Maria Kooley was planning an attempted robbery at that bank today."

Another long silence took place before Michelle spoke again.

"I know this isn't going to change the fact that you couldn't save her but I just thought you should know...alright?"

"Yeah...no, I'm fine" Heidi said.

"Ok well you take care of yourself alright." Michelle said as Heidi stood up to walk out the door.

She walked down the stairs and into the locker room. After grabbing her bag from her locker she started walking out to her car, planning on making a great escape and calling it a day. As she opened the driver side door a voice she knew all too well interrupted her.

"Hey...Heidi, where you going?" said Jordan

"I think I'm gonna head home, you know, call it a day."

"You alright?"

"Yeah"

"You sure, we can go get something to eat?

" I'm fine Jordan" she said with just a bit of anger in her voice.

"Righto... night then" He knew far too well to know that when she was in this kind of mood it was best to leave her alone.

She stood in the kitchen of her apartment, waiting for the kettle to boil. It was only 7pm but she was dying to go to bed. As she took a mug out of the cupboard she heard loud knocks at the front door.

She opened the door to find her 16 year old sister, Nicole, standing anxiously at the door along with a suitcase. Nicole was the youngest in the Wilson family and she and Heidi were very close. They both despised their middle sister, Lexi who was always trying to use them to her advantage.

"Nicole! What are you doing here? Are you alright?"

"Yeah, um Heidi...I was wondering if I could stay with you for a while?"

"Why what's up?"

"Nothing everything is fine, you know its school holidays so I thought I would come down and see you?" said Nicole.

"ahh, umm yeah sure come in"

"Thank you so much Heidi" Nicole said as she reached out and hugged her older sister.

Heidi gave a timid smile and walked back into the kitchen to continue making her coffee, while Nicole pulled her suitcase in the living room and sat down on the couch.

"So...I have work the next couple of days" Heidi said as she came into the living room where Nicole was sitting.

"What are you gonna do all day?"

"Oh, I dunno, I'll probably just call some friends up and we can hang out I guess"

Heidi laughed, "Yeah, just no parties here alright!"

"Will do sis!"

"I'm gonna head off to bed, the guest room is set up so you can sleep in there if you want."

"Ok, night then"

Heidi kissed her little sister on the head before heading into her bedroom. She slipped into her bed and pulled the sheets up around her neck. It was only a matter of minutes before she drifted off to sleep.

She could feel the walls falling in around her...the dusty air creeping deeper into her lungs as she gasped for air. She felt a strong pair of arms grab her by the shoulders and her body was dragged along the rough ground. The sun shone bright into her eyes and she could hear sirens and people yelling around her. She started panicking...she couldn't feel anything, she realised she wasn't in pain anymore. The sounds around her were fading and she could only hear her weak heartbeat beating inside her. She knew she couldn't hold on any longer...she knew it was her time...