Hey Guys,

So I've been running this idea through my head for a while and decided to finally write it. My first ever fic that I wrote revolved around Santana being a fire fighter and that was a little one shot based off this idea and I said that I would continue with it, so here it is.

The idea is based off of ladder 49 (if you haven't watched it, do it's really good...kinda sad but good)

If I have got anything wrong about how the fire service runs please tell me and ill correct it since all fire services run slightly differently and I'm not a fire fighter...kinda wish I was... It looks hot (sorry bad pun)

Please read and review and tell me what you think, if I should continue, any improvements or criticisms.

Pezberry will come

Disclaimer: - I don't own anything

A love burning hot enough to last

Heat...the heat was unbearable.

That was Santana's first thought as she came to. She was too hot. The heat was extremely uncomfortable under all her clothes and gear. She made a move to unbuckle her mask from her face, but let out a cry as pain shot through her entire body at the movement.

Dizzy and nauseated from the pain coursing through her, Santana tried to take in her surroundings but her vision was clouded from the pain and the dust covering the mask. She tried to listen to what was around her but the blood pumping in her ears masked any sounds that were made. Her sense of smell was useless due to the smoke.

Disoriented from the lack of senses she tried again to get the mask off her face. Gritting her teeth and whimpering against the excruciating pain that coursed through her body, she was able to get the mask off. She lay flat on her back exhausted from the effort, but when she took in a breath to fill her lungs she immediately started choking due the hot dusty air. She coughed a few times to clear her lungs and began trying to regulate her breathing to a normal pace.

She looked around her trying to figure out what floor she was on in the building, she assumed that she was on the bottom floor, meaning that she fell two stories, the amount of debris around her seemed to confirm her theory.

She closed her eyes; memories of the night flashed back to her...the call out, the burning flat that they had to go in to, clearing everyone out...and the missing girl.

After escorting everyone out of the building, a hysterical mother came running at her screaming about her baby not making it out. She knew that she was breaking protocol but Santana ran back in with Puck behind her, the mother had told Santana the apartment that she had lived in. Santana had instructed Puck to check the surrounding lobby to make sure she wasn't there while she checked the apartment. After breaking the door of the apartment in and checking every room she finally found her in her bedroom closet huddled in a corner.

Santana had radioed for Sam to get metal bucket and meet them at the window of the apartment. Carrying the little girl to the window she opened the latch and waited for Sam and Finn to make it up.

Outside the weather was extreme, the town had be hit with weather warnings all week about colossal snow storms making their way across the state of New York and nothing had come of it until now, Now they were experiencing the full wrath of the storms predicted. Looking out into the white landscape Santana couldn't see anything but the lights from the streets and the fire trucks below. The people shivered in blankets looking like little lost ants, struggling to beat the wind and snow that was being forced on them.

Finally the bucket, lead by Sam's floppy blonde hair and Finn gigantic eyebrows, appeared at the window. The bucket was starting swing wildly outside due to the wind; she had quickly handed the little girl to Finn, who pulled her close to his body to shelter her from the raging storm.

She had watched them make it safely to the ground before making her way back through the apartment. Opening the front door was her first mistake as she was thrown backwards by the onslaught of flames that had engulfed the Lobby. She landed with a thud. Her second mistake was trying to get to her feet as the already fire weakened floor groaned and gave way beneath her feet, Which had lead her to where she was now stuck in the burning building scared and alone.

Thinking of possible escapes, which in fact were useless since it hurt to move, she took a few deep breaths trying to calm herself down. She jumped slightly when the radio on her chest crackled in to life.

"Lopez...Lopez can you hear me? Santana Please Respond" The voice of her captain crackled over the sound of burning wood and debris.

She fumbled slightly trying to grab the small device on her chest with big chunky gloves before giving up. Groaning she moved her hand up to her mouth so she could pull the glove off using her teeth.

"Ca...Captain?" Santana croaked in to the radio hoping that it would work both ways "Captain...can...can you hear m...me?"

"Lopez thank god... you doing ok kid?" the voice of her captain crackled and broke through the radio "Santana do you know where you are...which floor?"

"I fell...I think I'm at the bottom...Sue I'm in bad shape" Santana said as she looked down at herself and resisted the urge to be sick.

"Don't worry Lopez we'll get you out...I promise" The conviction and determination in Sue's voice made hope flare in Santana's chest.

Outside the burning building captain Sue Sylvester stood in the snow covered ground and sighed. Relief and frustration shot through her. Relief that Santana was a live and frustration because she didn't know where in the building she was and she was injured. The stakes just got a lot bigger and there was no way she was leaving with a death on her hands especially the death of her best fire fighter and friend. They needed to get her out and fast.

"Puckerman I want you and the rest of your team in there, get her out as fast as you can" Puck nodded at his captain and rushed to get the guys for the brief.

He knew he was lucky, he got out at Santana's instruction when she had found the girl and promised that she would meet him outside and he wasn't going to let her break that promise.

"Tina I want you on standby for when she comes out let the other medic's deal with the others casualties. Your part of this units and one of the best medics here so Santana is your main priority got it?" Sue barked and Tina nodded.

"Yes captain!" Tina said as she rushed to get her ambulance prepped and ready to attend to Santana when she got out.

"Right someone get me the layout of the building so we can find where she is" Sue barked and was met with a rolled up sheet of paper a few seconds later. "Evan's come here a sec"

Sam trotted over in full gear ready to go "Yes captain?"

"You were the one she handed the kid to right?"

"Yes mam" Sam nodded.

"Which floor was the rescue made from" Sue asked as she gestured towards the paper.

"We were...uh ...on the third floor mam" Sam said pointed to the place on the layout.

Sue quickly studied the layout "So if she fell straight down ...that would mean that she was about here" She said pointing to a spot on the layout.

The few seconds it took her to make her assessment the rescue team had assembled- Puck, Sam, Finn and Mike stared back at her looking determined.

"Right Lopez was last seen on the third floor meaning that she should be roughly here if she fell straight down."Sue said pointing to the spot on the layout "Now there is a boiler room to the right of that spot where we can in to her section. You might have to cut your way through...I'm gonna try and guide her to that boiler or as close as she can get so she's away from the crumbling structure." Sue looked up to make sure her team knew what was at stake if the failed.

"This is one of our own... we are getting her out alive got me?" At the nods Sue continued "Right when we get her out give her straight to Chang and we'll get her on the first bus outta here, be warned gentlemen she's in bad shape so be quick but gentle...let's go get our girl."

The guys nodded and ran towards the building to start the rescue leaving Sue and Tina to pray for miracles.

"Please let this work" Sue said as she looked up at the white sky.