God Kvall everyone. It's yours truly Melonsworth here back with another fanfiction for you wonderful people. I have decided to do a slice of life fanfiction. Something I really don't see done here. People could be doing it and I've just been a tad bit blind to it. Anyway, I needed to work on something else at the same time as Hero Down. So, if nightmarish themes, blood, gore, and unsolved arson are not your thing then maybe this fanfic is.
I do have rules about my review section. Please do not post mean/rude/weird comments in my review section. Please do not spam for updates. Also, no conspiracy theories about Buck Douglas doing any sort of wrong doing. I will start kicking people who violate my terms of service. It's getting tiresome reading some of the reviews you guys leave only for it to be those things that I've mentioned above. It's fine if you have feedback or an idea but I really hate seeing comments like: Do a chapter where Sam and Elvis are fighting over Penny or How about you make each one of the fire fighters fall in love.
Like I said you are welcomed to suggest ideas or give feedback but do not do what I have already mentioned.
That's enough of me rambling now on with the story.
Chapter One: he follows the same path as the others.
Dawn rose over the town of PontyPandy. The first few rays poked in through the window of James' bedroom. James stirred from his sleep. He yawned and stretched. "today is the day." He whispered. He tossed the blankets back. Today James was starting his first day as a firefighter in training. His uncle, Sam offered to take him under his wing. James walked downstairs. His mother was the first person to greet him. She smiled at him. "how are you feeling love?" she asked. "I'm well. I'm a little nervous though. To think I barely graduated from the academy." She put his breakfast down on the table. "you'll be okay dear. I just know you'll do well on your first day." She kissed his cheek. Bronwyn's hair had gotten a tad bit grey with age. Charlie had passed away tragically in an accident at sea. This left his older brother, Hoshi to be the main provider for the house. He was busy with Ben out Titan. James ate his breakfast slowly. "it's a shame that dad isn't here." He whispered. "I really wanted him to be here." Bronwyn pulled James into a hug. "I know love but remember, he's always with you." He smiled at her. He soon finished eating. "thanks mom. I'd best be off now." Bronwyn stopped him. "aren't you forgetting to do something?" James looked at his reflection in the mirror. He was still dressed in his nightwear. "oops." He laughed shaking his head. "I'll head upstairs and get changed."
He tip toed past Sarah's room. His sister was a local reporter for PontyPandy Times. Her shift didn't start for another two hours. James quickly changed into his light blue polo shirt that had the PontyPandy Fire Brigade seal on the back and dark blue jeans. He tip-toed downstairs again. James walked out of the café. He had high hopes in his heart about today. "Hey James!" shouted a low rough voice behind him. He turned around to see his brother, Hoshi standing behind him. "Hey Hoshi." Greeted James. Hoshi was a sea-born pirate back in his early days of life. He had been caught by the Welsh Navy outside of the Mediterranean. When given the choice of either joining the Navy or spending a few years in jail, he chose the Navy. Now, Hoshi is one of PontyPandy's respected Coast Guards. "you look like a scared sea-pup. You really have nothing to worry about James. You know you can trust the people at the fire station." James chuckled. "I know. I'm can't believe that everything had happened so quickly ya know?" Hoshi nodded. He leaned on the railing. "well you better hop to it. I know Uncle Sam is the Fire Captain now but first impressions are everything." James nodded. "I'll see you later Hoshi." Hoshi waved his brother off. He flicked the tip of the cigar he had in his mouth onto the ground.
James arrived at the fire station. There was no one around in the garage. "guys?" he shouted. He went upstairs. The lounge was in complete darkness. He barely got a foot into the door when suddenly the light came back on. Each member of the brigade, new and old, came out from various hiding spaces in the lounge. "Surprise!" they shouted. There was a banner hanging above the kitchen area in the lounge with the words: Welcome to The Team James written on it. Sam was the first to approach James. "we figured we would throw a party to celebrate your first day here." James cracked a grin. "thanks Fire Captain Jones. I love it." Sam shook his head. "that's Fire Captain Sam to you." He countered with a wink. "now come on that cake isn't going to eat itself." Penny cut James a slice of cake. "I can't wait to start working alongside you James." She said. James nodded. "yeah and I can't wait to get started." He took the cake slice from her. Ellie clapped him on his shoulder. "who knows? Maybe you'll turn out just like your Uncle." James chuckled nervously. "his shoes are kind of hard to fill Ellie. Besides I'm not as brave as my Uncle." He took a bite of his cake slice. Ellie sat by him. "how do you know? You haven't started doing any rescues yet." Just then the alarm went off. James got up from the table. "spoke too soon." He slid down the pole behind his workmates. He turned to his Uncle. "James, you're going out in Jupiter with Elvis and Arnold. Penny will be following behind you guys in Venus." James nodded. He grabbed his helmet from the shelf. He then quickly changed into his firefighter's uniform. "what's the emergency Sam?" asked Penny. "there's a fire at the museum. You guys will need to deal with it quickly." James nodded. He got into Jupiter with Elvis and Arnold. He sat between the two of them. Elvis started Jupiter up. They pulled away from the fire station.
A pillar of smoke arose from the museum. The few tongues of fire burst out through the windows. James inhaled sharply. "we'll need to get the fire out before it does any more damage." Elvis nodded. "right, Penny and I will go into the building and see if anyone is trapped. You and Arnold will need to douse the flames out with water." James saluted Elvis. "will do." He quickly opened Jupiter's lockers. Elvis and Penny handed their oxygen tags off to Arnold who put them into the electronic clipboard. The screen flashed showing their profile pictures along with a meter monitoring their oxygen. "Firefighter Morris air 100% Firefighter Cridlington air 100%." Arnold watched them disappear into the building. Any visibility that they had was blocked off by the smoke and flames. Some of the exhibitions had caught fire. "this isn't good." Muttered Penny. Elvis nodded. "you check the top floor while I check the ground floor." Penny rushed as quickly as she could upstairs. She avoided the incoming debris that landed behind her. "Shit." Her path had been cut off. "Elvis!" she yelled. Elvis heard Penny shouting for her. "I won't have a way of coming back down the stairs." He frowned under his mask. "you'll need to find another way around." He looked around the ground floor for an exit. He spotted a set of stairs that was near the gift shop. He ran back to the main foyer. "Penny, take the stairs located off to the far left. They lead into the gift shop." Penny gave him a thumb up. She checked each one of the rooms for survivors. She took out her walkie talkie. "everyone seems to have evacuated Elvis." Her radio crackled. "that's good. Proceed back downstairs." She put her radio back on her chest. "help." Came a voice. Penny paused. She noticed someone was hiding underneath one of the desks. The female coughed again. Penny knelt down. "I spoke too soon." Penny got close to the desk. "are you okay?" asked Penny. The female nodded coughing. "I'm going to get you out of here but I want you to stay as low to the ground as you can get okay?" She took the females' hand. She lead the female away from the desk.
James and Arnold rushed in behind Elvis. They began hosing the flames on the ground floor down. Arnold looked at Elvis. "any sign of Penny?" Elvis shook his head. "it's starting to worry me. I'm going to head upstairs and check on her. She could be in trouble." James' heart was pounding in her chest. "be careful Elvis." Warned Arnold. Elvis left them to fight the fire on their own. He knew he had to find Penny before the building came down around them. Penny and the female were walking down the hall carefully. They got close to an elevator. The gas line in the roof had been exposed to the rising tempatures. The metal that was keeping the gas protected met the flames causing the line to explode. Penny felt the ground underneath them suddenly shake. She gasped seeing a torrent of flames coming straight for them. Penny noticed a crowbar was laying on the ground. She grabbed it and pried the elevator doors open. The elevator room itself was sitting about a few inches below them. "quickly into the elevator shaft now!" ordered Penny. The female nodded. She dropped down onto the elevator. Penny followed after her. Her back barely being missed by the fires' tongue. She could feel the heat on her back as she dropped down next to the female. The fire burned through two of the cables causing the elevator to rock into the wall. The female screamed grabbing onto the railing. Penny began sliding down next to her. She slid past the female only to have the female grab her hand.
Elvis felt the explosion rock the ground underneath him. "that's not good. That means James and Arnold will have to use sticky foam in order to put the fire out now." He then gasped. "Penny was on this floor!" he grabbed his radio off of his chest. "Penny! Come in Penny! Are you okay? Over." He called over the radio. Penny heard Elvis' voice on her radio. She carefully reached for her walkie. "Elvis you need to get to the elevator shaft now. I found a survivor but her and I are in a troubling position. Over." Elvis gulped. "okay Penny hold in there. Try to stay calm." He put his radio back on his chest.
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