Alas, I am making another Fireman Sam fanfiction. I've gotten a little burned out with Tip of Spear. I thought "eh I'll just make another one" and this is how this one was born. Some of my worse ideas come to me when I'm half asleep. So, enjoy this one. Make sure you do review. I do enjoy the random bits of feedback that I get.
Chapter One
The alarm bell inside of the Fire Station went off. "a fire at the Wholefish Café!" came Station Officer Steele's voice through the PDA system. Sam slid down the pole. He ran over to the shelf grabbing his gear. His colleagues followed suit. Little did they know that this fire was going to be a decider. A decider in fates if you will. "okay we'll need Venus and Jupiter. Penny and Arnold will follow behind me and Elvis in Venus. Arnold you're with me in Jupiter." Arnold saluted Sam. "you've got it Sam!" Sam jumped into Jupiter. He quickly buckled himself up. Arnold climbed in after him. He flicked the siren on the minute he climbed inside. Both fire engines took to the streets. Sam's heart was pounding in his chest. His family was in danger and he knew it. Up in the distance, black smoke poured into the sky. Orange embers danced around the building. The Fire Brigade arrived at the scene. Sam quickly stepped out of Jupiter. He was met by Bronwyn. "Charlie is trapped in there!" Sam gulped. "alright we'll get him out of there. Arnold, you cut the power off at the mains, Elvis you deal with the fire while I go inside and rescue Charlie." Elvis nodded. Penny put on the checkered vest and grabbed the electronic clipboard out from the glove compartment in Jupiter. She then collected the breathing apparatus tags from each of her colleagues. "Cridlington air 100%, McKinley air 100%" Penny put Sam's tag into the clipboard last. "Sam air 30% low oxygen." All the color drained from Penny's face. "Sam!" she yelled. It was already too late. Sam had disappeared into the flames.
Arnold had rushed in first. He cut the power off at the mains. "powers off Sam!" he yelled. Sam nodded. He quickly ran upstairs. He heard his brother's cries for help coming from the living room. Charlie had been cornered by the flames. Sam took a step back. He then ran forward. He jumped over the narrow strip of flames. He helped Charlie up. "stay low Charlie." Charlie nodded. Sam and Charlie moved over the strip of flames. The roof then groaned above them. The supports gave way and some of the roof came crashing down. Sam pushed Charlie out of the way. Charlie slammed face first into the wall. The roof came down on Sam. Sam felt his lungs being pressed against his rib cage. He was low on oxygen. He began choking for a breath. His world slowly going black. "Sam!" shouted Charlie. He was desperately trying to free his brother from the debris. Sam was suffocating from the lack of oxygen. The alarm suddenly went off on the clipboard. "Firefighter Jones Oxygen 5%" Penny chucked the clipboard down. She ran into the café. She quickly made her way up the stairs. She saw Sam trapped underneath the roof. She jumped down next to Charlie helping him. She struggled trying to get the beam off Sam. "go." Croaked Sam. Penny shook her head. She grunted lifting the beam up some. Her body shook with the effort. The light was fading from Sam's eyes. His vision blurred in and out. His world soon went black and cold.
Penny watched Sam go limp. She pushed the beam up all the way. Charlie pulled his brother's body out from underneath the rubble. Penny let the beam fall back onto the ground. She lifted one side of Sam while Charlie got him on the other side. They carried him down the stairs and outside. Penny laid Sam down on the ground. She quickly removed his damaged breathing apparatus. "Sam? Sam?" she put an ear to his chest. She couldn't hear his heart beating anymore. She put her hands to his chest. She began doing chest compressions. "someone! Call nurse flood!" she yelled. Her voice shaking. She wasn't going to lose Sam. She kept doing CPR on him. "come on Sam." She begged. "please Sam don't do this!" She put her lips to his breathing air into him. She then went back to doing chest compressions. Her body shook at the realization that she may have not gotten him out in time. She burst out into tears. She hugged Sam's body. "please Sam." She begged. "you have to wake up!" Nurse Flood finally arrived at the scene. Penny helped load Sam up. "will he be okay?" she asked. Helen took her hand. "I hope so Penny. I haven't lost a patient before and I won't tonight." And with that Helen closed the doors to her small ambulance. She quickly drove away. Penny looked back at the café. The café stood in molten ruin. Grey smoke bellowed into the sky. "the fire is out." Whispered Arnold. Penny nodded. "you two head back to the station and tell Station Officer Steele what happened. I'm going to head to Newtown." Arnold nodded. "you sure you don't want us to come with you?" he asked. She shook her head. She watched her colleagues climb into Jupiter and drive away.
Penny stood there for a few moments longer. "I'll go with you, Penny." Murmured Charlie. She nodded. The both got into Venus. Penny rolled down her window. "you guys should head to the station. I'm sure Station Officer Steele will work out a possible living arrangement for you guys." She said. Bronwyn held her kids close. "we will, thanks Penny. Please keep us posted on Sam's condition." Penny rolled the window back up. She sped away from Pontypandy. Her heart was missing crucial beats. Her hands were shaking so bad she couldn't keep them on the wheel. She found it incredibly hard to breathe.
Charlie and Penny arrived in Newtown. Penny parked Venus outside of the hospital. She removed her helmet putting it between her and Charlie. Charlie took her hand. "Deep breaths Penny." He murmured. His thumb running over the top of her knuckles. He could feel her rapid pulse underneath his thumb. "Sam wouldn't want you to hyperventilate." She nodded. She slowed her breathing down. The both of them walked into the hospital. Charlie went over to the receptionist. "excuse me miss, what is Sam's condition?" he asked. The receptionist looked up at him. "one moment." She picked up the phone ringing one of the doctors. She quickly spoke with them over the phone before hanging up. She had a grave look on her face. "Samuel Peyton-Jones was pronounced dead the moment he arrived at the hospital from suffocation." Penny blacked out.