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Johnny's Unexpected Surprise

Chapter 1

It was an unusually dark and dreary day in Los Angeles as John Gage pulled into Station 51's parking lot. He shut off his Land Rover and grabbed his duffle bag of clothing as he prepared to enter the firehouse.

He hurried into the station towards the locker room to get ready for his shift. He was running on time for the first time in a couple of weeks. He said hi to his partner of five years, Roy DeSoto, as he made his way to his locker. He opened his locker to get a face full of shaving cream.

"Chet!!" John yelled as the stocky firefighter sidled out of the locker room with a huge grin on his face.

Captain Hank Stanley stuck his head into the room to see what the yelling was all about. When he saw his junior paramedic's face, he heaved a sigh and shook his head. "I'll talk to the Phantom and try to get him to cool it with the jokes, Gage."

"Thanks, Cap," Gage responded as he wiped the cream off his face and gave a reluctant grin to his partner. "Good morning, Pally. How was your days off?"

"Just fine, Junior, you missed some by your eye brows." Roy laughed at Johnny's grimace.

"Well, at least it wasn't water," Johnny said. "How was Jennifer's recital?"

"Great! She danced perfectly..." Roy started but was cut off by Marco Lopez sticking his head in the room.

"Cap says roll call in five minutes, guys. Hurry it up!"

Roy and Johnny finished getting dressed and made it to roll call just in time. Cap took roll call then handed out the house keeping chores. Johnny smirked when Chet landed with latrine duty.

As the captain dismissed his men to their assigned chores, a well-dressed woman walked into the bay via the opened back doors. She had a small traveling case in one hand and the hand of a little girl of about six years old. The little girl, who had long raven-black hair and dark eyes, looked at all the men and cowered behind the woman.

"I'm looking of a Mr. John R. Gage," the woman said in an official voice. "I was told he works here."

Cap and the rest of the crew looked over at Johnny. For his part, Johnny was stock still as he stared at the little girl. He was gaping like a fish as he stared at the little girl and spoke one word.

"Kelly?!"

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Chapter 2

At Johnny's one word utterance, the klaxons started to tone. "Engine 51, Squad 16, MVA involving power lines, 1234 Crosdale Drive. Crossroads Vien and Sepulda. Time out 0715."

Roy beckoned the woman and child into the dayroom as the Engine crew bolted to the engine. Johnny was still in shock as Roy dragged him into the dayroom. The little girl was still hiding behind the woman.

"Are you Mr. Gage?" the woman asked.

"Yes, who are you?" Johnny asked as he snapped out of his astonishment.

"I'm Abigail Adams from the Children's Protective Services. Do you have a sister by the name of Kelly Gage?" At Johnny's affirmative nod, she continued, "I'm sorry to inform you that your sister has passed away, leaving her daughter, Kiley Ann Gage, with no living relatives but you."

"What? How? When?" Johnny sputtered.

Meanwhile, Roy backed out as the social worker started her introduction. He went to the radio and called the squad unavailable for an indefinite amount of time then called headquarters to explain. As he was on the phone, Battalion Chief Stanley entered the office. Chief Martin Stanley was Hank's father. The Stanley men were all involved with firefighting. He looked like his son, but his hair was gray to Hank's black.

"DeSoto, what's going on?" the Chief asked.

"Well, a social worker came in to speak to Johnny and dropped a bombshell on him. I may need a replacement as Gage will need to take care of an unexpected problem, Sir," Roy explained as Johnny's anguished cry reached the office.

Roy and the Chief ran to the dayroom in time to see Johnny collapse onto the floor. Roy reached his partner's side to stop his head from connecting with the floor. The Chief crouched on the fallen paramedic's other side to see if he could be of any help.

"What happened?" Roy asked as he checked Johnny out.

"I told him about the circumstances regarding his sister's death, then he went down," the woman explained as the little girl watched.

"Chief, could you get me the trauma box from the squad?" Roy asked as Johnny groaned.

"Sure, Roy."

As the Chief went to get the box, the little girl asked, "Is he going to die like my mommy?"

Roy looked up at that. "No, honey, he was just…well, he was just surprised," Roy tried to explain as the Chief came back with the box.

Roy took out the blood pressure cuff and the stethoscope as Johnny's eyes opened. He looked around and watched as Roy took his pressure. He also saw Chief Stanley with the social worker and little girl.

"Hey, Junior, you feelin' alright? Nice slide to the floor, by the way," Roy said as he jotted down the vitals.

"Very funny, pal."

"Do you hurt anywhere?" Roy asked.

"Nah. Roy, I want you to meet my niece, Kiley. She is six years old. My little sister's daughter." Johnny sat up and grimaced as he saw Chief Stanley answer the phone. "Pal, I'm gonna need a replacement. I have some personal things to take care of today."

"Fine, Junior, it's all taken care of," Roy stated.

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