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A/N: Flashbacks are in italics and anything in bold will be a radio call

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Chapter 2

Welcome to Camelot, Swan

Today is my first day as a paramedic for the New York City FIre Department. All the training, studying and late nights are finally going to pay off. I have been assigned to the Squad 55 firehouse on the corner of King and Arthur. It's nicknamed Camelot.

After getting off of the subway, I am so excited that I almost run to the firehouse. There are a three firefighters standing outside washing one of the trucks. I decide to go up and introduce myself.

"Hi. I'm Emma Swan. I've been assigned here, can you tell me where The Lieutenant's office is?" I say confidently though I am nervous on the inside. First impressions can only be made once and these people will be my colleagues.

"Hey, I'm Neal and that's Jones, and Nolan. The Lieu's office is straight up the stairs and to the right. You can't miss it. Welcome to Camelot Swan." He says. I return his smile and head into the firehouse. I follow his directions and come to a door marked LIEUTENANT is bold letters. I knock and hear a faint "come in".

I walk in and see a man who is younger than I expected. He stands as I walk in.

"Hi, I'm guessing you're Emma Swan?" He says.

"Yes, sir."

" I'm Lieutenant Booth. Let me call your partner in so you guys can get to know each other before you get a call." He walks to the door and motions for someone to enter. I see a girl who looks around my age. She gives me a huge smile and walks into the Lieu's office.

"Emma Swan this is your partner Ruby Lucas. Lucas, show Emma the ropes will you? You guys start shift in twenty minutes." He walks around his desk and comes back with a box which he hands to me.

"Welcome to Camelot, Swan." He says and Ruby grabs my hand. We walk out of his office and she grabs me up in an unexpected hug. I yelp at the surprise but hug her back anyway.

"Sorry, I tend to get a little excited. I'm Ruby. How long have you been a medic?"

"I just graduated from the academy, how about you?"

"Almost a year. Let me go introduce you to everyone and get you changed. We got a lot to show you today." She says excitedly while leading me to what seems to be a common room in the firehouse. Jones, Neal and Nolan are all sitting around with another young girl dressed in an FDNY uniform.

"Have you met everyone Emma?" Ruby asks me.

"I met the guys outside." I reply.

"Emma this is Mulan, Mulan meet Emma." I extend my hand to her which she takes.

"Welcome to Camelot, Emma. Nice to meet you." Mulan says while shaking my hand.

Ruby shows me around upstairs and shows me my locker so I can get changed into my uniform. A sense of accomplishment overtakes me as I put of the uniform with the words PARAMEDIC and FDNY across my chest. As Ruby is talking to me and showing me the ropes in the ambulance I hear our first siren call.

* Adam 55 1 Squad 55 two car collision on the corner of 10th and Marshall Ave.*

"Come on Swan, this is where the fun begins." Ruby says smiling as we climb in the ambo and go to the accident site.

Upon arrival, I see a pretty bad car accident. One car is completely turned over while the other's front end is crushed in. We hop out of the ambulance and grab our gear.

"Swan, go to the first car and do triage. I'll go over and see the other." Ruby tells me.

I go over to the car with the front crushed in. As soon as I open the door I can smell the alcohol. It is very obvious that the driver has been drinking. She has a pretty large cut on her forehead as well as a protruding break in her collar bone.

"Okay ma'am, I'm a paramedic and we're going to get you out of here okay. Can you tell me what happened?" I ask while getting a collar device on her.

"I-I-I don't know." I cover her collarbone and dab at her head wound to try and get it to stop bleeding. Ruby comes over with a gurney.

"Other vics are DOA. Let's get her to the hospital." She says as we get the victim onto the gurney and into the ambulance. As we are loading her in, I hear someone yell Ruby's name.

"Wait up Lucas. We need to talk to your vic." When I turn around to place a face to the voice, I see the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. She has gorgeous shoulder length black hair and soulful brown eyes.

"Sorry, Regina you know the drill. We gotta take her to the hospital. You can talk to her then." Ruby says. The blonde with her steps in front of her and smirks at us.

"Why don't you save the real work for us and just let us talk to the drunk in your ambulance okay?"

"Listen glory hunters, we are taking this woman to the hospital. It doesn't matter what she's done. She deserves proper care like anyone else." I say annoyed and close the ambulance doors.

We get to the hospital and unload the vic. Ruby and I are signing the admit papers when I see the two cops come in. I hear Ruby groan next to me.

"Geez, these donut dopes never quit." She says and I can't help but giggle at her nickname for them.

"Who are they anyway?" I ask.

"The blonde is named Kathryn Nolan and the brunette is Regina Mills. They are major crimes detectives. They work in the 55th precinct across from the firehouse. Standard cop breeds. They think we're just chauffeurs or something."

"Wait, Nolan? As in the firefighter Nolan?"

"Yep! That's his sister." I don't have time to reply before they come up to us. Regina is the first to speak.

"Well, now do we have your permission to speak to our perp?"

"Actually, they just took her up to the OR to fix her collarbone. It'll probably take a couple hours." I can't help but smirk. I can feel the anger reeling off of them.

"Who are you anyway?" Kathryn asks me.

"Emma Swan. Nice to meet you."

"Well, Miss Swan next time you put your nose into police business rest assured there will be consequences." Regina tells me.

"Sure thing detective. You ready to go Ruby, we have lives to save."

End of flashback

" So Regina, do you have anything you'd like to share?" Kathryn asks me as we get back into our car after lunch.

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean. The chemistry between you and Emma back there." She says smirking at me.

"Don't be ridiculous Kat. We're just friends, besides I'm married." Before she can reply back to me the radio goes off.

*55 Edward we have shots fired in Norton Park. EMS in route.*

" 55 Edward responding." I say as I flick on our lights and sirens and race to the park.

I see Ruby and Emma's ambulance when we get there. Looking around I see a little girl laying on the ground. I can hear her mother screaming for help. Emma and Ruby are getting their equipment and getting ready to go to the little girl when Kat stops them.

"You guys, wait! You can't get to her yet. We haven't secured the perimeter and we don't know where the shooter is."

"Bullshit I have to wait. I'm going." Emma says defiantly.

"Emma, no. What if the shooter is still there, huh? Do you want to get shot too? You have to think rationally. You know what the protocol is." I try to reason with her.

"Fuck the protocol. I'm not letting a little girl die because she was playing at a park when a gangbanger thought it would be okay to do a driveby." She says and begins to step away. I reach for her and grab her wrist.

"Emma, please. You could get hurt." I say pleading with her. She just shrugs me off and runs to the little girl. Ruby runs after her and I hear another shot.

"Emma!" I yell as Kathryn and I run into the park area with our guns drawn.

Sorry for the cliffhanger! I hope you guys enjoyed their first meeting!

A/N: Thank you all for reading and for your reviews, follows and favorites! They mean a lot! Since I am not a cop or a paramedic I am getting all of the information I am using from Third Watch. It is a wonderful show and I definitely recommend watching it! I took a few things directly from the show and incorporated it into my story. Also, I am not a native New Yorker so I have made up all of the streets and things of that nature that I am forgive any mistakes I've made. If anyone is interested in being a beta for this story I would greatly appreciate it! :)