A/N: So here it is the second chapter thanks to those who reviewed and favorite/followed the story I really appreciate it!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Chicago Fire or any of the characters associated with the show they belong to NBC and Dick Wolf I only own Tessa Cortez .

Chapter Two:

Casey POV:

Today was the day house 51 was getting a new candidate since Darden died. As Chief and I were waiting in his office we got to talking about the anniversary of Andy's death coming up but we were interrupted by Severide coming in with a beautiful woman. I tried not to stare at her as she introduced herself to Boden. As soon as Boden said I would be giving her the tour and introducing her to all the guys my stomach twisted into knots. Our last stop on the tour ended up being the break room where everybody was, as I was introducing her to the gang, Cruz's head shot up and he asked her if that was her brother that worked up in AI and also if that was her dad who is chief of House 92. When she confirmed that was them and was about to say something else when the tones dropped signalling we had a call. We all hurried to the trucks and loaded up. I could see the fire already rolling, stressing to my men I said, "Herman and Mills start in the basement and work your way up. Cortez and I will start on 6 and work our way down. The smoke is already rolling we have maybe 7 minutes tops. We don't have any time to lose."

"10-4 Lieutenant!" yelled Mills and Herman.

We made it up to the sixth floor where the fire was on. We busted open doors yelling "fire department call out!" and sending anybody that could walk out down the stairs to be treated by Dawson and Shay. We were in the middle of searching the last apartment when we both heard the floor start to creek. I just knew the floor was about to give out but didn't have enough time to react when I was shoved out of the way. I watch in horror as Tessa fell down to the next floor.

"Mayday, Mayday Chief we are up on 6. The floor broke and Tessa fell through!" I yelled frantically.

"Severide, Clarke go to the fifth floor and hurry the building is gonna flash." I heard Chief say through the radio.

Looking down I see Cortez laying there unconscious and I start to yell for her hoping that would wake her up. With her PASS alarm going off it's hard to hear anything, the next moment I see her roll over and look around then slip back into the land of unconsciousness. I radioed down to Dawson and Shay "Dawson, Shay she keeps slipping from conscious to unconsciousness."

"Got it Casey." Dawson says reassuring me.

As soon as I saw Severide and Clarke carrying her out I rushed down the stairs because I could feel it getting hotter in here and Chief said to bail out immediately which I did wasting no time at all.

Upon coming out of the building I saw the ambulance race off lights and sirens heading to the best trauma hospital in Chicago which was called Lakeshore Hospital. We all battled to put the inferno out as quickly and efficiently as we could so we could get to Lakeshore and see how Cortez was doing. With the fire out and all our calls rerouted we all piled into Lakeshore still in our turnout gear and smelling like smoke, where we were met with the grim faces of Dawson and Shay. "How bad is it?" I asked having hope that she was going to be ok with just a few burns and bruises, but quickly realized that was not the case this time.

"All we know is that she is in emergency surgery trying to stop the internal bleeding and to fix her broken leg. The doctor says it's not looking too good." Said Dawson looking upset.

It's all my fault I kept thinking to myself. I dropped down into the chair and silently prayed she would make it off of the table.

"Hey don't worry Casey, she's a fighter she'll make it through this." Dawson said trying to make me feel better.

"Yeah I hope she does I can't handle losing another member after Darden's death. I just can't, Dawson."

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