First thing he noted was that John Gage was an orphan. Next thing he noted was that he had no next of kin. He had listed his Aunt as next of kin, but was removed because she was now listed as deceased. Born in Nth Dakota, Trust lands, so he is Native American. 'Interesting' thought Stanley, 'I guess I can see the features.'

Next thing the Klaxons sounded; Station 51 MVA Avalon Blvd and East Lincoln Street….Time out 8:48.

"Station 51 KMG 365," replied Captain Stanley. He passed a slip of paper with the address to Roy DeSoto who then passed it onto John Gage.

The engine followed the squad, surprising Stanley. His previous station did it the other way round. They were there before he knew it. "That was quick." He stated to no one in particular.

"Johnny is the best navigator in the crew. He knows our area like the back of his hand." Mike proudly announced. He had seen the young paramedic cut ten minutes off some runs.

"Does he live in the area?" asked Captain Stanley

"No, he told me he drove around several times before he started to make sure he knew the area. That's just Johnny, always prepared!" Mike simply stated .

Captain Stanley took in the scene, noting there were four cars and a pickup truck. Roy DeSoto approached his Captain for orders.

"OK, DeSoto… Gage…check the passengers. Kelly pop the battery cables, Lopez inch and half to wash away this gasoline." Stanley blew out a breath and thought to himself here we go, I'm in charge, watch for problems. His eyes sought out his youngest crew member straight away. He didn't know why he felt compelled to watch his youngest member but he felt a need to keep an eye on him.

He caught sight of two legs disappearing into the tiniest of holes. 'How did he get in there?' He watched Kelly reach in for something and then run over to Roy, who had two people sitting next to him as he talked to Rampart on the Bio Phone. Next thing Kelly was running back with a backboard and a C collar. He passed the C collar into the hole to Gage. He then turned around and called, "Cap we need the Jaws here."

Captain Stanley raced over to the Squad and pulled out the Jaws. Roy called to him, "Can you tell Johnny they want another set of vitals and pupil response, also we'll need another ambulance."

"Right…vitals, pupil response, and another ambulance. Got it." Captain Stanley ran over to the car Gage was working on. He contacted despatch for the ambulance. "Gage DeSoto wants another set of vitals and pupil response."

"Here Cap." A hand appeared through the hole. Cap looked at the paper and saw that it had the vitals written on it. There was blood on the paper and on Gages hand Stanley noted. This was the closest he had ever worked with Paramedics.

Captain Stanley ran back to Roy and gave him the piece of paper. Roy called it in. "Did you check the pickup?" Roy asked while he waited for Rampart to give more instructions.

Stanley wasn't sure if anyone had checked. "Mike can you check the pickup for passengers please?" Stanley spoke into his HT.

"Already checked Cap, driver is fine." Mike replied.

"Here give this to Johnny Cap." He was handed some medical supplies. Captain Stanley looked at them.

"Right….any instructions?"

"No, he knows what to do with it." Roy replied, sounding a little perplexed. Johnny was just as well trained as him. He didn't understand why the Captain would ask.

Captain Stanley raced back to the car. John was backing out of the car with the injured driver strapped to the backboard. He had blood over his chest and hands. "DeSoto said to give you this."

"Thanks Cap." John immediately went to work. "Where's the ambulance?" He asked as he started the IV.

"It should be here."

"Ask Vince if he knows?" Gage said as he continued to work on the driver.

"Who's Vince?" Stanley asked

"The police officer over there," replied John a bit impatient.

"ROY! I need you now!" John yelled out.

"Cap come back over here and keep an eye on these two for me." Roy yelled to Captain Stanley.

He grabbed the Bio Phone and some other equipment and ran over to Johnny. "He's gone into respiratory arrest Roy."

John quickly and expertly inserted an oesophageal airway after receiving permission from Rampart. Roy checked the lungs. "That's good," he said. "Let's transport this one and those two can go in the next ambulance."

"Ok where is the ambulance?" John asked. "Vince where's the ambulance?"

"Over there." He pointed to the other side of the intersection.

John stood up and waved them over. They were gone within the minute.

Sirens were heard as the second ambulance arrived. Roy loaded the remaining injured in the ambulance. He called in the direction of the Captain. "Can someone drive the squad to Rampart?"

Captain Stanley nodded as the ambulance doors closed. Everything was washed away and packed up. Stanley decided to drive the squad himself. He wanted to see what happened at the other end.

He walked in through the emergency doors and the first thing he saw was a distraught paramedic being consoled by a beautiful blonde nurse. "You did everything Johnny. At least he got to say goodbye to his parents. You gave him that."

Gage nodded and wiped his eyes. "Something I never got to do," he stated sadly. "You're right Dix…at least I gave him that. I'm ok Dix." He smiled at the nurse.

Stanley watched at a distance. He could see that the nurse was very close to the young paramedic, almost sisterly. Roy came out of the treatment room. "You ok Junior?"

"Yeah Roy, as Dix said his parents got to say goodbye."

"That's something I guess. Captain Stanley what are you doing here?" Roy looked up startled to see his Captain standing near the entrance of the emergency area.

"I brought in the squad."

"Oh, well would you like to meet the staff we work with? This is the head nurse of ER Dixie McCall and this is our other boss Dr Brackett." Roy introduced the two people the paramedics worked the most with.

Brackett held out his hand. "Pleased to meet you Captain."

"Call me Hank."

"In that case….Kel." Dr Brackett smiled. He turned and looked at the paramedics. "Johnny a word please?"

"Sure." He followed Dr Brackett to his office.

"Is that usual?" Stanley asked the two remaining people.

"This was a tough one for Johnny…He worked so hard to get him here alive only to lose him shortly after arriving." Dixie tried to explain to the new Captain.

"Did he know him?"

"No." Roy answered, again wondering about what the new Captain was thinking. "He'll be fine, takes a bit to let it go. That's all."

Captain Stanley drove with Roy in the middle and John on the other side looking out the passenger window. "I'd like to go over that scene with you both just to clear up a few things. Things were done differently to what I am used to so I'd like to make sure we're on the same page so to speak. Just to make sure things run a bit smoother next time. That can be our drill for today."

"Sure," replied Roy. "Anything in particular you want to go over or change?"

"No it's more who's in charge of what and who should be ordering who around." Captain Stanley replied trying not to give too much away. He wanted to wait till they were all together to explain what he meant.

John felt a knot in his stomach. He ran through the scene in his mind. The ambulance was one problem, Stanley never did find out where it was. The Captain is in charge of the scene, so he should have followed up on the ambulance.

They exited the squad. "Ok, Gage latrine, DeSoto kitchen, Lopez dorm and Kelly…Stoker bay and hoses. When you're finished we'll run through the MVA scene." Stanley rubbed his hands together and walked into his office and started the never ending paperwork.

I was second in and I get latrines, so much for rule number one thought Johnny. It was 18s all over again, he thought as he sighed.