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"You ready for this boys?" Mike called back to Finn and Puck as the truck pulled in front of the house.
"Hell yeah!" Puck said excitedly as he put his helmet on. Finn nodded and pulled his on as well. It was time to prove that this was what he wanted to do.
"Show time." Mike simply said as he pulled open the door to asses the scene. "Puckerman and Hudson, grab the line and get ready, we're going in!"
Finn and Puck hastily went to the back of the truck to pull down the hose from the bed of the truck. Finn grabbed the hose and yanked it down, pulling it along behind him as Puck gave the hose slack.
"Come on now rookies!" Jim yelled from the front door as he waited for them with the hose.
"Hudson, you're leading us in," Mike told him as Jim got the axe ready to break down the door, "We'll tell you what parts to hit, don't just go in there and spray everything you see."
"Please help!" A lady yelled as she ran as close to the fire as she could before a police officer held her back, "My dog! Please help my poor sweet Maggie!"
Mike nodded, "Alright boys, time for your first rescue as well it looks like. If you see the dog, call it out so we can get it out of here."
Finn nodded nervously as he looked up, he could see fire beginning to break through the window. This felt a lot more real than all of the training he had gone through.
"Let's move!" Mike yelled as Jim broke the door down with the axe, Finn moved into the house keeping his head low so he could see under the dark clouds of smoke that came bellowing out the door.
It was truly terrifying for Finn as he walked into the burning house with the hose ready. The fact that they were surrounded by burning objects and walls, knowing that anything could happen, made it a lot more real than all of the training.
"Hudson hit the left!" Mike yelled as Finn turned to see flames shooting from the floor, he immediately began to spray the flames. Finn smiled to himself as he sprayed as he could feel the adrenaline kicking in.
"Alright let's move upstairs!" Mike called out again as they contained the downstairs. Finn led the way up the stairs, they couldn't see any flames but the smoke was dark and thick.
"Puckerman!" Mike yelled as Finn stopped at the top of the stairs, "Check the first room on the left." Mike told him as he led Finn to the right.
"Shouldn't we give Puck a line?" Finn asked as he wasn't sure why Puck would check the room without a hose.
"Trust me." Mike told him as he knocked down the door, "Hit the roof!" Finn raised the hose and released the water onto the flames that were shooting through the roof.
"I got the dog!" Finn heard Puck yell from the room across the hall.
"Alright let's move out," Mike yelled as he turned to head out of the room, "Let's go Hudson!"
Finn stood in his place for a short second before realizing why they had to leave. Flames were starting to creep up through the floor. The floor was going to collapse and if they didn't get out of there now, they were going to collapse along with the floor.
Mike led the way down the stairs as Finn followed behind Puck who was holding the small Golden Retriever. Jim picked up the slack from the hose behind Finn so that they could move faster.
The firefighters began to run as they made it to the first floor, the upstairs was beginning to bow and it was going to collapse at any second.
Finn was a few feet from the door when the ceiling began to collapse. Pieces of wood and other burning objects were falling all around him. A piece of burning wood struck Finn in the shoulder as he dropped the hose.
"Come on Hudson!" Jim yelled as he pushed Finn out of the door as the ceiling collapsed. Finn rolled onto the grass as he turned to see Jim run out just in time. He ripped off his oxygen mask as he breathed a deep breath of relief.
"You alright man?" Puck asked Finn as he kneeled next to him.
Finn nodded as he began to get up, "Ah!" He yelled as he grabbed his right shoulder, "My shoulder kills." He mumbled as they began walking towards the ambulance.
"Get a medic over here!" Mike yelled as he walked up to Finn, "You alright Hudson? You took a big chunk of wood to your shoulder."
Finn winced in pain as the paramedics helped him take his jacket off, "Just a bruise hopefully." Finn told him as they began to feel his shoulder.
"Feels like we might have a slight break," The paramedic said, "We're going to have to take you in for X-rays."
Finn let out a breath of frustration as he nodded and climbed into the back of the ambulance.
"Don't worry Hudson," Mike told him reassuringly as he clasped Finn's good shoulder, "You'll be good in no time."
Finn nodded to him as they closed the doors and made their way to the hospital.
"Wow, you're really lucky you made it out of their okay!" Rachel told him in astonishment as Finn nodded in agreement.
"I've honestly never been that scared in my life," Finn told them as he took a sip of water, "Not the fire in general but the fact that I was a few seconds away from death."
Quinn flinched as he mentioned how close he was to death. Finn noticed this as he put his hand over hers, "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." He reassuringly told her.
Quinn forced a smile and squeezed his hand as Puck began telling his heroic tale of saving the dog. "Please don't scare me like that again." Quinn whispered into Finn's ear.
Finn responded by taking both of her hands into his, "I promise you Quinn Fabray, that I will never get hurt and will never leave you. Ever." He told her with a smile as Puck wrapped his story up.
Quinn gave him a quick kiss as Artie spoke up.
"Well I guess now is a good time to announce this." He told them as Brittany looked at him questioningly.
"What would that be?" Puck asked as Rachel raised an eyebrow.
"I quit my job down at the Police Academy." Artie told them which resulted in a questioning look from Finn, "I found a job that I could do with my disabilities down at the station!"
"Really?" Finn asked surprised, "What job would that be?"
"Well there was an opening for a dispatcher," Artie told them with a smile, "So I took it!"
"Really?" Finn asked him, "Does that excite you? Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that we're going to see each other a lot more, but it doesn't sound exactly exciting."
"See I thought about all of that too." Artie told them as Brittany held his hand and smiled at him, "But I just realized that I have to realize that as much fun my job at the Academy was, this job is a lot more realistic to me. Plus I want to be able to hear what's going on. This way I can keep an eye, well an ear out on you two." He told the table with a chuckle.
Quinn smiled at Artie as he finished, "You know what? I'll pay you to let me know if Finn says anything stupid over the radio. Or does something stupid."
"Don't worry," Artie told her as he looked at Rachel as well, "I work for free."
"Hey now!" Finn and Puck both said at the same time.
"You can trust us girls." Puck said with a smile, "We're not that dumb."
"Right." Rachel sarcastically told him with a wink as the whole table joined in the laughter.
Hope you enjoyed it! I just thought I would let you know that I will be skipping around in the next couple chapters. So I might skip ahead a few weeks or months. I don't know yet, but you will know at the beginning of each chapter. Remember to review please!