Knight

The blaring siren reminded Carter a lot of his Lightspeed days. Waking to nothing more than Captain Mitchell declaring another Demon was out to destroy the city…again. To Carter, those were the good old days, saving the world with his closest friends.

Carter rolled off his cot and sprinted over to slide down the fire pole. His fellow firefighters were not far behind as they all clambered aboard the fire truck.

"So where are we headed this time?" Carter asked, having dismissed the location announcement during his nostalgia moment.

"Mariner Bay General Hospital" his captain answered, "some douche bag was smoking in the bathroom, I don't know what the situation is but we're the fifth station to be called out, must be pretty big"

Panic gripped Carter's heart and he hoped to every God in the world that Dana didn't have a late shift tonight. He hadn't had a chance to talk to Dana in 3 months now. It was just weird now that they weren't rangers anymore. He hoped he wouldn't see her under these circumstances, it didn't seem appropriate. Carter's hold on his helmet involuntarily tightened. When they arrived at the scene of the fire, he leapt out of the truck.

The scene before him was of total chaos. The middle floors of the hospital were ablaze and hoses were already firing gallons of water at it. Many ambulances were present as well as helicopters as they taxied the patients to other hospitals. There were crying families and panicked doctors running around trying to take control of the situation, it only seemed to add more to the chaos.

"Grayson come on, they need a smoke team up on the 7th floor, there are some patients and doctors still trapped up there" Carter snapped back to attention and grabbed an oxygen tank and jogged up alongside his station mates into the fire. He wanted to look around for Dana, make sure she wasn't in the fire, but now wasn't the time.

If Carter thought down below was chaos, then the 7th floor was worse. Everything possible seemed to be burning and there were still many patients stuck up here. Carter helped a young girl up and guided her to another firefighter who took her down. A distraught nurse came running up to him.

"Please help, we have a doctor trapped in the room at the end of this hall"

"Okay Miss, just head that way and some firefighters will escort you down" Carter cautiously made his way through the rubble until he got to the room. The partially melted name plate made his heart skip. He could barely make out the name but the M, I, H, L, was undeniable.

"Dana!" he cried as he knocked the door down with his shoulder. In hindsight he would find that incredibly stupid, if Dana had been behind the door…well he doesn't like to think what would've happened.

"Carter!" her muffled reply came back. Carter ducked under a fallen shelf and found Dana huddled in a corner with a wet rag over her mouth. The shelf near the door to her office suddenly collapsed under the burning fire, blocking any hopes of escape Carter had. He quickly removed his mask and placed it over Dana's face, she needed the oxygen a little more than he did. Her head was already lolling back and forth in exhaustion.

"C'mon Dana, stay awake, I'm going to get you out of here" he said as he lifted her up into a sitting position, shaking her shoulders lightly. The blonde doctor murmured something incoherent, while Carter called for help on his walkie.

"Keep your eyes open" he pleaded, "they'll be here soon" But she had already fainted. Carter quickly grabbed his mask and secured it over his face. Picking her up, he wrapped as much of her within his jacket as he could and dove through the burning arch way of her doorway. God be damned that whatever was on the other side could have killed them, he would deal with that later. If he didn't get Dana out now, he would never get that chance to talk to her ever again.


Dana woke up to the familiar beeping of a heart monitor. Her arms felt like lead and it was hard to breath. But waking up to pain, was better than not waking up at all she reckoned. Glancing downwards to the unfamiliar weight on her left hand, she found Carter sleeping. Gingerly raising her right hand she smoothed out his messy, soot covered hair.

"I knew you'd come" she whispered before drifting back into unconsciousness.

He has been her knight since Lightspeed, she didn't doubt that he still is now.