About 16 minutes after the call came in, Truck 201 arrived at the fire. By now, there was not much fire left to put out, as the first-due companies had made a quick-knock down on a convenience storefront.

As the crew got out, Yang said, "Aw man, the fire's out already."

Weiss replied, "But we can still do cleanup and overhaul. Go grab some tools and quit your complaining, probie." She then laughed.

Yang chuckled and grabbed a broom from a compartment on the truck. "Want me to sweep up the debris in front?"

"Why not? We'll probably wrap up here in like 5 minutes, so let's try and do something." Weiss then grabbed a pike pole and walked towards the building.

Inside the building, a bunch of firefighters mulled around, checking for hotspots. Some had masks on, others didn't. Most of the smoke was gone by this point. As Weiss stepped in with another Vigilant firefighter, a firefighter from Kroeger Hose Company said to them, "You 2 Vigilant guys, check the second floor for extensions."

Weiss replied, "You got it." She then turned to the other Vigilant firefighter and quietly said, "You can tell who's from Kroeger, Tuxedo, or that new Halfmoon Rescue Squad by which ones looks like they know what they're doing."

The other firefighter laughed as they went up the stairs to the second floor and said, "You sure can. Don't worry, the new companies will get their time in."

On the second floor, there was a lot of smoke damage. The fire itself had barely, if at all, spread upstairs. Weiss pointed to the first apartment and said, "Let's check that one first."

The other firefighter opened the door and looked inside. He then yelled out, "What the fuck?!"

Weiss then walked past him and said, "Why is there... What?!"

The inside of the apartment was covered from floor to ceiling in junk, rotting food, human excrement, and garbage. "Who the fuck would live like this?"

Weiss took her helmet off and began to put her mask on, saying, "Nope. Nuh uh. I am NOT breathing this shit in, literally." The other firefighter nodded and did the same. After Weiss put her helmet back on, she radioed, "Vigilant Interior to Vigilant Command."

"Go ahead."

"Can you send us up like 6 more interior firefighters? We got a hoarder apartment up here filled to the brim with... Stuff... And it's pretty hazardous up here. Tell them to mask up when they get here." She held herself back from saying 'shit.'

"10-4."

Weiss then began to rummage through the garbage with her pike pole. She said, "This is fucking disgusting. My God, I haven't seen a hoarder house this bad since I was 16. My second interior fire was in one of these shitholes." She then pointed at one piece of garbage. "Look at this. This thing is a used condom." She then went back to rummaging through the trash.

The other firefighter looked around the apartment, searching for hotspots. He found a stack of newspapers and said, "Hey Weiss, check this out! I found a bunch of old newspapers. There's one here from Cinder Fall's attack on Vale."

"This guy has newspapers that old? Not surprised." Weiss then moved onto another pile. "You know, I was there and I fought the Grimm that came into the city. It was a really big battle. I still have a lot of questions about that woman, even though it's been 5 and a half years, give or take."

Then, Incident Command radioed, "Attention all Vigilant firefighters, report back to your trucks for a Box Alarm in your first-due."

Weiss stopped what she was doing and motioned for the other firefighter to follow her, saying, "Come on. We got another fire call to go to."

"Great," the other firefighter sarcastically replied. "Another building fire."

20 minutes after the new call came in, Truck 201, Rescue 201, and Ambulance 201 pulled up at the other fire. By now, several units from neighbouring companies were on scene, as well as a bunch of Vigilant firefighters who had responded on their own.

The fire was on the 7th floor of a 30-storey office building. Truck 201's crew was ordered to split up into RIT and regular fire ops because a second alarm had just been ordered. Weiss said to Yang as they both got off, "I'll do the RIT team. You'll probably stay outside and do support."

Yang, bummed out, said, "Not again. I wanna go in."

"Maybe you will. Wait and see." Weiss then walked away to join the second RIT team.

Then, a voice called out, "Yang! Over here!" Yang turned around and saw George waving at her.

She walked over and hugged him, saying, "Hellooo!" They then separated. "So, you're stuck out here too?"

"Unfortunately," George said as he adjusted the straps on his SCBA. "I'm just backup right now. How about you, love?"

"More or less the same," Yang replied. "Say, wanna see a movie later this week? There are a whole bunch coming out this New Year's season."

"Of course," George replied. "I'm free all weekend."

"Excellent." Yang then gave George a kiss. "You know what that means, right?"

"Of course." George then changed subject matter. "By the way, by the end of the month, I'm gonna be moving in with you more or less full-time. I'm gonna sell my place so I can get more money to buy a new car since mine is crap. You don't mind, right?"

"Nope, not at all. Ruby won't mind either. Besides, she spends a lot of time either doing hunting training or, you know, being with and 'doing' her boyfriend." The 2 of them then laughed. "You know, it feels like just yesterday, she was still a small child. Now she's going after boys and girls, oh my."

"Maybe one day, we'll see one of our own children grow up."

Yang laughed and said, "Oh boy, I cannot wait for that." They both then turned their heads to the entrance to the building as a frantic commotion was heard.

A firefighter over there shouted, "Get a stretcher! We got a firefighter down here!" He was a member of the first RIT team.

Yang and George immediately ran over to Ambulance 201, where both of the paid firefighters assigned to Vigilant were rolling out the stretcher and grabbing a medical kit. Yang asked one of the paid firefighters, "What the hell happened over there?"

The paid firefighter replied, "I think one of the firefighters collapsed from chest pains. It sounds like he had a heart attack." The 4 of them then began running to the scene, stretcher and medical kit in tow.

When they got there, a Goodwill firefighter was on the ground. He was clammy and sweaty, and his coat, SCBA, and helmet had been ripped off by other firefighters. He tried to speak, but could not.

A volunteer firefighter-paramedic from Goodwill was handed the medical kit by George and Yang. George said to Yang, "This guy has been with Goodwill for at least 20 years. I thought he was in top physical shape."

A paid firefighter and another volunteer then carefully slid a backboard under the collapsed firefighter as the volunteer medic stuck an IV into his right arm. She said, "Get me a vial of morphine! Someone else also grab an O2 mask and administer oxygen!"

Yang said, "I'll grab the O2!" She then grabbed a green oxygen bag off of the stretcher and zipped open a compartment containing a pre-connected oxygen mask. "Hold on, sir." She then lifted the patient's head and put the mask over his mouth and nose. Another firefighter then turned the oxygen tank on, allowing oxygen to flow to the mask.

George asked another firefighter, "How bad was Rummel's EKG?" The patient was firefighter-EMT Horace Rummel.

"He had a myocardial infarction and then his EKG went all over. His blood pressure was at a constant 150 over 100, AKA very, very high."

"Was he outside or in the building when this happened?"

"He was inside. In fact, I saw him go down. We had just gotten off the elevator on the 6th floor when he collapsed. We quickly helped him up and went down the elevator to get help. RIT 1 saw it happen and went on another elevator to meet up with us. My God, this New Year's sure is crazy as hell." He then shook his head.

Then, Yang, a paid firefighter, and 2 Goodwill volunteers bent down and lifted the patient and the backboard onto the stretcher. The crowd of firefighters then followed the stretcher all the way to Ambulance 201.

Yang walked up to the back doors and opened them up. After the patient was loaded onto the ambulance, Yang closed the back doors, and Ambulance 201 sped away, lights flashing and sirens blaring.

George walked up to Yang and patted her on the back, saying, "God, I hope he's okay. He's a really cool guy. He just had a daughter 5 months ago and he also has a 5 year old son and an 8 year old daughter."

"Don't worry, Georgie. He'll be fine."

Ruby then suddenly walked up to them and said, "Hey, sis. Hey, George."

Yang turned around and said, "Hey there, sis!" The 2 then hugged and smiled. "So, Delwyn doesn't mind you going to this fire on your own?"

"Of course not," Ruby said. She then shivered. "It's really, really cold out."

Weiss then walked over with Blake, saying, "So, I guess Team RWBY reunites once more?"

The 5 of them then laughed. Blake said, "It sure is. Anyways, has this been a busy New Year's so far, Weiss? After all, you have been a firefighter longer than any of us."

"Ehhhhh," Weiss replied. "I've seen busier."

Ruby replied, "No way! Me and Delwyn have been listening to calls going out and it's crazy. Speaking of him, he's currently recording the New Year's address right now, so that left me some free time to be here."

George said, "Mind giving us some spoilers?"

Ruby laughed and replied, "Nah. It's just more political stuff and well-wishes as always."

Then, an officer yelled over to them, "Hey, you 4, get your SCBAs on and climb Truck 201's ladder! You're all going to the 6th floor! No need to grab tools! Weiss Schnee, stay down here for RIT!"

Weiss replied back, "Will do!" Ruby and Blake ran over to Truck 201 to pick up 2 extra SCBA sets and put them on as the other 2 walked over to climb aboard the turntable of the ladder.

Once everyone was ready, the 4 of them climbed up the ladder. When they got to the 6th floor, Ruby stepped off first. Once everyone was on the 6th floor, an officer from another company said, "You 5 go to the 7th floor and man 2 hand lines we left at the end of the stairs."

Blake nodded and said, "Got it." She then turned to everyone else and said, "Everybody mask up."

After masking up, the 4 climbed the stairs to the 7th floor and picked up the 2 hand lines. On the 7th floor, the fire had fully engulfed half of the floor and had spread to part of the 8th floor. Blake and Ruby manned one hand line, while George and Yang manned the other.

After crawling for about a minute, the two teams approached the roaring flames. They both opened up their nozzles and began knocking down the fire, pushing it back. As they advanced, the thick smoke from the flames blinded their masks. A call came through on the radio calling for 5 freed up units at the fire to respond to a Box Alarm in Goodwill's first-due involving a flaming bottle thrown at a shop underground in a subway station. George said, "My God, we're swamped."

"At least second alarm units are coming here to relieve us," Blake replied as she crawled further down with Ruby.

Eventually, after 18 minutes of fighting the fire in the thick black smoke and intense heat, their tanks began to run out of air. Blake said, "Alright, let's go back downstairs. Our air bottles are starting to run out." They had managed to put a very serious dent in the fire.

Truck 201 returned to quarters at 7:52. By then, Ambulance 201 had also returned to quarters about 10 minutes earlier, but just as the truck returned, they got a medical call.

Ruby and Blake left soon afterwards, leaving Weiss, Yang, and the other partiers at the station. Yang asked a firefighter tending the bar, "Sir, can you get me a can of beer? I'm not in the mood for going to more calls for a while."

"Same here," Weiss replied. "I'll take a break from it."

The bartender replied, "Sure thing. This can of beer will free you 2 from going on calls for at least 1 hour. Every drink after that adds another hour." He then handed the 2 girls cans of beer.

Yang said to Weiss as she opened her can, "Well that was an interesting several hours."

"You can say that again," Weiss replied. The 2 then did a toast and drank.