Family Footsteps
By: Bethesda
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Yeah in my dream world Taylor and Johnson didn't die and Doc still flipped his lid. And an original character is brought in
Summary: Kerrigan "Keri" Taylor is Alex's younger sister by 4 years, she is 28 she's been in the FD for 10 years since she was 18, and yes it is possible. She is a medic also, and she is ordered to the 55 as a permanent transfer. What will Alex say? How will the guys react to the high similarities between them? Will all hell breaks loose? Read to find out.
Chapter 3
Flames of Memories.... Bad Memories
Kerri managed through her first half of her first shift without many incidents besides the screaming match she had had with Alex. She had decided it was best that she go to sleep before everyone ventured up the stairs to the bunks to sleep. She made her way up after her nightly cup of coffee. She adjusted her pillow and curled up on her right side facing the middle of the room. She closed her eyes hoping for one night of peaceful sleep.
September 11, 2001
Kerri got up and dressed for work as usual. She arrived at the station at her normal 0755, and walked inside. She joked with the guys for a while. As she was stationed in Manhattan Rescue 4, She heard the plane the first plane. She and the rest of the guys she was working with ran to the bays. They looked up just as the plane, plain as day smack the World Trade Center.
She froze. She was driver engineer that day her call. Her zone. Her Response district, "To your trucks." She heard her lieutenant speak, the first to speak, in the moments after the attack. She ran to the driver side of the first engine. She got in after pulling on her gear pants. As soon as everyone was in she took off. They arrived at the same time her father the chief arrived. She watched him pull on his white helmet as she pulled on her black helmet. She pulled on her jacket and took off at her lieutenant's heels.
She felt someone take her arm and spin her around, and put his arms around her, "Be careful, Kerrigan, I don't need to loose you, and the baby." She heard her father say. "I love you, go do you job." He said as he let her go.
"I love you too," she said taking off after her lieutenant.
Present time
Kerrigan had made it through the first part of the hellish dream. No problem. She knew what came next, the worst part of her whole dream. She couldn't seem to pull herself away.
The guys came in and Kerrigan willed herself to come out of it. She couldn't do it the dream pulled her back. They would know when she woke up in a cold sweat and screams.
September 11, 2001
What would have seemed like days later, but was really and hour later they had been able to clear most floors before her lieutenant began to run out of air. They had made it halfway down from the floor they had been on when her lieutenant fell and she didn't know it. As the second tower had began to fall. She ran outside ripping off her mask she turned to see chaos pure chaos. No lieutenant, tower falling, bodies falling. She felt a hand pull her away, and through her to the ground and cover her body with his. Then the weight of the other body was lifted and her father helped her up. She looked into his eyes, "Daddy I have to go back, Jason's in there," she said as she tried to run in.
He stopped her, "Kerrigan, no I'll go you stay here the stress isn't good for you or the baby. Kerrigan if something happens, I want you to know that I love you and I love your sister, brother, and mother more than anything. If something happens tell Alexandra that for me and tell her I'll be watching over you both." He said before he hugged her, "I love you Kerrigan" he said taking off.
She held him, "I love you Daddy," she said and she watched him run. As the small fog she was in faded he was running off into the building. She snapped to a straight position, "DADDY" she screamed as the tower he had been in fell, and she fell into blackness
Present Time
She began to toss and turn in her bunk. Hyperventilating, and a few quiet words, came out. She suddenly sat up in her bunk as tears fell and the towers fell, "DADDY" She screamed, "Daddy no," she kept repeating.
Alex was the first up when Kerrigan screamed. She was off her bunk and next to Kerri in a matter of seconds, "Kerri, Come on Kerri Focus on me" she said as she watched her sister begin to hyperventilate.
By this time the lights came on and DK, Billy, Jimmy and even lieutenant Johnson who had heard her scream from downstairs were all standing around them. "Anything we can do Alex," Jimmy asked.
"Not yet," Alex said as she put her arms around her sister who broke down into hysterics, saying only one word Daddy.
Alex looked at Jimmy, DK, Billy, and Johnson and sighed holding her sister, a lone tear escaped her own eyes followed by another. They all gathered around her and Kerri. Putting their arms around them in one big group hug. Each of them trying to comfort two of the members of the family of the 55, in there own way, Jimmy talking softly to Alex, DK also trying to talk to Alex. Billy put his arms around Kerri and speaking softly, Johnson the vet of the group also speaking to Kerri telling her everything will work out.
TBC.................Read and Review and if you don't like it don't read on.
AN: I apologize for the lack of Posting lately, I've been busy any questions feel free to ask enjoy chapter 3. I wrote this one around 911, because it is only 8 days away.