Newbie 13

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Nick's POV

The hall is going up in flames, everyone is going chaotic, there are people running to all exits but can't out there locked shut from the outside, I pull out my cell phone and dial 9-1-1, the operator picks up, I tell them to send fire and paramedic right away, there are police, fire fighters, and paramedics trapped at the Boscorelli wedding reception, and the place has just gone up in flames. That's when I see Bosco running frantically all over the place, I am still a little foggy but my adrenaline is surging now, all I can think about is getting us all out of here safely.

"Bos, what's going on, where's Faith and Emily" I ask looking in all directions not seeing either of them anywhere

"I don't know Nick but we gotta find them, and get those doors open"

"ok there's gotta be a fire hose and extinguisher somewhere around here" as soon as those words came out of my mouth I see Jimmy with a hose from the corridor dousing the flames with water, me and Bosco run over in his direction, because he would have a better idea of how to get us out of this mess

"Bosco grab that extinguisher start putting out the flames heading toward that closet full of jackets, Nick grab the axe and try and smash that side door open" Jimmy says as he is still trying to get the fire contained in the one area of the hall but it's gradually starting to spread, smoke is thick and back, I see Ty and Carlos coming towards up to help.

Bosco garbs the extinguisher and starts to put out the fire as well, Ty is soon not far behind doing the same thing, Sully and Monroe and Cruz are trying to keep everyone else calm, Faith and Emily are still no where to be found, I smash the glass and take out the axe from behind it, the over head sprinklers are starting to go off as well, there not doing much, there is some other element surging this fire on.

I run over to the side door and start to whale on it with the axe, I am putting all my power into the thrusts, I am starting to break through, I am starting to see the glow of the street lights, I know that I am almost through, enough for the door to come down, with a few more hard swings and the door falls to the ground and I see what was keeping the doors shut, chain rapped around the out side handle with a combination lock.

As I motion to Sully, Cruz and Sasha to start getting the people out in a calm manner I run to another fire exit, I draw my off duty weapon and unload two shots onto the lock and rip the chain off and pull the door open, as the members of Faith, and Bosco's family's and friends start to pile out the doors I here the sirens of ambulances and Fire trucks coming closer, as I run back inside Bosco, Ty, Jimmy and Carlos are working hard on the fire, most of the people are out the exits now and Sully Sasha, and Cruz are working on crowd control still, I go and do the same to another door to start the venting smoke out of the building so its not a thick and black .

All the sudden I here screams coming from the ladies bathroom "Help us, were trapped the door wont open and there's a fire in here" and that voice it rings through my ear, it's the voice of Faith, they were still in the bathroom

"FAITH" I scream as I run over to the door, I see why the door can't be open some of the ceiling beams have collapsed and are pressed up against the door keeping it shut

"NICK, Help us, please Help us the door is stuck, the fire is getting closer and Emily is starting to go unconscious from all the smoke please hurry" Faith screams hysterically

"Ok Faith Hold on I am coming for you" I look around the beams how am I gonna get in there and save the only family I have left, Bos is still working on the fire with Jimmy so I am gonna have to figure this out my own, I am looking frantically, when I see there is a duct above the door, if I break that seal open I can climb up on those fallen ceiling beams and pull them through

"OK Faith, Em I am coming hold on" as I climb up on the beams with the axe still in my hand I smash the metal covering off, "Faith watch your head down there I gotta smash this other covering off to get to you" Faith pulls Em with her to the side wall the smoke is really bad, distorting most of my vision and breathing, I am inhaling a lot of the smoke, it's thick and black and tastes awful but it wont stop me from getting to Faith and the person I love, I smash the other metal casing off and it falls to the floor.

As I crawl through the little duct I can see Em is out of it and Faith is now struggling to stay awake as well "OK Faith give me your hand and I'll pull you through "No Take Emily first" she picks up Emily, I grab Emily's arms and pull her through the duct, down the beams and to the ground, I yell at Carlos "I need you over here Emily is unconscious hurry up and help her" Carlos comes running over and takes a look "What happened man" he asks

"I can't talk Carlos, I gotta get Faith out of there" and I run back over the beams and into the bathroom, as I get there I see Faith laying on the floor, she is unconscious on the floor from inhaling too much smoke, I am now starting to lose it as well, I climb through the rest of the duct and plop onto the floor beside Faith

"Faith, come on wake up, come on" as I am shaking her to try and wake her up, I start CPR, "come on Faith wake up" breath "1,2,3,4,5" breath "1,2,3,4,5" breath "1,2,3,4,5, come on Faith come on wake up" with tears running down my face………breath

I here a cough comes from Faith's mouth, she opens hers eyes and starts to cough even more "ok Faith come on lets get you out of here" I help get her up, boost her up to the duct and push her through she trough and to the other side "Nick come on" I here her yell as I start to cough even more, "I can't reach the duct from here there's nothing for me to climb up and to get to it" I say to Faith, "Nick I not leaving you" she says tears forming in her eyes "Go Faith I'll be out in a minute"

With that Faith crawls through the duct and to the other side, I just think to myself "oh shit what have I gotten my self into" now the smoke is still getting heaver and heaver the fire is getting closer to me, its hotter than hell in this bathroom, than a light bulb goes off.

I kick open a stall door, I shake the toilet, to see if I can pull it loose, it should not be to heavy, I start to pull on the toilet but it wont budge, I try again I am pulling with all my might, it starts to move, than it comes up from the tile and it sends me back into the door of the stall

"ok its up from the ground now just gotta get it free of the pipes" I say to myself, so I bring out my off duty gun again, line it up with the connecting pipe to the wall pipe.

BANG BANG

It takes two bullets to free the pipes from each other, I start to drag the toilet over to where the duct is the fire is now only a few feet away from me, I climb up on the top of the toilet and pull my self up to the duct and through onto the beams, and collapse down to the floor.

Bosco, Jimmy, and Ty are still working on the fire, Bosco notices that I am struggling, he comes over and picks me up, throws my arms around his neck, Ty comes over and helps him, Bosco shouts to Jimmy "Lets go Jimmy everyone is out" Jimmy tosses the hose to the ground the fire is gaining even more steam, the three of the drag me outside to a bus.

Emily and Fait are getting looked at by the paramedics, Emily is starting to come too, she's got an oxygen mask on, and so does Faith, as I am getting put onto a stretcher Emily comes over to me, the guy she brought is no where to be found right now.

she takes my hand and I slowly start to opens my eyes, she smiles, and takes off the mask she starts to cough a little but says " Nick I Lo………."

That's all I manage to here because everything goes to black …………………………………………..