Kim enters the house and puts the hood of her coat down. She brushes off some snow.
"It's really starting to come down out there." She says
Lt. Johnson heard her enter.
"Kim, come in here a second." He calls
"Sure Lieu." She walks into his office
"You don't have any objections to having Jimmy Doherty working here do you?" He asks
"No." Kim says
"Okay, I don't want it to be a problem, but I wanted to tell you before you saw him." Lt. Johnson was making sure that everything was up to par.
He had never had to deal with husband and wife in the same house, let a lone EX husband and wife who had shared custody of a child. He wanted to make sure that it would work. And if he knew Kim, she'd try to make it work.
Bobby walked up to Kim after she had changed.
"What'd Lieu want?" He asked
"To know if I'd be okay with Jimmy working here." Kim replied
"You told him NO right?" Bobby asked
Kim didn't reply.
"Kim tell me you said No." Bobby pleaded but Kim's silence was all he needed for the answer. Kim and Jimmy had been divorced a little more than a year.
Lombardo and DK sat at the table with Walsh. They were playing cards and laughing at each other when a new firefighter appeared at the top of the stairs.
"You Doherty?" Lombardo asked
"Yeah." Jimmy replied
"Lieu's waitin' on you in the office." Lombardo told him
Jimmy nodded and headed into the office.
"Uh oh, looks like we got a new looker in the house." DK smiled teasing Walsh
"Yeah looks like you ain't got the prettiest face anymore." Tommy kidded
"Never said I did." Walsh smiled.
Doherty had transferred into the house. His reputation had preceded him though. He was thought of as an arrogant firefighter, the type of guy that could get others killed. But the guys were willing to work with him. He had the knight in shining armor mentality, and it looked like he would fit in nicely in Camelot.
Jerry and Doc walked in the kitchen. Jerry reached into the cupboard and pulled out a can of dog food for Mantooth, the station mascot.
"Alright, who's been giving him chips again?" Jerry asked
"They won't hurt him." Walsh says as he tries to hide the evidence
"Yeah they can. They're high in fat." Jerry rebuffs
"Ah, so that's what happened to you." Tommy cracks as the rest of the group laughs.
"I thought that a Dalmatian was supposed to be the mascot of Firefighters, not Bucketheads." Jerry teases
DK perks up at the comment, "You mean world's best firefighters." He laughs as they all nod in agreement.
Lieutenant Johnson and Jimmy walk into the room.
"Okay world's best firefighters, we got a new member on our squad. Jimmy Doherty that's DK, Walsh, Lombardo, Doyle." He points out the firefighters then to the medics, "And our medics Doc, Jerry, Bobby, and you know Kim."
"How's it going?" Jimmy flashed a smile as he walked to the bunkroom to stow his bag away.
"He's a pretty boy." Tommy said aloud
Kim refrained from commenting, she knew better. Bobby hoped that they would get a call. Sure enough, they did.
"Squad 55 Boyd 55-3 respond for MVC with entrapment Amsterdam and 109." The box called out
Everyone did exactly what they always did at that moment. Mumbled something and headed off for the unit. Jimmy slid down the pole to the Engine bay. They got in their gear and Tommy guided the engine in the direction of the call.
55 David was already on the scene. Bosco was trying to get to the woman trapped inside the car. He stood up in frustration and moved towards his RMP. Slipping and falling on the ice.
"Damn it!" he yelled as he got up
"You alright Boz?" Faith asked
"I'm fine. Where the hell is that squad!" He yells in frustration.
Tommy pulled the engine on scene and Bobby followed close behind in the medic unit. Lt. Johnson got out and immediately starting assessing the situation. Doherty grabbed the Jaws and moved towards the car. Walsh used some cribbing to secure the car so it wouldn't slide when they popped the door.
"Hang on ma'am we're going to get you out." Walsh says as Jimmy prepared to pop the door.
Bobby and Kim waited with the stretcher and a backboard. Lt. Johnson watched as the door slowly popped away from the car. Soon DK and Lombardo were ready to get the patient out of the car. They slid the backboard in and carefully removed the woman from the car.
"Do you have any pain anywhere ma'am?" Kim asks
"No, I'm okay, I'm just a little shaken." The patient says
"Well it's a good idea to get checked out anyway." Kim says
The woman agreed to let the medics take her to the hospital. After all, her car did end up on its roof. And she might not feel any pain now, but it's going to hurt later. The medics pulled off to go to the hospital and the Squad wrapped up their job turning the scene over to a thrilled Bosco and Faith.
Tommy backed the engine carefully into the bay. Everyone slowly climbed out and started to change out of their bunker gear. They headed up the stairs to relax. They don't make it far up the stairs before they get another call.
"Squad 55 Ladder 100 Adam 55-3 respond for smoke in an apartment building 1867 York."
"Smoke in the building?" DK asks
"That's what they said." Lt. Johnson replies
"Well you know what they say, where there's smoke." Walsh begins
"There's fire." Jimmy finished
Soon they are back in the engine and headed back onto the ice covered streets. Tommy guides the engine towards the apartment building. He proceeds towards the building when suddenly a car slides through the intersection. Tommy tries to avoid hitting the car and the engine slides out of control as well. Everyone braces for impact as the engine comes to a halt as it strikes a traffic light pole.
Lt. Johnson turns in his seat to check on everyone.
"Everybody okay?" Lt. Johnson asks
Jimmy, Walsh, DK, and Lombardo all nod. They were still a bit shaken by what had happened.
"Tommy you okay?" Lt. Johnson asks
"Yeah Lieu, I think I'm good. Just took a nasty hit to the window." Tommy replies as the glass in the driver's side window is smashed.
"Lt. 55 to dispatch, start next due on the assignment. MVC corner of King and 86th." Lt Johnson radios.
DK and Walsh slowly climb out of the cab. They carefully make their way over towards the other car. They find a man in the front seat and a woman in the back.
"You gotta help her, she's having a baby!" The man tells them.
DK and Walsh's eyes get to be about the size of oranges.
"Lieu, we got a pregnant woman in here about to have a baby!" Walsh yells
Lieutenant Johnson takes his radio, "Central we need a rush on that bus, we have a woman in labor."
"You ever delivered a baby before?" DK asks
"No." Walsh was not pleased with the question.
"I got a kid, but I've never delivered one." Jimmy is honest
"So what do we do?" Lombardo asks
"From the looks of it I'd say we're gonna deliver a baby." Lt. Johnson replies, "Lombardo go find a blanket or something on the squad."
Lombardo was relieved because he knew that he wasn't going to be the one delivering the child.
DK takes a flashlight and holds it so that Walsh can assess the situation.
"Okay, I think I see its head." Walsh relays
"You THINK?" DK asks
"No it's definitely the head." Walsh replies, "I have no idea of what I'm doing here."
"Just guide its head out, then guide the rest of the body out." Lt. Johnson says
Walsh nods. "Okay, here it comes."
The guys watch as Walsh guides the baby's shoulders out and then out comes the rest of the child. Lieutenant Johnson takes a towel and wipes the baby's face off. The baby then starts to cry.
Kim and Bobby pull up and walk over.
"It's a boy." Walsh smiles as he tells the parents.
Kim takes the baby and checks him over. The guys help the new mom out of the car and onto the stretcher and then help to move her to the ambulance. The new dad is in disbelief.
"I got a boy?" He asks as the guys nod. "I've got a boy!"
They walk dad to the back of the waiting medic unit. They close the doors and the medic unit pulls off in route to the hospital.
"Nice work Walsh." Lt. Johnson says
It finally hits Walsh what he just did. "Thanks Lieu."
The guys stand there looking at their engine and the car. It was definitely not your everyday average night. And that was why Walsh loved this job.
"Okay so how we getting home?" Walsh asks