A/N Thank you all for the reviews so far! I really appreciate all of your kind words. I haven't been purposefully ignoring anyone's questions, I'll just say the next couple of chapters will hopefully answer them! Happy reading.

Chapter Fourteen

"Station 51, Truck 110, respond to the stuck roller coaster at 74 King Blvd, 7-4 King Blvd, time out 1930."

"Roller coaster? On a Monday?" everyone thought. Captain Stanley dutifully copied the address and passed the slip to Johnny. Gage didn't bother with directions, the amusement park was a frequent caller. "This'll be fun in the dark." he said dryly from the front seat. Roy looked to his right, he knew immediately Johnny was all business. The letter shoved away momentarily.

When they got there, they met a supervisor at the front gates, opening it so the engine and squad could go through. When the supervisor stopped in front of the ride, everyone jumped out of their perspective apparatus. The flustered 'man in charge' went over Captain Stanley, "The Superman got stuck, right at the top." he said nervously, talking about the roller coaster by name. "We've tried all the failsafe's, they didn't work."

Chet muttered under his breath to Marco, "Obviously" and Marco hid his snicker. Captain Stanley wasted no time getting to work, asking all the necessary questions. While he did that, Johnny and Roy went back to the squad, getting their ropes and putting on their harnesses, the newer ones they had to step into. They also put on their helmets, and gloves. Roy wore his coat, only because there was a flashlight he wanted to use. They walked back over the engine crew and looked up.

"Aw man Roy, why did it have to be at the top?" Johnny complained. Roy shrugged his shoulders, waiting for Stanley's orders.

"Alright guys, the snorkel's not gonna reach, but I'll keep it coming in case you guys want to repel from up top. DeSoto, Gage, go ahead and climb up. Let us know if you need anything." There were two nods of consent as they began climbing up the steep walkway made exactly for that purpose. They each had their own harness, an older style additional harness, their high angle rescue bag, and hundreds of feet of rope.

Johnny looked back at Roy, "I recently bought this light you can attach to your helmet. I've been anxious to try 'em out." he said excitedly. He turned to face forward again and clicked a switch. The path in front of them lit up. Roy turned on his own flashlight in his turnout gear pocket. Captain Stanley and his crew watched from the ground as the two lights ascended the roller coaster.

"The light is bright, I like bright light." Quipped Roy with a smirk as the world got smaller below them.

Johnny rolled his eyes, "Jenny like Dr. Seuss?" Johnny asked, recognizing the rhyming game from the popular books.

"'Hop on Pop' is currently her favorite, which is a problem for me because she takes it literally." Johnny laughed while he methodically climbed the steep roller coaster steps.

"We're nearly at the top, we should figure out how to secure the cars, I don't want them rolling away while we're extricating." Johnny said, stopping to turn and look at his partner, covering his light. He didn't want to yell that when stuck victims could possibly overhear. "I can go up ahead, secure it and tie it off, if you want to evaluate everyone." Johnny suggested.

"Sounds good." Roy replied, their teasing tone gone. Only their training and professionalism remained. "You wanna' repel to the snorkel or walk 'em down?" Roy asked, wanting his partner's opinion. He personally thought it was too dark to walk them down the steep steps.

"Let's repel 'em, it's too dark. I know it'll take a couple trips, but it'll be safer." Roy nodded in agreement, then remembered Johnny couldn't see him and verbally agreed. He then pulled the radio out of his pocket and contacted the ground, verbalizing their plan.

When they reached the stuck roller coaster cars, John kept going. The mechanism that pulled the coaster up over the first hill caught, right before it crested. If it fell, it would go backwards, slamming into the other coaster cars in the loading area below. Before Roy even rested his hand on the car, he waited until Johnny had begun tying it off. "Nobody move," he first instructed, worried the cars would fall. He quickly added, "My name's Roy. My partner and I are from the Fire Department, we're going to get you all get down." he said to the group of stuck riders. His flashlight in his coat pocket illuminated where he looked, leaving Roy hands free. "Is anyone injured?" he asked, hoping the answer was no, it made the rescue that much harder. Everyone replied they weren't. Their voices shaky, but that was understandable. "Alright everyone, when my partner secures the cars," he said pointing to Johnny at the top, "We're going to take one person out at a time. There's a crew setting up under us as we speak." Roy quickly counted the people. As he had the radio, he contacted the ground again. "HT 51 to Engine 51, we have ten up here with no injuries. What's the status of the snorkel?"

Stanley answered back, "We copy your ten, 110's setting up the snorkel now, they should be about 10 feet directly below you. It'll be four trips with ten people." Stanley added. The Captain from 110 also copied the message, agreeing with the statement of four trips.

Roy pushed the antennae back in place and shoved the radio into a pocket on his coat. He glanced up at Johnny, who was now walking back towards him, coaster secured. Now that Roy knew the cars weren't going anywhere, he walked down to the back car. He clipped his harness onto the steps railing and shone the light at the person. He knew Johnny was setting up work lines behind him. Next, he pulled a key out of his pocket. The key was given to him by the park supervisor. It released the roller coaster safety harness. When Roy put it in the slot, the bar sprang up, freeing the man. The rider began to hyperventilate. "Calm down Sir, we've got you." Roy calmed the man. "I'm going to slip this around your waist here." Roy helped the man move around the harness. Just as he fastened the last clasp, he heard Johnny come up behind him, clipping him and the hyperventilating man to the secured work line he set up behind the two.

They got the first two people free and began individually lowering them to the snorkel. "That's it," Roy coaxed. "Almost there". Roy was thankful when the man reached the snorkel's floor ten feet below, he wasn't light. As 110's crew secured his harness to the snorkel, Johnny wiped his forehead.

The snorkel crew yelled up, "We can take three next trip if we have another harness. We'll grab one when we're down there." Since Roy was at the edge, he waved his hand signifying he heard them.

When the first group of two people were safely being lowered to the ground, John and Roy took the free time to check their lines. They had a rope line for lowering victims, a backup lowering line, and their work line. The work line was one they were constantly attached too, in case they fell. It gave them more flexibility than the railing. Johnny checked the knots, making sure all of their movement wasn't loosening it. John could feel Roy's gaze and he shot up a thumbs up, indicating the line was good. While John checked the knots, he could hear his partner talking to the still remaining stuck roller coaster patrons. "Once the snorkel gets back up here, we're going to take three next. We'll continue working from the back up, okay?" As Roy looked at the people still strapped, one face caught Roy's attention. He looked at her shockingly, quickly masking his reaction as he turned around. He wasn't sure if the woman had recognized him. "What are the odds of her showing up again." he thought, hoping Johnny could handle it after reading the letter.