TA-DA! Chap 2 of my story! If you are a real die-hard fan of Emergency! then you will notice many 'inside jokes' of Emergency! weaved into this story! I hope you enjoy it and, of course, plz R&R!
"Brook! My cell isn't working!" Patty yelled, "Um, Brook? Look around us."
"Oh. My. Goodness! The trip actually worked? How will we get back? OK, look, we can't panic. Pat, go down the street and call the medics. I'll stay here and check Jim for further injuries." When Pat left I started to check Jim. Besides the head injuries, Jim had a broken arm and a possible neck injury. I took Jim's pulse and respiration and wrote it down. At that point Patty came running back.
"They're on there way! And guess what Brook!"
"What, Patty?"
"They called out Station 51!"
"Cool! I can't wait to meet Johnny, Mike and Roy!"
"I thought that it was Johnny and Roy and Mike was the engineer?"
"Yeah, but I put the names in order of favorites!"
"Favorites...right...just favorites...nothing else."
"YES! NOTHING ELSE!" I yelled trying not to laugh. "Well, I do kinda like Johnny and Mike. Their both sooooooo cute!"
"Aha! I knew you liked them! But EWWW! They are really old!"
"Not at this time!" I retorted. When the station arrived I got out the notes I had taken on Jim.
"Hi! I'm Johnny Gage, LA paramedic. Can you tell me what happened?" Johnny said coming up to me.
"Sure!" I said. I nervously explained what happened then said, "I also took his pulse and respiration. Here it is!" I handed him the paper. "In addition, he has head and possible neck injuries and a broken arm." I explained. I hoped Jim would be OK. He was our only way home.
"Wow! Thanks for the help. You just saved us a lot of time. How did you know how to do this?" Johnny asked me.
"I, um, know some guys who are medics and they've taught me how to do this." I said blushing. "Will Jim be OK, Johnny?"
"Yeah, he'll be fine. Don't worry," Johnny said comfortingly.
"Johnny!" Roy yelled, "He's in V-fib! 400 watts! Now!" Johnny got the defibrillator ready and shocked him twice before he was back in sinus rhythm. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. "OK Rampart," Roy said on the Biophone, "He's back in sinus rhythm," He paused while Rampart responded. "10-4 Rampart, IV D5W TKO and transport as soon as possible." Funny, I figured they'd say that. An ambulance pulled up. "Rampart the ambulance just arrived. Our ETA is 7 minutes," Roy looked at me and asked, "Do you want to ride with Johnny in the squad to Rampart? Your friend can ride with you too."
"Oh that would be great! Thanks so much!" I told them. Then I whispered to Patty, "I'm sitting next to Johnny!" She gave me a look of 'And why would I want to sit next to him?' I chuckled. "Hey, Johnny? I know this is a weird question, but, um, me and my friend don't have any place to stay. Could we at least bring our stuff to your station after we go to the hospital till we get a hotel room?" I nervously asked Johnny.
"Well, I can ask Cap. I'm not sure if that would be allowed but I can still ask!"
"Thanks a lot!" We all got in the squad and headed to Rampart. When we got there Dr. Brackett came up to us. "Dr. Brackett! How is he? Is Jim OK?" I asked before I realizing that I called the doctor by name when I had never "met" him before. Thankfully, his name tag was in view, but still it would have been hard for me to see that so quickly. A confused Dr. Brackett looked at me and said, "Um, your friend Jim, is doing fine. He's not awake right now, but he's not in a coma. Don't worry, he's just asleep. You can visit him later."
Johnny looked at me. He looked like he was going to ask me why I knew Kel, but instead, thankfully, he said that he was going to go call Cap. "Brook! You have to be more careful!" Patty exclaimed, punching my arm.
"I know! I'm just in the habit of talking about these guys like I know them! But don't worry, I'll shut all knowledge of Emergency! away. Look, here he comes hopefully we can go to the station." I turned to Johnny. "Hey Johnny! What did Cap say?"
"Well, I was quite surprised, but, he said not only could you bring your luggage over but you could also stay overnight! We have 2 extra beds and the overnight shift, so, let's go get your stuff!" Johnny said excitedly.
"REALLY JOHNNY? Oh my goodness! Thank you so much!" I said hugging him.
"Um, OK? You're welcome!" He said kinda stunned at my enthusiasm.
"Look, here's what we'll do. You 2 can ride in the cab with me again and Roy can ride up top. We can put your luggage up there too."
"Wait, what? Oh right, that's still legal." I finished the sentence mumbling. I REALLY had to work on not acting like I'm from the future. "Let's go!" I told Johnny. When we got to the station I couldn't believe we were actually there, much less going to stay there! "Hello Cap! I'm Brook and this is my friend, Patty! Thank you so much for letting us stay here!" I told Cap.
"You're very welcome!" Cap told me. Then he yelled, "Chet! Marco! Mike! Come here! Get these bags in the dorm!"
"Aw Cap! Really? 3 guys aren't needed for 5 small bags!" Chet complained.
"And since you said that in front of these fine young ladies that are our guests, you get latrine duty, Chet! As usual." Cap retorted.
"Yes, sir, Cap." Chet said dejectedly. I giggled knowing this was just like him. "Which of these are yours and which are your friend's, Brook?" Chet inquired.
"Oh! Well, the red one, the blue duffel and the green backpack are mine. The blue plaid and the pink one are Patty's."
"Thanks, Brook! We'll take them over to the bunks for you! Which bed do you want, right or left?" Mike asked me.
"Wow, still 3 sentences!" I thought. "I think I'll take left! No, right! Ugh! Patty!"
"Right! I'll take right, junior." Pat said. Johnny and Roy gave us a funny look. I realized she was hinting at which side Johnny usually slept in since I was the "Johnny" of the two of us.
"Oh! Yes! Of course! Mike, I'll take left and Pat will take right. Hey Cap! Who's cooking' lunch today?"
"Well, today was kind of a free day, but I was thinking I could make some of my clam chowder! It's pretty good!" Cap said in a manner that sounded like he was trying to impress us. He likes to make himself and his crew look good.
"Hold up, Cap! I was gonna make my mystery stew!" Johnny said, "It was pretty good too!" I think he meant his french meal fail from "Pressure 165".
"Come on guys! You all know my firehouse chilli is the best!" Marco countered.
"Wait a minute, guys! Even Joanne said my spaghetti was better than her's! I should make my spaghetti!" Mike interjected, still only saying 3 sentences at a time.
"I can cook!" A voice piped up and said.
"NO, CHET!" Everyone said at once.
Patty and I laughed. "I have an idea, Capy!" I said.
"Cap-who?" Johnny said quite amused.
"Oh, um, Capy! I like to call the Captain of the medics I know, Capy." I stated blushing. "So, anyway, I was thinking, why don't you each make a little bit of your dishes and we can have a bit of each! If you start cooking now all of your dishes will be done by lunch time!"
"That sounds good, Brook!" Capy said.
"Can I cook something then?"
"NO, CHET!" They all yelled.
I was laughing so hard I had to excuse myself. Which only led to more laughing from the guys in the rec room.
