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As you can probably see, this doesn't really follow the show at all, but Tommy kind of takes Severide's character.
Time jump in this chapter!
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Chapter 8 – A Firehouse 51 Christmas
Mia scoffed, "you were more stubborn, probably like our kid will be" she said waiting for him to catch the hint.
"Yeah probably, I think our kid would…wait a second, did you say our kid?" he said looking at her then looking down at her stomach like he was trying to see a baby.
Mia smiled and nodded and cupped her stomach. "Yeah, I found out a couple months after we got Jessica. I am about 3 months along and so far everything is going okay" she said.
He fist pumped in excitement and walked over to wrap his arm around her in a hug. "I am so happy princess. This is great, do we know what we are having? Are you sure everything is okay? Did you check with the doctors or something? What do we do? Are you sure you should be working babe?" he held her arms and led her around him to sit on the bed.
Mia couldn't help but laugh, "Tommy, I'm okay I promise. I have been seeing Angelina and she said that everything is okay. I am moving along the way I am supposed too, I promise. It's still early for maternity leave. I am still working until it's time for maternity leave, if I even take maternity leave. Right now, I need you to relax before you're BP goes through the roof" she laughed at him.
"Don't laugh, I am serious, you need to be taking it easy" he said.
She smiled and cupped his face to kiss him, "I love that you are excited and that you are happy and most importantly I am proud to be having your baby, you are going to be a great father. Let's just focus on that for now okay" she teased his lips.
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She smiled and let out a little chuckle, "see, I told you, pregnant sex is way better than normal sex. It's all about the hormones" she teased.
Tommy laughed and scooted down so he was face to face with her still flat stomach. He cupped her abdomen and leaned down to kiss her stomach.
"Hi baby, I'm your dad. Today is the day of the firefighter's ball and I'll be honest, I was thinking it was going to be war. There's a lot of drama going on out here, but you don't have to worry about that. So we just got home from the ball and your mom told me that she's pregnant with you. It totally made my day. It's definitely the best ball I have ever been too" he kissed her stomach one more time before pulling up, giving her another kiss and pulling her into his side.
"Tommy, the baby is a speck of dust" she said.
"I don't care…it's our speck of dust" he replied.
Mia laughed, "Come one babe, let's go to sleep. You have a shift tomorrow and I have to go do my charts and files" she said.
It was graduation time at the fire academy. Mia and Jessica were going to support Tommy teaching there and his class graduating.
"Tommy stop complaining" Mia yelled at him from the bathroom. She was doing her make-up and fixing her hair before they left as Tommy was getting dressed in the bedroom. He had to wear his dress uniform and Tommy hated going to these things.
Jessica knocked and walked into their room and sat on the bed. "What's going to happen at this thing?" Jessica asked.
Tommy looked at her through the mirror, "Basically we call everyone up and give them their badge" he informed.
"That's cool, why are you so bummed about it?" Jessica noticed his bad mood.
Tommy groaned and turned to Jessica. She smiled and walked over to fix his tie. "Because there is one cadet that is a pain in my ass and she is graduating at the top of her class and I have to present her with an award" he replied.
Mia laughed as she came out of the bathroom to put on her jewelry, "the real reason is because Tommy tried to get her kicked out of the fire academy but her dad is a chief and he wouldn't let her go so she had to stay and Tommy's ego got hit" Mia teased.
Tommy glared at his wife, "that is not funny. I never thought I would say this about anyone, but she doesn't deserve to be graduating today. She doesn't deserve to be a firefighter. I cringe for the lieutenant she has to work under…she's not ready to be a firefighter. She needs to grow up and get over herself first" he explained.
"Well, we are going to get over it and be nice because that's our job" Mia said as she cupped his face and gave him a little kiss, wiping his lips and going to grab her bag.
"Fine, but only because Chief Borelli asked me to do this and I am a professional" he replied, grabbing his hat and gloves, before leading the girls out.
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When they got to the fire academy, they saw Andy, Johnny, the Casey's and Kelly and Leah. They were all standing at the entrance waiting for Tommy and Mia. They walked in and right up to the group.
"Hey guys" Mia greeted everyone with hugs and kisses.
"Hi honey, you look nice. How are you doing?" he asked.
"Hi daddy, I'm alright. Just dealing with the stress with work and the holidays" she replied. She didn't want to tell anyone about the baby yet. She wanted the whole family together.
"You ready for this Tommy?" Matt asked.
Jessica and Mia laughed at Tommy and shook their head at Matt. "Don't ask" Jessica answered for Tommy. He just glared and shook his head at her antics.
"I promised to be nice didn't I?" he replied offended.
The parents and siblings looked between each other curious and amused at the little family. "Okay, what are we missing?" Matt asked his son.
"Yeah, what did you do?" Johnny asked his brother.
Tommy walked over and shoved his brother, "I didn't do anything. There's this one candidate that gets on my nerves and I tried to kick her out but her captain dad wouldn't let that happen. I swear if it wasn't for Chief Borelli, I wouldn't even be here right now" he replied.
Kelly looked at Matt knowingly. "Remember Jones, she was exactly like that. I tried to get her kicked out from the academy but her dad wanted her to stay and then booted her to a desk job" he said.
"Sounds similar to my situation. I wanted her out so bad but she wouldn't budge and the whole time she didn't change. She kept going on like she had a chip on her shoulder, just because her dad is a chief" he said.
"Tommy you are a son of a chief" Johnny stated.
"Yeah but we never acted on it. We all worked our asses off to make a name of our own in the firefighting world. We never paid off on the daddy card" he replied.
"Well we promised to be nice and professional and do our jobs right?" Mia cupped his face to make him focus.
"For you princess" he leant forward and gave her a kiss as he put his arm around her waist. "Alright, come on, let's go socialize" she led him.
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They were having a nice time drinking and talking with everyone, when Jessica saw someone coming towards them she turned and asked Leah, who was close to her. "Who is that and why is she galloping over here?" she asked.
Everyone turned around and Mia couldn't help but laugh, "Be nice Tommy and act professional okay" she whispered in his ear, giving him a kiss for support.
He looked over and groaned, putting on a fake smile when she walked over. "Hi Lt. Casey, I just wanted to stop over and say thank you for the accommodation" she said.
Everyone knew the real reason she came over. She wanted to showboat. She wanted to look good in front of Matt and Kelly.
Tommy just nodded, "I didn't give you an accommodation that has nothing to do with me. I just submit my report and Chief Borelli has the final say so" he replied earning a nudge from Mia. She told him to be nice.
"Oh," Fairchild's face fell a little, "well I still wanted to say hi and that it was a privilege learning from you" she added.
"Thank you" he replied very straight to the point, hoping she would take the hint.
"Hi Dr. Severide" she greeted Mia.
Mia smiled at her, "hello, and congratulations on graduating the academy. That's a great honor" she was a little nicer than Tommy.
"Thank you, that's really nice of you to say" she replied.
"You're welcome" Mia replied.
She kind of just stood there looking around at the rest of the group. Leah decided to take the plunge, "Hi, I'm Mia's sister Leah, my brother Lt. Andy Severide and my dad Captain Kelly Severide. Tommy's brother Lt. Johnny Casey and his parents Captain Matt Casey and Gabriella Dawson Casey" Leah introduced everyone.
"Hi everyone, I'm Amy Fairchild, it's really nice to meet you all. Captain Severide and Captain Casey, you are all legends around here" she said.
Kelly and Matt looked at each other knowingly. She was trying to suck up to them. "Thank you. As my daughter said, congratulations on graduating the academy. That takes great strength and determination. I pride you on graduating, let alone graduating with accommodation" Kelly said.
Amy beamed. She could not believe that Captain Severide just complimented her. "Thank you so much Captain. That means a lot to me. Well, I'll let you get back to your night" she was really thankful as she walked away.
Mia couldn't help but laugh, "way to go dad" she walked over and hugged her dad. He laughed and wrapped his arm around his daughter, "yeah well I felt bad for her" he replied as they found their table.
Jessica had found Mike, who came with his brother and sat with them at their table. The dinner went on and everything was good so far. Tommy was too preoccupied with James Anderson to worry about giving his speech for Amy.
After dinner, Chief Borelli came over to their table. "Lt. Casey" he called. Tommy stood up and shook the chief's hand. "Hi Chief, you remember my wife Mia" he put his arm around Mia's waist for support as she stood up.
"Hello Chief Borelli, how are you tonight?" Mia greeted him. He just smiled at her. Of course he knew who she was. She is Captain Benny Severide's granddaughter, daughter to the youngest person ever to make lieutenant on Squad, the whole CFD knew who she was.
"I am fine thank you. You look beautiful tonight my dear" he complimented.
Mia smiled, "thank you" she replied. She knew he was here for Tommy. "Do you mind if I borrow your husband for a moment?" he asked. She smiled and shook her head, "of course not" she pulled away so Tommy could get out.
"I'll be right back, do you need anything?" he asked her.
"Tonic water with a lime please" she replied. She was starting to feel nauseous. Tommy nodded and kissed her cheek before following the Chief to the side.
They walked over to the bar so Tommy could get Mia some tonic water and the chief could talk to Tommy in private. "I wanted to talk to you about Fairchild" the chief said.
"Chief, honestly I wouldn't even be here doing this accommodation if it wasn't for you. In my opinion she isn't ready to be a firefighter. She needs to grow up first" Tommy informed him.
Chief Borelli nodded, "I know your concerns and that's why I wanted to talk to you" he replied. Ever since seeing her work at the academy and hearing the concerns from her instructors, he formulated a plan to make her best firefighter possible.
Before he could say anything else, Joann walked up to them and greeted Tommy with a kiss on the cheek before nodding to the Chief. "Chief Borelli" she greeted.
"Jo, what are you doing here?" he asked.
She shook her head, "Chief Borelli asked me to come find the two of you when I got here" she replied. They both looked at the chief expectantly.
"There is a reason I asked to talk to both of you tonight. I know your concerns about Fairchild and you two are not the only ones who have expressed their concerns, but as you know her father is a chief in the district and he isn't having her fail the academy. I want to assign her to your firehouse and have her work under you Joann and learn from you and Tommy. You two are the best of the best in your firefighting class" he said.
Tommy and Joann looked at each other with curious looks. They were not happy about this, but it's not like they could say no to the Chief. "It's not really my call Chief" Tommy started.
"I already cleared it with Chief Clarke and all the brass" he said.
"That's not what I meant. It's not my call Chief, it's not my squad that's going to have to deal with her, and it is Jojo's call" he replied turning to his fellow lieutenant.
Joann looked between Tommy and the Chief, shaking her head. She let out a breath and sighed, "As a favor to you and Tommy I'll take her in my squad" she started to say.
"Thank you Lt. LeBlanc, I appreciate the favor" he said.
She nodded, "I have a condition. She needs to know that I am her lieutenant and her dad is not going be overriding my order. Those are my guys and that is my squad. What I say goes" she informed him.
The chief nodded and shook their hands, "thank you for your cooperation lieutenants" he nodded and walked away, probably to tell Fairchild and start the process for real.
Once the chief was out of site, Tommy turned to Jo with a smirk on his face. "Shut up" was all she said before he started cracking up laughing. He put his hands up in surrender, "I didn't say anything" he couldn't hold in his laughter anymore.
"This is all your fault you know. You and your stupid good looks and your stupid charm. She better get her act together" Jo warned.
Tommy wrapped his arm around Jo's shoulder and led her back to their table. Mia looked at them curious. "What's going on?" she asked.
"Fairchild is being assigned to Jojo's squad. Chief Borelli wants us to teach her into being a good firefighter. He wants the best of the best to mold her into being a good firefighter" Tommy stated.
Mia looked at Jo with sympathy. "I am so sorry Jo that really sucks. I totally feels for you. Just make sure that she knows you are the boss. She tends to run to her dad to fix her problems" Mia informed Jo.
She's seen it before. People like Fairchild, who are legacies tend to rely on their legacy and their family members in the CFD to fix their problems and help them move up in the world.
Jo took Tommy's beer and took a chug before nodding in understanding. "I know. I already told Chief Borelli that I would only take her in my squad if she knew that I was in charge and her dad had no say in what happens to her in my battalion" Jo reiterated.
"Good for you Jojo" Mia prided her on taking the initiative.
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When it came time for the speeches and the new assignments, Tommy walked up to the stage and got ready for his speech.
"Hello everyone, my name is Lt. Thomas Casey and as some of you may know, I come from a long line of firefighters. I am second generation firefighter and my wife is a third generation firefighter. Being from a family of firefighters and growing up in and around firehouses, I can say with full confidence that being a firefighter is a proud and honorable thing. Going through the fire academy and learning to do something that goes against someone's natural instinct is something that takes courage and honor. I would like to congratulate every single one of these men and women behind me" he said to the recruits.
Everyone clapped and cheered for a bit before Tommy continued. "There is one candidate in particular that I would like to bring attention too. Candidate Amy Fairchild is graduating at the top of her class. She has excelled in her skills as a firefighter and has propelled herself in the CFD community. Would Candidate Fairchild please join me on stage" he paused as people clapped as she walked on stage.
She stood next to Tommy with a big grin on her face. She has waited for this the whole time she was at the academy. "I would like to award Candidate Amy Fairchild with a plaque of honor and excellence for her outstanding work at the Firefighting Academy. Let's give a round of applause for Candidate Amy Fairchild" he said as he turned toward her and clapped as he gave her the plaque and shook her hand.
"Congratulations" he stated.
She smiled, "thank you sir" she replied as she shook his hand.
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The next shift at the firehouse and everyone was groaning. They were not looking forward to it at all. They had heard about Candidate Fairchild from their lieutenant and they were not looking forward to working with her at all.
Mia and Tommy walked into the firehouse and couldn't help but laugh at all the down faces. "Come on guys, it won't be that bad" Mia teased.
"That's easy for you to say, you don't have to be the boss of her. I swear Tommy, she better listen to me and follow the rules in this house or I swear I am going to kick her out of this house and kick your ass in the process" Jo said as she walked over with a cup of coffee.
Tommy took a sip of her coffee and shook his head at her antics, "It won't be that bad Jo. She has the potential to be good but she's got a chip on her shoulder. She just needs to be reared the right way" he replied.
Jo groaned, "Well she already likes you, you rear her" she protested.
Mia had to laugh at that one. "Good one Jojo" she clinked coffee cups with her. Jo laughed and nodded as she took a sip of coffee.
Tommy glared at his wife. She was taking this with stride and he knew she would be there to support him. "You are not helping. Don't you have to be at the hospital or something" he teased.
She smiled and chuckled, "yeah baby, I have to be at the hospital. I have to drop off some files with Chief Clarke, so if you'll excuse me" she made her way down the hallway to the Chief's office.
Clarke was sitting behind his desk looking over paperwork when Mia walked up. "KNOCK KNOCK!" she called.
"Mia, come on in" he waved her in.
Mia walked in and pulled out the files from her bag. "Good Morning Chief, I have the medical files for the last trauma call. I know there were a few trauma docs and medical staff that worked on the case, but I have wrangled them all into one report and attached their files into the folder. If you need anything else, just call me or let Tommy know and I can find out what's up on the hospital side" she said as she handed him the folder.
He looked over the folder and shook his head with a chuckle, "You put all this together in less than a day" he looked at her perplexed. For a normal person, it would take at least a week to get all these people and paper work together.
She laughed at the look on his face. "Well when you know the right people, you know how to get things done. Especially in chaos like the trauma scene was" she replied.
He chuckled and nodded in understanding. "Well, you certainly handled that situation like you were born to be in control" he complimented.
"What can I say, I learn from the best" she replied. Her mom taught her and Leah to always be organized and take charge in a chaotic scene. They learned from an early age to remain calm within the chaos and assess the situation.
Clarke nodded and looked down sad before looking back up at her, "yes you did. Mia I want you to know that your mother would be proud of you and Leah for the successful women you have become" he said.
She smiled, cleared her throat and nodded. "Thank you, uh, I better get going. I have a shift at the hospital and I want to check on Tommy before I go" she said as she got up and walked out of the office, wiping her tears as she went. Talking about her mom was not an easy thing to do.
Amy Fairchild walked into the firehouse with a big smile on her face. She was ecstatic to be there, especially to work under Lt. Casey. She was really excited.
She walked in and saw everyone standing by the Squad table in the truck bay talking, so she walked right over. "Hello everyone" she greeted them.
Jo and Tommy stood in front of everyone at attention. They turned to look at her, "Candidate" Jo said. Amy smiled at her and stuck out her hand, "Candidate Amy Fairchild reporting for duty" she introduced herself.
"Lt. Joann LeBlanc, nice to meet you Candidate. I have heard a lot about you" Jo greeted her.
Amy smiled and nodded at Tommy, "yes mam, Lt. Casey is a great teacher and it's an honor working with him" she replied.
Jo looked at Tommy before smirking at Fairchild. "Yes he is, but unfortunately for you, you are not working with Lt. Casey, you are working with me. While we are at it, let me say this, I am your lieutenant. I know you are a legacy in CFD, but so are a lot of people here. You're fathers word has no power here. What I say goes. My word is the bible to you. The main thing is that we work as a team. There is no I in team. On the other hand, if there are any problems, then you come to me and we deal with it in house. Do you understand?" Jo laid out the rules.
Fairchild nodded, "Yes mam, I'm sorry if I came off as being biased or something that was not my intention. I am proud to be here and it's an honor to work with you and the rest of Truck 81" she said.
Jo nodded, "okay then, go change out" she said indicating for one of the guys to show her around, "This is Young, he'll show you around" she nodded to her men.
Once Fairchild was out of sight, Mia walked over as Jo and Tommy glanced at each other. "What's going on?" she asked.
"Fairchild is here and she is goo goo eyes for your husband" Jo teased.
Mia laughed and wrapped her arm around Tommy's shoulder, "well you have fun with that. I have to get to the hospital before Leah kicks my ass. She is waiting for me to relieve her of the night shift" she gave Tommy a little kiss before grabbing her stuff and the car keys.
"I'll see you tomorrow morning babe" he said as he walked her out. He waited until she was in the car before going back into the firehouse.
Fairchild was sitting with the guys from Truck 81 in the common room. She looked over and smiled at Tommy, with a wave. Tommy smiled and nodded at her. Jo came over and stood next to Tommy with her arms crossed against her chest, looking at the guys.
He looked over at Jo and met her gaze, "it's going to be an interesting shift don't you think?" he teased.
"Don't even start with me" Jo replied.
Tommy laughed and wrapped an arm around her shoulder as they walked into the common room to join everyone else.
When Mia got to the hospital, she was immediately swamped with things. She was in and out of the ORs consulting with her fellow doctors and then settled into the ER.
She was sitting with her sister and Stephanie when they got an emergency, 911 page from CPD. Since they were on the trauma team, they got their gear and loaded up in the ambulance.
They were the first ones to arrive on scene. There was only one uniform car there. They were standing around the garbage can.
"What's going on?" Mia asked as the rest of her team pulled out the stretcher and got all their gear out.
"Someone called it in. They said they think they heard someone in the compactor. We called Fire and we set up a trauma call. They are 3 minutes out" one of the officers stated.
Mia nodded, "how long ago did they call it in? How long has the person been in there?" she asked.
The officer shrugged, "maybe ten-fifteen minutes" he guessed.
"Okay, I need to get in there now" she said before turning to her team.
"Get me a warm IV and the warmer blankets out of the ambo. If there is someone really in there, they are for sure going to be in shock" she instructed.
Leah and Stephanie got to work. Mia turned to the officers, "I need one of you to give me a boost, I need to get in there" she walked over as they gave her a little boost until she reached the edge and could pull herself in.
She immediately got to work moving the trash and stuff that was in there. She needed to find out if someone was in there. She got on her knees and started feeling for someone. Finally in the corner, she found someone huddled around some blankets.
Mia moved the blankets and trash off the person and rolled them onto their back. Mia felt for a pulse and breathed out in relief when she felt a pulse.
She grabbed for her radio, "I've got someone in here. She's cold, probably with shock. Get me those warm blankets and the warm IV, NOW. Call for fire and find out when they are getting here" she said.
"Squad 3, Truck 81 ….Unknown situation. CPD and Trauma 1 are on scene"
The guys all got into gear and hauled ass. When they heard that Trauma 1 was on scene, Tommy got into gear and ran into the truck.
"Let's go, move it guys" he called out.
He knew that Trauma 1 consisted of his wife and his sister-in-law. He wanted to get there ASAP. He needed to know what was going on.
When the firefighters arrived on scene, they pulled up at the same time Sofia and Joey did. They heard the call come out over dispatch and they wanted to be there.
"Sofia, what's going on?" he asked his sister.
"I don't know, we just got here. We heard the call over the radio" she informed him as they made their way over to the two uniforms and Leah.
"Hey, what do we know?" Tommy asked.
"Mia is in there with a victim. She's going into shock from the cold. She has a pulse but it's shallow. We need to get them out of there. You need to get these doors open" Leah relayed the information.
Before CFD could get to work, they heard Leah's radio come to life. "Leah, she's got a gunshot wound. Someone shot her and put her in here. She's bleeding out. I have my hand on the bleed to apply pressure. We need to get out of here. What's the ETA on CFD?" she informed all of them.
Now the situation got more serious. If the patient was bleeding out, they needed to work fast to get them out of there. CPD also needed to figure out what happened.
"We are here Mia, hang tight, we'll get you out" Jo said before turning to her guys, "Toni, get me the saw" she instructed, only to see the candidate running to the truck. She pulled out the saw without realizing its weight and dropped it. The blade was all shattered.
"The blades jacked, the saw's no good lieutenant" Toni replied to Jo before glaring at the candidate.
"Candidate, is your name Toni?" Jo yelled at her.
"Sorry lieutenant, I thought I could help" she replied.
The guys just shook their heads. She needed to learn to listen and follow orders. Jo was just telling her that morning to pay attention and listen to what she tells her and now the first chance she gets, she disobeys orders and jeopardizes the life of a victim.
"Where's that IV?" Mia called out into the radio.
"Coming in" Leah reached over the edge and handed her the IV. "We need out of here, how long till we are free?" she radioed.
"We are working on it Mia" Jo replied, looking to Tommy for help.
"Mike, go grab our saw" he ordered.
The squad member nodded and hopped to it. He grabbed the saw and started at the door. While CFD was working on getting them free, Sofia and Joey called in the rest of their team.
They pulled the officers aside and got as much information from them as possible. "Sorry detective, we really don't know much. When we got here, there was no one here. We banged on the container and we heard some whining. That's when we called for trauma and we called you guys. Dr. Casey was the one who told us that there was someone in there and she was bleeding out" one of the uniforms stated.
Sofia looked at Joey before nodding to the uniform, "okay, let's canvas the area and see if we can find out what happened. I am going to call it in" she said.
The uniforms nodded and got to work searching the area and talking to the neighbors. Sofia had a hunch that there was more to the story.
When the door was finally open, everyone saw Mia straddling the woman, covered in blood, pressing on her abdomen. "We need the backboard in here now" she ordered.
Leah and a couple of the guys slid in with the backboard. They paused and waited for instruction. "Okay, what do you want to do Mia?" Leah asked. They needed to be careful how they moved the victim.
"Okay here's how we are going to do this. I need to keep my hand here, so I am going to lift my legs a little at a time and get on the backboard as you slide her on it. You guys are going to have to slide us both out and put us both on the gurney, so we are going to need your help" she said to CFD.
The truck and squad guys nodded. Mia moved to the side of the victim, so they could slide the backboard under her and Leah could stabilize her neck with the brace.
"Okay guys, slowly pick up the backboard and let's get her on the gurney" she watched as they slowly picked up the backboard and put the victim on the gurney.
"Alright, now help me up" she used the rales on the gurney to get up there. Tommy held her back as she got up on the gurney. Mia straddled the patient and retook her position. "Okay guys, we can't exactly lower the gurney without jostling the patient, so I need you guys to hold the gurney so they can fold it and carry us to the ambo" she instructed them.
"Alright guys, come on. Let's just go easy and be very careful" Tommy said.
As the guys slowly moved her to the ambo, they had to walk as slow as possible. When they did get her in the back of the ambo, Leah got to work setting the patient up on the machines as Stephanie grabbed their stuff to go.
"Mia, I need that bullet" Sofia called out.
"You got it Sofi" Mia replied before they closed the doors and Stephanie got to the driver's side. Sofia got them an escort so they wouldn't have any traffic on the way to the hospital.
When they got to the hospital, Leah and Stephanie pushed them straight to the OR. "Mia what do we got?" Dr. Connor Rhodes asked. He had just graduated and became a full-fledged doctor.
"We were called on a trauma call from CPD. She was trapped in the cold in a trash compactor for at least 30 minutes. I tried to get in there as fast as possible. No one knew she was in there. I found her buried under blankets and trash with a bullet wound. I applied pressure and packed the wound to stop the bleeding and we got her here as fast as we could. We need the bullet though for CPD" she explained.
"I got it," Dr. Rhodes nodded and motioned for a nurse to come over and see what's going on. "Okay, you did good Mia. You're going to be coming along for the ride. We are going to have to be careful when we move you to the rolling table. I'm going to have Stephanie scrub you up as best as possible, just keep the pressure" he said.
"How the hell are we going to be moved?" Mia asked, gently nudging the victim, trying to keep her awake.
"We are going to drop the gurney down and help you off, we'll pop it back up and slide the victim on the table and then hop back on" Connor instructed, "I'm going to scrub in, I'll see you in the OR" he said.
Mia nodded and kept pressure as they slowly got to work. Stephanie, Carly and some orderlies came over to help out. "Okay, we are going to drop you down, so just brace yourself" they warned her. Mia looked at them and nodded.
Slowly, they lowered the gurney to the floor so Mia could get off with pressure on the wound. "Everyone be careful for this part" Mia said.
They slowly slid the victim off the gurney and carried her onto the table, the whole time, Mia had pressure on the wound.
Once they got the victim on the table, they started taking off her clothes and getting her sterilized for surgery. They were wrapping everything with surgical drapes and getting everything out of the way, all around Mia's arms.
Stephanie doused the victim's abdomen with betadine, and wiped the antiseptic away. She repeated the same thing with Mia's arms. They tied a surgical drape around Mia as they draped them over the victim around the wound and Mia's arms. They got a mask and cap on her as they moved her to the OR.
Mia followed the victim to the surgical table and returned to her position straddling the victim. Dr. Rhodes came in all scrubbed up and closed the door behind him as he walked over.
Elizabeth was putting an IV in the victim's arms as Jennifer got the anesthetic ready in the syringe. Once the anesthetic was in, they were ready to go. Jennifer nodded and everyone knew it was go time.
"Alright guys, let's move quickly and efficiently." Connor came over and started feeling around the wound near Mia's hands. "I am going to need suction, clamps, and gauze to pack the area, everyone ready. There's going to be a lot of blood" he instructed.
"Okay Mia, when I tell you, remove your hands and lean back. Stephanie, you move the gauze out of the way very carefully. We don't want to rip up any skin or cause any more damage. We are going to be moving very quickly so everyone needs to be on their A-game" he informed.
Everyone nodded. They knew what was at stake and it was serious. Connor came over to Mia with gauze and a clamp ready to go.
"Now Mia" he said.
Mia moved her hands and blood came spurting out everywhere. Mike held her for support as he helped her off the gurney and out of the way.
"I'm scrubbing in" she announced.
"No you are not. You've been through enough today" he called out.
Stephanie peeled away the gauze and blood came out everywhere, all over Connor and all over Mia. Connor moved in and suctioned the wound as he packed it with gauze. All of a sudden the monitors went off.
"Her BP is dropping"
"She's losing blood"
"Arrhythmic heart rate"
"Clamps…suction…and the vicryl sutures NOW" Connor yelled.
Mike pulled Mia way noticing the uneasiness on her feet. He picked her up and carried her out of the OR kicking and screaming orders.
"Mike I have to get back in there" she argued, trying to push past him to scrub up.
He held her back by her shoulders, "Mia, listen to me" he got her attention, "CPD needs your statement. They need your help to find out who did this" he said.
Just then she got a page. She walked over to the phone and called the number back. It was Grace at the front desk.
Grace paged Mia as soon as CFD and CPD came in. Captain Hank Voight and Sergeant Antonio Dawson came in with Sofia and Joey. Andy, Johnny and Tommy not far after them.
Voight and Antonio walked up to the desk, "CPD," Antonio showed his badge, "we need to know everything you have on the trauma victim that just came in" he said.
Grace nodded, "sure Sergeant Dawson. We know that she had a bullet wound, no exist. Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Casey were worried about internal damage and internal bleeding. They have taken her to the OR now. I can page them for you, but if they are operating, it may take a while to talk to them" she explained.
The CPD nodded in understanding. "Thank you" he said walking over to the rest of the gang.
Sofia and Joey had given them all that they know about the scene when they got there, but the doctor's perspective and the medical aspect of things would help them better.
"Grace, what's going on?" Mia asked into the phone.
"Hey Mia, CPD and CFD are here. They want to talk to you about details of the case" Grace said.
Mia sighed, "Okay, I'm on my way" she hung up and put her hands up in surrender to Mike as she made her way to the lobby.
Everyone watched in sorrow when they saw Mia come in to the lobby with blood all over her scrubs. She crossed her blood stained arms across her chest. "What do you have?" she asked.
"We have absolutely nothing. We canvased the area and talked to the neighbors and checked the scene and no one saw anything. We need the medical view of things. Maybe that can give us some clues as to what to do" Sofia said.
Mia nodded, "okay well we don't know much. She's got a bullet wound on the left quadrant of the abdomen. We didn't know until we got to the OR that the bullet hit an artery. My hand was the only thing keeping her alive. Whoever did this to her definitely knew where to shoot. Connor clamped the artery and was working on the bleed when I left the OR" she informed them.
"Damn, how bad is it?" Joey asked his sister.
She let out a breath, "It's really bad guys. Her insides are a mess. They are scrambled. The surgery is going to take at least another couple hours. We were able to get the DNA under her fingernails to pathology. We are waiting for the results, but I sent them STAT, so they should be back soon" she said.
Voight nodded, "so he would be marked then?" Voight asked.
Mia nodded, "yeah, his cheek would be scratched and he would have a bruise in the middle of his stomach. She kicked him pretty hard and put up a pretty good fight" she replied.
"Great, thanks Mia. We'll keep you in touch when we figure out what's going on" Antonio said.
Mia smiled and nodded, leaning against Tommy as she watched them leave. Tommy wrapped an arm around her shoulder and kissed the side of her head. "You okay babe?" he asked.
She smiled and turned her head to kiss him. "I will be" she rested her forehead against his as he snaked am arm around her waist and rested it on her little baby bump, "and our baby" he added.
Mia smiled, "the baby will be too" she gave him another kiss before pulling away. "Now, get back to work and be careful" she said.
He smiled and let out a little laugh, "damn, only three months pregnant and she's already giving out orders" he teased as he left.
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The next morning, Mia was still asleep when Tommy walked in. His grandfather was gone, having gotten a new apartment not far from the rest of the family.
Tommy smiled when he walked into the bedroom and saw Mia curled in the blankets half on her side, half on his side, wrapped around his pillow. He undressed down to his boxers and crawled into bed, wrapping his arms around Mia.
She smiled and turned to cuddle into him as he took the position nuzzling her neck. She wrapped her arm around him and ran her fingers through his hair. "Morning baby" she mumbled still half asleep.
Tommy nuzzled her neck and laid butterfly kisses there. "Morning, how was the rest of your shift?" he asked against her skin.
Mia groaned and tilted her head back for better access. "It was quiet. The woman, Erin, is going to make a full recovery. The surgery was tough and they had a few close calls, but she'll be alright. How was the rest of your shift? How was the new candidate?" Mia informed him.
Tommy nodded, "good, I'm glad she'll be okay" he ignored the question about his shift and laid open mouth kisses on neck, near to her pulse point.
Mia moaned and stretched out for better access. Not that she didn't appreciate the attention, but she knew Tommy was hiding something. He was avoiding something.
"Tommy" she moaned.
He groaned and moved so he was completely on top of her and trailed his lips down her jaw to the top of her breasts. Mia moaned and arched towards him. She didn't know whether she was wriggling to get away from him or to push him closer.
Tommy ignored her breasts, only kissing the valley between them. "Tommy" she moaned.
"HMHMHM?" Tommy mumbled against her skin.
"I need more please" she groaned.
Tommy snaked his arms up and continued to unbutton her shirt. Mia moaned when Tommy changed his path and nipped, sucking along the valley of her breast to her nipple. Tommy sighed happily before greedily taking it into his mouth.
Mia mewled against him, arching into him. Tommy snaked his hand down her stomach, his mouth following the same path. He cupped her stomach and kissed down the baby bump.
He pulled away from her skin, "hi baby, this is your dad talking. I know you've been through a lot in the last 24 hrs. Your mom has had the shift from hell. Sorry for that, but your mom was a hero today. She kicked some ass and saved someone's life, so give her a break today okay" he rubbed her stomach.
"Tommy, don't swear to the baby. They relate to voices they hear" she warned him.
"Well, it is true and heroes deserve a reward" he said.
She smiled, raking her hands through his hair, "really, and what kind of reward are we talking about here?" she asked with a grin. She knew exactly what he was going to do.
Tommy cradled her waist and smiled against her skin, "the special kind" he replied.
Tommy opened her legs and moved to his knees. He kept her gaze as he used his mouth to remove her underwear, darting his tongue into her briefly; causing Mia to sigh and moan in pleasure.
Mia spread her legs even wider and arched toward him with a moan. He began kissing her ankle softly and moved up her knee. Tommy reached her inner thigh and smiled at the look on her face.
He opened her lips and made one long slow sweep from her opening, up. Mia's back arched high off the bed, clutching the sheets as she went. "Tommy" she whispered his name in urgency as she moved her hips in rhythm with his mouth.
He started increasing the pressure going faster, nibbling softly on her sensitive bud. He could tell she was close. He inserted one finger inside and stroked gently as he licked and sucked. Tommy increased the pace of his finger, adding another. Mia arched her back so high she thought it would break.
"TOMMY" she screamed as she came hard, harder than she had in a while. Tommy smiled and kissed his way to her mouth.
Mia laughed after a minute at the realization that just came to her. Tommy looked down at her in his arms, "I'm glad you found that amusing" he teased.
She laughed and shook her head, "no, that's not it. It's just after that performance, I have to assume that the candidate's first day didn't get go so well" she said looking up at him.
Tommy looked down at her with a quirk and flipped them over so he was on top of her and she was pinned to the bed, "you think you're right huh?" he played along.
She smiled up at him and nodded, "yes lieutenant, I have a feeling that I am absolutely 100 % right" she teased against his lips.
He huffed, "yeah okay, you're right. Her first day was a record bad. She did everything wrong and then some. As far as first day's goes, she definitely has this one in the books" he stated.
Mia raked her fingers through is hair, "well remember, it was just her first day. Give her time" she advised.
"First day" he repeated.
She smiled and nodded, "first day" she reassured.
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