(A/N: I do no own Paw Patrol, the following chapters will be a collection of short, mostly on-shot, interrelated stories about what Marshall experiences during his two months of practicals in certifying as the first pup paramedic. To help with your visualization, almost all the equipment and vehicle are human sized, just like you would see out in the real world. Because ENGINE 25 has both humans and pups (other than Marshall) on the crew, it does have firefighting gear and equipment that can be operated by pups. However, MEDIC 25 is only setup for humans as Marshall is the first pup to be a paramedic. enjoy!)

Eye of the Swarm

Marshall was exhausted, it was 03:45 (3:45AM) on a Wednesday morning. Marshall half smiled to himself, one of the biggest adjustments that he had to make in his first week was getting used to using military time. I made perfect sense; it was faster and more concise than using the normal AM/PM and less likely to cause confusion. Back home in Adventure Bay, Marshall had never really needed to tell time. He was always at the lookout or with the other pups or Ryder and always had his pup tag and just responded when calls came in, slept at night, and generally followed a circadian rhythm. Anytime the pups had to be somewhere at a specific time, Ryder told them and set reminders on their pup tags in case they got distracted.

It had been a busy first week. There had been busy times in Adventure Bay but nothing like this. Station 25, because of the station's location, responded to calls almost around the clock. Skipper had said that Marshall was to respond to all calls unless told otherwise and Marshall was starting to feel the lack of sleep. He was still high energy, its just how he was, but he could tell that he was not at 100%. Skipper had said that Marshall needed to learn his limits since he would be operating independent of other Paramedics and one of the fastest ways to lose a patient was to make a mistake by rushing when tired. Ryder was a great team leader and could tell when his pups needed to rest, but Marshall needed to know his limits in case the team had to be split up to deal with multiple emergencies.

In the week that Marshall had been with Station 25, he had responded a lot of fires and medical emergencies. None of them had been major or crazy. Marshall and the Engine 25 crew had just come back from car fire where the engine had blown out. The driver and passenger had been able to exit the vehicle safely on their own so the E25 crew just had to put out the fire and wait for the tow truck to take the broken care away. Marshall had come to appreciate the Paw Patrol as an integrated rescue service more because the team had everything that they needed a pup-house or two away. It had taken Technical, the nickname for the Technical and Engineering Emergency Response teams, over an hour to get a tow truck out to the incident site and remove the vehicle. Rubble would have had the road cleared on the double Marshall smiled to himself.

Marshall finished putting his gear away, ready to be used again. Then he jumped in the shower to get cleaned off. It had become a habit after the first couple days to shower after every incident. Marshall had been pretty embarrassed one of the other fire pups had politely recommended that he take a shower. When Marshall was clean, he dried off, brushed his teeth, and crashed out on his bunk.

Marshall was jolted out of his sleep by station alarm going off. Marshall leaped out of his bunk and ran to his locker while the announcing system passed the information:

"WE HAVE A REPORT OF A SWARM OF BEES AT THE WATERFRONT PARK ATTACKING A CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, PATROL IS ON SCENE, REPORTING AT LEAST 7 INJURED, ALL UNITS RESPOND CODE 2"

Marshall's brain broke down the call while his limbs were putting his gear through sheer muscle memory. The waterfront park was a favorite spot for kids to play, it had a jungle gym and a water section. There were also cabanas and picnic table that made it great for parties. It was summer so the parents probably wanted to do the party before the day got too hot. The swarm of bees probably had been disturbed by the noise or were looking for water. It was good that police were already on scene as it meant that the team wouldn't have to worry about keeping people away and they would get updates while enroute to the scene. While 7 was a lot of patients, it wasn't so bad as bee stings were quick to treat. But that number could still go up if the swarm was still in the area. Code 2 meant that they needed to hurry but that no one appeared to be in life threating danger. It also meant that they would activate lights and sirens at intersections if required but not the whole way if they didn't need to.

The vehicle doors to the station were already open as Marshall hit the warning buzzer button on the wall to stop traffic as he jumped into the cab of MEDIC 25. The two first shift paramedics assigned, Mike and Kevin, were right behind him. Marshall felt the ambulance doors slam shut and pulsed the siren to warn traffic that they were coming out and let the ENGINE 25 crew know that they were moving. Mike honked twice as the ambulance pulled out through the interception and took off down the road. The clock above the door read 08:20.

"Dispatch, Medic 25, responding code 2, waterfront park" Marshall reported via the radio.

"Roger Medic 25, no updates" dispatch responded.

Marshall kept a close eye on each intersection as they approached. Mike was a great driver but it never hurt to have extra eyes on the road. Marshall had already activated the emergency beacon on the truck that sent a signal out to the traffic lights to change green ahead of them but sometimes the lights were slow or people tried to run the light, not realizing that the ambulance was coming. The next interception coming up was pretty jammed up. "Go around" Marshall directed Mike as he activated the lights and siren. Mike guided the ambulance around the traffic as all the other vehicles stopped to let them through. Once they were clear, Marshall deactivated the lights and siren.

"Medic 25, dispatch" the radio squawked.

"Medic 25" Marshall responded.

"Patrol reports one of the children is having difficulty breathing, parents said he has never been stung before"

"Medic 25 copies, upgrading code 3" Marshall responded before activating the lights and sirens again. Engine 25 did the same behind them.

"Think the kid is allergic?" Kevin asked over the company's internal radio.

"Probably," Marshall replied.

"You don't fool me Marshall," Lieutenant (LT) Ken chimed in from his command seat on Engine 25, "You just love going fast!"

"Well, yes, but that's not the point!" Marshall replied as everyone laughed.

As the ambulance and fire truck approached the park, they saw a police officer directing them to where to park. "Should I follow directions today or wing it?" Mike asked.

"Follow, since they are being so kind today" Marshall replied with a smirk.

"Dispatch, Medic 25 on scene" Marshall reported as the ambulance pulled up. Marshall jump out and ran towards the other police officer and the kids. Mike and Kevin followed with their kit bags. As the approached, Marshall saw the kid next to the police officer collapse and the parents screamed. Marshall, Mike and Kevin broke into a sprint.

"I'm a paramedic, I'm here to help!" Marshall yelled as he skidded to a stop next to the kid. First, he checked the child's pulse and breathing. The kid still had both but they were becoming shallower. "Ruff, Epinephrine!" he barked and a small auto-injection needle came out. Marshall carefully injected the child in the thigh. "Kevin, hook him up to the oxygen. Mike, start checking the other kids!" Marshall directed as he continued to monitor the child. Soon the child was breathing easier.

"Everyone else looks good, Marshall" Mike reported, "No one else is having a reaction."

"Let's get scraping then" Marshall replied. Kevin removed three stingers from the child on oxygen while Marshall and Mike scrapped the stingers out of the other kids. Then they cleaned everyone's wounds and put a band-aid over it to prevent infection and allow the party to continue.

"L-T, can you get the stretcher please?" Marshall asked.

"Sure thing Marshall" LT Ken said, directing a couple of the fire fighters.

Then Marshall spoke to the kid's parents. "Hello, I'm Marshall, a Paramedic. You son had a severe allergic reaction to the bee sting, he was also stung three times which compounded the problem. He is probably going to be ok but he needs to be seen by a doctor to check and see if anything else is going on and to make sure he doesn't have a concussion from fainting so we will take him to the hospital. You can follow us there, there is an emergency parking lot right next to the ambulance bay."

"Thank you so much for saving him Marshall" the mother said while both parents gave Marshall a hug.

"You are most welcome" Marshall replied with a smile. Then Marshall walked back over to the child.

"Hi there, I'm Marshall. We are going to take you for a ride in our ambulance to make sure you are ok, does that sound like fun?"

"Yay!" replied the child, "Mom, Dad, I get to ride in an ambulance!"

Everyone smiled at the kid's excitement.

Mike and Kevin carefully loaded up the child onto the stretcher and then loaded the stretcher into the ambulance. All the kids and parents came over too.

"L-T, you should show the kids around the truck!" Marshall called out to LT Ken as he hopped into the back of the ambulance.

LT Ken shot Marshall a mock glare as the kids all got excited. "Ok, who wants to learn about the fire truck?" he said as he launched into engaging with the kids.

Marshall, Kevin and Mike smirked at each other. LT Ken loved showing off ENGINE 25, just not right after an incident.

This time, Marshall was in the back with the patient so Kevin hopped on the radio, "Dispatch, Medic 25, transporting to Children's, incident clear."

"Roger Medic 25" dispatch replied.

Marshall smiled as he watched the kid marveling at everything inside the ambulance. Another rescue complete he thought to himself as Mike drove to Children's Hospital so they could drop off their latest patient.