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Cal ; visibility is practically nothing cap we can't see
Captain ; keep looking
Tegan; we can't see a things how can we keep looking
Captain; i need to talk to Rebecchi and Michaels
Tegan; captain we need your help getting out of here
Cal : captain

He doesn't answer and cal oxygen tank starts going off

Cal ; shit I'm almost out
Tegan; no captain waynes is almost out of oxygen and we can't get out u need to get us out
Cal : cap

My oxygen tank then starts going off

Tegan; fuck
Cal ; well were dead aren't we
Tegan; shut the fuck up and hold the wall while u walk cause I've walked into about 2 walls
Cal ; hold the wall
Tegan; well use it to guide yourself
Cal ; i am
Tegan ; is anyone there
Cal ; usually were the ones saving people but were the ones who need saving
Tegan; yashvi and aj are also lost in this god damn apartment building
Cal ; where the hell are theses stairs
Tegan; if i knew i would have taken up them by now and got out of here but no were trapped in a burning apartment building running out of air
Cal ; ok calm down wait what the fuck am i saying were about to die how can we be calm...tegan
Tegan: yh
Cal ; I'm out of air

He takes his mask off

Tegan; no no no cal
Cal ; its ok

He cough

Tegan ; no come on hold your breath
Cal ; i can't

He starts coughing again

Tegan; no u aren't dying

I grab his arm wrapping it around me amd i hold onto the wall guiding us

Cal ; stop just go ahead
Tegan; no chance i am leaving u
Cal : tegan go
Tegan; i am not leaving u and I'm out of air

I take my mask off i start coughing

Tegan ; we go together
Cal ; i need to sit

He sits down leaning against the wall

Tegan; no we need to keep going
Cal ; i can't

We both start laughing and i sit down next him and we continue coughing and i feel cal lean on me

Tegan; cal...come on answer me callan

I shake him

Tegan ; callan come on wake up

I start coaching again

Tegan; cal please

I lean my head on cals and my head starts going funny i rember things slowly getting darker

Skip some time

Cal : hey hey get up

I open my eyes and all the smoke was gone u could see and my chest felt tight and i start coughing

Cal ; lets get out of here

He stick his hand out and i grab it pulling me up and we slowly walk around and we find the stairs and we head down and we get out side and i take in the fresh air

Andy : guys

Andy and our captain come over to us and i push the captain off me

Tegan; don't fucking touch me we asked for help and u did fuck all
Andy : come on u both need to get cheaked over
Cal ; I'm fine
Andy ; u know the protocol so go

I go over to the the ambulance and i get cheaked over and i was all good

Aj ; are u guy ok
Cal ; couldn't get rid of us that easily
Tegan ; wheres yashvi

He goes quiet

Cal ; aj wheres yash
Tegan : aj
Aj ; she died
Cal ; what
Aj ; we manged to get out and she relised u 2 hadn't came out and she tryed going back to find u 2 but i stopped her . And then she said she couldn't let u 2 die so the captain let her go on the roof
Tegan; before we even went in there we checked the roof and it wasn't safe
Aj ; the captain let her go up and the roof collapsed with her on it
Cal ; hes being fired he knew the roof wasn't safe and u shouldn't have let her gone up there
Aj : i tryed stopping her cal do u really think i would let her gone up there without a fight . I said i would go up there but she said she was
Tegan ; if he doesn't get fired I'm done i swear to god i am done i quit because since he came along this job has been shit we've just lost yahsvi . And we've lost cole Steven jarred chris and leon all because of him
Cal ; hes gone
Aj : hes been fired
Tegan : what
Aj : he didn't realise that the top bosses were watching the news and saw how bad he was doing . So the lee Morgan came down and fired him in front of all us after today hes gone and I'm captain untill someone new comes in or untill I've been watched
Cal ; well done
Aj ; don't
Tegan : u got what u wanted
Aj ; look what's happened today yashvis gone and u 2 almost died today isn't a day to celebrate .
Cal : ned
Tegan : shit

I cover his face

Tegan : they've been together since they were 16 fuck
Cal : that poor guy his world is gonna turn upside down
Aj ; and I'm the one whos gonna see his world turn upside down because i have to tell him
Cal ; this is why i couldn't be captain i couldn't deal with telling the familys there loves ones gone or telling people what to do just in case it goes wrong and soneone dies on my watch
Andy :Michaels can u help pack the truck up
Aj ; yh
Cal ; were help
Aj ; no u need the air sit
Tegan ; no were helping

We get up and we pack the truck up and then we made sure everything was ok before we head back to the station. And we clean the truck and cheak the hoses and we go upstairs and i sit down finally taking in everything in from today .

Andy : hey
Tegan : hi

He grabs my shoulder

Andy ; i know u and yash were close
Tegan ; i already miss her but i can't imagine what ned is about to go throw
Andy ; that's all i can think about
Tegan: god
Andy : ned has a big family they will be there for him and he knows hes welcome here because hes family to us aswell .
Tegan: his family shouldn't have to be there for him tho yashvi should be there . She shouldn't have gone up on that roof and she should have left me and cal
Cal ; yes she should have

He sits on the arm of my chair and i hug him

Cal ; no offense to u yes we have family but we don't atchally have anyone like we aren't married we don't have kids . Yash was married and i know her and ned were trying for a family
Tegan; exactly she should still be here
Andy; see if it had been u 2 your familys would be going throw hell and back it wouldn't be ned it would be your familys. Would u really want your familys going throw that
Tegan : i would put me out this misery of loseing people left right and centre

I get up and i go to the shower room and i shower i get changed into my fresh uniform and i brush my hair and my phone starts ringing and it was drew and i just ignore it and i sit down continually thinking

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