"Engine 19, Ladder 19, Aid 19. 4545 South Avenue. Station 23 is already there."
Warren, Gibson, Vic, Montgomery, Beckett, Maya, and me slid our Firefighter pants, boots, and jackets on.
Beckett, Maya, and me got in Engine 19.
I was driving.
Gibson, Vic, and Montgomery were in Ladder 19.
Vic was driving.
Warren was driving Aid Car 19.
Beckett had opened the garage doors.
Maya flipped on the sirens.
I pulled out of the garage with Vic behind me and Warren behind her.
We drove to 4545 South Avenue.
Almost the whole building was up in flames.
"Andy is too prideful for her own good." Maya commented as Beckett, her, and me got out.
"Mm-hmm." I agreed with her.
A vent was kicked open.
"Ir, ir, ir!"
It translates to "Go, go, go!" in Spanish.
"Vamonos." It was a teenage girl.
Andy chuckled.
"What is it?"
"Nothing. Just a memory of my Dad. On the final days he was alive. Something he did for me because he was so sure I was making the right decision."
"Do you regret your decision?"
"No. Because if I didn't, he never would've gotten to do the most important thing for a father to do with his daughter."
"Your Wedding day. He wanted to make sure Robert was the right guy."
"I married the man I love. Gibson was right. I am like my mother."
You heard a knife pierce skin and Andy scream.
"Jeez."
"I warned you to back off my fire, Captain Herrera."
She was gasping.
"Señora Andrea!"
It translated to "Mrs. Andrea!"
Duval pushed the kids through the vent.
"Que sucedido?"
It translated to "What happened?"
"Eres tu Senor Robert Sullivan? Senora Andrea dicho tu kood ayudar nosotros."
It translated to "Are you Mr. Robert Sullivan? Mrs. Andrea said you could help us."
"I poder. Que sucedido a Señora Andrea?"
It translated to "I can. What happened to Mrs. Andrea?"
"El malo hombre rendija su garganta."
It translated to "The bad man slit her throat."
"You speak Spanish, Sullivan?"
"Yeah. As to why I can understand what Andy says."
I turned my attention back to the kids.
"Colgar en to minuto, bien?"
It translated to "Hang on a minute, okay?"
"Bien."
It translated to "Okay."
"I'm ir a salvar Senora Andrea."
It translated to "I'm gonna save Senora Andrea."
"Bien."
You heard a loud thud.
"I didn't mean any of the stuff I said or did."
"Captain Herrera!"
"She's losing a lot of blood."
"Guys, slide her half way through the vent. I'll grab her."
Ruiz and Maddox slid Andy half way through the vent.
I grabbed Andy's hands.
I pulled her out of the vent.
I easily picked Andy up when she was all the way out.
"Senora Andrea!"
Her heart stopped beating.
I laid Andy out on the ground.
I started CPR by pushing down on her chest and blowing air into her mouth.
Pruitt
Andrea appeared.
"Dad."
"Andrea."
I knew what this meant.
It meant she was dying.
I took Andrea's hands in mine.
"Andrea, Robert needs you."
A conflicted look passed through her eyes.
"What is it?"
"Dad... Robert and me are getting divorced. He's the reason I got transferred out of 19."
"I'm sure that's not true."
"Yes, it is. He's the one who ratted Maya out for putting the boy in Engine 19 to save his life. You've put people in Engine 19 to save their lives. Nobody ratted you out."
"Well..."
"He did it."
"Andrea... You don't want a divorce following you for the rest of your life. Fix your Marriage before it's too late."
Andrea disappeared.
I sighed in relief.
Robert
"Robert."
I sighed.
"Time of death: 3:30 PM."
Andy moved her head slightly, groaning softly.
"I... Forgive... You. I... Saw... My... Dad. It... Was... His... Idea."
"That's not freaky at all." Maya commented.
"Get her in the Aid Car and to the hospital. Now." Beckett ordered.
Warren and Montgomery put Andy on the gurney.
"Come with me. I don't want to go alone. Please. And not with any of the dingbats from 23."
They loaded the gurney into the Aid Car.
I climbed up into the Aid Car.
I took Andy's hand in mine.
"It's gonna be okay. Just focus on me. Keep your heart beating."
"You're not allergic to any medicines, are you?"
"Only the same one Miranda gave Dad. That heightened his Chemo."
"Not the one I'm gonna give you."
He injected something into Andy.
"It's just to numb the pain. But it's not addictive."
"Yeah."
"I don't want that happening to her."
"Me neither."
