Fire Meet Gasoline

'monster inside'

During another 24 hour shift the crew are called out to reports a snake in a baby's nursery by the parents.

"Austin FD! open up!" owen shouts as he hammers on the door getting no answer, "anything from dispatch?" owen asks, "they're supposed to be en route from dinner, but nobody can get ahold of them, so we got animal control coming" judd explains, "all right, take it" owen instructs as tk and paul force the door open with their halligans allowing the crew to enter the house, "all right, let's find this nursery, paul, marjan, mateo, you guys look upstairs, watch your step, we're dealing with a 5-foot rattlesnake here" owen warns after giving orders, marjan, paul and mateo head upstairs, whilst owen, tk, judd and ck all search for the babysitter, "do you have a name on the babysitter?" owen asks, "danielle" judd supplies, "danielle!" owen shouts judd close behind the captain with tk and ck behind him when a cat hisses causing him to jump, "whoa!" judd exclaims, "someone's a little jumpy" tk remarks amusement clear in his voice, "well, yeah, I hate snakes" judd explains, "well, you're cowboy judd, I thought you grew up with snakes" tk teases patting the older man's back as he walks past, "yeah, that's why I hate em" judd remarks, "come on cowboy judd they want to be your friends" ck teases.

Upon Owen and Judd finding the babysitter surrounded by snakes in the basement the team head out to figure out a plan and grab their helmets.

"All right, Judd and I will go in first, blast those little bastards with some frosty CO-2, that'll give you guys enough time to get inside and get her out in the bag, how far is EMS with the antivenom?" owen explains, "ETA is two minutes" tk confirms, "you good to go" owen asks judd, "hell no! let's go" judd announces, judd and owen enter the basement first proceeding to blast the snakes with CO-2 which allows, tk, marjan, ck and paul to rescue the babysitter and get her outside, "look at big brave cowboy judd" ck taunts as the team climbs back into the rig.

CK leans on the roll away drawers watching as the team clean the rig having been taking a stock check herself when owen walks in with a large dog.

"What?" marjan asks, "oh!" judd announces, "hey!" marjan greets the dog, "hi sweet baby" ck greets joyfully as she pets the dog, "that is a fine looking animal" judd comments, "everybody, say hello to the newest member of the 126, nuttercup" owen announces smiling, "no way! you mean we get to keep it?" mateo asks in disbelief, "I am dying of cuteness" marjan announces, "oh, finally! I outrank someone" mateo jokes, "oh yeah, you think he's gonna follow you around and clean up after you?" judd asks, "good point" mateo agrees, "seriously, dad?" tk remarks, "what?" owen asks confused, "I begged you my entire life for a dog and you've always said no" tk explains, "we lived in an apartment in a high-rise, who was gonna walk him?" owen points out, "and what made you pick this handsome fellow, cap?" paul asks, "this handsome fellow is my canine counterpart" owen explains, "oh! yeah, he's definitely got the signature look" judd days taking a sip of his coffee, "he's also got the exact same type of lung cancer as I have" owen explains, "oh, no!" marjan exclaims, "that's so sad" mateo adds, "oh poor baby" ck comments, "oh, come on, toughen up, buttercup's a fighter like me, and it's because of him, and dogs like him, that I'm able to get my immunotherapy treatments" owen remarks, "his previous owner donated him so he was living at the clinic, they let me adopt him, hey, TK! Say hello to buttercup" owen says, "hey, buttercup, I got stuff to do" tk says coldly standing up and walking off, "maybe you should've got him and ck a puppy when they were kids" paul comments, "hey! I'm not the one acting cold towards this sweet boy" ck defends, "actually, it was their mother who said no" owen remarks.

The team arrive back from a call and start hanging their turnout gear up in the cubbies.

"Hey cap, I hope you worked up an appetite cause chicken fried steak is ready in 20 minutes, with pecan pie for dessert" judd explains, "hell yeah, I can feel my arteries clogging already" paul announces, "why would one fry a steak?" owen asks, "cause it helps the batter stick" judd explains as tk discovers one of his shoes missing and a sock covered in slobber, "oh, you've got to be kidding me! damn it, where's that dog? hey, dog!" tk shouts frustratedly, "his name is buttercup" owen warns, "yeah, I'm not calling it that, hey, you guys?" tk calls as he enters the lounge area to a mess, "oh, someone has been a very curious boy" owen remarks as he enters the room, "guess we can take pie off the menu" marjan jokes, "yeah, I guess this dog likes to have his dessert first, huh?" paul adds, "nothing's dessert when you never stop eating" marjan remarks as they walk further into the room witnessing tk trying to take his already ruined shoe off the dog, "that is not a chew toy, leave it, from all the shoes you gotta choose, why you gotta pick mine?" tk asks, "cause he likes ya" owen says, "no, it's because he's messing with me, look at his face, he thinks this whole thing is funny" tk comments, "those were ugly shoes anyway" ck remarks, "hey, no, no! god" tk reprimands pulling the ruined shoe from the dog mouth, "hey, yo, TK! do not move" paul warns, "buttercup dropped a bomb" marjan warns laughing with the team, "oh gross!, god! why are you guys laughing? that fuzzy thing is a monster, a firehouse is no place for a dog" tk comments taking his boots off, "what about the dalmatians? they're like the firehouse OGs" mateo comments as ck sits down on the couch by marjan and buttercup, "yeah, why is that, anyway?" paul comments, "because I think they're deaf in one ear" mateo explains, "that can't be right" marjan comments, "no, it was because they weren't afraid of fire or horses, which pulled the original fire carriages, they would just run ahead of everybody and warn the town that we were coming" owen explains, "oh, so they were like the first sirens, well, how cool is that?" mateo asks, "okay, well, that partnership ended with the invention of the automobile, and that thing is not a dalmatian" tk says still not set on the dog as he walks out the room carrying his boots, later when the team are all in the bunk room in their bunks they argue over who buttercup is gonna sleep with, "hey, baby, come to auntie! everyone knows auntie has the best treats!" marjan instructs causing the dog to whine, "come on! that is totally cheating, besides, everyone knows that nuttercup is a jerky man, ain't that right, boy? come here" paul coaxes holding a piece of jerky for the dog, "buttercup come here sleep with me" ck coaxes patting the bed for the dog, "can somebody please turn the lights off, also you guys are totally embarrassing yourselves" tk says from his bed in a touchy mood before turning over, "TK's right, a good dog don't need no bribe, they just need to come up and feel who the alpha is, buttercup, up!, that's what I'm talking about, you see that?" judd says from where he sits on the edge of his bed commanding the dog watching as the dog gets up and begins walking towards him, "oh, man!" mateo exclaims, "you're breaking auntie's heart" marjan complains, buttercup climbs onto tk's bed curling up next to his legs, "hey! what? hey, get down, get down, boy, down! get down, boy!" tk shouts sitting up trying to get the dog off his bed which makes the dog whine before he tosses the covers back climbing out of bed, "man, you're being a dick to a cancer dog?, that is not a good look, bro" paul warns as tk left the room ck following close behind, "what is your deal? why do you hate him so much?" marjan asks, "I don't hate him, okay?" tk declares stopping briefly to turn and look at marjan before leaving the room, "I think he's cynophobic, It's fear of dogs, usually stemming from a childhood incident or trauma, cesar did an episode about it" mateo explains sitting up in his bed.