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Luna was standing next to Marjan, they had been battling this fire from San Angelo for weeks now, and it was time to call in reinforcements. Crews from all over were coming to join them and Luna didn't want to have to meet up with her ex. Between being sick for two weeks straight and this fire, she was beginning to think the universe was playing tricks on her. They were standing around in a huddle as the chief of the fire department for San Angelo was debriefing them and assigning them to different sections.
"I'm Deputy Chief De Leon of the San Angelo Fire Department, acting incident commander. For those of you just joining the party, welcome."
TK leans in a bit. Just as Luna walks back from the porta party. "I think that guy is staring at you."
Marjan and Luna look over, seeing Hen, Eddie, and Buck from the 118. Luna curses.
"Isn't that your ex?" TK whispers.
"You mean he who shall not be named."
"I want to introduce my operations section chief, Captain Owen Strand out of Austin." De Leon steps away.
Owen steps up and starts speaking. "The thing we were praying wouldn't happen has happened. The wind has shifted. The fire's now on a collision course with the city of San Angelo. There's a possibility of weather coming in, but we can't rely on it, and we won't. We have one last shot to turn the tide. Here" he points to a spot on the map. "On Copper Ridge. We cut a containment line here, and we can stop this beast in its tracks. I know you're exhausted. A lot of you haven't had more than a couple of hours sleep in days. But on behalf of the city of San Angelo and their 120,000 souls, we're gonna get you up on that fire line and you are gonna cut like hell. Good luck. Stay safe."
Owen gets called over to the tent and Judd leans up against it, Marjan, Tk, and Luna walk over.
"What's going on?"
" There's a bunch of kids at a camp trapped up past the fire line," Judd explains.
"Can we get an evac chopper up here?" De Leon points to a spot on the map.
" It's too dangerous, and these access roads are all aflame. We can't get an engine up there."
"Hey. Pardon me, Cap. You could get to it with ATVs easily enough. I used to ride around on ATVs in the woods just like these growing up." Judd explains
"Firefighter, you just became the strike team leader." De Leon points to Judd who nods.
"Hell, I'm in." Marjan says as Luna nods.
"Driving through fire instead of digging a ditch? Sign me up."
"All right. Eight-man team. Take a medic. You don't know what you're gonna find up there." Owen says as Luna nods.
