LA FIRE

Chapter 1: The Call

On one side of LA police officers are suiting up for a wipe out call.

They were being called in to clear a warehouse that was the main location of business for a major drug trafficker.

 Grey made an announcement before they set out, "Anyone you find inside should come out in cuffs, make sure to use gloves and be careful what you touch. We need to collect as much evidence as possible and we don't have much time to do it. If any of Rio's gang shows up it could become an all out shoot out."

Lucy expressed a worried look on her face after hearing what Grey said. Her shoulders tensed up. 

Tim tried to comfort her while also staying firm, "Listen Boot this should be a simple mission. We have a bunch of cops who will be out there. There was also a task force out their earlier to scout the area, it will be fine."

Lucy's shoulders started to settle down as she felt more relaxed.

One by one each car exited the station. The warehouse was located in the middle of the woods.

There were already two different police stations at the scene along with metro. Athena Grant was head officer on the case and started to brief everyone on the plan again.

Bradford, Chen, Lopez, Nolan, Nyla, Smitty, and two other stations were sent in to go with metro. The building was shortly cleared for entry and Athena gave the green light to enter the building. 

Metro led the way as the rest of the officers followed behind. A ticking noise began to sound after the door was open.

"Does anyone else hear that," whispered Lucy. Tim's face dropped as he realized what the sound was. "CLEAR THE BUILDING NOW!" 

Suddenly an explosion hit and a huge fire erupted in the warehouse. Athena and the rest of the cops outside were also thrown by the blast. 

Every cop on the scene was now on the ground many were injured. Pieces of the warehouse flew off in the explosion and some landed near the cops. 

Athena was the first to get up after the explosion. There was no radio signal so Athena wasn't able to call for back up. 

Most of the officers outside were able to get up after the explosion. Others were laying on the ground injured or impaled with pieces of the warehouse.

There was a silence after the explosion before screams for help came from inside the warehouse. 

Tim woke up slowly with a ringing in his ears. He was able to roll on to his side to check on Lucy. Lucy's eyes were closed and she wasn't waking up. 

"LUCY, OFFICER CHEN, LUCY WAKE UP!" Still no response was coming from Lucy as she laid on the ground. Tim was too weak to do compression's and he passed out again. 

Nolan was the only one awake and able to stand up after the explosion. He had cuts across his face, arms and a piece of rusty metal in his leg. Since he was the only one who could walk he needed to help evacuate everyone.

The fire began to spread quicker and soon all the exits were blocked. The smoke got so thick you couldn't see the area in front of you.

Nolan started coughing from all the smoke and fell to the floor. He laid on his back coughing taking his last breath of air before he passed out too. 

The officers inside didn't have much time before things got deadly. Athena began to shout orders outside to all the officers able to stand. 

A squad car was already sent out to find a signal to radio for backup. It took about 20 minutes for the squad car to find a signal. 

Maddie picked up the signal, "9-1-1 what is your emergency?

Athena was trying to catch her breath as she began to speak "This is officer Athena Grant I repeat officers down! Officers down! There was an explosion at the warehouse in Pine Grove woods about 20 miles down the trail!"

"Athena is that you?" asked Maddie worried.

"Maddie? I need you to send ambulances, firetrucks, and the bomb squad to my location, NOW!"

Maddie's boss rushed over to listen in to the call. The call was finally sent to station 118 to help. 

The firefighters rushed in to their turnouts and hopped on the firetruck in a hurry. 

When they arrived at the scene it was complete chaos. Blood was splattered everywhere along with metal scraps and ashes.

Some officers were getting burnt by ashes falling on them and they needed to be moved quickly. 

118 set up quickly and Bobby set up triage away from the warehouse. They knew if they didn't get the fire out soon the situation inside would be fatal.