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Season 3, Episode 14
'The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1'

"I'm so glad we finally get to have our lunch date." Maddie said as she grabbed two water bottles from the fridge, handing one to Rylin. Rylin had met Maddie at the call center for lunch.

"More like brunch date." Rylin laughed. "So much has happened lately. And we've both been so busy since the tsunami, it's just been too hard to find a time to actually have lunch together."

"Well, I'm glad we finally have the time to do so." Maddie smiled, to which Rylin returned.

"So, Josh told me on the way in that you and Chim had a super hot date last night." Rylin said, raising her eyebrows as Josh entered the room.

Maddie laughed. "Well, there was a pelvic splint involved." Rylin and Josh glanced at each other after hearing that sentence, clearling imagining things they'd rather not imagine.

"Kinky." Josh told Maddie.

Rylin laughed before asking, "What's with the insane amount of police? Is it always like this?"

"Scheduled sit-alongs." Josh explained as Maddie answered her phone. Rylin made an 'O' shape with her mouth once she understood what he meant.

Just as Josh explained, an officer came in and Sue explained that he would be doing a sit-along with Maddie.

"Hello, Handsome." the officer said as he looked at Josh. Rylin turned her head and saw Josh become extremely pale before he dropped his mug.

"See any good movies lately?" the officer asked as he pulled a gun out of his pocket, immediately pointing it at Sue. A second later, another 'officer' stood beside Rylin and Josh with a gun pointed at them.

"You've gotta be kidding me." Rylin mumbled underneath her breath. She had somehow managed to be involved in another incident with a gun.

"Stay calm." one officer told Maddie. "End the call."

"I love you, Howie." Maddie said into her phone before hanging up. Rylin tried to hide the smirk on her face once she realized why Maddie told him that.

"Ladies and gentlemen." the officer announced to everyone in the call center as he held up his gun. Every screen went dark. Rylin figured someone made sure no one could continue their work.

"We are taking control of this facility." another man said. "Do not move or you will be shot. You are now our hostages."

Rylin, Maddie, and Josh all looked at each other as a few other officers ordered every dispatcher to get out of their seats and form into a line.

"Cell phones, key cards, wallets, smart watches, whatever's in your pocket goes in the can."

"A piece of gum? Really?" Rylin asked as she looked at the man holding a trash can in front of her. When he didn't respond, she scoffed as she put the piece of gum from her pocket into the can.

Maddie grabbed onto Rylin's hand and held onto it tightly. Rylin looked over as noticed tears were forming in her eyes. Rylin squeezed Maddie's hand a few times to let her know she's not leaving her.