Burning Flames ¦ Evan Buckley

Chapter 85 - Kidnapped

"Buck..." El whispered as she stood over his cot, "Buck" She spoke a bit louder clutching the walkie in her hand.

"Mhmm?" Buck stirred, "5 more minutes" He groaned and snuggled the blacket into him closely.

"Buck!" El spoke in a loud whisper, shaking his shoulder.

"I'm up" He shot up, the room still dark, the sun not yet shining. "What's going on?" He questioned.

"Bobby just left in a rush and told me I'm in charge" She spoke, her eyes darting to gage his reaction, "I don't know what's going on"

Buck looked perplexed, unsure as to what to make of the situation. "Well...from what I'm gathering is..." Buck stood up from the cot, towering over her, "You are acting captain of the starfleet one eighteen" He smirked at her, giving her a little salute before bringing his head down, placing a kiss on her head.

El laughed a little at his comment before giving him a playful smack on the ar, "This is serious though Buck..."

"Bobby will be back. And when he is, we'll have answers. For now, don't let this go to your head...Captain" He remarked playfully at the end, a coy smirk on his lips.

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A short while later the alarm sounded and they rolled out, heading for the PZZ, also known as The Autonomous Cop Free Zone. As they arrived on sight El made her way to the barrier that had been set up, a few of them having guns on hand. It was no surprise to her that someone had been shot on sight.

"I don't know who called you guys" The women protested. "No official passes these barricades. We don't need you"

"Get out of here" Someone called from the back.

"You might not need us, but someone here does." El tossed a brow, matching the women's sassy energy.

"We have volunteers to do all that" She snapped back.

"Well clearly they're not. Someone in your camp called 911. That's who we are. We are 911. We aren't cops. We don't have guns, we're here to help. Now by all means stand in our way, stop us. But if that person dies. It's on you." El crossed her arms, looking the women up and down as she adjusted the strap on her shoulder which held a rifle.

"You have your rules and we have ours" She rebutted.

"Why is everyone just standing there?" Bobby yelled, him having pulled up seconds ago in the captain's truck.

"They won't let us in" Buck responded, "This wannabe mayor is blocking the way 'cause of some stupid rule"

"I tried a logic and reasonable approach" El held her hands up a little as if to say, I behaved myself.

"Since when do anarchists have rules?" Bobby shook his head.

"Adapt or die" Eddie shook his head.

"There's no rules here" Bobby spoke through gritted teeth as he took the tool from Eddie's hands and kicked down the short barrier in front of them before storming ahead, everyone confused and shocked by his actions.

After a brief moment, the group followed suit, soon enough the calls for help outweighing the ultimate question of, what was that about?

It was a standard through and through wound, no arteries damaged in the process so Hen and Chim dealt with it as per usual, leaving the other three to stand watch and help where needed.

Once they were back at the ambulance it was clear to see that Cap wasn't in a good way. El gave Buck a look and tilted her head towards Bobby, encouraging him to be the one to speak out on behalf of them all. "So, that was awesome, Cap.." Buck spoke, treading on the side of caution as he approached him, everyone turning around to watch it unfold, "Just not having it tonight huh?"