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Season One : Episode Eight, Karma's A Bitch.

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March 2018

After the day they had aiding a man who blew up his tree, then proceeded to get shot in the chest by the bullet his deceased wife fired at him a year prior which landed in the tree.

The next day the members of the 118 decided to help out by donating blood this year. The blood drive truck parked inside the station, as everyone was being treated by a nurse to draw blood.

"So I want to thank everybody for donating today.
I don't know if you know this or not, but 90% of all the blood given to patients in the Los Angeles area
comes from volunteers. I know that we all put
our asses on the line in the field every day to save people, but today, you're saving people, and all it's taking is a tiny prick of a needle. So simple, even Mr.
Buckley can't mess that up." Chimney Said

"Glad to help." Buck Said, saluting to him.

He began squeezing his stress ball then glanced over at Becca who was laughing while texting on her phone.

"Hey Becca, what's so funny?" Buck Asked, intrigued.

"Huh oh it's nothing just a little inside joke between Vince and I." Becca Said, slightly laughing.

"Cool can I hear it." Buck Said

"Nope it's an inside joke for a reason." Becca Said

Buck shrugged then went to go and reach for a piece of her Hershey kisses, Becca tried to stop him.

"Hey that's mine." Becca Said

"It's not anymore." Buck Retorted, tossing the chocolate in his mouth.

"Jerk." Becca mumbles to herself

Bobby walks into the fire house saying hello to everyone, he approaches Chim.

"You still at it, huh? How'd you do?" Bobby Asked

"Incredible. Everyone donated yeah, some people
even came in on their day off." Chimney mentioned

"That's great. All right, well, let's wrap it up we got to start our shift." Bobby Said, patting his shoulder.

"Uh, hold up. Looks here like I am two pints shy of my goal for the day." Chimney Said, looking at his board.

"Well, that'll give you something to work towards next time." Bobby Said

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're the captain of this house, and you're the only one who didn't participate." Chimney Said

"I don't like needles, end of story." Bobby Deadpans

"Oh, come on. Captain, come on you got to donate." Hen Replied

"I don't give blood." Bobby simply said, "All right? I never give blood. When I was a kid, they tried to take my blood, and I bit the doctor." Bobby Said

Hen, Chim, Becca and Buck all shared a look then immediately bursted out into laughter.

"It's not funny. And the one time someone tried
to take my blood as an adult...didn't go well." Bobby Said

"What did you faint or something?" Bobby didn't answer, then looked at the ground, "Oh no Bobby." Becca Said, as the others laughed.

"Bobby? Bobby, hold...Wait. Hold on. Hold on.
All right, listen, I get it. I really do, okay?
But I really need you to do this for me, all right?" Chimney Said

"Chim-" Bobby Said

"No Look...I'm alive because that rebar hit my head at just the right angle, and because I had the best
damn fire and rescue team to get me to the hospital
and the best surgeons in the world once I got there.
But I got ten pints of blood, donated blood, given by the very generous people of this city." Chimney Said

"Mhm." Bobby nodded

"Now, I told you, I just...I wanted to do this blood drive 'cause I wanted to give a little something back of what I was given. And expressing my gratitude like this..It balances me out with the universe.
Now, you and everybody else here asked me how they could help with my recovery. Well, this is how." Chimney Said

The four of them all looked to their captain who had a straight face, until they gave him pleading looks until he finally caved in.

"I hate all of you." Bobby Said

"Thank you. Thank you." Chimney Said

"You love us." Hen Said

"You just can't say no to this face." Becca Said, pointing to her face.

"Here, you're gonna need this." He tossed him the ball, "Just squeeze it." Buck Said

"All right, let's stick him!" Chimney Said

The team got a call about an incident at Metro Fitness on Hollywood Boulevard, they parked the engine and ambulance truck out front and was led inside by a woman.

"Okay, so I came in early to turn in my keys and-and pick up my paycheck. He actually fired me
yesterday. It's a whole story. Anyway, I, um...I
smelled something burning." She explained

They all arrived towards the back of the place, the place smelled like burning flesh. Becca grimaced at the smell until she looked upon the boss laying unconscious in a tanning bed with his skin sizzling.

"We all kept trying to tell him to get it fixed." She Said

Bobby tried to turn down the temperature but the timer was broken. So Becca went behind the bed and found a chord connected to it then unplugged it.

"Oh, my God. I didn't think to do that." She Said

"How long has he been in there?" Hen Asked

"I don't know. He's the owner, so sometimes he comes in before we even open, so two hours,
maybe three?" She Said

"What do you think, Chim? Is he dead?" Bobby Asked

"Worse. I think he's alive." Chimney Replied

"Why the hell didn't he just get out?" Buck Questioned

"Might have had a stroke." Chimney Said

"He's 32." She Said

"What was he on? We need to know." Bobby Said

"I don't know." She shrugged her shoulders

"32, may have had a stoke, drugs could be an underlying cause. What was he on?" Bobby Asked

"Everything, okay? He was stacking." She Admitted

"Steroids?" Bobby Said

Chimney uses the defibrillator to gain a pulse, but the man's body began shaking.

"He's in V-tach!" Chimney Stated

"Starting compressions." Hen Said

She placed her hands over the man's chest and started compressing, but when Hen pulled her hand back some of the men's skin got stuck on her gloves.

"No. He's gone." Chimney sighed

"Oh, my God." She gasped, nearly falling but Buck caught her.

"Whoa, whoa. Easy." Buck Said

"It's just too freaky. I mean, after what happened with Mindy. I told him. I said, "Barry, what goes around comes around." She Said

"Who's Mindy?" Becca Asked

"Mindy was Barry's dog the other day he left the dog inside the car when it was 70 degrees out." She explained

"Did he leave the window open?" Buck Asked

"It doesn't matter even on a 70 degree day, the temperatures inside a parked car can sky rocket to 100 degrees." Becca answered

"Yeah that's exactly what I told him, but he blew me off. So I took matters into my own hands." She Said

"What did you do?" Hen Asked

"I did what anyone would do I smashed his car window and let the dog out." She Said, as they all looked to her.

"Oh.." They all said

"I know it was pretty stupid." She Said

"No..actually it was petty smart." Chimney Said

"You did the right thing." Becca Said

"If only Barry did the right thing." She sighed, then left the room.

"All right I'll call the coroner's." Bobby Said

A couple minutes later the corners arrived and was seen rolling the body out on a gurney.

"Yep. Karma's a bi..." Hen Said

"Please, don't." Chimney Interrupts

"Bitch." Becca blurted out, as Chim looked to her.

They all walked over to the engine where Bobby is seen talking on the phone.

"Okay, thanks." Bobby Said, as he hung up on the phone.

"What's up, Cap?" Chimney Asked

"That was Cedars." Bobby Replied

"Is someone sick?" Buck Asked

"The blood I donated...they sent it to a lab
and had it tested, so.." Bobby Said

"Well, it's the first time you donated, they have to do that before they release it to the blood supply." Chimney Explained

"They found something in it." Bobby Said, as they all looked confused.

"What do you mean, "found something"?" Hen Questioned

"They wouldn't tell me over the phone, they said they'd rather do it in person." Bobby Said, letting out a nervous sigh.

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On their next call which was about a woman who fell on the side walk injuring herself, but little did they know the woman was busy stealing a package from the house.

Hen was busy trying to stabilize her leg, while Chimney and Becca was gathering stuff out the emergency kit.

"I hope nothing was breakable in your package." Chimney Said

"I don't know. I'm sure it's fine." She Said

"Not that you couldn't return it, but the hassle, you know."

"Just get me to the hospital. Why aren't we leaving?" She Asked

"We're just not sure if you have a spinal cord injury,
and so we're trying to stabilize you." Hen Explained

"I told you, I can feel my legs. I can feel it too much. It hurts!" She groaned out

The sound of police sirens are heard and they all looked as Athena got out of the car.

"Who called the cops? The cops don't need to be here. I'm fine. I-I don't want to go to the hospital." She Said, trying to get up.

"Hey, don't move your not in condition to walk." Becca Said

"You guys find I.D. on her?" Athena Asked

"Uh..." She picked up a wallet, "This must have fallen out of her pocket. Who called you?" Hen Said

"One of the neighbors. You the Porch Pirate?" Athena Said

"The hell? Are you trying to suggest that I'm..." She Said

"There are days when I'd actually enjoy whatever tall tale you're on the cusp of spitting my way. Where I'd be entertained letting you think that you're smarter than me, even if only for a minute. But today is nowhere close to being one of them." Athena Said, sternly.

"I'm the victim here. I have to get to the hospital." She Said

"Oh, you'll get there. They'll fix your busted hip.

"Femur, actually." Becca corrected

"And then you'll be charged with grand theft." Athena Said

"What?" She Said, then the cop leaned down towards her.

"Trespassing, too. Your car is still running, your driver's license says you live in Van Nuys. Now, I know you're in agony. You want them to fix that
femur in a timely fashion? You cut the crap and
confirm what I already know." Athena Said

The blonde woman looked up at the three firefighters and sighed.

"I don't keep anything, I just like taking 'em. I'm supposed to go to a rehab in Arizona, but they won't take my insurance." She admitted, then groaned out again in pain.

Later on that day after her shift was over Vince had asked Becca out on a date. He drove them over to a Thai restaurant downtown Hollywood, an hour into eating their food Becca went on about her day at work.

"All I'm saying that's what she gets for stealing." Becca Said

"Hm I guess so." Vince Said

"I mean you know the saying Karma's a bitch." Becca Piped up

"Ah nice to see you believe in karma." Vince Said

"Oh I believe it in wholeheartedly for instance I seen it with my own eyes." Becca Said

"Really?" Vince Said

"Mhm so I had to be about 11 or 12 anyways, my sister Everly and I were with my grandparents for the day. So it came time for lunch and my grandpa suggested we go get some ice cream, and we did but just as he was going to pay for our ice cream a guy runs up and snatched the money out my grandpa's hands." Becca Explained

"When does the karma enter the story?" Vince Questioned

"I'm getting there so my grandpa chases after the guy down the street. And right as the man ran across the street he was hit by an incoming car coming at full speed." Becca Said, as Vince's eyes widen.

"Jesus Christ." Vince Gasped

"I know that's what my grandma said." Becca Replied

"Well did the guy live?" Vince Asked

"Yes but he got injured really badly he broke almost every bone in his body." She chuckled, "I know I shouldn't laugh but the guy had it coming." Becca Said

"Yeah he did, come on stealing from the elderly now that's instant karma." Vince Said

"Mhm. So you ever witnessed or experienced karma before?" Becca Asked

Vince slurps up some noodles then wipes his face with a napkin before speaking, and thinks for a moment.

"Well...okay so there was this one time I experienced karma. It was back in high school I had to be in my sophomore year, and I can't admit this but I used to be a real jerk when I was 15." Vince Simply said

"Mhm." Becca Said

"So there was this farm back in my home town of Missouri, and one of my buddies thought it'd be funny to mess with one of the cows on the farm.
I didn't really want to but I went along with it, when we arrived at the farm it was one cow out. She was just eating some grass keeping to herself, until my friends urged me to try and tip the cow." Vince Said

"Wait Tip the cow?" Becca Said

"Yeah which is impossible by the way, anyways I tried to push this big animal but she just wasn't moving. Until she grew agitated with me and went to attack me, so my buddies and I hauled out of there.
So as I'm running for my life I trip and fall..." Vince Said

"You fell? So you're telling me that's your instant karma..pft lame." Becca Retorted

"Nope that wasn't it you didn't let me finish, as I was running I tripped and fell face first into a pile of..cow poop." Vince sighed

Becca's mouth dropped at that she couldn't believe what she just heard, as Vince nodded embarrassed then she started laughing.

"Oh my god." Becca laughed, "I'm sorry I shouldn't laugh."

"No it's okay because I deserved it, you see what peer pressure lands you." Vince Said

"In a big pile of poo." Becca Laughed, as Vince shook his head laughing as well.

"Go ahead laugh all you want it's in the past." Vince Said

"It's okay I still like you." Becca Smiled

"Thank you." Vince Said, as they went back to eating.

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The next day at work disbatch called came in about a Tiger escape over at the Barnsdale Zoo. The crew arrived as one of the workers escorted them in.

"Where's the tiger now?" Bobby Asked

"East side of the park. Nowhere near where we're going he's got a visitor pinned. Shoot team's en route now." He Informed

"Wait you're gonna shoot him? That's just not right." Hen Said

"Protocol is to tranquilize first, if at all possible." He Replied

"How did the tiger escape in the first place?" Becca Asked

"Apparently, he was able to jump to the top of the wall and gain enough leverage to pull himself out." He Said

They arrived further into the zoo until they saw Athena talking with some zoo keepers, and the injured Tiger trainer.

"Tiger's trainer tried to wrangle him after he got loose, this ain't pretty." Athena Said

They approached the trainer as he was holding his bloody arm, which his skin was pulled ripped off and lifting due to the Tiger attack.

"It's, uh...it's called degloving. The-the cat actually peels the skin back with his claws." The trainer explained, then groaned.

"Hen, saline. Sir, we have to disinfect this wound." Bobby Informed

"Go ahead." He nodded, then Bobby poured the liquid over the wound.

"How come it didn't just kill you?" Buck Wondered

"I've known Kobe since he was a cub. He didn't want to hurt me. He was just...he was just confused."

"Okay, if we're real careful, we can preserve the skin.
A little plastic surgery, you're gonna be good as new." Bobby Said

"Okay." He Said, then winced again.

Athena's radio chimed as dispatch came in, "All units responding to Barnsdale Zoo. I have an
adult male in distress, east side of the park.
He identified himself as Sean Coopertino, 47,
of Riverside. Says he's hiding near the giraffe enclosure."

"Show 727-L-30 responding." Athena Said, speaking into her radio.

"Can't be the same guy, can it?" Becca Questioned, giving Hen a knowing look.

"No that'll just be too weird." Hen Replied

"Same guy as what?" Bobby Said

"Sean Coopertino. The dentist from Riverside." Hen Said

"Uh.." Bobby and Buck Said

"He's the guy who's responsible for murdering Ellie the lion, remember the big controversy from last year." Becca Mentioned, as the two men nod in realization.

"Oh." Bobby and Buck Said in unison

A few moments later the shoot team managed to put Kobe down, but they were to late as the animal had already killed Sean and ate whatever's left of the man.

The coroner's came to care for the body, as everyone was packing up ready to leave. Some zookeepers place the Tiger up on a truck and drove him away, as Athena, Hen and Becca watched on.

"That's a beautiful animal." Hen Said

"Mhm." Becca nodded

"Chances are he's gonna have to be put down after this." Athena Said

"Maybe not. Guess who he had for lunch." Becca Said, pointing over at the body.

"Hmm?" Athena Said

"That's that idiot that killed Ellie the Lion." Hen Chimed in

"The Dentist from Riverside?" Athena Gasped

"Mm-hmm." Becca and Hen nodded

"I think public sentiment is gonna be with the kitty." Athena Said, shaking her head.

"You know what karma is." Hen Said

"A bitch." Athena Replied, sighing.

"No. She's a wild animal, and she won't be caged." Hen Added, as all three of them chuckled.