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That day is forever burned into my memories, as the start of everything bad in my life.
I was 22, I had been in fire fighter training since I had gotten out of high school and had graduated from the academy and been placed in a house 2 years ago. After a accident I had complications that pulled me from that job, but my love was at that station.
Being a firefighter I was also certified as a paramedic, it was a required certificate he serve. Just encase the ambulance hadn't shown up and there was a medical emergency. So I took the open job at the station as a paramedic.
My brother, Colton, is also a firefighter. He's about 4 years older than me and is in another house in about 2 districts over from the one I'm in.
That day there was a building collapse in their district but because of how big it was we were called over. I saw my brother run into the building as I stood outside. Caring to the 20+ construction workers they had pulled out. Smoke inhalation here, a few abrasions, some burns, nothing serious.
There was so much going on that I didn't see Colton walk out as our Chief told everyone to evacuate. The building was to unstable to be safe anymore, and right after that I heard the blast. The sound of glass shattering as the windows were blown away, falling to the ground as smoke rolled from the now open windows. "Colton wasn't out! Colton wasn't out!" I heard someone yell, and as I heard his name my head shot up.
I looked around to see if I saw him, surely I had, he would of come over and given me crap but he hadn't yet. "No, NO!" I shouted, feeling the needle I held in my hand drop to the ground, the world stopped as I realized where the explosion had been and where he had last reported in. He was in the floor below, the floor had to have fallen onto him or trapped him.
I heard my name, and I saw people move but I ran into the black smoke as it rolled through the door way. "Colton! Colton!" I shouted. Running to the stairs as I grabbed the railing, covering my mouth as I felt the smoke already filling my mouth.
I followed the sound of the alarm that was strapped to his gear, it went off if the wearer wasn't moving enough. "Come on, Come on..." I muttered as I followed the noise. Jogging into the area that he had last checked in.
It was a mess, beams that held up the walls had fallen, pieces of dry wall, pieces of the ceiling, and insulation. Dust and smoke clouding my vision but I heard a cough. "Colton, Colton!" Coughing as I caught a view of him, illuminated by the outside light through a busted window. Finding my way through the mess I reached my hand out for him to grab. "Come on, grab my hand! Grab my hand damn it Colton." I muttered as I looked at him. Blood dripping down his face, running into his eyes as dirt was dusted onto his face.
He shook his head, not putting his hand out and he had this look on his face, tears now dripping down his face. "Shiloh, stop. You can't pull me out, there's a beam against me."
"No! I'm not giving up!" I growled in frustration with the situation. "Squad 3, I need back up. There's a beam and I need something to cut it! I need some help!" My finger on the button of the radio that was connected to everyone else's. I waited a minute, two, I heard muttering but I no response. "Squad? Chief?" I pleaded as I watched my brother.
"I'm sorry Shiloh...We can't send anyone up. It's to dangerous." I heard the chiefs voice through the muffled speaker and I shook my head.
"No, I just need some help! Just send one person up!" My voice now chocked up as I watched my brother as he head lean forward. He knew what was going to happen.
"Stop Shiloh...Just stop. Get out before more of this falls and kills you." His voice breaking as he looked back up at me. Tears cleaning the dirt and blood from his face.
"No! I'm not going to leave!" I muttered looking at him, feeling and tasting the tears as they fall. One drop at a time. I heard the creking of the building and suddenly felt a force grab me. Turning as I saw the Chiefs face and felt him pulling me away. "NO! STOP!" I shouted as I tried to wiggle from his grasp, but he wouldn't let up. "I can't leave him! He's my brother!" I cried out as the Chief picked me up. Dragging me down the stairs as I heard the ceiling collapse in the same room we had just been in. "NO!" I screamed as I felt my body go limp. My body shaking as I felt my heart breaking inside of me. The last family member I had left, gone. My brother who I had grown up with and my best friend who I loved more than anything in the world. Gone, like that.
The next thing I remember was standing outside the building. Everyone was lined up in two lines outside of the door I had run into about an hour ago. They went up to fetch his body, and I heard them coming down the stairs. And soon they emerged. Three men, carrying a stretcher, his body laying still and silent as they carried him out.
I stepped out of line and took the metal handle of the stretched in my hand, feeling the cold metal against my hand. Keeping my eyes straight ahead, scared to look at his body, scared to look at everyone else in fear that I would break down.
I helped them carry the stretcher to the ambulance and pulled him up inside. Closing the door and hitting it softly in order to signal the driver that it was OK to leave. I watched the van pull out, the tears now washing away the dirt and filth that covered my face. My hands shaking by my side before I felt a hand on my shoulder. Gripping it tightly, the Lute-nit of the Squad looked into my eyes as I turned to him. He put his arm around me and lead me away. Taking me to the Squad truck and back to the station.
As we pulled into the garage I jumped out of the truck and walked inside. Keeping my head down as I stepped into the locker area. Sitting down on the bench as I held my face into my hands, feeling my body shake.
Plot:
Shiloh is 22, after just losing his brother his life goes into a down ward spiral. I mean what are you suppose to do when your only family is gone, leaving you to survive on your own? But that's when your character steps in. Male or female it doesn't matter.
Your character can be a firefighter, a Paramedic, a cop or someone who is possibly visiting the fire station at the time that everything goes down.
When your character finds Shiloh they will help piece him back him back together, help him getting everything squared away with his brothers funeral, force him to get up on the days he doesn't want to, make sure if he needs to see a doctor he does. Almost a care giver but also a romantic interest.
Please do not join this thread if material like this can be triggering in some shape, I would never want anyone to be harmed.
Rules:
Please be semi-advance. 5-7 structured sentences. (Sorry if this first post is long, mine probably won't be this long, probably a few paragraphs. There is just a lot that is needed to be covered in the first post)
No perfect characters, everyone has they're flaws.
I get if you have to be inactive but just let me know, if not I get it. Things happen that we can't control.
Please use some form of a nice, fancypost. Preferably with a picture of your character.
Jump in with a starting post, name, age, a little bit of backstory. The character can develop over time.
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