Hazardous Emergencies: Season 2 - Episode 4

Hazardous Emergencies: Season 2
Episode 4

The Flame Brigade was heading towards local suburb area. There was no fire in the report. All they had to do was rescue a couple cats from some trees. It was by far the most boring mission to do.
“Cats…really?” cried Hazard. “We have to go save some cats?”
“Duty calls.” Replied Gauge.
“But…they’re cats!”
Gauge chuckled. “What if you were the cats? Wouldn’t you want to be saved?”
“I’d probably end up killing myself if I were a cat…” Hydrant grumbled.
Firefight pulled the truck up to a house with a large tree in the front yard. Two cats were mewing in the tree on the top branch.
“Really?” Wrench scratched his head as he gazed at how tall the tree was. “How did they manage to climb that high?”
Firefight stretched his arms. “Well, it looks like we’ll need the ladder. Rope, you wanna go up?”
He nodded. “Sure.” He began setting up the massive ladder on top of the truck. Firefight and the others stood by and watched. Moments later, a woman came out of the house, rushing towards them.
“Oh, thank goodness you firefighters are here! My cats are stuck in that tree!”
“We noticed.” Replied Aorta.
“Fear not, ma’am!” Sprinkler smiled. “We’ll get your kitties out of your tree.”
Rope turned the ladder and began rising slowly, getting closer and closer to the cats. “Here, kitties. Come to papa!”
The cats shied away from him and moved farther and farther outward, towards the edge of the branch.
“No, no, no!” cried Rope. He held out his arms and beckoned forward. “Come this way!”
The cats didn’t budge.
“You’re scaring them!” shouted Gauge through her megaphone. “Act nicer!”
“What should I say?”
“Pretend they’re children!”
Rope held out his hands and made a clicking noise at them. The cats perked up, but still didn’t budge.
“Hey!” Hydrant shouted. “What the hell are you doing? Hurry up already!”
“Do you wanna do this?” Rope snarled back. “It’s harder than it looks.”
“What’s with the clicking noises?” Hydrant growled. “Maybe you should do something else?”
“Like what?”
Firefight took the megaphone. “Try holding out your hands slowly. Make the cats want to come to you.”
Rope frowned. “What the heck do you think I’m doing up here, Firefight?”
Gauge sighed. “Hurry it up!”
The cats continued to stay put and stared at Rope with interest. Rope was getting frustrated, and it was clear he was losing his patience.
“Those cats don’t seem like they wanna come down.” Aorta commented.
“Perhaps there are other ways we can bring those cats down?” Wrench replied.
“Like how?”
Hydrant motioned to the hose. “Bath time?”
Gauge frowned. “We’re not gonna shoot the cats down!”
“Hey, who said anything about shooting?” Hydrant growled. “All we’re gonna do is give them a light spray.”
“Won’t that make them mad?” asked Hazard.
“Cats don’t like baths.” Replied Sprinkler.
“We’re not giving them a bath.” Firefight spoke. “All we’re doing is spraying them with water.”
“Firefight, shut up.” Growled Hydrant.
Rope shouted down to them. “Hold up, guys! The cats are coming towards me!”
The others looked up. Sure enough, the two cats were sitting in Rope’s arms as he lowered the ladder down.
“Well, I’ll be…” Gauge smirked. “He did it!”
“Finally…” Hydrant growled.
Rope arrived with the two cats. He handed them to the lady, who cried in happiness. “There you are, ma’am!”
“Oh, thank you!” she hugged her cats tightly and smiled. “Thank you very much!”
Rope grinned and saluted her. “No problem!”
The lady grinned and waved at the others before returning back inside with her cats.
Firefight went up to Rope, who was still grinning. “Not bad, Mr. Rope!”
“Thank you, sir!”
“How’d you do it?” asked Wrench.
“I have an act for animals.” Rope smirked.
“No, really…” Wrench narrowed his eyes. “How did you do it?”
“Yeah,” Aorta commented. “Those cats looked like they were afraid of you moments ago.”
Rope grumbled. “I had some crackers in my pocket that I fed to the cats.”
“I knew it.” Hydrant growled. “Animals hate you otherwise…”
“You fed crackers to the cats?” asked Gauge. “Isn’t that bad for them?”
“Is it?” asked Rope. “I thought that was chocolate.”
“That’s for dogs though.” Firefight spoke.
Rope looked around, guiltily. Gauge beamed. “Well, whatever! What’s done is done! The point is, the mission has been complete. We can all go home now.”
“Oh, great!” Sprinkler sighed. “I’m so tired.”
“Can we go eat first?” asked Wrench. “I don’t think any of us have eaten dinner yet.”
The others agreed. They climbed into the fire truck. Firefight yawned. “Where do you guys wanna eat?”
“Is there a burger joint we can go to?” asked Gauge, “I’m really craving something meaty.”
“There’s one on Ableton and Park.” Wrench commented. “I heard that they serve really good burgers there.”
“Let’s go there then.” Firefight nodded, “I mean, even though it’s unhealthy and all, but whatever.”
“Oh my god…” Hazard groaned. “Firefight, order a veggie burger or something if you’re that concerned about health.”
“Order water if you have to,” Hydrant growled. “Just shut up already.”