Fearless (9-1-1)

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The three go with Jim. "You get that thing out of him, put it in here, and get the hell away from it. Let us deal with it." Jim tells them as they put on protective gear. "Copy that. See you inside." Eddie said as he and Vivienne head inside. "All right, listen, Buck, you don't have to do this." Bobby said to him as they walked to the ambulance. "You think I'm gonna let the new guy and Vivi have all the fun? Besides you wanted us to bond. We all might end up real close." Buck said as he heads inside. Bobby glares after him after hearing that sentence. He didn't want his daughter getting close to anyone that wasn't Hen or Chimney. 

"How you feeling, Charlie?" Eddie asked, as he, Buck, and Vivienne got into the ambulance. "Like a world class idiot. "My wife, if she was still alive, she'd be here now saying 'I told you so.' Well, maybe she'll be able to tell me in person in about a minute." Charlie tells them. "Well, that conversation's gonna have to wait. Nobody's leaving this life tonight." Vivienne tells him softly as Eddie and Buck smile at her. "Start the drip." Vivienne tells Buck. "What branch did you say you were in, Charlie?" Eddie asked him as he hangs the IV bag. "I didn't. I always wanted to be a Marine. I tried to enlist during 'Nam but I was 4F, an enlarged heart. So instead, I spent the last 40 years teaching seventh grade." Charlie tells them. "See there, Charlie? Not all heroes serve on the battlefield." Vivienne tells him softly. "That's very kind of you both to say." Charlie tells her and Eddie. "You two ready?" Eddie asked Buck and Vivienne. They nod their heads. Eddie lifts the towel off of Charlie's leg. "He's losing a lot of blood." Vivienne said softly. "Keep pressure on it. Not-Not too much pressure." Eddie tells her as he goes to get the grenade. "There it is." Vivienne said softly. "All right so get it out." Buck said to Eddie. "I have to be careful. The senor measures the distance traveled based on how many rotation the shell made after the launch. The key is not to turn the shell while we pull it out." Eddie tells him. "Okay, yeah, so we don't turn it." Buck said sarcastically. "Buck, shut up. Eddie, you got this." Vivienne tells Eddie encouragingly. "Gonna have to just a bit.. Get the box." Eddie said as Vivienne ran to get the box. She places the box under the grenade. They all let out relieved sighs. 

They wheeled out Charlie with bright smiles. Eddie turns to Buck. "You're badass under pressure, brother." Eddie compliments Buck. "Me?" Buck said bashfully. "Hell yeah. You can have my back any day. You both can." Eddie said as he glanced over at Vivienne who smiled. "Yeah. Or, you know, you could.. you could have mine." Buck said to Eddie. "Deal." Eddie said as he laughs. Bobby walks over to them. "Nice work, fellas. I'm glad you both made it out of there and protected Gracie." Bobby said as he smiled at Vivienne. "Dad." Vivienne said in embarrassment. Eddie and Buck laugh. "The guy's a professional, Cap. I was never really worried." Buck said as the ambulance exploded. Eddie grabbed Vivienne and shielded her from the explosion. Eddie lets go of Vivienne before anyone could say anything. "You guys hungry?" Eddie asked them. Vivienne nods her head. "Starving. I could actually go for some Thai food right now or some Indian food." Vivienne said as they walked off with Bobby and Buck behind the two. 

The next day Vivienne and Hen were sitting with Chimney in the kitchen area looking at his photos that he submitted for the shoot. "So, what do you think? I didn't want to overwhelm them with too many choices, so.." Chimney asked them. "Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Um. I think that it's, um, a little.. overwhelming." Vivienne said trying to let her best friend down easy. "You think it's ridiculous." Chimney said to her. "No, no. I mean.. Chim I kind of think the whole thing is ridiculous." Hen tells him. "You both don't think I have a shot." Chimney tells them. "The pictures are cool. I-I just..I don't have these answers for you, Chim. I'm not into beefcake calendars." Vivienne said to her best friend. "I know, I know." Chimney said to his best friend. "Why is this so important to you?" Hen asked him. "Because growing up, I never saw any heroes who looked like me." Chimney said to them. "I can understand that." Vivienne said softly. "I mean, not on tv, not in movies. We're always the computer geek who hacks into the computer system for the white guy or the evil Tong drug lord. Or the guy in the dry cleaner in a fabric softener commercial. I mean, you know, when a kid thinks of a firefighter, do they think of me? Do they think of you or Vinnie?" Chimney asked them. "Yeah, but we are not taking our shirts off for that calendar." Vivienne said causing Hen to high five her. "Yeah. You know what? Me, either." Chimney sighs. "Chim..." Vivienne calls after him. "No, I don't know what I was thinking. I can't compete with these guys. Maybe ten years ago. And that's only because they'd be 12." Chimney said as he walked off. Hen and Vivienne look after him and then each other. "We're putting him in this contest." Vivienne tells her. Hen nods her head. "Yes we are." She agrees with her.