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Chapter 1
The bite
“let’s go 19!” maya shouts as she rushes out her office , the familiar siren blaring throughout the station “woodland fire at Galloway park” the alarm continues, the blonde rushes threw, inspecting her team as they quickly pull on their gear “ambulance 19, ladder 19 engine 19” the alarm continues
“that’s everyone! get a Hussle guys!” maya shouts as her team begin rushing into their assigned vehicles , looking behind her she notices Warren lagging behind “Probie move it !” she shouts as the older man quickly jumps into the engine
Veering out into the street maya becomes comfortable with the vibrations of the heavy tires hitting the road, the blaring sirens sounding off as well as the idle chatter of her team threw the headsets
If she’s truthful to herself maya loves her job more that life sometimes, the routine of it , get up , go for a run, get to work , paperwork in her office, calls, dinner , sleep then repeat , the blonde thrives in schedules, predictability
She glances over towards her closest friend Andy who is driving the large engine , noticing the way her jaw is tightened and eyes focused on the road, “you okay?” the blonde questions raising and eyebrow slightly, Andy however just shrugs her shoulders slightly as she makes a hard turn
The first thing maya notices is the cloud of smoke crossing over the usually blue sky, the smell of fire and burning wood hits the blonde instantly as they begin to park “let’s go 19!” she shouts as she quickly opens the door and hops out
Running over to the commanding officer maya shakes the man’s hand , his tall frame towering over everyone in attendance , his salt and pepper hair tucked under his helmet “captain Johnstone” the blonde nods as the man shakes his head hello “where do you need us?” she continues , the man points towards the south part of the burning forest “need lines on the south side and some of your team to pair off we got civilians trapped in the west side near the cabins” the tall man commands
Maya nods before turning to her crew “you heard the captain, Millar, Gibson and Hughes set up lines! Montgomery and Warren search and rescue west side Herrera with me!” the team begins to separate to begin their tasks as commanded as maya pulls on her mask and oxygen tank waiting for Andy to do the same
“let’s go!” she shouts over her shoulder as she runs into the forest , making her way threw the burning tree and fallen branches, “Herrera there” maya points towards a silhouette on the ground , as they approach closer the smoke begins to overwhelm their senses, their vision almost completely gone
As the women reach the body, maya carefully turns the women onto her back, her tanned skin laced with suit, her brunette hair burnt at the edges, quickly checking for a pulse “it’s there but weak” the blonde announces, “take her back to triage!’ Andy begins to pick the women up tugging the unconscious brunette “cap?” the women questions, “I’ll keep going we’ve still got three people unaccounted for , go!” bishop commands as Andy turns to start a quick pace towards the exit of the forest , the weight of the women on her shoulder slowing her down slightly
Maya continues her search deeper in the forest , trying to keep to the trail set out , as she takes another step she hears a loud crack of wood looking up she jumps out the way of a falling branch hitting the ground hard while rolling towards the edge of the road , fire spreading along the branch as it thumps down to the ground just where the blonde was standing a moment ago
“fuck!’ she shouts as rolls to her side, steadily pushing herself up , she can feel a twitch in her wrist, a sharpened pain shooting up her hand , fucking hell she thinks to herself as she rises fully to her feet , pushing herself back towards the exit , as she does she notices movement in the corner of her eyes just off the trail
“search and rescue! Are you injured!’ maya shouts as she continues towards the movement , sliding herself down the banking , the fire spreading widely within the brush “firefighter! Call out!” she shouts again scanning the smoke-filled area as she continues down the steep hill. Finally, she spots a sign of life as she moves closer, she notices the silhouette isn’t human
What the hell? She whispers to herself as she finally spots the large black wolf , bigger than anyone she’s seen before , its tail shaggy and its teeth sharpened growling towards the blonde “shit!” she shouts as she begins to run through the fiery path, hearing the roar of the beast following her, she quickly dives behind a burnt out tree trunk , taking in a sharpened breath before slowly looking around the burnt wood seeing no signs of the large animal
She begins to run again her footsteps pounding into the dirt as she tries to ignore the painful sting in her wrist , in a panic she trips over the burning branch lying in the path , shacking off the hard fall she pushes herself up
“Herrera I need…” before she can finish her command over the radio she feels a force hit her hard knocking both the wind out of her and forcing her onto her back , a large growl can be heard from atop her as she opens her eyes to sharp teeth growling down at her , the wolfs eyes a mix of yellow and red, its heckles flared as the beast licks its lips maliciously
Maya takes the opportunity to punch the animal on the snout stunning it momentarily trying to push the almost 300 pound animal off her , before she can make another move she feels a sharp fiery pain shooting threw her shoulder, the wolfs jaws snapping down threw her flesh tarring at her muscle
“ahh!” the blonde screams in pain, her vision becoming blank, her hearing a white noise as her consciousness begins to fade , that is before a large yelp can be heard from the beast atop of her , a spirt of blood splattered on her facemask as the animal detaches its jaws from her flesh
Looking up she sees Warren pulling a fire axe out of the creature’s shoulder blade as it growls in protest , Warren takes aim once again as Travis and Andy come up from the left , the wolf feeling outnumbered growls one last time before running off deeper into the burning forest
“cap!” warren shouts as he drops the weapon rushing to the blondes side followed by travis , “can you walk?” the freckled man asks maya giving him a nod trying to return to her feet , due to the blood loss she has become unstable when she stands using warren as extra support as they begin there path towards the exit of the forest
Fighting their way through burned out trees , broken branches and smoke-filled areas they finally reach the open clearing filled with firefighter and paramedics alike “Medic” Andy shouts ripping off her mask as she signals towards the blonde
A paramedic rushes over , her uniform perfectly fitted to her toned body “what happened?” the women asks as she ushers the team to place the blonde down onto the bench “a big ass wolf happened” Andy replies looking at the captain worriedly “sunk its teeth into her shoulder” travis continues
The paramedic quickly ties her long hair up “well need to take this off” she signals to Mayas shirt as warren helps her shrug off her turn outs , quickly unbuttoning her shirt the ravened haired women pulls the left side down exposing the oozing wound , blood begins to drip down her arm and chest
“gauze” the medic demands as warren hands it over , she begins packing the wound applying disinfectant as she does , wrapping It securely “AHH” maya shouts from the painful sting on the liquid hitting her opened shoulder
“she needs to go to a hospital and a rabies shot” the medic announces as she waves over two more to instruct them to load the blonde into the ambulance , her dimples shining in the light “is she going to be okay?” travis asks as maya is carefully loaded into the ambulance
“should be, it was a deep bite could be muscular damaged but doesn’t seem infected so she should fully recover with surgery and some shots” the women nods as she walks away towards other injured civilians and firefighter alike
Nodding her goodbyes, she continues towards triage , helping more burn victims along the way “I like her” Andy announces as travis agrees “think she’ll be up for a transfer?” he questions in a half laugh joined by Andy
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Maya moans in pain the wound on her shoulder beginning to throb rapidly , reaching towards the paramedic in the back with her she nods towards her wound “painkillers?” she questions her eyes almost watering from the pain “sure captain” the man responds calmly as he reaches to the lock box within the ambulance which contains high doses of pain relief
Placing a syringe into a glass vile he measures it before tapping the top “5cc of morphine should help” the man says calmly as he begins to inject the syringe into the blonde , she can feel the warm sensation of the medication beginning to work its way through her vain slightly calming her pain.
The medic begins to repack the wound as it still spills with the women’s blood filling up the wrapping with soaked red liquid “how long?” the medic asks to the driver who response as he makes a sharp left turn , the ambulance lights and sirens full blast “were 3 minutes out” the response as he continues to focus on the road ahead
As maya begins to sink into the light feeling of the medication was giving her, a sharp pain coursed through her stomach making her curled up in pain, shouting as the burning sensation continues through her body ,
“move it David!” the medic shouts as he tries to calm the now cursing blonde “1 minute out!” the driver shouts over his shoulder as he makes a hard turn “she doesn’t have that long I think it’s an allergic reaction!” the blonde man shouts as he grabs more sedatives trying to quickly pull them into a syringe
Just as he injects the meds into the blondes vain the ambulance pulls to a heavy stop and the driver jumps out running to the back swinging open the doors the blonde grumbles in pain as she crashes herself against the gurney
“what we got?” Bailey shouts as she runs to the open door , “25-year-old firefighter , bite wound to the shoulder, pain meds given, but seems to have an allergic reaction” the medic responds as he pushes the gurney out of the truck
“bishop?” Bailey asks concerned as she follows the gurney from the side rushing her in the hospital “this shit hurts!” maya shouts in frustration as she’s continued to be wheeled deeper in the hospital
“trauma 1!” the smaller women shouts as she waves over a tall ginger man “what we got?” the man inspects the wound listening to Bailey list of the cause and apparent reaction to medication “disinfect and wheel her up to surgery now!” the man shouts as he turns towards the door “right away doctor hunt!”
“Bailey I…” maya begins gaining the attention of the women , the pain in her shoulder matches with the burning threw out her body becomes too much for her already overloading senses “I…” she tries again , her vision becoming blurry , her head starting to feel too heavy for her neck to keep standing “bishop?” Bailey questions before Mayas eyes close shut, her hand which was previously holding on to the smaller women’s arm drops , “Bishop!” is the last thing she hears before everything goes black.
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The first thing maya feels in an ache within her shoulder , as if tiny needles have been stabbed into it , the first thing she hears is the rhythmic flow of the beeping , she grumbles slightly trying to open her eyes to the bright light
Lifting her hand, she covers her eyes slightly as her vision starts to come back to her , a shape a small bit away starts to clear up , long brunette hair matched with a Sunkissed complexion , a fine fitting doctors cote , her ID badge hanging just below her left breast
“how…” the blonde tries to speak , her throat dry , coughing slightly to clear her throat “how long was I out?” she asks , the women jump slightly turning sharply around to look at the blonde her hand reaching for her chest
Maya smiles softly her ice blue eyes focused on the details of the women’s face “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare you” she says softly , the women smiles back brightly “no its okay, I was just checking on your vitals” the doctor answers , her thick Italian accent ringing in Mayas ears beautifully
“are you my doctor?” maya questions and she tries to push herself up “no she’s not and don’t even think about moving Bishop” a commanding yet familiar voice demands from the corner of the room
Looking over Mayas eyes settles on the well known (and feared) Miranda Bailey , maya smirks quickly as she settles back down into her previous position as Bailey walks deeper into the room
“maya Bishop meet Doctor Carina Deluca” the small women signal between the two , their eyes meeting both sending a spark threw the blonde and Italian
“she was checking you weren’t pregnant” bailey continues as she looks threw her chart , studying graphical lines and heart monitors “well aint no way that’s happening” maya laughs slightly looking towards a somewhat confused doctor DeLuca
“I haven’t informed her of that yet” bailey smiles without looking up , carina however continues to study the blonde until she finally comes to the conclusion maya was making , smiling with somewhat embarrassment she nods as she makes her way to the door “get better soon bella” she says over her shoulder as she finally disappears into the busy hallway.
“is everyone okay? Is the fire out?” maya questions. Bailey smiles softly at the injured women “ben phoned, the fire is 95% contained, 19 is on their way here to make sure you’re doing okay” the small women finishes. Maya simply nods along taking in the information, “how long was I out?” the captain questions.
“you lost consciousness shortly after arrival, surgery was quick only 4 hours, and 3 in recovery so about 8/9 hours” maya nodded along, honestly expecting to have been out a lot longer than she was. “not too bad” the blonde remarks, “was anyone else injured?” bailey again smiles softly a rare occurrence for the somewhat grumpy women “no bishop only you” she replies as she heads for the door “lucky me” maya quips back. Shaking her head Maranda waves goodbye as she exits the room.
Maya places her head back on her pillow, still feeling the stinging feeling from her shoulder, her wrist somewhat numb, most likely from the pain meds. Taking a deep sigh, she tries to relax, if she was stuck in a hospital bed she may as well get some extra sleep in.
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5 days later maya was ready to go home. To the blonde and doctors surprise maya was healing incredibly fast considering her smoke insulation, broken wrist and bite wound. Her wrist barley had any pain anymore, and her bite was basically healed over. Sighing the blonde swung her leg over the bed landing on the solid floor. Usually maya hated hospitals, but this stay, she had an incredible view.
She didn’t interact with doctor DeLuca , well carina much (she may have asked ben about her) because as she very much hinted at there was no way in hell, she was pregnant, maya bishop did have casual sex, sure. But that was exclusively with women. Not to say she wasn’t interested in men, she could be somewhat, but maya swore her casual sex was just going to be with women.
Who needs the worry and anxiety of possible pregnancies or STD’s all for an underwhelming orgasm? Nope maya bishop only slept with women. She was with men a couple of times during her collage years, but, after a very scary pregnancy scare that could’ve ended her chance at the Olympics. She decided it wasn’t worth the risk.
Although she hasn’t talked to the gorgeous doctor since waking from her surgery didn’t stop the blonde from steeling glances at her, trying her best not to drool over the way her hips move when she walks.
Maya takes a large stretch before heading to the bathroom changing into her clothes that Andy dropped off for her. Stripping out of her hospital gown maya takes a quick glance at herself in the mirror, before stopping and doing a double take.
Okay sure, the blonde firefighter has always been fit, always thought she had a nice toned body, but as maya scans herself in the mirror shock creeps on her face. Looking back at her was muscular shoulders, followed by popping biceps and an honest to god six-pack.
Maya quickly runs her hand under the tap, plashing herself in the face with the ice-cold water dripping out, wiping her eyes she looks again. “what the…” the reflection hasn’t changed, is her mind playing tricks on her? Is her medication making her hallucinate? Last time she checked she was nowhere near a six pack.
She scanned her body, firm muscles flexing under the skin. Before maya could completely freak out a loud knock pulls her out her panic “bishop! Cover it up I’m coming in!” Hughes shouts excitedly. Maya quickly throws on a white t-shirt. Before turning to see a cheery Victoria holding coffee cups and donuts.
“let’s go!” the taller women says happily, before stopping and taking in Mayas face “you okay cap?” she questions. Maya quickly shaking out her thought of … what the hell is up with my body? , “yeah…yeah fine” the blonde replies before following Vic out the bathroom, throwing one last glance at the mirror behind her.
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Her first day back home was filled with her found family from station 19, stopping by and checking up on her, after she assured them she was completely fine they all left her to her own devices.
Her second day however she woke up in a cold sweat, her hair stuck to her head completely wet, she dragged her feet towards the sink fully planning to go back to the hospital. Maya knew the risk of infection and the signs of it. And she was sure this was it. She dreaded looking in the mirror, she had stripped off during the night only wearing her boy shorts and sports bra, she was honestly freaked out by her body changing and didn’t want to see it again until she was sure she wasn’t losing her damn mind.
She finally reaches the sink, sweat dripping from her chin, her body felt like it was on fire, her bite wound felt like it was pulsating, like it had its own heartbeat. She looks up into the bathroom mirror, worry mapped on her face as she noticed the way her jaw looked, almost as if it was swelling. “what the…” she begins reaching for her jaw before locking eyes with herself… but not.
Looking back at her was her face sure, but her usual ice blue eyes were replaced with an unnatural red, almost a mix of fire and blood, she opens her mouth to scream before noticing a twinge of pain throughout her jaw and gums. Opening her mouth, her teeth have lengthened, sharped to a point.
The blonde runs towards her living room, trying to reach her phone in hopes to call for help, before her vision begins to blur, her knees wobble and give in, until finally she hits the cold wooden floor. Completely unconscious.