Growing Up with Daddy- E! fan fic

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Title: Growing Up with Daddy
Show: Emergency!
Pairing: none
Rating: PG
Review: Johnny Gage's wife dies trying to save their child. Now here's life of the child growing up with Johnny being the only parent in the child's life

Disclaimer: I do NOT own any characters, although I wish I owned Johnny!!! Mild language and some sad chapters to come where the tissues need to be broken out

Preface

A lot changed from the time Johnny and Roy were promoted to captains to August 20, 1980. Johnny and Roy wound up going back to the paramedic program, and by random chance, go to work with each other again at Station 51. Dr. Brackett and Dixie had gotten married and had twins, while Chet and Marco had gotten married and became fathers. Chet's wife had a girl, while Marco's wife had a boy.Dr. Early,Dr. Morton, Captain Stanley, Mike, and Roy were pretty much the same, just living the life with their wives and kids. Johnny, however, was the shocker of them all. He started dating a new nurse that had arrived at Rampart, Beth. They dated close to 4 months before he proposed to her. They wounded up getting married, and sometime in September 1980, he was going to be a father.

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From the Beginning (Part 1)
August 20, 1980

It was hard to distinguish which pounding was harder, the rain that fell on the roof of Station 51, or Johnny's fist as it slammed against the table to one of Chet Kelly's comments.

"No need to get upset Johnny boy....I was just saying, it'd be funny.."

"Chet, I don't see how dropping your own kid is funny" Marco sternly replied.

"I'm just joking..."

"Chet this is a big change he's going through. He's nervous, he's going to rant to us ...he's Johnny for crying out loud!!! Matter of fact weren't you this nervous when Kim was pregnant?" Roy calmly stated.

"Well yeah, but this is different..."

"Roy, Marco, I appreciate you trying, but you know you're not going to get through to him"

Johnny went to get another sip of his coffee when the klaxon went off and sent the men scurrying.

"Station 51, truck 127, engine and truck 116...motor vehicle accident with injuries...Harbor Freeway on the W Carson onramp...Harbor Freeway on the W Carson onramp. Time out 20:35"

Captain Stanley responded to dispatch with the usual code KMG365. He passed a copy of the call slip to Roy, who was geared up and ready to go in the squad. As soon as Captain Stanley was in the engine, the squad and engine made their way to their onramp. They finally made their way to the scene in the heavy downpour. However, after station 51 stepped out of their vehicles, the paramedics and Captain Stanley looked and knew immediately that this callout wasn't going to turn out good at all.

"John, Roy, go see how many survivors we have. Marco, Chet, I want you two to start watering down this ground. Try to disconnect the batteries in these cars as well. Even though it's raining, we still have a possibility that this place can blow anytime."

The men wasted no time getting to work. Johnny and Roy grabbed the necessary equipment out of the squad, while Marco and Chet got some hoses. Johnny and Roy had split up and checked out different cars.

"YOU HAVE ANYTHING JOHNNY?"

"I HAVE 2 INVALIDS HERE. WHAT ABOUT YOU?"

"WEAK PULSE, DIFFICULTY BREATHING. I'LL GET ON THE LINE TO RAMPART."

"OK, I'M GOING TO CHECK THE NEXT CAR"

Johnny went over to the next car. "WE GOT ANOTHER ONE ROY. WEAK PULSE, RESPIRATION SHALLOW. CAP WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THE AMBULANCES?"

Captain Stanley called into dispatch. " LA this is engine 51. We have a 5 car pileup at our location with injuries and unknown number of causalities. What's the status of the ambulances?" "Engine 51, one ambulance has been dispatched to your location. Be advised there has been another accident on the San Diego Freeway. All ambulances have been sent to that location." "Engine 51 10-4."

Captain Stanley went up to Johnny to tell him personally. "John, all the ambulances are tied up. They've only sent 1." "1?!? CAP, We're going to need more than 1!" "Hey I'm sorry pal. All I can say is do whatever you and Roy can. Rampart's not that far down the street. If we have to, we'll take these people in by squad and engine." "Fine." "What are we looking at with victims?" "Right now we have 2 survivors and 2 fatalities." "Ok I'm going to go see..."

The handradio cut off Captain Stanley. "Engine 51" "Engine 51 go ahead LA" "Engine 51, be advised truck 116 has been involved in an accident. Engine and Truck 116 will not be responding to your location" "Engine 51 10-4" "Anyway, I'm going to go see if we have any more victims."

Roy ran over to Johnny. "Here's an IV for your patient...by the way, where's the ambulance?" "Roy, they only responded 1" "1?!?" "You heard me right...1!"

After that being said, truck 127 arrived at the scene. The captain of 127 jumped out of the engine and went to talk to Captain Stanley.

"Hank, what do we have?" "5 cars involved, not too sure how long ago this happened. Whoever called it in didn't stick around either. So far we have 2 injured, 2 fatalities, unknown total of how many more, and only one ambulance responding" "1 AMBULANCE?" "You heard right. 116 got into an accident, so they're not responding." "What about more..." "No way man. I'm guessing all the firetrucks are with the ambulances on the San Diego Freeway at this moment"

The captain from 127 stood there and shook his head before he instructed his crew to help Station 51. One of the men from 127 grabbed some of their lines and started helping to water down the ground. Another grabbed some crowbars and set off with Captain Stanley to the unchecked cars to find victims. They checked two more cars only to find more fatalities. They moved on to the next car. Captain Stanley looked inside and found the victim to still be alive, but got sick to his stomach when he saw who it was.

"JOHNNY GET OVER HERE" "CAP I CAN'T" "JOHNNY I THINK YOU NEED TO GET OVER HERE NOW"

Johnny carefully placed down the IV bag and ran over to Captain Stanley.

"I'm here cap, but can someone go over...?" "Yes, you go over to Johnny's patient. Johnny, we have a live one but...you're not going to like this"

Johnny looked inside the car and started feeling sick to his stomach.He looked inside,to see a lady. She had a slim built, brown hair, brown eyes, and a light complexion. He realized that the driver was his wife Beth. He quickly shook his head before he started talking to her calmly.

"Beth, honey, you ok?!?" "uhh..uhhh...Johnny?" "Yeah baby I'm here. How are you doing?" "uhh God my head and my chest hurts. Boy do I feel weak right now" "What about the baby?" "baby...baby....baby's fine." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure...I just felt a kick and I'm not cramping" "Ok, you just take it easy and I'll be right back" "Oh believe me... I'm not going anywhere"

Johnny stepped away from the car. "Cap, we got to get her out of there now" "Ok buddy. Go tell Roy....MIKE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BACKBOARD OVER HERE AND SOME MORE MANPOWER!"

Johnny ran over to Roy, who managed to get his patient out of their vehicle. "Hey, what's going...." "Roy, Beth's in there" "Oh my God, Johnny, is she??" "She's having difficulty breathing, I think she has a collapsed lung." "What about the baby?" "She says the baby is fine" "Good. Go get her out, then we'll get her right over to Rampart.I'll let Early know now"

Johnny ran back over to the car where the two men from Truck 127 and Chet were waiting with Captain Stanley. "Ready to get her out?" "Hold on Cap." Johnny turned to Beth "Beth, listen, we're getting ready to get you out..." "Don't...say more. I can feel my arms...and legs. I won't move...my neck. Just get me out...please!"

Johnny gave a nod to Captain Stanley. The firefighter from 127 opened up the car door. Johnny gently reached over and unbuckled Beth from her seat. He carefully picked her up under her arms while Captain Stanley gently grabbed on to her legs. They slowly and carefully moved her out of the car and onto the backboard. After they strapped her to the backboard, Captain Stanley, the firefighter from 127, Chet, and Johnny carried her over by Roy. By the time they placed her down, the ambulance arrived. Roy got back on the bio phone to Rampart.

"Rampart, this is squad 51. The ambulance has arrived at our location" "10-4 51. Have you reached Beth yet?" "She's right here" "10-4 51. Go ahead and bring her on in into treatment room 3" "10-4 Rampart" Roy closed the bio phone and started to load the equipment into the ambulance. "Roy, I think there's only 3 people that made it out of this alive. I'm going back for the third" "Go ahead. I think we can fit a third person in back here as well"

Johnny looked down at Beth before he left. "I'll be right back sweetheart. You just keep calm and don't worry about anything here except the baby." "You got it honey....Johnny?" "Yeah Beth?" "I love you." Johnny leaned down towards her and gave her a kiss. "I love you too Beth. I'll be right back" "I know you will"

Johnny ran back to his original patient. The two from station 127 followed Johnny. They worked on getting the patient out, and finally got the patient on a backboard when Chet started screaming.

"CAP THIS CAR HERE IS SPARKING" "EVERYONE WATCH OUT"

Johnny and the two from station 127 started running when there was finally a loud explosion. The blast blew the three down to the ground, sending the patient directly into the ground. Roy and Marco ran over to pick up the patient, while Chet, Captain Stanley, and the captain from 127 ran over to check on the firefighters and Johnny. The two firefighters were shaken up a bit but for Johnny....

"ROY GET OVER HERE. JOHNNY'S DOWN!"

Beth could hear Captain Stanley and began getting frantic. Roy calmed her down before he went over to Johnny.

"ROY...IS He..." "Beth don't you worry. They say that half the time and it's nothing serious" "Are you sure?" "I'm more than sure. You let me worry about Johnny. You, you just keep calm and worry about that little bundle of joy"

Roy ran over to Johnny. He checked him out and found out Johnny had gotten hit from flying debris from the explosion.

"Cap do we have one more backboard?" The captain from 127 answered. "We have one more....SMITH GRAB OUR BACKBOARD!...is he going to be ok?" "Looks like he got hit with something.Probable concussion. I'm sure he'll be fine. His thick head is probably going to hurt in the morning though" "Do you need anything?" "Well I just got to get him loaded up and I'll need some help to get them in at the hospital"

The firefighters loaded Johnny up on a backboard and loaded him into ambulance. The ambulance took off with Engine 51 following.Within less of a minute, they arrived at Rampart. Drs.Brackett, Early, and Morton were already waiting by the entrance when station 51 started storming in.

"Kel, Mike, I got this one. Chet, bring him into 1." "I have this one Kel. Marco, room 3 now" "Roy bring Beth into room 4." "Ok. What about Johnny?" "What do you mean?" "We didn't have time to call it in, but he got knocked out" "Hum. Just typical. Put him in 2. Find Dixie and let her know"

With that, Roy found himself standing by himself in the hallway. He started heading over to the nurse's desk, where Captain Stanley and Mike were talking to Dixie.

"Roy, Hank and Mike here just told me what happened. I have a doctor on the way down. What room is Johnny in?" "He's in room 2." "Room 2 is where I'll be."

With that she left.

"Hey Cap.." "Look don't worry about it pal. Squad is going to be out of service for a couple of hours while dispatch tries to find a replacement anyway. Listen, we're going to go. If you need anything..." "I know where to find you." "Exactly. Oh and Roy, could I ask you for one thing?" "Sure, what is it Cap?" "Stay with Beth...for Johnny" "You read my mind cap"

Roy watched as Captain Stanley and Mike regrouped with Marco and Chet and exited the hospital. He went over to treatment room 2 where Dr.Brackett was helping Beth. Beth was the first one to greet Roy.

"Hey Roy. Don't mind me..." "Hey it's ok. You just keep quiet before Brackett here chews my head off." She gave him a faint smile. Roy asked Dr.Brackett "So Doc, what the prognosis on Beth?""Well Roy..." "Doc,just come straight out with it" "Well for one, I don't like her blood pressure being so low. First thing I would like to do is to bring it up. I want to run chest x-ray and some blood tests.However, I'd like to have a sonogram done right away." "Kel, is my baby ok?" "I don't know. I want to be safe than sorry and just make sure." "Well Kel, just shut up already and make sure"

Dr.Brackett called in for an orderly to take Beth up to radiology. The orderly arrived and took Beth up to radiology. Before Dr.Brackett could leave the room, Roy stopped him. "Look Doc, I know you told her everything, but I have a feeling you didn't tell her everything." "You're right Roy, I didn't." "Doc, what's the problem?" "Roy, I'm sure about this...she's got a collapsed lung. But there's a bigger problem" "What's that?" "We can go in to fix it, but it might impose complications on the fetus. Then if we don't go in..." "Beth won't make it.I know it's early, but couldn't you deliver the baby and then go in?" "Well Roy, we could, but to induce natural labor would take a while. By then she would be dead. C-section is out of the question. No way would she be able to handle that." "Doc, what are you doing now?" "Well I'm checking on the baby and getting confirmation on the lung before anything else" "Then after that?" "Well..we present Beth with the options and go from there."

An hour finally passed in the emergency department. Beth had gotten back from the tests Dr.Brackett had wanted and had gotten worse. Roy sat in the treatment room with her, holding her hand as she kept trying to breathe. Finally Dr.Brackett entered the room.

"Well Beth, I have the test results back. I'm going to be straight forward with this." "Well doc....you can't afford...not to at...this point" "Good news- you still have your sense of humor. Sonogram showed nothing wrong with the baby." Roy asked "is there any bad news doc?" "I'm afraid so Roy. Beth, you have a few fractured ribs. However, one was not a clean break. It punctured your lung. Now we can go in and fix it...but here comes the worse part" Beth closed her eyes and tried mumbling no. "Kel...be straight forward....on this part too" "Beth...I'm not sure" "Kel....just....do...it" Dr.Brackett paused before he finally answered. "We can go in, and repair the damage. But if we do that..." "The baby...gets harmed" "And if we save the baby...." "I die...no...more" "Beth, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't know what else to do" "Don't be...there's only.....one thing.....to do" "Name it" "You....take.....save this baby. Right...now!" "But Beth.." "Don't.....Beth me...do it.....damnit!" "Are you sure?" "I'm 100% sure....you have....my consent." "I'll go get an OR and OB ready."

Dr.Brackett left the room. Roy tried talking to Beth. "Beth, Johnny's not even conscience. Do you know what it's going to do to him when he wakes up?" "Roy.....he'll survive...I'm not sure if he will....if the baby dies. He's too attached....to him....or her. Besides....I couldn't live with myself....if I saved myself. I love this baby......more than anything in the world." "I can see that." "Are you....going to keep....trying to....talk me out....of this?" "No. No. It's your call, and you made it. You do know that Joanne and the kids are going to miss you?" "Yeah....Roy?" "Yeah Beth?" "Could you....could you do some things....for me?" "Name it" "I need you... to tell Joanne....and all of them...back at the station....they were the greatest friends...anyone could ask for. Tell them...I said ...thank you for being such great friends" "You got it!" "And one...more thing..." "Go for it" "Tell Johnny....I'm sorry..and don't be mad..tell my baby....that Mommy loves him....or her...and could you....stay with me....a little bit longer?" "Beth, Johnny would NEVER EVER get mad at you. He loves you too much to be mad at you. I can swear that this baby is going to know how much you loved him....or her, and he or she is going to get a lot of love than you could ever imagine. And yeah Beth, I'll stay with you a little bit longer."

A half hour passed by when Dixie, Dr.Early, Dr. Morton, and Dr. Brackett entered Beth's room. "Well it's time Beth. Are you ready?" "Yeah...before we go...Dix?" "Yes Beth?" "I hope....I didn't drive you too crazy....working here" "Nonsense. Actually, you were the best nurse I had working for me. Beth, you don't know how much I'm going to miss you." "Joe?" "Yes Beth?" "Keep charming....those patients" He giggled. "You can count on it" "Mike?" "Yes?" "You seriously.....need to work on that bedside manner.....before you wind up in the bed" The hard core doctor even had to laugh at that. "Kel?" "Beth?" "Thank you....for saving my baby..and for everything." "I didn't save her...or him...you did. And you shouldn't be thanking me, I should be thanking you" Joe cut in. "Actually, we all should be thanking you." Beth gave a soft smile when Dr.Brackett announced. "Well are you ready?" "Yeah" "Ok let's go" "Wait...Kel...I want Roy in there with me." She looked over at Roy and asked "Roy...could you be there...with me? I'll feel better....with you there...and knowing my baby....didn't come in this world alone" "Of course, but only if Dr.Brackett says it's ok" "Of course it is Roy" With that, Dr.Brackett, Roy, and Beth headed to the OR. Dixie, Dr.Early, and Dr.Morton went to the staff lounge, where they let their emotions out.

[csikt]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SO SAD, BUT SO GOOD!!! I can't wait for the next chapter!

[ladytaz29]

OMG!! Poor Beth and Johnny... This is amazing CC..

Waiting for the next one!!!

[Nik Nak 17]

Awwww that was emotional!!!! Oooooh I wonder how Johnny is gonna feel when he wakes up?!?! Update soon!!

[jaglady]

Now I used to watch Emergency! in the late 1970's. Is this the same one? Did they remake it?
Looking good, CC.

[cutecollege1]

You are correct jaglady! This indeed is the same one, however, I wish they would do a remake . Heck, I even wish they would put the repeats back on like they did 1999-2001 or 2002. Oh well, at least NBC, hulu, and youtube has some epis!!!

[jaglady]

Dirty little secret: When I watched that show as a teenager, I thought John Gage was a hottie.
Looking forward to more.

[ladytaz29]

OK..Time for Johnny to wake up..

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From the Beginning Part 2

He slowly opened his eyes to see the ceiling tile above him. At first, he couldn't tell where he was. Then he realized - he was in Rampart. Johnny began to lurch out of his bed when he felt a hand push him down. He looked at the hand to see who it belonged to. He looked to see Dr.Brackett.

"Hey no taking on the world just yet". "I wasn't" "How you feeling?" "Ugh like a ton of bricks fell on my head, but I'm fine otherwise" "That's good" Dr. Brackett held up two fingers. "Now Johnny, how many fingers do you see?" "2" "Do you know what year it is?" "1980" "Who's the president?" "Jimmy Carter" "Well I'm happy to report that you'll be fine." "That's great doc, but I remember something too" "What's that?" "I got knocked out at that accident scene. But Beth was there too. How is she doc?" "Well Johnny. I have some bad news and good news." "well what is it doc?" "Well which would you rather first?" "Well...I guess the bad. If it's bad, it possibly can't get worse from there". Dr.Brackett looked at Johnny. He paused a moment before he spoke up. "Johnny.....there's no easy way of saying this.....Johnny, I'm sorry. Beth didn't make it."

Johnny's mouth dropped wide open. In that moment did he feel sick to his stomach. He felt his whole world come crashing down on him. Dr.Brackett gave Johnny a few minutes to get himself together when he started talking again. "Now Johnny, I have good news." "Good for you, but I just lost my wife...OMG the Baby...THE BABY". Johnny had tried to leap out of his bed, but Dr.Brackett pushed him back in.

"JOHNNY listen to me!" "No offense doc but Why do I want to hear your good news. I just my wife and child..." "That's the whole thing of what I have to say next Johnny..."

Dr. Early entered the room. He had cut Dr. Brackett short. "Sorry to intrude, but I heard Johnny down the hall." "Real funny doc. What do you want?" "Well I just need you to sign these forms." "What forms? My usual admitted into Rampart forms?" "Well we have to do that later. But these need to be signed right away" "What is it?" "Consent to treat forms." "Doc, forgive me for being rude....now and on this next question, but don't you think that it's a bit late for that?" "No. Pediatrics needs it before they can do anything." "Pediatrics" "Yeah...oh... I see Kel hasn't told you yet" "Tell me what?"

Dr.Brackett gave a soft smile to Johnny. "Johnny, the good news I was trying to tell you...the baby made it" "what?" "Well this part isn't good news, but Beth died trying to save the baby.... but Johnny, the baby made it!"

Johnny put his hand on his forehead. He couldn't believe it! Their baby....his baby survived the accident.

"But if she made it...OH MY GOD!! HOW IS...WHERE IS?!?" "Daddy, she's doing fine."

Before, Johnny had begun to cry tears of sorrow. Now he was beginning to cry bittersweet tears. "She...it's a girl?" "You heard right." "Oh my god...my little girl made it." "Yes she did." "But doc, if she was born now, she's a premie...DOC..." "Johnny, when she was born we gave her a little oxygen, but this morning we took her off the oxygen, and so far, she's doing fine.But she still needs immunization..." "Don't say more. Got a pen?" Dr. Early handed the forms and a pen over to Johnny. He started signing them. "Johnny, I don't think you'll forget, but soon after, we'll need to get her..." "I know I know.Wow..when can I..." Johnny was cut off when he heard the door swing open and screaming. He looked over to see Roy walking in, and in his arms, the little girl.

"Doc, I don't know who we need to tie down- Johnny or this cutie pie here. For being a few weeks early, I swear, she's got a real strong set of lungs." Dr's. Brackett, Early, and Johnny started smiling. "Johnny? Can you see if you can calm her down?" Roy walked up next to Johnny. Johnny puts his arms out, and Roy gently placed the baby in his arms. Johnny started hushing her and rocking her gently. He softly started talking to her. "Hey little girl. It's daddy. It's ok. Everything's going to be alright, I got you" Finally the little girl started to quiet down. He looked down into her face, only to see a beautiful set of brown eyes looking up at him. He started stroking his finger across her cheek, when a little hand reached up and starting to wrap her hand around his finger. Roy spoke quietly."I remember when Chris and Jenny were first born. You look at them, they look at you, and all the problems you have just suddenly go away." "I think we can all relate to that."

They were interrupted by a knock on the door. Dixie walked in quietly. "I heard our star patient was in here." "Of course I am..." "I wasn't referring to you Johnny. I was referring to that sweet baby girl of yours" She looked over at the girl and started smiling. "Look at her, she looks like she's already attached to Johnny." "Of course she is Dixie." The room went quiet for a few when they heard an announcement from outside. "Dr. Brackett, Dr. Early, Nurse McCall, please report to emergency" Dr.Brackett spoke up. "Well that's our call to go." The two doctors and Dixie were ready to walk out when Roy asked "do you need to take the baby back now?" Dr.Brackett answered his question. "well, I think it'll be fine if she stood with Johnny a little bit longer." With that he ran out the door. Roy sat down next to Johnny and watched him looking down at the baby. Finally Johnny asked him "hey Roy?" "yeah Johnny?" "did Beth suffer?" This was a question Roy wished he didn't have to answer. He felt that he had to tell Johnny the truth, and at the same time, he couldn't. He answered "Well Johnny, they made her comfortable as much as they could" Johnny paused before he asked "did she know...did she know she was going to die?" Roy took in a deep breath and answered "Johnny, that's the only reason why that little girl there is alive" Johnny looked down at her, and then at Roy. "You mean, she died trying to save the baby?" "Yes Johnny......Johnny, she told me if she lived and that the baby died, she couldn't live with herself. Matter of fact, she was afraid you wouldn't make it if anything happened to the baby...She had wanted me to tell you she was sorry and not to be mad at her" "ROY? What did you tell her?" "I told her you would never ever be mad at her, and that you loved her too much to be mad at her." Johnny paused again and spoke up "I never said goodbye to her." "Nobody did Johnny" But she died and my little girl came into this world alone..." "Johnny?" "Yeah Roy?" "I was with Beth all the way to the end...and I was with that munchkin from the beginning. Beth asked me to stay with her. They were never alone." Johnny closed his eyes for a moment and smiled. He opened his eyes again, looked at Roy and began to tell him "Roy, you didn't have to..." "Junior, I wanted to." "Thanks Pally. Thank you. You don't know how grateful I am right now. Thank.." "It's ok. I'm glad I could help out." They quieted down and watched for several minutes at the little girl sleeping. Johnny finally broke the silence."Hey Pally?" "Yeah Junior?" "I have a serious problem" "What's wrong?" "I have no idea what to name her"


August 27, 1980

The funeral home was filled with friends and coworkers who came out to pay their final respects to Beth. Roy and his wife Joanne were inside talking to Hank, his wife Lori, their two teenage daughters Emily and Sarah, Marco and his wife Rita, Chet and his wife Kim, Mike, his wife Laura, Kel, Dixie, Joe, his 20-something-year old son Nick, and Mike Morton as they waited for Johnny to arrive so the service could start. Roy's kids, Chris and Jenny, sat outside on the steps waiting for Johnny to come. Finally they saw a white land rover pull into a parking space. They ran over to the driver's side of the land rover. Once Johnny stepped up, a 10 year old, blonde hair, Jenny ran and gave him a hug. "Hi Uncle Johnny. I'm sorry about Auntie Beth. I'm really going to miss her." A 13 year old, brown hair, Chris hugged Johnny. "I miss her already Uncle Johnny." "I do too Chris. But there's something you two both need to know. She loved all of you very much.""I know Uncle Johnny. I know". Jenny grabbed onto Johnny's hand and began to pull him. "Come on, let's get inside and get this over with." "Good idea." "I heard talks of Uncle Chet starting a riot. Uncle Chet didn't have any food and I don't want to see him start a riot." "Ok ok I'm coming. But first I need to get something before I forget." "What do you need to get?" Johnny opened the back door on the land rover. Chris and Jenny stood there anxiously, wanting to know what Johnny was getting. Finally, Johnny pulled out a car seat and closed the door. "We can't forget your cousin, can we?" Chris and Jenny stood there with big smiles on their faces. Jenny started getting excited. "is that??? Is That??? IS THAT???" "Yes it is. The doctor let her go home today." Chris stood there with a big smile, while Jenny started squealing. "Chris, Jenny, meet your cousin." "What's her name?" "Well I'll tell you when I tell everyone else."

Johnny was having a hard time holding onto Jenna while Jenny was pushing against his arm. He finally suggested that they go inside. Chris and Jenny ran ahead to let everyone know that Johnny was there."Ok everyone Uncle Johnny's here and boy oh boy does he..." "Shut up Jenny. You got a big mouth" Joanne cut in between the two kids. "JENNY! CHRIS! What did I say about behaving yourselves? And Chris, what did I say about telling your little sister to shut up?" Both kids answered in unison "Sorry Mom." Roy got up and walked to the front door to greet John.

"It took you a while..." He shut up after he saw the car seat. "Sorry Roy. Babysitter backed out on me the last minute." "No need for apologies. They let her go home today?" "Yeah. Nice timing of them." "You think she'll disrupt..." "Well if we hurry up in there..." Johnny and Roy walked to where everyone was seated. Tiny bits of chatting were going on in the room until Roy entered. "He's here." Everything then came to a complete halt. Chet turned around and made the first comment. "Finally Gage got here! What took him so long? Did he get lost?" The blonde headed woman who sat next to Chet, his wife Kim, got mad at Chet and elbowed him."Ah don't worry about it Kim. Well Chet, for how much I hate to burst your bubble, NO I didn't. Try babysitter backed out on me last minute." Everyone turned around to see Johnny walk in with Jenna.The priority of focus in the room shifted onto the newborn. Johnny spoke up. "Everyone, I have with me, Jenna Beth Gage." Everyone turned around in their seats to try to the the baby girl and cooing, but Johnny cut them off. "Hey, now I know everyone wants to drool over her, but right now it's Beth's moment, not Jenna's. Give Beth her moment and I promise everyone will get a chance to drool over Jenna later." With that being said, the service went off without a hitch.

3 Weeks Later

Hank had given Johnny some time off to recover from his loss and to get settled in with fatherhood. As fast as he got the time off was as fast the time flew by.He spent all of his time focusing on his top and only priority,Jenna, making sure she was getting enough love and attention, and making sure she would be taken care of when it was time for him to go back to work. Finally came the time when Johnny had to go back to work. He was heading in to the station when he made a stop at Roy and Joanne's house. He got out of the land rover, took out a sleeping Jenna, and walked up to the house. Johnny rang the doorbell, and heard Joanne yell out "COME IN! IT'S OPEN" Johnny did as Joanne told him to do, and walked in. He waited by the entrance when Joanne came to greet him. "Hi Johnny! Roy already got a head start on you" "Oh that's fine. I figured he would. Well are you sure about this?" "Watching Jenna? Johnny, I'm absolutely sure. She can't watch herself, Roy and the kids aren't here, and I could use some company." "Well I just don't want to be pushing her off..." "Johnny, you're NOT pushing her off on me or anyone." "Joanne, I can't thank you enough for wanting to take care of Jenna when I'm at work" "Johnny, Beth and I were best friends,you're Roy's best friend, and you keep Roy coming home to me after every shift. Please the least I can do for you is to help you out with her. Besides, you don't make the greatest salary. Where are you now in days going to find cheap help?" "You're right. Thank you" "Speaking of salary, you should go now before you wind up with latrine duty" Johnny laughed and handed a backpack to Joanne. "Alright, well here's her stuff. I have bottles, diapers, her blanket..well I think I have everything in here she'll need...and you know what to do and who to call if something happens?" "Johnny I'm sure you have everything in here. Plus I have the stuff you gave me when we agreed to this. Also did you forget I have two kids of my own? I know what to do. She'll be fine. Now you're going to be late. GO!!......Wait before you go" "HA! See? I knew you would ask something...well lucky for you, I'll know the answer" "Oh I don't have a question. I was going to say before you go, you might want to give me something...or someone" Johnny looked down to realize he was still holding Jenna's car seat. "Oops. You're right" He placed the car seat down on the ground, leaned down, and gave Jenna a soft kiss to not wake her up. He whispered to her softly "Daddy has to go to work now. Aunt Joanne is going to watch you. I'm going to miss you sweetheart. I'll see you in the morning" With that he walked out the door and out to the land rover.

Johnny barely made it in to roll call on time. Luckily for him, "the Phantom" struck with a prank so big the previous shift, it screamed latrine duty next shift. After roll call was over, Johnny and Roy were going to check the equipment in the squad. But before they checked "Hey Roy, I need to make a call real quick." "Ok" Johnny went into the kitchen and used the phone. He dialed a number and waited a moment before the person on the other end picked up the phone. "Hey Joanne? It's Johnny! Listen, I just wanted to know how she was do.......I know I know........ok I won't but first......are you sure???.....ok talk to you later." He hung up the phone, glanced and shrugged off the looks he was getting from Chet, Marco, and Mike, and went back to the squad. After he left, Chet, Marco, and Mike started plotting. "Chet you really should get to work." "Mike, Marco, don't you see the opportunity for the phantom?" "Listen amigo, you're on latrine duty today because of the phantom last shift. Do you really want it for a week?" "well wouldn't it be worth it? Look at him!The kid is the first person to have him distracted. She's got him wrapped around her little fingers. Why not take advantage?" "But that's even low for the Phantom "Good point Chet, but he has a point there too Mike" ".......fine. Count me in"

Roy and Johnny went through the squad making sure they had enough supplies, the equipment worked, and performed a morning radio check to Rampart. Johnny and Roy started polishing the squad when Marco called out "HEY JOHNNY GET IN HERE QUICK! JOANNE'S ON THE PHONE!!!SOMETHING ABOUT JENNA" With that he quickly dropped his rag and made a fast dash to the kitchen. He slammed open the door, and ran under the doorway when it finally hit him. He stopped short and wiped the water out of his eyes to realize he had been victimized once again by the Phantom's water bombs. He looked to see Mike pull open a newspaper, Marco putting his head down, and Chet laughing. Johnny angrily glared at Marco. "Sorry Johnny I had to scream it. Looks like you're right Chet- she has him wrapped around her finger." Hank finally entered the kitchen, to see Chet standing there smiling, and Johnny dripping wet. "Do I really need to ask how this happened?" Johnny growled "the Phantom...and the new low he's hit" and stormed out. Hank looked at Chet. "New low? What happened?" Mike jumped in before Chet could get a word out. "He had Marco scream for Johnny that something was wrong with Jenna and came charging in Daddy Gage. Well Daddy Gage was too distracted by Jenna he fell victim to the Phantom once again." "I see...using an innocent child to lure the victim. I admit, that's clever..very clever. But using an innocent child? That is a new low indeed.... Hey Chet when you see the Phantom, let him know using an innocent child in his games calls for 1 week latrine duty!"