Stella's POV:

When we reached the scene of the fire, I saw that the gas truck had driven through the front of an office building. Several cars were overturned, the gas tank had been punctured, and gas was pouring out of the truck. What was even more worrying, was the fact that a fire had started where the truck had crashed into the building, and the fire was spreading towards the gas.

"Stella!" Casey called. "Go with Herrmann and Otis to get people out of the building!"

"Copy that Casey!" I said, running towards the building. We had gotten the majority of the victims out, and as I turned to drag the last person out with me, I heard a boom! and then everything went dark.

Severide's POV:

Behind me I heard an explosion. I whipped around to see that the fire had reached the gas that slipped from the truck, and the contact had caused an explosion that had caused the building to start to collapse. I saw that the fire was starting to make its way towards the opening of the barrel of gas, which would kill us all if we didn't stop it. "Casey!" I yelled. Casey looked over at me.

"Yeah?" he yelled back.

"We need to stop that fire from reaching the opening!" I yelled, pointing to where the metal had been punctured.

"On it!" he said. "Wait! Severide!" He screamed after me. "Stella's inside the building! She went to get the last victim!"

"Don't worry Captain we got it! Cruz yelled.

"I'm not sending anyone in there!" Chief said. "Its too dangerous!"

"I've got it Chief! Let me do it!"

"Fine. You've got one minute! Retreat when I say!" he said, giving me a look.

"Yes Chief! Cruz stand out here in case I need help getting them out!"

"Yes Lieutenant!"

I took a deep breath, then squeezed through an opening in the debris. "Chicago Fire Department call out!" I screamed. I strained to hear Stella's PASS device chirp.

"Over here!" I heard someone call out. I ran over to find a man behind a burning desk.

"Can you walk?" I asked.

"Yes."

"Okay lets go—"

"Wait help the firefighter who saved me! I think she's over there!" He pointed behind him to the left. "The ceiling collapsed on her!"

"Thanks for telling me."

Chief's POV:

"I need some help over here!" Cruz called. I watched Herrmann and Cruz pull a burned, but alive man through the wall, and Dawson and Brett run to help. But I didn't see Severide with Kidd. "Come on Kelly." I thought to myself, looking at the building being engulfed, "Times running out."

Severide's POV:

I head deeper into the fire. I see a hand sticking out beneath a pile of rubble. "Stella!" I Scream. I begin tearing the debris off of her. "Stella you're going to be okay! I've got you!" When I finally got everything off of her, I saw that her helmet and oxygen had been knocked off. I picked her up and ran towards the exit. Once I got out of the building I screamed "Someone help me! I need help over here! HELP!" Dawson and Brett rushed over with a gurney. When I put her down, I saw that she had been severely burned, blood was dripping from her head and she was unconscious.

"There's no heartbeat!" Dawson said worriedly. I started compressions.

"Come on Stella, come on!" My voice sounded weak, almost like a whimper. Everyone around me looked at one another concerned, and then complete relief when we heard the glorious beep on the heart monitor.

"We have a pulse! We are going to have to intubate because of the burns on her neck."

"Chief!" I yelled. "Can I—"

"Go." he nodded. I climbed into the ambulance.

~ At the Hospital ~

Severide's POV:

I paced back and forth in the waiting room.

"Don't worry." Herrmann said. "Stella's a fighter, she'll be back and poking fun at us in no time." He was met with silence. Dr. Halstead walked out and I ran up to him.

"How is she? Is she okay? Can I see her?"

"Hold on Kelly." he said putting a hand on my shoulder. He turned to everyone, "Its going to be a long surgery, we have a ways to go. The burns on her neck will heal. She has third degree burns on her right shoulder, that extend down her back, as well as lacerations on her left side that will need to have stitches. She also had some pieces of metal shrapnel in her abdomen, that has caused some internal bleeding. We suspect that she has a concussion, but until we stop the bleeding, we won't be able to do a scan to find out how bad. We'll let you know if there are any updates."

"Okay. Thank you Dr. Halstead." Chief said. "Alright everyone, you heard him. There's nothing we can do right now." As everyone started getting up to leave Chief turned to me and said "Son, you can stay if you want."

"Thank you Chief." I said relieved. Once everyone had left, Will motioned for me to follow him.

"You can sit outside of the operating room as long as you sit and be quiet." he said giving me a look. I don't have the best track record with being patient.

"Okay. Thank you Dr. Halstead."

"Sure thing Kelly." he said patting my shoulder. He turned and went back into the operating room. I sat there for what seemed like hours, my mind foggy, only to be snapped out of it by screeching alarms, a panic inside the room, and nurses running in and out of the room. I got up looking around. "What's going on?!" I ask Maggie. I turned to see them shocking Stella. "You need to help her!" I yelled fear rising in me. "Not again."I thought. "No, no, no not again." "Someone help her!" I screamed my body lurching forward. Only to be held back by Maggie, who looked at me with sadness in her eyes.