Previous Post This one I started, but then got stuck and never finished. Adventures in Parodyverse:  Artificiality Part 1     Anna hopped into the passenger seat of a white and red painted ambulance, wearing a dark blue jump suit that made her blue hair look light, white sneakers, white gloves, and wraparound sunglasses.  The name tag hanging from her suit had her photo, the name Anna in capital letters, and ‘Trainee’ in larger letters.     It was part of a ride-along program, and Anna was the first test of it.  Mac Fleetwood got Jay Boaz interested in getting the Lair Legion and its guests more familiar with the community.  So once or twice a month, one of them would ride along with paramedics, fire fighters, or police.     She chose paramedics because she had some minor medical training, and it was the best way to keep a low profile.  With police, she would be too tempted to use extreme force, and she had no talent whatsoever related to fighting fires.     Her two male companion paramedics introduced themselves as Gabriel and Val.  The former was tall and slim, and in charge.  The latter, older and heavier, but more seasoned.     Ã¢â‚¬Å“What’s with the hair?”  Val asked.  “Some kind of hero disguise?”     Anna smiled when she answered, “No, it’s my real hair.  I chose this color.”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Oh.”  Val sounded embarrassed, as Gabriel took the driver’s seat.  “It’s...cute, I guess.”     As he went through his checklist, Gabriel said, “I kinda like a girl with some style.”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Thank you.”  Anna replied.  She watched Gabriel working his way down his checklist, and Val working his way through a supply checklist in the back.     Ã¢â‚¬Å“So what do we do until a call comes in?”  she asked.     Ã¢â‚¬Å“We have a patrol route.”  Gabriel explained.  “But in this city we rarely make it there from the garage before we get a call.”     Almost as if on cue, the radio lit up and began loudly relaying an announcement of a Lair Legion encounter with casualties in east central downtown.     Ã¢â‚¬Å“That’s us,”  Gabriel said, starting the engine.  “Buckle up.”     Val stopped his checklist, took a seat, and buckled in quickly as red and white lights bounced off the walls of the garage, and the metal door slid upward.  The siren chirped once as they pulled out, and then began wailing as the ambulance merged with traffic and began rushing to the scene.     Only a few minutes passed before the ambulance arrived at its destination.  Gabriel had to do some complicated driving to get those last few hundred yards, as the street was littered with debris.     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Special rules with a super hero battle.”  he quickly told Anna, “Usually we try to stabilize at the scene, but here it’s get in, get out as quick as we can.  We don’t want to be casualties.  Leave the doors open in case we have to get out quickly.”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“We have two gurneys.”  Val pointed out.  “We can take two if we have to.”     Anna nodded and stepped out of the ambulance, following Gabriel’s lead of leaving open the door.  She watched as he moved past him with his supply bag, and tried to quickly check a fallen and burned man’s vital signs - not to waste time, but to triage at the scene and see who needed to go to the hospital first.     Finally, he made the call just as another ambulance arrived, and just as Val dragged out the two gurneys.  “These two.  Anna, help Val load one in, I’ll take the other.”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“I can load in one on my own.”  Anna suggested.  “Heavy has a different meaning to me.”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Oh.  Well go for it, then.”  Gabriel said.  “I’ll be close by if you have trouble.  You’re going to need help getting him on that thing.”     Anna patiently waited for Gabriel to lift the downed man’s feet so she could get him on the gurney.  She felt thankful that she didn’t recognize him at all, as she buckled him down for safety and wheeled him to the ambulance.     As strong as she was, she wasn’t as practiced as the team of Val and Gabriel.  By the time she got to the ambulance, they already had the other female victim loaded in, and the gurney locked down.  She did the same as they did - those two victims weren’t going anywhere no matter how aggressively they drove to the hospital.     Gabriel and Val ducked suddenly as a there was a loud explosion.  Glass flew everywhere around them, and the pressure wave tossed them into the middle of the street.     Anna stood up first, and watched to make sure her two companions did as well.  They seemed stunned, but uninjured.  She asked anyway, “Are you two okay?”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Yeah.”  Gabriel said.  Val nodded calmly.       Then Gabriel looked up, and said, “Awww, crap.”     The ambulance had been turned on its side.  The two patients were still well locked down in there, but they were stuck, too.     Ã¢â‚¬Å“I’ll call in--”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“No, wait.”  Anna stopped him.  She walked over to the ambulance, dug into the top corner that was now lying on the street, and pulled it upward.  She kept pulling until it started to get taller than she was, then she inched forward to slow its descent until it settled on its wheels.     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Holy--”  Val whispered.  “You’re a super hero?”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“No, artificial human.”  she replied.  “We should get these two to the hospital.”     Ã¢â‚¬Å“Yeah.  Definitely.”  Gabriel said.  He climbed into the driver’s seat, and looked across at Anna.  She had her window open, and was trying to see if she could put the broken off side mirror back.       Ã¢â‚¬Å“Don’t bother.”  he said as he waited for Val to buckle in, and then he pulled away quickly. ---      TO BE CONTINUED?      -- Story written and copyrighted (C) 2009 by Jason Froikin, and may not be  --    reprinted without permission.   -- Yuki Shiro designed by Jason Froikin, based on designs by Masamune Shirow --  Liu Xi Xian and the Psychic Samurai are original design by Jason Froikin --  Lara Night is an original creation by Jason Froikin

Certainly for some instances it's more important that the Legion be doing what it does best in emergency situations, but for more routine days I think it would do the team good to interact this way with the other emergency services.  I also think it's the kind of thing that Hatty would have put in place.