SFX:                                                    FAINT FIRETRUCK SIRENS/HORNS, QUICKLY GROWING LOUDER. THE SOUNDS OF SCREECHING TIRES, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD ROAR OF THE ENGINE AND SIRENS THROUGHOUT.

CAPTAIN:                                         (Yelling) Alright boys, this is the moment we’ve been training for! This is what turns boys into men! Men into heroes! This is why we’re here! People need our help and by god we’re gonna give it to them! Not all of us are gonna make it today, but this is what we signed up for! Now who’s with me?!

EVERYBODY:                                   (Collectively) Yeah!

MATTHEWS:                                   (panicked) My wife! I gotta call my wife! The kids! I gotta tell them-

CAPTAIN:                                         (Interrupting) There’s no time! It’s right up ahead! Everybody get ready!

SFX:                                                    TRUCK SCREECHES TO A HAULT. DOOR OPENS

CAPTAIN:                                         (Yelling) Go! Go! Go! Move it!

SFX:                                                    HEAVY AND FAST FOOTSTEPS. INDISTINGUISHABLE YELLS.

CAPTAIN:                                         (Yelling) This is it, boys! Jenkins! Break down the door on 3! 1! 2! 3!

SFX:                                                    ALL THE MEN START YELLING LIKE WARRIORS. THE

DOOR GETS SMASHED IN. A STARTLED MAN

SCREAMS FROM INSIDE AND THE FIREFIGHTERS YELLS DIE OUT.

JENKINS:                                          Sir, it’s just a bottle of tabasco sauce.

CAPTAIN:                                         (Shamefully, after a short pause) Ah crap, not again.

ANNCR:                                             Tabasco Pepper Sauce. It’s really hot.