Oxygen Crisis: My Wife Says I'm Expendable
I am a firefighter.
A beam crashes onto me in the middle of a burning building. At the same time, my oxygen is about to run out.
I writhe and struggle as much as I can to reach for my backup oxygen canister, only to feel my fingers brushing over a bottle of water instead.
When I turn around, I see my wife, Leah Sawyer, giving the last backup oxygen canister to her new mentee, Roderick Wyndham.
I begin calling out to her via a walkie-talkie.
"Leah, I'm being pinned down right now, and my oxygen's running out! Where is the oxygen canister?"
As Leah shields Roderick behind her, she replies impatiently, "I've already given it to Roderick. It's his first time inside a burning building, so he's frightened. Having an extra canister on him gives him a sense of security.
"You're already a veteran firefighter, so you can just think up a way to resolve your situation. Don't go around wasting precious resources."
I can feel thick smoke infiltrating my lungs at that moment. Feelings of asphyxiation soon overwhelm me.
"My leg is broken, so I can't move at all! Without oxygen, I won't be able to hold out till I get rescued!"
But Leah merely chortles in response.
"Stop playing the pity card! Every time we're out on a mission, you're always the cowardly one who's terrified of dying! You have zero sense of dedication at all! I shouldn't have let you join the firefighting squad, to begin with!
"What's the use of you clinging to the equipment? Giving it to the newbies is the best way of maximizing its value!"
I can only smile bitterly in response. Using what's left of my strength, I switch to a public channel and begin reporting to the command center.
"For the record, Captain Leah Sawyer deliberately tampered with the essential rescue equipment in order to protect Roderick Wyndham, causing me, a fellow firefighter, to be trapped in a deadly situation.
"I hereby request the immediate activation of the Firefighter Emergency Evacuation Act. Also, I formally charge Leah with gross negligence and attempted homicide."