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Tim opens the car door for Mirana and she climbs out before they start walking towards the massive row of tents.
"All right, listen up," Tim calls. "Until tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., the stretch of Vine between Melrose and Franklin will be off limits. Sanitation services will be arriving in 20 minutes. You'll have until then to pack up"
Angry murmurs fill the air as Mirana approaches a man sleeping on the sidewalk, pulling gloves on her hands.
"Sir, I need you to start packing up, okay?" Mirana gently shakes him.
When the man doesn't respond, Mirana carefully rolls him over and she gags loudly at the smell.
"We've got a DB over here!" Mirana calls.
"7-Adam,19, we have a DB at our location. Unidentified male, mid to late thirties," Tim says into his radio.
Loud shouts cause all the officers to turn and see a fight unfolding between two women. Lucy is quick to move over to intervene as Mirana takes her gloves off and disposes of them.
Lawrence intervenes in the fight, arresting one of the woman as Lucy goes crashing into one of the tents with the other woman. Lucy is quick to handcuff her and Mirana's eyes widen.
"Lucy, don't move," Mirana says. "Tim, have you got spare gloves?"
"Yeah, here," Tim says, handing her his gloves.
Lucy looks down to where Mirana, Tim and Officer Lawrence are staring, to find a dirty hypodermic needle sticking out of her uniform.
"Lucy?" Mirana looks at her friend whose face is shocked. "Lucy, can you hear me?"
"I didn't see it. I mean, it was - it was on the ground, and -"
"It's okay," Tim says. "But Mirana needs to pull the needle out"
Mirana pulls on the pair of gloves before crouching down and carefully pulling the needle out of Lucy's side. Mirana notices blood on the tip but doesn't say anything as she drops it into the box Tim is holding out.
"Alright," Tim turns to Lawrence. "We'll post here until the Veep passes through, you get Chen to the hospital"
"Keep me updated," Mirana says to Lucy who nods.
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Mirana leans against the police car next to Tim, thanking one of the officers who hands her coffee and a pastry.
"How's Chen doing?" Tim asks and Mirana glances at her phone.
"She's in the WebMD rabbit hole," Mirana says, taking a bite of the pastry. "Convinced herself she's gonna get Hep C"
"Lawrence will talk her down," Tim says. "I can't believe our lazy day was ruined"
"I can't believe I managed to convince you to have a lazy day," Mirana says, itching her neck as she takes a deep breath.
