Shady Oaks Apartments

Located in Olympia, Washington, USA, Shady Oaks is a residential apartment complex that offers multi-family housing. This building is recognizable due to its light red-pinkish brick exterior and green tiled roof. However, it is most notable for its association with a dramatic event when the Rescue Heroes rescued a trapped parrot during a fire on the premises.

The apartment is owned by a gobliney real-estate mogul family and was constructed as part of a quite large building project in the city.

## History

### Fire

In Shady Oaks Apartments, a fire broke out at roughly 5:20am in the morning, causing chaos among the residents. Mr. Elsworth had remained in the building as he struggled to rescue his parrot, and his presence in the building was alerted to the team upon their arrival. The following Rescue Hero members had arrived to fight the fire:

* Billy Blaze (his first response as the new chief)
* Wendy Waters
* Jack Hammer
* Jake 'Justice'
* Unknown 5th member

After Elsworth was helped out of the building by the Rescue Heroes team, Billy Blaze returned into the building alone in order to rescue the trapped parrot while three other team members worked to control the flames from outside. Jake maintained a perimeter for the crowd.

As Billy searched for the parrot, Wendy attempted to contact him through the radio, but his last transmission broke up. Wendy asked for a return signal but didn't receive one to her worry, and she became increasingly worried as the south wall of the building was about to collapse, and echoes of their former chief's death ringed in her mind.

Billy was meanwhile coming out of an upper floor room with the parrot wrapped in a flame-retardant cloth. The parrot squawled and attempted to flee and Billy who was flustered from the parrot's unease reminded the animal that number one rule is that "*no one gets left behind, even you*"

Jack Hammer added to Wendy's concerns, running and trying to make contact with Billy as well when he noticed that the building's south wall was going to imminently collapse, and such an event would cause the rest of the structure to collapse like a "house of cards".

Suddenly, an axe breaks through the wall and Billy comes through with the parrot in his arms and as he apologizes for the wait, he jokes that he had his "hands full". The crowd below cheers from behind the safety rails set guarded by Jake, whom Billy asks to escort Mr. Elsworth to be reunited with his pet parrot who has suffered no harm apart from some ruffled feathers. The old man is relieved and comments on how he can see why people colloquially refer to the team as the "rescue heroes" and Billy replies that "anyone who gets out safe is a hero"

Jake, being a troglodyte, gives insight into his unempathetic nature when he comments that this was all to "save a parrot", but Jack reminds everyone that it's "rule number one". Wendy makes a mysterious comment to Jack saying "later, okay?" and the parrot encourages everyone by saying "presto! presto!"

## Residents

* Mr. Elsworth
* Tall formal man - a Christian "Free Will Baptist" minister
* Short and plump formal man - University Assistant Professor
* Formal woman - Serb, insurance provider
* Kenyan spawn

## Fire

### Origin

After a thorough investigation, it was concluded that the fire that occurred late overnight was caused by a drug lab located in the apartment building of Kenyan immigrant Omondi. It was determined that leftover chemicals were left near an overloaded outlet, resulting in the fire. Although Omondi was not present during the incident, his eight-year-old son was in the building at the time of the fire. Further examination revealed that Omondi had been arrested after the drugs were found in the surviving parts of the apartment.

### Damage

While the entire structure was not damaged, many apartments were left unsalvageable after the fire. A community fundraiser was organized to help the tenants in the building and was supported by the Rescue Heroes team.

## Notes

There are several apartment complexes named "Shady Oaks Apartments" in Washington State, with four examples.

* Shady Oaks Apartments in Bellingham
* Shady Oaks Apartments in Kent
* Shady Oaks Apartments in Olympia
* Shady Oaks Apartments in Pasco