100 Word Challenge

My dear friend, Ti, blogged about a writing challenge.  (She's an eloquent, well-versed, uplifting writer and I love to read her blog.)  The challenge itself originates from Velvet Verbosity: write 100 words, no more and no less on the word "nervous".

Here's my own contribution:

"10-60?" I ask.  "Code 4" comes the response.  My officer is okay.

Phones ring constantly.  Radios blare 10-code all night.  People scream for help, sirens blast, lights flash but no rest until it all stops.  A typical night of traffic stops, burglaries, false alarms, fights, warrant arrests, civil disputes, domestic disturbances, 911 calls for help, traffic accidents, shots fired.  It gets hectic.  At times, seemingly never ending chaos.  Is it too much to ask for peace and quiet?

Another emergency call.  Officers on scene.  Moments pass.

"10-60?" I ask.       Silence.

"10-60?"                Silence.       

What I wouldn't give for noise right now.