It was a cold morning in New York as Faith and Bosco
drove down the crowed streets.
Bosco was the first to break the silence, "So what's up with you and Fred?" Bosco asked. "Oh nuttin much, just the usual drinking problems and stuff, you Fred he can't be sober for one freaking day." Faith answered as Bosco drove on and she looked out the window. "Oh, I see so you and Fred aren't working things out anymore?" Bosco asked yet another question. "Ya I guess it was no use so we gave up, the family council said that if we continued on like this our marriage wouldn't last." Faith said, but this time looking back at Bosco. "Ya well I think I'll go on the council's side this time." Bosco announced as he too looked at Faith. For a short time their eyes meet not wanting to be removed for the force that locked them together. It would have lasted longer if that stupid call didn't come in. Bosco cursed in his mind. "I guess that's us." Bosco said as Faith picked up the radio, " Central this is 55 David responding to call of a man on bridge wanting to commit suicide" as Bosco speed to the scene. When they got there they got out of the squad car. "Oh great, another ass to meet." Bosco said as Faith looked at him. "Oh well theres plenty more where that came from." Faith joked around. "Oh thanks for reminding me." Bosco said back sarcastically.
"Stay away from me, I'll jump, and I mean it. " The man yelled out towards the two approaching officers. "Please sir, can you step down so we can talk, trust me it's easier down here then it is up there to talk things through." Bosco said as he reached out his hands up towards the man on the railing. "No, no one understands." The man yelled and backed out more towards the edge. "Understand what sir?" Bosco ask as he continued walking towards the man. "No one understands my life, why I chose to be what I am." The man sounded disoriented as he screamed the sentence out. "Ok sir, it's ok to be what ever you want." Bosco told the man reassuringly. "No you don't, no one does, no one will ever understand!" the man sounded angry now. "Bosco I think that you should back off for now and wait a little." Faith told Bosco with concern building up in her voice.
"No it's ok, I got everything under control." Bosco said as he kept on walking towards the man with his hands up out in front of him. "No you don't, why don't you be a good officer and listen to your partner." The man said with a mysterious grin on his face. "Why don't you be a good moron and step down so we can talk things out." Bosco was losing his patience with the man. "Oh you think your gonna get me to come down talking to me like that?" the man taunted Bosco.
"Yes, or I'll shoot you down, now come down." Bosco said. "Bosco I think we should put this on holed for now." Faith said with a greater amount of concern in her voice. "Faith its ok, I got it." Bosco once again said reassuringly. After a few minutes Bosco was close enough to the man to just reach out and grab him. But it didn't go as planed, Bosco saw the man move which cause the man to loose his balance and reach out to grab hold of something to bring him back to balance, that's when the man grabbed hold of Bosco's coat. This caught Bosco totally off guard causing him to fall forward towards the man who was now hanging over the edge of the bridge. "Faith help!" Bosco yelled out, but it was late by the time Faith reached for Bosco he was pulled over the edge by the man's body weight. "BOSCO!!" Faith screamed from the top of her lungs. ( Note that the bridge is one of those small ones that go between small rivers.) Faith's only hope was that the ice under the bridge would hold. Faith looked on hoping and waiting. The hope was crushed when Bosco fell through the ice, but damn it the man didn't fall through instead the ice under him held. "Damn you, help my partner!" Faith yelled down at the man who just stood up. "What, are you crazy?!" the man yelled back up at Faith then ran but slipped a few times but eventually made it to shore. "Faith he..lp!" Bosco screamed out. "Bosco hang on!" Faith yelled back. "55 David we have an officer down, repeat OFFICER DOWN in the water on Midtown street!" Faith yelled into her radio as she ran down towards the shore where she hoped that the ice would hold. "Central, all units near Midtown street, please respond to 55 David's call." The dispatcher radioed out to the other units. "Oh gawd, oh gawd, oh gawd." Faith kept on repeating. "Bosco stay with me here!" she yelled out over to Bosco who was now trying to pull himself out of the freezing cold water. "Faith I can't..hold my..self up any longer, my vest and..belt are filling up with water and weighing me down." Bosco yelled out between mouth fulls of water. "Oh gawd Bosco you can't quiet now, just hang on I'm coming to you!" Faith yelled out towards Bosco. "No stay on shore it's to dangerous!" Bosco yelled out, Faith could tell that he was getting tired and cold. She was afraid she would lose her partner. Just as she was losing hope Jimmy came running up behind her, "Hey where's Bosco?" Jimmy asked not yet noticing the officer fighting in the meer distance for his life. "Bosco is out there." Faith pointed towards Bosco's struggling figure. "Oh gawd." Jimmy whispered. "HEY DOC, CARLOS DOWN HERE!" Jimmy yelled out. As Doc moved closer he could see that Bosco was going into shock. "We have to get him out of there asap." Doc said as he told Jimmy a plan. "Jimmy I want you to go out there wearing the special suit and slowly slid across to Bosco and slowly pull him out, if not then you both will fall in." Doc said to Jimmy as he pointed the movements out on a diagram. It was only a matter of minutes after that , that Jimmy was all suited up and ready to go save an officer in need. "Oh gawd he went under!" was the next thing Faith heard, she quickly glances up to the hole in the ice and saw no friend, no partner, no Bosco. "OH GAWD NO, BOSCO!" Faith screamed from the top of her lungs. Jimmy was already scooting himself across the ice as fast but as carefully as he can towards the hole that Bosco had fallen through. "I can't see him Doc!" Jimmy yelled back to shore. "His vest must have been to much for him!" Jimmy yelled out. "Well keep looking!" Doc yelled out to Jimmy. Jimmy then reached into the freezing cold water and blindly searched for Bosco, as hope slowly started to fade away Jimmy's hand came into contact with a hard object, so he grabbed it and pulled on it with all his might. "Damn he's heavy!" Jimmy yelled. As soon as Jimmy yelled that out he pulled Bosco out of the water. Jimmy looked down at Bosco in total shock and fear. "He's blue Doc, Bosco's blue!" Jimmy yelled. He slowly dragged Bosco's lifeless form back to shore where Doc and Carlos started despritely to warm Bosco's freezing body. "Here we'll help." An officer said as he and his partner both stepped up and took off their coats and lied it on top of Bosco. As if it were a chain reaction the other officers surrounding them all took off their coats and lied them on top of Bosco's blue body that seemed to scream out for warmth. After Carlos and Doc loaded Bosco into the ambulance Carlos closed the doors and turned to go around to the driver's side when he was greeted by a scene of officers all soluting the ambulance that held the injured officer.
Carlos then quickly made his way to the driver's side and seated himself. "Step on it Carlos we're losing him back here." Doc called to the front from the back where he called in the vitals of Bosco.
In the hospital Bosco was rushed into the ER, and as for Faith she had to wait in the depressing waiting room, the room where she would spend the next two and a half hours waiting and wating for news, hopefully good news about her partner.
Two and a half horrible, taunting hours the doctor treating Bosco walked up to Faith. "Officer Yokas?" the doctor asked. "Yes, how's my partner?" Faith asked through tears that managed to slip out of her eyes during the long wait. The doctor had a grim look on his face. "I'm sorry." He said. Faith was stunned. "What?" she whispered. "I'm afraid he died." The doctor said. "What, no that's not possible, he never gave up and he didn't, won't give up now." Faith said as tears once again flowed freely down her already red streaked cheeks. "I'm so sorry, we did all we can do." The doctor said taking hold of Faith's hands. "It's best for you to go home and get some rest, then… then make the arrangements." The doctor said as Faith just stood there shocked at the news that her once lively partner was now dead, no longer walking, talking, laughing, he was cold and dead. "Ya, ya I..uh…I got to tell the Leu first and the precinct first." Faith whispered out then turned and walked out the same doors Bosco once was rushed through, to save his life that was now no longer with him.
When Faith made it to the precinct everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Faith. "He's…uh..he's…" Faith couldn't finish. Everyone was shocked because they know that he was gone, everyone hung their heads and tears of angst flowed down their faces.
"Where the hell have you been?" Fred yelled out as Faith made her way into the apartment. When Faith didn't answer he grabbed Faith and swung her around to face him. "I asked where the hell were you?" Fred asked once more. "I heard what you said." Faith hissed at Fred. "Well then answer me damn it." Fred spat back. "No you wouldn't understand." Faith said as she plopped down on the coach. "Ya I know you were with Bosco weren't you, damn him, I'm gonna kick his ass." Fred said raising his hands in the air. "Oh well I guess you won't get that chance honey, you never will!" Faith yelled out in anger. "What?" Fred asked as he slowly lowered his hands to his side. " He's dead Fred, he died doing his job, I watched him drowned, I watched him turn blue all over, I waited two and a half hours for the doctor to tell me that he's dead, he's gone Fred, he's GONE." Faith yelled, and as soon as she finished she collapsed to the floor crying as Fred tried to comfort his wife. "Oh honey I' sorry, I'm sorry." Fred said as he and Faith sat on the floor both crying at the horrible news.
Bosco was the first to break the silence, "So what's up with you and Fred?" Bosco asked. "Oh nuttin much, just the usual drinking problems and stuff, you Fred he can't be sober for one freaking day." Faith answered as Bosco drove on and she looked out the window. "Oh, I see so you and Fred aren't working things out anymore?" Bosco asked yet another question. "Ya I guess it was no use so we gave up, the family council said that if we continued on like this our marriage wouldn't last." Faith said, but this time looking back at Bosco. "Ya well I think I'll go on the council's side this time." Bosco announced as he too looked at Faith. For a short time their eyes meet not wanting to be removed for the force that locked them together. It would have lasted longer if that stupid call didn't come in. Bosco cursed in his mind. "I guess that's us." Bosco said as Faith picked up the radio, " Central this is 55 David responding to call of a man on bridge wanting to commit suicide" as Bosco speed to the scene. When they got there they got out of the squad car. "Oh great, another ass to meet." Bosco said as Faith looked at him. "Oh well theres plenty more where that came from." Faith joked around. "Oh thanks for reminding me." Bosco said back sarcastically.
"Stay away from me, I'll jump, and I mean it. " The man yelled out towards the two approaching officers. "Please sir, can you step down so we can talk, trust me it's easier down here then it is up there to talk things through." Bosco said as he reached out his hands up towards the man on the railing. "No, no one understands." The man yelled and backed out more towards the edge. "Understand what sir?" Bosco ask as he continued walking towards the man. "No one understands my life, why I chose to be what I am." The man sounded disoriented as he screamed the sentence out. "Ok sir, it's ok to be what ever you want." Bosco told the man reassuringly. "No you don't, no one does, no one will ever understand!" the man sounded angry now. "Bosco I think that you should back off for now and wait a little." Faith told Bosco with concern building up in her voice.
"No it's ok, I got everything under control." Bosco said as he kept on walking towards the man with his hands up out in front of him. "No you don't, why don't you be a good officer and listen to your partner." The man said with a mysterious grin on his face. "Why don't you be a good moron and step down so we can talk things out." Bosco was losing his patience with the man. "Oh you think your gonna get me to come down talking to me like that?" the man taunted Bosco.
"Yes, or I'll shoot you down, now come down." Bosco said. "Bosco I think we should put this on holed for now." Faith said with a greater amount of concern in her voice. "Faith its ok, I got it." Bosco once again said reassuringly. After a few minutes Bosco was close enough to the man to just reach out and grab him. But it didn't go as planed, Bosco saw the man move which cause the man to loose his balance and reach out to grab hold of something to bring him back to balance, that's when the man grabbed hold of Bosco's coat. This caught Bosco totally off guard causing him to fall forward towards the man who was now hanging over the edge of the bridge. "Faith help!" Bosco yelled out, but it was late by the time Faith reached for Bosco he was pulled over the edge by the man's body weight. "BOSCO!!" Faith screamed from the top of her lungs. ( Note that the bridge is one of those small ones that go between small rivers.) Faith's only hope was that the ice under the bridge would hold. Faith looked on hoping and waiting. The hope was crushed when Bosco fell through the ice, but damn it the man didn't fall through instead the ice under him held. "Damn you, help my partner!" Faith yelled down at the man who just stood up. "What, are you crazy?!" the man yelled back up at Faith then ran but slipped a few times but eventually made it to shore. "Faith he..lp!" Bosco screamed out. "Bosco hang on!" Faith yelled back. "55 David we have an officer down, repeat OFFICER DOWN in the water on Midtown street!" Faith yelled into her radio as she ran down towards the shore where she hoped that the ice would hold. "Central, all units near Midtown street, please respond to 55 David's call." The dispatcher radioed out to the other units. "Oh gawd, oh gawd, oh gawd." Faith kept on repeating. "Bosco stay with me here!" she yelled out over to Bosco who was now trying to pull himself out of the freezing cold water. "Faith I can't..hold my..self up any longer, my vest and..belt are filling up with water and weighing me down." Bosco yelled out between mouth fulls of water. "Oh gawd Bosco you can't quiet now, just hang on I'm coming to you!" Faith yelled out towards Bosco. "No stay on shore it's to dangerous!" Bosco yelled out, Faith could tell that he was getting tired and cold. She was afraid she would lose her partner. Just as she was losing hope Jimmy came running up behind her, "Hey where's Bosco?" Jimmy asked not yet noticing the officer fighting in the meer distance for his life. "Bosco is out there." Faith pointed towards Bosco's struggling figure. "Oh gawd." Jimmy whispered. "HEY DOC, CARLOS DOWN HERE!" Jimmy yelled out. As Doc moved closer he could see that Bosco was going into shock. "We have to get him out of there asap." Doc said as he told Jimmy a plan. "Jimmy I want you to go out there wearing the special suit and slowly slid across to Bosco and slowly pull him out, if not then you both will fall in." Doc said to Jimmy as he pointed the movements out on a diagram. It was only a matter of minutes after that , that Jimmy was all suited up and ready to go save an officer in need. "Oh gawd he went under!" was the next thing Faith heard, she quickly glances up to the hole in the ice and saw no friend, no partner, no Bosco. "OH GAWD NO, BOSCO!" Faith screamed from the top of her lungs. Jimmy was already scooting himself across the ice as fast but as carefully as he can towards the hole that Bosco had fallen through. "I can't see him Doc!" Jimmy yelled back to shore. "His vest must have been to much for him!" Jimmy yelled out. "Well keep looking!" Doc yelled out to Jimmy. Jimmy then reached into the freezing cold water and blindly searched for Bosco, as hope slowly started to fade away Jimmy's hand came into contact with a hard object, so he grabbed it and pulled on it with all his might. "Damn he's heavy!" Jimmy yelled. As soon as Jimmy yelled that out he pulled Bosco out of the water. Jimmy looked down at Bosco in total shock and fear. "He's blue Doc, Bosco's blue!" Jimmy yelled. He slowly dragged Bosco's lifeless form back to shore where Doc and Carlos started despritely to warm Bosco's freezing body. "Here we'll help." An officer said as he and his partner both stepped up and took off their coats and lied it on top of Bosco. As if it were a chain reaction the other officers surrounding them all took off their coats and lied them on top of Bosco's blue body that seemed to scream out for warmth. After Carlos and Doc loaded Bosco into the ambulance Carlos closed the doors and turned to go around to the driver's side when he was greeted by a scene of officers all soluting the ambulance that held the injured officer.
Carlos then quickly made his way to the driver's side and seated himself. "Step on it Carlos we're losing him back here." Doc called to the front from the back where he called in the vitals of Bosco.
In the hospital Bosco was rushed into the ER, and as for Faith she had to wait in the depressing waiting room, the room where she would spend the next two and a half hours waiting and wating for news, hopefully good news about her partner.
Two and a half horrible, taunting hours the doctor treating Bosco walked up to Faith. "Officer Yokas?" the doctor asked. "Yes, how's my partner?" Faith asked through tears that managed to slip out of her eyes during the long wait. The doctor had a grim look on his face. "I'm sorry." He said. Faith was stunned. "What?" she whispered. "I'm afraid he died." The doctor said. "What, no that's not possible, he never gave up and he didn't, won't give up now." Faith said as tears once again flowed freely down her already red streaked cheeks. "I'm so sorry, we did all we can do." The doctor said taking hold of Faith's hands. "It's best for you to go home and get some rest, then… then make the arrangements." The doctor said as Faith just stood there shocked at the news that her once lively partner was now dead, no longer walking, talking, laughing, he was cold and dead. "Ya, ya I..uh…I got to tell the Leu first and the precinct first." Faith whispered out then turned and walked out the same doors Bosco once was rushed through, to save his life that was now no longer with him.
When Faith made it to the precinct everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Faith. "He's…uh..he's…" Faith couldn't finish. Everyone was shocked because they know that he was gone, everyone hung their heads and tears of angst flowed down their faces.
"Where the hell have you been?" Fred yelled out as Faith made her way into the apartment. When Faith didn't answer he grabbed Faith and swung her around to face him. "I asked where the hell were you?" Fred asked once more. "I heard what you said." Faith hissed at Fred. "Well then answer me damn it." Fred spat back. "No you wouldn't understand." Faith said as she plopped down on the coach. "Ya I know you were with Bosco weren't you, damn him, I'm gonna kick his ass." Fred said raising his hands in the air. "Oh well I guess you won't get that chance honey, you never will!" Faith yelled out in anger. "What?" Fred asked as he slowly lowered his hands to his side. " He's dead Fred, he died doing his job, I watched him drowned, I watched him turn blue all over, I waited two and a half hours for the doctor to tell me that he's dead, he's gone Fred, he's GONE." Faith yelled, and as soon as she finished she collapsed to the floor crying as Fred tried to comfort his wife. "Oh honey I' sorry, I'm sorry." Fred said as he and Faith sat on the floor both crying at the horrible news.