Outside, the police had forbidden anyone from entering the building, even though Kim had told them the killer was dead.

"We don't know that the building is secure yet" Ty explained to Alex, who was itching to help her partner. "Bosco and Yokas are working on it now". Ty was secretly relieved that Alex was safely by his side, rather than in the building.

Just then a tremendous noise shook the ground and a ball of fire exploded from the school.

"Kim!" yelled Jimmy, who had arrived at the scene of the shooting moments earlier.

"Alex, are you ok?" Ty asked the paramedic as they picked themselves up off the ground.

"I'm fine, but Kim is still inside!" she replied, swallowing the lump in her throat.

A look of horror passed over the young cop's face as he realized what could have happened to Kim, Bosco and Faith. Firefighters sprinted past the pair towards the burning building, with Jimmy in the lead.

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Bosco rolled over and groaned.

"What the hell happened?" he mumbled. When the memory of what had just occurred came back to him, he started to yell.

"Kim? Are you alright?" When she didn't answer, he began to crawl around the office, trying to find her. He finally spotted her, her leg pinned under debris.

"C'mon Kim, wake up," Bosco pleaded. "Dammit, open your eyes Kim, c'mon!"

Kim's eyes slowly fluttered open and she began to cough. "Bosco?" she questioned quietly, "what are you doing here? What happened?"

"The building exploded, the shooter must have planted a bomb. Can you get up, we have to get out of here now?!" Bosco asked

"I can't get out, I'm trapped. Bos, you have to tell Joey and Jimmy I love them ok?" Kim said as tears sprung to her eyes.

"Like hell I will. I'm not leaving without you. We'll get you back to your boy." Bosco told Kim. Their eyes met and Bosco could see her relent, as if she'd ever had a choice in the first place.

"I am going to try to see if I can get you free, hold on." He told her. Ignoring the searing pain in his chest, Bosco went to work to free the trapped paramedic.

Kim screamed in pain as Bosco lifted the debris off her leg. Her tortured cries were killing Bosco, in addition to the severe pain in his chest. But he continued working until he freed her.

"Ok, let's get out of he…" Bosco stopped short as he realized the doorway was blocked by flaming wreckage.

"Shit" mumbled Bosco. "What now?"