"When are you gonna learn, Donny?" Bosco asked an obviously frequent flyer.
"Yeah man, you've gotta lay off the sauce." Davis added as he slid the door to the holding cell shut.
"Bosco, Davis!" the Chief's voice boomed across the department. "I want to see you for a minute"
"What did we do?" Davis asked Bosco, trying to remember any indiscretions they'd committed that day.
"Nothing, he probably wants us to do something cool like anti-crime." Bosco replied and strutted over to Chief Swersky. They entered an interrogation room and the Chief closed the door.
"Look, I don't want to get anyone in trouble here." He started. Davis looked worried at that beginning and Bosco got a bored expression on his face when he realized the Chief wasn't sending them to work anti-crime.
"There are two paramedics that should have been in radio contact a few hours ago, but no one can find them. I know you like to lie down Bosco, but these two don't have that reputation. Keep it to yourselves, if something has happened, we need to proceed carefully. Here's the address of their last known location." The Chief handed them a piece of paper which Bosco stuffed into his shirt pocket.
"Sure Boss, we'll look." Bosco said, hiding the sour look that came across his face. 'I have better things to do then look for a couple of fat paramedics taking an extra long lunch.' He thought.
"Who are they?" Davis asked, Alex immediately coming to his mind.
"Taylor and Zambrano." The Chief replied.
"We'll find them." Davis told Swersky as he grabbed Bosco by his jacket and dragged him to the door.
"What's your hurry Davis?" Bosco inquired. "They won't be hard to find, you know her so this will be easy."
"She's not like you Bos, she takes her job really seriously. Something is wrong." Davis replied. Bosco looked indignant and tried to come up with a defense for himself, but Davis kept pulling him along and he didn't have time to think. As they were leaving, Fred ran in and smacked into a distracted Davis.
"Sorry." Davis mumbled and tried to continue out until he realized Bosco wasn't following.
"Fred, what's wrong?" Bosco asked Faith's husband.
"Have you seen Faith? Did she come here?" Fred asked, frantic.
"No, she took the day off. You should know that." Bosco replied sarcastically.
"I do know that, but she's missing!" Fred exclaimed.
Ok, slow down, what do you mean missing?" Bosco tried to get more information from a panicked Fred.
"I mean missing! She went out to get some stuff from the store and never came back." He replied.
"Ok, how long has she been gone? Maybe she just took longer than expected." Bosco tried to keep Fred and himself calm.
"A couple of hours now. She wouldn't have stayed out that long when it's Charlie's birthday." Fred looked as if he might cry. Bosco started to look scared when he realized Fred was right.
"Stay here and ask someone to get you Chief Swersky. Tell him what happened and tell him I am looking for her and that I'll put out an APB." Bosco said, and without further hesitation he and Davis bolted out the door, jumped into the squad car and peeled away.
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"Man, this place is creep-o-rama." Alex remarked, trying to keep the mood as light as possible.
"You got that right." Faith replied.
"Hey Faith, how come you weren't at work today?" Kim asked.
"It's Charlie's birthday." Faith replied, tears springing to her eyes and to Kim's as she thought about Joey.
"You will both see your kids again, don't worry, we'll figure this out." Alex acted as the voice of reason in the room.
"You're right." Faith tried to be strong and let her police instincts take over. "We have to figure out a way to let someone know where we are."
"How?" Kim's voice was still shaky.
"I haven't gotten that far." Faith admitted. "But let's just try to keep our heads here, we need to work together."
"Right, we need a plan. What would Bosco do?" Alex asked.
"Wait a second, that may not be the best way to go about this…" Faith started.
"He may be a nutcase," Alex started as the others laughed in spite of their situation, "but he is a great cop and he always manages to come out on top."
"You're right." Faith agreed. "He would probably kick the door down and try to take the guy on."
"I think we should try it." Alex said. "The three of us can take him on."
"Except that he has a gun and we don't." Faith reminded her.
"Dammit." Alex muttered and the three sat in silence for awhile.
"I've got it!" Alex exclaimed.
"What?" Kim asked, ready to hear a miracle solution to their problem.
"We'll have to talk ourselves out of here. I mean, this guy is sick. If we figure out what his weakness is, which shouldn't be too hard –look at the room, then we may be able to get him to let us go."
"I guess it's worth a try." Faith said.
"Hey! Psycho!" Alex yelled toward the door and they heard footsteps approaching.
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"Heard from Kim or Alex yet?" Carlos asked Doc as he returned from the phone.
"No, nothing. And apparently Faith is missing too. This is starting to worry me." Doc replied as Jimmy walked into the firehouse.
"What is Doc?" he inquired.
"Uh…well, it's nothing to get upset about." Doc skirted the issue.
"Then you should have no problem telling me." Jimmy reasoned.
"Well, we haven't heard from Kim and Alex in a few hours, it's just a little strange is all. And Faith is gone too." Doc replied. A horrified look crossed Jimmy's face.
"I have to find her, something is wrong." Jimmy headed for the door.
"Jimmy!" Doc called. When Jimmy turned around Doc said, "There is nothing you can do. Bosco and Davis are looking for them. They may all be having some sort of girl thing anyway."
"I guess you're right, but I know something is wrong. I hate feeling so useless!" Jimmy yelled as he punched the wall."
'Please say you're alright Kim, I need you to be ok.' Jimmy thought.
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