The footsteps for closer until the door creaked open and the kidnapper stepped into the opening.
"What was that?" he asked.
"We just wanted to talk to you" Faith jumped in before Alex yelled at the guy again and got them in bigger trouble.
"I'd love to chat ladies, but I am expecting company." He grinned at the thought of his plan for the rescuers.
"Just tell us why we are here." Kim said in a small voice. "What do you want?"
"Well, it's not you if that's what you're worried about." He thought for a moment. "Although you are all very attractive… No, no, I've got to stay focused." He chided himself. Alex and Faith exchanged confused looks and Alex put her finger to her head and made small circling motions to indicate she thought the kidnapper was crazy. Faith and Kim nodded in agreement.
"I saw that! And I am not crazy!" the kidnapper yelled. He swung his fist and make contact with Alex's nose. A sickening crack resonated through the room and blood gushed from the obviously broken appendage. Kim crawled over to Alex as the kidnapper continued his speech, pointing at Kim and Faith.
"Like I was saying, I don't want you. It's your insane partner and your 'hero' husband I want. You're just a means to a greater end. It sucks to be used doesn't it?"
"Look, can you at least give us a towel to try and stop the bleeding? Alex doesn't even have anything to do with Bosco or Jimmy" Kim asked, sounding braver now that she could work at something she knew how to do.
"Fine." He said, grabbed one from the bathroom next door and threw it at them. "And she is just another motivation to get them here." He gestured at Alex, walked out of the room and slammed the door. Kim grabbed it between her fingers and struggled to get it carefully over Alex's face. Her hands still bound, Kim's movement was limited, but she managed to get the towel over Alex's nose and pinch it.
"Ok, so that plan sucked. And he doesn't know as much as he thinks he does. You and Jimmy are divorced." Faith stated.
"Actually, we are engaged." Kim told Faith as a fresh set of tears sprang to her eyes at the thought of never seeing Jimmy again.
"How are you Alex?" Faith asked to try and turn Kim's mind back to the job so she wouldn't break down.
"I'b been bedda." She slurred from under the towel.
"She'll be ok if we can stop the bleeding." Kim informed the cop, refocusing her attention. "Tilt your head back a little." She instructed her partner.
"I wonder what this guy has against Bos and Jimmy anyway?" Faith wondered aloud.
"Who knows? But he probably used to be a fireman." Alex said, removing the towel to become more audible.
"What? How can you possibly tell?" Kim asked. "And put that back on."
"In a sec. Check out these knots; we learned how to tie them in training. You know, incase we have to rig something up to lower people from places. He knows his knots, I'm willing to bet he had a bad experience with Bosco and Jimmy and he's looking for revenge." Alex explained.
"So he wants us to be found, so he can get Bosco and Jimmy back for whatever they did to him." Faith said slowly, as if a light went on over her head.
"It would be easy to get Bosco here, just taking us gets the cops involved, but Jimmy wouldn't be called unless…" Kim stopped when she realized what she was about to say.
The women looked at each other, all scared about what lay ahead for the unsuspecting Bosco and Jimmy as well as themselves.
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'Screw this' thought Jimmy. 'Kim is in trouble somewhere, and I'm supposed to sit around and let Bosco deal with the guy? Fat chance of that! If he's going so am I.'
"Engine 55 to central." Jimmy spoke into his radio. "I need the location of 55-David."
"We have 55-David on route to 112 Arthur and 6th apartment 7B" the central dispatcher replied.
'Then that's where I'll be too.' Jimmy thought as he went to find the Captain. He hurried into his office,
"Cap, I have a family emergency. I have to go." He burst out
"What's wrong Doherty?" the Captain asked.
"I can't really get into details, but Kim is in trouble." Jimmy replied.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" The captain asked, concerned for the paramedic as well as Jimmy.
"I don't think so, but I'll let you know. Can you get someone to cover for me?" he Jimmy asked hopefully.
"Sure, no problem. Keep us updated ok?" the Captain said. Jimmy replied in the affirmative on his way out the door. Once on the street he started up his motorcycle and sped off in the direction of the apartment.
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"What the hell is wrong with you people? Move!" Bosco yelled and honked at the drivers around him. When nobody moved he said to Davis, "That's it, I'm hitting the siren."
"No!" Davis grabbed Bosco hand. "We are supposed to keep a low profile. If this guy hears sirens he might bolt." Bosco yanked his hand back from Davis' grasp and hit the steering wheel. He continued to yell expletives at the drivers in the traffic jam.
"How did you people get licenses?" he shouted, exasperated. Ty started out the window, praying that Alex was ok.
After several more minutes of listening to Bosco yell words that would make a sailor blush and watching him turn a remarkable shade of red, Ty was tempted to duct tape his mouth shut. Then he saw a familiar face on the other side of the window.
"Doherty?" he wondered softly.
"What?" Bosco asked. Surprised Bosco had heard him over his incessant ranting at the drivers of New York, Ty just pointed out the window at a motorcycle across the intersection.
"Why the hell is he waving?" Bosco asked.
"We'd better see what he wants." Davis said.
"Incase you weren't aware, we are a little busy!" Bosco started to get upset again.
"Like we were going anywhere anyway. Maybe he knows something." Davis commented.
"What would he know that we don't?" Bosco asked, still focused on his mission to find Faith.
"Well, he knows Kim better than anyone." Davis pointed out.
"Right, fine." Bosco said as he eased the RMP over towards Jimmy. Davis rolled down his window.
"What do you want Doherty?" Bosco asked roughly.
"My fiancé and the mother of my son is missing and I want to help you look for her." He said.
"Your what? Never mind, I don't have time for this. You're not a cop, you can't help." Bosco said and was about to pull the car away when he saw the destroyed look on Jimmy's face.
"I don't need this today Doherty. You can't come with us, but there isn't anything I can do about it if you follow us. Just be discreet for God's sake and when we get there stay behind the RMP unless I tell you otherwise." Bosco conceded gruffly.
"How did he catch up to us anyway?" Bosco wondered aloud.
"I guess his bike can fit in between lanes of traffic." Davis offered.
"Huh. I should get one of those…" Bosco said then laid on the horn as he had to stomp on the brakes of the squad car. Frustrated and worried beyond belief he yelled,
"Are we ever going to get there? We're gonna be too late!"
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