Chapter Sixteen: Camelot Under Seige
Bosco found his wife at the bottom of the stairs. Cigarette in one hand and her radio in the other. She looked more tiered and worn then he had ever seen her. He sat next to her.
"Your not going south on me woman are you?"
"Not likely. They're firing automatic weapons at us Bosco. Every cop in town is sorrounding them and they still shoot. At us. How and then hell does this gang of over a hundred strong exist and we not know about them?"
"We'll never know baby. We just need to pull together and take them down." Another round of bullets shattered the silence. Bosco pushed Seajae to the ground. Everyone around them took cover.
"What the hell are they doing out there." Seajae looked up. She took her radio and raised it to her mouth. "God damn it there are people in here. You need to control this situation from out there."
"They're not taking us being out here lightly Boscorelli. Their shooting at us too." A spray of bullets pelleted the side of the building shattering widows. "Were just waiting on the Tac team."
"Well hurry." Seajae rolled over on her back. She looked upstairs to see Alexis Cruz lying on the floor. "Oh God." She got up and ran, taking the steps two at a time. Another round of bullets came thought the widows on the first floor. "Lexi!"
"Seajae!" Bosco ran up behind her. Bullets ricocheing everywhere. "Damn it Seajae stop!" He dove for her knocking her down on the landing. He took her in his arms and shielded her from the flying debry. "Fuck, what the hell are they doing out there. Why don't they take the bastards out." He moved slightly. Seajae looked up at him. "Talk to me Sunshine."
"Cruz?"
"I don't know. She hasn't moved." He brushed the hair out of her face. "Your bleeding." He looked at the gash on her forhead. "Stay here." Staying low he went up two steps and reached thought the railing and checked Cruz for a pulse. He felt nothing. He made his way back to his wife. "She's not breathing." Seajae grabed her radio.
"We need help in here now. Officer down. I repeat officer down." The sound of a major gunfight outside silenced the building. The shouts echoed though the streets. "We're sitting ducks out here." Again she hit the talk botton on her radio. "All five five personal head down to holding. I repeat head down to holding." Bosco took one more look at Cruz as they headed toward the back of the building. The few officers upstiars following them down.
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Seventy-five officers convayed down to lock up. Seajae took a mental count and noticed all but two who had been on duty in the building were downstairs including Caleb. Cruz was dead and Joey Doyle was missing. Seajae looked at Bosco. He knew what she wanted to do but making a sweep of the upstairs was going to take more then one man....or woman.
"Your not going looking for him." Bosco looked at his wife.
"I don't have a choice. If I don't bring him home tonight Kelly will be devestated."
"Joey's a smart kid. He know's when to keep his head down."
"If he's hurt up there..."
"Seajae..." Bosco pulled her aside. "I love Joey and Kelly as much as you do. But damn it, you have too much to live for. I won't let you risk your life. Honey, you have too much to loose."
"I can't let anther one of my men die...not Joey."
"Not Joey what?" Joey came walking down the steps.
"Where the hell were you?"
"Checking the shit going down outside. Cristopher's mad as hell. The TAC team just got here and there plowing down Deamon's like there's no tomorrow." Seajae heard the sounds of gun fire.
"God, I hate sitting like this but we have no choice."
"For once your thinking." Bosco looked at the now calm men in the cells. "Bastards had this planed." He say Faith standing talking to Caleb. "You guys ok?"
"Peachy." Faith smiled but Bosco and Seajae could see she was just as scared as they were.
"Christopher will have us out of here in no time." The sound of automatic weapons cocking broke though the silence. "Then again he might let them walk right though our front door." Bosco looked up the stairs to see a dozen armed men who were not NYPD.
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Guns were raised and aimed at the steps. It was a lose lose situation. Seajae looked at her people. She knew together they were an asome force to recon with. But against the type of artilery comming at them she wasn't sure if she should order them to stand down.
"Don't." Bosco wispered. "Don't think. You know what we can do. You know these men and women better then you know yourself. Let them decide."
"Sgt. Boscorelli." A tall man in his late twenties stared at her from the landing.
"Who then hell are you and what the fuck are you doing in my house?"
"I heard you were a bit of a bitch."
"You heard wrong. I'm a lot of a bitch." She cocked her gun and aimed it at the man's heart.
"Terrence Young. Leader of the Demonds. I'm sorry it took this for us to meet."
"I'm sorry I didn't blow your sorry ass up two years ago."
"Ahhhh you remember."
"Yeah well, who could forget the single most pain in the ass I ever arrested." Her eye's never left the cold blue ones of the man in front of her. "Let my people go. You got your proof. Your the badest gang in all of New York." Bosco looked at the man. He couldn't quite place the arrest that they were talking about but unlike Seajae he never remebered every arrest he ever made.
"Not that easy Sgt. Boscorelli. You have a good portion of my men." He smiled. If he wasn't a killer he might of been good looking. Faith watched her friend. Her knees were almost shaking.
"You killed my mother-in-law and you expect me to let you come down here and take twenty men out of police costody because you think you can? Think again."
"Like you can win this one."
"These people behind me. Their guns maybe smaller but each one of them is there because they want to be. Thier not afaid of dieing. They'll kill you the minute you flinch near the trigger."
"Not if my first bullet is aimed at you." Young smiled that cocky smile again. "Team Boscorelli goes down so will all of Camelot." He barly pulled the tigger when a single shot rang out. Young fell to his knees and the five men carring UZI behind him turned and took fire in the direction the shot came from. Chos errupted and the remaining members of the Demons on the stairs came crashing down when the officers took aim at them. Bosco all but halled Seajae and Faith out of the line of fire. Before it was over, five officers were wounded and all five of the Demons lay dead on the stairs.
Alexis Cruz's body lay at the top of then stairs. Bosco had been wrong. She wasn't dead. But she was now. Seajae sat at the top of the stairs and brushed the dark hair out of the woman's face. "I'm sorry I could't be there for you Lex. But thank you for being there for me." She closed the younger womans eye's as tears fell from her own. Feeling warm arms wrap around her she let go. Bosco held her tight. Saying goodbye was never easy. They both hoped this was the last goodbye they would have to say for a long time.
Bosco found his wife at the bottom of the stairs. Cigarette in one hand and her radio in the other. She looked more tiered and worn then he had ever seen her. He sat next to her.
"Your not going south on me woman are you?"
"Not likely. They're firing automatic weapons at us Bosco. Every cop in town is sorrounding them and they still shoot. At us. How and then hell does this gang of over a hundred strong exist and we not know about them?"
"We'll never know baby. We just need to pull together and take them down." Another round of bullets shattered the silence. Bosco pushed Seajae to the ground. Everyone around them took cover.
"What the hell are they doing out there." Seajae looked up. She took her radio and raised it to her mouth. "God damn it there are people in here. You need to control this situation from out there."
"They're not taking us being out here lightly Boscorelli. Their shooting at us too." A spray of bullets pelleted the side of the building shattering widows. "Were just waiting on the Tac team."
"Well hurry." Seajae rolled over on her back. She looked upstairs to see Alexis Cruz lying on the floor. "Oh God." She got up and ran, taking the steps two at a time. Another round of bullets came thought the widows on the first floor. "Lexi!"
"Seajae!" Bosco ran up behind her. Bullets ricocheing everywhere. "Damn it Seajae stop!" He dove for her knocking her down on the landing. He took her in his arms and shielded her from the flying debry. "Fuck, what the hell are they doing out there. Why don't they take the bastards out." He moved slightly. Seajae looked up at him. "Talk to me Sunshine."
"Cruz?"
"I don't know. She hasn't moved." He brushed the hair out of her face. "Your bleeding." He looked at the gash on her forhead. "Stay here." Staying low he went up two steps and reached thought the railing and checked Cruz for a pulse. He felt nothing. He made his way back to his wife. "She's not breathing." Seajae grabed her radio.
"We need help in here now. Officer down. I repeat officer down." The sound of a major gunfight outside silenced the building. The shouts echoed though the streets. "We're sitting ducks out here." Again she hit the talk botton on her radio. "All five five personal head down to holding. I repeat head down to holding." Bosco took one more look at Cruz as they headed toward the back of the building. The few officers upstiars following them down.
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Seventy-five officers convayed down to lock up. Seajae took a mental count and noticed all but two who had been on duty in the building were downstairs including Caleb. Cruz was dead and Joey Doyle was missing. Seajae looked at Bosco. He knew what she wanted to do but making a sweep of the upstairs was going to take more then one man....or woman.
"Your not going looking for him." Bosco looked at his wife.
"I don't have a choice. If I don't bring him home tonight Kelly will be devestated."
"Joey's a smart kid. He know's when to keep his head down."
"If he's hurt up there..."
"Seajae..." Bosco pulled her aside. "I love Joey and Kelly as much as you do. But damn it, you have too much to live for. I won't let you risk your life. Honey, you have too much to loose."
"I can't let anther one of my men die...not Joey."
"Not Joey what?" Joey came walking down the steps.
"Where the hell were you?"
"Checking the shit going down outside. Cristopher's mad as hell. The TAC team just got here and there plowing down Deamon's like there's no tomorrow." Seajae heard the sounds of gun fire.
"God, I hate sitting like this but we have no choice."
"For once your thinking." Bosco looked at the now calm men in the cells. "Bastards had this planed." He say Faith standing talking to Caleb. "You guys ok?"
"Peachy." Faith smiled but Bosco and Seajae could see she was just as scared as they were.
"Christopher will have us out of here in no time." The sound of automatic weapons cocking broke though the silence. "Then again he might let them walk right though our front door." Bosco looked up the stairs to see a dozen armed men who were not NYPD.
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Guns were raised and aimed at the steps. It was a lose lose situation. Seajae looked at her people. She knew together they were an asome force to recon with. But against the type of artilery comming at them she wasn't sure if she should order them to stand down.
"Don't." Bosco wispered. "Don't think. You know what we can do. You know these men and women better then you know yourself. Let them decide."
"Sgt. Boscorelli." A tall man in his late twenties stared at her from the landing.
"Who then hell are you and what the fuck are you doing in my house?"
"I heard you were a bit of a bitch."
"You heard wrong. I'm a lot of a bitch." She cocked her gun and aimed it at the man's heart.
"Terrence Young. Leader of the Demonds. I'm sorry it took this for us to meet."
"I'm sorry I didn't blow your sorry ass up two years ago."
"Ahhhh you remember."
"Yeah well, who could forget the single most pain in the ass I ever arrested." Her eye's never left the cold blue ones of the man in front of her. "Let my people go. You got your proof. Your the badest gang in all of New York." Bosco looked at the man. He couldn't quite place the arrest that they were talking about but unlike Seajae he never remebered every arrest he ever made.
"Not that easy Sgt. Boscorelli. You have a good portion of my men." He smiled. If he wasn't a killer he might of been good looking. Faith watched her friend. Her knees were almost shaking.
"You killed my mother-in-law and you expect me to let you come down here and take twenty men out of police costody because you think you can? Think again."
"Like you can win this one."
"These people behind me. Their guns maybe smaller but each one of them is there because they want to be. Thier not afaid of dieing. They'll kill you the minute you flinch near the trigger."
"Not if my first bullet is aimed at you." Young smiled that cocky smile again. "Team Boscorelli goes down so will all of Camelot." He barly pulled the tigger when a single shot rang out. Young fell to his knees and the five men carring UZI behind him turned and took fire in the direction the shot came from. Chos errupted and the remaining members of the Demons on the stairs came crashing down when the officers took aim at them. Bosco all but halled Seajae and Faith out of the line of fire. Before it was over, five officers were wounded and all five of the Demons lay dead on the stairs.
Alexis Cruz's body lay at the top of then stairs. Bosco had been wrong. She wasn't dead. But she was now. Seajae sat at the top of the stairs and brushed the dark hair out of the woman's face. "I'm sorry I could't be there for you Lex. But thank you for being there for me." She closed the younger womans eye's as tears fell from her own. Feeling warm arms wrap around her she let go. Bosco held her tight. Saying goodbye was never easy. They both hoped this was the last goodbye they would have to say for a long time.