The Ride-Along
Chapter 4
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Emily watched the prisoners and activity coming and going in the station as Faith and Bosco completed the paperwork on the domestic call that had ended up in the deaths of both the husband and the wife. They had swung by the hospital on their way from the scene only to find out that the woman had been pronounced dead shortly after her arrival at Mercy.
Bosco came back into the room with a cup of coffee for himself and a cup of hot chocolate for Emily. He handed her the cup and said, "So, what do you think so far?"
"Thanks. Um, it's pretty intense around here. And, I think that kid goes to my school," she said, pointing to a kid in the holding cell.
Bosco looked at the boy Emily had pointed out and said, "Well, I hope you don't hang out with him because he's obviously a loser. We're just about ready to head back out," Bosco said looking at his watch. It was 9:00 p.m.
"So, who's hungry?" Faith said, coming back from dropping off the paperwork to the Desk Sergeant.
"I am," Bosco said.
"Nothing new there," Faith said sarcastically, bringing a chuckle from Emily. Bosco turned and gave her a comical look.
"No respect. I get no respect," he said as the three turned to head back out. "By the way, that kid in the cell over there, Faith?" he said, waiting for Faith to see him.
"Yeah. What about him?" she asked.
"Emily said he goes to her school," he finished, knowing that it would start a 20 questions game between Emily and Faith as she tried to find out if she knew him, if she hung out with him, etc. He laughed as Emily gave him a shocked look as if to say, "I can't believe you just did that!"
"Em? You know that boy?" Faith started as they headed out the front door. Bosco followed with a satisfied smirk on his face.
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They had just finished having their dinner and were heading back out to the car as a little girl walked past them, apparently without anyone with her. Faith looked at Bosco as he watched the girl wander down the street. He looked back at his partner. "Now, that can't be good," he said, throwing his cup of coffee in a nearby trashcan and they followed the little girl.
"Hey, little girl," Faith said as they tried to catch up to the child without scaring her. "Wait. Where's your Mom or Dad?"
The little girl stopped and looked toward the strang woman's voice. She saw that she was a police officer and said, "P'icelady?"
"Yeah," Faith said, squatting down next to the girl. "I'm a police lady. What are you doing out here by yourself? Are you lost?"
"No. Mommy's sleeping," the girl said as she touched the badge and patches on Faith's uniform.
"Where is Mommy sleeping? Is Mommy sick?" Faith continued.
"Mommy's cold. Gonna get blankie," the girl said, looking back behind Faith to where she'd come from.
"What's your name, Honey?" Faith asked.
"Holly. What's your name?" the girl said.
"My name's Faith and this is Bosco, and this is my little girl, Emily," she said, introducing the other two. "So, Holly? Where is Mommy sleeping? Can you show me?"
"Have to get blankie first," Holly said.
"You know what? She can use my coat," Faith said, taking off her coat and handing it to Holly. "Take my coat to Mommy. We'll go with you to make sure Mommy's warm enough, okay?"
"Okay," Holly said, taking Faith's coat and walking back in the other direction. Faith, Emily and Bosco followed. They turned the corner and saw a car parked at an angle against the curb. The door was open and the light was on inside of the car.
"Mommy!" the girl said, running up to the car. Faith and Bosco ran after her, telling Emily to wait a minute while they checked it out.
They caught up to the girl as she put the coat over her mother, who was unconscious behind the steering wheel.
"Holly, is Mommy sick?" Faith asked the girl as Bosco called for an ambulance. The dispatcher acknowledged his request as Emily walked up to the car.
The little girl nodded her head, "Mommy sick."
"Ma'am? Ma'am, can you hear me?" Faith said, feeling for a pulse. She turned to Bosco and said, "She's alive, but her pulse is really erratic and she's not breathing that great." Faith put her head back against the headrest to open her airway more.
Emily said, "Holly, why don't you come over here with me? My Mom and Officer Bosco are going to make sure your Mommy is warm and they called for an ambulance to take Mommy to see the doctor. We'll sit right here on these steps, okay?"
"Okay. The doctor's gonna make Mommy better?" Holly asked Emily.
"The doctor's gonna find out why Mommy's sick and then he's gonna make her feel better. Do you know where your Daddy is?" Emily asked her as she watched Bosco and Faith trying to help the woman. Bosco opened up the woman's purse to see if he could find any information to help them.
"Train. We're gonna go get him," Holly said.
"Train? Daddy's on the train? And you and Mommy were going to pick him up?" Emily asked and the girl nodded
"Is Mommy gonna be okay?" Holly asked, finally noticing the urgent activity around her mother.
"Mom!" Emily called out to Faith as she saw something when Bosco was shining the flashlight inside the car.
"Yeah, Em?" Faith said, looking back at her daughter.
"What's on her wrist? I thought I saw one of those bracelets from the flashlight. You know, that tell people you're sick," Emily said.
Faith looked at the woman's arm and pushed her sleeve up. "Good job, Em. She's diabetic," Faith called as the ambulance pulled around the corner.
Kim and Alex got out of the bus and headed over to them. "What've we got?" Kim asked.
"She's unconscious, shallow breathing. She's got a medic alert bracelet that says she's diabetic. Don't know how long she's been here, we found the little girl wandering around the corner looking for a blanket for her mother 'cause she was cold," Bosco told her.
Kim and Alex got the woman out of the car. Kim started an IV while the Alex took vitals and got the hospital on the radio. They went through their protocols and got the woman ready for transport to the hospital.
Faith was listening as Emily talked to the little girl. "Do you know what your Daddy's name is?"
"Brian," said the girl.
"Do you know what time you were supposed to pick him up from the train?" The girl shook her head no.
"Great, Em. I'll have the dispatcher page him at the train station," Faith said, turning to advise the dispatcher.
"Hey Faith! We're ready to take off to Mercy. You gonna take the little girl or are we?" Alex called to her.
"We'll follow you in. If she wakes up, tell her we have Holly and we're finding Brian at the train station," Faith said. Alex nodded and got in to drive the ambulance. Bosco re-parked the car against the curb and locked it up, taking the woman's purse and keys with him.
They all got in the car and followed the ambulance to Mercy. On the way to the hospital, the dispatcher came over the radio.
"Central to 55-David."
"55-David," Faith responded.
"David, be advised that subject has been located and is in route to Mercy to meet you," said the dispatcher.
"10-4, Central." Faith said. She turned around and said to Holly, "Daddy's gonna meet us at the hospital."
After they reunited Holly and her father, they checked on the woman's condition. She was sitting up and talking and thanked them for their help.
As they got back in the RMP to resume patrol, Emily said, "That woman could have died and that little girl - who knows what could have happened to her - if not for you guys being there."
"Sometimes we're just in the right place at the right time," Bosco said.
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TBC...
Chapter 4
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Emily watched the prisoners and activity coming and going in the station as Faith and Bosco completed the paperwork on the domestic call that had ended up in the deaths of both the husband and the wife. They had swung by the hospital on their way from the scene only to find out that the woman had been pronounced dead shortly after her arrival at Mercy.
Bosco came back into the room with a cup of coffee for himself and a cup of hot chocolate for Emily. He handed her the cup and said, "So, what do you think so far?"
"Thanks. Um, it's pretty intense around here. And, I think that kid goes to my school," she said, pointing to a kid in the holding cell.
Bosco looked at the boy Emily had pointed out and said, "Well, I hope you don't hang out with him because he's obviously a loser. We're just about ready to head back out," Bosco said looking at his watch. It was 9:00 p.m.
"So, who's hungry?" Faith said, coming back from dropping off the paperwork to the Desk Sergeant.
"I am," Bosco said.
"Nothing new there," Faith said sarcastically, bringing a chuckle from Emily. Bosco turned and gave her a comical look.
"No respect. I get no respect," he said as the three turned to head back out. "By the way, that kid in the cell over there, Faith?" he said, waiting for Faith to see him.
"Yeah. What about him?" she asked.
"Emily said he goes to her school," he finished, knowing that it would start a 20 questions game between Emily and Faith as she tried to find out if she knew him, if she hung out with him, etc. He laughed as Emily gave him a shocked look as if to say, "I can't believe you just did that!"
"Em? You know that boy?" Faith started as they headed out the front door. Bosco followed with a satisfied smirk on his face.
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They had just finished having their dinner and were heading back out to the car as a little girl walked past them, apparently without anyone with her. Faith looked at Bosco as he watched the girl wander down the street. He looked back at his partner. "Now, that can't be good," he said, throwing his cup of coffee in a nearby trashcan and they followed the little girl.
"Hey, little girl," Faith said as they tried to catch up to the child without scaring her. "Wait. Where's your Mom or Dad?"
The little girl stopped and looked toward the strang woman's voice. She saw that she was a police officer and said, "P'icelady?"
"Yeah," Faith said, squatting down next to the girl. "I'm a police lady. What are you doing out here by yourself? Are you lost?"
"No. Mommy's sleeping," the girl said as she touched the badge and patches on Faith's uniform.
"Where is Mommy sleeping? Is Mommy sick?" Faith continued.
"Mommy's cold. Gonna get blankie," the girl said, looking back behind Faith to where she'd come from.
"What's your name, Honey?" Faith asked.
"Holly. What's your name?" the girl said.
"My name's Faith and this is Bosco, and this is my little girl, Emily," she said, introducing the other two. "So, Holly? Where is Mommy sleeping? Can you show me?"
"Have to get blankie first," Holly said.
"You know what? She can use my coat," Faith said, taking off her coat and handing it to Holly. "Take my coat to Mommy. We'll go with you to make sure Mommy's warm enough, okay?"
"Okay," Holly said, taking Faith's coat and walking back in the other direction. Faith, Emily and Bosco followed. They turned the corner and saw a car parked at an angle against the curb. The door was open and the light was on inside of the car.
"Mommy!" the girl said, running up to the car. Faith and Bosco ran after her, telling Emily to wait a minute while they checked it out.
They caught up to the girl as she put the coat over her mother, who was unconscious behind the steering wheel.
"Holly, is Mommy sick?" Faith asked the girl as Bosco called for an ambulance. The dispatcher acknowledged his request as Emily walked up to the car.
The little girl nodded her head, "Mommy sick."
"Ma'am? Ma'am, can you hear me?" Faith said, feeling for a pulse. She turned to Bosco and said, "She's alive, but her pulse is really erratic and she's not breathing that great." Faith put her head back against the headrest to open her airway more.
Emily said, "Holly, why don't you come over here with me? My Mom and Officer Bosco are going to make sure your Mommy is warm and they called for an ambulance to take Mommy to see the doctor. We'll sit right here on these steps, okay?"
"Okay. The doctor's gonna make Mommy better?" Holly asked Emily.
"The doctor's gonna find out why Mommy's sick and then he's gonna make her feel better. Do you know where your Daddy is?" Emily asked her as she watched Bosco and Faith trying to help the woman. Bosco opened up the woman's purse to see if he could find any information to help them.
"Train. We're gonna go get him," Holly said.
"Train? Daddy's on the train? And you and Mommy were going to pick him up?" Emily asked and the girl nodded
"Is Mommy gonna be okay?" Holly asked, finally noticing the urgent activity around her mother.
"Mom!" Emily called out to Faith as she saw something when Bosco was shining the flashlight inside the car.
"Yeah, Em?" Faith said, looking back at her daughter.
"What's on her wrist? I thought I saw one of those bracelets from the flashlight. You know, that tell people you're sick," Emily said.
Faith looked at the woman's arm and pushed her sleeve up. "Good job, Em. She's diabetic," Faith called as the ambulance pulled around the corner.
Kim and Alex got out of the bus and headed over to them. "What've we got?" Kim asked.
"She's unconscious, shallow breathing. She's got a medic alert bracelet that says she's diabetic. Don't know how long she's been here, we found the little girl wandering around the corner looking for a blanket for her mother 'cause she was cold," Bosco told her.
Kim and Alex got the woman out of the car. Kim started an IV while the Alex took vitals and got the hospital on the radio. They went through their protocols and got the woman ready for transport to the hospital.
Faith was listening as Emily talked to the little girl. "Do you know what your Daddy's name is?"
"Brian," said the girl.
"Do you know what time you were supposed to pick him up from the train?" The girl shook her head no.
"Great, Em. I'll have the dispatcher page him at the train station," Faith said, turning to advise the dispatcher.
"Hey Faith! We're ready to take off to Mercy. You gonna take the little girl or are we?" Alex called to her.
"We'll follow you in. If she wakes up, tell her we have Holly and we're finding Brian at the train station," Faith said. Alex nodded and got in to drive the ambulance. Bosco re-parked the car against the curb and locked it up, taking the woman's purse and keys with him.
They all got in the car and followed the ambulance to Mercy. On the way to the hospital, the dispatcher came over the radio.
"Central to 55-David."
"55-David," Faith responded.
"David, be advised that subject has been located and is in route to Mercy to meet you," said the dispatcher.
"10-4, Central." Faith said. She turned around and said to Holly, "Daddy's gonna meet us at the hospital."
After they reunited Holly and her father, they checked on the woman's condition. She was sitting up and talking and thanked them for their help.
As they got back in the RMP to resume patrol, Emily said, "That woman could have died and that little girl - who knows what could have happened to her - if not for you guys being there."
"Sometimes we're just in the right place at the right time," Bosco said.
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TBC...