Title: Journey to Nowhere
Author: Lynne Facella
Category: Drama/Angst
Email: lynne1919@aol.com
Spoilers: Through current season 4
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero. I wish they were mine but unfortunately they're not.
Summary: A trip takes a deadly turn for Bosco, Faith, Sully and Ty.

******

The first thing he was aware of as he came to was that he was freezing and he couldn't stop shivering.

"Ty? Ty can you hear me?"

"C...c...old," he managed to say through chattering teeth.

"Can I get a blanket over here?" Sully called softly.

A minute or so later, a warming blanket was placed over him and Ty felt the welcome heat immediately begin to take away the chill he was feeling. He struggled to open his eyes and when he did, found Sully looking down at him, a concerned look on his face. "Hey," he managed to whisper.

"Hey...you're in recovery. You came through the surgery just fine."

"Really thirsty," Ty said groggily. He tried to wet his lips, but discovered his mouth was unbearably dry.

"Nurse said you can't drink yet, but you can have some ice chips."

Sully held the cup to Ty's lips and Ty took some ice into his mouth, letting it slowly dissolve into liquid. "Thanks."

"You're welcome."

"You call my mom?"

Sully shook his head. "I wanted to be here when you woke up. The doctor was going to call her. You want me to go give her a call?"

"Yeah...she's probably worried. You know how she is. Would you mind?"

"No. Of course I don't mind." Sully smiled and lightly patted Ty's arm. "I'll go do that now. They'll probably be transferring you back up to your room soon. I'll see you when you get up there."

"Okay, thanks, Sul."

"No problem." Sully slowly ambled out of the recovery room and headed towards the payphone in the waiting room. He knew Maggie was worried about her son and chomping at the bit to fly out here, but he'd managed to convince her that it wasn't necessary. They'd be able to fly back home in a couple of days and she could mother Ty all she wanted to then. He had just picked up the telephone receiver when he heard Bosco's voice.

"How's he doin'?"

"Bosco." Sully turned around in surprise. "I thought you flew out to the crash site?"

Bosco shook his head. "Nah, high winds and a storm is comin' in. They decided to put it off till tomorrow. So how is he? Everything go alright?"

"Yeah, yeah, he's fine," Sully replied. "He's in Recovery now and they'll be moving him upstairs soon."

"That's good news."

"Yeah it is...I'm going to call his mom now, just to let her know what's going on."

"Sure...go ahead." Bosco sat down in one of the chairs and watched as Sully dialed the phone. He wondered what Faith was doing right now. He imagined they were going to have some kind of a family celebration today. Maybe go out to eat or something like that. He was so caught up in his thoughts of Faith that he didn't even hear Sully talking to him until he noticed he was staring right at him. "Huh?"

"I said, you don't have to hang around here if you don't want to."

"I want to be here," Bosco stated. "I didn't get a chance to see him yesterday...I just want him to know I'm glad he's okay. How's his mom doin' anyhow?"

"Maggie's doing well," Sully replied, smiling thoughtfully as he took a seat across from Bosco. "She's an incredibly strong woman."

Bosco nodded. Faith was an incredibly strong woman too. It was one of the many reasons he loved her as much as he did. She was beautiful and amazing in so many ways. "So how long you think they're gonna keep him in this joint?" Bosco asked, trying to get his mind off Faith.

"If there aren't any complications I'd imagine they'll let him out of here day after tomorrow."

"That's good," Bosco said quietly. "I think we'll all be pretty happy to get back to New York."

"Yeah, I'd say that's something we definitely can agree on..."

******

"Pizza man!"

Ty looked up from the magazine he was reading and grinned as Sully and Bosco entered his room. Sully was carrying a large pizza box and Bosco had a couple of bags in his arms. "Oh man...you have no idea how glad I am to see you, and it has nothing to do with the fact that you're carrying pizza."

"You ought to know better than to lie to me by now, Davis," Sully said as he placed the pizza on Ty's tray table. "But I'll let it go this time."

"I'm starved," Ty said as he eagerly eyed the pizza box.

Bosco laughed as he pulled up a chair. "Guess you really are feelin' better."

"Yeah, I'm doing good. Slept for a while this afternoon which helped."

Sully nodded. "We were here when they brought you up from Recovery, but we saw that you were asleep so we decided to let you get some rest."

"Thanks. So what kind of pizza is that?"

"We got the works," Bosco replied as he opened the box. He then rustled through one of the bags, pulled out some sodas and passed them around. "Got some chips too."

Just then, a hospital worker entered the room carrying a covered dinner tray. An older woman, she looked at the pizza with obvious disapproval in her eyes. "Am I to assume you don't want this?" she asked icily.

"Uh...no, no you can leave it uhhh...Stella," Ty said as he quickly read the nametag pinned to her uniform and gave her his most winning smile."

"Fine," she replied expressionlessly as she pushed the pizza box aside to make room for the tray. Then without another word, she turned around and marched out of the room.

"Oh man...she did not like you." Sully burst into laughter the moment she was safely out of the room.

"Me? I'm not the one who brought the pizza," Ty protested good-naturedly.

"And I thought you were supposed to be good with the ladies, Davis," Bosco chortled. "She was definitely immune to your charms."

Ty just grinned as picked up a slice of pizza and took a healthy bite. He was happy just to be hanging out with the guys and laughing...It was something he hadn't been sure he'd ever be able to experience again and it felt really, really great...

******

"You all set to go?" Sully entered Ty's hospital room and smiled at the young man who was fully dressed and sitting on the edge of his bed. The only sign that he had been injured was the sling on his arm.

"Yeah, I'm ready, Sul." He picked up some folded up papers lying next to him. "Got my discharge instructions and prescriptions right here."

"Good. Bosco's waiting outside with the rental car."

"Let's get going then." Ty got to his feet and picked up the duffel bag that was lying on the floor.

"Uh uh uh...aren't you forgetting something?" Sully asked, smiling.

Ty glanced around the room and then looked back at his partner with a blank look on his face. "I don't think so. I seem to have everything."

"Wheelchair."

Ty rolled his eyes. "Oh come on, man. I'm fine. I can walk out of here on my own."

Sully shook his head. 'Wheelchair,' he stated firmly. "Wait here."

Ty sighed and sat back on the bed to await Sully's return. In the wake of all that had happened in the past week, it certainly wasn't worth complaining about.

A few minutes later, Sully returned to the room, pushing a wheelchair. "Here you go. Now you can leave this place in style."

"Oh man you are loving this, aren't you?" Ty shook his head and grinned as he sat in the wheelchair and pulled the duffel bag into his lap. "Okay, let's get this show on the road."

******

Bosco sat in the rental car, waiting for Sully and Ty to emerge from the hospital. The previous day had been a hard one. He'd flown out to the crash site with the authorities and seeing it all again had hit him harder than he had been prepared for. They had retrieved the body of the pilot and Bosco had given as many details as he could about what had transpired after the crash, including Ty's accidental shooting. He'd been emotionally drained by the time he got back to the hotel and had been relieved that Sully had been visiting Davis and he got to have some time to himself. Numerous times he had picked up the phone to call Faith, but each time he had decided against it. If Faith wanted to talk to him, she would have called. He knew she was likely busy with her family, but it didn't make it any easier on him. He wanted to be with her. He needed her, but he couldn't have her.

A knock on the window of the car caused Bosco to jump and he saw Sully grinning at him through the window. "You must have been about a million miles away," Sully said as Bosco rolled down the window.

"You need any help?" Bosco asked, watching as Ty got out of the wheelchair.

"Nah, we're all set," Ty stated. He opened the back door of the rental and slid into the seat behind Bosco, leaving Sully to deal with the wheelchair.

"How you feelin'?" Bosco asked, looking at his passenger through the rearview mirror.

"I'm feeling good," Ty replied. "Eager to get home."

Sully returned from bringing the wheelchair back into the hospital and flung Ty's duffel bag into the bag seat before sitting down in the front seat next to Bosco. "Let's get going," he said as he fastened his seatbelt and Bosco started up the car to head for the airport. They were finally going home.

******

As the plane began to makes its final descent, Sully gently nudged Ty who was sleeping in the seat beside him. "Hey," he said softly. "We're landing."

Ty opened his eyes and sleepily looked at Sully. "Already? That was quick."

"Well you fell asleep right after we took off," Sully chuckled. "But you're right, it wasn't a very long flight."

Ty glanced over at Bosco who was sitting across the aisle from them just staring off into space. "What's up with him?" he asked. "He's seemed kind of...I don't know...off somehow."

"Well we haven't exactly been on a pleasure trip," Sully replied. "He's had a rough time of it. We were in a plane crash and he shot you, Ty. Accident or not, it definitely took its toll."

"Well I'm fine. I told him that. He shouldn't be beating himself up over it."

"Listen, its not you," Sully said very quietly. "He just has some stuff on his mind."

Ty's eyes widened with interest. "Yeah? Like what kind of stuff?"

"Like none of your business kind of stuff."

"How come you get to know and not me?" The more Sully was evading the issue, the more curious Ty was becoming.

"Not important."

"Oh come on, Sully. You shouldn't have made such a big deal about it if you didn't want me to know."

"You're a pain in the ass, Davis," Sully said, shaking his head in amusement. "You must have driven your mom crazy. Probably still do. You sure can drive me crazy."

"Tell me."

"It doesn't concern you."

"Sully..."

"It's between Bosco and Faith and it doesn't concern you, alright?" Geesh he just didn't know when to quit.

Ty stared back at Sully, stunned. "Bosco and Faith?" he whispered. "Wow..." He couldn't really say he was surprised, but...it was still a pretty big nugget of information. He glanced over at Bosco again. No wonder the guy looked so down in the dumps. Faith was back with her family. That had to be a hard pill to swallow. He leaned back in his seat as the plane touched down. He was very glad that he'd be home soon.

******

"Ty!"

"Hey mom," Ty smiled as his mother ran up and gently hugged him.

"Ty, I have been so worried. Does it hurt?" she asked, frowning at the sling on his arm.

He shook his head. "Its fine, mom. Really."

Maggie looked at Sully who was standing next to him. "Is he really doing okay?"

"He's okay, Maggie," Sully replied. "You don't have to worry.

Bosco, lagging a bit behind Sully and Ty, paused to observe the scene in front of him. He couldn't help but feel a little bit out of place. He didn't even really know Davis' mother.

"Bos?"

He heard her voice, but was sure his mind was playing tricks on him.

"Bosco?"

"Faith?" He turned around and there she was, lookin' beautiful as always. "Faith...wh...what are you doin' here?"

"I wanted to be here, Bos...I needed to see you."

"You did?" His eyes were full of confusion as he looked back at her. "But...how did you even know we were comin' in?"

"I talked to Sully this mornin'. You were in the shower."

"He didn't say anything..."

"I know. I told him not to..."

He gave her a questioning look.

"Me and you bein' together...it's all I've thought about since I left, Bos. I mean, I was thrilled to see the kids again, but...I couldn't get you out of my mind. It...it just isn't going to be easy though..." She took a deep breath and nervously gnawed on her lip. "Fred...he was so happy to see me...I couldn't tell him, Bos...I just couldn't, but...I don't want to lose you either..."

He listened to her silently, processing every word she spoke. She didn't want to lose him...just hearing her say that meant everything to him. "Faith...whatever you need from me, anything...I'll do. I don't want to lose you either."

"I...I can't tell him now, Bos, not yet...and I know it's not fair to you..."

"I understand. Really, Faith... It's okay. I can wait."

"Are you sure, Bos?" Faith gazed into his eyes, a serious expression on her face. "Because this just happened so fast and I need to think things through. It's not an easy situation and I have to really think about it...I especially have to think about the kids."

"You can take all the time you need..." Unable to resist any longer, he put his bag down and reached for her, embracing her tightly as she put her arms around him. "God, I missed you, Faith. I know it's only been a few days, but it feels like forever."

"I know what you mean." She nestled her head against his chest, content to feel his arms around her once again.

From where they were standing, Ty was intently watching the reunion of Faith and Bosco. "Guess you weren't kidding about them," he said softly.

"I've planned a nice dinner for you two. There's plenty of food though. Why don't you invite Bosco and Faith to come along as well?"

Ty grinned and glanced at Sully. "Thanks mom, but I think they might want to have some time to themselves. Some other time maybe."

"Okay...if you're sure..."

He chuckled as Bosco and Faith locked lips in a passionate kiss. "Oh I'm pretty sure. Why don't we head on out of here?"

The three slowly started walking out of the terminal. "Hey we'll see you later you guys," Sully called.

"Bye!" Ty said and laughed when there was absolutely no response from the two partners. "Hey Sul, why don't you ever kiss me that way?"

"The day that happens is the day I quit the force for good," Sully grumbled good-naturedly. "How do you put up with him, Maggie?"

"It sure ain't easy, Sully," Maggie said with a laugh. "It sure ain't easy."

*****

Bosco and Faith finally parted breathlessly. "I sure wasn't expectin' this kind of a homecoming," Bosco said with a smile. "It's nicer than anything I could have imagined."

Faith smiled and then glanced around them. "Where did the others go?"

"They left,' Bosco said with a sly grin.

"God...I didn't even notice," she said, laughing. "Must be that famous Bosco charm."

"It's okay...I think they understood." He picked his bag up off the floor and draped his arm around Faith as they started to walk. "So...where are the kids today?"

"They're home with Fred...I told him I had to run a couple of errands, but...I'm going to have to get back soon. We're going to have to take things slow...real slow..."

"I understand, Faith," he said somberly. "However you want to do this, its fine with me. I...I'm just really grateful that this is actually happenin', you know? I just...I dreamed it for so long and...I never really thought it would happen..."

"Well...it really is happenin' Bos..." She stopped walking and turned to face him, gently touching his cheek with her hand. "I love you...I really do..."

"I love you too, Faith..." He gazed at her for a few long moments, absolutely spellbound. He was still having a hard time believing this was real, afraid that he might wake up and discover it was all a dream. He leaned towards her to kiss her once more and when he pulled away, he knew that it was definitely real...very, very real.

"Come on." Faith slipped her hand into his and gave it a gentle tug as they started walking again. "I have enough time to get you home and settled in. I need to keep you out of any more mischief for a little while anyhow."

"Oh that sounds really good to me," he replied with an eager smile as they headed out to where Faith's car was parked. What had started out as a horrible disaster was actually proving to be the springboard for a whole new chapter in his and Faith's lives. He knew it wouldn't be easy, but he loved her and she loved him and he had a feeling that things were going to end up just fine.