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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character's recognized with the show but any you don't recognize are my own.
Author's note: Please Review it lets me know if I should still continue with writing or let it die.
I also do not pretend to know anything about medical stuff so if it's wrong and it's bothering you write to me and I'll fix it.
Spoilers: Themes discussed in Childhood memories.
Summary: Explains why Bosco'd dad doesn't know his son, and when his parents split.
Rating: PG for violence and child abuse
E-Mail : daily_juice@hotmail.com
Dave slammed his locker shut and looked over at Rob
" Come on your telling me you don't find anything suspicious about the fact that nobody has reported a ten year old kid missing and it's eleven at night? " Rob shook his head
" Something's not right that's for sure, do you want a ride over to the hospital? " Dave nodded
" Yeah, I'll just call Amy let her know I'm not coming home" Rob explained
" I'll wait out at the car " Rob nodded absently and walked off, Dave grabbed his battered old leather jacket glanced in a mirror checking his appearance before he grabbed his bag and headed for his car, five minutes later Rob jogged down the steps.
" St Frances just call, the kid made it through surgery but it'll be awhile before we can see him and I was thinking we could swing by Tracey's house and ask her if she knew him " Dave automatically went to shake his head but then deciding it would probably help he nodded.
" Tracey's gonna pissed as hell that you're waking her up in the middle of the night" Dave muttered jumping from foot to foot as he tried to stay warm, besides him Rob ignored him and rang the doorbell again.
" Let's come back in the morning, she's not gonna here you the woman sleeps like the dead. " Dave pleaded as tucked his gloved hands under his armpits, Rob shot him a glare and looked up at the house as a light came on and Tracey finally came to the door, wearing an old pair of sweats under her night shirt.
" Rob, what in the name of god are you doing, it's the middle of the goddamn night " Tracey yelled as a greeting and Rob smiled in apology,
" We found a kid in your playground, pretty beat up and we we're wondering if he went to your school " Rob went straight to the point and Tracey lifted a hand to her mouth
" Is he hurt?" She asked and Rob nodded gravely and Tracey moved out of the way so that the two policeman could enter the warm apartment.
" His name's Maurice Boscorelli he looks about 11 but he could be younger, we've got a picture but it's not pretty " Rob explained taking a seat on the couch opposite Tracey, Dave sat besides him and extracted the Polaroid from his top pocket and handed it to Tracey, who gasped at the poor condition the boy was in and lifted a hand to her mouth in shock.
" Do you know this boy? " Rob asked hopeful that Tracey's reaction meant that they would be able to link the boy with a home and call his parents or arrest his parents which ever the situation called for.
" No, he's not one of mine...the poor thing will he be all right? " She asked handing the photo back her hand shaking and Dave shrugged his shoulders
" It's too soon to tell, the Doc says there is a lot of internal damage." he tapered off and looked at the door,
" Trace we have to go, I'll call around to the school this week and let you know how things are going " Rob explained standing, he pecked Tracey on the cheek and followed his partner out to the car.
" Can we leave the hunt for the night, I want to get over to the hospital and see how the kid's doing? " Dave asked folding himself back into the RMP, ROb nodded and flicking on the sirens they screamed over towards the hospital.
" Are you family? " A nurse outside the children's ICU asked and the two officers shook their collective heads,
" Only family is allowed in" the young woman informed them and Dave rested a hand lightly on her arm
" That's the whole point as to why we're here, because the young man seems to be missing his family, look we talked to the Doc in the ER, the attending and he said they'd be no problems with us sitting in with the kid for awhile." He said sweetly guiding her away from Rob's glare, the nurse glanced around.
" Why don't you call the Doc and check that it's all right for us to be here? " he asked and the young nurse balked at the idea of ringing a senior doctor in the middle of the night and defiantly waking him up.
" No that's fine just don't ..." She trailed off and wandered back down the hallway, Dave watched her go and shook his head
" Thick as two planks but what an ass " he murmured and Rob clipped him over the back of the head as they entered the small private room Maurice was in.
Monitors blipped and beeped and a respirator was made comforting whooshing noises in the darkened room, Dave flicked on a couple of small lamps and frowned looking at the kid, the cuts on his face had been stitched, a hospital gown with clowns on it a couple of sizes too big was wrapped carefully around the site of the operation and a tube was going down the boy's throat and another up his small nose.
Another nurse appeared behind them with a clipboard
" Just checking his vitals," she informed them moving to beside Maurice's bed, she turned as she took his blood pressure
" He can hear you, so if you want to read him a story or just talk to him, let him know your here. " Dave and Rob nodded and sat in Silence until the nurse left.
" I don't know any kid's stories do you? " Rob asked and Dave shook his head and looked around the room for a book, before giving up with a sigh.
" Ok I have an idea " Dave announced sitting down beside's the bed side,
" He's a story mate, Once Upon a Time there were Two policeman called Dave and Rob..."
" What are you doing? " Rob asked confused Dave turned
" I don't know any kids stories but I figure we'll just tell him about being a cop, I mean that's got all the action and adventure of a kid's book anyway. " Rob smiled and nodded
" Tell him about the time we got stuck in the Sewer " he laughed and Dave nodded
" And we can tell him about all the takedowns we've done and that time we had to chase the run away penguin from the zoo, hell we've got enough stories to keep talking until he wakes up "
" Rob and Dave were two New York City cops and they were the toughest, bravest cops there's ever been and one day on a very cold Winter's day they had to chase a big bad criminal all the way underground into the Sewer..."
Dave shifted and took Maurice's tiny hand into his big one and continued with the story, vowing to stay by the boy's bed until he woke up, whenever that might be.
To be continued..
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for all the reviews keep them coming
Abby
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character's recognized with the show but any you don't recognize are my own.
Author's note: Please Review it lets me know if I should still continue with writing or let it die.
I also do not pretend to know anything about medical stuff so if it's wrong and it's bothering you write to me and I'll fix it.
Spoilers: Themes discussed in Childhood memories.
Summary: Explains why Bosco'd dad doesn't know his son, and when his parents split.
Rating: PG for violence and child abuse
E-Mail : daily_juice@hotmail.com
Dave slammed his locker shut and looked over at Rob
" Come on your telling me you don't find anything suspicious about the fact that nobody has reported a ten year old kid missing and it's eleven at night? " Rob shook his head
" Something's not right that's for sure, do you want a ride over to the hospital? " Dave nodded
" Yeah, I'll just call Amy let her know I'm not coming home" Rob explained
" I'll wait out at the car " Rob nodded absently and walked off, Dave grabbed his battered old leather jacket glanced in a mirror checking his appearance before he grabbed his bag and headed for his car, five minutes later Rob jogged down the steps.
" St Frances just call, the kid made it through surgery but it'll be awhile before we can see him and I was thinking we could swing by Tracey's house and ask her if she knew him " Dave automatically went to shake his head but then deciding it would probably help he nodded.
" Tracey's gonna pissed as hell that you're waking her up in the middle of the night" Dave muttered jumping from foot to foot as he tried to stay warm, besides him Rob ignored him and rang the doorbell again.
" Let's come back in the morning, she's not gonna here you the woman sleeps like the dead. " Dave pleaded as tucked his gloved hands under his armpits, Rob shot him a glare and looked up at the house as a light came on and Tracey finally came to the door, wearing an old pair of sweats under her night shirt.
" Rob, what in the name of god are you doing, it's the middle of the goddamn night " Tracey yelled as a greeting and Rob smiled in apology,
" We found a kid in your playground, pretty beat up and we we're wondering if he went to your school " Rob went straight to the point and Tracey lifted a hand to her mouth
" Is he hurt?" She asked and Rob nodded gravely and Tracey moved out of the way so that the two policeman could enter the warm apartment.
" His name's Maurice Boscorelli he looks about 11 but he could be younger, we've got a picture but it's not pretty " Rob explained taking a seat on the couch opposite Tracey, Dave sat besides him and extracted the Polaroid from his top pocket and handed it to Tracey, who gasped at the poor condition the boy was in and lifted a hand to her mouth in shock.
" Do you know this boy? " Rob asked hopeful that Tracey's reaction meant that they would be able to link the boy with a home and call his parents or arrest his parents which ever the situation called for.
" No, he's not one of mine...the poor thing will he be all right? " She asked handing the photo back her hand shaking and Dave shrugged his shoulders
" It's too soon to tell, the Doc says there is a lot of internal damage." he tapered off and looked at the door,
" Trace we have to go, I'll call around to the school this week and let you know how things are going " Rob explained standing, he pecked Tracey on the cheek and followed his partner out to the car.
" Can we leave the hunt for the night, I want to get over to the hospital and see how the kid's doing? " Dave asked folding himself back into the RMP, ROb nodded and flicking on the sirens they screamed over towards the hospital.
" Are you family? " A nurse outside the children's ICU asked and the two officers shook their collective heads,
" Only family is allowed in" the young woman informed them and Dave rested a hand lightly on her arm
" That's the whole point as to why we're here, because the young man seems to be missing his family, look we talked to the Doc in the ER, the attending and he said they'd be no problems with us sitting in with the kid for awhile." He said sweetly guiding her away from Rob's glare, the nurse glanced around.
" Why don't you call the Doc and check that it's all right for us to be here? " he asked and the young nurse balked at the idea of ringing a senior doctor in the middle of the night and defiantly waking him up.
" No that's fine just don't ..." She trailed off and wandered back down the hallway, Dave watched her go and shook his head
" Thick as two planks but what an ass " he murmured and Rob clipped him over the back of the head as they entered the small private room Maurice was in.
Monitors blipped and beeped and a respirator was made comforting whooshing noises in the darkened room, Dave flicked on a couple of small lamps and frowned looking at the kid, the cuts on his face had been stitched, a hospital gown with clowns on it a couple of sizes too big was wrapped carefully around the site of the operation and a tube was going down the boy's throat and another up his small nose.
Another nurse appeared behind them with a clipboard
" Just checking his vitals," she informed them moving to beside Maurice's bed, she turned as she took his blood pressure
" He can hear you, so if you want to read him a story or just talk to him, let him know your here. " Dave and Rob nodded and sat in Silence until the nurse left.
" I don't know any kid's stories do you? " Rob asked and Dave shook his head and looked around the room for a book, before giving up with a sigh.
" Ok I have an idea " Dave announced sitting down beside's the bed side,
" He's a story mate, Once Upon a Time there were Two policeman called Dave and Rob..."
" What are you doing? " Rob asked confused Dave turned
" I don't know any kids stories but I figure we'll just tell him about being a cop, I mean that's got all the action and adventure of a kid's book anyway. " Rob smiled and nodded
" Tell him about the time we got stuck in the Sewer " he laughed and Dave nodded
" And we can tell him about all the takedowns we've done and that time we had to chase the run away penguin from the zoo, hell we've got enough stories to keep talking until he wakes up "
" Rob and Dave were two New York City cops and they were the toughest, bravest cops there's ever been and one day on a very cold Winter's day they had to chase a big bad criminal all the way underground into the Sewer..."
Dave shifted and took Maurice's tiny hand into his big one and continued with the story, vowing to stay by the boy's bed until he woke up, whenever that might be.
To be continued..
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for all the reviews keep them coming
Abby