August 1st, 2004

Faith twisted the seat belt as Sully got into the car.

"Next time you drive the car, leave it the way I left it." She said. Sully nodded.

"Yeah, I forgot." He said, "You're really anal about that aren't you?"

"Haven't you been listening to me, Sul?" She asked.

"Apparently not. I've had a lot going on with me, Faith, I can't worry myself with my partner's seat belt preferences." Faith sighed deeply.

"I know. Sorry." She said as she drove off, "Want to go get some D&D before we get on the road?"

"Drive through." Sully smiled. Faith chuckled.

"You've got it." Faith drove towards Dunkin' Doughnuts. "Can I ask you a question, Sully?"

"Of course." Sully looked at Faith.

"Why did you become a cop?" She asked. Sully smiled.

"Isn't it every little boys dream to be a cop and catch the bad guy?" He asked. Faith chuckled.

"Yeah. Charlie had his cop phase. He wants to be a firefighter now though." She said.

"What about you? Why did you become a cop?" He asked.

"For the benefits." Faith laughed, "No. Because of my family. All I ever saw when I grew up were cops in and out of my house. They wanted to help my family even though they didn't know us. I thought that was pretty cool and I wanted to help little girls like myself." Sully nodded.

"Good reasons." Sully said.

"I thought so." Faith smiled. "You want to come to Vinny's birthday party next month?" Sully nodded.

"That would be great." Sully said, "What kind of gift should I bring?" Faith shrugged as she pulled into a parking space.

"What every you want." She said, "He liked trucks."

"Trucks. I can do that." He said as he got out of the car.

"Cool. They better have made a new pot of coffee I tell you." Faith said, "I'm going to raise Cain if they haven't."

"Not if I don't get to them first." He said. Faith chuckled softly looking around her. Her heart stopped when she looked in front of she and Sully. Her heart pounded loudly in her chest.

"Don't look ahead of us." She said, "Just go into the shop." Sully looked ahead of them and there was a gang of men.

"Who are they?"

"Christ sully! Don't look!" She whispered, "They're the Ravens." Sully's eyes widened.

"The Ravens…" They were a fear gang in town. Four cop killings have been suspected to be their work, but of course they couldn't get any concrete evidence.

"Let's go in here until we can get some backup." Faith whispered.

"Officer Boscorelli." One of the gang members looked at her, "I remember you." Faith turned and looked at him.

"I don't remember you." She said.

"About two years ago, when your were still a Yokas." He said. All the other members stared at them. "You arrested me for possession."

"I'm sorry." Faith said, "Let's go, Sully."

"You're sorry? No you're not." He snapped.

"I am honestly. My partner and I need to go." Faith grabbed sully and they started to walk away. "I didn't like the feel of that."

"Me either." Sully said. Then a noise rang out that made Sully and Faith press against the building, "They're shooting at us."

"I see that, Sully." Faith snapped as she pulled out her gun. "This is 55-David, there are shots being fired at us. We need back up now!!"

"Shit." Sully pressed against the building tighter when he felt the breeze of a bullet. Faith popped out and started to shoot. Sully followed behind her.

A few men went down. Faith went back against the building. She felt a tight pinch against her neck. She was getting out of breath watching Sully shoot. Faith couldn't fill her lungs with air. Her breathing became ragged. She touched her neck. It was sticky and when she pulled it away, she saw her hand was covered in blood.

I've been shot, Faith thought as she fell against the wall. She looked at Sully. She tried crying out for Sully, but no words were being forms. She slid down to the ground knocking garbage cans over. Sully turned to her.

"Oh god." He ran over to his bleeding partner. Sully put his hand on the hole in Faith's neck. Tears were streaming down her face. All she could think about was her kids and her husband. "I'll get you help, Faith. This is 55-david we have an officer down. I repeat there an officer down. We need a bus here now."

Faith gasped for air as she held tightly onto Sully. She couldn't die now. She couldn't. Soon, things started to get hazy but Sully made her stay awake. She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them Alex was above her talking. She couldn't make out any of the words. She needed air.

* * *

Bosco growled as he looked out the window.

"Today sucks." He said. Ty looked at him.

"It's just slow. It doesn't suck. It's a beautiful day out."

"Don't go all gay on me now." Bosco said.

"I'm not gay." Ty said, "I have a girlfriend."

"Or a beard." Bosco chuckled.

"Very funny." Ty shook his head.

"I know. I'm a funny kind of guy." Bosco said as Sully came over the radio.

"This is 55-david we have an officer down. I repeat there an officer down. We need a bus here now." Bosco's blood froze.

"D-Did they say 55-David?" He asked. Ty nodded. "Was that Sully?" Ty nodded again. "God. 55-David, this is 55-Charlie. Who was shot?" There was no answer, "55-David, who was shot??"

"Bosco, calm down. It'll be fine." Ty said.

"What if it's Faith??" He snapped.

"Drive to Mercy and go to the ER." He said, "We can find out who it was." Bosco whipped around the corner speeding to Mercy. Someone at 55-David had been shot. He hoped it wasn't his wife. It took him a full three minutes to get to Mercy. Bosco immediately ran inside.

"AN officer. An officer has been shot." He said to Nurse Procter.

"They're not here yet, Bosco." She said.

"Who was shot?"

"I don't know." She looked out into the ambulance bay; "They're here now." They ran outside to the ambulance. Bosco's world seemed to crash around him when he saw his bloody wife being pulled out.

"Faith!" He cried grabbing at her. Kim pushed him away. "Let me see her!!"

"Let the doctors work on her." Kim said Bosco ran after the gurney. He had never seen someone this bloody before.

"I need to help! I need to!" Sully grabbed him before he ran into the trauma room.

"She was shot in the neck, Bosco. The doctors need to work." He said.

"What the fuck did you do to her!?" Bosco yelled pushing Sully, "What? Was getting your other partners shot not good enough and so you had to get my wife shot too you fucking asshole??"

"No! The Ravens were out there!" Sully yelled. Bosco pushed him again.

"SHE BETTER NOT DIE!!!" He yelled. Ty grabbed Sully away from Bosco before he did anything to him. Bosco looked into the trauma room. Tears streamed down his face watching the doctors give Faith a tracheotomy. Her body started to seize. He couldn't take it. His knees gave out and he slid to the ground sobbing.

"Bosco?" Nurse Procter looked at the sobbing man. He covered his ears.

"D-Don't tell me sh-she's dead. I c-cant handle it if she is." Bosco sobbed as Procter knelt down in front of him; "SH-She's my everything. I c-can't go on. D-Don't t-tell me sh-she's dead." Procter put her hand on his knees.

"She's not dead." She said, "We had to put a tracheotomy in to help her breath. She's unable to breathe on her own right now. She is stable but very critical." Bosco looked up at her with red eyes.

"Sh-She's alive?"

"She's alive but not doing very good." she said.

"Is she awake?" He whispered.

"She lost too much blood, Bosco. They don't know if she'll wake up right now. It's going to be touch and go for the next forty-eight hours." She said softly.

"Can…Can I see her?" He whispered. Procter nodded.

"She's hooked up to a lot of machines right now. She'll need to have surgery soon, but she needs to be a little bit more stable."

"All right." He whispered as he got up.

"Right this way." She led him to the room. Bosco's heart stopped. His wife lay in that hospital bed as pale as a ghost. She had a large tube coming from her throat.

"If she woke up right now, when would she be able to come home?" He asked.

"A week or two. She lost a lot of blood, Bosco. Her voice box could have been nicked. It all depends on how her surgery will go." Procter said, "I'll bring in forms for you to sign."

"Okay." He whispered sitting down next to his wife. "Faith, wake up for me. You…You r-really need to wake up. You can't do this to me. You can't leave me with the kids. We need you." There was no response from his wife. "Damn it, Faith!! Listen to me! Wake up! I'm telling you to wake up. I'm you're husband. You need to listen to me. Look, now I'm being an ass, wake up and yell at me, Baby. Please, Yell at me." Bosco's lip trembled, "Please….Pl-Please yell at me, Faith." Bosco held her hand against his cheek and cried softly.

"I'm so scared, Faith. Sure I've been afraid before, like when Vinny was sick. But…Faith, I've never…I don't know what I want to say. I love you, Faith. Know that. Know that I will always love you, Faith." He sat there holding her hand tightly, crying softly. He could loose his wife. He could become a widow only two years into their marriage. He couldn't loose his wife. He couldn't loose his partner. He couldn't loose his best friend.