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Faith waited restlessly inside the waiting room of Angel of Mercy. She kept pacing up and down the tiny square area with her hand on her forehead. Occasionaly she would let out a few tears or a heavy sigh.

"Faith calm down," Ty said standing up. "He'll be alright." He said pulling her into a tight hug.

Faith pulled out of the hug, "but what if he isn't. What if he dies on that table? It'll be my fault you know."

"Don't be stupid, Faith. It's not your fault. Its no ones fault," Ty said reassuringly.

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This situation hit Alex the hardest considiring she was in the building when the ceiling collpased on Jimmy and Bosco. She sat in the corner of the waiting room with her head in her knees, crying. Not small sobs but giant, loud cries. Walsh, slowly and quietly walked up to her, sitting in the next chair. He put his hand on her back, rubbing gently.

"Alex... its alright. Don't cry," he said putting his now shaking arm around her frail body.

"It should have been me," she began. "I...I left to get out of the building. I knew it'd collapse but I didn't tell them. I didn't tell them," she said crying harder.

"Alex, it isn't your fault. You thought they were right behind you. It isn't your fault," he said once again so she understood.

"I...I know," she said breathing hard. "It should have been me. I should be on that table fighting for my life."

"Good God Alex. Don't talk like that!" Walsh said holding onto her tighter.

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Kim stood with her head against the wall inside Mercy; she was in shock. Of course she had been in this position but the only time she had been worried like this was when he had been shot. He had hurt other times but it just had been minor things like first degree burns.

'Jimmy, if you die', she thought to herself, 'I'll never forgive you. What about Joey? You'll destroy him.' Silent tears ran down her face.

"He's strong, Kim," Carlos said quietly.

"What?"

"Jimmy. He's strong. He'll make it," he said smiling.

"I know," she said wiping the tears of her face.

Just then, the doctor walked in upon them, "excuse me. You're here for Jimmy Doherty and Maurice Boscorelli?"

They all nodded.

"Well, they're out of surgery, but they're still critical. Jimmy especially. They each suffered lung damage and third degree burns. We put tubes down their throats to help them breathe," the doctor finished.

"Can we see them?" Kim asked frantically.

"One at a time for each paitent."

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Kim walked into Jimmy's room. Once she saw the state of him, she started to weep harder. Jimmy was hooked up to machines such as a heart monitor and indeed had a tube down his throat to breathe for him; he was unconsious. She slowly walked over to him taking tiny steps. As soon as she got to him, she sat down in the nearby chair and held his hand carefully.

"Jimmy, I know you can't hear me, but I wanted to tell you that I love you. I know it may not seem like it, but I do. I really do. Please pull through this Jimmy. For Joey and me. Please," she said, resting her head on his bed.

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Faith nervously tredded into Bosco's room. He was too hooked up to monitors with tubes coming out of his body. Faith sat down by his bed and put her arms on the rails of it.

"Jesus Bosco, you're such an idiot. Why do you have to go and get yourself hurt like this? Huh, why? Not very smart are you? You aren't a fireman Bos, you're a cop. You're supposed to protect people on the street not inside the burning builiding," she rambled on.

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Faith and Kim came out of the rooms at nearly the same time. Each of them crying, they walked back to the waiting rooms.

"How are they?" Doc asked.

"They've been better," Faith responded, Kim unable to.

"Kim," DK began, "I called your mom and told her. Shes bringing Joey in." Kim nodded although she didn't think that was such a good idea for Joey to see his dad like that.

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Joey ran into Kims arms the moment he saw her, "mommy!"

"Hey Joey," she said wiping the tears away from her eyes.

"Wheres daddy?"

"Uh," she began, "Joey, daddy's been hurt. He got trapped in a fire with Uncle Bosco." She said starting to cry once more.

"No," he said shaking his head. "No! You're lying. Daddy isn't hurt. You're lying," he said crying.

Kim started to cry uncontrollably once Joey said this to her.

"C'mon sport," Walsh said to Joey picking him up. "Let's go for a walk."