Okay-dokey, here's the long-awaited 5th chapter. I'm REALLY sorry that I haven't updated in forever... forgive me? Please??
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"Oh, you recognize me do you?" Tina Ching, said, removing her hood.

"Yea, I recognize you." Bosco repeated, albeit a bit more harsher then the way Tina had said it. "What the hell do you want?"

"Well, as we both know, I'm the reporter who did that news segment on you a little while back," she watched Bosco struggle to lift himself from the ground with his one crutch, "anyway, as it turns out, we got much more of a response on it then we'd ever expected."

"So? What the hell does that have to do with shoving me into an ele-"

Tina waved her hands impatiently, "Oh, well, how ELSE was I supposed to get you away from that woman? But, it doesn't-"

"Maybe you should have tried ASKING-"

"ANYWAY," she said loudly, swallowing up Bosco's next words, "I was wondering if I could get an interview with you."

Bosco blinked, surprised, but instead of answering her, he straightened to his full height (which wasn't much taller then Tina) and reached around her and pressed the 'resume' button on the elevator.

"No."

Tina frowned, "Come on now, just THINK of the publicity! I'll get the number one spot on the news, and you…" she seemed at a loss for words, but she quickly regained herself, "will get a chance to be on T.V.!"

Bosco scoffed, "A lot of good that did me before."

"Aaw, the past is the past! Think of the future!" she encouraged excitedly, her eyes twinkling.

The elevator slowed to a stop, and, as the doors slid open, Bosco turned towards her angrily, "No! And next time you do anything like this, you'll be charged with an assault on a police officer!"

And with that, he hobbled out.


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Tina frowned, watching as Bosco rejoined with his partner, and walked out of the hospital.

"Well…" she said slowly, not sure of what step she should take next. "Well."

That was when she saw two more police officers entering the hospital. The larger one was dragging a 'bum' who was handcuffed, into one of the many seats.

Watching interestedly, she stepped out of the elevator and leaned against the wall, observing the police officers as they tried to handle the violent man they'd brought in.

The big one cursed as the bum smacked his arm, "Y'know this guy was in Bosco's section! Why're WE always covering for those two?"

Tina's ears immediately piqued at the mention of Mr. Boscorelli.

"Well, you saw him when he was leaving, somethin' happened with his leg-"

"Excuses, excuses." the man interrupted, obviously still irked about having to clean up after the other police officer.

Tina decided this was her chance. She may not be able to get an interview with Maurice Boscorelli, but she could DEFINITELY get an interview with his co-workers…and it would probably still get her the number one segment!

Putting on her 'winning' smile, Ms. Ching did a little something with her hair, then confidently stepped forward, "Excuse me officers…"


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"This sucks."

"What? You get time off work!"

"So? I'd rather be at work then sitting on my couch doin' nothin'!"

"Ugh, what I would GIVE to be able to just 'sit on my couch doin' nothin'."

"Hrumph."

"Anyway, it's only for two weeks."

"Two weeks is too long!"

Faith Yokas sighed, "Well, since I have WORK, I have to go."

"Fine, see ya'."

"Goodbye Bosco." she closed the door, leaving Bosco alone.

Sighing deeply, he turned and pulled the remote out from in-between the cushions.

Flipping on the T.V., he frowned deeply when he saw Tina Ching's face appear on the screen.

"Do you ever feel as if the police force of the N.Y.P.D is just a little too incompetent?"

Bosco angrily cursed as a picture of his face appeared on the screen.

"This man, who has been in an earlier segment, is just that kind of police officer. Unfortunately, he refused to attend any sort of interview with me."

He watched as Tina smiled brightly. "Luckily, though, two of his fellow officers decided to help me find out more on this particular man."

Bosco growled deeply when he saw Ty Davis and Sully standing outside the hospital.

"How would you describe Mister Boscorelli, Officer Sullivan?"

"He's an idiot." Sully told her, shrugging.

Bosco couldn't believe this.

"And you, Officer Davis? Would you describe Maurice Boscorelli as an 'idiot'?"

"Sometimes, but everyone can be-"

"So, what you're telling me, if I'm correct in saying this, is that there's an incompetent officer on the police force?"

The image immediately cut back to Tina Ching, sitting in her news room, who gave a sad little frown, "Unfortunately, the two officers agreed with me on this. I wasn't able to get much more of an interview with those two men, but they also told me that they knew of other unstable representatives of the police force who could also be described as 'idiots'."

Bosco shut off the T.V.



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"What the hell were you doing?! Calling me an idiot!" Bosco roared at Sully the following day.

"Bosco, move it." Davis told him calmly, "We've got to get to work."

"And you-" he yelled, turning on him, "What where you thinking?!"

Yokas walked into the locker room at that point, and was extremely surprised to see Bosco grasping his crutches and his face looking as if it would explode from rage at any moment.

"What are you doing here Bosco?"

Ignoring her, he let go of his right crutch and slammed his fist into a locker, cursing angrily.

"Look man, the reporter took it all out of context-"

"You didn't call me an-"

"Well, we DID call you an idiot, but-"

"What the fuck are you 'but'ing about? You called me an idiot! On television! What the fuck is wrong with you?!"

"Come on, man," Sully interrupted, "why don't you just go back home? Get some rest."

Bosco stared at him angrily, "I'm not going anywhere until I hear some apologies!"

Sighing disgustedly, Sully said, "We're sorry, now move."

Grumbling, Bosco grabbed his fallen crutch and walked out of there way.

After Davis and Sully had gone, Yokas walked over to her locker, "What happened Bos? Were you on the news AGAIN?"

"Yea, I was on the news again. That friggin' Tina Ching has a thing against me, I swear. I don't know what's up her ass, but whatever it is, it's big."

"Calm down. I'm sure she just wanted to get more publicity for herself. She's probably never going to mention you again anyway."

"She'd better not." Bosco grumbled.

Yokas finished buckling her belt, "So, are you headed home now, or what?"

He sighed, "Yea, I'm just gonna' take a whiz."

"Right. See you."

He gave her a little half-wave as she left the locker room.

Using his crutches he turned around, and as he was about to go to the urinal, he heard a small 'tick'ing noise.

Spinning around, he heard the noise again. It was like a loud watch.

Limping over to where he thought it was, Bosco headed towards the lockers near the door.

His locker? The sound was coming from his locker.

Bosco grabbed the lock hurriedly.

Then he heard the door next to him open.

Low and behold, Tina Ching was standing there with a large smirk.

"Mr. Boscorelli! How are you today?"

Bosco turned around in surprise, dropping his crutch, he fell over.

She raised an eyebrow skeptically, "You know, crutches are not that hard to use-"

"Shut up!" Bosco yelled angrily. Blushing deeply, he slowly lifted himself from the floor.

"Anyway, we had SO many viewers yesterday on that segment on you, that I decided that you and I just NEED to have an interview!" She watched Bosco grab his lock, putting in the combination.

"So, what do you say? Publicity will-- Hey, what's that noise?"

Bosco threw open his locker.

A small sort of package was sitting on the bottom shelf. The small ticking noise was coming from this. A tiny red light was blinking on top of the package.

"Shit. Shit! It's a bomb!"

Tina's smile immediately fell from her face, "Wha-"

"BOMB!" Bosco bellowed, grabbing one of his crutches and heading towards the door.

"What are you-"

Bosco grabbed Tina around her waist, pulling her away from the locker, he limped out of the locker room.

"There's a bomb in there!" Bosco yelled, "Bomb!"

Many disbelieving faces turned his way.

Tina pulled out of his grasp, "Are you serious-"

But at that moment, the small package in Bosco's locker blew up.


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