See Me Through Part 5

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Bosco charged into Faith causing the both of them to fall to the ground. Kim screamed at the sound of the weapon going off. Alex slowly made her way to them. The man told her to stay put. Slowly Faith picked her head up off the floor. There was blood on her hand. She rolled Bosco off of her only to find he was bleeding from his arm.

"Bosco!"

"I'm fine, Faith. It just grazed my arm I think." He tried to raise his gun but stopped when the man put the gun to Kim's temple.

"Bravo. Think you can save her though? I'm betting no." He cocked the gun. "I'll let the little miss go, if you two give me your guns."

Bosco tightened his grasp on his gun. Faith looked to her gun that had slid away from her in the fall. The man walked to it and bent down to get it. Bosco couldn't fire unless he wanted to hit Kim. The man holding Kim picked up Faith's gun and aimed it at her head.

"You bastard." Bosco kept his eyes trained on the gun that was at his partner head.

"At least call me by name. I'm Jeremy. My little girl is, Mary. Now, be quiet. I don't want to wake her."

"She's dead. There's nothing we can do about that now." Bosco winced at the pain from his arm. "If you take the guns off of the two of them, I'll put mine down."

"Fair enough, but you first."

"No way."

"Let her go," Faith spoke up. "And then he'll lower his gun."

"Letting a woman speak for you?" Jeremy smiled. "Fine." He threw Kim to the ground near Bosco. "You," he yelled at Alex "over here too. Now, Officer . . . Boscorelli drop your gun."

"You can read. Here I thought you were stupid. Just insane I guess."

"I'm the one with a gun to your partner's head and another gun to yours. You'd be the insane one if you didn't give me the gun."

Bosco slowly let the gun drop to the floor. He cursed as Jeremy grabbed it. Jeremy then proceeded to reach for Faith's leg only to find she didn't carry a back up gun. He then moved to Bosco to do the same and looked happy to find Bosco did carry a back up. Jeremy's gun count was now 4. He jumped when a voice came through Bosco's radio.

"Turn it off."

"I have to respond."

"No, no more people. You'll wake up my Mary. I can't have that." Jeremy grabbed both Faith and Bosco's radios and threw them behind him. "Much better."

"We are going to be missed," Alex said as she moved to Bosco to check his arm.

"I don't care. I'm not going back to jail. I was there once and when I came back my baby had cancer. You aren't taking her away from me. No one will." He smiled at Faith. "I bet your a fighter."

"Excuse me?"

"You look like a fighter. Never had one of them before." He moved into Faith.

"Stay away from her," Bosco growled.

"What are you going to do? Yell at me?" Jeremy laughed. "This is perfect. I have three bitches that need punishing. And one annoyance." He pointed to Faith. "You will put me in jail if you get the chance." He then motioned to Kim and Alex. "You two won't help my baby. Do you know how I punish stupid bitches like you?"

"If we could help her we would," Kim cried.

"You're a whiner. I hate whiners." He grinned at Faith. "You'll be fun. What's your name?" He demanded. "Your name!"

"Faith."

"Well, then Faith. Why aren't you afraid of me?"

"Why should I be afraid of you?"

"Your two little friends are. What are your names? I like to know my bitches names."

"Kim."

"Alex."

"Good. Now, officer Boscorelli I need you to stay put and not to try anything. Your partner Faith and I are going to have some fun."

"Like hell you are," Bosco screamed.

"I have the weapons. All you have is your big mouth." Jeremy grabbed Faith and pulled her up.

"Don't touch her!" Bosco stood up. He looked at Alex who held a small radio. He willed her to try and call for help. He held her stare for a few seconds hoping she knew what he wanted then he looked back at Jeremy. "You'll have to kill me before I let you hurt her."

"That could be arranged." Jeremy slapped Faith then threw her back down. "I don't want things to get messy just yet." He glanced down to Alex who was holding a radio. "You stupid bitch. What did you do? If this causes my Mary to wake up you'll beg me to kill you." He stalked to her.

"Back up is on its way." Alex dropped the radio.

"I guess you'll get punished first." He pulled his gun on Alex then pulled her up roughly. "I can't make this more private. I'm afraid my guests will try something. I'll just tie them up and they can watch." Jeremy pulled Alex to the middle of the room. "You know what, I can't waste time with rope. Any of you move and I kill her."

Bosco kept his eyes trained on Jeremy and Alex. He had said that it would be over his dead body before he let Faith get hurt. The same went for Alex and Kim. There was no way he'd watch as this maniac did what he wanted to her. He watched Jeremy push Alex to the ground then straddle her.

"I'll kill you if you go any further you bastard!" Bosco yelled. Jeremy didn't seem to listen.

"Get off me!" Alex screamed.

"I don't get that too often. It's usually, please don't do this," Jeremy mimicked. "That's what they all say. Deep down you want it. You just don't know it yet. I think it's better with an audience, don't you? Officer Boscorelli can live with the fact that he couldn't do a damn thing to stop me."

"You think I can't stop you?" Bosco slowly stood up. "Why don't you come and try me."

"Sit back down, or I will shoot her. I can still punish her even if she's bleeding. Doesn't matter to me."

"Yeah? And how long do you think I'll let you live after that? I'm not kidding."

He had to do something. Something that wouldn't get Alex killed. Jeremy began to unbutton Alex shirt as she kicked and tried to hit him. He took his gun and hit her with it causing Alex to stop struggling. Bosco caught Faith's glare and knew that she wanted to do something too.

"Stop it!" She screamed. "You wanted me first. Leave her alone. I'm the one who will throw your ass in jail."

"She's out cold, why not? I always wanted a fighter." Jeremy got up and began to walk to Faith. Sirens could be heard in the distance. "Damn. I'll have to hurry." He reached for Faith but instead felt Bosco attack him.

The two men rolled around on the floor fighting for the gun. Faith had made her way to the drawer where Jeremy had placed the extra guns and grabbed one. She looked on as Bosco received blow after blow. Kim had crawled to Alex who was passed out on the floor.

"Get out of here, Kim. Take her with you!" Faith ordered. "Bosco!" she cried out as Jeremy got a hold of the gun.

"Looks like I won huh?" Jeremy held Boso as his shield this time. He moved back towards his bathroom. "Get in." He pulled the knife he had used on Kim earlier out. "Do it."

"Shoot him, Faith. Shoot!" Bosco cried out.

"I can't."

"Too bad. He's going to die." Jeremy took the knife and plunged into Bosco's side.

"Oh god." Bosco began to slump.

"No, no Officer. You need to stay up." He took the knife and was about to jab it into Bosco again when Faith pulled the trigger. Nothing. "You think I'd leave bullets in there."

Bosco locked eyes on Faith as he felt the knife go into him two more times. The pain was unbearable. He felt Jeremy throw him into Faith then lock the door. Faith laid him down then tried the doors. Locked. She moved to his side then began to unbutton his shirt then rip off his vest so she could look at his wounds.

"Faith," Bosco began.

"No, shh. You'll be fine."

"No, Faith. I . . . smell . . . smoke," Bosco got out. "Bastard is going to burn us alive."

"I heard sirens. Back up is here." Faith moved to the tub and started to run the water. "We'll be fine." She then grabbed some towels and pushed them under the door. She touched the door and felt the heat. Even if she could open the door the fire was most likely close to them. The tub was now full and the smoke was getting in. "I think we'll both fit. It's a big tub."

"We can't breath . . . underwater, Faith."

"Thank you captain obvious." She smiled at him. She grabbed two pens from her pocket. Twisting the tops of she pulled the ink out to give her two hollow pens. "Breath through this until help comes. Can you help me? Can you stand at all?"

"Yeah."

"Good." Faith helped Bosco up and then into the tub. She got in first then rolled to the farthest side. The water was still running and the tub had overflowed. She helped Bosco in. Amazingly they both fit. It was tight and uncomfortable, but hopefully the water would help them if the fire got in.

Bosco tried to fight the darkness that was calling him. He could feel Faith's arms around him. He could feel his strength leave him. It seemed like forever since Faith had pulled him into the tub.

"Kim?" Jimmy ran into his ex-wife who was helping a now conscious Alex to the bus. "What happened?"

"This guy, he's crazy. Bosco and Faith, oh god." Tears rolled down her face. She looked up to see flames. "Oh god!"

"Doherty! We got flames!"

"Go!" Kim yelled at Jimmy.

"Alex?" Davis appeared.

"Ty!" She grabbed him tightly. "He . . . he saved me."

"What?"

"Bosco saved me," Alex stated trying to be strong.

"This guy, Jeremy. He was sick. He tried to rape her, but Bosco and Faith stopped him. God help them." Kim couldn't take her eyes off the building.

Jimmy struggled in the fire and smoke. He couldn't find Faith or Bosco. They had opened every door but one. The fire wasn't in control so he needed to find them fast. The last door. He took his axe and broke it down. Crawling in the room he realized it was a bathroom. He reached the tub and noticed the water wasn't clear. He reached in and pulled out Faith.

"Take this." He handed her his mask.

"No, help Bosco."

"Walsh! Get her out of here! I got Bosco!" Jimmy pushed Faith into Walsh's arms. Then he yanked Bosco out of the water. He threw Bosco over his shoulders and made his way out of the inferno. Once outside he was met by Alex, Kim, Doc and Carlos. Doc and Carlos tried to take Bosco but Alex wouldn't allow it.

"Alex, you and Kim are in no shape . . ." Doc began.

"He saved our lives. Now we do the same for him." Alex didn't wait for Doc's reply but instead rolled Bosco's stretcher to their bus. "Jimmy, drive."

"Bosco, can you hear me?" Faith held his hand as they loaded Bosco in the bus.

He could hear the voices around him. The loud wail of a siren pounded through his head. He could feel someone poking his side and then his arm. The voices all blended in together, but somehow he knew there was more than one person talking. Shouting . . . he could hear shouting.

"He said it just grazed him," a voice said. "There's no exit wound."

"Damn it , Bosco."

Faith. He knew it was Faith. It was her hand that was wrapped around his. He no longer felt like he was floating. Bosco struggled to open his eyes. The overwhelming urge to give into the darkness was there, he just had to fight it. He needed to talk to her.

"Faith?" he barely got out.

"Oh, thank god. I'm here," she said.

"Kim and Alex?"

"We're fine. Now, just relax," Kim spoke.

"Easy for you to say," he mumbled. "Faith, promise me . . . if I . . .if I don't make it . . . ," he began. "Promise you'll take care of Noah. He loves you."

"Don't think like that. You'll be fine."

"Maybe, or maybe I'm not superman like I think I am. Tell Noah I love him," he said through a new wave of pain that coursed through his body. "I never told him."

"He knows, things like that, they just know." Faith ran her hand through his hair as he cried in pain.

"How much farther, Jimmy?" Alex barked.

"A couple of blocks. Even with Sully and Davis running interference, I still can't go any faster." Jimmy turned his head back. "Hang in there."

"You'll tell him? Don't let Ashley or those lawyers take him away. My Ma will die if she lost us both."

"She won't lose either of you. We didn't come this far for it to all end now. Noah needs you. Your mother needs you," Faith cried. "I need you."

"We're here." Jimmy ran to the back and opened the doors.

"I love you, you're my best friend. You'll make it." Faith leaned down and kissed his forehead.

Bosco smiled at Faith's words. He only wished she loved him the way he loved her. He wanted Faith to be the one who took Noah if something ever happened to him. She had her own family to deal with though and didn't need another mouth to feed. Those were the last thoughts that went through his mind before the darkness consumed him.