Chapter 18
Kim and Doc pulled up to the apartment building just in front of Faith and Bosco.
They got out of their car and headed up to the door.
"Let us go in first Doc, just in case," Faith said.
Faith looked at Bosco, who seemed a little dazed.
"Bosco are you sure you're OK?" Faith asked him, "Because we could have a situation here, and i need to know that you are OK"
"Uh huh I am fine Faith" Bosco replied, feeling really lightheaded.
He knew that he probably should have told Faith the truth but it was too late now.
"OK then lets go in" Faith said as they headed up the stairs.
Bosco got to the top of the stairs first and luckily someone was exiting the building so they didn't have to wait to be buzzed in.
"5C" Faith said, "Lets take the stairs."
Bosco was right behind Faith until about the third floor, when he started to get really nauseous and lightheaded.
He stopped for a second forgetting that Kim and Doc were right behind him.
"You OK Bosco?" Kim asked him when she saw him stop.
"Yea I'm fine," Bosco answered, and quickly started running up the remaining two flights of stairs.
When they reached the 55th floor they could hear yelling down the hallway.
Faith stopped and turned around to look at Bosco.
He was breathing really heavily and looked like crap.
Faith brushed it off as herself worrying too much again; "He said he was fine, " she thought, and proceeded down the hall to 5C.
They went up to 5C and knocked loudly on the door.
"POLICE OPEN UP" Bosco shouted through the noise behind the apartment door.
Bosco and Faith both had their hands on their weapons, ready to draw of they needed to.
"Doc, Kim, you guys stay right behind us OK?" Faith said to them as someone started to open the door.
It was a young woman, about mid 30's that answered the door.
"Thank God you are here," she said, "my ex-husband, he's gone crazy, he's trying to take my kids. I have full custody," she continued," the bastard cant take them away from me" she was yelling now.
"Ma'am is he in the house?" Bosco asked her as he stepped inside the doorway.
"Yea he's in the kitchen, around the corner there" the woman replied.
"Can we come in? Is anyone hurt?" Faith asked the lady.
'No but there will be some hurtin if he tries to take my kids" the woman said to Faith.
Faith looked right back at Doc and Kim.
"We'll be right here Faith," Doc said to her, reading her thoughts.
Bosco was already inside the apartment heading down the hallway to the kitchen as Faith stepped inside the door.
"Hello? Sir? Police, we just want to talk," Bosco said loudly as he slowly turned the corner into the kitchen.
Bosco silently prayed that this call would be quick and easy, not the usual long drawn out pain in the ass domestic calls they usually ended up with.
He was starting to feel worse and worse with every minute that went by.
His head was swimming and he couldn't shake the dizzy feeling he was having.
"I thought that freakin IV Kim stuck in my arm was supposed to help me," Bosco thought as he entered the kitchen.
Bosco saw the ex-husband standing at the counter with a knife in his hand.
He immediately drew his gun.
"Put down the knife Sir" he said to the man.
Faith entered the kitchen with the ex-wife who started shouting again as soon as she saw the knife.
Bosco couldn't handle this...not now...not today...
"Put down the knife right now and get your damn hands up or i WILL shoot you right here" Bosco yelled at the man.
The man must have really thought Bosco wasn't kidding because he put the knife down on the counter and raised his hands in the air.
"Faith could you? Bosco asked her as he motioned to the man.
"Yea sure Boz" Faith said as she handcuffed the man and read him his rights.
Faith glanced over at Bosco, who looked as white as a ghost.
Bosco swayed a little and grabbed the counter, and Faith thought he looked like he was about to pass out.
"Doc Doc I need you in here," Faith shouted, and as she turned back around Bosco fell to the ground in a heap.
"Oh my God Bosco!" Faith yelled as she ran over to her partner.
"Bosco talk to me please Boz," she begged him as Doc and Kim made their way into the kitchen.
Faith didn't think that he had been hurt by this man, she didn't hear any shots or see that he had gotten stabbed, and he made no indication to her that he was hurt, so she started to freak out a little.
"What the hell happened?" Kim asked as Doc gently turned Bosco onto his back.
"I. I don't know...one second he was fine and the next thing he was on the floor." Faith answered Kim.
"Bosco...Bosco can your hear me it's Doc?" Doc asked Bosco as he felt for a pulse.
Bosco opened his eyes and looked around.
What...where's the perp? did...did he get away?" Bosco asked, clearly confused at the situation at hand.
"Its OK Faith, I think that he just passed out" Doc said as he started to check all of Bosco's vitals, "Its not uncommon when you've lost so much fluids like he has the last couple of days for them to faint. His blood sugar is all out of place, and he is probably still dehydrated somewhat, so physical exertion like running up the stairs as Bosco just did can trigger this."
Doc looked at Kim, "Get the gurney, we are taking him into Mercy."
"NO WAY...NO CHANCE..." Bosco yelled as soon as he heard the word Mercy out of Doc's mouth.
Boco tried to sit up but got really dizzy, and almost fell over.
"I...I just need to eat something...blood sugar right Doc? You said it yourself...I have been a little sick so I am all messed up with the blood sugar" Bosco was rambling, not a clue what he was saying, only praying that it would get him out of going to Mercy.
"I need to eat...with Faith...we will go get some dinner...right now" Bosco pleaded as he looked at Faith with those begging eyes.
"OK all right, yea Doc, he'll be OK" Faith said although she was not quite sure that was the truth.
Bosco was really starting to scare her, he never took sick like this, and she had never seen him so weak that he passed out.
Bosco stood up slowly, so as not to pass out again or cause any of then to question his well being.
"C'mon Jag-off lets go" he said, as he grabbed the ex-husband and headed out of the kitchen.
We'll be in the RMP" Bosco said to Faith as he and the ex-husband walked out the door
"OK, I'll finish up here with the woman" Faith replied, slightly annoyed that she was stuck to do the follow up with the ex wife, yet too concerned for Bosco to really be pissed off.
While Faith finished up with the ex-wife and Doc and Kim checked out her and her kids, who had been hiding in the bedroom, and gave them all the OK.
Doc, Kim, and Faith were all walking out together when faith stopped them; "listen you guys, thanks for all you did today...with Bosco, I really appreciate it" Faith said as they started to head to their bus.
"Yea sure thing Faith" Kim said.
"Faith you keep an eye on Bosco, a close eye," Doc said, "if you think he is getting any worse then you take him into Mercy, even if you have to arrest him to get him there," Doc smiled, yet Faith knew he was dead serious.
"Thanks Doc, I will," she replied and opened the door to the RMP.
Faith got into the car and slammed the door shut.
"What the hell is wrong with you Bosco?" she yelled at him.
"You pass out on me and you think that you are fine, I have to cover for your ass with them so that you don't have to go to the hospital?" Faith shouted at him, "I should have let them take you to Mercy."
"Well, the next time you get sick in an alley, or at work, or feel the need to PASS OUT in the middle of an arrest don't expect me to come runnin with help" she laid it on him.
Bosco just sat back and took every word that faith was throwing at him.
Besides, he wasn't gonna die or anything, he was just sick, and he knew that no matter what he did or said, Faith would always be there for him...always.
Kim and Doc pulled up to the apartment building just in front of Faith and Bosco.
They got out of their car and headed up to the door.
"Let us go in first Doc, just in case," Faith said.
Faith looked at Bosco, who seemed a little dazed.
"Bosco are you sure you're OK?" Faith asked him, "Because we could have a situation here, and i need to know that you are OK"
"Uh huh I am fine Faith" Bosco replied, feeling really lightheaded.
He knew that he probably should have told Faith the truth but it was too late now.
"OK then lets go in" Faith said as they headed up the stairs.
Bosco got to the top of the stairs first and luckily someone was exiting the building so they didn't have to wait to be buzzed in.
"5C" Faith said, "Lets take the stairs."
Bosco was right behind Faith until about the third floor, when he started to get really nauseous and lightheaded.
He stopped for a second forgetting that Kim and Doc were right behind him.
"You OK Bosco?" Kim asked him when she saw him stop.
"Yea I'm fine," Bosco answered, and quickly started running up the remaining two flights of stairs.
When they reached the 55th floor they could hear yelling down the hallway.
Faith stopped and turned around to look at Bosco.
He was breathing really heavily and looked like crap.
Faith brushed it off as herself worrying too much again; "He said he was fine, " she thought, and proceeded down the hall to 5C.
They went up to 5C and knocked loudly on the door.
"POLICE OPEN UP" Bosco shouted through the noise behind the apartment door.
Bosco and Faith both had their hands on their weapons, ready to draw of they needed to.
"Doc, Kim, you guys stay right behind us OK?" Faith said to them as someone started to open the door.
It was a young woman, about mid 30's that answered the door.
"Thank God you are here," she said, "my ex-husband, he's gone crazy, he's trying to take my kids. I have full custody," she continued," the bastard cant take them away from me" she was yelling now.
"Ma'am is he in the house?" Bosco asked her as he stepped inside the doorway.
"Yea he's in the kitchen, around the corner there" the woman replied.
"Can we come in? Is anyone hurt?" Faith asked the lady.
'No but there will be some hurtin if he tries to take my kids" the woman said to Faith.
Faith looked right back at Doc and Kim.
"We'll be right here Faith," Doc said to her, reading her thoughts.
Bosco was already inside the apartment heading down the hallway to the kitchen as Faith stepped inside the door.
"Hello? Sir? Police, we just want to talk," Bosco said loudly as he slowly turned the corner into the kitchen.
Bosco silently prayed that this call would be quick and easy, not the usual long drawn out pain in the ass domestic calls they usually ended up with.
He was starting to feel worse and worse with every minute that went by.
His head was swimming and he couldn't shake the dizzy feeling he was having.
"I thought that freakin IV Kim stuck in my arm was supposed to help me," Bosco thought as he entered the kitchen.
Bosco saw the ex-husband standing at the counter with a knife in his hand.
He immediately drew his gun.
"Put down the knife Sir" he said to the man.
Faith entered the kitchen with the ex-wife who started shouting again as soon as she saw the knife.
Bosco couldn't handle this...not now...not today...
"Put down the knife right now and get your damn hands up or i WILL shoot you right here" Bosco yelled at the man.
The man must have really thought Bosco wasn't kidding because he put the knife down on the counter and raised his hands in the air.
"Faith could you? Bosco asked her as he motioned to the man.
"Yea sure Boz" Faith said as she handcuffed the man and read him his rights.
Faith glanced over at Bosco, who looked as white as a ghost.
Bosco swayed a little and grabbed the counter, and Faith thought he looked like he was about to pass out.
"Doc Doc I need you in here," Faith shouted, and as she turned back around Bosco fell to the ground in a heap.
"Oh my God Bosco!" Faith yelled as she ran over to her partner.
"Bosco talk to me please Boz," she begged him as Doc and Kim made their way into the kitchen.
Faith didn't think that he had been hurt by this man, she didn't hear any shots or see that he had gotten stabbed, and he made no indication to her that he was hurt, so she started to freak out a little.
"What the hell happened?" Kim asked as Doc gently turned Bosco onto his back.
"I. I don't know...one second he was fine and the next thing he was on the floor." Faith answered Kim.
"Bosco...Bosco can your hear me it's Doc?" Doc asked Bosco as he felt for a pulse.
Bosco opened his eyes and looked around.
What...where's the perp? did...did he get away?" Bosco asked, clearly confused at the situation at hand.
"Its OK Faith, I think that he just passed out" Doc said as he started to check all of Bosco's vitals, "Its not uncommon when you've lost so much fluids like he has the last couple of days for them to faint. His blood sugar is all out of place, and he is probably still dehydrated somewhat, so physical exertion like running up the stairs as Bosco just did can trigger this."
Doc looked at Kim, "Get the gurney, we are taking him into Mercy."
"NO WAY...NO CHANCE..." Bosco yelled as soon as he heard the word Mercy out of Doc's mouth.
Boco tried to sit up but got really dizzy, and almost fell over.
"I...I just need to eat something...blood sugar right Doc? You said it yourself...I have been a little sick so I am all messed up with the blood sugar" Bosco was rambling, not a clue what he was saying, only praying that it would get him out of going to Mercy.
"I need to eat...with Faith...we will go get some dinner...right now" Bosco pleaded as he looked at Faith with those begging eyes.
"OK all right, yea Doc, he'll be OK" Faith said although she was not quite sure that was the truth.
Bosco was really starting to scare her, he never took sick like this, and she had never seen him so weak that he passed out.
Bosco stood up slowly, so as not to pass out again or cause any of then to question his well being.
"C'mon Jag-off lets go" he said, as he grabbed the ex-husband and headed out of the kitchen.
We'll be in the RMP" Bosco said to Faith as he and the ex-husband walked out the door
"OK, I'll finish up here with the woman" Faith replied, slightly annoyed that she was stuck to do the follow up with the ex wife, yet too concerned for Bosco to really be pissed off.
While Faith finished up with the ex-wife and Doc and Kim checked out her and her kids, who had been hiding in the bedroom, and gave them all the OK.
Doc, Kim, and Faith were all walking out together when faith stopped them; "listen you guys, thanks for all you did today...with Bosco, I really appreciate it" Faith said as they started to head to their bus.
"Yea sure thing Faith" Kim said.
"Faith you keep an eye on Bosco, a close eye," Doc said, "if you think he is getting any worse then you take him into Mercy, even if you have to arrest him to get him there," Doc smiled, yet Faith knew he was dead serious.
"Thanks Doc, I will," she replied and opened the door to the RMP.
Faith got into the car and slammed the door shut.
"What the hell is wrong with you Bosco?" she yelled at him.
"You pass out on me and you think that you are fine, I have to cover for your ass with them so that you don't have to go to the hospital?" Faith shouted at him, "I should have let them take you to Mercy."
"Well, the next time you get sick in an alley, or at work, or feel the need to PASS OUT in the middle of an arrest don't expect me to come runnin with help" she laid it on him.
Bosco just sat back and took every word that faith was throwing at him.
Besides, he wasn't gonna die or anything, he was just sick, and he knew that no matter what he did or said, Faith would always be there for him...always.