Recognizing the voice as belonging to Craig, she remained seated, hoping he
wasn't looking for her, or if he was that he didn't find her. As he headed
across the roof in her direction she heard him say, "Damn it, where is she?
She's got to be up here some where!" The sound of his voice made her panic
slightly, hoping he'd turn around and leave.
"Why can't he leave me the hell alone!" Kim said angrily to herself, the thoughts of what he'd said to Bobby coming back to her.
She closed her eyes, silently hoping Craig would buzz off and leave her alone. But much to her dismay, next thing she knew he was sitting next to her.
"Damn it!" she cursed silently, opening her eyes when she felt him put his hand on her knee.
"There you are," Craig said smiling.
"What do you want!" Kim snapped, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Just to talk, that's all." He replied, moving his hand from her knee to her arm.
"What is there to talk about?" she demanded.
"Come on. You're not being fair about this." Craig replied.
"Fair?! You call what you said to me and my husband fair to us!? I've got nothing more to say to you!" Kim said vehemently, getting up and heading to go back inside.
"Where do you think you're going?" Craig sneered, grabbing her by the arm and pulling her back to where he stood. The instant she felt him pull her back she began to fight back but Craig soon pinned her against the wall and said coldly, "You will be mine, regardless of whether you cooperate or not!"
She fought even harder against him. When he moved in to try and kiss her, she moved her head away to avoid him. He grasped her lower jaw in his left hand, keeping her head immobile as he forcefully began to kiss her. Bruises had begun to form on her arms and jaw from the pressure he'd applied, but she still continued to fight against the hold he had her in as tears began to fall down her face.
"I love a fiery woman," Craig sneered, releasing her and leaving the roof.
Alex had gone to check on Bobby and Jimmy was headed up towards the roof to check on Kim when he saw Craig on his way down from the roof with a smirk on his face.
"Oh shit! What's he done?" Jimmy asked silently when he reached the stairs leading to the roof.
Jimmy dashed up towards the roof and frantically searched for Kim but didn't see her, but heard someone crying. He looked over the edge of the roof and saw Bobby cooling off for a bit and yelled down to him.
"Hey Bobby!" he yelled.
"What?" Bobby yelled in reply, turning to look up towards the roof.
"Get up here! Something's happened!" Jimmy replied, before leaving the edge of the building.
Alex had just come out finding Bobby taking a break from shooting basketball and saw him glance in her direction before racing past her, back inside the firehouse.
"Bobby! Wait!" Alex called out, spinning around on a dime and following him.
Jimmy canvassed the roof, finding Kim lying on the ground on her left side crying. He knelt down beside her and gently said, "Sssh, it's ok. Come here."
As he helped her sit up, she looked over at him as a fresh round of sobs tore through her. He saw the bruises on her arms and jaw and realized Craig had to have been the one who had caused them. As he waited on Bobby to come up he tried to calm her down but was more focused on confronting Craig later on. Alex and Bobby rushed onto the roof but saw no one. They did however hear the crying and followed the sounds till they found Jimmy trying to calm Kim down. Anger rose in Bobby when he saw her in tears with bruises on her arms, realizing who had to have caused them.
"Jimmy, what happened!" Bobby asked, dropping to his knees beside them.
"Stay with her," Jimmy replied, getting up and storming off to find Craig.
Kim looked up into Bobby's eyes and threw her arms around his neck, still crying when he softly began to whisper, "El todo es va a estar bien a bebé. Calme apenas. Usted es seguro. Yo no permitiré que nada acontecerá más a usted. El no lo lastimará ya. Relájese apenas y el todo será fino."
She gradually began to calm down, but was still trembling. He'd gotten a look at the bruise on her jaw and did the best he could to comfort her, even though he was ready to kick Craig's ass from here to China and back.
Jimmy found Craig sitting on the back of his rig and headed towards him.
"What the hell is your problem!" Jimmy said heatedly.
"What problem?" Craig responded, acting as if nothing had happened.
"Why do you keep harassing Bobby's wife" Jimmy demanded angrily.
"She's hot that's why!" he replied, wondering what connection Jimmy had to her.
"There are plenty of single good looking women in the city, why her?" Jimmy fumed.
"She stands out from the others, has a different aire about her that I find appealing." He replied calmly.
"Here's a news flash Einstein she's never going to be with you! She'd never cheat on Bobby like that." Jimmy hissed.
"At least not willingly she wouldn't" Craig replied.
"What the hell does that mean asshole!" Jimmy demanded.
"I'm sure with the right amount of leverage it could be done," Craig sneered.
"You harm one hair one her head or anyone else in her family and I'll personally help Bobby kick your ass." Jimmy growled, glaring at Craig.
"Why so overprotective of her?" Craig questioned curiously.
"She's my ex-wife, mother of my son and my best friend, that's why!" Jimmy replied vehemently.
"So she's had two kids. Damn you'd never know it!" Craig responded snidely.
"Just leave her, Bobby and her kids alone or you will be sorry!" Jimmy warned, before returning to the roof.
When he arrived back on the roof, the three of them were still in the same spot they'd been in when he left.
"Hey Bobby, we need to talk." Jimmy said.
Bobby got up and headed over towards where he was and when they were out of earshot of Kim and Alex, asked, "What's the matter?"
"I just finished having a little conversation with the asshole downstairs and he's got something planned that doesn't sound too good." Jimmy began to say.
"What did he tell you!" Bobby replied, almost cutting him off.
"I told him he didn't stand a chance with her because you two were together and that she would never do anything behind your back when he snidely responded, 'I'm sure with the right amount of leverage it could be done.'"
Rage began to grow within Bobby as he thought about that psycho doing something to hurt Kim and let loose an angry stream of words in Spanish.
"¡Eso maldice a hijo de una ramera! El piensa aún acerca de lastimarla otra vez yo personalmente lo mataré yo mismo. ¡El piensa aún acerca de hacer algo a ella con mí alrededor de y patearé su como como debe tener ayer!"
Several minutes later the two returned to where Alex and Kim were seated. Alex looked up upon hearing their footsteps and turned her attention back towards Kim, realizing whatever Jimmy had told Bobby couldn't have been good.
"Let's get her back inside. Providing a certain someone isn't hanging around." Bobby said, an icy tone entering his voice at the end of the statement.
"I'll go check and see if Craig's gone." Alex replied, getting up and heading inside.
Five minutes later she returned with the news that Craig was gone on a run and that it was safe to bring her inside.
After his shift was over, Craig sat in his apartment with a beer in hand, looking through several pictures he'd taken of Kim, smiling evilly as he looked at them.
"Soon my dear, our destiny will be fulfilled. Whether you cooperate or not." He said vengefully, laughing silently at the plan he'd just thought up.
Meanwhile Kim lay in bed, gently stroking her sleeping daughter's hair as she tried to forget the events that had occurred at work. Joey quietly came in and sat down next to his mother, knowing something wasn't right.
"Why are you so sad?" he asked softly.
"Just a bad day at work baby, that's all." She replied quietly, hugging him and her daughter close.
He saw the pain in her eyes and curled up alongside her and his sister, trying to be some source of comfort for his mother. Bobby had been taking a shower and when he came out he found the three of them asleep. He carefully picked up Keira and took her across the hall and put her to bed and got a blanket and covered Kim and Joey up. He sat down beside them wondering what Craig was planning on pulling. The last thing he asked himself before he fell asleep was, "¿Craig lo que usted planean? ¿Qué causó que usted cambiara de la manera que usted era la semana pasada? ¿Cómo ata mi esposa en sus sentimientos de la cólera y la destrucción?"
The next day at the station Kim was never alone, either Jimmy or Bobby were always with her. Craig was smart not to try anything with them around, but simply bided his time till she was left alone. He knew they couldn't be with her all the time and waited patiently for the opportunity to cause more havoc with everyone.
Later on that evening there was a fire in a high rise building with injured people both inside and outside the structure. As the remaining few people left the building, there was a large explosion that ripped through it, raining down shards of glass and pieces of brick down onto those below. Kim and Bobby were leading a group of people away from the building when the explosion hit. A large piece of brick from about six stories up struck the back of Bobby's helmet, knocking him unconscious. One of the firefighters had seen what had happened and headed over towards the fallen medic to see if he was ok.
Kim had taken the group they were leading over towards the ambulance when she looked back and didn't see Bobby. She finally saw him on the ground, with a couple firefighters rushing over towards him. She immediately grabbed a c-collar and backboard and rushed back to her fallen partner. After getting the collar around his neck the firefighters helped her get him on the board and carried him back over towards the bus. Doc appeared out of no where and asked what had happened. As she relayed what had occurred, he climbed in and had one of the firefighters drive.
Doc monitored vitals while she began to clean the wounds he'd gotten from the glass that had hit him after the blow to the head had knocked him out. She was forcing herself to stay calm but inside she was going crazy. When they arrived, he was still unconscious and Doc called off vitals as they brought him through the doors of the ER. Much to her dismay, she and Doc had to go back and help out at the fire, even though she wanted to stay with Bobby. Doc saw the panicked look on her face when he told her they had to go back and said,
"Come on Kim, there's nothing we can do but wait. As soon as we are done I'll bring you back. Ok?"
She reluctantly left, casting one last worried glance towards Bobby before following Doc back outside. Luckily all of the injuries were minor, just scratches and smoke inhalation. When she arrived back in the ER, Bobby was getting a CT Scan done so all she could do was wait in the waiting room. Alex rushed in a short time later looking for her, finding her pacing the waiting room floor for any news of his condition.
Spanish Translations:
El todo es va a estar bien a bebé. Calme apenas. Usted es seguro. Yo no permitiré que nada acontecerá más a usted. El no lo lastimará ya. Relájese apenas y el todo será fino.
Everything's going to be ok baby. Just calm down. You're safe. I won't let anything else happen to you. He won't hurt you anymore. Just relax and everything will be fine.
¡Eso maldice a hijo de una ramera! El piensa aún acerca de lastimarla otra vez yo personalmente lo mataré yo mismo. ¡El piensa aún acerca de hacer algo a ella con mí alrededor de y patearé su como como debe tener ayer!
That damn son of a bitch! He even thinks about hurting her again I'll personally kill him myself. He even thinks about doing anything to her with me around and I'll kick his ass like I should have yesterday!
¿Craig lo que usted planean? ¿Qué causó que usted cambiara de la manera que usted era la semana pasada? ¿Cómo ata mi esposa en sus sentimientos de la cólera y la destrucción?
Craig what are you planning? What caused you to change from the way you were last week? How does my wife tie into your feelings of anger and destruction?
"Why can't he leave me the hell alone!" Kim said angrily to herself, the thoughts of what he'd said to Bobby coming back to her.
She closed her eyes, silently hoping Craig would buzz off and leave her alone. But much to her dismay, next thing she knew he was sitting next to her.
"Damn it!" she cursed silently, opening her eyes when she felt him put his hand on her knee.
"There you are," Craig said smiling.
"What do you want!" Kim snapped, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Just to talk, that's all." He replied, moving his hand from her knee to her arm.
"What is there to talk about?" she demanded.
"Come on. You're not being fair about this." Craig replied.
"Fair?! You call what you said to me and my husband fair to us!? I've got nothing more to say to you!" Kim said vehemently, getting up and heading to go back inside.
"Where do you think you're going?" Craig sneered, grabbing her by the arm and pulling her back to where he stood. The instant she felt him pull her back she began to fight back but Craig soon pinned her against the wall and said coldly, "You will be mine, regardless of whether you cooperate or not!"
She fought even harder against him. When he moved in to try and kiss her, she moved her head away to avoid him. He grasped her lower jaw in his left hand, keeping her head immobile as he forcefully began to kiss her. Bruises had begun to form on her arms and jaw from the pressure he'd applied, but she still continued to fight against the hold he had her in as tears began to fall down her face.
"I love a fiery woman," Craig sneered, releasing her and leaving the roof.
Alex had gone to check on Bobby and Jimmy was headed up towards the roof to check on Kim when he saw Craig on his way down from the roof with a smirk on his face.
"Oh shit! What's he done?" Jimmy asked silently when he reached the stairs leading to the roof.
Jimmy dashed up towards the roof and frantically searched for Kim but didn't see her, but heard someone crying. He looked over the edge of the roof and saw Bobby cooling off for a bit and yelled down to him.
"Hey Bobby!" he yelled.
"What?" Bobby yelled in reply, turning to look up towards the roof.
"Get up here! Something's happened!" Jimmy replied, before leaving the edge of the building.
Alex had just come out finding Bobby taking a break from shooting basketball and saw him glance in her direction before racing past her, back inside the firehouse.
"Bobby! Wait!" Alex called out, spinning around on a dime and following him.
Jimmy canvassed the roof, finding Kim lying on the ground on her left side crying. He knelt down beside her and gently said, "Sssh, it's ok. Come here."
As he helped her sit up, she looked over at him as a fresh round of sobs tore through her. He saw the bruises on her arms and jaw and realized Craig had to have been the one who had caused them. As he waited on Bobby to come up he tried to calm her down but was more focused on confronting Craig later on. Alex and Bobby rushed onto the roof but saw no one. They did however hear the crying and followed the sounds till they found Jimmy trying to calm Kim down. Anger rose in Bobby when he saw her in tears with bruises on her arms, realizing who had to have caused them.
"Jimmy, what happened!" Bobby asked, dropping to his knees beside them.
"Stay with her," Jimmy replied, getting up and storming off to find Craig.
Kim looked up into Bobby's eyes and threw her arms around his neck, still crying when he softly began to whisper, "El todo es va a estar bien a bebé. Calme apenas. Usted es seguro. Yo no permitiré que nada acontecerá más a usted. El no lo lastimará ya. Relájese apenas y el todo será fino."
She gradually began to calm down, but was still trembling. He'd gotten a look at the bruise on her jaw and did the best he could to comfort her, even though he was ready to kick Craig's ass from here to China and back.
Jimmy found Craig sitting on the back of his rig and headed towards him.
"What the hell is your problem!" Jimmy said heatedly.
"What problem?" Craig responded, acting as if nothing had happened.
"Why do you keep harassing Bobby's wife" Jimmy demanded angrily.
"She's hot that's why!" he replied, wondering what connection Jimmy had to her.
"There are plenty of single good looking women in the city, why her?" Jimmy fumed.
"She stands out from the others, has a different aire about her that I find appealing." He replied calmly.
"Here's a news flash Einstein she's never going to be with you! She'd never cheat on Bobby like that." Jimmy hissed.
"At least not willingly she wouldn't" Craig replied.
"What the hell does that mean asshole!" Jimmy demanded.
"I'm sure with the right amount of leverage it could be done," Craig sneered.
"You harm one hair one her head or anyone else in her family and I'll personally help Bobby kick your ass." Jimmy growled, glaring at Craig.
"Why so overprotective of her?" Craig questioned curiously.
"She's my ex-wife, mother of my son and my best friend, that's why!" Jimmy replied vehemently.
"So she's had two kids. Damn you'd never know it!" Craig responded snidely.
"Just leave her, Bobby and her kids alone or you will be sorry!" Jimmy warned, before returning to the roof.
When he arrived back on the roof, the three of them were still in the same spot they'd been in when he left.
"Hey Bobby, we need to talk." Jimmy said.
Bobby got up and headed over towards where he was and when they were out of earshot of Kim and Alex, asked, "What's the matter?"
"I just finished having a little conversation with the asshole downstairs and he's got something planned that doesn't sound too good." Jimmy began to say.
"What did he tell you!" Bobby replied, almost cutting him off.
"I told him he didn't stand a chance with her because you two were together and that she would never do anything behind your back when he snidely responded, 'I'm sure with the right amount of leverage it could be done.'"
Rage began to grow within Bobby as he thought about that psycho doing something to hurt Kim and let loose an angry stream of words in Spanish.
"¡Eso maldice a hijo de una ramera! El piensa aún acerca de lastimarla otra vez yo personalmente lo mataré yo mismo. ¡El piensa aún acerca de hacer algo a ella con mí alrededor de y patearé su como como debe tener ayer!"
Several minutes later the two returned to where Alex and Kim were seated. Alex looked up upon hearing their footsteps and turned her attention back towards Kim, realizing whatever Jimmy had told Bobby couldn't have been good.
"Let's get her back inside. Providing a certain someone isn't hanging around." Bobby said, an icy tone entering his voice at the end of the statement.
"I'll go check and see if Craig's gone." Alex replied, getting up and heading inside.
Five minutes later she returned with the news that Craig was gone on a run and that it was safe to bring her inside.
After his shift was over, Craig sat in his apartment with a beer in hand, looking through several pictures he'd taken of Kim, smiling evilly as he looked at them.
"Soon my dear, our destiny will be fulfilled. Whether you cooperate or not." He said vengefully, laughing silently at the plan he'd just thought up.
Meanwhile Kim lay in bed, gently stroking her sleeping daughter's hair as she tried to forget the events that had occurred at work. Joey quietly came in and sat down next to his mother, knowing something wasn't right.
"Why are you so sad?" he asked softly.
"Just a bad day at work baby, that's all." She replied quietly, hugging him and her daughter close.
He saw the pain in her eyes and curled up alongside her and his sister, trying to be some source of comfort for his mother. Bobby had been taking a shower and when he came out he found the three of them asleep. He carefully picked up Keira and took her across the hall and put her to bed and got a blanket and covered Kim and Joey up. He sat down beside them wondering what Craig was planning on pulling. The last thing he asked himself before he fell asleep was, "¿Craig lo que usted planean? ¿Qué causó que usted cambiara de la manera que usted era la semana pasada? ¿Cómo ata mi esposa en sus sentimientos de la cólera y la destrucción?"
The next day at the station Kim was never alone, either Jimmy or Bobby were always with her. Craig was smart not to try anything with them around, but simply bided his time till she was left alone. He knew they couldn't be with her all the time and waited patiently for the opportunity to cause more havoc with everyone.
Later on that evening there was a fire in a high rise building with injured people both inside and outside the structure. As the remaining few people left the building, there was a large explosion that ripped through it, raining down shards of glass and pieces of brick down onto those below. Kim and Bobby were leading a group of people away from the building when the explosion hit. A large piece of brick from about six stories up struck the back of Bobby's helmet, knocking him unconscious. One of the firefighters had seen what had happened and headed over towards the fallen medic to see if he was ok.
Kim had taken the group they were leading over towards the ambulance when she looked back and didn't see Bobby. She finally saw him on the ground, with a couple firefighters rushing over towards him. She immediately grabbed a c-collar and backboard and rushed back to her fallen partner. After getting the collar around his neck the firefighters helped her get him on the board and carried him back over towards the bus. Doc appeared out of no where and asked what had happened. As she relayed what had occurred, he climbed in and had one of the firefighters drive.
Doc monitored vitals while she began to clean the wounds he'd gotten from the glass that had hit him after the blow to the head had knocked him out. She was forcing herself to stay calm but inside she was going crazy. When they arrived, he was still unconscious and Doc called off vitals as they brought him through the doors of the ER. Much to her dismay, she and Doc had to go back and help out at the fire, even though she wanted to stay with Bobby. Doc saw the panicked look on her face when he told her they had to go back and said,
"Come on Kim, there's nothing we can do but wait. As soon as we are done I'll bring you back. Ok?"
She reluctantly left, casting one last worried glance towards Bobby before following Doc back outside. Luckily all of the injuries were minor, just scratches and smoke inhalation. When she arrived back in the ER, Bobby was getting a CT Scan done so all she could do was wait in the waiting room. Alex rushed in a short time later looking for her, finding her pacing the waiting room floor for any news of his condition.
Spanish Translations:
El todo es va a estar bien a bebé. Calme apenas. Usted es seguro. Yo no permitiré que nada acontecerá más a usted. El no lo lastimará ya. Relájese apenas y el todo será fino.
Everything's going to be ok baby. Just calm down. You're safe. I won't let anything else happen to you. He won't hurt you anymore. Just relax and everything will be fine.
¡Eso maldice a hijo de una ramera! El piensa aún acerca de lastimarla otra vez yo personalmente lo mataré yo mismo. ¡El piensa aún acerca de hacer algo a ella con mí alrededor de y patearé su como como debe tener ayer!
That damn son of a bitch! He even thinks about hurting her again I'll personally kill him myself. He even thinks about doing anything to her with me around and I'll kick his ass like I should have yesterday!
¿Craig lo que usted planean? ¿Qué causó que usted cambiara de la manera que usted era la semana pasada? ¿Cómo ata mi esposa en sus sentimientos de la cólera y la destrucción?
Craig what are you planning? What caused you to change from the way you were last week? How does my wife tie into your feelings of anger and destruction?