Shortly after Alex had seen the pictures, she and Bobby had to respond to a
call. Bobby noticed a difference in Alex's attitude and wondered what had
caused it.
"You ok?" he asked.
"I'll be fine. Just had a disagreement with Jimmy, that's all." She replied.
While they were enroute to the call Bobby's cell phone began to ring. For a moment his hopes rose that a lead on Kim had been found, but when he answered he discovered it was only his mother. After they'd left the ER, Bobby turned to Alex and said, "Can we swing by my place so I can get some stuff mom needs for Keira?"
"Sure, not a problem." Alex replied as they drove in the direction of the apartment complex.
They pulled up and Alex waited in the bus while Bobby went up and got the stuff his mother had asked for. When he opened the door he noticed an envelope on the floor and picked it up. He didn't open it immediately though, he went about the process of getting the stuff together for his mother. After getting everything put into a bag, he tucked the envelope under his arm and left the apartment and headed back to the bus. Alex saw him coming and noticed the envelope he was carrying. It was identical to the one left at the firehouse and dread immediately built up in her stomach.
"Mind if we drop this stuff off at my mom's that way I don't have to take it when I get off?" Bobby asked after climbing back in.
"Tell me how to get there and we'll be off." Alex replied, not taking her eyes of the envelope he held.
He noticed her looking intently at the envelope and asked, "Something wrong?"
"Several of the guys found an identical envelope like that on one of the trucks shortly before we left to respond to the call we just finished up with. If the contents of the envelope you're holding are the same as the one at the station then heaven help us." Alex replied.
As they drove he opened the envelope but decided not to remove its contents until after he'd taken the stuff to his mother. Alex waited on him in the bus while he took the stuff into his mother. He spent a little time with Keira and Joey and talked to his mother briefly before leaving. Before he left Joey asked quietly, "As anything new come up about mom?"
Bobby shook his head sadly and said, "No, nothing new has come up yet. I'll keep you posted though if I hear anything ok?"
"Ok," Joey said softly.
Bobby bent down and gave him a comforting hug and said, "Don't worry we'll find her. All we can do is be strong until then."
Joey nodded his head in response and watched Bobby leave and rejoin Alex in the bus.
Alex's stomach churned, fearing the same three pictures were in the envelope Bobby had received. Several minutes later he climbed back into the rig and Alex pulled off.
"How's Joey doing?" Alex asked.
"Still scared and worried. Hopefully this will all be over soon." Bobby replied, slipping his hand into the envelope and removing three pieces of paper.
"I know what you mean. I can't imagine what the poor kid is going through." Alex said, noticing a pained expression come across Bobby's face.
She looked across at the pieces of paper in his hands and saw the exact same images she'd seen at the firehouse and sighed heavily as she drove back to the station. Bobby couldn't believe what he was looking at. When his eyes fell upon the third picture, the one with her beaten and bleeding a look of infuriation crossed his features. Apprehension and despair loomed on his mind, wondering what she had endured the past couple days. When they arrived at the station Bobby headed for the bunks to be alone for a while taking the pictures with him. As he sat on his bunk looking at the images before him he tried to get anything he could from the pictures.
"¿Dónde lo tienen ellos Kimmy? Espero que ellos no lo lastimen ya que ellos tienen ya. Quienquiera que está atrás esto pagará. Sea apenas novio fuerte. Nada me podría mantener de encontrarlo." He said silently, looking over the image of her beaten and bleeding. {Where do they have you Kimmy? I hope they don't hurt you anymore than they already have. Whoever is behind this will pay. Just be strong sweetheart. Nothing could keep me from finding you.}
Alex grabbed a soda from the fridge and sat thinking about Bobby's reaction to the images when she heard footsteps coming towards her and looked over her shoulder to see Jimmy heading in her direction.
"Sorry about earlier. I needed to vent the pent up anger and frustration I felt after looking at those pictures." Jimmy said quietly; "No one showed those to Bobby did they?"
"It's ok. I understand how you must have felt. None of us showed them to him, but whoever sent them to us sent a copy to him as well. He found them when he stopped to pick some stuff up for Keira." Alex replied.
"He's already seen them!" Jimmy asked in surprise.
"Yeah, he looked at them when we left his mothers after dropping some stuff she needed for Keira off." Alex replied softly.
"Do you know if the cops next door have any new leads?" Jimmy asked.
"Nothing new that I'm aware of." She said in return, digging out her cell phone.
"Who are you calling?" he asked curiously.
"Faith and Bosco. I figure they will want to see these pictures." Alex replied, watching him head upstairs.
Alex quickly dialed the number and waited for Faith to pick up.
The two officers were driving around the city, Bosco not doing much other than driving and Faith sat in the passenger seat thinking what it must be like for Kim's children with her missing. She was snapped from her thought by the sound of her phone ringing.
"You gonna get that?" Bosco asked.
"No, I'd planned on having you answer it." Faith replied sarcastically as she picked her phone up and answered it.
"Hey Faith, this is Alex. Whenever you can, could you and Bosco stop by the firehouse? We got an interesting package you all might want to take a look at." She said quietly.
"Sure. We're just driving around so we'll head on over." Faith replied.
"Ok, I'll meet you two outside the firehouse then." Alex said in return.
"Sounds good, we'll be there shortly." Faith replied before hanging up.
After she'd hung up the phone Bosco glanced over and asked, "Who was that?"
"It was Alex. The firehouse got something we should take a look at." Faith said to her partner.
"Did she say what it was?" Bosco asked as he headed the RMP towards the firehouse.
"No, but I would imagine it would probably have something to do with Kim or she wouldn't have called." Faith said in response.
Jimmy found Bobby upstairs staring blankly into space and asked quietly, "You ok?"
"Not really," he replied looking at the background of one of the pictures.
"We're going to find her. That much I know for sure. Then the coward or cowards that are behind this will pay." Jimmy said, hoping his revelation would come true sooner than later.
"I know, I just hope it's soon and that they don't do anything else to hurt her." He replied, seeing Jimmy getting ready to leave to go downstairs once more.
About ten minutes after Alex spoke with Faith they arrived. She had been waiting outside on the front of one of the trucks with the pictures in the envelope.
"What did you want us to take a look at?" Bosco asked.
Alex handed the envelope to him and replied; "Jimmy, Walsh and D.K found this sitting on one of the engines earlier."
Bosco opened the envelope and pulled out the three pieces of paper as Faith looked over his shoulder. They flipped through the three images, each feeling hatred building at whomever was behind this and asked, "Who all has seen these?"
"We all have. Whoever sent those even sent a copy of them to Bobby at his apartment." Alex replied.
"He's seen these?" Faith asked.
"Yeah, I was with him when he opened the one he got at his apartment. He didn't take it to well either." She replied.
"I can imagine. Do you mind if we keep these?" Faith asked.
"Sure go ahead." Alex said in response.
"Thanks for letting us know about this. Whoever is behind this will go down for good. You have our word on that." Bosco said as he and Faith turned to go across the street.
That night after his shift, Bobby headed down along the riverbank to try and think of where she could be that they haven't already looked.
"What am I missing in these pictures that could give me some idea of where she is?" he silently asked himself.
As he paced the shore he heard a car pull up and crouched in the darkness behind some rocks and saw someone throw a bag down about five feet from where he was. It landed in the water and as the current moved to and from shore it gradually began to float away. When the individual left and the coast was clear he moved from his hiding spot and found a stick long enough to reach the bag and brought it back to shore. Since it was rather cold out he was wearing gloves, but still his hands were starting to get cold. Another good reason he had gloves on was because he had no clue what was even in this bag so at least whatever it was he wouldn't come in contact with.
It was so dark out he couldn't see a thing after he'd untied the bag. He dug into his pocket and found his penlight from work and turned it on and held it in his mouth, focusing the light on the contents of the bag. As the light shone onto what was resting in the bag he realized he was looking at two articles of clothing. One he made out to be a turtleneck type shirt, but the other made his blood run cold. Underneath the turtleneck, the light from the penlight shone on a patch that was sewn onto the left sleeve of a paramedic uniform.
Spanish Translation:
~~~
¿Dónde lo tienen ellos Kimmy? Espero que ellos no lo lastimen ya que ellos tienen ya. Quienquiera que está atrás esto pagará. Sea apenas novio fuerte. Nada me podría mantener de encontrarlo.
Where do they have you Kimmy? I hope they don't hurt you anymore than they already have. Whoever is behind this will pay. Just be strong sweetheart. Nothing could keep me from finding you.
"You ok?" he asked.
"I'll be fine. Just had a disagreement with Jimmy, that's all." She replied.
While they were enroute to the call Bobby's cell phone began to ring. For a moment his hopes rose that a lead on Kim had been found, but when he answered he discovered it was only his mother. After they'd left the ER, Bobby turned to Alex and said, "Can we swing by my place so I can get some stuff mom needs for Keira?"
"Sure, not a problem." Alex replied as they drove in the direction of the apartment complex.
They pulled up and Alex waited in the bus while Bobby went up and got the stuff his mother had asked for. When he opened the door he noticed an envelope on the floor and picked it up. He didn't open it immediately though, he went about the process of getting the stuff together for his mother. After getting everything put into a bag, he tucked the envelope under his arm and left the apartment and headed back to the bus. Alex saw him coming and noticed the envelope he was carrying. It was identical to the one left at the firehouse and dread immediately built up in her stomach.
"Mind if we drop this stuff off at my mom's that way I don't have to take it when I get off?" Bobby asked after climbing back in.
"Tell me how to get there and we'll be off." Alex replied, not taking her eyes of the envelope he held.
He noticed her looking intently at the envelope and asked, "Something wrong?"
"Several of the guys found an identical envelope like that on one of the trucks shortly before we left to respond to the call we just finished up with. If the contents of the envelope you're holding are the same as the one at the station then heaven help us." Alex replied.
As they drove he opened the envelope but decided not to remove its contents until after he'd taken the stuff to his mother. Alex waited on him in the bus while he took the stuff into his mother. He spent a little time with Keira and Joey and talked to his mother briefly before leaving. Before he left Joey asked quietly, "As anything new come up about mom?"
Bobby shook his head sadly and said, "No, nothing new has come up yet. I'll keep you posted though if I hear anything ok?"
"Ok," Joey said softly.
Bobby bent down and gave him a comforting hug and said, "Don't worry we'll find her. All we can do is be strong until then."
Joey nodded his head in response and watched Bobby leave and rejoin Alex in the bus.
Alex's stomach churned, fearing the same three pictures were in the envelope Bobby had received. Several minutes later he climbed back into the rig and Alex pulled off.
"How's Joey doing?" Alex asked.
"Still scared and worried. Hopefully this will all be over soon." Bobby replied, slipping his hand into the envelope and removing three pieces of paper.
"I know what you mean. I can't imagine what the poor kid is going through." Alex said, noticing a pained expression come across Bobby's face.
She looked across at the pieces of paper in his hands and saw the exact same images she'd seen at the firehouse and sighed heavily as she drove back to the station. Bobby couldn't believe what he was looking at. When his eyes fell upon the third picture, the one with her beaten and bleeding a look of infuriation crossed his features. Apprehension and despair loomed on his mind, wondering what she had endured the past couple days. When they arrived at the station Bobby headed for the bunks to be alone for a while taking the pictures with him. As he sat on his bunk looking at the images before him he tried to get anything he could from the pictures.
"¿Dónde lo tienen ellos Kimmy? Espero que ellos no lo lastimen ya que ellos tienen ya. Quienquiera que está atrás esto pagará. Sea apenas novio fuerte. Nada me podría mantener de encontrarlo." He said silently, looking over the image of her beaten and bleeding. {Where do they have you Kimmy? I hope they don't hurt you anymore than they already have. Whoever is behind this will pay. Just be strong sweetheart. Nothing could keep me from finding you.}
Alex grabbed a soda from the fridge and sat thinking about Bobby's reaction to the images when she heard footsteps coming towards her and looked over her shoulder to see Jimmy heading in her direction.
"Sorry about earlier. I needed to vent the pent up anger and frustration I felt after looking at those pictures." Jimmy said quietly; "No one showed those to Bobby did they?"
"It's ok. I understand how you must have felt. None of us showed them to him, but whoever sent them to us sent a copy to him as well. He found them when he stopped to pick some stuff up for Keira." Alex replied.
"He's already seen them!" Jimmy asked in surprise.
"Yeah, he looked at them when we left his mothers after dropping some stuff she needed for Keira off." Alex replied softly.
"Do you know if the cops next door have any new leads?" Jimmy asked.
"Nothing new that I'm aware of." She said in return, digging out her cell phone.
"Who are you calling?" he asked curiously.
"Faith and Bosco. I figure they will want to see these pictures." Alex replied, watching him head upstairs.
Alex quickly dialed the number and waited for Faith to pick up.
The two officers were driving around the city, Bosco not doing much other than driving and Faith sat in the passenger seat thinking what it must be like for Kim's children with her missing. She was snapped from her thought by the sound of her phone ringing.
"You gonna get that?" Bosco asked.
"No, I'd planned on having you answer it." Faith replied sarcastically as she picked her phone up and answered it.
"Hey Faith, this is Alex. Whenever you can, could you and Bosco stop by the firehouse? We got an interesting package you all might want to take a look at." She said quietly.
"Sure. We're just driving around so we'll head on over." Faith replied.
"Ok, I'll meet you two outside the firehouse then." Alex said in return.
"Sounds good, we'll be there shortly." Faith replied before hanging up.
After she'd hung up the phone Bosco glanced over and asked, "Who was that?"
"It was Alex. The firehouse got something we should take a look at." Faith said to her partner.
"Did she say what it was?" Bosco asked as he headed the RMP towards the firehouse.
"No, but I would imagine it would probably have something to do with Kim or she wouldn't have called." Faith said in response.
Jimmy found Bobby upstairs staring blankly into space and asked quietly, "You ok?"
"Not really," he replied looking at the background of one of the pictures.
"We're going to find her. That much I know for sure. Then the coward or cowards that are behind this will pay." Jimmy said, hoping his revelation would come true sooner than later.
"I know, I just hope it's soon and that they don't do anything else to hurt her." He replied, seeing Jimmy getting ready to leave to go downstairs once more.
About ten minutes after Alex spoke with Faith they arrived. She had been waiting outside on the front of one of the trucks with the pictures in the envelope.
"What did you want us to take a look at?" Bosco asked.
Alex handed the envelope to him and replied; "Jimmy, Walsh and D.K found this sitting on one of the engines earlier."
Bosco opened the envelope and pulled out the three pieces of paper as Faith looked over his shoulder. They flipped through the three images, each feeling hatred building at whomever was behind this and asked, "Who all has seen these?"
"We all have. Whoever sent those even sent a copy of them to Bobby at his apartment." Alex replied.
"He's seen these?" Faith asked.
"Yeah, I was with him when he opened the one he got at his apartment. He didn't take it to well either." She replied.
"I can imagine. Do you mind if we keep these?" Faith asked.
"Sure go ahead." Alex said in response.
"Thanks for letting us know about this. Whoever is behind this will go down for good. You have our word on that." Bosco said as he and Faith turned to go across the street.
That night after his shift, Bobby headed down along the riverbank to try and think of where she could be that they haven't already looked.
"What am I missing in these pictures that could give me some idea of where she is?" he silently asked himself.
As he paced the shore he heard a car pull up and crouched in the darkness behind some rocks and saw someone throw a bag down about five feet from where he was. It landed in the water and as the current moved to and from shore it gradually began to float away. When the individual left and the coast was clear he moved from his hiding spot and found a stick long enough to reach the bag and brought it back to shore. Since it was rather cold out he was wearing gloves, but still his hands were starting to get cold. Another good reason he had gloves on was because he had no clue what was even in this bag so at least whatever it was he wouldn't come in contact with.
It was so dark out he couldn't see a thing after he'd untied the bag. He dug into his pocket and found his penlight from work and turned it on and held it in his mouth, focusing the light on the contents of the bag. As the light shone onto what was resting in the bag he realized he was looking at two articles of clothing. One he made out to be a turtleneck type shirt, but the other made his blood run cold. Underneath the turtleneck, the light from the penlight shone on a patch that was sewn onto the left sleeve of a paramedic uniform.
Spanish Translation:
~~~
¿Dónde lo tienen ellos Kimmy? Espero que ellos no lo lastimen ya que ellos tienen ya. Quienquiera que está atrás esto pagará. Sea apenas novio fuerte. Nada me podría mantener de encontrarlo.
Where do they have you Kimmy? I hope they don't hurt you anymore than they already have. Whoever is behind this will pay. Just be strong sweetheart. Nothing could keep me from finding you.