Four days had passed since her disappearance, and she was clinging on
hoping to get out of the clutches of these demented lunatics. They had
removed the blindfold from her eyes since she was too weak to struggle or
fight back. Craig was alone with her for a while since Marc and Tony were
out getting a few things. He decided to go over and provoke her a bit since
he wasn't sure how long it would take his to accomplices to get back.
"See what you could have prevented if you would have just cooperated?" Craig taunted at her.
"I'd never choose to be with you even if I had been single," Kim replied after drawing in a shaky breath. It was starting to become hard to breathe, partially from the smoke she'd inhaled at the fire and partially from the dehydration.
"Where's your husband now? I don't see him here trying to save you. You never know, by now he's probably moved on." Craig sneered.
"He will. I have faith in him to find me. No he wouldn't. He's not that kind of person, he won't give up till I'm out of here and safe! " Kim replied, praying it was soon that she would be out of here.
Anger welled inside Craig at the fact that no matter what he did to her; nothing could break the bond that had formed between her and Bobby. Craig began to punch her in the stomach and snarled, "Would you give your life to save him?"
"In a heartbeat. He and my children are the most important things in my life. I saved his life once and I'd do it again." She replied valiantly, wincing as she drew in a raspy breath.
"We just might test that theory later. See if you're willing to back that statement up." Craig sneered, backhanding her across the face before leaving.
"Nothing can ever change the way I feel about him. Do to me as you like but he is the one person who has changed my life." She said back, feeling her head start to swim a bit.
Back at the firehouse, everyone was worried about Bobby. As each day passed he got more reclusive and silent, spending most of his time upstairs lying on his bunk. Alex had tried to convince him to come downstairs with her but he wouldn't listen to her so she left him alone.
"How is he?" Jimmy asked.
"Not good. We've got to find Kim or else he's probably never going to snap out of this." Alex said as she sat down.
"I wish I knew where else to look. We've covered a lot of territory over four days but we don't have a definite direction that whoever has her took her in." Jimmy replied, looking over at Alex.
He noticed she had an odd look on her face and said, "What are you thinking?"
"Oh nothing, I just got a really bad feeling. The same kind of feeling I had when Craig started trying to pick a fight with Bobby that one afternoon." Alex said nervously.
"Maybe you should go with your instincts. What do you think this bad feeling means?" Jimmy asked worriedly.
Before she could respond a call came in and everyone headed out to the scene of a motor vehicle accident.
Craig stormed out of the building and left, not caring that she was ungagged. She was too weak to scream so he really didn't care.
Faith and Bosco were driving around and turned onto a quiet street on the riverfront. Not much was happening, except for a very angry individual storming out of a warehouse. Faith watched the person get into their car and peel off, just about hitting their RMP when they peeled out.
"That damn son of a bitch just about hit us!" Bosco fumed, about ready to slam his foot on the accelerator.
"Bosco stop! I've got a bad feeling about something. Let me out." Faith said
"But what about that jag-off!" Bosco asked angrily.
"You chase him if you want but let me the hell out!" Faith demanded.
"Fine!" Bosco huffed.
Faith jumped out of the RMP and Bosco tore off after the black car that had nearly hit them. She heard Bosco call in the chase and gave the address to the warehouse where Faith was. She carefully entered the building and drew her gun and progessed slowly into the boarded up warehouse. The windows were all boarded shut so she had to take out her flashlight to see where she was going because on an overcast day there wasn't much light inside at all.
Kim was starting to drift in and out of consciousness. Her breaths were coming rapidly but very shallowly and her face was literally drained of all color. She kept picturing some of the best moments of her life, past and present. She thought of Bobby and how much she missed him through all this. Her friends at work, who always treated her, like one of the guys. Most of all she thought of her children. Joey and Keira, how blessed she was to have such two beautiful children.
Faith slowly progressed through the building, checking different sections of it slowly and carefully. When she rounded the corner to one of the rooms, she found Kim bound to a column clinging to life. She quickly holstered her weapon and ran over to her friend, radioing for a bus on a rush as she moved. Faith began to undo the tape around Kim's ankles first and then freed her arms and gently lowered her to the floor. She put her jacket over Kim's body, trying to conserve what little heat she had left in her.
"Kim, its Faith, help's coming, just hang on." She said gently, checking for a pulse on her wrist and neck while she waited for the bus.
Kim heard a voice and momentarily opened her eyes and saw Faith but quickly fell unconscious once more, relieved that she'd finally been found.
Doc and Carlos arrived moments later, rushing into the building looking for Faith.
"What you got Yokas?" Doc called as they came in.
"Doc hurry! It's Kim and she's not doing to good!" Faith yelled in response.
The two medics ran that much faster to where Faith was kneeling next to Kim.
"Faith, go keep an eye out for Bobby. He doesn't need to see her like this." Carlos said as he prepared to start two large bore IV's on her.
Faith nodded her head and ran outside watching for Bobby.
Doc started doing vitals on her and said, "Her BP is dangerously low, we've got to go now!"
They quickly got her on a backboard and headed for the bus. As they came out they said to Faith, "We need you to drive, its going to take both of us to monitor her."
She immediately ran to the front of the bus and climbed in as they loaded Kim in and pulled the doors. They had her on oxygen but her O² sat was dropping rapidly. Doc got ready to intubate since the oxygen wasn't helping when she started going into respiratory arrest. Carlos started doing chest compressions since she'd stopped breathing before Doc had gotten the intubation tube in. Faith heard what was going on and stepped on it, knowing time was of the essence at this point.
Alex and Bobby were sitting around talking and sipping on coffee when they saw Doc's rig fly past them.
"Wonder what they got?" Alex asked, looking over at Bobby.
"I dunno," he replied dully.
"Wanna follow them?" she asked curiously.
"If you want to." He replied softly, not caring what she did at this point.
Alex put the bus in gear and headed towards the hospital. The couldn't see Doc's rig anymore but knew where they would be and headed towards the ER, not knowing that it was Kim that they were rushing there.
Faith quickly brought the bus to a halt and jumped out and helped unload Kim and rush into the ER. Doc shouted out vitals as they rushed into the first trauma suite where additional doctors and nurses were waiting. As the left the room, one of the nurses pulled a curtain across the window and they all headed back out of the room with heavy hearts, knowing they had to tell Bobby about how bad a shape she was in. When Alex and Bobby came into the ER, they saw Doc, Carlos and Faith coming out of one of the trauma suites with grave looks upon their faces. Alex suddenly thought back to the conversation she'd had with Jimmy earlier that afternoon and realized they must have found Kim.
She quietly mouthed the word 'Kim' to the three of them and they all nodded their heads yes. She looked up at Bobby and said almost inaudibly, "They found her."
Time slowly ticked by as they waited on any news of her condition. Eventually Doc and Carlos returned to take calls and Alex stayed to lend support to Bobby. He was relieved that she'd been found but knew by the look on Doc and Carlos' face that she wasn't in good shape, but he didn't know how bad things actually were. He paced back and forth across the waiting room floor, looking towards the room Kim was in. He couldn't see a thing because of the curtain across the glass and sighed heavily as a million thoughts rushed through his head.
"Bobby, come sit down. There's nothing we can do till they get her stabilized." Alex said softly, seeing the troubled look in his eyes as he looked towards the trauma suite she was in.
He heard Alex's words and looked over at her, seeing she was just as worried as he was. He slumped down into the chair next to her and did the only thing he could do at this point which was wait. Wait till the time that information on her condition was made known.
"See what you could have prevented if you would have just cooperated?" Craig taunted at her.
"I'd never choose to be with you even if I had been single," Kim replied after drawing in a shaky breath. It was starting to become hard to breathe, partially from the smoke she'd inhaled at the fire and partially from the dehydration.
"Where's your husband now? I don't see him here trying to save you. You never know, by now he's probably moved on." Craig sneered.
"He will. I have faith in him to find me. No he wouldn't. He's not that kind of person, he won't give up till I'm out of here and safe! " Kim replied, praying it was soon that she would be out of here.
Anger welled inside Craig at the fact that no matter what he did to her; nothing could break the bond that had formed between her and Bobby. Craig began to punch her in the stomach and snarled, "Would you give your life to save him?"
"In a heartbeat. He and my children are the most important things in my life. I saved his life once and I'd do it again." She replied valiantly, wincing as she drew in a raspy breath.
"We just might test that theory later. See if you're willing to back that statement up." Craig sneered, backhanding her across the face before leaving.
"Nothing can ever change the way I feel about him. Do to me as you like but he is the one person who has changed my life." She said back, feeling her head start to swim a bit.
Back at the firehouse, everyone was worried about Bobby. As each day passed he got more reclusive and silent, spending most of his time upstairs lying on his bunk. Alex had tried to convince him to come downstairs with her but he wouldn't listen to her so she left him alone.
"How is he?" Jimmy asked.
"Not good. We've got to find Kim or else he's probably never going to snap out of this." Alex said as she sat down.
"I wish I knew where else to look. We've covered a lot of territory over four days but we don't have a definite direction that whoever has her took her in." Jimmy replied, looking over at Alex.
He noticed she had an odd look on her face and said, "What are you thinking?"
"Oh nothing, I just got a really bad feeling. The same kind of feeling I had when Craig started trying to pick a fight with Bobby that one afternoon." Alex said nervously.
"Maybe you should go with your instincts. What do you think this bad feeling means?" Jimmy asked worriedly.
Before she could respond a call came in and everyone headed out to the scene of a motor vehicle accident.
Craig stormed out of the building and left, not caring that she was ungagged. She was too weak to scream so he really didn't care.
Faith and Bosco were driving around and turned onto a quiet street on the riverfront. Not much was happening, except for a very angry individual storming out of a warehouse. Faith watched the person get into their car and peel off, just about hitting their RMP when they peeled out.
"That damn son of a bitch just about hit us!" Bosco fumed, about ready to slam his foot on the accelerator.
"Bosco stop! I've got a bad feeling about something. Let me out." Faith said
"But what about that jag-off!" Bosco asked angrily.
"You chase him if you want but let me the hell out!" Faith demanded.
"Fine!" Bosco huffed.
Faith jumped out of the RMP and Bosco tore off after the black car that had nearly hit them. She heard Bosco call in the chase and gave the address to the warehouse where Faith was. She carefully entered the building and drew her gun and progessed slowly into the boarded up warehouse. The windows were all boarded shut so she had to take out her flashlight to see where she was going because on an overcast day there wasn't much light inside at all.
Kim was starting to drift in and out of consciousness. Her breaths were coming rapidly but very shallowly and her face was literally drained of all color. She kept picturing some of the best moments of her life, past and present. She thought of Bobby and how much she missed him through all this. Her friends at work, who always treated her, like one of the guys. Most of all she thought of her children. Joey and Keira, how blessed she was to have such two beautiful children.
Faith slowly progressed through the building, checking different sections of it slowly and carefully. When she rounded the corner to one of the rooms, she found Kim bound to a column clinging to life. She quickly holstered her weapon and ran over to her friend, radioing for a bus on a rush as she moved. Faith began to undo the tape around Kim's ankles first and then freed her arms and gently lowered her to the floor. She put her jacket over Kim's body, trying to conserve what little heat she had left in her.
"Kim, its Faith, help's coming, just hang on." She said gently, checking for a pulse on her wrist and neck while she waited for the bus.
Kim heard a voice and momentarily opened her eyes and saw Faith but quickly fell unconscious once more, relieved that she'd finally been found.
Doc and Carlos arrived moments later, rushing into the building looking for Faith.
"What you got Yokas?" Doc called as they came in.
"Doc hurry! It's Kim and she's not doing to good!" Faith yelled in response.
The two medics ran that much faster to where Faith was kneeling next to Kim.
"Faith, go keep an eye out for Bobby. He doesn't need to see her like this." Carlos said as he prepared to start two large bore IV's on her.
Faith nodded her head and ran outside watching for Bobby.
Doc started doing vitals on her and said, "Her BP is dangerously low, we've got to go now!"
They quickly got her on a backboard and headed for the bus. As they came out they said to Faith, "We need you to drive, its going to take both of us to monitor her."
She immediately ran to the front of the bus and climbed in as they loaded Kim in and pulled the doors. They had her on oxygen but her O² sat was dropping rapidly. Doc got ready to intubate since the oxygen wasn't helping when she started going into respiratory arrest. Carlos started doing chest compressions since she'd stopped breathing before Doc had gotten the intubation tube in. Faith heard what was going on and stepped on it, knowing time was of the essence at this point.
Alex and Bobby were sitting around talking and sipping on coffee when they saw Doc's rig fly past them.
"Wonder what they got?" Alex asked, looking over at Bobby.
"I dunno," he replied dully.
"Wanna follow them?" she asked curiously.
"If you want to." He replied softly, not caring what she did at this point.
Alex put the bus in gear and headed towards the hospital. The couldn't see Doc's rig anymore but knew where they would be and headed towards the ER, not knowing that it was Kim that they were rushing there.
Faith quickly brought the bus to a halt and jumped out and helped unload Kim and rush into the ER. Doc shouted out vitals as they rushed into the first trauma suite where additional doctors and nurses were waiting. As the left the room, one of the nurses pulled a curtain across the window and they all headed back out of the room with heavy hearts, knowing they had to tell Bobby about how bad a shape she was in. When Alex and Bobby came into the ER, they saw Doc, Carlos and Faith coming out of one of the trauma suites with grave looks upon their faces. Alex suddenly thought back to the conversation she'd had with Jimmy earlier that afternoon and realized they must have found Kim.
She quietly mouthed the word 'Kim' to the three of them and they all nodded their heads yes. She looked up at Bobby and said almost inaudibly, "They found her."
Time slowly ticked by as they waited on any news of her condition. Eventually Doc and Carlos returned to take calls and Alex stayed to lend support to Bobby. He was relieved that she'd been found but knew by the look on Doc and Carlos' face that she wasn't in good shape, but he didn't know how bad things actually were. He paced back and forth across the waiting room floor, looking towards the room Kim was in. He couldn't see a thing because of the curtain across the glass and sighed heavily as a million thoughts rushed through his head.
"Bobby, come sit down. There's nothing we can do till they get her stabilized." Alex said softly, seeing the troubled look in his eyes as he looked towards the trauma suite she was in.
He heard Alex's words and looked over at her, seeing she was just as worried as he was. He slumped down into the chair next to her and did the only thing he could do at this point which was wait. Wait till the time that information on her condition was made known.