The drugs that they'd given to Bobby finally began to wear off and when he
came to found himself bound tightly to a chair. When he opened his eyes
things were pitch black where there were no lights on in the building what
so ever. He heard Keira whimpering and started to struggle against the tape
but couldn't loosen its hold. He wanted to talk to her to let her know
everything would be ok but with the gag tied tightly around his head that
was out of the picture. He continued to struggle against the tape when he
heard a voice say, "I don't think you're going anywhere."
In the darkness he managed to see someone heading towards him but was only able to identify the person by their voice.
"Damn you Craig! I should have known you would have been behind this!" He said bitterly to himself.
Craig could still see him struggling against the tape and said tauntingly, "Just wait till one final person gets here, then things are really going to heat up around here."
Afterwards Craig got up and headed a short distance away and called Kim to torment her, knowing this would more than likely push her over the edge. Bobby heard him say 'Missing something?' and figured that he'd called Kim and knew she would be terrified. Keira had been crying and he knew that she would hear her cries through the phone since Craig was standing not to far away from him, close to where she was. He figured Kim had begun to royally chew Craig's ass out over the phone for this, and heaven knows he deserved everything she was probably saying to him. He'd quit focusing on what Craig was saying, but noticed the massive figure of the individual who'd bombarded their apartment moving towards him and wondered what he was up to. Next thing he knew the man's massive fist connected with his stomach several times, knocking all the air from his body and causing a pained groan to escape the gag in his mouth.
His breathing became labored as he tried to regain the breath that had been knocked from him and eventually fell into a dazed slumber. He had no clue how long he'd been out but awoke suddenly to the sound of a door being slammed. The sudden movement from him jumping at the sound put a strain on his already sore neck. Wincing from the pain radiating from the already tender muscles thanks to the amount of pressure Tony had used when he gripped him after slamming him to the floor. He heard a diabolic laugh echo through the warehouse ten minutes later, causing the hair on the back of his neck to rise. He recognized the voice as Craig's and in an instant he saw lights come on at the far end of the building. A sense of trepidation settled in his still tender stomach, knowing that Kim was here. He didn't know where Craig or the other two people were, but couldn't see where Kim was either, but had a feeling that she was in danger.
Alex headed across the street to see if she could find any of the officers left at the station and saw Bosco getting ready to leave.
"Bosco! Wait!" she called out.
He heard a voice call his name and turned around and saw Alex rushing in his direction, nervousness showing on her normally calm features.
"What's wrong Alex?" he asked.
"Remember Craig?" she questioned.
Bosco thought for a few and replied, "Yeah. That's the jag-off that's been giving Kim and Bobby trouble right?"
"Yeah, that's him. Tonight he kidnapped Keira and Bobby while Kim was at work." Alex said; "He called and gave Kim instructions on where to meet and Jimmy took her to the location. He just called me back saying the place is surrounded by gasoline and explosives, we will probably need help from you all if he pages me if things take a turn for the worse."
"He'll page you if things turn bad?" Bosco asked, feeling anger building at this jag-off's damn persistence.
"Yeah, me and the guys are sitting over at the house waiting incase something would happen. If you can get anyone together feel free to come over and join us." Alex said, her stomach churning from nervousness.
"Lemme go get some people together and we'll come over and wait with you all." Bosco replied.
Alex shook her head in response and hurried back across the street. Bosco headed back into the precinct and found Faith, Sully and Ty leaving the locker room.
"I need to talk to you three." Bosco said going into the locker room.
The three looked at each other and headed back into the room they'd just come out of when Faith said, "What is it Bos?"
"Remember the guy named Craig who was giving Kim grief?" Bosco replied.
"That's an understatement on the grief thing, but yeah I remember who you're talking about." Faith said in response.
"Well, he reached an all-time low tonight." Bosco replied.
"What did he do?" Ty asked.
"He took Bobby and Keira hostage while Kim was at work this evening." Bosco said, looking at the shocked expressions of his colleagues.
"God, Kim must be worried sick." Faith said, softly.
"What does he want with them?" Ty asked.
"I don't know. But Jimmy just called Alex a few minutes ago because he'd instructed Kim to meet him at a warehouse and he took her down there and the place is surrounded by gasoline and explosives. If things get bad he's going to page Alex and it will be up to us and them to get there as fast as we can to help get them out." Bosco replied.
"Count us in." Ty said; "Where are we going to wait at?"
"Across the street with Alex and the rest of the firefighters." Bosco said in response.
Just then officers Kevin Newman and Nick Tuero entered the locker room and Kevin heard the tail end of the conversation and asked, "What's going on?"
"Kevin, you remember Kim and Bobby the medics across the street right?" Faith asked.
"Yeah, I remember them." Kevin replied, fearing something had happened to them.
"Craig's struck again, this time taking her husband and daughter hostage, you and your partner want to come with us?" Faith asked.
"Absolutely, let's take this son of a bitch. Are her husband or daughter hurt?" he asked.
"We don't know." Faith replied sadly.
"You in Nick?" Kevin asked, looking at his partner.
"Yep, let's bring this piece of crap to his knees." Nick replied shutting his locker.
The group of six left the locker room and headed out of the precinct and headed over to the firehouse. As they climbed the stairs they found the crew from the house sitting around the kitchen table. Alex heard footsteps and looked, seeing the six officers coming up.
"Has anything come through yet?" Bosco asked.
"No, not yet." Alex replied seeing the other five officers behind Bosco.
Everyone was sitting around in their gear incase the page came from Jimmy to go. Alex talked to Doc and Carlos and they were in on the plan as well. All they could do was sit and wait till the page came through or Jimmy called saying everything was ok.
Craig smiled evilly at Kim and said wickedly, "So nice of you to join us my dear. We've been expecting you."
"Cut the shit, where are they!" Kim snapped.
"Tsk Tsk, anger never solves anything." He sneered as another painful groan escaped Bobby's gagged mouth after Tony punched him in the ribs; "Anyhow I'm only helping by keeping you away from that conniving two timing miscreant!"
His words caught Kim off guard momentarily as she processed through what she'd just heard.
"How are you helping me you piece of scum!" Kim hissed.
"Look in that folder and you'll find out how." Craig taunted, motioning towards a manila folder resting on a stack of crates near where Kim was standing.
She looked at the folder then back to where Craig was; wondering what this was all about. Somewhat hesitantly she slowly moved towards where the folder sat and picked it up. Flipping it open, several photographs met her gaze. Analyzing what was she was looking at sent her mind racing into overdrive.
"There's no way he could do this to me." She said, trying to reassure herself while flipping through the pictures.
"A woman as beautiful as you doesn't deserve to be cheated upon and taken advantage of." Craig said, watching her reactions to the photos.
Flipping through each image one by one she analyzed them until she noticed something peculiar in one of the pictures.
She practically stared a hole into the picture of Alex and Bobby walking out of the apartment complex. It wasn't until one of the images was taken at close up range that she noticed her keys in Alex's hand, putting a hole in what Craig was trying to pull on her. Anger welled in her at the thought of what Craig was trying to do.
"Shut up! I already see through the façade your trying to pull! It just so happens I can tell when you took these pictures all thanks to one little thing!" Kim fumed; "These were taken the day I got out of the hospital because those are my keys Alex has and I was the one who gave them to her!"
Craig was shocked momentarily at what she'd said and replied, "What façade? I'm just trying to get you to see the truth, that's all."
"I see the truth clearly! You are trying to make me believe that my husband was messing around behind my back and turn me against him. He was there for me when I went through this in my first marriage, there is no damn way you can get me to believe what you've just said!" Kim spat, seeing a look cross Craig's face, one that conveyed the fact that his cover was blown completely.
Marc had put Keira in one of the back offices in a playpen and went to help Craig. The whole lower half of the warehouse was dark so he slipped through the shadows close to where Kim was unnoticed. Bobby heard Kim snap at Craig and instinctively knew she was in danger. Tony left where Bobby was restrained and slipped up the opposite wall of the building towards where Craig was, moving through the darkness quietly. Bobby figured they were going to try and ambush her and began to struggle that much harder against the tape that bound him, but it was too late. Tony came up on Kim's right side and charged, knocking her to the floor.
Jimmy had found a back entrance that was unlocked and conveniently enough the door being wide open. He waited till his eyes adjusted to the darkness before moving forwards. He saw the lights at the upper end of the warehouse on, but the lower half was completely dark. He slowly crept through the darkness when he saw a figure bound to a chair and assumed it was Bobby. When he was close enough he called out in a soft whisper to him to see if he was conscious.
"Bobby!" he called out in a whisper.
He heard someone calling his name but his neck was too sore to even turn to see who it was. He felt someone beginning to loosen the tape that bound his hands and legs to the chair. Jimmy began to talk softly to him but never got a response from him and stopped on the tape on his wrists and legs and loosened the gag in Bobby's mouth so he could speak.
"Get Keira and get her out of here." Bobby whispered back.
"Where is she?" Jimmy asked quietly.
"In one of the back offices I think on the left side. I should be able to work the rest of the tape off on my own now." He said softly.
"Ok, I'll get her and take her back to the car and stay with her." Jimmy said, getting up off his knees and heading for the baby.
He headed back the way he came and checked the offices till he heard Keira whimpering softly in the darkness. He gently picked her up and covered her with a blanket and silently closed the door and headed outside to the car. After getting her put in the car seat, he turned on the heat since it had been rather cold inside the warehouse. He wanted to go back and free Bobby but couldn't leave the baby alone outside to go do it.
Tony pinned Kim's wrists to the floor and held her down, out of view of Bobby. Marc was getting ready to hold down her legs, but when he dropped to his knees she placed a well-aimed kick in his face.
"The bitch busted my nose!" Marc fumed, wiping at the blood pouring down his face.
Tony moved to her left side and tried to hold both her arms and legs down but wasn't able to keep her still. She'd managed to get her right arm loose and punched Tony in the face. He let go of her momentarily and she was able to scurry out of his grasp and get to her feet. She backed against one of the far walls of the building. She couldn't run to her right because Tony had gotten up off the floor and was blocking that path. Craig was coming at her head on but Marc wasn't blocking her left side, giving her a path to escape.
In the darkness he managed to see someone heading towards him but was only able to identify the person by their voice.
"Damn you Craig! I should have known you would have been behind this!" He said bitterly to himself.
Craig could still see him struggling against the tape and said tauntingly, "Just wait till one final person gets here, then things are really going to heat up around here."
Afterwards Craig got up and headed a short distance away and called Kim to torment her, knowing this would more than likely push her over the edge. Bobby heard him say 'Missing something?' and figured that he'd called Kim and knew she would be terrified. Keira had been crying and he knew that she would hear her cries through the phone since Craig was standing not to far away from him, close to where she was. He figured Kim had begun to royally chew Craig's ass out over the phone for this, and heaven knows he deserved everything she was probably saying to him. He'd quit focusing on what Craig was saying, but noticed the massive figure of the individual who'd bombarded their apartment moving towards him and wondered what he was up to. Next thing he knew the man's massive fist connected with his stomach several times, knocking all the air from his body and causing a pained groan to escape the gag in his mouth.
His breathing became labored as he tried to regain the breath that had been knocked from him and eventually fell into a dazed slumber. He had no clue how long he'd been out but awoke suddenly to the sound of a door being slammed. The sudden movement from him jumping at the sound put a strain on his already sore neck. Wincing from the pain radiating from the already tender muscles thanks to the amount of pressure Tony had used when he gripped him after slamming him to the floor. He heard a diabolic laugh echo through the warehouse ten minutes later, causing the hair on the back of his neck to rise. He recognized the voice as Craig's and in an instant he saw lights come on at the far end of the building. A sense of trepidation settled in his still tender stomach, knowing that Kim was here. He didn't know where Craig or the other two people were, but couldn't see where Kim was either, but had a feeling that she was in danger.
Alex headed across the street to see if she could find any of the officers left at the station and saw Bosco getting ready to leave.
"Bosco! Wait!" she called out.
He heard a voice call his name and turned around and saw Alex rushing in his direction, nervousness showing on her normally calm features.
"What's wrong Alex?" he asked.
"Remember Craig?" she questioned.
Bosco thought for a few and replied, "Yeah. That's the jag-off that's been giving Kim and Bobby trouble right?"
"Yeah, that's him. Tonight he kidnapped Keira and Bobby while Kim was at work." Alex said; "He called and gave Kim instructions on where to meet and Jimmy took her to the location. He just called me back saying the place is surrounded by gasoline and explosives, we will probably need help from you all if he pages me if things take a turn for the worse."
"He'll page you if things turn bad?" Bosco asked, feeling anger building at this jag-off's damn persistence.
"Yeah, me and the guys are sitting over at the house waiting incase something would happen. If you can get anyone together feel free to come over and join us." Alex said, her stomach churning from nervousness.
"Lemme go get some people together and we'll come over and wait with you all." Bosco replied.
Alex shook her head in response and hurried back across the street. Bosco headed back into the precinct and found Faith, Sully and Ty leaving the locker room.
"I need to talk to you three." Bosco said going into the locker room.
The three looked at each other and headed back into the room they'd just come out of when Faith said, "What is it Bos?"
"Remember the guy named Craig who was giving Kim grief?" Bosco replied.
"That's an understatement on the grief thing, but yeah I remember who you're talking about." Faith said in response.
"Well, he reached an all-time low tonight." Bosco replied.
"What did he do?" Ty asked.
"He took Bobby and Keira hostage while Kim was at work this evening." Bosco said, looking at the shocked expressions of his colleagues.
"God, Kim must be worried sick." Faith said, softly.
"What does he want with them?" Ty asked.
"I don't know. But Jimmy just called Alex a few minutes ago because he'd instructed Kim to meet him at a warehouse and he took her down there and the place is surrounded by gasoline and explosives. If things get bad he's going to page Alex and it will be up to us and them to get there as fast as we can to help get them out." Bosco replied.
"Count us in." Ty said; "Where are we going to wait at?"
"Across the street with Alex and the rest of the firefighters." Bosco said in response.
Just then officers Kevin Newman and Nick Tuero entered the locker room and Kevin heard the tail end of the conversation and asked, "What's going on?"
"Kevin, you remember Kim and Bobby the medics across the street right?" Faith asked.
"Yeah, I remember them." Kevin replied, fearing something had happened to them.
"Craig's struck again, this time taking her husband and daughter hostage, you and your partner want to come with us?" Faith asked.
"Absolutely, let's take this son of a bitch. Are her husband or daughter hurt?" he asked.
"We don't know." Faith replied sadly.
"You in Nick?" Kevin asked, looking at his partner.
"Yep, let's bring this piece of crap to his knees." Nick replied shutting his locker.
The group of six left the locker room and headed out of the precinct and headed over to the firehouse. As they climbed the stairs they found the crew from the house sitting around the kitchen table. Alex heard footsteps and looked, seeing the six officers coming up.
"Has anything come through yet?" Bosco asked.
"No, not yet." Alex replied seeing the other five officers behind Bosco.
Everyone was sitting around in their gear incase the page came from Jimmy to go. Alex talked to Doc and Carlos and they were in on the plan as well. All they could do was sit and wait till the page came through or Jimmy called saying everything was ok.
Craig smiled evilly at Kim and said wickedly, "So nice of you to join us my dear. We've been expecting you."
"Cut the shit, where are they!" Kim snapped.
"Tsk Tsk, anger never solves anything." He sneered as another painful groan escaped Bobby's gagged mouth after Tony punched him in the ribs; "Anyhow I'm only helping by keeping you away from that conniving two timing miscreant!"
His words caught Kim off guard momentarily as she processed through what she'd just heard.
"How are you helping me you piece of scum!" Kim hissed.
"Look in that folder and you'll find out how." Craig taunted, motioning towards a manila folder resting on a stack of crates near where Kim was standing.
She looked at the folder then back to where Craig was; wondering what this was all about. Somewhat hesitantly she slowly moved towards where the folder sat and picked it up. Flipping it open, several photographs met her gaze. Analyzing what was she was looking at sent her mind racing into overdrive.
"There's no way he could do this to me." She said, trying to reassure herself while flipping through the pictures.
"A woman as beautiful as you doesn't deserve to be cheated upon and taken advantage of." Craig said, watching her reactions to the photos.
Flipping through each image one by one she analyzed them until she noticed something peculiar in one of the pictures.
She practically stared a hole into the picture of Alex and Bobby walking out of the apartment complex. It wasn't until one of the images was taken at close up range that she noticed her keys in Alex's hand, putting a hole in what Craig was trying to pull on her. Anger welled in her at the thought of what Craig was trying to do.
"Shut up! I already see through the façade your trying to pull! It just so happens I can tell when you took these pictures all thanks to one little thing!" Kim fumed; "These were taken the day I got out of the hospital because those are my keys Alex has and I was the one who gave them to her!"
Craig was shocked momentarily at what she'd said and replied, "What façade? I'm just trying to get you to see the truth, that's all."
"I see the truth clearly! You are trying to make me believe that my husband was messing around behind my back and turn me against him. He was there for me when I went through this in my first marriage, there is no damn way you can get me to believe what you've just said!" Kim spat, seeing a look cross Craig's face, one that conveyed the fact that his cover was blown completely.
Marc had put Keira in one of the back offices in a playpen and went to help Craig. The whole lower half of the warehouse was dark so he slipped through the shadows close to where Kim was unnoticed. Bobby heard Kim snap at Craig and instinctively knew she was in danger. Tony left where Bobby was restrained and slipped up the opposite wall of the building towards where Craig was, moving through the darkness quietly. Bobby figured they were going to try and ambush her and began to struggle that much harder against the tape that bound him, but it was too late. Tony came up on Kim's right side and charged, knocking her to the floor.
Jimmy had found a back entrance that was unlocked and conveniently enough the door being wide open. He waited till his eyes adjusted to the darkness before moving forwards. He saw the lights at the upper end of the warehouse on, but the lower half was completely dark. He slowly crept through the darkness when he saw a figure bound to a chair and assumed it was Bobby. When he was close enough he called out in a soft whisper to him to see if he was conscious.
"Bobby!" he called out in a whisper.
He heard someone calling his name but his neck was too sore to even turn to see who it was. He felt someone beginning to loosen the tape that bound his hands and legs to the chair. Jimmy began to talk softly to him but never got a response from him and stopped on the tape on his wrists and legs and loosened the gag in Bobby's mouth so he could speak.
"Get Keira and get her out of here." Bobby whispered back.
"Where is she?" Jimmy asked quietly.
"In one of the back offices I think on the left side. I should be able to work the rest of the tape off on my own now." He said softly.
"Ok, I'll get her and take her back to the car and stay with her." Jimmy said, getting up off his knees and heading for the baby.
He headed back the way he came and checked the offices till he heard Keira whimpering softly in the darkness. He gently picked her up and covered her with a blanket and silently closed the door and headed outside to the car. After getting her put in the car seat, he turned on the heat since it had been rather cold inside the warehouse. He wanted to go back and free Bobby but couldn't leave the baby alone outside to go do it.
Tony pinned Kim's wrists to the floor and held her down, out of view of Bobby. Marc was getting ready to hold down her legs, but when he dropped to his knees she placed a well-aimed kick in his face.
"The bitch busted my nose!" Marc fumed, wiping at the blood pouring down his face.
Tony moved to her left side and tried to hold both her arms and legs down but wasn't able to keep her still. She'd managed to get her right arm loose and punched Tony in the face. He let go of her momentarily and she was able to scurry out of his grasp and get to her feet. She backed against one of the far walls of the building. She couldn't run to her right because Tony had gotten up off the floor and was blocking that path. Craig was coming at her head on but Marc wasn't blocking her left side, giving her a path to escape.