Biggs and Cooper were busily working over a map, issuing assignments to
the growning group of cops when the heard footsteps and looked up to see Cosmo
and Catherine approaching them. But why did they look so upset? Hadn't they
found Sam?
"Where was he? I really don't see how I hospital could have made a
mistake like that in the first place." Biggs said, trying to keep the nervousness
from showing in his voice. He didn't know why he was feeling this way. No
way Sam was dead. Maybe he had just yelled at them or something for wasting
time hunting him down while his fugitive was still on the loose. Yeah, that
sounded like what Sam would do.
"It wasn't a mistake," Cosmo said quietly, fighting to keep his emotions
under control as he spoke.
"What?" Cooper said, a shocked tone in her voice. Did she hear Cosmo
right? She knew she couldn't have. No way Sam was dead. No way! By now some
of the young cops were gathering around as well, drawn by the tension they
could sense in the marshals.
"Sir, is Marshal Gerard okay?" Ryan asked. He could tell that the two
marshals had been upset when they came back from the hospital but he figured
that they had just been yelled at or something for not having that fugitive in
custody yet. Everyone knew Sam Gerard's reputation for always getting his man.
Not that Marshal Gerard's team was to blame for this fugitive still being on
the loose. If he had just got things organized better to start with.....
"Sam didn't make it," Catherine said quietly but at the same time loudly
enough for those nearby to hear her. She closed her eyes as the cops let out
gasps of shock. She still couldn't quite believe it had happened herself.
"What happened?" Ryan asked as he came closer to the marshals, fully
expecting them to start yelling at him. "Marshal Gerard really didn't look like
he was hurt too bad when the ambulance took him to the hospital." Had he done
something wrong when they got the man out of the water, something that made
him worse, something that killed him?
"We've got people looking into what happened now," Catherine said. "but
for the moment we need to focus on finding Parker."
"Sam always got his man," Cosmo said loudly as he looked over the group.
Cooper was softly crying and everyone else looked totally shell shocked.
"We can't let this guy get away now and ruin Sammy's perfect record. So let's
get organized and get him!" He glanced over at Biggs for a moment. "Bobby,
get on the phone to Captain Miller and Zilancsky. Tell them what happened and
let them know we need every man they can spare for this. This guy is not
getting away from us. I want officers on every street going door to door, business
to business. If we have to check every building in this city, I want that
man found!"
the growning group of cops when the heard footsteps and looked up to see Cosmo
and Catherine approaching them. But why did they look so upset? Hadn't they
found Sam?
"Where was he? I really don't see how I hospital could have made a
mistake like that in the first place." Biggs said, trying to keep the nervousness
from showing in his voice. He didn't know why he was feeling this way. No
way Sam was dead. Maybe he had just yelled at them or something for wasting
time hunting him down while his fugitive was still on the loose. Yeah, that
sounded like what Sam would do.
"It wasn't a mistake," Cosmo said quietly, fighting to keep his emotions
under control as he spoke.
"What?" Cooper said, a shocked tone in her voice. Did she hear Cosmo
right? She knew she couldn't have. No way Sam was dead. No way! By now some
of the young cops were gathering around as well, drawn by the tension they
could sense in the marshals.
"Sir, is Marshal Gerard okay?" Ryan asked. He could tell that the two
marshals had been upset when they came back from the hospital but he figured
that they had just been yelled at or something for not having that fugitive in
custody yet. Everyone knew Sam Gerard's reputation for always getting his man.
Not that Marshal Gerard's team was to blame for this fugitive still being on
the loose. If he had just got things organized better to start with.....
"Sam didn't make it," Catherine said quietly but at the same time loudly
enough for those nearby to hear her. She closed her eyes as the cops let out
gasps of shock. She still couldn't quite believe it had happened herself.
"What happened?" Ryan asked as he came closer to the marshals, fully
expecting them to start yelling at him. "Marshal Gerard really didn't look like
he was hurt too bad when the ambulance took him to the hospital." Had he done
something wrong when they got the man out of the water, something that made
him worse, something that killed him?
"We've got people looking into what happened now," Catherine said. "but
for the moment we need to focus on finding Parker."
"Sam always got his man," Cosmo said loudly as he looked over the group.
Cooper was softly crying and everyone else looked totally shell shocked.
"We can't let this guy get away now and ruin Sammy's perfect record. So let's
get organized and get him!" He glanced over at Biggs for a moment. "Bobby,
get on the phone to Captain Miller and Zilancsky. Tell them what happened and
let them know we need every man they can spare for this. This guy is not
getting away from us. I want officers on every street going door to door, business
to business. If we have to check every building in this city, I want that
man found!"