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Davis and Sully were the first to arrive on the scene.
"What happened?" Davis asked slowing down his jog when he got closer to Bosco and Faith.
"I don't know, he went into make an arrested and chased the guy out there. By the time I got here the guy was gone." Faith said looking up at Davis and Sullivan. "He's bleeding a lot," she said looking back down at her partner.
"You didn't see which way he went?" Sully asked looking around.
"I think he went that way," Faith said pointing ahead. "He might have Bosco's gun, I don't know. Davis why don't you go back and wait for the medics, they might have trouble finding us." Faith turned to Sully, "I called in back up. you should probably wait for them."
Faith turned her attention back to her Bosco, "How you feeling Bos?"
Bosco could see how worried his partner was, he wanted to reassure his partner he was ok, but he couldn't find the strength in him to talk.
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Davis waited for the bus on the sidewalk near the alley, and could hear the sirens of the ambulance approaching. When he saw them turn the corner, he stepped out to wave them down.
"What happened?" Carlos asked jumping out of the back of the bus with his med bag in hand.
"Bosco is hurt pretty bad, I don't know what happened but he's bleeding all over the place." Davis said leading Kim and Carlos in a jog down the alleyway.
Faith noticed the three of them approaching, and stood up letting Kim and Carlos get to Bosco.
"How are you feeling?" Kim asked while checking his eyes with her pen light.
"It hurts." Bosco said, struggling to find the strength to talk and breathe at the same time.
Carlos took a hold of Bosco's wrist and began to monitor his pulse. Kim took a listen to Bosco's chest with her stethoscope. She looked up at Carlos, "Jesus. his heart is beating a mile a minute."
"Close to it," Carlos said writing down Bosco's vitals.
"His breathing is shallow," Kim said to her partner.
Bosco laid there, trying to understand what was being said around him. His head was throbbing and he could taste blood in his mouth. Breathing was a little easier now, but only in short breathes. Bosco tried to get past the physical pain and think about what had happened. He couldn't help but feel guilty, he had told Tasha he would get Sal. instead he was lying there being strapped onto a backboard and loaded into the back of a bus.
"Are you going to ride with us?" Kim asked while helping Carlos lift the gurney into the bus.
"Yeah," Faith said. She shut the doors behind Kim, and walked around the front of the bus to climb into the passenger's side. Carlos sat next to her, starting up the bus.
"Is he going to be Ok?" Faith asked Carlos.
"I don't know, it doesn't look too bad but it's hard to say." Carlos said turning on the sirens and pulling into traffic.
Kim sat beside Bosco in the back of the bus, monitoring his vitals hoping he didn't take a turn for the worse.
"Faith," Bosco called out in a hard whisper, the loudest his body would let him talk.
"Shh," Kim said trying to keep the officer quiet. "Talking is going to just make it harder to breathe."
"Faith!" Bosco said again ignoring Kim.
Faith turned sideways in the passenger's sit to see what was going on in the back of the bus.
"He keeps calling for you," Kim said when she noticed Faith looking. She knew Bosco was a stubborn as they come, and there was no way she was going to keep him quiet.
Faith nodded, and carefully stood up holding on to the handrails and made her way towards Bosco. Kim moved back further in the bus making room for Faith.
"What is it Bos?" Faith asked, putting her face close to Bosco's so she could hear him over the sirens.
"We gotta get Tasha, he's going there." Bosco said, struggling to piece together his words.
"Don't worry, Sully and Davis are on their way over to the apartment. They'll probably get there before he does." Faith said trying to reassure her partner.
The bus pulled into the emergency entrance of Angel of Mercy. Faith was quick to get out of the way so Kim and Carlos could get her partner inside the ER. They were greeted at the door of the ER by a younger doctor and two nurses.
Faith followed a few steps behind, carrying Bosco's radio and such. She tried to listen to what was being said to the doctor, but Kim was talking too fast and in terms she didn't understand. She noticed the urgency with that they rushed Bosco towards the examining area. She tried tell herself it was because of he was a cop, and not because he was gravely injured. Faith couldn't help but worry, she was a worrier by nature.
They pulled the curtain to the trauma area closed, and Faith was left standing on the outside. A few seconds later Kim and Carlos walked out. Kim walked towards Faith, smoothing back her ponytail. Kim knew Faith would ask her how Bosco was, and she hated not having any answer.
"How is he?" Faith asked, just like Kim had easily predicted.
"I'm not sure." Kim said wishing she had more to tell her.
"He was bleeding pretty bad," Faith said looking down at her blood-covered hands.
"Head wounds bleed a lot, even when it's nothing serious. It makes them look a lot like worse then really are sometimes. They'll run some exams just to be sure." Kim said hoping Faith would take comfort in that.
"How's his breathin'?" Faith asked, "At first, it was like he was trying to take in air but couldn't."
"He had some bruising on around his chest and ribs. They're probably going to have to take x-rays to see if anything's broken. I don't think if they are broken that they punctured his lungs. He could have just had the wind knocked out of him." Kim explained. "The doctors will know more after then run some tests."
"Uh, excuse me," Carlos said walking towards the two women. "Kim, we have a call." "Ok, I'm coming."
"Thanks Kim" Faith said.
Kim reached over and gave Faith's hand a squeeze, "I'm sure he'll be fine," she said with a polite smile before walking away.
Davis and Sully were the first to arrive on the scene.
"What happened?" Davis asked slowing down his jog when he got closer to Bosco and Faith.
"I don't know, he went into make an arrested and chased the guy out there. By the time I got here the guy was gone." Faith said looking up at Davis and Sullivan. "He's bleeding a lot," she said looking back down at her partner.
"You didn't see which way he went?" Sully asked looking around.
"I think he went that way," Faith said pointing ahead. "He might have Bosco's gun, I don't know. Davis why don't you go back and wait for the medics, they might have trouble finding us." Faith turned to Sully, "I called in back up. you should probably wait for them."
Faith turned her attention back to her Bosco, "How you feeling Bos?"
Bosco could see how worried his partner was, he wanted to reassure his partner he was ok, but he couldn't find the strength in him to talk.
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Davis waited for the bus on the sidewalk near the alley, and could hear the sirens of the ambulance approaching. When he saw them turn the corner, he stepped out to wave them down.
"What happened?" Carlos asked jumping out of the back of the bus with his med bag in hand.
"Bosco is hurt pretty bad, I don't know what happened but he's bleeding all over the place." Davis said leading Kim and Carlos in a jog down the alleyway.
Faith noticed the three of them approaching, and stood up letting Kim and Carlos get to Bosco.
"How are you feeling?" Kim asked while checking his eyes with her pen light.
"It hurts." Bosco said, struggling to find the strength to talk and breathe at the same time.
Carlos took a hold of Bosco's wrist and began to monitor his pulse. Kim took a listen to Bosco's chest with her stethoscope. She looked up at Carlos, "Jesus. his heart is beating a mile a minute."
"Close to it," Carlos said writing down Bosco's vitals.
"His breathing is shallow," Kim said to her partner.
Bosco laid there, trying to understand what was being said around him. His head was throbbing and he could taste blood in his mouth. Breathing was a little easier now, but only in short breathes. Bosco tried to get past the physical pain and think about what had happened. He couldn't help but feel guilty, he had told Tasha he would get Sal. instead he was lying there being strapped onto a backboard and loaded into the back of a bus.
"Are you going to ride with us?" Kim asked while helping Carlos lift the gurney into the bus.
"Yeah," Faith said. She shut the doors behind Kim, and walked around the front of the bus to climb into the passenger's side. Carlos sat next to her, starting up the bus.
"Is he going to be Ok?" Faith asked Carlos.
"I don't know, it doesn't look too bad but it's hard to say." Carlos said turning on the sirens and pulling into traffic.
Kim sat beside Bosco in the back of the bus, monitoring his vitals hoping he didn't take a turn for the worse.
"Faith," Bosco called out in a hard whisper, the loudest his body would let him talk.
"Shh," Kim said trying to keep the officer quiet. "Talking is going to just make it harder to breathe."
"Faith!" Bosco said again ignoring Kim.
Faith turned sideways in the passenger's sit to see what was going on in the back of the bus.
"He keeps calling for you," Kim said when she noticed Faith looking. She knew Bosco was a stubborn as they come, and there was no way she was going to keep him quiet.
Faith nodded, and carefully stood up holding on to the handrails and made her way towards Bosco. Kim moved back further in the bus making room for Faith.
"What is it Bos?" Faith asked, putting her face close to Bosco's so she could hear him over the sirens.
"We gotta get Tasha, he's going there." Bosco said, struggling to piece together his words.
"Don't worry, Sully and Davis are on their way over to the apartment. They'll probably get there before he does." Faith said trying to reassure her partner.
The bus pulled into the emergency entrance of Angel of Mercy. Faith was quick to get out of the way so Kim and Carlos could get her partner inside the ER. They were greeted at the door of the ER by a younger doctor and two nurses.
Faith followed a few steps behind, carrying Bosco's radio and such. She tried to listen to what was being said to the doctor, but Kim was talking too fast and in terms she didn't understand. She noticed the urgency with that they rushed Bosco towards the examining area. She tried tell herself it was because of he was a cop, and not because he was gravely injured. Faith couldn't help but worry, she was a worrier by nature.
They pulled the curtain to the trauma area closed, and Faith was left standing on the outside. A few seconds later Kim and Carlos walked out. Kim walked towards Faith, smoothing back her ponytail. Kim knew Faith would ask her how Bosco was, and she hated not having any answer.
"How is he?" Faith asked, just like Kim had easily predicted.
"I'm not sure." Kim said wishing she had more to tell her.
"He was bleeding pretty bad," Faith said looking down at her blood-covered hands.
"Head wounds bleed a lot, even when it's nothing serious. It makes them look a lot like worse then really are sometimes. They'll run some exams just to be sure." Kim said hoping Faith would take comfort in that.
"How's his breathin'?" Faith asked, "At first, it was like he was trying to take in air but couldn't."
"He had some bruising on around his chest and ribs. They're probably going to have to take x-rays to see if anything's broken. I don't think if they are broken that they punctured his lungs. He could have just had the wind knocked out of him." Kim explained. "The doctors will know more after then run some tests."
"Uh, excuse me," Carlos said walking towards the two women. "Kim, we have a call." "Ok, I'm coming."
"Thanks Kim" Faith said.
Kim reached over and gave Faith's hand a squeeze, "I'm sure he'll be fine," she said with a polite smile before walking away.