"This is a war."
His own comment rang through the back of Bosco's mind laying on the floor silently waiting for the hail bullets to calm, at least for a moment he was hoping so could try and do something about the situation. Unsure if he was injured Bosco kept his eyes locked on Faith's who was facing him on the floor, staring into her eyes he begun to feel numb as he remembered when Faith was lying helplessly on that hotel room floor.
Faith looked into Bosco's stare, his blank look sent chills through her spine and then a hint of panic wondering if he was hit. She slowly pulled her hand out from under her and grasped Bosco's hand. Giving his hand a slight squeeze, interrupted Bosco's thoughts. Bosco blinked and looked back into her giving her reassuring squeeze her hand back.
Together they laid there for what seemed like an eternity keeping their hands linked and eyes locked as if it was the only way of either of them knowing that they were both okay. They listened as bullets were still being heard but appeared to be more distant as they were drawn further down the halls of the hospitals ER. Bosco gave Faith this look that read "is he still behind me". Faith looked up quickly with only her eyes and shook her head no. Letting his grip go on Faith's hand he moved himself to sitting position on the floor looking down at Faith again who also getting up into sitting position and whispered.
"Is everyone alright?" Bosco looked straight ahead at Davis who was getting up from a squat position and then down to Cruz who was slowly getting up.
"Yeah." They said in unison now standing together in group. Bosco reached out for the chair that was lying beside him on the floor to use for support as he tried to picked up his shaking body from the floor. The other 3 cops watched as his arms shook and almost falling back to floor when he finally got to his feet.
"You alright Boz?" Davis asked while Faith walked over to him.
Faith looked at him worriedly and moved jacket aside when she saw a tear in it that could have been made by a bullet. Faith let out small gasp when saw a fair size amount of blood on his side. Bosco winced at her touch and looked down at what it was she was touching.
"It's okay, I think its just a graze"
Faith looked up at him. "Yeah well here sit down anyways." She motioned towards the chair.
"No, we should go out there and make sure everything is alright" Bosco said taking shaky steps past her. Davis took hold of his upper arm.
"Whoa, wait up man. We can't just barge out there we don't know the situation. There could be a gunmen outside that door right now." Davis said pointing towards the door of the waiting room.
"My mother is out there." Bosco said taking his arm out of Davis's grasp. "I need to go make sure she is okay."
"And we don't know where the shooters are." Cruz says stepping in front of him so he doesn't make a move for the door.
"Bosco, they're right we should wait." Faith says shaking her head. "we could walk into bullets if we go out there."
Deciding that he didn't have the strength to fight the three Bosco let out a sigh and took a seat in a chair. "So what the hell are we going to do then, just sit here."
Davis looked down Bosco. "I don't know, its quiet out there. Maybe they left."
"Maybe not." Cruz said while pulling her radio. "Central this 55 Crime Sergeant . We're at Mercy that has been under attack by multiple gunmen."
"Copy that, we already have backup rolling. Do know the current status of the situation."
Cruz answers. "That's a negative, we are currently in the lounge and are unable to get out assess the situation."
"10:4"
As soon Cruz finished radioing central more gunshots were along with distinctive screaming. The four cops shared looks of worry unsure of what they should do about the situation.
"This is crazy." Davis comments. Faith looked at Davis and nodded in agreement. Glancing in Bosco's direction she could clearly the stress written all over him from everything that's happen plus the added worry of his mothers safety.
Taking a seat next to him. "How you holding up?"
Bosco just shrugged not sure how to answer her question.
Faith looked at him with sympathy at his silent answer and then locked her eyes on the growing blood stain taking notice of the fresh deep red blood. "Let me take a look at your wound."
"Its fine."
"Bosco its bleeding pretty bad. You should at least put pressure on it" Faith said while carefully moving his suit jacket to get a better visual of it.
Davis stood in front Bosco and also looked down at the amount of blood that was coming out of him. He then pulled out a hanker chef from his pocket and handed it to Faith.
"Yeah, man you should at least put pressure on it." Davis said when he watch Faith rip the side of his open by the hole that was made by the bullet. Bosco winced when Faith applied pressure to the deep cut.
"Sorry" She said in a quiet voice.
The clicking of the door handle cut through the silence causing everyone to stiffen in fear at who maybe on the other side of the door. Cruz unholstered her gun waiting for whoever it was to come through the door. Breathing a sigh of relief when they saw a familiar face.
"Damn Sul you scared the crap out of us" Davis said with a cross of happiness that he is ok and from the being frightened. "What's going on out there."
"Who ever those guys were took off."
Bosco stood up the second Sully mentioned that they took off and left the room. The four of them quickly followed him but stopped dead in there tracks when they saw Bosco standing just outside the trauma 2 doorframe looking like he just saw a ghost. Doctor Fields whose once white jacket is now basically coated in red put a hand on Bosco's shoulder and sadly shook his head. After doctor Fields a couple of nurses walked by Bosco as well with sympathetic looks on their faces. Faith walked a little bit closer to Bosco but without acknowledging her he stepped into the room.
"Boz." Faith whispered watching him stand a couple feet from the gurney that his mom laid on wishing that he spared himself from going in there to look down at her still body. Faith stood back several feet from Bosco watching him stare down at her while tears streamed down his face.
After an hour of convincing Bosco finally allowed the doctor to take his mom away to the hospital morgue. Bosco remained in the same chair that he was sitting in the whole time he was with his mother but now he was just staring out into an empty room.
Faith stood outside the glass window keeping her eyes locked on Bosco as he sat there silently. Turning her head to the right when she heard soft footsteps come up beside her.
"How's he doing?" Swersky asked quietly. Faith looked at Swersky and drew in a deep breath and looked back at Bosco.
"He hasn't left the room. Won't even let anyone checkout his wound."
Swersky looked at Bosco. "Alright, does he have anyone to stay with tonight?"
"I doubt it. Why?"
"Well we came down to the conclusion that Donald Mann is out to hurt Bosco. He probably wants to destroy him emotionally and then actually kill him."
"God" Faith whispered. "How did you figure that?"
"The doctor that was with his mom said that one of the gunmen came into the directly and fired rounds into her and only her as if it was his job to do so." Swersky said looking at Faith. "It make sense with his brothers sudden death also and so close together."
"I'll stay with him." Faith said while shaking her head is disgust. "But Lieu, its probably best if we don't let Bosco know that all of this happened because Donald Mann is out to get him."
Lieutenant Swersky acknowledged her with a nod. "Give me a call to let me know how things are going."
Faith continued to watch Bosco while Swersky walked away. Knocking softly on the door to the room Faith invited herself in and knelt in front of Bosco.
"Boz you should go get checked out. Lieu thinks it would be best if we just got out of here for the night."
To Faith's surprise Bosco silently nodded and stood up to leave the room. Faith placed a hand on his back and guided him out the room and into the busy ER where fellow officers seemed to stop in mid conversation to look at Bosco as he walked by as if they haven't seen him in 20 or more years. Stopping at the nurses desk Faith quietly asked for one of the nurses to take a look at Bosco.
Never in the 12 years Faith has known Bosco did she not see complain about needing to get a shot. He just sat there quietly while they did whatever they needed to do. Most of the blood had dried so they had to clean it out which looked like a painful procedure, but Bosco didn't do much more then wince at the pain every once in a while. When the one nurses was wrapping the bandage around him another handed a prescription of antibiotics that he had to take all of that night and also some fresh bandages incase he needed to change them.
"You all set?" Faith asked patting Bosco on the leg then helped him to his feet.
"Yeah." Bosco said buttoning his shirt up. "are you going home by cab?"
"Actually if its alright with you we'll go back to your place."
Bosco gave her a questioning look. "Why? Don't you think you should go home to Fred."
"Fred is out of town with the kids." Faith lied hesitantly. "besides Swersky thinks it'd be best if someone stayed with you tonight."
Bosco gave Faith a curious look and shrugged giving in to her request. "Okay, lets go."
Faith and Bosco walked out of the exam room side by side when they ran into Davis and Sasha. "hey guys" Sasha said.
Faith smiled at Sasha and then lightly touched Bosco arm. "I'll see if I can get Lieu to send a car to pick us up." Bosco nodded sadly looking down at the floor.
"You okay Bosco?" Sasha asked.
Without looking up. "Fine" He answered, walking towards the doors. "Tell Faith I'll be outside."
The two cops watched Bosco walk through the sliding doors of the ER into night air.
"You think he'll be okay?" Sasha asked Davis.
"Yeah. I think he will."
Faith made her back over to Davis and Sasha and before she could asked Sasha told her that Bosco went outside. Faith thanked and walked out to meet him.
"Its not smart being alone right now." Faith said walking up beside him.
"Let the bastard come after me. I'll kill him myself." Bosco said seriously.
Faith just look at Bosco with out saying anymore about it, not surprised that he figured it out on his own that Mann is after him. "Come on Lieu gave me the keys to one of the cars. We'll bring it by the precinct tomorrow."
His own comment rang through the back of Bosco's mind laying on the floor silently waiting for the hail bullets to calm, at least for a moment he was hoping so could try and do something about the situation. Unsure if he was injured Bosco kept his eyes locked on Faith's who was facing him on the floor, staring into her eyes he begun to feel numb as he remembered when Faith was lying helplessly on that hotel room floor.
Faith looked into Bosco's stare, his blank look sent chills through her spine and then a hint of panic wondering if he was hit. She slowly pulled her hand out from under her and grasped Bosco's hand. Giving his hand a slight squeeze, interrupted Bosco's thoughts. Bosco blinked and looked back into her giving her reassuring squeeze her hand back.
Together they laid there for what seemed like an eternity keeping their hands linked and eyes locked as if it was the only way of either of them knowing that they were both okay. They listened as bullets were still being heard but appeared to be more distant as they were drawn further down the halls of the hospitals ER. Bosco gave Faith this look that read "is he still behind me". Faith looked up quickly with only her eyes and shook her head no. Letting his grip go on Faith's hand he moved himself to sitting position on the floor looking down at Faith again who also getting up into sitting position and whispered.
"Is everyone alright?" Bosco looked straight ahead at Davis who was getting up from a squat position and then down to Cruz who was slowly getting up.
"Yeah." They said in unison now standing together in group. Bosco reached out for the chair that was lying beside him on the floor to use for support as he tried to picked up his shaking body from the floor. The other 3 cops watched as his arms shook and almost falling back to floor when he finally got to his feet.
"You alright Boz?" Davis asked while Faith walked over to him.
Faith looked at him worriedly and moved jacket aside when she saw a tear in it that could have been made by a bullet. Faith let out small gasp when saw a fair size amount of blood on his side. Bosco winced at her touch and looked down at what it was she was touching.
"It's okay, I think its just a graze"
Faith looked up at him. "Yeah well here sit down anyways." She motioned towards the chair.
"No, we should go out there and make sure everything is alright" Bosco said taking shaky steps past her. Davis took hold of his upper arm.
"Whoa, wait up man. We can't just barge out there we don't know the situation. There could be a gunmen outside that door right now." Davis said pointing towards the door of the waiting room.
"My mother is out there." Bosco said taking his arm out of Davis's grasp. "I need to go make sure she is okay."
"And we don't know where the shooters are." Cruz says stepping in front of him so he doesn't make a move for the door.
"Bosco, they're right we should wait." Faith says shaking her head. "we could walk into bullets if we go out there."
Deciding that he didn't have the strength to fight the three Bosco let out a sigh and took a seat in a chair. "So what the hell are we going to do then, just sit here."
Davis looked down Bosco. "I don't know, its quiet out there. Maybe they left."
"Maybe not." Cruz said while pulling her radio. "Central this 55 Crime Sergeant . We're at Mercy that has been under attack by multiple gunmen."
"Copy that, we already have backup rolling. Do know the current status of the situation."
Cruz answers. "That's a negative, we are currently in the lounge and are unable to get out assess the situation."
"10:4"
As soon Cruz finished radioing central more gunshots were along with distinctive screaming. The four cops shared looks of worry unsure of what they should do about the situation.
"This is crazy." Davis comments. Faith looked at Davis and nodded in agreement. Glancing in Bosco's direction she could clearly the stress written all over him from everything that's happen plus the added worry of his mothers safety.
Taking a seat next to him. "How you holding up?"
Bosco just shrugged not sure how to answer her question.
Faith looked at him with sympathy at his silent answer and then locked her eyes on the growing blood stain taking notice of the fresh deep red blood. "Let me take a look at your wound."
"Its fine."
"Bosco its bleeding pretty bad. You should at least put pressure on it" Faith said while carefully moving his suit jacket to get a better visual of it.
Davis stood in front Bosco and also looked down at the amount of blood that was coming out of him. He then pulled out a hanker chef from his pocket and handed it to Faith.
"Yeah, man you should at least put pressure on it." Davis said when he watch Faith rip the side of his open by the hole that was made by the bullet. Bosco winced when Faith applied pressure to the deep cut.
"Sorry" She said in a quiet voice.
The clicking of the door handle cut through the silence causing everyone to stiffen in fear at who maybe on the other side of the door. Cruz unholstered her gun waiting for whoever it was to come through the door. Breathing a sigh of relief when they saw a familiar face.
"Damn Sul you scared the crap out of us" Davis said with a cross of happiness that he is ok and from the being frightened. "What's going on out there."
"Who ever those guys were took off."
Bosco stood up the second Sully mentioned that they took off and left the room. The four of them quickly followed him but stopped dead in there tracks when they saw Bosco standing just outside the trauma 2 doorframe looking like he just saw a ghost. Doctor Fields whose once white jacket is now basically coated in red put a hand on Bosco's shoulder and sadly shook his head. After doctor Fields a couple of nurses walked by Bosco as well with sympathetic looks on their faces. Faith walked a little bit closer to Bosco but without acknowledging her he stepped into the room.
"Boz." Faith whispered watching him stand a couple feet from the gurney that his mom laid on wishing that he spared himself from going in there to look down at her still body. Faith stood back several feet from Bosco watching him stare down at her while tears streamed down his face.
After an hour of convincing Bosco finally allowed the doctor to take his mom away to the hospital morgue. Bosco remained in the same chair that he was sitting in the whole time he was with his mother but now he was just staring out into an empty room.
Faith stood outside the glass window keeping her eyes locked on Bosco as he sat there silently. Turning her head to the right when she heard soft footsteps come up beside her.
"How's he doing?" Swersky asked quietly. Faith looked at Swersky and drew in a deep breath and looked back at Bosco.
"He hasn't left the room. Won't even let anyone checkout his wound."
Swersky looked at Bosco. "Alright, does he have anyone to stay with tonight?"
"I doubt it. Why?"
"Well we came down to the conclusion that Donald Mann is out to hurt Bosco. He probably wants to destroy him emotionally and then actually kill him."
"God" Faith whispered. "How did you figure that?"
"The doctor that was with his mom said that one of the gunmen came into the directly and fired rounds into her and only her as if it was his job to do so." Swersky said looking at Faith. "It make sense with his brothers sudden death also and so close together."
"I'll stay with him." Faith said while shaking her head is disgust. "But Lieu, its probably best if we don't let Bosco know that all of this happened because Donald Mann is out to get him."
Lieutenant Swersky acknowledged her with a nod. "Give me a call to let me know how things are going."
Faith continued to watch Bosco while Swersky walked away. Knocking softly on the door to the room Faith invited herself in and knelt in front of Bosco.
"Boz you should go get checked out. Lieu thinks it would be best if we just got out of here for the night."
To Faith's surprise Bosco silently nodded and stood up to leave the room. Faith placed a hand on his back and guided him out the room and into the busy ER where fellow officers seemed to stop in mid conversation to look at Bosco as he walked by as if they haven't seen him in 20 or more years. Stopping at the nurses desk Faith quietly asked for one of the nurses to take a look at Bosco.
Never in the 12 years Faith has known Bosco did she not see complain about needing to get a shot. He just sat there quietly while they did whatever they needed to do. Most of the blood had dried so they had to clean it out which looked like a painful procedure, but Bosco didn't do much more then wince at the pain every once in a while. When the one nurses was wrapping the bandage around him another handed a prescription of antibiotics that he had to take all of that night and also some fresh bandages incase he needed to change them.
"You all set?" Faith asked patting Bosco on the leg then helped him to his feet.
"Yeah." Bosco said buttoning his shirt up. "are you going home by cab?"
"Actually if its alright with you we'll go back to your place."
Bosco gave her a questioning look. "Why? Don't you think you should go home to Fred."
"Fred is out of town with the kids." Faith lied hesitantly. "besides Swersky thinks it'd be best if someone stayed with you tonight."
Bosco gave Faith a curious look and shrugged giving in to her request. "Okay, lets go."
Faith and Bosco walked out of the exam room side by side when they ran into Davis and Sasha. "hey guys" Sasha said.
Faith smiled at Sasha and then lightly touched Bosco arm. "I'll see if I can get Lieu to send a car to pick us up." Bosco nodded sadly looking down at the floor.
"You okay Bosco?" Sasha asked.
Without looking up. "Fine" He answered, walking towards the doors. "Tell Faith I'll be outside."
The two cops watched Bosco walk through the sliding doors of the ER into night air.
"You think he'll be okay?" Sasha asked Davis.
"Yeah. I think he will."
Faith made her back over to Davis and Sasha and before she could asked Sasha told her that Bosco went outside. Faith thanked and walked out to meet him.
"Its not smart being alone right now." Faith said walking up beside him.
"Let the bastard come after me. I'll kill him myself." Bosco said seriously.
Faith just look at Bosco with out saying anymore about it, not surprised that he figured it out on his own that Mann is after him. "Come on Lieu gave me the keys to one of the cars. We'll bring it by the precinct tomorrow."