It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas plays
Taylor and Kim are riding around in the bus. There is a light snow falling. Kim is driving.
"So have you done any of your Christmas shopping yet?" Kim asks
"A little." Taylor replies
"Only a little?" Kim jokes.
"Yeah, how much do you have done?" Taylor quips
"None. I know, I'm behind." Kim laughs
"Just a little." Taylor laughs, "Don't you think you should get on that?"
"Yeah, I should." Kim replies
"You know, we should go together on Saturday. I still have to get Billy's presents." Taylor says
"You haven't bought your fiancée's presents yet?" Kim asks shocked
"I don't want to hear it, at least I started my shopping." Taylor replies
The playful conversation is abruptly ended as Kim looks ahead and sees a major car accident unfold before them.
"Oh my God!" Kim exclaims to get Taylor's attention focused forward.
The two medics watch as a car flips onto its roof and skids down the street. Another car slams head on into a fire hydrant. By the time all is said and done, 6 cars are involved.
"Boyd 55-3 to Central. Notify FD and PD. We have a multi-MVA 123 and Lex." Taylor radios *~*~*~*~*
Walsh and the guys are sitting around the table at the firehouse.
"Okay guys, I need help." Walsh says
"You're beyond help." Lombardo cracks
"No seriously. I don't know what to get Alex for Christmas." Walsh says
"Well, don't look at me." DK says, "I've never had that problem."
"Jimmy, Joe. Come on, I really need your help." Walsh pleads
"Well.." Jimmy starts but gets interrupted by the alarm.
"Squad 55 MVA 123 and Lex." The alarm squeals
The fire fighters jump from their positions and head for the truck. *~*~*~*~*
"So you get your shopping done?" Bosco asks
"Not yet. Still got a few more things to get." Faith replies
"You still have time." Bosco adds
"Yeah, I have three weeks." Faith adds.
"Well, looks like we're here." Bosco says as he pulls onto the scene of the MVA.
"What happened?" Faith yells to Kim
"Not sure, I only saw part of it." Kim yells back.
Bosco immediately starts to direct traffic. Sully and Davis pull onto the scene as well.
"A little snow falls, and we get crap like this." Sully exclaims as he gets out of the car.
Doc and Carlos pull onto the scene.
"Let's get triage situations." Doc yells
Kim is currently attempting to get into a car whose driver is unconscious.
"Bosco! I need help over here!" Kim yells
Bosco runs over.
"Break the glass in the back seat so I can pop the lock." Kim says
Bosco takes out his baton and breaks through the glass on the back seat window. He sticks his hand through to open the lock on the car door. Kim pulls the door open revealing a sight that neither she nor Bosco ever expected.
"Oh my God." Bosco says as he turns away from the driver whose leg has a screwdriver sticking out of it, blood spurting out around the handle.
Kim immediately grabs 4x4s and tape to pack around the handle.
The fire truck pulls onto the scene. Taylor is attempting to tend to the passengers of the car that hit the fire hydrant. Water flows everywhere, she is soaked.
"Taylor, what do you have?" Lieutenant Johnson yells
"Driver and two kids. Driver's trapped!" Taylor yells back.
Carlos is on the ground trying to reach the occupants of the car that is on its roof. Walsh and Lombardo run over to offer assistance.
"I can't get to them." Carlos yells.
Lombardo looks at the car.
"We gotta get them out of there." He says as he notices a puddle of fuel leaking out of the car.
Doc attends to the occupants of the other vehicles. They are not seriously injured. Bumps, scratches, and scrapes are the worst of their problems. Faith begins to work on the accident report; she looks at the scene around her. Twisted metal, falling snow, and a new water fountain spurting up in the middle of the city.
"This is not happening," she thinks to herself.
DK and Jimmy are attempting to help Kim with her victim.
"Careful guys!" Kim exclaims as they are sliding the guy onto a backboard. The screwdriver narrowly misses hitting the steering wheel.
"Sorry." Jimmy says
"Okay, he's clear." Kim says referring to the guy and the steering wheel.
Carlos crawls under the car to aid the trapped passengers in the car. Lieutenant Johnson comes over.
"Carlos, get out from under there." He says looking at the puddle of gas that is trickling towards Carlos.
"Give me a minute." Carlos says
"Carlos, now!" Lieu yells. Carlos looks out from under the car.
"I smell gas." Carlos says as he starts to slide out from under the car.
Walsh and Lombardo look at each other. Carlos slides right through the trickle of spilt fuel. Walsh and Lombardo are attempting to clean up the fuel spill so that they can work on helping the occupants of the car. Carlos finishes climbing out from under the car, he walks up to them.
"Carlos, go to the bus, you smell like you're covered in gas." Lieu instructs
Carlos moves away from the car and sits at the back of the bus. Bosco walks up to him.
"Man you stink." Bosco quips
"Shut up. I can't help it." Carlos replies
"Easy. I think we have some extra clothes in the back of RMP." Bosco says as he walks around the bus to the RMP.
A few minutes later he returns carrying a bag.
"I hope that they fit." Bosco says handing the bag to Carlos
"Thanks Bosco." Carlos replies
Jimmy, DK, and Taylor free the driver of the car that hit the hydrant. They take him to an area that is dry. The two kids are with Doc, who is looking them over to see that they are all right.
Taylor then looks over to where Lombardo has just started to cut away the metal of the car on its roof.
"Lombardo! Be careful!" Lieu yells across the scene.
Davis, Sully, Faith, and Bosco all watch. Walsh is standing a few feet from Lombardo; Kim is now standing with him to take Carlos's place. The sparks start to fly as the blade cuts through the metal.
"Joe!" Walsh yells
As Walsh yells the leaking fuel tank explodes.
"Oh my God!" Taylor screams as she runs towards the burning mess, her heart sinks as she sees her fiancée laying motionless on the pavement.
The car goes up in the air. The jaws come crashing back to earth. Lombardo was thrown by the blast, as were Walsh, and Kim who were standing just 10 feet away.
Walsh and Kim lie motionless on the ground. Carlos reaches them first.
"Kim, talk to me!" He yells.
Lieutenant Johnson and Bosco reach Lombardo.
"Doc!" Lieu yells
Lombardo is shaking, obviously going through shock from the explosion. Doc reaches him. He immediately begins attending to him. One of the medics from another bus rushes over with a backboard.
"We gotta get him outta here." Doc says. The medic agrees as they get him on a backboard.
Bosco and Lieutenant Johnson help to load Lombardo into the back of the bus. Doc climbs in to go with him.
Taylor rolls Walsh over. She is shocked to see blood in the corner of his mouth.
"Oh no! Billy!" Taylor exclaims.
Carlos takes a 4x4 and applies it to the wound on Kim's head. Kim starts to search round the area.
"What happened?" She asks
"You were knocked back by an explosion." Carlos explains as he puts a c- collar on her.
"Wow." She says
She is put onto a backboard and loaded into the back of the bus. Jimmy slides around front to drive, Carlos in the back.
There are other firefighters now on the scene working to put out the flaming car.
Taylor is working on Walsh. "Come on Billy." She says in tears.
She gets the line in and looks to DK who is watching closely. Taylor is checking breath sounds. She is startled to feel Walsh squeeze her hand. The tears stream down her face as she straps a c-collar on him. He looks at her and smiles. DK helps her strap him on the backboard. Davis looks over knowing that DK has to take the fire truck back,
"Let's go." Davis says as he heads to the front of the bus.
DK closes the doors to the bus and Davis pulls off. Sully, Faith, Bosco, and Lieutenant Johnson stand there.
"How does stuff like this happen?" Faith asks as the snow swirls about
"It just does." Sully replies as the haunting sound of sirens echoes through the streets around them. *~*~*~*~*
The buses start pulling up to Mercy. Proctor rushes up to them.
"What happened?" she asks
"Explosion." Doc says, "Joe's the worst."
They take him into a trauma room.
Carlos and Jimmy wheel Kim in.
"How is she?" Proctor asks
"She's alert, some scrapes and bumps." Carlos says as they take her to a room. *~*~*~*~*~*
Taylor is in the back of the bus working on Walsh. She looks at the monitor.
"Come on Billy, stay with me," she says calmly
"Almost there." Davis turns to tell Taylor
Suddenly the monitor starts to beep faster, then the alarm goes off.
"Davis get this rig moving!" Taylor screams as she looks at the monitors to see the heart rate dropping. "Dammit Billy stay with me!"
He pulls into Mercy. Carlos meets them at the door.
"What happened?" He asks as he grabs the front of the gurney
"I started to lose him in the bus." Taylor says
They wheel him into a trauma room. Proctor pushes them out of the room. Taylor stands by the window, watching as the doctors and nurses work on her future husband.
She tells herself, "Everything will be alright Taylor. He's strong. You're just over reacting."
Carlos walks up to her. "Proctor gave me these for you to change into. You're dripping." He says as he hands her a set of scrubs to replace her waterlogged clothes
Taylor takes them. "Thanks." And focuses her attention back on the room.
"Alex, go change. I'll stay here an watch." Carlos tells her
Taylor reluctantly walks away to change. Davis walks over to Carlos.
"Any word?" Davis asks
"Not yet. But he's strong, he'll be alright." Carlos says
"Yeah." Davis says
Jimmy comes walking down the hallway. He has tears in his eyes. Bosco, Sully, and Faith now join Davis and Carlos. The five look around thinking that something bad happened to Kim.
"Is Kim okay?" Carlos asks
Jimmy nods his head.
"Then what's wrong?" Carlos asks noticing Doc walking down the hall as well.
Lieutenant Johnson and DK rush into the ER. Jimmy looks around to everyone. In comes the FDNY Chaplin and Linda with little Joseph. Jimmy wipes the tears from his eyes.
"Jimmy, is Joe okay?" Linda asks frantically
He shakes his head. "I'm so sorry." He says reluctantly
She falls into his arms sobbing. Jimmy embraces her and her son. The others look around. Taylor walks back to them. She looks at everyone's faces. Then sees Linda.
"Oh no." She says quietly realizing without being told what happened.
Davis and Carlos turn around to see her reaction. The door to the trauma room opens. Taylor turns to see the doctor.
"Taylor." He says
"Yes?" Taylor's heart sinks
"He's awake. We're going to transfer him upstairs in a few minutes, but he's been asking for you." The doctor tells her.
"Thank you." Taylor says
She looks at Linda, who is being taken back to Joe. She looks at her friends and coworkers. The pain in their faces. Then she takes a deep breath and enters the room to be with Walsh.
"Hey." He smiles
"Hey." Taylor replies
"What's with the outfit?" Walsh asks
Taylor looks down. "Apparently they don't like it when your clothes are dripping on the floor." She chuckles
"Is everything okay?" Walsh asks
"Yeah, why?" Taylor questions
"You seem upset. Kim's okay right?" Walsh says
Taylor's eyes fill with tears. "Yeah Kim's okay."
"Then what?" Walsh asks
"Joe." Taylor says
"What about Joe?" Walsh asks
Taylor swallows hard. "Joe didn't make it."
Walsh sits in shock. He closes his eyes for a moment. "Have they told Linda?"
"Yeah, they told her." Taylor says
"I can't believe it." Walsh says
"Look, you need to concentrate on getting better. I know that it is hard, but you've got to get better." Taylor says
The transport team comes in to take Walsh upstairs. "I'll be up in a couple minutes." Taylor says to Walsh
"Okay." He replies as he is wheeled out of the room.
Taylor follows him into the hallway. Everyone is still standing there, but they watch as Walsh is wheeled away. Taylor stops in the hallway. She looks at everyone.
"Where is Kim?" she asks
Carlos looks at her, "Two rooms up."
"Thank you." Taylor says as she walks up to Kim's room and knocks on the doorjamb. *~*~*~*~*
Carlos and Doc are talking in the hallway.
"Why do these things happen?" Carlos asks
"I don't know Carlos. I really don't know." Doc replies
"Sometimes I think life is unfair." Carlos responds
"It is. Especially when it leaves loved ones behind." Doc says as he walks out into the snow filled parking lot.
Carlos is left standing in the hallway, looking out the door. *~*~*~*~*
"Hey." Kim says as Taylor enters the room
"Hey yourself." Taylor replies
"You alright?" Kim asks
"What? Oh the clothes. Yeah, I'm fine." Taylor responds
"No, you don't look so happy." Kim says
"I'm okay." Taylor replies
Kim looks at her for a minute. "Oh my. Is Walsh okay?"
"Yes, Billy is okay." Taylor replies
"Then what? What is the matter?" Kim asks
"You haven't been told yet?" Taylor questions
"Told what?" Kim asks
Taylor looks down at the floor, then back to Kim who is anxiously waiting to hear what Alex has to say.
"Alex?" Kim asks
Taylor swallows hard again. "Joe." She says solemnly
"What?" Kim asks
"Joe's gone." Taylor replies
"What do you mean?" Kim asks not realizing that Lombardo had been severely injured at the scene
"They brought him in. His injuries were too severe." Taylor says then she looks away.
Jimmy walks into the room.
"I'm sorry. If I'm interrupting, I'll come back." He says
"No Jimmy, I was getting ready to head upstairs." Taylor says, "I'll see you later."
"Okay Alex." Kim says as Taylor walks out of the room
Jimmy stands and watches as Taylor heads through the door. *~*~*~*~*
Taylor sits in with Walsh.
THE CALLING "WHEREVER YOU WILL GO" plays
"I thought that I was going to lose you." Taylor cries
"I'm not going anywhere." Walsh replies, "I'm not leaving you."
The pair sits in silence. *~*~*~*~*
Jimmy sits with Kim in the living room of her apartment.
"I won't leave if you don't want me too." Jimmy says stroking Kim's long brown hair.
"Please stay." Kim says *~*~*~*~*
Faith walks into the apartment. She lays her bag down and hangs her coat up. She looks at the Christmas decorations. Then turns out the light and goes back to the bedroom. Fred looks up.
"How was your day?" he asks
Faith sits on the edge of the bed and takes his hand.
"I'm glad that I know that you will be here when I come home. I love you." Faith says.
"Bad day?" Fred asks
"Joe Lombardo was killed. He was a fire fighter, but still. I'm glad to have you." Faith says
The song ends and the scene fades out.
Taylor and Kim are riding around in the bus. There is a light snow falling. Kim is driving.
"So have you done any of your Christmas shopping yet?" Kim asks
"A little." Taylor replies
"Only a little?" Kim jokes.
"Yeah, how much do you have done?" Taylor quips
"None. I know, I'm behind." Kim laughs
"Just a little." Taylor laughs, "Don't you think you should get on that?"
"Yeah, I should." Kim replies
"You know, we should go together on Saturday. I still have to get Billy's presents." Taylor says
"You haven't bought your fiancée's presents yet?" Kim asks shocked
"I don't want to hear it, at least I started my shopping." Taylor replies
The playful conversation is abruptly ended as Kim looks ahead and sees a major car accident unfold before them.
"Oh my God!" Kim exclaims to get Taylor's attention focused forward.
The two medics watch as a car flips onto its roof and skids down the street. Another car slams head on into a fire hydrant. By the time all is said and done, 6 cars are involved.
"Boyd 55-3 to Central. Notify FD and PD. We have a multi-MVA 123 and Lex." Taylor radios *~*~*~*~*
Walsh and the guys are sitting around the table at the firehouse.
"Okay guys, I need help." Walsh says
"You're beyond help." Lombardo cracks
"No seriously. I don't know what to get Alex for Christmas." Walsh says
"Well, don't look at me." DK says, "I've never had that problem."
"Jimmy, Joe. Come on, I really need your help." Walsh pleads
"Well.." Jimmy starts but gets interrupted by the alarm.
"Squad 55 MVA 123 and Lex." The alarm squeals
The fire fighters jump from their positions and head for the truck. *~*~*~*~*
"So you get your shopping done?" Bosco asks
"Not yet. Still got a few more things to get." Faith replies
"You still have time." Bosco adds
"Yeah, I have three weeks." Faith adds.
"Well, looks like we're here." Bosco says as he pulls onto the scene of the MVA.
"What happened?" Faith yells to Kim
"Not sure, I only saw part of it." Kim yells back.
Bosco immediately starts to direct traffic. Sully and Davis pull onto the scene as well.
"A little snow falls, and we get crap like this." Sully exclaims as he gets out of the car.
Doc and Carlos pull onto the scene.
"Let's get triage situations." Doc yells
Kim is currently attempting to get into a car whose driver is unconscious.
"Bosco! I need help over here!" Kim yells
Bosco runs over.
"Break the glass in the back seat so I can pop the lock." Kim says
Bosco takes out his baton and breaks through the glass on the back seat window. He sticks his hand through to open the lock on the car door. Kim pulls the door open revealing a sight that neither she nor Bosco ever expected.
"Oh my God." Bosco says as he turns away from the driver whose leg has a screwdriver sticking out of it, blood spurting out around the handle.
Kim immediately grabs 4x4s and tape to pack around the handle.
The fire truck pulls onto the scene. Taylor is attempting to tend to the passengers of the car that hit the fire hydrant. Water flows everywhere, she is soaked.
"Taylor, what do you have?" Lieutenant Johnson yells
"Driver and two kids. Driver's trapped!" Taylor yells back.
Carlos is on the ground trying to reach the occupants of the car that is on its roof. Walsh and Lombardo run over to offer assistance.
"I can't get to them." Carlos yells.
Lombardo looks at the car.
"We gotta get them out of there." He says as he notices a puddle of fuel leaking out of the car.
Doc attends to the occupants of the other vehicles. They are not seriously injured. Bumps, scratches, and scrapes are the worst of their problems. Faith begins to work on the accident report; she looks at the scene around her. Twisted metal, falling snow, and a new water fountain spurting up in the middle of the city.
"This is not happening," she thinks to herself.
DK and Jimmy are attempting to help Kim with her victim.
"Careful guys!" Kim exclaims as they are sliding the guy onto a backboard. The screwdriver narrowly misses hitting the steering wheel.
"Sorry." Jimmy says
"Okay, he's clear." Kim says referring to the guy and the steering wheel.
Carlos crawls under the car to aid the trapped passengers in the car. Lieutenant Johnson comes over.
"Carlos, get out from under there." He says looking at the puddle of gas that is trickling towards Carlos.
"Give me a minute." Carlos says
"Carlos, now!" Lieu yells. Carlos looks out from under the car.
"I smell gas." Carlos says as he starts to slide out from under the car.
Walsh and Lombardo look at each other. Carlos slides right through the trickle of spilt fuel. Walsh and Lombardo are attempting to clean up the fuel spill so that they can work on helping the occupants of the car. Carlos finishes climbing out from under the car, he walks up to them.
"Carlos, go to the bus, you smell like you're covered in gas." Lieu instructs
Carlos moves away from the car and sits at the back of the bus. Bosco walks up to him.
"Man you stink." Bosco quips
"Shut up. I can't help it." Carlos replies
"Easy. I think we have some extra clothes in the back of RMP." Bosco says as he walks around the bus to the RMP.
A few minutes later he returns carrying a bag.
"I hope that they fit." Bosco says handing the bag to Carlos
"Thanks Bosco." Carlos replies
Jimmy, DK, and Taylor free the driver of the car that hit the hydrant. They take him to an area that is dry. The two kids are with Doc, who is looking them over to see that they are all right.
Taylor then looks over to where Lombardo has just started to cut away the metal of the car on its roof.
"Lombardo! Be careful!" Lieu yells across the scene.
Davis, Sully, Faith, and Bosco all watch. Walsh is standing a few feet from Lombardo; Kim is now standing with him to take Carlos's place. The sparks start to fly as the blade cuts through the metal.
"Joe!" Walsh yells
As Walsh yells the leaking fuel tank explodes.
"Oh my God!" Taylor screams as she runs towards the burning mess, her heart sinks as she sees her fiancée laying motionless on the pavement.
The car goes up in the air. The jaws come crashing back to earth. Lombardo was thrown by the blast, as were Walsh, and Kim who were standing just 10 feet away.
Walsh and Kim lie motionless on the ground. Carlos reaches them first.
"Kim, talk to me!" He yells.
Lieutenant Johnson and Bosco reach Lombardo.
"Doc!" Lieu yells
Lombardo is shaking, obviously going through shock from the explosion. Doc reaches him. He immediately begins attending to him. One of the medics from another bus rushes over with a backboard.
"We gotta get him outta here." Doc says. The medic agrees as they get him on a backboard.
Bosco and Lieutenant Johnson help to load Lombardo into the back of the bus. Doc climbs in to go with him.
Taylor rolls Walsh over. She is shocked to see blood in the corner of his mouth.
"Oh no! Billy!" Taylor exclaims.
Carlos takes a 4x4 and applies it to the wound on Kim's head. Kim starts to search round the area.
"What happened?" She asks
"You were knocked back by an explosion." Carlos explains as he puts a c- collar on her.
"Wow." She says
She is put onto a backboard and loaded into the back of the bus. Jimmy slides around front to drive, Carlos in the back.
There are other firefighters now on the scene working to put out the flaming car.
Taylor is working on Walsh. "Come on Billy." She says in tears.
She gets the line in and looks to DK who is watching closely. Taylor is checking breath sounds. She is startled to feel Walsh squeeze her hand. The tears stream down her face as she straps a c-collar on him. He looks at her and smiles. DK helps her strap him on the backboard. Davis looks over knowing that DK has to take the fire truck back,
"Let's go." Davis says as he heads to the front of the bus.
DK closes the doors to the bus and Davis pulls off. Sully, Faith, Bosco, and Lieutenant Johnson stand there.
"How does stuff like this happen?" Faith asks as the snow swirls about
"It just does." Sully replies as the haunting sound of sirens echoes through the streets around them. *~*~*~*~*
The buses start pulling up to Mercy. Proctor rushes up to them.
"What happened?" she asks
"Explosion." Doc says, "Joe's the worst."
They take him into a trauma room.
Carlos and Jimmy wheel Kim in.
"How is she?" Proctor asks
"She's alert, some scrapes and bumps." Carlos says as they take her to a room. *~*~*~*~*~*
Taylor is in the back of the bus working on Walsh. She looks at the monitor.
"Come on Billy, stay with me," she says calmly
"Almost there." Davis turns to tell Taylor
Suddenly the monitor starts to beep faster, then the alarm goes off.
"Davis get this rig moving!" Taylor screams as she looks at the monitors to see the heart rate dropping. "Dammit Billy stay with me!"
He pulls into Mercy. Carlos meets them at the door.
"What happened?" He asks as he grabs the front of the gurney
"I started to lose him in the bus." Taylor says
They wheel him into a trauma room. Proctor pushes them out of the room. Taylor stands by the window, watching as the doctors and nurses work on her future husband.
She tells herself, "Everything will be alright Taylor. He's strong. You're just over reacting."
Carlos walks up to her. "Proctor gave me these for you to change into. You're dripping." He says as he hands her a set of scrubs to replace her waterlogged clothes
Taylor takes them. "Thanks." And focuses her attention back on the room.
"Alex, go change. I'll stay here an watch." Carlos tells her
Taylor reluctantly walks away to change. Davis walks over to Carlos.
"Any word?" Davis asks
"Not yet. But he's strong, he'll be alright." Carlos says
"Yeah." Davis says
Jimmy comes walking down the hallway. He has tears in his eyes. Bosco, Sully, and Faith now join Davis and Carlos. The five look around thinking that something bad happened to Kim.
"Is Kim okay?" Carlos asks
Jimmy nods his head.
"Then what's wrong?" Carlos asks noticing Doc walking down the hall as well.
Lieutenant Johnson and DK rush into the ER. Jimmy looks around to everyone. In comes the FDNY Chaplin and Linda with little Joseph. Jimmy wipes the tears from his eyes.
"Jimmy, is Joe okay?" Linda asks frantically
He shakes his head. "I'm so sorry." He says reluctantly
She falls into his arms sobbing. Jimmy embraces her and her son. The others look around. Taylor walks back to them. She looks at everyone's faces. Then sees Linda.
"Oh no." She says quietly realizing without being told what happened.
Davis and Carlos turn around to see her reaction. The door to the trauma room opens. Taylor turns to see the doctor.
"Taylor." He says
"Yes?" Taylor's heart sinks
"He's awake. We're going to transfer him upstairs in a few minutes, but he's been asking for you." The doctor tells her.
"Thank you." Taylor says
She looks at Linda, who is being taken back to Joe. She looks at her friends and coworkers. The pain in their faces. Then she takes a deep breath and enters the room to be with Walsh.
"Hey." He smiles
"Hey." Taylor replies
"What's with the outfit?" Walsh asks
Taylor looks down. "Apparently they don't like it when your clothes are dripping on the floor." She chuckles
"Is everything okay?" Walsh asks
"Yeah, why?" Taylor questions
"You seem upset. Kim's okay right?" Walsh says
Taylor's eyes fill with tears. "Yeah Kim's okay."
"Then what?" Walsh asks
"Joe." Taylor says
"What about Joe?" Walsh asks
Taylor swallows hard. "Joe didn't make it."
Walsh sits in shock. He closes his eyes for a moment. "Have they told Linda?"
"Yeah, they told her." Taylor says
"I can't believe it." Walsh says
"Look, you need to concentrate on getting better. I know that it is hard, but you've got to get better." Taylor says
The transport team comes in to take Walsh upstairs. "I'll be up in a couple minutes." Taylor says to Walsh
"Okay." He replies as he is wheeled out of the room.
Taylor follows him into the hallway. Everyone is still standing there, but they watch as Walsh is wheeled away. Taylor stops in the hallway. She looks at everyone.
"Where is Kim?" she asks
Carlos looks at her, "Two rooms up."
"Thank you." Taylor says as she walks up to Kim's room and knocks on the doorjamb. *~*~*~*~*
Carlos and Doc are talking in the hallway.
"Why do these things happen?" Carlos asks
"I don't know Carlos. I really don't know." Doc replies
"Sometimes I think life is unfair." Carlos responds
"It is. Especially when it leaves loved ones behind." Doc says as he walks out into the snow filled parking lot.
Carlos is left standing in the hallway, looking out the door. *~*~*~*~*
"Hey." Kim says as Taylor enters the room
"Hey yourself." Taylor replies
"You alright?" Kim asks
"What? Oh the clothes. Yeah, I'm fine." Taylor responds
"No, you don't look so happy." Kim says
"I'm okay." Taylor replies
Kim looks at her for a minute. "Oh my. Is Walsh okay?"
"Yes, Billy is okay." Taylor replies
"Then what? What is the matter?" Kim asks
"You haven't been told yet?" Taylor questions
"Told what?" Kim asks
Taylor looks down at the floor, then back to Kim who is anxiously waiting to hear what Alex has to say.
"Alex?" Kim asks
Taylor swallows hard again. "Joe." She says solemnly
"What?" Kim asks
"Joe's gone." Taylor replies
"What do you mean?" Kim asks not realizing that Lombardo had been severely injured at the scene
"They brought him in. His injuries were too severe." Taylor says then she looks away.
Jimmy walks into the room.
"I'm sorry. If I'm interrupting, I'll come back." He says
"No Jimmy, I was getting ready to head upstairs." Taylor says, "I'll see you later."
"Okay Alex." Kim says as Taylor walks out of the room
Jimmy stands and watches as Taylor heads through the door. *~*~*~*~*
Taylor sits in with Walsh.
THE CALLING "WHEREVER YOU WILL GO" plays
"I thought that I was going to lose you." Taylor cries
"I'm not going anywhere." Walsh replies, "I'm not leaving you."
The pair sits in silence. *~*~*~*~*
Jimmy sits with Kim in the living room of her apartment.
"I won't leave if you don't want me too." Jimmy says stroking Kim's long brown hair.
"Please stay." Kim says *~*~*~*~*
Faith walks into the apartment. She lays her bag down and hangs her coat up. She looks at the Christmas decorations. Then turns out the light and goes back to the bedroom. Fred looks up.
"How was your day?" he asks
Faith sits on the edge of the bed and takes his hand.
"I'm glad that I know that you will be here when I come home. I love you." Faith says.
"Bad day?" Fred asks
"Joe Lombardo was killed. He was a fire fighter, but still. I'm glad to have you." Faith says
The song ends and the scene fades out.
