Kim is thinking about Bobby. Jimmy notices her blank stare.
"You okay?" Jimmy asks
Kim is almost shocked to hear his voice. "Yeah, I'm fine." She says uneasily, "Just thinking."
"About Bobby?" Jimmy asks
"Yeah, about Bobby. Hard to believe that it's been 5 years already." Kim says
"Yeah, it seems like it's been shorter than that." Jimmy replies
Kim looks at him and walks away.
"What's wrong with her?" Taylor asks
"It's the anniversary of Bobby's death." Jimmy replies
"What a way to use the term 'anniversary.' It's just hard on Kim. Time heals all pain, but when you lose your best friend, it takes a lot longer to heal." Taylor adds
"Yeah." Jimmy replies
"Don't worry about it, she'll be alright." Taylor says
"Come on Bosco." Faith yells
"Give me a minute, I know there's something going on down there." Bosco says gazing intently up the street
"Yeah, that's what you said an hour ago. I'm hungry!" Faith complains
"Alright, we'll go get something to eat." Bosco says
"Shots fired 105th and Amsterdam." The radio interrupts
"55 David 105th and Amsterdam." Bosco replies
"Or not." Faith rolls her eyes as she gets into the RMP.
Sasha and Gusler are on the scene of a street fight.
"Okay, break it up guys!" Sasha insists.
The guys keep fighting.
"I said BREAK IT up!" Sasha insists again
They continue fighting. Gusler and Sasha step between the two teenagers who are fighting. The one inadvertently hits Gusler. He releases his grip and both men stop.
"On the ground!" Sasha orders
"I didn't do nothin." The one young man says
"Assault on a police officer is nothing alright." Sasha says as she cuffs him. They head for the RMP and she puts the perp in. She turns to Gusler. "You should probably get that looked at." Noticing the nasty cut above his eye.
"Thanks." He smiles sarcastically as they get into the RMP.
"Hey Kim, you want to go out after work and grab a beer?" Taylor asks
"Not really." Kim replies
"Hard to believe it's been 5 years already." Taylor says
"Alex, I don't want to talk about this okay?" Kim snaps bitterly
"Sorry, I just figured…" Taylor starts before being interrupted by the alarm
"Boy 55-3 Trouble Breathing 3434 Amsterdam."
"Kim let's go!" Carlos yells heading for the bus.
Jimmy walks up, as Taylor looks concerned.
"She'll be okay." Jimmy says
"I know." Taylor turns and walks away.
Carlos and Kim walk into an apartment just down the street from Paulie's old apartment. Kim pauses.
"Kim, come on." Carlos says
"Okay." Kim replies
Carlos and Kim enter the room where a little girl is having trouble breathing.
Kim drifts off into thought without realizing it.
"Bobby! Oh God Bobby! Talk to me!." Kim cries looking at her partner who's shirt is blood soaked as he leans against the tile wall of the bathroom. She frantically grabs for her radio.
"Boy 55-3 to Central. I need a bus at 3412 Amsterdam Ave. My partner's been shot. Apartment 312." Kim calls then focusing her attention to Bobby again. "Bobby, hang on.. Bobby!"
"Kim! I need you now!" Carlos yells to snap her out of her thoughts.
"Right." Kim says as she begins to help Carlos with the little girl who has entered respiratory arrest.
Doc and Nicole are working on the run sheet at the desk at Mercy. Carlos and Kim bring their patient in. Carlos looks at Doc with a disgusted look on his face. Doc looks up and he and Nicole head back out to their bus.
Carlos and Kim walk back to the desk.
"What happened out there?" Carlos asks in anger
"I froze." Kim replies
"Yeah well I needed help and you froze. I need to know that I can count on my partner!" Carlos says and then walks away leaving Kim to stand there and watch.
Bosco and Faith pull onto the scene only to be immediately fired upon.
"You know, this guy's already pissing me off!" Bosco yells as he takes cover
"Yeah I can see that." Faith quips
"Hey Jagoff, this is the police, put the weapon down and come out with your hands where I can see them!" Bosco instructs
The shooter only fires at Bosco.
"Hey Bos, I don't think they understand the put the weapon down part." Faith says
Bosco looks at Faith then back to the shooter who is hiding in the building.
"This approach clearly isn't going to work." Bosco says thinking of his new plan. "We're going in!"
"What!" Faith says shocked, "We wait for ESU and let them handle this, it's nuts to go in now since there's a street separating us from that building and there's no cover out there."
"Then I'm going alone, but I'm going in." Bosco says before darting off across the street.
"God I hate it when he does that." Faith says to herself before following after her partner, dodging shots and firing back occasionally.
"Okay." Bosco says ready to enter the building. "Let's go!"
Faith rolls her eyes as they enter the building.
Kim sits silently in the bus waiting for Carlos to return from getting a bottle of water.
"Bobby! God Bobby talk to me! Hang on help's coming!" Kim cries"Police!" Bosco yells
"Back here!" Kim enters the hallway to find Bosco and Faith
"They shot Caffey?" Bosco asks
"Yes they shot Bobby." Kim cries
"Kim, who shot Bobby, can you help us track him down?" Faith asks
"Bobby's childhood best friend, Paulie, Paulie Fuentes." Kim says
"He's an addict isn't he?" Bosco asks clearly recalling the name
"Yes. Bobby was trying to help him. He was trying to help." Kim sobs
"Okay Kim, what was Paulie last wearing?" Faith asks
"He had a gray hooded sweatshirt and jeans." Kim says
"Okay Kim, look, we're going to find him, now you help Bobby." Faith assures as Doc and Carlos enter the apartment.
"Where is he?" Doc asks
"In the bathroom." Bosco replies.
"Bobby!" Doc yells
Carlos returns to the bus.
"Kim." Carlos says getting no answer, "KIM!"
Kim snaps out of her day dream, "Yeah?"
Bosco and Faith enter a stairwell.
"Bos be careful." Faith whispers as they ascend.
"Police. Put the weapon down and put your hands where I can see them!" Bosco yells
"Never!" The suspect yells back
"Great Bos, now he knows we're here and we have NO COVER." Faith says
"We'll get him." Bosco says
"We need backup now Bosco!" Faith says
"Then call for backup." Bosco says as he heads up the stairs
"55 David to Central, we need backup at this location, the suspect has barricaded himself in a room." Faith radios only to hear a loud gunshot. She looks in time to see Bosco fall backwards, his gun falls to the stairs. Her eyes get huge. "55 David to Central 10-13! Officer Down! I repeat, officer down!" she yells into the radio.
She moves to her partner who is down in the stairs.
"Bosco!" she yells as she pulls his vest apart to find an entry wound of a bullet, she drags him to cover. "Come on Bosco, talk to me."
Bosco put his hands on Faith "Get that bastard!" he says before closing his eyes.
"Bosco, Bosco, come on open your eyes." Faith says "Open your eyes!"
Kim sits thinking again.
"Get me 500 liters of saline on board now!" Doc instructs to Carlos"Doc, his pulse is dropping, we gotta go now." Carlos says as he prepares the IV
Lieutenant Johnson rushes in past the officers. "Caffey, oh no, come on. Doc what do you need?"
"We need help to get him out of here." Doc says
"Consider it done, the squad's waiting." Lieu says
"Good then let's go!" Doc says
The radio in the bus breaks her thought. "Boy 55-3 Officer down 105th and Amsterdam. Scene not yet secure."
Kim and Carlos look at each other. Kim grabs the radio. "Boy 55-3 105th and Amsterdam." She hangs the receiver back up. "I'll be there on this one."
Carlos looks at her and nods as he flips on the lights and sirens.
The ESU unit rolls up and immediately meets the gunfire. They storm into the building past Bosco and Faith and head up the stairs. They throw the tear gas canister and seconds later have the shooter in custody.
"ESU Sargent to Central, we have the shooter in custody send EMS in for officer down." The Sgt. radios.
Carlos and Kim are inside in moments.
"How long's he been down?" Kim asks
"5 minutes." Faith says removing her bloody hand from her partner's side.
"We gotta scoop and run." Carlos says
"Let's go." Kim replies as some of the ESU guys help carry the backboard that Bosco has been placed on to the waiting ambulance.
Kim climbs in the back. "You got this one?" Carlos asks
"Yeah, let's go!" Kim replies as Carlos shuts the doors and pulls off.
Sully and Davis rush to Mercy after hearing officer down. They arrive only moments before the bus. Faith rushes in.
"Faith, how is he?" Sully asks
"He was hit in the side, I don't know." She replies
Kim and Carlos wheel the gurney into the ER. Mary Proctor and the other nurses take them to trauma room 1. Dr. Fields rushes in.
Kim stands there in a semi-numb state.
"Mrs. Caffey, I'm sorry, we did all that we could but despite our best efforts your son died." The doctor says
She snaps out of it and continues watching the scene unfold in front of her. The doctor continues to work on Bosco. He wakes up.
"Faith. Where's Faith? I need to talk to her." Bosco says
"She's waiting outside." Proctor says
"I need to tell her something." Bosco says
"You can tell her later. Let us get you fixed up first." Proctor insists
"No, I need to tell her that I'm sorry, we shouldn't have gone in." Bosco says
Faith is brought in by another nurse.
"It's not your fault Bosco, it's not your fault." Faith says as he fades out of conciousness again.
Kim and Carlos return to the firehouse. Jimmy walks up to Kim.
"You okay?" he asks
"Yeah, I'm fine." Kim replies
"Okay." Jimmy says as he walks away.
The shift is over and Taylor and Walsh come down the stairs.
"Hey Kim, I found this in my locker this afternoon." Taylor says holding out a picture of Kim and Bobby. "I thought you might want it."
Kim looks at the picture, a tear rolls down her cheek. "Thank you." Taylor hugs Kim
"I'll see you tomorrow." Taylor says
"Yeah." Kim smiles, still holding the picture.
Faith, Sully, and Davis are still standing in the waiting room at Mercy. Dr. Fields walks out.
"How is he?" Davis asks
"He's resting comfortably. The bullet didn't hit any organs so he should be okay in a couple days. You can see him now if you like." Dr. Fields says
They look at each other and decide that faith should go ahead she walks into the room.
Enya's Only Time plays"I'm sorry." Bosco says
"For what? That wasn't your fault. So let's just work on you getting better okay?" Faith
"You sound like a mom." Bosco smiles
Faith laughs "I am one, remember?"
Kim stands at the window of her apartment. She lights a candle in a darkened room.
"Who can say where the road goes?
Where the day flows?
Only
time.
And who can say
if your love grows
as your heart
chose
only time
Who can say
why your heart sighs
as your
love flies
only time
And who can say
why your heart
cries
when your love lies
only time."
