NB Sorry it's taken so long, but I hope you like what I've done! Enjoy!
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark scared night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Watching the bus pull away, Bosco's colleagues and friends stood silent amongst the devastation, disbelieving that one of their own was fighting for his life.
Swersky dropped his head, his mind not fully accepting what had happened. Bosco was injured, and not even in the line of duty. Swersky remembered back to when Faith had told him Bosco was going to be late, and all he could think at the time was, how he was going to give him a long-winded lecture on time keeping.
"He can't…" Faith sobbed as Sully wrapped his arms around her.
"He's going to be ok, he's a fighter, you know that, HE knows that" Sully words did little to comfort the injured officer's partner. She knew how much Bosco detested the trains, and all the times he spent making fun of her for when she cursed about her fellow travelers 'I told you the train sucks' he would say, and that for now was the only words she could hear of him.
Jimmy covered his face with his hands, taking in a deep breath. "Jimmy you ok?" he heard DK ask.
"Yeah" he sighed removing his hands and wiping away a tear. "Come on lets get this cleared up" Jimmy glanced out of the carriage to see Sully walking with his arm around Faith to one of the squad cars, with Ty following not far behind. "I'm going to the hospital as soon as I can."
"Yes sir" Ty nodded at his Lieutenants request to keep him updated on Bosco's condition.
Ty was going with Sully and Faith to the hospital, Swersky was required to remain at the site until another senior officer could replace him, something that didn't sit well with him. He wanted to be there for his officer!
x
"BOSCO DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP ON ME, YOU HEAR ME!" Kim worked frantically in the back of the bus, Bosco was of course in an extremely bad way but he had an experienced paramedic on his side that wasn't going to give up. Kim kept a constant check on his vitals, he had lost a lot of blood and she could only hazard a guess at the extensive internal damage he had.
Bosco opened his eyes to a blurred vision of Kim peering down at him. "Hey" she said.
Bosco tried to speak, but could only mouth 'you shout too much'
Kim smiled "well if you think you're going anywhere other than Mercy, you've got another thing coming"
Bosco managed a small smile back, an effort that sent him adrift into darkness once again.
"Hurry up Carlos!" she called out.
"Two minutes" came the reply.
x
At the hospital, doctors and nurses were rushing around; Bosco had been brought in and rushed straight through to surgery. Every second of the Officer's life was now counted.
"Mary, where is he?" Sully quickly asked as he saw Proctor race pass.
"Surgery, give me a minute, I'll take you there myself" she called back, accepting Sully's nod as agreement.
Faith stood shell shocked, she saw the other people from the crash waiting in the area. "Why aren't they hurt" she began to question.
"Faith don't" Sully snapped, looking at the face of one of the parents whose child was in the first carriage.
"Look at them Sully, not a scratch, and Bosco, Bosco is.." Faith broke down just a Mary came back.
Sully gave a sympathetic 'sorry' to the parent and then guided a distraught Faith in the direction Mary was going.
x
The waiting area was cramped with people now, all waiting for news on Bosco. Faith, Sully and Ty were now joined by what seemed like the whole of the emergency service of the 55. Swersky managed to get away and was now sitting next to Kim, who had remained at Bosco's side throughout. Next to her was Jimmy, he's job done at the site he felt he had to be there, and Carlos was leaning against the wall by the door. Not one of them talking, but all thinking their own thoughts.
Swersky – I've never met a bigger pain is the arse, how that boy makes it through the day sometimes is beyond me, I knew it would never be the job that got the better of him, but he'll be alright, hell he had better be, my lecture on time-keeping is not going to waste, you hear that Boscorelli!
Faith - Oh my God, Bosco please, don't die, I, I can't believe this has happened, I saw you, I saw you on the platform, I laughed at you, I'm sorry, I know you hate trains, I'm sorry, please don't, please God if you're listening don't let him die, please I need him, I'm sorry.
Sully – I wish I could help you, I'm praying the doctors do their job if that helps, yeah that's right, I hope you make it, ha but you know what the good thing about this is, you have no idea I actually like you.
Ty – He should of called me, I would of picked him up, then we wouldn't be here, he wouldn't be in here, damn Bos you had better make it, I need you man.
Kim – I should have tried harder, I should have got under the seat and stopped the bleeding to his leg, he'd lost too much, I tried my best, I just wish I tried harder. Remember Bosco you're going no where!
Carlos – I'm hungry, we're in for a long night, man these people should lighten up, Bosco is superman, he'll be fine. Joining me for another session of counseling next week no doubt. Jimmy looks upset, Kim too, I thought they hated him, Ty looks worried, Faith, Faith looks like she's going to explode, hope Sully's next to her when she does. I wonder where the coffee machine is around here?
Jimmy – no more stupid stunts, no practical jokes, you get better and we'll go for a beer, watch a game, instead of winding each other up, seeing you, like that, has made me think, we got to stop…
Suddenly the door opened, anxious faces stared at the doctor as she walked in, hoping what she had to say was good news…
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
OH YEAH!
Smiles of relief spread throughout the room, Bosco had made it, he was going to be ok!