Title: I'll Be By Your Side 9/17
Rating: PG
Pairing: Bosco, Faith
Spoilers: Up to Kingpin Rising
Disclaimer: I don't own Third Watch or it's characters

Faith was shocked by what Mary Proctor had just said. "What are you talking about?"

"I think you need to sit down for this."

"I don't need to sit down; I need to know what the hell you're talking about?" Faith yelled.

Mary looked at Faith. "We don't know how this happened, but David Hunter disappeared from the hospital."

"Don't you have security? How could someone with a gunshot wound just walk out the hospital without anybody knowing it? Wasn't there supposed to be a police officer outside of his room at all times?

"They are investigating that. They just can't find the officer yet." Mary Proctor explained.

Faith nodded. Faith sat down. "So you are telling me that Bosco went after David Hunter."

Mary Proctor nodded. "But I think that something else that you need to know."

Faith looked at her. "What?"

"I'm sorry"

"Why are you sorry?" Faith said, getting frustrated.

"Bosco told me to not tell anybody that he was going after David, he said that he had to do this. I'm so sorry."

"What time was he here?" she asked.

"I think it was around midnight."

Faith nodded. "Thanks. Call me if Bosco shows up here." Faith said, as she rushed out of the hospital.

As soon as Faith got outside, she started to cry, she couldn't believe that Bosco was really in danger, she was hoping that they were worried for nothing, but now she knew that they weren't. Why would do this by yourself, Bosco?

She knew the answer to that, he did it because he thought that she lost her faith in him, and he wanted to show her that he was still the same person.

"I'm so sorry, Bosco," she said out loud to herself.

She then picked up her phone. "Lieu, it's me Faith, I've got bad news."

"What kind of news?" Lieu asked, afraid to know the answer.

"I've just come from the hospital; Proctor just told me that Bosco was there last night. Emily's attacker escaped and Bosco went after him. That was about midnight; he's been gone too long. I think we have to worry now. Can you tell everyone about Bosco's disappearance and to look out for him, he could be in major danger."

"Of course I will, Faith. Are you going to be okay?"

"I'll be fine, I just have to find him, I can't lose him." Faith replied. "I'll call back later. Bye." She said, as she hung up the phone.

She then dialed her phone again. "Hello?"

"Emily, it's your mom. I need you to go to your father's place now."

"Why mom?" Emily questioned.

"Don't question me; just go to your father's. I'll call you later."

"Mom, what's wrong?" Emily asked.

"I'm fine, but it would make me feel a lot better to know that you are okay. Make sure that your father picks you up."

"I know you are worried about me because of David, but he can't hurt me anymore, I need to get on with my life."

"Just do it."

"I don't know what's wrong, mom, but I can tell you are upset, I'll call dad and go there now. Please be careful."

"I will. I love you. Goodbye. "Faith said, as she hung up the phone.

((

Ty and Finney were in the squad car when they heard a message over the radio.

"Officer Maurice Boscorelli, 55th precinct, has been reported missing. Officer Boscorelli was last seen at Mercy Hospital at midnight last night and was following an escaped criminal named David Hunter. Officer Boscorelli is approximately 34 years of age, dark brown hair, blue eyes, 5'8" and 160 pounds.

Ty couldn't believe what he just heard. "Bosco's missing."

"I'm sure he's not missing, he probably just didn't want to show up for work today," Finney replied.

"You don't know that Bosco that well, he would never not show up for work. He loves this job."

"We've all played hooky before."

"You are telling me that you called in sick when you weren't." Ty replied.

"Not yet. " Finney answered.

"You know what happened to Bosco?" Ty asked.

Finney nodded. "Yes he got shot."

"Well we didn't know if he would ever be able to work again, but here he is working. So you tell me that he would play hooky, I don't think so." Ty replied. "We are going to find him."

Finney nodded. "Yes we are."
((

An half an hour later,

Faith walked into the police station and walked up to Lieu. "Any news?"

He shook his head. "Ty and Finney thought that they found a lead, but it was a dead end."

"Damn it, we have to find him!" she yelled to Lieu.

"Everybody is out there looking for him, we'll find him." Lieu responded.

She sighed. "We better, I didn't lose him when he got shot, I'm not going to lose him now."

"Come on, I'll come and help you look again." Lieu suggested.

"I don't need anybody's help, I can find him myself."

"I didn't ask you. I'm telling you, I know how important Bosco is to you, if something happens to him, you will need someone there."

"Nothing is going to happen to him, you hear me." she shouted as she started to walk away when she bumped into Rose.

Lieu looked at Faith. "I'll meet you in the car."

"But."

"No, I'll see you in a few minutes," Lieu responded, as he walked away from Rose and Faith.

Faith looked at Rose, and put her arms around her. Rose looked into Faith's eyes, and could tell that Faith had bad news.

"He's really missing, isn't he?"

Faith nodded. "I'm so sorry, Rose."

Rose looked up at Faith with a scared look. "No not my Maurice." Rose cried, and kneeled down to the ground. "Wasn't it bad enough that I almost lost him once, why does this have to happen?"

"We don't know exactly what happened to him, he might not be hurt."

"But you don't think that is true, do you, Faith. I can see it in your eyes."

"I don't know what to say, Rose. I want to hope that he is not hurt, but I just don't know."

Rose sat down on the bench. "I was hoping that I was just being an overprotective mom, and that there was nothing wrong with him."

"Me too, Rose."

Rose looked at Faith and could see the expression on Faith's face that she was really scared for Bosco. "You are worried about him."

"Of course I am, Rose." Faith replied. "I can't lose him." she said, as tears started to fall down her cheek.

"I'm sorry," Faith responded, as she wiped away her tears.

Rose smiled slightly. "Don't be sorry, you are worried about the one that you love." Rose replied, as she hugged Faith.

"My son is a fighter, we'll find him."

Faith nodded. "I know we will. I promise you, Rose, I wouldn't let anything happen to him. He means everything to me."

"When you find him, make sure you tell him that."

"Let's find him first." Faith replied.

Rose looked at Faith. "He's the only son I have left, I don't know what I would do if he left me as well."

Faith didn't even want to think about the possibility of Bosco dying, she just couldn't and she wouldn't. She was going to find Bosco, no matter what.

"I'm so sorry, everything that happened to your son is my fault." Faith replied, as she walked away from Rose, leaving Rose to try and understand what Faith meant.

((

Faith was sitting in the car with Lieu, she was looking out the window, and all she could think about was Bosco and everything that they have been through together; Fights, different partners, getting shot, but they always seem to get back together.

This can't be it..

She remembered the last argument that she had with him at her place. She knows how much she hurt Bosco, but she was going to show him that she did it because she loves him, even it takes the rest of her life to do it. She wasn't going to lose Bosco; there was no way she was going to let that happen, not after they realize how they feel about each other.

She never thought that she would fall in love with Bosco, her partner for 12 years, it was the most unexpected thing that ever happened to her. But deep down she knew that she loved him for many years, but it took him almost losing his life to realize that she was in love with him.

"Faith." Lieu said, interpreting her thoughts.

"What, Lieu?"

"Your cell phone is ringing."

Faith grabbed her phone out of her bag. "Hello?" she said.

"Mom."

"Emily, I can't talk right now. Are you at your dad's?" Faith questioned her daughter.

"Yes. I need to know what is wrong."

"It's nothing, Emily. I'll call you as soon as I can." Faith replied, as she was about to say goodbye to Emily.

"I know you are upset about Bosco."

"Who told you?" Faith replied, not fully realizing what she just said.

"What are you talking about mom? You told me that you had a fight with him. Did something happen to him, is he hurt?"

Tears started to fall down her cheeks. She didn't want to cry in front of her boss, but she couldn't hold back the tears.

"Em, Bosco's missing."

Faith didn't want to tell her daughter that he was missing, but there was nothing else that she could say.

There was a silence over the line. "Emily, are you still there?"

"I must have heard wrong."

"I wish you were, but Bosco is missing."

"No.. this can't be true. What happened? When did he go missing?" Emily questioned.

Faith couldn't answer the questions.

"I'm sorry, Em, but I can't answer that right now, I'll explain everything later. I'm looking for him right now, I'll find him."

"I…I can help." she said, crying.

"Don't Em, we've got everything under control."

"He saved my life, I want to do the same for him." Emily responded.

"Bosco would want you to be safe; I promise I'll call you when I've heard some news."

"Just find him." Emily spoke softly.

"I will." Faith said, as she hung up the phone.

Lieu looked at Faith. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, let's just keep looking for him." she replied.

))

Half an hour later,

Faith and Lieu came back to the precinct with nothing, they looked everywhere and they couldn't find a trace of Bosco. She was starting to worry that they would never find him.

Faith walked up to Sully who was working desk duty today. He had just got off the phone and he looked at her sadly.

"Faith, I need to talk to you now, I have news."

She looked at him. "I'm guessing the news isn't good. Don't tell me that he is gone." she yelled.

"I just got the phone with someone that said that they seen two bodies in an alleyway. He said that he checked the bodies and one looks to be dead."

"What make you think that this could be Bosco?"

Sully moved closer to her. " I didn't want to think about this, but my first thought was Bosco when the person told me that there were two bodies, and the way that this person was describing the bodies, it sounds exactly like Bosco." Sully said, sadly.

"Did this person say that Bosco was dead?" Faith asked, trying as hard as she could to not cry.

"They didn't say, they just hung up the phone after that. I didn't even have time to get any information about them."

Faith's whole face went white. Lieu touched her shoulder. "You need to sit down."

"No, it can't be Bosco. I have to go and find out." she yelled, as tears were coming her cheeks. "He can't be dead, he just can't be."

"We don't know anything yet Faith. But I think it would be best if me and Sully went and looks at the bodies."

"There is no way that I'm letting you do that, if Bosco is in fact dead, I want to be the one that finds him. It's the least I can do for him" she replied, as she wiped away her tears. "Where is this place?"

Sully told Faith the address. "You shouldn't go alone."

"Yes I should and I will." she said, as she walked away from them.

Sully and Lieu looked at each other. "Do you really think we should let her go by herself?"

He looked at Sully. "She needs to do this."

"But we are going to follow her aren't we?" Sully asked.

"Of course we are, if Bosco is gone, she's going to need us more than she knows. I just hope it doesn't come to that, I can't lose one of my best cops

"Bosco is a damn good cop."

Sully nodded. " A jerk, but a great cop."

Lieu nodded, as he and Sully walked out of the precinct, hoping and praying that this wasn't going to turn out badly.

))

As Faith was walked towards the alleyway, she saw that Carlos and Holly were there.

"Do you think I can go down there by myself first? You can come in a few minutes." If Bosco was in fact gone, she wanted to spend some time alone with him to say goodbye.

"Is Bosco in the alley?" Carlos asked. "I heard from Ty that he was missing."

"We don't know."

"I can feel his presence here. He needs you right now." Holly replied. "He tells you... that.."

Faith didn't have time to talk to Holly right now; she walked down the dark alleyway. She was so afraid of what she was going to find. There was a chance that she was going to find her partner, best friend and the man that she loves dead in this dirty, dark alley. She took a deep breath as she got closer and closer to the end of the alleyway where the two bodies were. She walked up to them. "Oh my god," she screamed.

To be continued