Too Soon

Chapter 12

"No.. Bosco!" Faith screamed, as she watched Bosco collapsed to the ground. She ran to his side.

"Bosco, wake up. Bosco," she yelled. "I need some help over here!"

Lieu ran up to Faith and Bosco.

"What happened?" he asked, as he saw Bosco laying on the ground.

"I don't know, boss. One minute I was talking to him, the next minute he was on the ground. I can't lose him, boss. I just can't."

"Faith, you aren't going lose him." Lieu said, as he placed his hand on Faith's shoulder.

"Holly was just about to take Amanda to the hospital. She just woke up. They think she might have some smoke inhalation, but she should be okay. I don't they've left yet," Lieu said.

"Just get him some help." Faith screamed. It's not that she didn't care about Amanda, she did, but she cared more about Bosco. She grabbed his hand.

"You can't leave me. You didn't when you got shot, you're not going to do it now," she said, as a tear fell down her cheek. Holly came up to them.

"What happened to him?" she asked.

"We were talking and then he collapsed on the ground. Please help him," Faith pleaded. Holly looked at Faith.

"We'll do whatever we need to do, but you are going to have to let go of his hand and give me some room, ok?" Faith looked down at Bosco and realized that she was still holding his hand.

"Right," she said, as she let go of his hand and let Holly do her work. Holly placed Bosco on a gurney. Faith watched Holly as she was working on Bosco. She sighed as she thought about Bosco's life being in danger again. Why is this happening again? She then saw Holly coming up to her.

"How's Bosco? Is he going to be okay?" Faith asked, afraid. Holly looked at Faith.

"He has a few broken bones."

"If he just has broken bones, why did he collapsed?" Faith yelled.

"I think there is more to it then you are telling me!"

"Faith, I know you are upset, but this isn't going to help Bosco," Lieu said, as he approached Faith and Holly. Faith looked at Lieu.

"I just want to know that Bosco's okay." Holly looked at Faith.

"I'm telling you everything I know right now. We're going to take Bosco in the same ambulance that Amanda is in, seeing as Bosco is injured more than her."

"I don't think that's a great idea," Faith said, "If she sees that Bosco's hurt, she's going to be upset."

"Well then you are going to have to wait for another ambulance," Holly explained.

"Does Amanda need to go in an ambulance or could someone else take her?" Faith asked. Holly shook her head.

"That's not how we do things, Faith."

"I know that Holly, but you said that Bosco was injured more than she is. You don't know what injuries he has, if we waited for another ambulance he might die." Lieu looked at Holly.

"I'll take her in my car. We'll be right behind you."

"I guess it would be okay," Holly said, as they approached the ambulance. Faith smiled.

"Thanks," she said, as she grabbed Bosco's hand.

"Did you hear that? We were going to get you help? I'm not going to lose you. I know we have been fighting, but I would always be there for you." Lieu climbed in the ambulance and walked up to Amanda.

"Amanda, you are going to be coming with me to the hospital. Do you remember me?" Amanda nodded.

"You're his boss, right?" Lieu smiled.

"That's right. My name Bob." Amanda smiled.

"Like Bob The Builder! I liked him when I was little."

"Oh you did." Lieu said, as he helped her out of the ambulance, trying to get her to not see Bosco on the gurney.

"So we are going to go in my car."

"Why your car and not the ambulance?" Amanda said.

"Well see, someone else needs the ambulance and I told the nice lady that I want to talk to the brave little girl."

"Brave?" Amanda asked.

"Of course you were. You must have been really scared, but you did well." Amanda then looked at Lieu.

"Where's Bosco?" Lieu smiled slightly.

"He's already at the hospital. He told me to meet him there, so we better go before we are late." Amanda smiled.

"I like him; he's nice."

"He is," Lieu said, as they walked to the car.

Sully was waiting in the waiting room to hear word about Ty's condition when he saw Sasha coming towards him.

"What happened?" Sasha asked, looking at Sully, concerened.

"Me, Bosco, Ty and Finney were in a warehouse when it blew up. A piece a debry fell on Ty and he hasn't regained consciousness," Sully explained.

"But Ty's going to be okay right?" Sasha asked, fearful. Sully shook his head.

"I really don't know. I'm waiting to hear from the doctor."

"Have you called his mom yet?" Sasha asked. Sully looked at Sasha, sadly, and shook his head.

"I was so worried about him that I forgot to call her. How I am supposed to call her and tell her that her only son is in surgery because I couldn't keep him safe once again?" Sasha put her hand on Sully's shoulder.

"None of this is your fault; Ty wouldn't want you to blame yourself." Sully walked over to the window.

"That doesn't mean I won't blame myself."

"He's like a son to me. I can't lose him." Sully said, sadly. Sasha put her arms around Sully.

"You won't. He's going to be okay." Sully nodded.

"I hope so."

Meanwhile, Faith rushed behind Bosco as the paramedics wheeled him in the ER. She ran to his side.

"Everything's going to be okay," she said, as she took his hand.

"I almost lost you once; I'm not doing that again."

"Amanda…" Bosco said quietly as he suddenly woke up, looking around the room for the little girl.

"Shh, Boz, Amanda's safe. Lieu has her," Faith explained, as she could tell how worried he was about her.

"What am I doing here?" Bosco asked.

"You collapsed, Boz. The doctor needs to check you out," Faith said.

"I'm fine," Bosco said, as he started to cough. Faith laughed at Bosco.

"You're not fine, no where near it." The doctor looked at Faith.

"We need to check out him out? Can you move aside?" Faith moved away from Bosco and the doctor. She stood by the door, watching as they were checking Bosco out. She remember watching Bosco through the glass doors when he was in the hospital before, but at least this time, she knew that he was going to be fine, or at least she hoped he was. It was a good that he was awake. She then saw the doctor come out of the room.

"How's he doing?"

"He has a few bruised ribs and he's inhaled a lot of smoke, which is why he collapsed, so we are going to keep him overnight." Faith smiled to herself. She knew that Bosco wasn't going to like staying at the hospital.

"Thanks, doctor," Faith said, as she walked into the room.

"Well it looks you have to stay in the hospital tonight, Boz." Faith said, as she walked up to him.

"Like hell I am."

"Bosco, you are hurt." Faith said. Bosco looked at Faith.

"I know you care about me, but I'm fine. I need to go see if Davis is okay and then I have to
go and find this drug lord that did this."

"Don't you ever just stop, Bosco? Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Faith yelled.

"Of course not, but I can't let him get away with hurting Ty and Amanda. He's not going to get away with this." Faith grabbed his arm.

"I'm not going to let you do this." Bosco looked at Faith, angry.

"You aren't going to let me do this? Who are you to tell me what I can or can't do? You're not my partner anymore."

"You know that I will always care about you. Do you know how I felt when you collapsed? I thought I was going to lose you. I never wanted to feel that way again! The only other time I felt that way was when you were shot. You mean too much to me for me to lose you, just forgot about finding the guy and be happy that you are alive." Bosco shook his hand, as he tried to get out of the bed, but when he tried to get, he started to get dizzy.

"I think you need to get back into bed, Bosco," Faith said, as she helped him into the bed. Bosco looked at her.

"I'm not staying here."

"I know, Bos," Faith said with a slight laugh. Bosco then looked at her.

"Well could you at least go and see how Ty is doing?" Faith nodded.

"Sure. I just hope that you will still be here when I get back." Bosco laughed.

"Would I do that to you?"

"Yes, Boz, you would. Promise me that you will be here when I get back."

"I promise you," Bosco said, looking at her. "I would never break a promise."

Faith smiled, as she stood at the doorway.

"I hope not." she said.

"I shouldn't be too long." Faith said and she left the room.

Faith walked to the waiting room where she knew Sully would be.

"How's Ty doing?" Faith asked, as she walked up to him.

"He's in surgery right now," Sully said with a sigh.

"He's going to be okay," Faith said, as she put a hand on Sully's shoulder. Sully looked at her.

"I hope so, I can't lose him." Sully said, as tears fall down his cheek. Faith hugged Sully; she knew how much Ty meant to him. Finney then walked up to Sully and Faith

"So where's Bosco? Can't he face up to what he did?" Faith turned around and looked at Finney. If looks could kill...

"What?"

"Well he was the one that started this whole thing with this guy," Finney said "So it is his fault that this happened and I'm not the only one to think that." Finney said, pointing to the other police officers.

"They said that he was out of control. He should have never gone after the guy."

"Bosco didn't want any of this to happen! Nobody made any of you follow him in there and for your information Bosco was hurt in the explosion." Sully looked at Faith.

"Is he okay?" Sully asked, worried. Finney just sighed and walked off.

"He collapsed when he got out of the fire and he has some bruise ribs." Faith explained.

"He's got to stay overnight."

"I bet he is not happy about that," Sully said, with a slight laugh. Faith smiled.

"Of course not." Faith looked at Sully.

"You don't blame him?" Sully and Faith walked over to the chairs, and sat down.

"I don't blame Bosco; it's not his fault. I know that maybe he was a little bit out of control, but he fell in love with that little girl and he wanted to do whatever he could to save her. I would do the same thing and so would you." Faith nodded.

"I know." Sully then grabbed the cup of coffee that was on the table and tried to drink some of it, but it was cold now. Sully looked at Faith.

"If I blame anybody, it would be me." Faith looked at Sully confused.

"You?"

"I was his partner. We might not be partners right now, but I should be the one to look out for him. If I was a good partner I should have told him to not go inside."

"You don't blame Bosco, but you blame yourself," Faith said with a laugh.

"None of this was anybody's fault; the only person to blame is the person that set off that bomb," Faith said. Sully walked up from the chair, and started to pace around the room.

"I still feel responsible for what not being there for Ty, if anything happens to him."

"Nothing is going to happen to him, Sully," Faith said, "He's going to be okay. You have to believe that."

Faith knew that was easy for her to say. She knew when people were telling her that when Bosco was shot that she didn't believe it either.

"Well I'm going to go back to Bosco," Faith said, as she put her hand on Sully's shoulder.

"Call me when you get news about Ty."

"I will," Sully said, as he saw Sasha and Ty's mom walking up to him. Faith said goodbye and walked away from him.

As Faith was walking back to Bosco's room, she could hear Amanda laughing. Faith stood by the doorway, as she watched Amanda hugging Bosco.

"I see you have a visitor," Faith said, with a smile. Amanda got off the bed and ran towards Faith and gave her hug.

"He saved my life." Faith smiled.

"I'm sure he did; he's great like that," Faith said, as she smiled at Bosco.

"That is why he is a great cop." Amanda's social worker walked into the room.

"Thanks for finding her, Officer Boscorelli."

"There was nothing to do it." Bosco said, with a smile. She then looked at Amanda.

"We need to go now." Amanda ran to Bosco's side and put her arms around him.

"I don't want to go," she cried. Bosco hated when she did this last time he was in the hospital.

"Don't cry," he said. Amanda's social worker looked at Amanda.

"Amanda, Mr. Boscorelli will come by and see you tomorrow, but you need to get your rest." Amanda hugged Bosco.

"You promise me?"

"I promise," Bosco said, as he smiled at her, "Now go, before I change my mind about coming to see you." The social worker grabbed Amanda's hand. Bosco waved goodbye to her. Amanda turned around.

"Thanks for saving me, I knew you would." Bosco nodded.

"That's what a cop does, Amanda," Bosco said, as Amanda left the room. Faith sat down on the chair.

"We all know you didn't save Amanda because it's your job. You fell in love with that little girl. Even though I am mad at you for risking your life that like that."

"Faith, I don't have time to argue with you right now. I need to go and find this drug lord."

"You won't need to do that," Lieu said, as he walked into the room. Bosco looked at him confused.

"What are you talking about?"

"One of his men finally told us where he was," Lieu said. Faith looked at Lieu.

"Why did it take him so long to do?" Faith asked.

"Because the guy threatened his family's life and he was scared that he was going to kill his family."

"So how did you get him to talk then?" Faith asked.

"Well we got his family and him into protect custody before we even went to find his boss," Lieu said.

"So now it is all over," Faith said, as she turned to Bosco. "You can stop risking your life."

Bosco smiled.

"Like that will ever stop." Faith then looked at Bosco.

"Well I'm going to leave you to rest now, Bosco," Faith said as she hugged him, "Stop making me worry about you."

Lieu then waved goodbye to Bosco and left with Faith. Bosco waited until he knew both of them were gone before he got out of the bed, and got dressed.

"Well do you think you are going?" the doctor said, as he walked into the room. Bosco looked at the doctor.

"I'm checking myself out of the hospital."

"I don't think so, you need to stay overnight."

"No, I'm not. I'm fine," Bosco said, as he walked out of the room.

"Just tell me where I need to sign myself out." The doctor looked at Bosco.

"I really think this is a bad idea."

"I don't care," Bosco said, "I'm not staying here."

The doctor nodded. "Wait a few minutes."

A few minutes later, the doctor came back with the papers.

"Just sign here and you are free to leave." Bosco nodded, as he sign the papers, and then walked away. Bosco wanted to go and see how Ty was doing, but there was something he had to do first.

Half an hour later, Bosco walked into the precient and walked up to the desk. He was happy that Lieu wasn't back yet, he knew that he wouldn't let him do this.

"Has Jeffery Bank been booked yet?"

"You mean the drug lord that you have been trying to catch? Let me guess you want to see him?"

"Yes I do, I just want to talk to him." Bosco said. The officer at the desk looked at Bosco.

"Just talk to him?"

"Yes that is all I want to do, nothing more," Bosco said. The officer looked at Bosco.

"I guess that will be okay, he's in the holding cell.

"Thanks, Thomas," Bosco said, as he walked away and towards the cell.

Jeffery smiled as Bosco walked up to the cell.

"Well we finally meet after all this time. Too bad you weren't the one that caught me. Wait, I know why you wouldn't because I tried to blow you, too bad you didn't die!" Bosco grabbed a hold of Jeffery.

"Do you like to hurt little kids?" Jeffery smirked.

"She was a quiet one; she didn't make a noise when I was hurting her." Bosco grabbed Jeffery's head and started banging aagainst the bars.

"How do you like when someone is hurting you?" A police officer walked in.

"Boscorelli!"

"I wasn't doing anything."

"That's not true!" Jeffery yelled through his cell, "He tried to kill me."

"Now why would you think that, I was just having a talk with you," Bosco said with a grin.

"I want him arrested!" Jeffery shouted at the officer.

"I don't think so, like he said he was just talking to you. There is no witnesses to say that anything happen." Bosco smiled, as he walked away, Bosco turned around as the police officer.

"Thanks." The police officer looked at Bosco.

"I know what that sicko did, so I understand, but go now before I change my mind." Bosco touched the officer's shoulder.

"I'm leaving now, Mark," Bosco said, as he walked away and then left the precient.

Bosco walked back into the hospital, and walked to the admitting desk.

"What room is Ty Davis in?"

"Are you in family?" the nurse asked.

"I work with him. I just want to know." Bosco said. Nurse Proctor came up to the nurse.

"It's fine, Jenny, you can tell him. "

"He's in the ICU," Nurse Proctor said. Bosco nodded.

"Thanks," he said, as he walked away and walked towards the elevator. He hoped that Ty was going to be okay.

As he got off the elevator, and he started to walk down the corridors, he could see the police officers staring at him. He knew that they were all mad at him about what happened. He couldn't blame them; he would feel the same way. He knew that it was his fault that Ty was in that warehouse with him. It was him that Jeffery Bank wanted dead, not Ty. If anything happened to Ty because of him, he didn't know what he would do.

As he looked the eyes on him, he sighed. They don't seem to understand that I didn't want any of this to happen. Everyone here is like a part of my family, he thought to himself. He walked up to Ty's hospital room about to walk in.

"Don't go in there; you are the reason that he's in this condition!" Sasha said, looking at him, angry.

"I didn't do this on purpose," Bosco explained.

"I know that, but you are the one that started this all with this drug lord!" Sasha explained, "Ty wouldn't have been in that warehouse, if you hadn't gone after this guy."

Bosco looked at Sasha, sadly.

"Do you think I wanted any of this to happen?"

"It doesn't matter; it did," Sasha said, as she looked through the window at Ty.

"He's fighting for his life right now."

"I just need to know how he is doing, that is all I am asking," Bosco replied.

"He's in a coma," Sasha replied. Bosco could believe it. He looked through the window and looked at his friend lying in the bed, just like he was not that long ago.

"I'm so sorry," Bosco responded, sadly as he walked away.

"I know you are. But I think it will be best for you just to leave." Bosco nodded and was walking away, when Swersky walked up to him.

"Boscorelli, we need to talk."

"Don't even bother Boss; I'm quitting the force," Bosco replied. Swersky looked at Bosco.

"You don't need to leave the force; we just need to talk to you about what happened in the warehouse."

"Ty's in a coma because of me. I'm no use here; I'm not a good cop anymore," Bosco said.

"Boscorelli, you are a damn good cop, I'm not letting you leave." Bosco looked at Swersky.

"It's no use, boss. I shouldn't be a cop anymore." Bosco then started to walk away from Swersky when he turned around.

"Tell Faith that I left town and she never has to see me ever again. She can stop worrying about me now," Bosco said, as he left Swersky just standing there trying to understand what just happened.

Bosco turned on the light in his apartment. He was going to miss it living in New York, but he knew that he had to leave now. There was nothing left for him here. He wasn't a good cop anymore; he just needed to get away.

He walked into his bedroom, and grabbed as many clothes as he could put in his duffle bag.

He then picked up the phone and called Rose. He was glad she wasn't there, he knew that she would try to stop him from leaving. But he had to do it. He left her message and then hung up. He grabbed his keys and left his apartment. He smiled slightly as he got into the car.

"Goodbye New York." he said, as he drove away.

To be continued!