Bosco waited until he heard the car turn the corner before standing up. He was thankful he never left home anymore without his vest and wondered why they didn't figure that out already. He ran back to the 7-9 and told the front desk what happened.
"Were you hurt, Sir?"
"No, but one of your detectives was just kidnapped." Bosco was getting irritated. "You a rookie or did you mess up really bad in the field that they..."
"Bosco?"
Bosco turned around and saw Miller standing there. 'Yeah. Hey, listen. Some guys just kidnapped Faith and..."
"Kidnapped Faith?" Miller seemed skeptical. "I asked her to marry me and she says she's not sure and now she fakes a kidnapping to get out of it and she asked you to come in and tell us that she was kidnapped. Unbelievable."
"You asked her to marry you?" Bosco was shocked.
"Yeah? Didn't she tell you?" Miller was surprised that Bosco didn't know.
"Nah. We hadn't really talked for a couple years or so, since I left the 7-9 and then I met her at Danbu..."
"She was reading a letter from you." Miller looked at Bosco with suspicion.
"Yeah, about this suicide of the Solider she's working on." Bosco was getting more exasperated with Miller.
"How do you know about that case?"
Bosco sighed heavily. "I knew the guy." He pounded the desk with open palms. "Look. I gave her an envelope that was given to me by Big Mac. The reason for his murder is in that envelope." He glared at Miller. "It's in the evidence locker. If you don't do something, I will. You say you love her and you want to marry her, here's your chance to prove it."
"What? Not stand in front of a machine gun without protection like you did?" Miller scoffed.
"I ain't...Look. She's in real danger. If the man who claims he loves her doesn't do something, than the man she used to call best friend will." Bosco stormed out of the precinct.
Bosco carefully scanned his apartment before unlocking the trunk in his closet. He knew what he had to do if no one else was going to do anything. He stared at the trunk a moment, remembering five years earlier when he first got a glimpse into the trunk. He opened it and pulled out a couple guns. He smiled slightly in memory of Maritza Cruz, who the trunk originally belonged to.
He knew he didn't have much time and he hustled out of his apartment. He rounded the corner and saw one of the men standing there, a gun pointed at Bosco. Instinctively, Bosco fired, hitting the guy in the shoulder. Bosco grabbed the fallen man's gun and took him by his collar. "WHERE IS SHE?" He yelled. Bosco was angry, angrier than the wounded man had ever seen him.
"I...I...I...Uh..."
"YOU BETTER START TALKING, JAG OFF!" Bosco put the pistol in between the guy's eyes. "I'll kill you and not think about it and find her, killing everyone in my way." He cocked the trigger back. 'Talk, jag off."
"It's a trap."
Bosco looked intently at the guy. "A what?"
"A trap. They sent me to..."
"Well. Well. Well. If it isn't Boscorelli." A familiar voice sounded behind Bosco. "You never learn do you?" Bosco faced the guy and was hit across the face, knocking him cold.
Bosco shook his head and discovered he was handcuffed to a pipe. Despite the dark, he could see another figure. "Faith?" He whispered.
"Bosco?" Faith's heart jumped at the sound of his voice. "You okay?"
"I'm fine. You?"
"I've had better days." She laughed. "What's this really all about?"
Bosco saw the mysterious man stand at the door. "It's about those pictures and how Bosco and Big Mac thought they could destroy a career."
"They were children." Bosco screamed.
"Yes, but they were willing children." The man mocked. "I'm not going to watch General Harrison go down because you've got a conscience." He knelt in front of Bosco. "I want those pictures and I want them now."
"Bite me, jag off." Bosco spit in the guys face.
The guy pulled a gun and put it to Bosco's head. Faith struggled with her handcuffs. "Wait!" She screamed. "I'll tell you where they are. Just don't hurt Bosco."
The guy put the gun down and faced her. "We're going to get the pictures." He uncuffed Faith.
"Those pictures are no good without me." Bosco yelled.
"Why not?" The guy looked at Bosco.
"She can't get to them without me. She may know where they're at, but she can't get to them..."
"Fine." The guy huffed and uncuffed Bosco. "But any false moves and I'll kill you both. Let's go." He pushed them up the stairs.
