Discloser: I don't own anything.

Notes: Catching up slowly but surly.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

Chapter Nine- Out Of The Darkness

Randi woke up and turned to looked what time it was. Her clock said it was nine thirty. She knew it had to be wrong because Dan always called her at five thirty. She sat up and saw her phone wasn't in her bed room and niether was Bosco. Randi put on the pair of jogging pants hanging over the chair next to her bed. Sully must be crossing his legs by now, she thought. Laughter came from her kitchen and she remembered her father had spent the night in her spare room. She opened the door to find Bosco and her father sharing coffe at her kitchen table. He partner sitting on the floor by thier feet.

"Well don't we look all comfy." Sully's ears perked up. "Your a trader." She shook her fingure at the dog.

"He's been walked, fed and watered." Bosco looked at Randi. "Both of them." She came and kissed Bosco.

"Well then your forgiven for not waking me. How are feeling this morning pops?"

"Better. I guess. Seeing you kiss Bosco kinda turned my stomach."

"Get used to it if your going to be staying here."

"Randi I can't."

"Why not?"

"It's just....not...I don't know it's weird."

"Weird because?"

"I'm your father. I should be taking care of you."

"I'm not taking care of you. We're room mates who happen to be father and daughter. Like I said I'm not changing my life because your here. If you think I'm am well then we have a problem."

"No. I guess..."

"Then it's settled. And get used to me kissing Bosco. I do it. A lot." Bosco blushed. Randi raised her eybrows. "Does that bother you Boscorelli?"

"No. Not at all." Randi took a cup and poured herself a cup of coffee and sat between her father and her lover and smiled behind her coffee cup. She scared them both. Two points for her.

"So did Dan call?"

"Yeah. He's now deaf in one ear and has an apb out for his arrest." Randi nearly choked on her hot coffee. "He threatened me so I found a judge who doesn't like know it all Marines who threaten New York's finest."

"Bosco, you didn't?"

"Yeah I did and if you have a problem with that take it up with both of us." He looked at Randi and Sully barked. "Sorry the three of us." She looked at her father.

"Your in on this too."

"He threatened both of us. The whole conversation is on the answering machine."

"Well you know I talked to Swersky and he's got a restraining order agaist him filed so if he's anywhere near the precent he's busted too."

"I looked up his service recond on the internet. He's got munitions training. I really think you should be careful around your truck."

"Bosco Sully can sniff a bomb a mile away. How the hell did you get access to Dan's service record?"

"Ex Army Ranger. I got my ways."

"Jeese when you guys wiggle your way into someones life you mean business." She stood up. I've got laundry to do gentlemen so if you'll excuse me." Randi went into her bed room.

"She's mad at us." Sully looked into his coffee cup.

"She'll get over it."

"You'll just loose another girlfriend. I only have one daughter."

"She's not just another girl friend Sully." Sully looked up at the younger man.

"Meaning?"

"I just know it's not a fling Sully. She's different. Maybe it's because she's your daughter or maybe it's they way she...gives with all she's got. I just know it's something I want to last." Bosco couldn't believe he was sitting here telling John Sullivan he was falling in love with his daughter.

"Well just don't hurt her."

"No Sir!" Bosco smiled. "So...how are you doing Sully? I mean really."

"Good. But Randi has a lot to do with that. I'm not going to lie to you Bosco I was giving up."

"I know. I wish you would of come to us. Faith, Ty, me. We all wanted to help."

"I know. I just wasn't ready."

"When your ready, were here. Now you have Randi too."

"Thanks. I may not like you most of the time Bosco, but hell your not to bad a friend to have around." Randi came out of the bedroom and knew she interuppted a breaking point between the two men she was begining love. She smiled and knew she had something to do with the men becoming friends and she was proud of that.



*--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-**-*-*-

Randi felt his presents before she ever even saw him. Sully was tence and he was growling deep in his throat. She knew she should call for back up. She knew Dan was close and the fear froze her. Hitting the panic button on her radio just seconds before she felt Sully lunge backward and attack the man who was attacking his master.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

"Bosco come on I need some coffee." Faith wined. Bosco was trying to call in a favor from an old army buddy and his cell phone wasn't working so they sat at a payphone on the corner.

"Hold your horses Yokas."

"55 David respond."

"55 David, go ahead headquarters."

"Distress call from 55 Canine. Last location East River at Broadway." Bosco hung up the phone.

"55 David at East River and King. ETA two minutes." Bosco slammed the car into gear and headed toward Broadway.

"What the hell."

"She's got Sully, she'll be fine Bosco. Sully won't let anything happen to her." Faith was trying to convice herself.

"What if he got it first."

"Stop, Bosco. Just stop. She just hit the botton while running, thats all."

"Then why isn't she responding?" Faith didn't have an answer as they pulled up on Randi's RMP. The door wide open and Sully laying on the ground. Bosco pulled his gun and went over to the dog. He whined. "Okay boy." There wasn't any blood but there was a large dent in the kevlar vest the dog was wearing. "Up boy. Can you get up?" He whined again and slowly got up on all fours.

"Any sign of Randi?"

"No."

"55 David, we've located 55 Canines RMP and her partner but no sign of Officer Malloney. Send CSI forthwith."

"Ten four 55 David." Faith looked at the dog.

"Where is she boy?" The dog's ears perked up and he barked once and started to run. "Oh christ Bosco what did I do?"

"You asked for Randi." Bosco took off running after the dog. He lost him about half a block into the Park. He heard a bark and followed that till he came to a clump of trees. Sully lay at a bottom of hill. His master lying on the ground beside him. "55 David, 10-13 office down two blocks into the park from my last location." Bosco ran down to Randi and hopped he wasn't too late.