Desperate Measures

Summary: Angst/Drama

Disclaimer: I do not own any Third Watch characters except for Meghan Boscorelli.

Chapter 4

Meghan rushes over and kneels beside Bosco who is also kneeling on the floor holding his stomach. She was afraid this was going to happen and now it has.

"Maurice, please tell me you're okay" she begs him.

Derek is now standing beside Bosco. Scott has pulled Meghan to her feet and is holding her with his left arm around her waist.

"So this is the famous Maurice Boscorelli" Derek teases while pulling Bosco's head back by the hair. "Not quite what I expected after all that hype when he was shot at Mercy Hospital. I think we should do this town a favor and get rid of him like someone did their brother, Mikey."

Derek lets go of Bosco's hair.

"What are you talking about?" Meghan asks, now confused about what this guy was talking about.

"Should we tell her, Boscorelli, or do you want the honor?" Scott asks.

"Go to hell!" Bosco tells them. He is now trying to get up. He was now afraid. He didn't want Meghan to find out about Mikey this way. He was also afraid that they would do something really bad to him where he won't be able to help Meghan.

Meghan is trying to get free when she sees Derek pull out a gun.

"Please, don't hurt him! I'll go with you without a problem if you leave him alone." Meghan begs.

"Meghan, don't!" Bosco yells.

"Good choice, Meghan." replies Scott. He starts to pull her away and towards the car.

"Let's go." Scott tells Derek.

"I'm coming." replies Derek, but not before he hits Bosco on the back of the head with the gun, causing him to fall to the floor unconscious. Meghan turns around while being led out of the apartment building and sees Bosco lying on the floor.

It seemed like forever when Bosco finally started to get up. At first he couldn't remember what happened. He just knew he had one hell of a headache. Then it came back to him. Oh, God, they took Meghan. He didn't even know who took her, but he'd bet her husband did. That bastard went too far.

Ty Davis opens the door to Bosco's apartment building. He didn't like the feeling he got when he saw those two guys leave after Bosco left. That's why he decided to come and make sure everything was okay. He is walking down the hall when he sees Bosco getting up from the floor. He rushes up to him and helps him up.

"Bosco, what happened?"

"Two guys jumped me and they took Meghan. We need to go and find her."

"You need to go and get checked out. I'll go back to the 55 and get everyone out looking for Meghan." Davis tells Bosco.

"No, I need to find her. She's my sister. I should have protected her. I couldn't protect Mikey and look what happened. I won't let that happen again." Bosco informs Davis