DK was this shift's house watch. He was enjoying the sun sitting on a foldable chair in front of the fire engine, when a dark Toyota sedan pulled up and stopped right in front if the driveway. DK shook his head. This was a yellow marked 'no parking at any time' zone, so he went over to the driver who was getting out of his car.

"You can't park here," the fireman informed him.

"But we need your help…" the driver said and pointed towards the couple in the back of the car. There was a woman in a wedding dress and a man in a black tuxedo, obviously embarrassed.

"What kind of help?" DK wanted to know. But before the driver could start telling, the fireman insisted that he moved the car further down the road.

When they came back, DK had called down Doherty and Lombardo for assistance.

It didn't take long to find out what the problem was: The bride and groom were attached to each other with handcuffs.

"It was supposed to be kind of a joke…," the driver started ashamed.

"The handcuffs were supposed to symbolise the bond of marriage," the groom added.

"But they lost the keys and now we can't get them off," the bride said. Her voice sounded as if she was about to start crying.

DK looked over to Doherty and Lombardo.

"What do you think?" he asked with a slight teasing tone is his voice, that his co-workers understood.

"Let's get the hurst," Lombardo said, looking serious.

"Okay…," DK agreed and led the couple to the back of the bay, while Doherty got the necessary equipment.

"What is the 'hurst'?" the groom asked.

"This…," Jimmy said, holding the over dimensional scissors up, pretending to prepare to cut the handcuffs. But DK held him back.

"No, don't worry, we won't need that," he grinned.

The couple looked surprised and began to join the grinning. It was a joke.

"Guess we look pretty stupid," the groom said.

"Well, we have to thank you for making our day," DK returned smiling.

"I'll get the iron saw," Lombardo said, still smiling as well. This shift started pretty good.


"You called for us?" Yokas asked when she and her partner arrived at Mercy Hospital.

Nurse Mary Proctor nodded.

"A woman came in here half hour ago. She said she was raped…"

Something in the way the Afro-American woman said that peeked Yokas' interest.

"You don't believe her?" she wanted to know, but the nurse just shrug her shoulders.

"Everyone reacts differently," Mary returned diplomatically.

Still Yokas couldn't help the feeling that something was wrong.

"Where is she?" Boscorelli wanted to know. He wanted to get this over with.

"Exam 3. Rape kit has already been done."
"Thanks Mary, we'll pick it up on our way out," Faith replied and followed her impatient partner.


Sullivan and Davis were on their lunch break. Sully just came out from a small deli opposite a shopping center, carrying a paper back with some food for him and his partner. When he handed Davis his sandwich, his eyes fell on a tall, blonde woman running away from the mall.

Two men were running after her.

"Davis, look at that," Sully pointed out.

"Looks like they wanna rob her," Ty concluded and got out of the car to get a better look.

"Stop her, she robbed us!" one of the men yelled.

The unformed cops looked at each other in surprise. That was something they didn't see every day.

The tall woman was making her way towards the squad car, hiking up her dress in order to run faster, exposing a large pair of women's underwear. They were bulkier than normal and Davis could make out a sleeve from a woman's blouse sticking out through the leg opening.

"Hey, Sully, look at THAT!" Davis laughed.

"Should we call it in?" Sully wondered and grinned.

But when they saw that the large baggy underwear stuffed with stolen merchandise slipped down the shoplifter's thighs, they decided to wait.

At that point, the two officers noticed something extra that obviously didn't come from that shop.

"The Lady's a man!" Ty cracked and almost fell down laughing.

Finally, the underwear fell to the ground and the escaping thief stumbled and fell down.

Now it was time to arrest the suspect. While Ty picked up some of the clothing, Sullivan handcuffed the man in drags and pulled him to his feet again.

"You're under arrest, Lady," Sully told him and couldn't get the smirking grin out of his face.

The two men came joining them.

"She robbed us," one of them said again.

"He…," Davis corrected and gave them a "don't ask!" look.

"Whatever…He assaulted me when we tried to hold him for shoplifting," the other man explained.

"And you are…?" Sully asked.

"I'm the store manager, David Henderson. This is one of my salesclerks, Andrew Wells," he introduced them.

"What happens now?" he wanted to know.

"Well, we'll take Einstein here in for robbery and assault."

Sully looked the guy in handcuffs, skirt and blouse over from head to toe.

"And for bad dressing…You are the ugliest drag I've ever seen…"