Disclaimer: I do not own Third Watch nor do I own any of the characters from the show. Wish I did, but i'm not that rich lol.
A/N: Thanks for all of the great reviews! I'm really pleased about how well this story is going over. Here is the next chapter. I hope this will answer some of the questions about what happened. Please let me know what you think. Thanks for reading!
Flashback...
"It was a cool and breezy night. Faith Yokas was walking home. She was only a couple blocks away, and she was glad to almost be home. It had been a long day. Suddenly, she heard someone walking behind her, but she thought nothing of it. This was New York City afterall, the town that never sleeps. Faith just kept walking. She could hear the footsteps behind her were getting closer and closer. Suddenly, she felt a hand grad her from behind, throwing her against the wall of the building that she had been walking past.
"Hey, what the hell!" Faith said, loudly. When she looked up, she was face to face with a young man holding a gun to her head. He was dressed like a gangster, but she had never seem him around here before.
"Detective Faith Yokas, welcome to your worse nightmare," he told her, just as a small black car pulled up beside them.
The young man shoved Faith towards the car. "Get in!" he told her. When Faith struggled to get away he said, "Get in now or i'll blow your fucking head off!"
Faith looked into the young man's eyes. She could see that he was dead serious, so she slowly climbed into the back seat of the car. The man got in beside her. He pulled out a big roll of black tape, placing a piece over her eyes and mouth. He then threw her down to the floor of the car, and feel could feel it speeding away. They kept on driving, after about 20 minutes, the car finally came to a stop. Faith could hear two people getting out of the car, then she heard the back door open, and felt a hand grab her by the arm, and pull her out of the car. Still blindfolded, Faith couldn't see anything around her, as her captors lead her to where ever they were taking her. She did mentally note to herself that it felt like they were walking through grass, not short like lawn grass, but long like the kind of grass that grows in fields. She heard a door open, and was then lead inside of a building, and down a flight of stairs. They're probably taking me to a basement, she thought to herself. Once they had went down the stairs, Faith was slammed down, onto what felt like a wooden chair. She felt someone take her hands, and tie a rope around them. After that, she felt her hands being tied to the back of the chair. Someone else grabbed her legs, and tied them to the chair legs. The tape was suddenly ripped off of her mouth, then off of her eyes.
It was the first time that Faith could actually see her surroundings. She was in a dark room with very dim lighting, probably a basement. She was tied to a wooden chair. As she scanned the room, she saw an old bed about four feet away from her. She felt another wave of fear pass through her body, as he eyes scanned across the bed, stopping at the chains which were attached to the top and bottom of the bed. Faith then looked up at the men who were holding her captive. The young man that had forced her into the car earlier that night was standing right in front of her. Another man, this one wearing a black ski mask, stood behind him.
"What's going on? What do you want with me?" Faith asked, trying to hide the fear in her voice.
The man laughed bitterly. "You took something very special from me, and now there is hell to pay," he told her.
"What?" Faith asked. "What are you talking about?"
"You stupid bitch!" he snapped. "You seriously don't know what i'm talking about, do you?"
"No, what do you think I am... a mind reader," Faith spat back.
"Do you remember Donald Mann, the person you murdered while in police custody?"
Faith swallowed hard. This had to do with Donald Mann... she didn't know who this guy was, but anything that was connected to Mann was never a good thing. "Yes, I remember Donald Mann,"
"Well, now you're meeting his son," the man said. "I'm Donald Mann Jr. Everyone just calls me Don,"
"Donald Mann didn't have a son," Faith said.
"Haha... i'm afraid you are mistaken," Don said, bitterly. "And now, you are going to pay for what you did to my father,"
Faith couldn't help but laugh at that statement. What she did to his father? What about what his father did, how many people he had killed? "Your father was a murderer... he deserved just what he got," she spat out, before she even realized that she said it.
Almost instantly, Faith felt a hand connect hard with the side of her face. "Don't you EVER talk about my father that way again!" Don shouted. "Do you understand me?"
Seeing how angry she had made her captor, Faith just nodded. Not wanting to make things any worse than they already were.
"You know, my father... he really wanted to break your partner, Bosco, before he killed him. He wanted to take everything that he had left away from him. He wanted to make him watch everyone that he cared about die, he wanted him to suffer. But, that didn't go quite as he had planned. Bosco didn't suffer nearly enough for what he did," Don explained. "You know, my father always said that it was possible to break someone, even someone who is strong, and I believe that. I'm not going to kill you, Detective Yokas, at least not anytime soon. No, I have other, much bigger plans for you. I'm going to prove my father's theory, i'm going to prove that anyone can be broken. I'm going to make you pay for what you did to my father... i'm going to break you down, Detective Yokas. By the time i'm done with you, I guarantee you'll wish you were never born,"
End Flashback...
Faith paused for a moment, her emotions were starting to get the better of her, and she was finding it harder and harder to speak with every word that she said. She looked up at Bosco, who was sitting right beside her. He was holding her hand tightly, as though to say that he was there for her. Faith wondering it he had caught on to what she had told the detectives, about Don Mann being after her because she "murdered while in police custody" she hoped that he hadn't caught that. She had never told Bosco what really happened to Donald Mann, not since he had woken up in the hospital. He had always heard the story that Mann pulled a knife on Cruz, so Faith had shot him. Bosco never knew the real story, and Faith wasn't sure that she wanted him to. She wouldn't lie to him if he asked her about it, but she just hoped that he never would.
"Can you tell me what happened next?" asked Detective Masterson.
Faith looked down at the floor, wishing that she didn't have to do this. "He... he made me wish I was never born," she finally managed to get out, before she buried her face in her hands, and broke down.
Bosco pulled her into his arms. Faith put her head on his shoulder, and buried her face into his neck. He gently ran his fingers through her hair. "It's alright, Faith... you're safe, now," he told her softly.
"I didn't think I was going to make it out of there alive," Faith cried.
"I know," Bosco said, softly. "I know,"
"Can you tell me exactly what you meant by 'he made me wish I was never born'?" asked Detective Masterson.
"Don... he, he did a lot of things," Faith cried. "He'd beat me, kick me, threaten me with a knife or a gun, anything that he think of that he could do to hurt me, he did,"
"Did he ever assault you sexually?" Detective Masterson asked. He knew what the doctor had told him, but he had to ask anyway. It had to go into his report, if they were going to nail Donald Mann Jr. for this.
Faith broke down crying once again. Bosco just held her tightly in his arms. He wanted to just tell the detectives to get the hell away from Faith, and let her be. But, he knew that they had to ask these questions, if they were going to have enough for a case against the person who did this. After a little while, Faith calmed down a little bit.
"I'm sorry about that," she told the detectives.
Detective Masterson nodded. "That's alright, it's perfectly understandable," he said. "Are you feeling up to talking some more about what happened?"
Faith nodded.
"Well, let's start where we left off," the detective said. "Did he sexually assault you?"
"Yes," Faith whispered. She looked down at the floor, she didn't want anyone to see her. They'd all look at her differently, now. She didn't want to see it, she didn't want to see the look of pity in their eyes as they looked at her.
"How often did this happen?" Detective Mason asked.
"A lot," Faith cried. "It happened at least once or twice a week, sometimes more,"
Bosco gently tightened the grip on her hand, trying to let her know that he was there. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. It was hard for him to sit here, and listen to the details about what had happened to his friend, but he knew that he had to be here for her.
"Was it just Don Mann Jr. or were there others?" asked Detective Masterson.
"No, it was... it was just Mann," Faith said.
"And, how did you manage to escape?" Detective Mason asked.
"I was being kept in, in uh... a basement," Faith began. "There was only one window down there, and I could see a field outside. At night, I could see car headlights. I knew it must have been a highway. It looked like it was about a mile away. I had found a small saw under the bed. I don't think Mann knew it was there. I started sawing at the metal bars that covered the window while Mann was gone. It took me months to finally get to the point where I could get out. So, I waited for Mann to leave, I broke the window glass out with the saw, and I ran. It was snowing, and I just kept walking towards the road. I... I was almost there, but everything just went black. Next thing I remember was waking up here in the hospital,"
"Do you think Mann is still at the house?" Detective Masterson asked.
"I don't... he's going to come after me, he's going to come back for me," Faith started to panic.
"Faith, it's alright... he's not going to hurt you ever again," Bosco said, softly. "He's never going to get near you again,"
"Thanks for all of the information, Detective Yokas," said Detective Masterson. "We're going to start searching for Mann, when we locate him, we'll be bringing him in,"
"You will have to testify against him in court," Detective Mason told her.
"I know," Faith said.
"Alright, well we will leave and let you get your rest," said Detective Masterson. "Get well soon,"
"Thanks," Faith said softly, as the detectives left the room.
"You alright?" Bosco asked.
"I'm fine," Faith said softly.
Bosco knew that she wasn't fine, but she was trying to be strong. She was being a whole lot strong than he would have been in the same situation. Faith looked up at Bosco, and their eyes met for the first time since she had woken up. She could see the pain in his eyes, yet he was still there for her. When no one else was there, he was.
"Thanks Bos," she said.
Bosco looked at her kind of confused. "Thanks for what?"
"For being here with me," Faith told him. "It really means a lot to me,"
"I'll always be here for you, Faith," he told her, as he wrapped his arms around her. "Always,"
They just sat there together for the longest time. Later that evening, Fred brought the kids by like he had promised. After everyone left, Faith drifted off to sleep with Bosco right by her beside. It had been a long day.
To Be Continued...