"Five, Four, Three, Two,... One"
This is another CSI:NY/Flangell re-write of a story originally titled "French & Irish". As always, I am using as much of the original story as I can.
This story comes after "The Mask", where Kono & Charlie were to have been out for a morning surf on the North Shore and stopped for gas on the way back, but I have changed it to Kono & Chin. I will also substitute Mary Ann for Flack's annoying and meddlesome sister Sam. In the original story Sam had dome something she shouldn't have that Angell found out about, hence some tension between them. I am keeping that tension and annoyance in the story, so just go with it.
This chapter has a lot of simultanous things going on, with lots of back & forth scenarios. I tried to mark everything clearly to avoid any confusion.
My characters;
Lieutenant Jose Diaz - SWAT leader
Amber Layne - hostage negotiations
Lieutenant Steven Carr - HPD
Trey Wilson.
"I didn't know my bank had a branch here." Kono said, gesturing to the building across the street. "I'm gonna run in and take care of something while you fill up. Then I won't have to rush downtown later."
"Okay. I'm gonna get a coffee for the road. You want one?" Chin asked, gesturing to the mini-mart there at the gas station.
"Nah, Cuz, I'm good." Kono said. "I'll be right back." She added, exiting the car.
Kono walked into the bank, filled out her transaction slip, then got in line just as Mary Ann finished at the tellar's counter and turned to leave. Both women froze for a moment, each looking at the other in surprise.
"Kono." Mary Ann finally said, slowly approaching and fidgeting with the clasp on her purse so she could put her money away.
"Mary Ann." Kono greeted back simply, with a pleasant but neutral expression on her face.
A SHORT WHILE LATER...
Trey Wilson pulled the bank's door open as he led his crew of four men into the building. A lovely young blond was approaching with her head down as she dug through her purse, probably for her keys.
"Oh. Excuse me." Mary Ann said, bumping into the man as she looked up. "Wasn't watching where I was going."
"S'no problem, miss." He said back to her and let her pass as one of his men held the door open for her. But as he did, his jacket opened, and she saw the gun tucked into his belt. The man realized what the lady was looking at and quickly grabbed her around the waist.
"Let go of me!" Mary Ann yelled as the men all quickly put on their masks and pulled out their guns.
"Everyone on the floor!" Trey shouted, "I said everyone down on the floor right now!" He repeated as he centered himself in the room.
Kono used the pen in her hand to write 'Five-0' on the paper in front of her where the teller could see it, then gestured for her to getting down on the floor. The teller lowered herself behind the counter, tripping the silent alarm on her way down to the floor, and Kono hit the Speed-3 button on her phone on her way down to the floor.
HPD DISPATCH...
"Attention all units, be advised, we have a silent alarm and possible 10-90 at the Waialua branch of the O'ahu Bank on 84th. Proceed Code 2. SWAT unit is
en-route." The dispatcher radioed out.
A/N: a '10-90' is a bank robbery and a 'Code 2' means lights w/out sirens.
That's all for now... just enough to get you started. Chapter 2 up soon.
