Hi!

I've loved writing my little one shots with Amelia, Steve, Catherine and family and though I'd give a go at a story this time and one with a little drama.

Hope you all like it so far and I love reviews, follows and favourites, they all inspire me to write more!

Amy x


Chapter One: Still Breathing

"Daddy, when's it coming? My tummy's rumbling".

"In a few minutes, Mia".

The 5.0 gang sat at the picnic benches at the side of the beach by Kamekona's shrimp truck, waiting for their lunches to arrive at the table, Amelia sitting innocently at the end of the bench next to her Daddy, playing with her new favourite doll that her Uncle Danno got her for her fourth birthday several weeks before.

Within the next minute, Kamekona came rolling over to the trays of food with a smile on his face and watching Amelia play with her doll.

"Grubs up, mi amigos!"

Amelia's face lit up when she saw the plates of food that were scattered around the picnic bench, family style. The gang soon started digging into their food and Amelia found herself disliking some of the food she was sharing with her Daddy and she looked over the table to her Mommy with a distasteful expression.

"What's wrong Sweetheart? Don't you like it?" Catherine asked, looking between Amelia and Steve and watching Amelia while she shook her head in disapproval.

"It's too hot, I don't like it".

"Which one did you try?" Catherine wondered why Amelia had said she didn't like the food when she had always eaten it before. She watched Amelia pointing to the plate of food beside her Daddy, one where the food was rapidly disappearing, "Steve, you let her try the shrimp with the chilli sauce, no wonder she doesn't like it".

"I what? Oh, sorry Mia. That one's for Daddy, this is your one here", Steve had been distracted in conversation with Danny, Chin and Kono about going out later that night to celebrate another take down and a result with the perpetrator in prison and he quickly handed Amelia the plate with her shrimp and lemon sauce that she always seemed to enjoy.

"You up for it, Cath?" Catherine heard Danny call to her while she was fixing Amelia's plate in front of her.

"Yeah, a night out would be good. I can get my Mom and Dad to watch Mia".

There was soon a brisk summer breeze that came in from the ocean and Steve turned, unaware of what was going to happen when a young petite woman with long brunette hair approached him from behind, turning to face the gang with a questionable expression on her face and adorned in a long red coat.

"Hi… sorry to be a nuisance. Can you tell me how to get to the university library?"

With Steve and the gang distracted there sat a cold-hearted individual in the front of their car, poised and ready, aiming and keeping their aim with their M16A4 with silencer included, waiting as their accomplice continued to distract the team. They only had to distract and continue to distract and make their move quickly and as effortlessly as possible.

Steve tried to tell the woman how she would get to the nearest university, using his hands as he spoke. Amelia turned to look up at the woman too, her doll still in her hands and she smiled happily, recognising the woman's brightly coloured coat.

"Is this your Daughter? She's adorable", the unnamed woman turned to smile at Amelia.

"Yes, she's my Daughter, thank you", Steve answered the woman, a little annoyed now that she wasn't leaving to find the university that he just told her how to get to.

The trigger was pulled from the car in the distance.

Nobody knew what happened, one minute Steve was sitting up and talking to the woman and then his solid muscular form had flown back off of the bench and he was lying on the floor with the force of the shot. Blood was slowly seeping in a puddle on the ground around his shoulder. The force had also caused Steve to hit his head harshly off the concrete ground.

"Steve!" Catherine called after him, jumping from her seat as soon as she heard the hit. The whole gang were around Steve and many passer's by were concerned too, several of them dialling for an ambulance. Fear gripped all of the team, running through them like ice.

"Steve, it's okay bud, you'll be fine, help's coming", Chin tried to calm Steve who he could see was in great pain and he was looking paler and paler.

With the commotion going on and the adults now clearly distracted with poor Steve, the still unknown woman took her chance and grabbed Amelia, picking her up by the waist and holding her tightly and ran as fast as she could with the four year old. Amelia didn't like this, not one bit, and she started kicking and struggling to get down and the screaming for the woman to put her down.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Amelia started crying and screaming and kicking against the woman's tight grip, being jostled around as the woman ran across to the car by the beach. Everybody had been so pre-occupied with helping Steve not bleed out that they had almost forgotten that little Amelia was still there with them, "Uncle Danno!" Amelia screamed for her family to help her.

As soon as Amelia started screaming Catherine stood to attention and looked around for her Daughter and heard her screams and started running in the direction where she saw the red coat flashing in the Hawaiian sunlight, her little girl attached to the woman.

Worried about Steve but putting her worry to the side, Catherine blocked it out and knew the rest of the gang would help him and she could already hear sirens in the distance. Running as fast as she could, Catherine ran to get her Daughter back but was too late when the woman jumped into a car on the other side of the street and the male driver drove as quickly as possible, the tires spinning as they drove away.

Standing there, Catherine felt numb and out of control at the same time, her baby girl… gone, her man… shot. The sirens continued to be heard in the distance. There wasn't enough time, Steve had the keys to the truck and by the time she could get back to him, get the keys, get to the truck, the black BMW car would be further away than thought possible. Catherine didn't know what to do just as Kono calm running up behind her, realising now what happened.

Numb and emotional, Catherine started crying, tears running down her face, feeling like she had failed as a Mother. Kono grabbed her affectionately, hugging her friend tightly, letting her cry.

"Don't worry, Cath… Steve's not bad, and we're getting Mia back too. I promise you".