"Okay, would you like to explain to us why me and Kono get to go play babysitter to a bunch of teenagers yet you guys are here sat on your butts?" Sam scoffed as she looked to her husband and brother as they stood around the table top in Five-0 headquarters. Sam had been working with the task force for a couple of weeks now and had settled in brilliantly. Steve helped her get into shape while she was on maternity doing the simplest of things such as swimming and going for runs with baby in the pram! He made sure it was child friendly so Lily could be part of it so Sam didn't feel like she wasn't getting time with her daughter.
"It's nothing against you or Kono, Sam." Began Danny as he looked to his younger sibling. "HPD needed some extra bodies, me and others have a mountain of paperwork we need to get done and you and Kono don't…"
"But at a concert?" Groaned Kono looking to him with a shake of her head.
"HPD were desperate…" Steve defended looking to them.
Sam looked to her husband before sighing. "Fine. But you're cooking dinner tonight now." She huffed folding her arms across her chest.
Steve shrugged as he looked to his wife. "Fine."
"And by cook dinner I don't mean order from a takeaway menu." Sam told him looking to him.
"Buzzkill." Grumbled Steve before he then looked to the two of them. "You best get going…I think people are going to be queuing soon."
"Come on Sam." Grumbled Kono. "Let's leave these lot to their boring paperwork. We can at least try and enjoy the concert. Maybe we should go for a few drinks after it." She mused looking to her.
Sam looked to Kono and nodded before she then looked to her husband and grinned cheekily to him. "Looks like you're putting the kiddies to bed tonight."
"You're punishing me right now aren't you?" Steve questioned looking to her.
Sam nodded as she moved over to him and stole a kiss off him. "Yes. But only cause I love you." She mused before she happily kissed him again before she then headed off with Kono down the corridor.
"Love you too." He laughed and shook his head before he watched her go before he then looked to Danny. "Does that mean I'm in the dog house?" He asked looking to him.
Danny looked to him. "I'm not too sure…do the kids behave when it's time for bed?"
Steve sighed and hung his head a little. "Alfie's getting to the stage where he likes to say 'it's light outside daddy, that means I don't have to go to bed yet'."
"Oh damn." Laughed Danny looking to him with a shake of his head. He remembered those times all too fondly!
"Think Steve will cope putting the kids to bed?" Kono asked Sam as she looked to her as they got into the car.
Sam laughed a little as she got into the car and looked to Kono. "No chance. Alfie will still be awake when I get in. He's getting a little monkey lately, especially at bed time."
"It's an age thing though, surly?"
"God I hope so." Laughed Sam as Kono drove them to the stadium where the concert was being held. "Lily's pretty good though. You could happily put her in her cot awake and she'll nod off happily on her own, just hard when Alfie's playing up cause they're in the same room now."
"Must be nice not sharing your room with the kids though."
Sam looked to her. "We wake up every morning with Alfie between us and normally his feet in Steve's face."
"Oh." Laughed Kono shaking her head as they pulled up. "Bet you wouldn't change it for the world though."
Sam smiled. "You're right. You know looking back…I don't think I could ever imagine my life without Steve and the kids…"
Kono smiled and glanced to her. "I know he feels the same. You and those children…well you are his world."
Sam smiled hearing Kono and looked to her. "And he's ours." She mused before she then sighed as they pulled up outside the venue of the concert. "We could so do without this…who is even playing here?"
Kono sighed as she cut the engine. "It's a festival thing. There will be a number of artists here. They stupidly gave out more passes than the venue can hold." She rolled her eyes. "This is going to be a nightmare."
"Let's get it over and done with. Hopefully we will be out of here in no time."
"Now that is wishful thinking." Laughed Kono as they got out of the car and headed towards the trunk of the car, opening it she then grabbed two vests and passed one to Sam.
"I know, but the sooner we get this done the sooner we can have a drink and let our hair down." Sam commented as she took the vest off Kono and slipped it on over her head and done it up before adjusting her gun on her waistband.
"I like your way of thinking." Laughed Kono as she put on her own vest before closing the trunk and sighed. "Let's go find Duke and see where he wants us." She commented heading over to where Duke was telling officers where to go. "Hey Duke." Beamed Kono.
"Hello ladies." Replied Duke as he looked to them.
"Where do you want us?" Sam asked looking to him.
"If it's okay with you I'd like you both to be near the entrance of the stadium where they're queuing up. I already have two officers there but from the amount of people we are expecting it's not going to be enough. Its zero tolerance today so if you see anyone playing up, ticket or not they are to be escorted away and if they persist then arrest them."
The two nodded as they headed over to the entrance of the stadium where there were already long queues forming. Looking to Kono, Sam then looked to the crowds once more. "Let's do this."
Kono nodded as they headed over to near the entrance. There were a lot of teenage girls who seemed rather excited. Stood one side of the line, Kono was busy keeping them moving, letting in only a certain amount at a time so the stadium wouldn't get too overrun too soon.
"How's your little ones doing?" Asked the officer who was on the same side as Sam.
Sam smiled to her. "They're good thank you, Alani. Growing up too quick though if you ask me."
Alani nodded. "I know that feeling. My youngest is going to be eight now next month. Seems like only yesterday he was born."
Sam nodded. "Can certainly agree with you there! Alfie was two back in June, Lily's going to be one now in January…it's all going too quick…"
"Not to mention Christmas is only around the corner."
Sam laughed as they walked up the long queue waiting to go into the concert to make sure no one was playing up. "Well I have a birthday before that. I tend to think about Christmas after my birthday. Gives me a good two months. Be nice this year though because Alfie understands a bit more and Steve loves Christmas so looking forward to it. And Lily's that little bit older than Alfie was on his first Christmas."
"So who cooks you or Steve?" Laughed Alani looking to her.
"It'll be me this year probably, he will be too busy playing with the kids." She laughed with a shake of her head before she jumped slightly at the loud bang of a gunshot and people screaming and the crowd going crazy. As too more shots went off she then frowned feeling her face wet, looking to Alani her eyes widened seeing she had been shot in the head and before she could grab her own weapon she felt another two sharp hits in the chest as she fell back with a force. Everything happened so fast it was like a blur, her ears were ringing, she was confused, she seen Kono rushing over to her and kneeling beside her. She couldn't hear what she was saying but she could see she didn't want to her to move. She was finding it difficult to breathe.
"Sam keep still for me…" Kono instructed as she looked down to her. "You're okay, you've just been winded but you need to keep still…" She told her. "Just take deep breaths…" She told her gently.
Sam couldn't hear her properly. She still had ringing in her ears and everyone screaming and shouting. All she knew was that her chest hut like hell! "Kono…" She breathed looking to her friend.
Kono looked to her. "You'll be fine…Steve and Danny are on their way…just take a deep breath, we will get this vest off you in a minute okay, we're going to need it for forensics." She told her before looking up as Duke came over.
"If we can, get Sam into the trailer, forensics are on their way." He told them.
Kono nodded. "Thanks Duke..." She looked to Sam. "On three I'm going to help you up okay?" She told her as she moved in front of her and held out her hands.
Taking her hands, Sam took a deep breath before watching as Kono pulled her up, catching her breath she looked to Kono. "I need to get this vest off…"
Kono nodded guiding her to the trailer, opening the door she looked to her. "Wait till forensics are here okay?" She told her. "They're on their way they won't be long."
Sam nodded a little before she headed into the trailer and waited.
Shutting the door after Sam, Kono then looked up hearing someone shouting her name. Seeing Steve and Danny rushing over she held her hands up to stop them in their tracks. "She's fine."
"Where is she?" Steve asked looking around for his wife.
"She's in the trailer, she's waiting for forensics so they can take her gear…"
"What the hell happened?" Danny asked looking to her.
Kono sighed. "I don't know but including Sam, five officers were shot…one has been confirmed dead, others have been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery…Sam was hit right in the chest, luckily she was wearing a vest."
Shaking his head, Steve stormed to the trailer. "Sam!" He called glancing around for his wife.
"Steve…" Sam mumbled looking to him as she stood up.
Seeing his wife, the two bullet holes in her vest, the blood sprayed up the side of her face, Steve sighed and went to move over to her but stopped as she held her hands up to stop him. "It's okay…." He whispered looking to her. "You're safe…"
Sam sighed as she looked to him. "I know…forensics will need all my stuff…I don't want you to contaminate anything…" She explained looking to him.
Moving closer to her he shook his head as he stopped in front of her, putting gloves on he looked to her, moving his hands to either side of her he unclipped her vest before gently moving it up over her head. "They'll only need this." He whispered to her as he put it on the side before he gently pulled his wife into his arms and pressed a soft kiss to her head, he didn't care that she was covered in blood, all that mattered was she was okay!
Looking to her husband as he took her vest off she then sighed moving her arms around him as he pulled her to him, hiding her face in his chest she clung onto him tightly. "I thought that was the end." She admitted with a sigh.
Steve sighed hearing her and looked down to her. "Never. Takes more than that to get rid of you. You've proven that before."
Sam smiled a little to him before she sighed. "Yeah well all I know right now is that my chest is killing."
"Let me…" Began Steve as he stepped back a little and gently lifted her shirt up, wincing as he saw two red marks, one under her ribs and one in the centre of her chest. "I won't lie babe…they're going to bruise like a bitch."
Sam looked to him. "I'm marked? I thought I was just winded…"
Steve shook his head "You got two very red marks…they're going to bruise in the next couple of hours." He sighed and looked to her. "Go home. Have a hot bath; I'll pick the kids up."
"Steve I'm fine."
"Sam you've just been shot…twice!"
"Correction my vest was shot…"
"Either way I want you to go home…from the looks of it police officers were targeted…so far you're the only one who hasn't been rushed off to have major surgery…please babe for me, go home."
Sam was going to argue back but decided against it and simply nodded. "Fine."
Moving over to her, he smiled and cupped her face as he pressed a kiss to her lips before he looked down to her. "I'll get whoever did this I promise…"
Kissing him back Sam looked up to him and nodded. "Be careful."
Steve nodded. "I will I promise." Kissing her forehead he looked to her. "Now go home. Have a bath. Get yourself cleaned up. I'll be home in a few hours with the kids."
Sam looked to him and nodded. "I'll wait for forensics to make sure they don't need anything else."
"Okay but make sure you go straight home and text me when you get there."
Sam laughed. "Steve…"
"No buts Sam." Steve cut in as he looked to her, giving her a stern look.
"You worry too much you know that?"
"You're my wife what do you expect?" He questioned looking to her. Looking behind him as forensics came in he then looked to his wife once more and stole a kiss. "I'll see you soon." He told her before leaving them to it. Heading out he shut the door behind him and went over to Kono and Danny.
"How is she?" Danny asked looking to him.
Steve sighed. "Okay, bit shaken up and she's going to have two lovely bruises…told her to go home." He ran his fingers through his hair before resting his hands on his hips. "Okay Kono can you gather up any evidence you can, any footage we'll need…I wanna know who done this. No one from the public was hurt so we got to assume the targets are cops…I want this scumbag found before someone else is hurt." He told them as he headed over to the car and sighed as he looked to Danny.
"Don't feel guilty Steve." Danny told him as he looked to him. "I know what's going through your head right now and it's not your fault. You weren't to know there was going to be a shootout here today."
Steve sighed. "She's still my wife Danny…"
"I know and she's still my sister. But we didn't know this was going to happen. Now the best thing we can do is catch the guy who did this. Now come on. Get in the car." He told him as he got into the car.
Sighing to himself Steve got into the car and headed back to headquarters his mind going into overdrive. He wanted to catch this guy before someone else got seriously hurt. Five officers including Sam had been hurt. Sam was lucky. The others were not.
