Hawaii Five-0
Caught In The Crossfire
Chapter 1
A/N: In case you haven't noticed, all my stories link on to each other. This story follows on from my last story "Stuck".
Waking up from a somewhat comfortable and relaxing sleep, April rolled herself and her big baby bump on to her side as a warm breeze blew gently across her face. She had left the window open before she went to bed because the humid weather conditions was making being eight and a half months pregnant, very uncomfortable. Even though she had two weeks left in her pregnancy, she couldn't wait for her baby girl to be born; that and for her husband, Michael, to come home from his deployment tomorrow. Just in time for the arrival of their baby.
Laying on her side, April stretched her legs and arms to wake up her tired, stiff muscles even though she had no intentions of getting out of bed today; especially considering that she had been put on bed rest for the rest of her pregnancy, and that order was given to her two months ago by Malia after she collapsed at the mall after hours spent trapped in an elevator while six gunmen ran riot. Two weeks after that order had been given to her, all hell broke loose after Kono and Malia had kidnapped and held them hostage, while Chin was given an ultimatum; Kono or Malia. Knowing that Adam could be called on to save Kono's life, Chin chose to save his wife; only to come home to find her shot and bleeding on the floor and dying right in front of him after the paramedics did all they could. Malia's sudden death shook April to the core. Malia was one of April's first friends she had made when she arrived in Hawaii almost a year ago.
April thought of this as she lay in her bed with her hand rubbing circles on her stomach. Thinking of this also brought up the fact that at about the same time, Steve had found out his mother never died twenty years ago and her big brother Danny was fighting to keep his daughter Grace her in Hawaii. April's train of thought was interrupted by a knock at the front door. She knew who it was, Danny. He had been stopping by the house to not only check up on his sister, but also to drop of some groceries because of her enforced bed rest.
"Ignore it" April said to her unborn child as she rolled over on her opposite side.
"Maybe he'll go away"
The knocking at the door continued as April tried to ignore it, but Danny wasn't letting up. April knew she would have to get up and answer the door before he called HPD or broke the door down himself.
After finally getting out of bed to stop the incessant knocking at the door, she put on her robe and walked to the front door and answered it to find she was right, Danny.
"Hey" said April, welcoming her brother into her house.
"Hey" Danny said back. "What took you so long to answer the door?" he asked.
"I don't know Danny, maybe it has something to do with me being eight and a half months pregnant" April replied, making a circle around her stomach.
"Okay" said Danny. "How are you doing?" he asked.
"Well I'm still pregnant" April replied.
"Peeing like a horse, my ankles and my back are killing me… would you like me to continue?" she asked sarcastically.
"No, I'm good thank you April" Danny replied. "Anyway, I got you your groceries"
"Thanks" said April, handing her brother the money she owed for it. "I appreciate it"
"No problem, anything for my little sister" said Danny.
"But today was my last shopping trip seeing as Michael is coming home tomorrow"
"Yeah it'll be good" said April before yawning.
"But just so you know, just because you've had to get up early, doesn't mean I've had to"
"Understood" Danny replied. "But it's a little late now isn't it?" he asked rhetorically.
"Yeah it is" April replied. "I'll be sure to remind you if fall pregnant again"
"Please do" said Danny. "Because I wouldn't want to interrupt my little sister's beauty sleep"
"Funny" April replied, sarcastically.
"Anyway, I have to get to work" Danny stated after checking his phone.
"I'll talk to you later, okay" he added before embracing in a hug with April.
"Yeah, I'll see you later" said April after pulling out of the hug.
"I swear your daughter just kicked me while I was hugging you" Danny stated.
"That's because she did" April replied as Danny closed the front door behind him.
"That's my girl" she said as rubbed her tummy.
About two hours later, after figuring now she was up and she wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep, April had watched some breakfast television, and had breakfast and was now heading out to her mail box, still in pyjamas, after hearing the mailman stop by her house. Keeping off her feet was hard because her job as a nurse required her to be on her feet a lot of the time and she never really liked to sit still anyway. After opening her mail box and collecting her mail, she flipped through the mail as she walked back to the house. As through flipped through the mail, mostly comprising of bills, one letter stopped her in her tracks. This particular letter stopped her because the handwriting written on the envelope looked strangely familiar. "No way, what are the odds this is from him?" April thought to herself in disbelief. With the sun burning on the back of her neck, April quickly made her way inside and dropped the letters on the couch, except for one. Sitting herself down on the couch, April ripped open the envelope and pulled out the handwritten letter that was written with few words; but the few words that were written were enough to send scary feeling through April's body. The letter read:
I can't tell you where I am exactly,
all I can tell you is that I'm in Hawaii.
In fact, I never left after the confrontation with Danny.
I'm sorry about everything that's happened to you
and I'm so happy to hear you're married
and about to be a mother.
But April, I need to apologise in advance,
as you know, I've done some terrible things
and some people that I have crossed are threatening to use
my family against me to get what they want and I can't
see a way to stop them in time to stop it from happening.
I'm sorry.
Matty
"What the hell have you done Matty?" April asked before getting up to go and have a shower.
April had to tell Danny about this letter, but it wasn't going to be one of those conversations where you could talk about it over the phone. She was also furious with Danny, because from what he had told her about that night didn't match up with what Matty had written in his letter.
Danny pushed open the door to Steve's office with a cup of coffee in each of his hands.
"Hey, what's up?" Steve asked.
"Nothing, just looks like you need one of these" Danny replied, putting one of the cups of coffee on his desk.
"Thanks buddy" said Steve.
"No problem" Danny replied. "Rough night?" he asked.
"Yeah" Steve replied. "Cath and I were up half the night with Lucy"
"Yeah, I can totally relate" Danny stated. "But trust me, it'll get better" he assured Steve.
"Yeah, when?" Steve asked.
"Soon" Danny replied.
"That's very helpful Danny" said Steve, sarcastically.
"It's what I do" said Danny before taking a mouth full of coffee. "Drink up; you're going to need it"
"How's your sister doing?" Steve asked.
"Ah, she's good, but I think if she doesn't have that baby soon, things are going to get ugly" Danny replied.
"That good huh?" Steve asked.
"Yeah well I'm glad I left when I did because I'm pretty sure was going to start talking to me about how much she misses Michael" Danny replied.
"What's so bad about that Danny?" Steve asked.
"Not in the way you're thinking" Danny stated.
"Oh" said Steve.
"Yeah" Danny agreed. "Thank god he's coming home tomorrow"
Once April had reached the floor of Five-0 headquarters, she made her way through the glass doors of the main office. Emerging through the doors she was met with the two smiling faces of Chin and Kono.
"Hey April" Chin greeted her. "How are you?" he asked.
"Good, but I'm really hoping these next two weeks flyby" April replied.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Kono asked.
"I need to talk to Danny" April replied. "Is he around" she asked.
"Ah yeah, he's in Steve's office" Kono replied. "I can go get him for you"
"No it's okay" April replied. "I'll surprise them"
"Looks like we've got company" Steve stated, while pointing towards the door before gesturing for April to come in.
"Hey April" said Steve.
"Hey guys" April replied.
"What are you doing here?" Danny asked.
"It's nice to see you too Danny" April replied.
"Yeah, hi, now, what are you doing here?" Danny asked.
"I need to talk to you" April replied.
"What about?" Danny asked.
"Can we do this in private?" April asked.
"Is everything okay?" Danny asked with concern.
"Can we just go and talk in your office Danny?" April asked.
"Fine" said Danny. "Let's go"
"I need to go and take care of this" said Danny. "I'll be back in minute"
"Take all the time you need" said Steve.
"Hey what's going on?" Danny asked as he pulled open his office door.
"He's here Danny" April replied as pulled the letter from her handbag.
"Who's here?" Danny asked.
"Matty's here" April replied, handing him the letter. "And I think we're in danger"
"What are you talking about?" Danny asked.
"Just read the letter Danny" April replied before sitting down on the couch, taking the weight off her feet.
April watched Danny's eyes as he read the short but shocking letter from their brother.
"Son of a bitch" said Danny after reading the letter.
"Why did you lie to me about what happened that night?" April asked.
"You told me that you didn't make it in time to stop him from leaving; but he wrote that you confronted him"
"I didn't exactly want to tell you that I had to pull a gun our brother April" Danny replied.
"You pulled a gun on Matty?" April asked in shock.
"It was the only way I could get him to listen to me" Danny replied.
"Okay, fair enough" said April. "But still, a gun?" she asked.
"Do you think I feel good about that April?" Danny asked rhetorically.
"I'm sorry, but I wish you just told me instead of lying about it" April replied.
"Anyway, I think we have some more pressing issues here"
"Yeah, like how he knows all this stuff about you and what the hell he's got himself into" said Danny.
"And what this means for us" April added.