Devious and Devastating
Chapter 1
She could hear sounds around her, spinning round her head as she tried to block it out. She could vaguely make out the sound of a kettle boiling as it whistled in the background. The television thrumming to her right, the chatter of worried family members and the stern orders from a boss. She could feel a hand on her shoulder rubbing circles in a comforting way. She closed her eyes tight as tears slipped past her tired eye lids. In her ear she could hear someone saying her name softly but she ignored it in favour of the other person in her head saying her name repeatedly.
"Kono, Kono sweetheart can you hear me?" Danny asked as he tried to get Kono to look at him. Her glassy eyes told him she wasn't listening.
"She's in shock, she can't hear you." Chin said uncomfortably as he paced around Kono's tiny apartment.
"Chin, we need to help her as best we can, she can't ignore this and hope it goes away, it will eat her up." Danny said as he tried to control the situation, his head spinning with everything that had occurred in the past two hours.
"Try and get her to drink some tea, it will help with the shock." Steve said as he wandered in from the kitchen passing a mug to Danny and holding his phone to his ear at the same time.
"She won't respond to my voice how do I make her drink tea?" Danny asked as he tried to comprehend the situation himself.
Steve kneeled down next to Kono as he attempted to make eye contact. "Kono I made you tea, it will help with the shock, come on you can sip some." Steve said encouragingly but Kono's gaze didn't falter.
"She's not going to drink tea Steve!" Chin exclaimed through gritted teeth as he rubbed a hand over his tired features.
"We have to try Chin" Steve responded
"It won't help!" Chin argued
"Chin, she's in shock we have to get her to talk to us, we need to help her" Danny tried
Chin sighed before trying to interject once again.
"Stop!" Kono cried as she buried her head in her hands, shaking her head repeatedly and shouting no over and over, the salty tears running down her face, her make up smudged around her eyes.
The boy's jumped at Kono's sudden outburst, stunned and frozen in place, unsure of how to help her.
"I can't, I need you, please, no, NO, NO! PLEASE" Kono cried as sobs racked her small frame, hiccups chocking her as she struggled to regain control of her breathing, her whole body shaking viciously.
Danny wrapped an arm round Kono's shoulders trying to pull her close before Kono raised her right arm, smacking Danny in the face, her arms continuing to fly around as she screamed and cried. Steve held Kono from behind, trying to pin her arms down but failing as she swung at him repeatedly, kicking his shins also.
"Kono please, look at me, you need to calm down, you're having a panic attack" Chin pleaded as he held Kono's face in his hands.
Kono hiccupped as she attempted to catch her breath but the tears kept falling.
"Kono, kono" Chin and Danny both repeated as they tried to get Kono to focus.
"PLEASE NO NOOOO, I NEED HIM!" Kono cried as she eventually collapsed on the floor, Steve's arms still around her, holding her close and propping her up against him.
Kono continued to cry hysterically into Steve's arms as Chin stroked her damp hair out her face, until she cried herself to sleep. Steve carried her to her bed, lying her down on top of the covers. She lay quietly in her dress, her shoes also still in place. Steve and Danny headed back to the living room, as Chin slipped her shoes off and removed her dress, hanging it up on the wardrobe doors. He placed a pyjama top over her head before pulling the duvet over her and walking out to join Danny and Steve.
Flashback
A white carpet was rolled out along the aisle; chairs mirrored either side in rows of eight. Coral and pink flowers were scattered between chairs and carpet, ribbons of flowers hung from tree's surrounding the area. A small stage stood at the front of the alter, strings of ribbon and flowers creating an arch above the heads of those gathered upon and around the stage. Guests were seated with smiles plastered on their faces as they watched the bride being walked down the aisle towards her husband to be. At the top of the alter, the groom shook hands with the brides company before pulling his bride to stand in front of him. Smiles adorning both the bride and grooms faces as they gazed lovingly into each other's eyes. The bride wore a knee length dress that swayed in the Hawaiian breeze, as the groom wore a black suit, the trousers rolled up at the bottom due to the sand. Both were bare feet, as were the guests. Laughter ensued as the tropical couple exchanged vows, never breaking eye contact and holding tightly to one another hands. Dimples were visible on both the bride and groom's faces as they tried to contain their excitement.
Hushed whispers grew from the back of the row of guests, extending to the front as attendees looked around in shock, the best men screaming for everyone to get down as they jumped to save others and drew their spare guns.
*Bang Bang*
*Bang Bang Bang Bang*
Gunfire exchanged rapidly as the three best men split in an attempt to catch the masked figure in the shadows, one running to shoot at the car fleeing the scene.
The guests and best men turned to look at the couple at the front. The brides white knee length dress now covered in blood splatters, ruined from shots. She knelt down to where her husband to be lay motionless, blood pooling under him from the gunshot wound to the chest, his complexion pale but his skin still warm from the Hawaiian sun.
"Adam?" Kono whispered as she moved her mouth to his ear, hoping he would move from her voice. Kono gasped as realization hit her. "Adam, Adam! Please god NOOOOO ADAM!" Kono screamed as her tears fell upon the body of her dead husband to be, her cries increasing in volume as her big day came to a devious and devastating end.