Chapter 2- a whole lot of trouble
Chin decided that the sudden chill in the air had nothing to do with the open car window. He clung on tight as Steve raced the car at a dangerous speed toward Kono and Danny's location. A few times Chin would open his mouth wanting to stand up for his cousin but Steve had this set look on his face that would make any sentiment bounce straight off. So Chin settled for saying, "I'm sure that by the time we get there everything will be alright", he hoped passionately that that statement would turn out to be true.
Kono was hoping the same thing as she scanned the building. Her gun was still clenched tightly in her hand, she still had this feeling that May could be about somewhere ready to jump out at her. Moving forward she carefully prodded a pile of rubbish, no sign of Danny in there. Where was he, one hand twisted nervously at her clothing,"Danny', she risked the yell, and listened as the sound echoed off the walls. But no reply came. Surely he must be somewhere. May had only had a second in which to act, Kono thought as she remembered following Danny confidently one minute then hitting the ground painfully the next. She had not cried out, not wanting to alert May . Danny of course would have assumed she was still behind him watching his back. She was instead studying the ground, for only one second, or had it been longer. She had been a little stunned by the fall but could have sworn her eyes were averted just for a short time but now she thought about it she could not be sure. All she knew was when she'd looked up there was no sign of Danny. "Danny, come on answer me", Kono yelled again. All went quiet again, then she heard the faintest of rustling coming from the same plastic May had hidden under. Keeping her gun out and trained on the spot she shot forward , the pile of rubbish moved then she felt something furry run brush past her ankle. Involuntarily she let out a small yelp, yeah big brave Kono was scared of a small defenseless less animal. Giving the plastic a firm kick Kono moved on toward some fallen debri, "please let me find him", she muttered to herself. But 9 and a half minutes later Kono was feeling despair settle upon her as she her search ended fruitlessly again. She had this very powerful feeling that Steve was not going to be very impressed by her actions.
Steve leapt out of the vehicle a second after he'd pulled to a stop and raced into the building. Chin sped after him. They soon spotted Kono standing quietly beside a pile of rubbish. Chin noticed she was disheveled with mud clinging to her jeans. But it was the look in her eyes that concerned him, "Cuz you okay", Chin asked gently as he put his arms around her. Steve barely spared her a glance only focused on one thing, the absence of Danny. "You didn't find him", he snapped out. Kono shook her head, "I've looked…I've looked everywhere…she stuttered out. "You can't have looked everywhere", Steve growled between gritted teeth. "HPD checked the GPS on Dannys phone and told us the signal is coming from this location", Chin chipped in. "I hope it's Danny and not just his phone", Steve muttered. He pointed to the building, "check again everything, and don't stop until you find him", he ordered. Chin noted Kono looked exhausted as she hurried forward again but one look at Steve's face prevented him from asking him to give her a break. "You check over there Chin and I'll do the opposite side", Steve instructed. "I take it May is not around, Chin asked Kono. Kono just shook her head not really wanting to admit that she'd let him go when she was already in enough trouble.
We'll talk about what happened later, right now my priority is Danny", Steve stated firmly. Chin gave his cousin one last squeeze before moving off to search his designated area. Steve was feeling his frustration building as he looked uder a pile of rubbish and found nothing. How could Kono loose sight of Danny, he knew he'd have to ask her some hard questions after the days events as he knew if it'd been him and Danny here in this warehouse Danny would not have let him down. "Dammit Danny", he swore as he looked over and noted Chin and Kono having no luck. Neither one had unearthed a phone though and that gave him hope that his partner must still be somewhere close by. He moved to the windowless side of the building and looked across at Danny's Camaro parked right outside the building. He was about to turn back and continue the search when a thought oocured to him. The GPS was not specific enough to exactly pinpoint a location, just give you a general idea. So the zone where Danny could be found would include the surrounding streets and…. Steve rocketed out of the building and raced toward the Camaro. He could see that there was nobody upright in the car but that didn't mean Danny wasn't in there. "Chin, phone an ambulance now, Steve yelled loudly as he bent down and looked inside the car at the prone form of Danny lying across the seats. One hand dangled down below the seats while the other lying cupped acroos his chest supported his cell phone. Trying the door Steve found it securely locked so he used his gun butt to smash a hole in the window. Unfortunately glass flew down onto Danny but neither the sound or feel of that glass provoked a reaction, which deeply concerned him. Not caring if he cut himself he reached down through the window and opened the door then hurriedly felt for Danny's pulse. Thankfully he soon felt the beat and sighed heavily in relief. A quick visual scan of Danny revealed no obvious injury but he was lying on his left side shielding his right side from scrutiny. Steve gently pushed his hand under Dannys side trying to feel for any injury. There was no obvious warm feeling lower on Danny's back so Steve pushed his hand highed. His weight on the seats and the upward motion caused Danny's head to roll over and Steve let out a gasp. The entire side of Danny's face was blooded and bruised with his eye being almost totally closed. Looking at the black marks on the wound Steve could guess what had happened, Dannys face had been slammed into the concrete walls of the building.
"Oh…Kono let out the sound of pain as she looked at her colleague . Steve was gently trying to stop the blood flow from the top of Danny's head. "We can add that to May's list of crimes", Chin muttered. "Yeah, I wish I'd been here", Steve grated out fiercely. As the ambulance pulled up alongside Steve extracted himself from the car letting the professionals take over. Soon Danny was out of the car onto a stretcher and quickly placed in the ambulance. Steve watched it speed away down the streets. Getting in contact with HPD via phone he then reported the latest incident.
"What, when", Kono and Chin heard him say. "Right, I'll follow up", he put the phone away and looked back at his colleagues." May just shot someone else", he reported. Kono felt a hard knot twist in her stomach. Steve turned to him, "did you see him", he asked. There it was ,the million dollar question , Kono swallowed painfully and opened her mouth intending to admit to everything. "No", for a minute she was startled surely that had not been her lying to her boss. But then she admitted to herself that it had been hearing about the most recent death and realizing it wouldn't have happened if she had shot May when she had the chance that had made her answer like that. Now she had told the lie, she could not take it back. "Kono you can ride back with me and I'll debrief you", Steve requested. Chin offered her another comforting squeeze, "nobody's perfect cuz as long as you tell Steve exactly what happened everything will be alright", he told her. Kono suddenly had the urge to start bawling.