Okay – thanks for the feedback! Here's a little more for you - - not sure where this is going to go yet, so please bear with me…..
Chapter 2
Steve took a look around the house quickly – at the mess from all the gunfire – made sure there was no imminent danger of anything left turned on or damaged that would potentially burn the house down or anything. He absently felt in his pocket to make sure he had his keys as he walked to the front door and past Danny who was standing in the doorway. Danny pulled the door shut behind him, jiggling the handle to make sure it was locked - - not that somebody couldn't climb right in through one of the destroyed windows if they so chose.
He followed Steve down the walk toward the waiting ambulance, all the while both men on the lookout for any more threat to the General or his family. Steve said over his shoulder to Danny, "I called a buddy of mine – we served in Afghanistan together. He's gonna round up a couple other guys from our unit and meet us at the hospital. We've got to get a plan together to keep the General and his family safe until tomorrow."
"Yeah, 'cause your last buddy worked out so well…" Danny said sarcastically, immediately wishing he'd kept his mouth shut. He knew that Steve felt bad enough about what had happened. "Sorry, just trying to lighten the moment. Could've chosen a better comment, I guess."
Steve turned to walk backward toward the ambulance, a slight grin on his tired face. "I was actually waiting for the comment after what I just said, Danno," Steve joked, letting his partner off the hook for his comment. They reached the ambulance and, after another look around, Steve climbed in and sat next to Kono.
One of the medics starting trying to attend to Steve's injuries, but Steve shrugged off the attention, "I'm good – let's just get out of here." He glanced at Mrs. Pak then over at Kono and caught her looking at him, a strange look on her face.
"You okay, Kono?" he asked, suddenly concerned that maybe she'd been hurt in the exchange of gunfire.
"What? Yeah," she said, looking back at the General's wife and the medic who was attending to her injury.
"We're right behind you," Danny called over his shoulder as he and Chin headed for Danny's car, the doors of the ambulance closing.
Chin had advised the Incident Commander that they were heading to the hospital, and a contingent of officer's were assigned to accompany them until another security detail could be organized.
"H.P.D. is gonna make sure the windows and stuff are boarded and the house is secure before they clear out," Chin told Danny as the men got into the car and took off after the ambulance.
"Not to mention cleaning up the dead commandos everywhere," Danny quipped,getting a chuckle out of Chin.
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At the hospital, Steve had finally started to relax enough to let the Emergency Room staff take a look at his arm and patch him up. Luckily, no tendons or bones were damaged. He'd need a bunch of stitches and the nurse was setting up for the doctor to do that soon.
Kono appeared in the doorway and Steve looked up at her. "Is everyone secure?" he asked her.
"Yeah, Honolulu P.D. are guarding all three of them and Danny and Chin are with your buddy Mick and three other guys talking over a plan. "You okay?" she asked, noticing something more than just fatigue on his face.
"Yeah…," he answered, forcing a smile on his face. After an awkward silence, he said, "Pretty crazy."
"Definitely," she answered. "Steve, I…" she started, but was cut off when the nurse and doctor returned to the room.
"We're gonna stitch him up now," the doctor told her.
"You can wait in the chairs outside," the nurse added, going about her preparations.
"Oh, okay. Yeah, I'll just catch up on things with Chin and Danny," she said awkwardly and left. Steve didn't notice the slight flush to her face.
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"Okay, so Mrs. Pak is going to be released in a couple of hours," said Mick as Kono returned to the job at hand. "We're setting them up in a safe house with the help of the Police Department. Only a select few know the location," he continued as Chin noticed Kono re-enter the room and stand quietly in the corner listening to the plan.
After the plan had been discussed, Danny left to brief Steve about what was going on. The back-up team had left to gather up General Pak and his family. Chin and Kono would move out with them and Steve and Danny would join up with them as soon as Steve was finished getting taken care of.
"You okay, Cuz?" asked Chin as he followed Kono out of the room.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she answered, making herself perk up.
"How's the Boss doing?" Chin continued, still trying to gauge if his cousin was really okay. It was a pretty heavy thing they'd all just been through. Kono was pretty tough, but something this serious was new to her. He was proud of the way she handled herself though, and he knew that his faith in her being able to be a part of this team was the right call.
"He's okay. They're stitching him up now. He declined the pain meds," she said with a sideways glance and smirk at Chin.
"Of course he did," they both said in unison.
They walked past the exam room where Steve was being treated and briefed by Danny. Kono slowed slightly as they passed and caught Steve's eye. He gave her a thumbs up sign and a smile, then looked back to hear what Danny was saying.
TBC….. if you think I should….-
