Green Hornet 2011-Movieverse |
After a near death experience Kato and Britt find their lives a bit more complicated. Kato doesn't understand and Britt just blocks it out.
Character POV will change | Future Britt/Kato | Rating will change | Looking for editor if it needs it!
Just Tell the Truth
by Rinrei Wilson
Chapter 1 of 12
Britt Reid was never fond of hospitals. Hospitals reminded him of his father. He was the man who made his younger self miserable and his older self remorseful. The man who was responsible for who Britt was today and the man who brought Britt to Kato. 'Kato please be ok'
He'd been sitting alone in the hall way of the hospital for hours. Once he regained his cool he told the nurse as much as he could think up as to why Kato was like that. Something about them walking to Britt's when a gang of thugs jumped them. He knew if that was the case Kato would of kicked their asses and they would of been home goofing off by now. The nurse didn't question him and told him to wait. So he did.
"Mr. Reid." Britt looked up. Blue eyes, blonde hair, fair skin.
"Lenore." He didn't get to touch the woman often so when his arms raped around her shoulders he was happy she didn't push him away. She pulled him closer. Britt could hear the sniffles coming from her as she buried her face into his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry." Britt pulled away from her. She had small tears running down her face. He may not like her the same as he once did but Britt's heart pulled at seeing that. "It's my fault this happened. I shouldn't have sent you the intel about that drug building."
Britt shook his head. "No." He pulled her to the chair sitting down together. "I asked you to give me that info. It's my fault this happened." His face dropped remembering what went wrong before he and Kato went into that hell hole. He felt Lenore's hands slide onto his. She was being gentle. Britt would have killed for this opportunity months ago. Now he only wanted to hold onto her like a life support.
"Reid this isn't your fault. You know that-"
"No." Britt's hand squeezed hers. "It really is my fault." She looked at him with question. He couldn't let her think Kato's possible death was hers. It wasn't. The blame was on him.
"What happened?" Her voice shook a little when she said it. She had to know but where could he start that didn't make him look like an executioner.
"Remember when you said we should go in through the roof. That we should stay together and go after that Parkston guy together?" Britt recalled getting handed the envelope at work. Lenore was investigating a possible new king pin entering lower Los Angeles. When Britt heard the news he jumped on it. Kato told him that it was too soon to go after a man they knew nothing about but Britt didn't care at that point. After they took care of Chudnofsky, crime was low and the Green Hornet wanted something to do. So he made Lenore find out where the man was hiding. A five story building, half condemned in its old age, with around forty to fifty armed lackeys. The odds weren't very good but with his and Kato's… or just Kato's skill they could handle it.
"After we left The Daily Sentinel I told Kato a different plan."
Britt walked into the garage after putting on his Green Hornet get up. Kato was leaning against the Black Beauty.
"Why do we have to change the plan?" The Chinese mans accent rolling out. Britt walked around to the passenger side ready to get in.
"Think about it Kato. We go in from the roof and work our way down taking that guy out when we see him? That's lame."
"Not lame, smart." Britt shook his head while Kato folded his arms.
"No it's not smart. It's obvious. The dude is probably up on the top floor anyway. We'd take all the fun out of it to early. Get in." Kato didn't move. Britt could easily read the man's half masked face. Kato wasn't getting in till they agreed. This took forever sometimes.
"This is not about fun. It is about getting the job done." Britt stood there guessing his next words. Kato's first language wasn't English but the small man could talk around Britt without problems.
"We go in from the front. Guns blazing like we always do. Kill everything that moves. When we get to the top floor we kill Parkston. Make sure everyone is dead then scale the wall to the Black Beauty. Then come here and have a few drinks before we call it a night." Britt waited for an answer. Kato shifted in his spot but wasn't giving in.
"Ok you agree then. Also I was thinking of using the rockets to blow up a good bit of the first floor." Britt was about to enter the car before Kato slammed his hands onto the hood.
"I did not agree to anything. We are going with the first plan." His voice was raised and Britt was getting agitated. Kato wasn't the brains in Britt's book. He was the Green Hornet and he was the leader. He wanted Kato to respect that and go with his idea.
"Kato," Britt leaned over the car in the same stance as his partner. "I'm the leader of this operation and when I say this is the plan… this is the plan." It was like a staring contest between the two. Two egos clashed.
"I am not doing that plan." Britt smiled at Kato and not a happy friendly smile.
"Yes, you are."
"No I am not."
"If you don't get in the car I'm going without you." Britt began moving around car to Kato's side. He was ready to take the keys from his partners hands but Kato backed away.
"I'm the driver." Kato pulled his hand away from Britt's reach. "If I let you go with your stupid plan you'll get yourself killed." Britt stopped.
"So you agree with me." Kato glared at him.
"No I'm not." Kato tried to squeeze past the larger man to the driver door. Britt held his body against it. Kato was only a foot away from him. He knew the smaller man wanted to hit him. He could since it and he was ready for the blow.
"You're agreeing or I'm going alone."
"Move." Kato tried to pull the door open even with Britt against it. He moved his body farther over covering the door handle. Kato finally backed away. Britt studied his friend. Kato's fits were balled up. His breathing increased and his eyes darkened. Britt could tell he was seeing red but lucky for him Kato's control was a lot better than his.
"What are you going to do if I don't? You gonna walk there?" Britt huffed at him. Ever since they started their partnership they had to argue. At times like this Britt questioned why he even wanted to continue with him. Kato and he were supposed to be brothers, xiong di. They weren't brothers.
"Fine," Britt turned at began to walk. "I'm walking." He couldn't see him but Kato's face softened into slight shock.
"Reid!" He stopped but didn't turn around yet. "…We'll do it your way." Britt's ego was jumping for joy but he wasn't. Kato didn't give in normally so Britt took advantage of it.
Britt turned around not meeting his partners face. The two entered the car.
"So you had a fight… you did things your way. That was a stupid plan Reid but that still doesn't mean it's your fault Kato got hurt. He could have gotten hurt even with my plan." Lenore leaned closer to him.
Britt shook his head again. "When we got there I told him to take the bottom floors."
They had followed Britt's plan and luckily they had taken out the first and second floors with ease.
"You stay down here." Kato stopped behind him as they were ascending the staircase.
"What?" Britt turned to see Kato a few stairs below him.
"My plan remember? You stay down here and I'll get Parkston." Kato's glare returned.
"We stay together." It may have been the adrenaline or man rage but Britt shook his head lifting his hornet gun. He pointed the gun at his partners head once before. This time he wasn't just playing around. It was only later how much Britt realized he messed up at that moment.
"If you're my xiong di then you'll listen to what I say." Kato stepped back. "This is my plan and I'll show you why it was a better plan than yours. Got it?" Kato was silent. Britt wanted him that way.
Britt left Kato behind as he continued to the next floor. He vaguely remembered hearing Kato say something in Chinese before he went through a door.
Lenore stayed quite as Britt smashed his hands against his face. He wanted her to hate him for being a dick to Kato… for leaving him behind. She turned in her seat, put her hands in her lap, and let Britt do the damage to himself.
"Christ…" Britt continued to push against his face. He needed pain. He needed Kato to come through those doors and hit him the face a few times. 'If you die Kato… what'll I do?' He wasn't going to cry... not after what he did to his xiong di. He didn't listen to anything Kato said, he left him behind to get hurt, and he even pointed his gun at him. Nausea kept up Britt's throat. He could hear footsteps coming toward him. He and Lenore looked up to see two police officers.
"Britt Reid?" He stood slowly as one of the officers addressed him.
"That's me." The two officers nodded at each other. Britt felt nervous. The cops were here to ask him what had happened. How was he going to prove that he didn't try to kill Kato? 'I did when I told him to stay behind' Britt shook off that thought. Now was not the time to point fingers at himself.
"Mr. Reid we're with the Los Angeles police department. I'm Officer Grossman and Main. We got a call about a man being stabbed and you brought him in." Britt nodded. Lenore stood up. "Sir we need to file a report about the incident. Can you tell me the name and your relations with the victim?"
"His name is Kato." The officer looked at him.
"Kato what?" Britt stood there in shock. He didn't realize he didn't even know Kato's last name. 'I'm a horrible friend.'
"Hayashi." Lenore put in. The man looked at her and back at him. 'Is that it?'
"Your relations?"
"We're partners." The two officers looked at each other again. Britt took a moment to realize how they took the word. "I meant like at work. We work together. He's my executive associate." One of the officers wrote something down on a pad he held. Did he mention he hated cops… more than he hated himself at the moment?
"And can you describe in as much detail what happened?" Britt breathed in. This wasn't a nurse that wanted to know to save Kato's life. This was a question that could make them both be put in jail.
"We were leaving a friend's house. It was around," he thought hard at what time it was when they got there. "I would say…"
"Almost 10:30" Britt turned to Lenore. "They were at my house. That's around when they left." Britt could tell the cops didn't like being told by two different people.
"Yeah, I think that was it." Britt tried to go with it. "We were walking to my house. Since that's where Kato's motorbike is. We got jumped by I think… four or five men. One had a knife. "
Everything he said was written down. "And how did you get away from these four or five men?"
"We tried to fight them off. When Kato got stabbed they freaked out and took off."
"They ran away?" Britt nodded his head. "Mr. Reid you're telling me that when your friend got hurt they got scared and ran away?"
"Yeah." Britt wasn't stupid. That story was bogus and he could tell the cops didn't believe it either. He didn't know what to say. Now that his ego trip was over he didn't have it in him to argue.
"Gentlemen." Lenore came to the rescue. "I've worked with Mr. Reid for awhile. Anything to stressful makes his thought processes jumbled. He's in borderline shock. If you're questioning whether or not he stabbed Kato himself the answer I can assure you is no." Britt wanted to cheer her on but opted on staying quite.
"Miss?"
"Lenore Case."
"Ms. Case I'm in not pointing fingers I'm just doing my job. Mr. Reid here may be suffering from shock but I need facts. So far all I have is Mr. Reid and Hayashi leaving your house only to be attacked and one being brutally stabbed. And the people that attacked them just happened to run away? Tell me Ms. Case where do you live?"
Britt saw her shift slightly. Things began to click in his head. 'Shit'
"I live on Market and 4th." The non vocal cop shook his head.
"Madam you do realize that's almost five miles from here." Lenore wasn't stupid. They had been caught. "And you Mr. Reid live at the Reid Mansion seven miles away?" Britt didn't deny it. "So where are the missing facts?" Lenore glanced at him.
Britt blurted out the first thing that came to his mind. "Drugs!" Lenore's glance turned to a glare. "We left Lenore's house and came this way to get some pot. I smoke it sometimes. The dude got all jumpy for no reason. Stabbed Kato and ran."
"You were trying to buy drugs?"
"Yeah, so? I don't have any on me if you want to check. So I'm not breaking any laws. Buying it would get me arrested. Attempting to buy it gets me a fine. So go ahead and write me my thousand dollar ticket! I have been awake all night and my best friend might die because of that stupid mistake! Are you happy now? Is that enough facts?" Britt was planning on them arresting him for his outburst but they were interrupted.
"Excuse me Mr. Reid?" The four in the hall turned to a woman dressed in a white doctor's coat. "I'm sorry to intrude. I'm Dr. Lisa Ardle, Mr. Kato's doctor."
"Mr. Reid. This is enough information for now. We'll be in touch." Officer Grossman and his silent partner walked off. Britt didn't really care if they flew off into the air. His attention and new found nerves were directed to the doctor.
"Kato, is he ok? He's alive right?" Doctor Ardle frowned.
"Mr. Reid is there any blood kin that we can contact with information on Mr. Kato?" He returned the frown. He didn't expect her to just brush off his question.
"Is he ok?" She looked at the clipboard she held to her side.
"Mr. Reid I'm afraid any information on Kato's condition must first be discussed with family."
"I'm his family!" Lenore grabbed his arm trying to get him to calm down. Britt only wanted to know if he was dead or alive. She couldn't even tell him that?
"I'm sorry Dr. Ardle I'm Mr. Reid's secretary. Kato doesn't have any blood family that we know of. His company files say there are no next of kin. Mr. Reid is the only thing close to being family that Kato has."
Britt took Lenore's hand in his. He took a mental note on giving her a bonus… a big one. The doctor look between the two and nodded.
"Mr. Kato is alive." 'Thank you God.' "I'm afraid his condition isn't very good. His heart was failing when you arrived. We admitted him to the ER. The gash on his left side did damage to some of his internal organs. None of them permanently damaged."
"Isn't that a good thing though?" Lenore spoke for him.
"He did however loose almost 7 pints of blood. That's normally fatal to most people. Lucky we got the bleeding under control and he is going through a blood transfusion as we speak."
"So he'll be ok?" Britt's voice shook but stayed calm. The nurse still didn't smile yet. There was still more wrong.
"Kato is suffering from cerebral hypoxia. With the lack of blood in the body there was a lack of oxygen going to the brain. I'm afraid Kato at this time is in comatose state." Lenore's mouth opened. Britt stayed still.
"A coma?" The words fell from Britt's mouth like rocks. The word made Britt's ears want to bleed. The name Kato didn't even sound right with the word coma. Unless you were refereeing to Kato putting someone into a coma.
"I'm afraid so. Kato's brain isn't responding to stimuli and hasn't been since he has been moved out of the operating room. If his brain shows no sign of activity of any sort in the next 48 to 72 hours his chances of living are dropped."
"People come out of comas though… he can still be ok." She shook her head. Britt was happy that the cops weren't there right now because he was about start strangling the doctor.
"I have seen people come out of comas after blood loss but not this much. Even if he were to regain conciseness Kato could be impaired." Britt looked at her to continue. "He may never be able to walk or even talk. We are still waiting on the MRI and CAT scans to come back to confirm just what parts of the brain have been affected."
Britt let go of Lenore's hand. He really wanted to throw up. He wanted to scream. To pound his head into the wall till he too was in a coma. His body began to shake but he used every ounce of his failing body to stay still. "I have to see him."
"I'm sorry Mr. Reid but Kato can't have visitors at this time." Britt stepped toward her. She backed away and put her hands up. Britt could tell he had a murderous look on his face and the doctor wasn't ready to handle a 200lb man.
"Even for a minute just to see his face. If he does die I just want to be able to see him alive for the last time."
"Mr. Reid-"
"You said he could die… that means at any time right? Just for a minute… I'm only asking you for a minute!" Britt could feel Lenore grab for him again but this time he pulled away. "Just for a minute. Please!"
The doctor took a step toward him this time. "For just a minute then." She poked her finger into his chest. "You cannot touch him and once I say you have to leave you will leave. Do you understand?"
Britt grabbed her hand in his and forgetting all about wanting to strangle her moments ago.
"Follow me." She pulled her hand free and walked to the large metal doors. Britt turned to Lenore.
"Lenore you go to work and tell Axford I won't be there for awhile. I'll call him." She put her arms around him one last time. Britt squeezed her. She let go and Britt was alone again. 'I love you Lenore.' He wanted to tell her that himself but she would end up slapping him. He didn't love her like he wanted to have sex with her. He loved her like a real friend he never had. He loved her like he loved Kato. No… not like Kato.
"Mr. Reid." Britt snapped himself back to the real world. "I'm afraid I don't have a lot of time." Britt walked up to the large doors as they swung open. The hall in front of him was different than the one he had been staying in.
This part of the hospital had a darker feel. A death type of feel. He followed the woman in white as she weaved in and out of hall ways. His mind started to wonder as he passed doctors and patients. Why were doctors in white? Blood can't be removed from white. Its stains it. Doctors weren't innocent either. White was an innocent type of color. He looked at the back of the woman he followed. Her white coat was clean of any dirt or blood. 'How many people has she seen die?'Britt felt a chill. She may have seen men die in her hands before but Kato was not going to one of them.
"We're here Mr. Reid." Britt stopped in front of a normal looking door. It was a plain grey color with no info about the patient inside. A small window let passers look inside. Britt glanced inside but found his eyes fall back down to the floor.
"Mr. Reid. If Kato's condition does get better he will be admitted to the long stay ward. You'll be able to see as much as you want. I'm doing you a favor so please make it quick." She opened the door. It made no sound. At that moment nothing made any sound to him. His heart was beating in his ears to loudly.
His pulse began to match that of the beeps coming from a small machine on the wall. That was Kato's heart beat. That meant he was alive. 'That means he's going to live… right?' The room was pure white. The bed was pure white. Kato's hair peaked over the white tub attached to his mouth. Black. As Britt stepped closer he could feel his eyes begin to water. The face he'd wanted to see for hours was now there. Kato looked paler than Britt wanted him to be. His cream skin was now hinted with blue, most likely from the lack of oxygen.
"Kato." He wanted to reach out to his friend but the voice of the doctor telling him not to came to mind. Britt wanted to grab the pale fingers that lay still at his side. He wanted to see Kato's black eyes looking at him with annoyance. That was way too often. The red the Britt saw him covered in was all gone now. If it weren't for the breathing tube it would have looked like Kato was just sleeping.
Britt snorted. That wasn't true. He remember that time he woke Kato up to help him return his dads head. Or the time he and Kato had too many drinks and they passed out in his pool house. Kato didn't sleep straight on his back. He slept on his stomach or his side. He seemed to prefer a lot of pillows and blankets. Like a cat in a nest of fluff. That's how Kato liked to sleep.
He couldn't stop his hand from meeting his xiong di's cool one. He only hoped the doctor behind him couldn't see. He threaded his large finger through slender ones and squeezed. Britt tried to will some life out of himself into Kato. He continued to listen to their heart beats match. Britt closed his eyes and did something he never thought he would do since he was a child. He prayed.
'Please God. If you take my life and give it to him I will gladly go to hell for all of the wrongs I have done. Save him. He's the only family I have left. If you save him I will change. No more sleeping around. Nothing illegal. I will even give up being the Green Hornet if you please just spare him.'
"Mr. Reid?" Britt turned to the doctor. "Your time is up. You have to go now." Britt's hand slid away from his partners. Half way pale fingers tightened onto his. Britt's heart stopped. His eyes spun around to meet jet black ones.
"Kato!"
Author Notes: I'm really trying to finish this fic. There will be 12 chapters total and I'm hoping to have each chapter be at least 3k words. I'm sorry if anything is a bit hard to read. If my writing becomes to everywhere I will get a beta. I'm planning on doing one chapter a week or less. If that changes I'll post a note about it~ Other than that I hope everyone enjoys this story.