Holding Hands
By
Landon Richardson
Official Disclaimer
The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles and anyone else within the story who might sound familiar do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.
The character of Danni Williams could probably be considered mine by now. Although the character was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably to say that she is now her own individual character. She has her own story and her own individual background now, a background and story which is different from male Danny's story. This also means that Grace is different as well since not only does she live full time with her mother but also because Danni and Duncan have a fairly civil relationship with each other. Grace's surname is also Taylor in this saga as Williams is Danni's maiden name while Taylor was her married name.
The characters of Special Agent Jack O'Connor, Riley King, David Williams and Louisa Palakiko-Cowan do belong to me though.
I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you don't recognise from the show then they probably belong to me as well.
Author Note
Welcome to the second chapter of Holding Hands
This chapter is done from Kono's point of view and is a bit angsty as she's obviously blaming herself for what happened. You also get to meet Chin's younger sister Nyla who is one of my favourite own characters to write. She will pop up in other stories as well.
Anyway, please enjoy this chapter.
Overall Summary
He should have listened to Chin and Danni when they had warned him to step back and look at the situation at hand carefully, instead he hadn't and now both of them were in hospital and it was his fault.
Chapter Summary
Kono leaned back in the hard hospital chair and looked around the waiting room slowly, her mind almost tripping over itself as she tried desperately to figure out how their day which had started off so promising had ended up as it had.
Overall Romance
Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)
Nyla Leon / Hunter Leon (Hunla)
Mentions of Past Danni Williams / Duncan Taylor (Dunni)
Chapter Romance
Hints of Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)
Nyla Leon / Hunter Leon (Hunla)
Mentions of Past Danni Williams / Duncan Taylor (Dunni)
Other note
Nearly all the places I have stated within this story are either made up or have been gotten from google so I'm sorry in advance if I've got anything wrong or anything.
Other, other note
There are plenty of other McDanni stories exploring different saga and different ways of how things happened. If you're interest in any of them then please check them out. I'm regularly updating so you shouldn't be waiting too long
Chapter Two
Kono leaned back in the hard hospital chair and looked around the waiting room slowly, her mind almost tripping over itself as she tried desperately to figure out how their day which had started off so promising had ended up as it had.
They should have been back at their headquarters trying to convince Danni that the reports on their cases could wait until the next day so they could go out as a team to their usual bar for a celebratory drink. Danni would have laughingly pointed out to them that their celebratory drinks tended to turn into all night benders which would always result in them having hangovers the next day. She would have given in after a while once Steve had added his voice to the others since it was a Wednesday which meant that Grace was with her father. They would have gone and had a good time, Steve would have sat right in Danni's personal space as usual, and stories would have been exchanged all with an undercurrent of relief that they were all safe.
That was what they should have been doing.
They shouldn't have been in the waiting room, sitting in silence waiting desperately to hear some news from the Doctors over Chin's and Danni's conditions.
Kono reached up running a shaky hand down her face, swallowing hard against the lump in her throat, the same lump which felt as though it was slowly choking her.
Was everything that happened their fault?
Was she partially responsible?
It had been Chin and Danni after all who had been the ones warning them to take a step back from the case and to ignore the new information which had been dropped into their laps just when they had needed it the most and to instead look at it clearly, using their brains. If they had actually looked at it objectively then they would have realised within minutes that everything had been a trap. Kono had suspected as much but had ignored it in favour of some action.
The frustration which had been steadily growing in her since the case had started had finally erupted as she followed Steve's lead blindly, ignoring Chin's and Danni's objections. Objections which she had known even at the time was valid.
She had ignored them and now they were here, stuck in the private waiting room while Chin underwent surgery on his leg and Danni was somewhere in the hospital getting several tests done. They still didn't know whether she was even conscious or not. Kono winced as her mind brought up a slow motion image of Danni's fall and the way her head had collided with the marble fireplace, well it hadn't taken a medical genius to realise that Danni was in a bad way.
She swallowed hard, biting at her lower lip as she looked towards the others.
Jack was sitting next to Steve, a half drunk coffee cup resting against his knee which he was ignoring, his pale blue eyes fixed on the floor as though it was contained some of the answers he was looking for, though what questions he was asking herself she didn't know. Toast had abandoned his seat and was now pacing nervously in the space in front of them, still biting at his fingernails. Normally by this stage someone, usually Steve, would have told him to sit down and relax but no one said anything today so he continued to pace, the sound of his shoes against the floor surprisingly comforting. Kono's eyes flickered to Steve who was still seated in the same seat he had been in since they had arrived staring straight ahead, barely blinking. The only time his eyes moved was when his gaze flickered to the door any time a Doctor or Nurse walked passed them.
Everything about the situation was a mess.
A mess which she was partly to blame for.
She needed both Chin and Danni to be okay so that she could see them and apologise to them both individually. It wouldn't make the guilt she was experiencing disappear completely but it would at least help ease it a bit. Once they were given the all clear and were out of hospital then she could put her plan on helping them while they recovered into action. She could drive Chin everywhere he needed to go as he wouldn't be able to drive for a while, she could get Danni a coffee every morning like Chin still did. Kono had often wondered why her cousin did that especially as most of the time he didn't get any of the other team members one but she had shrugged off the thought. Chin was probably just being nice to try and make up for the way Danni had been treated by the other members of HPD and she certainly seemed to appreciate the small action if the smile on her face when she found the coffee cup on her desk or it was handed it was any indication to go by. Kono could do that easily for the other woman. Maybe she could do the lunch run as well, they normally drew straws each morning to decide who was going to get the lunch order but Kono would happily do it if it meant that Chin and Danni were okay and back in the office. Maybe she could…
"Hey, are you okay Kono? You look a little out of it. You're not injured or hurt are you? Do you need me to get you a Doctor to have a look at you?"
Kono jumped when she felt a small hand on her forearm dragging her out of her thoughts, for one second she thought maybe that it was Danni but she shoved the thought away instantly. Danni wasn't here, or rather she was but she wasn't sitting with them like she should have been, instead she was somewhere in the hospital being treated. Kono shook her head, lowering her head and focusing her attention on Nyla, her guilt eating away at her when she saw the concerned look on her cousin's face.
"I'm sorry" She blurted out, aware of Jack's eyes coming up at the sound of her voice to focus on her. It was probably the first words which had been spoken in their small group since she and Jack had arrived an hour ago demanding an update from the others.
"Sorry?" Nyla repeated with a frown of confusion, her dark eyes searching Kono's face. "What are you sorry for Kono? If you're talking about Chin and Danni then you don't have anything to be sorry for. This isn't your fault Kono."
"That's where you're wrong Nyla because it is" Kono answered abruptly, swiping her hand through the air as though she was brushing Nyla's comment aside. "This is all my fault. If we had just listened to both of them when they spoke then we would never be here. We would never have been near that house and no one would have been hurt Ny. Chin was shot in the leg because of me. If it wasn't for me then he would be sitting here with us or back at the Headquarters and you would be back home with Hunter and the kids deciding what you're going to have for dinner rather than sitting here waiting for news on your older brother."
Nyla blinked for a moment, leaning away from Kono for a moment. She tilted her head to the side, the same way she had always done when Kono or Chin said something to her which she thought was ridiculous.
"How was Chin injured because of you?" Nyla asked her, a calm note to her voice which eased some of the tension in Kono. She shrugged her shoulders, looking away as she answered.
"He was covering me so I could move to a safer location to get a better shot at our targets. I slipped half way though on some blood and he exposed himself to stop them from shooting me only he got shot instead."
"Right" Nyla said, falling silent for a moment before she began speaking again. "Well let me ask you this, did my brother tell you not to make that run to a safer location back at the house and you just ignored him and did it anyway?" She asked Kono,
"No" Kono answered sharply, her hand curling into fists on her lap. "He was the one who told me to make the run because the space we had chosen as cover wasn't big enough to cover the both of us safely. He told me…" Her voice trailed off for a moment.
"He told you what exactly?" Nyla pressed as she reached out and placed her hand over Kono's fist, squeezing it in a comforting manner.
"He told me that he would cover me while I made a run for it." Kono stated watching as Nyla nodded, a small tired smile coming to her face.
"Well from what you've just told me it would seem that it wasn't actually your fault. It was just bad luck that you slipped when you did." Nyla told her. "Chin got injured on the job while protecting his teammate. Knowing my brother the way I know him he would rather have been the one who was injured then you. It sucks what happened but this sort of thing goes part and parcel with the job you've chosen Kono. God know I've treated enough cops in my time here to know that so stop beating yourself up over this because you're the only one who is blaming yourself. I'm not blaming you for what happened to Chin and he's not going to blame you either. From what you've said you simply got into a situation which you weren't counting on being in and adapted to it the best way you could. It's unfortunate that my brother and Danni was injured during it but it's going to be okay Kono." Nyla stated, patting her fist before taking her hand away.
"But I-" Kono began to say, stopping when Nyla cut across her, her voice taking on a note of frustration which had been previously lacking.
"But nothing Kono, you're the Rookie on this team, you were following orders from your superiors and that is that. You're not to blame so simply learn from this mistake and make sure that it doesn't happen again. You need to learn to move on from this otherwise you'll start second guessing everything and it will drive you mad. You have good instincts cousin, you always have so don't allow this to ruin that." She advised.
Kono nodded, watching as Nyla shuffled closer so that she was next to Kono, a faint smile coming to her face when Nyla wrapped her arm around Kono's shoulder and pulled her into a one arm hug, placing a kiss on the top of her head. The gesture was familiar and comforting making Kono wonder how often Nyla had done the same thing for her in the past.
They both looked up as Steve suddenly came to his feet, taking a step towards the Doctor who had come through the door. The man looked tired though the pale green eyes which swept the room looked alert.
"Duncan Taylor? Is Duncan Taylor here?" The man called out.
Kono sighed, her shoulders slumping down before she suddenly looked up again in surprise when Steve spoke, his voice husky making it clear that he hadn't spoken probably since the crime scene.
"Is this about Detective Danni Williams?" He asked, going on to explain when the Doctor raised a questioning eyebrow at him. "Duncan Taylor is Danni's ex-husband. He's on his way here now with their daughter but he's trapped in traffic." He stated, taking another step towards the Doctor.
"And who are you?" The Doctor queried with a thoughtful look.
"I'm Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett" Steve answered instantly. "I'm Danni's partner. There should be a note on her medical records stating that you can talk to me about her if Duncan isn't present." He told the Doctor nodding his head towards the file the man was holding in his hand.
The Doctor shot him another considering look before he flipped through the file, his eyes skimming the pages. Kono gently shook off Nyla's arm as she came to her feet and moved towards Steve side, unsurprised to see that Jack and Toast had done the same thing.
"It appears you're right Commander, Detective Williams had placed a note on her record about that." The Doctor said, his eyes flickering around them, holding each of their gazes for a moment before he began speaking again. "I'm Doctor Clayton, Detective Williams has now been moved into her own room. She's suffered a nasty head contusion but the scans which we've taken have shown no sign of swelling on the brain which is good news." He told them. "She's still unconscious at the moment but we're not overly concerned about that. It's quite normal when it comes to these sort of injuries. We are however going to keep her in for a few days. There are a few more tests we need to run which she needs to be awake for. Once they have been done and we're sure there's no damage then she can go home."
Kono breathed out shakily, reaching up with one hand and pressed it against her chest while she rubbed at her suddenly wet eyes with the other as the news that Danni should be okay sank in.
"Thank God" Jack muttered, his eyes flicking to the ceiling as he reached out and placed his hand on Toast's shoulder, looking back towards Steve when the other man spoke.
"Can I go to her?" He demanded, his hand curling into a fist at his side.
"You can" Doctor Clayton told him with a nod at him. "I can take you to her room now. Once Mr Taylor and their daughter have arrived then I'll bring them as well. Your friends here can visit but only for short periods of time. Detective Williams will need peace and quiet in which to recover in. I'll allow one person to stay with her for longer than five minutes but I'll leave it to you to decide who that is.
"You should be the one who stays with her Steve" Kono said instantly. "She'd be more relaxed and less likely to freak out if you're the first person who she sees. You know how Danni feels about having to be in hospital." She said. Steve nodded at her before turning his gaze to Jack and Toast.
"Kono's right" Jack said with a nod. "Right now it's about making Danni comfortable"
"Since you all seem to be in agreement I'll take you to her now" Doctor Clayton said, turning from them and heading back to the door which he had come through.
"Jack you're in charge, keep me informed on what's happening with the case. I want to make sure that there is nothing that goes wrong with this case. We need to start building a case around anyone who is still alive. It's what Danni would want us to do and focus on" Steve said turning to Jack who nodded at him.
"I'll take care of it Steve." Jack promised. Steve nodded back before he turned and followed the Doctor who was waiting at the door for him.
"Doctor Clayton, before you go do you know how Chin Ho Kelly is? He came in at the same time as Danni did? Has there been any update on him?" Kono asked, taking a step towards them.
"Your friend was taken straight into surgery and he's still there but the last I heard was that the surgery was proceeding well. His surgeon will be able to explain more about what has been done once it has been completed. If you continue to wait here then someone will be along shortly to see you." He answered her before heading back out of the door with Steve at his heels.
Kono swallowed, turning and taking her seat next to Nyla and giving the other two a shaky smile when they took their seats again.
Now it was just a waiting game.
Author Note
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