Thank you for the reviews on my last one shot! It's been years since I last wrote anything so I was worried my writing would suck! So this once shot is about Kono, who is my low-key girl crush.
Not so clear after all
"CLEAR!" Kono shouted. They were at the house of the main suspect of a series of drug dealer's murderers. Not that any of them truly cared for these drug dealers, but Jack Keyne needed to be caught regardless.
After the team had cleared the rest of the house they gathered in the kitchen.
"I don't get it!" Danny exclaimed, "He HAS to be here, where else is he going to be?!"
The team nodded, agreeing with Danny's statement, Jack was meant to be here. After a few more minutes the team headed back out to the car, but Kono couldn't shake the feeling they were missing something. As she walked out the house she couldn't help but turn around and give it one last glance.
She saw what was coming before it happened but had no time to move. The second she saw the man on the roof a gun shot rang out. Everyone drew their weapons and shot back, hitting the suspect who fell off the roof to the ground before them. It was Jack Keyne.
"Everyone okay?" Steve asked his team.
Everyone confirmed this, except for Kono who looked down at the searing pain in her lower abdomen, just under the end of her bullet proof vest. Blood was seeping out across her white top, rapidly dripping to the ground.
"Kono?" Steve questioned.
"I'm hit boss" she said quietly as her legs gave way beneath her.
"KONO!"
She wasn't sure who shouted her name as her vision was swimming in and out of focus.
"Cuz," Chin said, grabbing her by the arms and laying her down so her head was on his lap, "Look at me Cuz, focus on your breathing, you're going to be okay."
She could hear the lie in his voice, he gave it away as his voice was quivering.
"Danny, call an ambulance!" Steve yelled as he began putting pressure on her wound.
Kono screamed as she felt Steve's hand over the wound.
"I'm so sorry Kono, I've got to do this to stop you bleeding out. Just keep breathing sweetheart and stay awake."
"Hey Cuz, keep looking at me brah," Chin said, stroking her hair softly, "that's it, focus on me."
"Hurts Chin." She whimpered, pain searing through her.
"I know Cuz, I know, breathe through it."
Kono tried her best to focus on her breathing but each breath hurt more than the last, her eyes could no longer stay in focus and it was making her dizzy. She shut her eyes against the spinning world, being able to focus on nothing but the pain.
"No, no Kono, come on Cuz, open your eyes."
Kono tried to force her eyelids open but they wouldn't budge. They felt weighed down, like every other part of her body. Everything seemed to slow down inside her, her lungs wouldn't work as fast as she needed them to, her heart felt to slow too. She begged them to keep working, to keep fighting. She tried to focus on the real world, to stay grounded to her life.
"STEVE WE ARE LOSING HER!" She heard Chin cry in terror.
"Danny, she's not breathing, start CPR!" This time it was Steve she heard.
But that couldn't be right, she could feel her lungs working, couldn't she? She wasn't sure anymore, everything just felt numb. She could feel her grip on the real world slowly ebbing away.
"…Know you can…Kono please….come on Cuz…" Chin's voice faded in and out of her hearing. But she was having such a hard time beating the ever engulfing numbness. It felt nice and inviting, reaching for her, pulling her into the darkness.
"Please Kono, keep fighting, I need you." She heard Chins pleas, she heard his voice thick with tears. And right then she knew, she knew she had to fight. She couldn't leave Chin. She could leave her family, and that included her 5-0 family. So she fought, she fought as hard as she could against the consuming darkness.
"She's got a pulse!" She heard Danny say, relief evident in his voice.
Relief filled Kono too, she was fighting, she wasn't giving up. But the darkness was still there, still ever threatening to take her away. Her energy was dipping again, she could feel it, but she kept fighting. She heard the shriek of sirens and crunch of tires as the ambulance pulled up. She felt the EMT's assessing her, putting a mask on her face and a needle in her arm. She felt them place her on the gurney, felt the bumps of the ground as they rolled her into the ambulance. And then, to her horror, she felt the darkness ebb over her once more. She heard the machine tell everyone she had no pulse. She felt as they began compressions on her. She heard them charging the paddles. She felt the shock and the darkness cleared, everything went completely silent, the darkness replaced by a blinding light that Kono couldn't help but reach towards.
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The next thing Kono became aware of was the steady beeping of a machine. It beeped in time with the throb in her stomach. She took a slow, aching breath in. She knew where she was. She was in hospital, she was safe, she was alive. She stretched out her fingers to ensure she could move them. She heard a sharp intake of breath.
"Kono, Cuz, are you awake?"
Chin. He was there. She fought against the weight of her eyelids and opened her eyes.
"Hey there Cuz." Chin said softly, stroking her hand.
Kono went to reply but there was something over her mouth, she pulled her hand up in a panic and tried to rip whatever it was off. Hands grabbed her arms and held them down, causing her to try and lash out.
"Hey hey, no Kono, calm down babe, it's the oxygen mask," This time it was Danny's voice she heard, "and it's me and Chin holding your arms. You're okay, no one's trying to hurt you."
Kono relaxed, turning her eyes to meet Chins. He smiled softly at her.
The door opened and Kono saw Steve walk in, followed by someone who seems to be a doctor.
"Hello Miss Kalakaua, it's nice to see you awake! How are you feeling?"
"Sore" she muttered under the mask.
"Yes, that is to be expected after being shot, I'll give you some more pain relief. Other than that how do you feel? Sick? Headache?"
"No," Kono replied, "Just sore and a bit foggy headed."
"Again, that's to be expected and will clear," The doctor said, "Okay, we'll be keeping you overnight to make sure you're okay but all being well, we'll send you home with your cousin Chin here to take care of you."
"Sounds good Doc." Kono replied.
The doctor opened the cabinet beside her and pulled out a syringe of medicine which he then put in her drip.
"That will help the pain, I'll be back to check on you in an hour."
The doctor left the room and Kono turned to her team. They were all looking at her with a mixture of relief and concern.
"You scared us Cuz" Chin said quietly, the pain of the recent event flashing across his eyes.
Kono reached out her hand and took his, massaging gentle circles with her thumb.
"I'm okay now Cuz, don't get upset."
"I'm sorry Kono. I'm so sorry he hurt you, I should have…"
"Stop Chin." Steve said, cutting him off.
"Cuz, it wasn't your fault, it was none of our faults." She saw a tear roll down Chin's face before he got up and abruptly left the room.
"I'll go." Steve said, following him out.
Danny moved over and stood next to Kono.
"You did scare us though babe, we thought we'd lost you, twice. That's why Chin's reacting this way. He's hurting."
"I know Brah." Kono said, taking Danny's hand.
The pain meds started to kick in and Kono felt herself falling back into a deep sleep.
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When she next woke the only other person in the room was Chin, who was sat in the chair next to her, his head resting on the bed as he slept. As if he knew she'd woken he stirred and sat up.
"Hey Cuz." Kono said, running her hand over his hair.
"Kono," Chin said, taking her hand again, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay, a little sore still but okay."
"I'm sorry for earlier." Chin said all in a rush.
"It's okay Cuz, I get it. It's hard for you to see this. But I am okay now, you haven't lost me. I'm here."
Chin smiled wearily and hugged her.
"I love you Cuz." He said.
"You too."
