Over the Edge Chapter 3
A/N: Hey guys! I just want to say that I'm so happy about all the reviews. You are all being so nice and encouraging, I just didn't expect it. I was thinking I would get maybe one or two readers, but this is better than what I thought. I just wanted to say thank you. Also, I might have found a new beta reader, so when I am able to work with her, she'll be there. Hopefully the story will get better with her help. Well, onto the story, thanks guys!
Chapter 3
"We need to get out there and help her, whether she likes it or not. She needs help obviously!" Danny seemed to have smoke coming out of his ears and fire blazing in his eyes.
"Danny, calm down. We will help her, I know how you feel." Chin said.
"Chin, I don't think you do. If you did, you would be freaking out, just as I am! Obviously you don't understand!" Danny screamed at Chin.
"I do, Danny. Let's just focus on getting her out of this situation. Call Steve again, we might need him if it's as bad as it sounds. I'll track Kono's car and hopefully it will lead us to her." With that, Chin spun on his heel and walked out of the room. Danny's jaw dropped in shock, Chin used a harsh, commanding tone, Chin never spoke to him like that. He was probably just upset, just as Danny was. Maybe he did understand.
Danny dialed Steve's number only to get to voicemail without so much as a ring. He left some messages in his inbox, hoping that he would notice the urgency in Danny's voice.
Hey, Steve. Kono's in trouble, we need backup. Get your crazy SEAL ass out here and help us. It may be bad.
Danny didn't know that Steve would never answer his phonethat day.
"Danny, did you have any luck?" Chin called to Danny from somewhere in the house.
"Nope, where are you?" Danny replied back.
"Dining room. Kono's car is at Grace's school. Let's get going." Danny heard the scrape of the chair on the floor and knew that Chin was jogging out the door.
"Hey, wait up!" Danny yelled, chasing after the Hawaiian man.
-H50-
"Uncle Steve, I'm scared." Grace told her Uncle Steve with a broken intake of breath.
"I know, Gracie. It's going to be okay, though. You have to trust me." Steve reassured the little girl and maybe himself a bit.
She just nodded and wiped the back of her hand across her eyes. He promised Danno that he would get her back in one piece, and he vowed to keep that promise, no matter what it took. He would not let Gracie get hurt.
"Okay, guys. We need to do something." Steve returned his attention to the other passengers of the coaster. "We need to find that bomb. If we don't, we might have to make a jump for it. I betcha' that no one wants to do that, though." Steve tried to add a little humor into his explanation to lighten the mood, but no one thought it was funny. He understood. "Okay, tough crowd." He tried again with the same outcome. "So… Everyone start looking." Steve said with no response from anyone, they all looked at him with a blank stare, unmoving. "Seriously, if we're going to get out of this, we need to find that bomb." He stated more firmly this time, hoping it would scare someone enough to start moving, but it was a futile attempt. No one budged. "Get off your fat as… Arses and get a move on!" Steve hissed, biting back the cuss that almost slipped out of his mouth. There were children around. He was still only stared at by the people. No one seemed to want to help him find the bomb. What was wrong with these people? They needed to do something if they wanted to survive this. At this point, he was just pissed. He decided that he needed to do it by himself, no one was going to try to help him. "Fine, you all sit there, I'll do all the work. That's okay." Anger seeped out of every pore on Steve's body. He was absolutely furious. He started to work his way out of the seatbelt so he could have a better range of motion.
"Uncle Steve, I'll help you." Gracie piped up. "I want to help you. We can save these people." She sniffled then started to work her way out of her seatbelt just as he did.
"Gracie, I appreciate it, but I need you to stay in your seatbelt. I can't have you falling out by accident. Just stay where you are and look." Steve smiled down at the little girl. He was happy that she was willing to help, but he didn't want her in any more danger than she was already in. "The rest of you do the same. Look everywhere you can possibly look. Under your seat, the floor, the walls, the seats, the handles, everywhere. We need to find it. I have a feeling that we don't have much time left." Steve pleaded that they would help him, and they did. They all looked by their feet in silence. Steve was grateful. "Thanks, everybody." With that, Steve kneeled down to look under his and Gracie's seat.
-H50-
"You know, I have to say, I'm glad Steve's not here." Danny told Chin as they were rolling down the road in his Camaro.
Chin glanced at him sideways. "You don't want Steve to be here? Are you out of your mind?" Chin asked him in a high pitched voice. Steve and Danny were best friends, Danny shouldn't have been saying that.
"Yeah, he's a bit reckless with the driving. I enjoy your driving a lot more." Danny smirked, receiving a quiet laugh from Chin.
"I'm surprised that you guys managed to be safe with his driving." Chin snorted, earning an enthusiastic nod from Danny.
"You know it."
Danny stared blankly out the window, thinking that his child could have been killed at the one place he thought and hoped she was safe. There were three children that were killed, and one of them could have been Gracie. He wanted to get justice for what this man had done to these innocent children. What kind of sick bastard would do such a thing? Danny always thought these kinds of people deserved to die, but the law said otherwise, so he kept his mouth shut about it.
"Danny, you okay, brah?" Chin's voice pulled Danny back into reality.
"Yeah."
"Thinking about how it could've been Gracie?"
"Yeah."
"Me too, brah. Me too. It wasn't, though. That's all that matters."
"There were three innocent children killed, Chin. Three. We need to stop this SOB."
"I know we do, Danny."
The car returned to a maddened silence. Both Chin and Danny were extremely mad about what had happened. Killing children is absolutely sick, let alone three. That man didn't deserve to see the light of day ever again.
When they arrived at the school, Chin and Danny immediately saw Kono's little red car sitting in the parking lot. They didn't know where Kono was, but she must have been close.
"Kono!" Chin called out into the open air, hoping that Kono would hear him.
"Chin, shut up!" Kono came up behind Chin, taking him completely by surprise. "I told you not to come, now follow me before you get us killed. Kono sprinted away with Chin and Danny hot on her trail.
-H50-
"I think I have it! This has got to be it!" A little boy from behind Steve called out.
Steve turned to the boy and raised his eyebrows. "Let me see that. Be careful. Don't make any sudden movements."
The boy slowly handed Steve the bomb. It was nothing like he had ever seen before, but it was where the odd ticking was coming from, so it must have been it.
"Aww, comon' man! That don't look like no bomb!" The annoying teen from earlier screamed into Steve's ear. "You freaked us all out for nothin', man! Just drop it and let us get outta here!" The haole was starting to get on Steve's last nerve.
"Why don't you shut up, kid? Turn your ass around and shut the…. Shut up!" Steve started to yell. He once again tried not to curse, but he let something slip by accident. He felt bad, at the cuss, all the kids cringed. He forgot that kids could be so innocent, so clean. The teen obliged and turned around, not saying a word to Steve. He turned his attention back to the small black box sitting in his hands. It had colorful wires draping all around it and a small timer on the outside. It read one minute and twenty four seconds.
"We have to jump. I can't diffuse this that quickly, I've never seen something like this before. I can't just drop it into the water, it could be a bigger explosion that I expect it is and it could take out the foundation of this coaster. We would just go down with it, the track would crumble. We have to jump, it's our only option." Steve said frantically.
A/N: Who thinks they know what's going to happen? Really quickly, I just want to say that I will probably be posting every other day starting now. I think? Maybe over the weekend I could post more than that, I miraculously don't have any homework this weekend. Also, I want to say that this is probably going to be shorter than I had anticipated. Maybe 10 chapters at most, but probably less than that. I want to get it longer than that, but I might not have a choice or any ideas on what to do. Well, I just want to say thanks for reading. Please please please review for me. Pretty please?
