Here's another chapter, thank you so much for the nice reviews! I hope you like this chapter, I'm not 100% sure about it but I think we needed this kind of chapter to lead into other things. I know my grammar isn't perfect and I have spent the day checking the chapter so I really hope there aren't too many mistakes, but if there are they're all my own, and I hope you can read past them and enjoy the story. Thanks again!
Kono and Chin were in the hospital waiting room, they had stood at the scene of the crash and watched as Danny had been rushed away from the car wreck, Chin going with him in the back of the ambulance. Kono staying with Steve as he slipped in and out of consciousness as the firemen removed the roof of Danny's car so that they could move him safely without doing more damage. Now an hour later they were pacing the hospital waiting room, anxiously waiting for news on the other half of their team. Both Steve and Danny had been rushed to surgery, and the doctor had told them as he ran past to not expect news for a while. Kono sat down her legs feeling like a dead weight. She put her head in her hands rubbing her eyes. She pushed her hair away from her face and looked up at Chin who was leaning against the vending machine staring out the window. "Should we call Rachel?" She asked looking nervously across at her cousin.
Chin his eyes still staring out the window replied quietly "we'll wait until Danny's out of surgery, at least then we're not just giving her half a story." Kono nodded and began pacing again.
Five hours later a doctor approached Chin and Kono, they were sitting next to each other Chin was looking down into a cold cup of coffee that he had barely touched and Kono had her head in hands exhausted from the worry. The doctor walked up tentatively, not wanting to make them jump. He coughed quietly and they looked up with red bloodshot eyes. "I'm here about Steve McGarrett," he said gently. Both Chin and Kono stood up in unison.
"How is he?" Asked Chin, putting his coffee on the table to the side of him and rubbing his tired eyes.
"He had a slight tear in his liver which we've repaired in surgery, he also has concussion and some bruised ribs." The doctor smiled as he saw the relief cross their faces.
"When can we see him?" Kono asked.
"He's just in recovery now but I will send a nurse to come and get you as soon as he's settled in a room," smiled the doctor. Kono forced a smile, but she couldn't relax until she knew Danny would be ok too.
"Do you know anything about our other team member who was brought in just before Steve, his name was Danny Williams?"
"I'm sorry I don't." The doctor replied, "I'm sure a nurse or doctor will update you with information as soon as they can." He pulled his surgical hat from his head and walked away leaving the cousins stood in the middle of the waiting room.
About 30 minutes later a nurse walked into the waiting room, Chin and Kono looked up from their seats. She smiled down at them "Steve is now settled in a room, he is very tired, but the doctor has said he is allowed visitors," she said motioning down the corridor, "he's on floor 5, room 521". Both Chin and Kono stood up and nodding their thanks ran towards the elevator.
They ran out of the elevator doors before they were fully open and ran down the corridor, glancing at the numbers on the sides of the doors soon finding room 521. Kono stopped and looked in the window to the room. She saw Steve lying motionless, wires attached to his chest, and IV's in each of his hands, which were placed down at his side. She took a step back from the window not used to seeing Steve so helpless. Chin took her hand and pushed the door to the room open guiding Kono through. They walked in quietly not wanting to wake Steve. A nurse was stood at the end of his bed writing notes in a folder. She smiled up at them and motioned for them to come nearer the bed, she spoke softly as they walked towards her "he's just nodded off again," she smiled. "He's going to be a bit drowsy from the anaesthetic and the concussion so I wouldn't expect him to be awake much tonight," she said. Both Chin and Kono nodded silently and Chin pulled a seat up next to Steve's bedside. Kono stood at Steve's side listening to the gentle beeping of the heart monitor and looking at everything attached to Steve, the nurse placed the folder down on a table at the end of Steve's bed and put her hand on Kono's back and gently leading her to a chair the other side of Steve. "He's alright," she said, looking at Kono, "he just needs the IV's for fluids and antibiotics, and we're just monitoring his heart and pulse because he's been in a trauma, and we just need to keep him under close observation for the next couple of days, he should make a full recovery," she smiled and after checking the monitors left the room.
Chin and Kono had been in Steve's room about 2 hours, both were asleep, the hospital chairs were uncomfortable but they were so exhausted they didn't really care. Kono stirred when she heard someone come into the room, she noticed the nurse from earlier and forced a smile. The nurse knelt down next to Kono being mindful not to wake Steve or Chin. "I have some news on Detective Williams, he has just come out of surgery," she said.
Kono sat bolt upright her eyes wide "what is it?" She asked in a panicked whisper.
"He had a lot of internal bleeding, his spleen and liver were badly lacerated during the collision but the doctor managed to stem the bleeding." She took a breathe and carried on "he also had a collapsed lung due to a broken rib piercing it which needed to be re inflated, as well as that he has severe concussion and bruising and swelling to the brain." Kono sat trying to take in everything the nurse had just said. "He's in the ICU because the doctors are not happy with his blood pressure and at this moment in time he is unable to breathe on his own, although the doctors believe that is due to the his brain being swollen which should go down in a few days." She finished. Kono let out the breath that she had been holding since she had heard the nurse say Danny's name.
"But he's going to pull through right, I mean he can heal and get better?"
"The next twenty four to forty eight hours are crucial," said the nurse touching Kono's arm "he'll need to be closely monitored for anymore internal bleeding and hopefully fluids will help improve his blood pressure, he should be able to come off the ventilator tomorrow or the next day once the swelling has gone down in his brain, but until he wakes up I really can't say if he is going to be one hundred percent or not." She said honestly.
"Ok" Kono said pushing her hair back from her face "can you keep me updated, when can we go see him?"
"I will come and get you as soon as the doctors say he can have visitors." The nurse said as she got up from her knelt position, "it may be a couple of hours yet though," she looked over at Steve's heart monitor and walked out of the room. Kono looked over at Chin who was still sleeping, she knew she would have to tell him the news soon, but the person she worried most about telling was Steve, she looked over at his pale face, a bruise forming over his left eye, she hoped he would stay asleep for a while, just until Danny's blood pressure was under control and the news sounded more positive.
Kono had been stood staring out the window in Steve's room for about 45 minutes, the sun was setting but she could still feel the warmth from it through the glass. Chin stirred in his chair. She looked over at him as he rubbed his eyes and tried to sit up, his body looking stiff. She walked over to him "not the most comfortable place I've ever slept," she said walking out of the room, using her eyes to tell Chin she wanted him to follow. Even though Steve was still unconscious she half expected his SEAL instincts to kick in if he felt something was wrong.
Chin walked out of the room rubbing his neck, "what's wrong?" He asked.
"The nurse came in a little while ago with an update about Danny," Kono said looking back into the room to check on Steve.
"Is he ok?" Asked Chin worry etched in his eyes. Kono took a deep breath she wanted to remember everything the nurse had told her.
"He had internal bleeding, and a punctured lung that they had to re inflate, and he's got a bruised brain, he's in ICU they say the next twenty four to forty eight hours are crucial". Chin rubbed his hand over his forehead taking it all in.
"At least he's out of surgery," he said, trying to sound positive. Kono nodded.
"They were worried about his blood pressure, but the nurse said they were giving him fluids to try and correct it," Chin sat down in the seat outside Steve's room.
"When can we go see him?"
"She said she would come and get me as soon as the doctors say he can have visitors but it might be a while yet." Kono looked at he cousin and then leant against the wall next to him. Chin tried to get comfortable in the chair.
"Ok well I guess we just stay with Steve until we can see Danny, then one of us will stay with each of them" said Chin his logical mind kicking in.
"Yeah I guess so," said Kono quietly, "I hope we can see Danny before Steve wakes up, I wouldn't know what to tell him right now." Chin nodded in agreement.
We can just wait out here for a bit, let Steve sleep, I'll go get us something to eat, it's been a long day," said Chin thoughtfully. Kono nodded and sat on the floor next to her cousin, putting her face in her hands, trying to take in the day they had just had.
It was beginning to get dark outside and Kono was sat on the chair outside Steve's room fiddling with her watch when the nurse who had updated her on Danny earlier walked along the corridor and stood beside her. Kono stood up bolt upright as quickly as her aching body would let her. "Can I go see Danny?" She asked trying to sound less panicked than she still felt.
"Yes the doctor says you can go down now," the nurse smiled. "He's still in the ICU but we have his blood pressure under control and he appears to be comfortable although he is still unconscious and on the ventilator." The nurse looked around, "where's your friend," she asked.
"Oh he went to get some food, said we should eat" Kono smiled. "What floor is Danny on?"
"He's on floor 7 room 781, he's not allowed more than two visitors at a time though," the nurse finished.
"Thank you," smiled Kono "um about Steve, are we ok to tell him about Danny because he's going to ask, I just wasn't sure how much I should tell him," she rubbed her forehead she needed some help with this situation she didn't want to worry Steve unnecessarily and make his condition worse.
"The doctor said Steve shouldn't have anything to excite or worry him," said the nurse looking into his room. "If he does ask I would just say that Danny's in the ICU and we're waiting for tests results, something to put his mind at ease but he really doesn't need to know the full extent of his friends injuries." Kono followed the nurse's gaze and looked in at Steve who was sleeping soundly.
"Yeah I'm not sure he'd be able to handle the news right now," she said thoughtfully, "thanks for your help," the nurse smiled and walked down the corridor, Kono watched the nurse walk away and saw Chin walking down the corridor towards her, chips and two soda cans in his arms.
"Best I could find" he said nodding down at the food and drink in his arms.
"It's ok" Kono said reaching for soda can, "the nurse just came to update me on Danny, she says we can go see him and that his blood pressure is stable."
Chin popped open his soda relieved that both Steve and Danny were now stable "I'll stay here with Steve and you can go see him first," said Chin gulping down the cold soda, he could see the worry in her eyes and he knew the only way Kono would feel better was if she saw Danny for herself. Kono smiled at her cousin.
"Thanks," She said, "I'll come back in a bit and give you an update, then in the morning we'll work out a rota so we can make sure one of us is always here for them, and we also have the small task on telling Rachel what's happened at some point," she said rubbing her forehead. Chin nodded.
"Let's just try and get through tonight first, we'll worry about that in the morning." He got up and hugged Kono, "you go see Danny I'll go sit back in Steve's room, come back in a little bit and tell me how he's doing." Kono buried her head in his shoulder embracing the hug, and then turned and made her way to elevator, hoping that she would have good news to bring back to Chin.
