Me-kaua O Pu'u Lukuna

(Weapon of Mass Destruction)

Chapter 3:-

The ambulance pulled up outside of the hospital. Chin rode along with Kono while Steve and Danny followed closely behind. Just as they were pulling up, Chin's wife, Malia was just starting her lunch break. At first she didn't take much notice of the ambulance until she saw Steve and Danny behind it. She then saw the ambulance doors swing open and Chin jump out.

"Chin!" Malia yelled. "What's going on? Are you okay?" she asks him.

"I'm fine" Chin replies. "It's Kono"

The two paramedics then unload the gurney that Kono was on and Malia suddenly feels the colour drain from her face. Kono was pale and sweaty; and she could see that there was blood on her oxygen mask. Before they wheel her into the ER, Malia stops them so she can quickly examine her.

"What happened?" asked Malia.

"We don't know" said Chin. "One minute she was fine, the next she was like this"

"Alright take her in" Malia ordered.

Kono is quickly wheeled in as Chin, Malia, Steve and Danny follow them in. When they enter the ER, they are met with a nurse and another doctor. As the paramedics wheel Kono into the ER, they start giving them the needed information. Danny sees April come out from one of the ER cubicles. As she was making her way out of the cubicle, the first thing she saw was Kono being wheeled into an ER cubicle with an oxygen mask covering her face. April then quickly walks over to find out what's happening.

"Hey guys!" April yelled. "What happened to Kono?" she asked.

"We don't know April" Danny replied. "Can you go in there and see what you can find out?" he pleads with his sister.

"Yeah sure" April replied. "I'll see what I can do"

The rest of the Five-0 team watched as April headed over to Kono's cubicle. When she opened the curtain to go in, the caught a very brief glimpse of their teammate before the curtain is pulled closed. From what they could see, she wasn't looking any better; in fact they were sure she looked worse.

While they waited for some news on Kono, they took a seat. Half an hour passed before anyone walked out of the cubicle. It may have not been such a huge amount of time, but it sure felt like it. Malia and April then walk out of the cubicle. The three of them are quick to stand up; they just had to know what was happening with Kono. Malia and April walk over to them. The looks on their faces said it all; and those looks weren't good.

"How is she?" asked Steve.

"She's okay" Malia replied. "For now"
"For now? What does that mean?" asked Danny.

"That means she's stable, but we don't know what's making her so sick" April replied.

"And not knowing what's making Kono sick is a problem" Malia added.

"So, we're going to run some tests to find out what we're dealing with"

"I'll go and order those tests for Kono" said April.

"Thanks April" Malia replied as April walked away.

"Can we see her?" asked Chin.

"Unfortunately, no" Malia replied.

"Until we know what we're dealing with and how we treat it, Kono's going to be put into the quarantine unit; just to be safe"

Hearing those words come out of Malia's mouth gave them an indication of how sick Kono really was; and not being able to do anything to help her, made them feel so much worse.

"I'm sorry there's nothing much more I can give you at this stage" said Malia.

"Thank you Malia" said Chin.

Malia walks over to her husband and hugs him; he is quick to return Malia's gesture. Malia could sense that Chin was scared. She was scared too. Someone they loved was sick and at that very moment, there was nothing anyone could do for her. When they finished their hug, Malia gave Chin a brief kiss before getting back to work.

"What do we do now?" Danny asked.

Steve knew that despite one of their own being in the hospital, they had to go back to work.

"We get back to work" said Steve.

"I know we all want to be here for Kono, okay. But someone blew up a building today and we have to find who did"

Though they hated the idea of leaving Kono, Steve was right. But the thought of both Malia and April being there bought them some sort of comfort. The three of them started to head for the hospital exit.

"Where are we going?" Danny asked.

"What Kono was going to do" said Steve. "To see what the CSU's got"

Right before they walked out the door, Steve broke out in a sweat. He thought nothing of it until his head started to throb and began feeling nauseous. These were some of the same symptoms that Kono showed before she collapsed in her office. The throbbing in his head and the nauseous feeling in his stomach caused him stop. He then placed his hands on the closest wall he could find and his head soon followed. Chin was having second thoughts about going back to work while is cousin was so sick. Danny and Chin didn't notice that Steve had stopped until Chin went to ask him a question.

"Hey Steve?" Chin asked.

He didn't get an answer from Steve.

"Steve?" Chin asked as he and Danny turned around to see where he was.

As soon as they turned their heads to look for Steve, they saw him leaning up against the wall. With a feeling of concern both Danny and Chin walked over to see if he was okay. Once they reached Steve, Danny put his arm out to put his hand on Steve's arm. When Danny's hand made contact with Steve's skin, it was hot and clammy. Feeling Steve's hot and clammy skin set off an alarm in Danny's head.

"Are you alright Steve?" asked Danny.

Steve didn't say anything, he just shook his head.

"I'll go and get someone" said Chin as he hurried off to find Steve some help.

Danny stayed with Steve until Chin came back with help. After what had just happened to Kono, he wasn't going anywhere.

Danny could see that Steve was getting worse by the second. Still leaning up against the wall, Steve then gets a sudden urge to cough. In the middle of his coughing fit, he starts to taste blood in his mouth. Just simply tasting the blood, made his heart race. Everything that was happening to him was exactly what happened to Kono. When his coughing fit ended, he wiped his mouth with the back of his right hand. After wiping his face, he and Danny looked down at his hand. They were alarmed by what they saw.

Feeling weak, Steve turns around, puts his back against the wall and quickly lowers himself to the ground. Danny tries to reassure Steve.

"It's going to be alright Steve" said Danny. "I need some help!" he yelled.

Five seconds later Chin comes rushing out with April and a doctor not far behind.

April and the doctor lower themselves to Steve's level to take his vital signs. April places her hand on his forehead and feels the heat radiating off his head.

"He's got a really high fever" said April.

"Yeah, and pulse is really fast" said the male doctor. "Can you get a gurney April?" he asked.

April gets up and walks back inside to go and get a gurney for Steve. It isn't too long before she and another nurse come outside with the gurney.

"Alright, can you stand up?" the doctor asked.

Steve nods and tries to stand up. While attempting to stand up, dizziness starts to take hold. Everyone was watching him intently. Before he has a chance to turn around and sit on the gurney, Steve collapses. April and the other nurse that came out with her both grab him before he hits the ground. Danny helps them lift Steve up on to the gurney. Once on the gurney, April and the other nurse wheel him into the ER.

Watching another one of their teammates being wheeled in to the emergency room had really shaken Chin and Danny up. With Steve now down, neither of them we're going another for quite some time. What the hell was going on?

Danny and Chin caught up to April before she walked into Steve's cubicle. They had to know just one thing.

"Hey April" said Danny. "Do you think this is the same thing as what Kono has?" he asked.

"Professionally, I can't be sure" replied April.

"Okay, what about personally?" Chin asked.

"Personally…I think we're dealing with the same thing here" April replied.

"And if I'm right…we're going to have a really big problem on our hands"