A/N: Welcomes back! I'm hoping this is alright, was one of my favourite chapters to write not sure why! But I'm going to Normandy on Monday night (Nice geeky history trip =D) So might be a bit of a delay... Unless I'm feeling really nice! =p Enjoy!

They retreated back to Steve's room, his neck was sore, and his arms were irritating him to no end, but all he wanted to do was run up those stairs and sit beside Kono's bed. He promised he'd never leave her, yet there she was being prodded and poked by what must seem like a million different strangers. The door swung open, and he snapped his neck round, cursing loudly to himself as he winced at the pain in his neck.

"Mr McGarrett," The nurse said urgently as she entered the room. "Look, this isn't our policy but Dr. Oxen is asking for you. We're trying to move Miss Kalakaua down to radiology but she's in a complete panic. Dr Oxen said to see if you can calm her down. Otherwise, for her own safety, he's going to have to put her into an induced coma to prevent the fresh stitches from tearing again. She's still in a critical condition." Nurse Helen blurted urgently. Chin was standing completely straight, and Danny was already helping a frantic Steve back into the wheelchair that had been abandoned at the side of his bed. Helen quickly took the wheelchair from the room, leaving Keha, Chin and Danny standing there in complete shock.

As soon as Steve saw Kono, his heart sunk to the floor. Kono's eyes were wide, but glazed with terror, tears were streaming down her face as she struggled, with surprising force against the staff, trying to remove the ET tube and all the tubes and wires that were invading her body, causing her so much pain.

"Kid! Kono, calm down please, and look at me! I said look at me!" Steve said, stretching his arm as far as he could toward her. Kono's face was crumpled with pain, as her the pain flashed through her body. "Damn it. Kono, look at me, you need to calm down otherwise there gonna stick you in a coma and we won't get to see those beautiful eyes for a long time to come." Steve soothed as best he could. Kono's struggles turned into a violent shake as she tried to calm herself down. "There we go." He smiled, squeezing her hand as best he could, he wanted to wipe away the tears, tell her everything was okay.

"Shhh. Listen to me, okay. I know how bad you're hurting right now, but the doc still has some more tests to run before you can have anything for the pain. The sooner you calm down, the sooner you can have the happy drugs. Keha won't be impressed if he doesn't get to see you today, because you're unconscious." Kono's eyes widened as much as the swelling would allow. Steve smiled.

"He's on release, just for you okay. So you need to calm down first." Kono raised a shaky hand to her mouth, feeling the tube.

"I know, I know. But if you want that tube out, you need to stay calm so the docs can work their magic, see if they can't get you off of it." Kono seemed to loose the fight inside her, the adrenaline drained from her body, and her limbs felt heavy, her eyelids weighted like lead. A noise caught in her throat as the nurses made way to move her.

"Shhh." He rubbed his thumb over her hand, trying to sooth her as best he could. "Doc, she's in so much pain right now, how long is she going to have to wait before you can give her something. Steve said, straining his neck to look at the doctor.

"I'm sorry I know you're in pain right now, but I need you to hold on for a little while. If the tests show we controlled the last of the internal bleeding, I can give you the medication then." Dr Oxen said, patting her good leg kindly. "Mr McGarrett I'm going to have to ask you to step out now." He said, with a wry look at Steve; Kono gripped his hand hard, determined not to let him go.

"What did I say, Kid? You need to relax or you're going to go back to sleep." Steve said with a hint of pity, she gave him the best glare she could, before her eyes glazed over again. "Nobody's going to hurt you." Steve said quietly, he noticed her finger pointing at the pen resting on the end of the bed.

"You want to write?" He asked his eyes boring into hers. She couldn't find the energy to move her head, but she pleaded with her eyes. Steve looked at Dr Oxen, who shrugged and handed over a pen and held out the chart he was holding.

"You ok?" She struggled to write with her hand, it was limp and shaky, but Steve almost cried with laughter when he saw what she was writing

"Kono." He shook his head in disbelief. "Kono, I'm fine. Bit of asprin and I'm right as rain." She frowned, almost not believing the words he was saying.

"Take out..." She wrote; her hand shaking more violently than before. "Can't ... breathe." She scrawled, the pen sliding further down the page.

"I know that the tube is uncomfortable, but it's helping you breathe even though you think you can't. Your lungs are still incapable of inflating themselves. If you can stay calm for the next hour for us, I can make sure your visitors are allowed in to see you." Dr Oxen said with soothing voice. Steve sank in his chair, when Kono let go of his hand, she looked at him, and he could almost see relief under the pain.

"See you in a bit Kono. We'll be waiting." He said, sagging in his seat as he watched her being wheeled away. He allowed himself to be wheeled back to his room without protest. His spirit torn between, elation and depression. He hated to see her in so much pain and confusion.

"She okay?" Chin said, pouncing to his feet the moment he saw the door open.

"She's awake, but she's hurting, she's really hurting. They're going to let us see her in the next few hours." Steve said with a heavy sigh. Chin just nodded, sinking back into his chair with a heavy sigh.

H-5-O

Kono had been drifting for what seemed like a lifetime; the darkness always at the fringes of her mind, the pain made it seem like a wonderful prospect, but the one thing she could control, over else, was staying awake, and that was what she was going to do. The nurse swam into vision, Kono tried to focus her eyes, but it felt like she was submerged underwater.

"Miss?" Kono forced her eyes in her direction. "The young man in the corridor, your brother, he's to be returned to prison later this evening, but before doing so, he wants to see you, okay. Now, Dr Oxen is going to allow that under the condition you can stay calm. It's really important. Now if you hang fire, I'll go get him." She said kindly, leaving swiftly before returning a few minutes later with Keha and Chin.

"Kono?" Keha cried softly, standing beside her, holding her hand in a careful grip, Kono did her best to hold his hand, but she was shaking badly and tears were winding down her swollen cheeks.

"Hey sis, calm down. I know you're happy to see your wonderful big bro, but I'm sure you got the same instructions I did, so you have to stay calm. " He paused and turned to where the nurse stood hovering in the doorway with Chin, who smiled at Kono when she caught his gaze. "Can I talk to her alone, please?" Keha asked his cousin and the nurse. They both nodded, and gently closed the door behind them. Kono gripped his hand a little tighter.

"How you feeling, kiddo?" He asked, brushing a strand of hair away from her eyes like he did when she was younger; she shook her head gently, more tears pouring down her face. "I know how bad you're hurting right now, but I know you're strong. You can't give up now, little sis. You have to fight to get out of this hospital. I know that it's going to be long, hard and bloody painful but you've been through hell before and you've always come out the other side. Remember Papi? You made it through that, and instead of becoming a screw up like your big bro, you made something of yourself." Keha cried softly, giving her a kiss on the head. Kono's hand twitched beneath her, reaching for the pen and pad that was just out of her reach.

"You wanna write?" He asked, and she nodded gently at him. He placed the pen in her hand and held up the notepad.

Kono began to write, but she could barely hold the pen up and her writing slid down the page. As Keha watched Kono struggling, he felt so much rage inside for what those bastards had done to her and Steve. But he was going to make sure that justice was served. All of a sudden Kono dropped the pen and Keha looked stricken at the notepad.

"Hurt ... much." Keha sobbed a little, when he saw the pain and shaking in Kono's eyes.

"Shhh. I know how bad you're hurting, Kono, but you can't give up now. There are too many people out there who need your help. And I know that I can't be here for you now because I have to go back, but Chin and the rest of those guys out there are going to take care of you until I get out. So, you can't give up no matter how much pain you're in." Keha cried as he soothed her. She strained to hold the pen again, jabbing it against the paper as her hand shook.

"Nurse. Head ... hurt ... Not ... right." Kono wrote, her face contorted into a grimace. Keha, sprang up, and ran for the door.

"Nurse! Nurse!" He yelled loudly and the nurse jogged into the room.

"What's going on?" the nurse asked, her face a picture of concern.

"She asked for you. She said something not right and that her head hurt. Look at her." He said fearfully and she read the note her eyes immediately fixating on the monitors.

"What's going on here?" Dr Oxen said sternly, he frowned when the nurse showed him Kono's note, and he immediately began rummaging around for a syringe.

"Miss Kalakaua, can you hear me?" He asked, returning with a syringe. Kono's face twisted with pain, and she tried to move, but the nurse worked quickly to hold her down. "Miss Kalakaua, I know that you're in pain, but I'm going to give you something right now that's going to help you, okay. It's also going to make you sleepy but you'll be okay." Dr Oxen said calmly, as he injected the medication into her IV, letting complete darkness take her.

"What happened to her?" Keha asked, rubbing his eyes dry, restoring his stony exterior.

"When we were running more of the tests on Miss Kalakaua, it showed some minor swelling on the brain from a skull fracture. Thankfully there doesn't appear to be any bleeding on the brain, but she is going to have severe headaches for several months, possibly longer." Dr Oxen explained quietly.

"Bastards." He yelled, wanting to hit something as hard as he could. Chin came up behind him pulling him into a hug.

"Cuz, I'm sorry brah, but you're times up, I have to take you back." Keha looked distraught when he looked up at Chin, he turned for a second, and walked back in to where Kono was unconscious.

"I have to go, little sis, but Chin is going to take care of you for me until I can see you again." He soothed, planting a kiss on her forehead.

"Come on." Dr Oxen said quietly, leading Keha slowly from the room. "Listen, I don't know why you're in prison. But I do know some people who owe me some favours. So, if you keep yourself out of trouble, I'll talk to some people about letting you see your sister again."

"You can do that?" Keha asked, confused.

"Son, you'd be surprised at how many important people you meet when you work in my field. You just behave in prison, and I'll be sure to help you see your sister again very soon. But don't do anything brash." Dr Oxen said with a kind smile, as Chin and the Dr escorted him back down to Steve's room to say final goodbyes.

"Why you crying like that Keha?" Steve asked, shifting uncomfortably.

"Kono gave him quite the scare. Had a massive headache, and her monitors went nuts."

"What about the breathing tube? When can you take that out?" Danny asked Dr Oxen, who was hovering in the doorway.

"I'm sorry, Mr Williams, but the blood work shows that she's still not getting anywhere near enough oxygen into her blood, her lungs are still severely damaged. But we hope to be making progress with that in the next week or so. " Dr Oxen replied, running his hand through his hair.

Steve sighed heavily as he watched Chin handcuff Keha, ready to go back to prison; alone and away from the one person in the world who needed him the most.