Sorry for the delay, I was very busy in the last days.
A big thanks to Ilikemovie for beta- reading.
Chapter 10
In the mall Kono and Steve split up. They asked the shops in the vicinity of the respective pay phone to check their security cameras. It took the whole morning to see all the records. And the last video that Steve watched showed a woman that came out of the store, made a quick phone call and went back again. He got the manager and asked him to take a look at it, too.
"This is Barbara Malone. She has been working here for over ten years." The old manager told Steve.
"When was she here?" Steve asked.
"On Friday she worked until about five, then she went home because she had severe headaches or something. Do you know her son was sentenced to five years because of a rape? Although, he always said that he was innocent. And in prison he was killed in a knife fight, and she's had migraines since then. She's never finished a day without one, actually." The manager said sympathetically.
"Did she say when she's going to come back to work?" Steve questioned further.
"No, not exactly. She said that I should not expect to see her again this week." "Can you give me her address?" Steve asked, praying that this would be the clue to finally lead him to Danny.
"Sure, she has a house outside the city. She always raved that there is so much space there and f her son ever had children then they would've played in the garden. Unfortunately, it will probably remain a dream."
No sooner had Steve left the shop, he called Kono and Chin and told them what he had found out. Steve agreed with Chin's suggestion that they ask the HPD for assistance. In a parking lot on the highway they agreed on a meeting place. While Steve and Kono sat in the car, he noticed how the sky continued to darken. Thick dark clouds suggested an inevitable violent storm. Rain could be seen in the distance, and loud bangs of thunder could already be heard.
"It's going to rain." Steve commented as he looked out the window.
"I hope we can use that to our advantage." Kono said with a hopeful smile.
In the parking lot McGarrett gave final instructions for entering the huge house belonging to Malone.
"We probably have to deal with three perpetrators, two male and one female. There is no indication of whether or not they are armed, but I'm sure they are. Detective Williams has been gone since Friday and we don't know what condition he will be in. So keep your eyes open, be vigilant. Let's go!" Everyone present nodded and climbed into their vehicles. In a column of two Five-0 cars and three from HPD they drove to the property, while the first thick drops of rain fell on the asphalt.
-H50-H50-H50-
"What did you thinking. I told you, you shall do nothing which I did not tell you to do." Barbara Malone screamed. She was standing in the kitchen as she tended to Michael's wounded arms.
"He tried to overwhelm us, and then the little bastard stabbed me." Nolan explained.
"Yes, it's good. You were lucky. It bled quite a lot, but it didn't hit an artery. How bad is Detective Williams' stab wound?"
"No idea, and I do not care." Michael said indifferently.
-H50-H50-H50-
The police forces searching for Danny split up. Chin and Kono took two officers and positioned themselves outside the front door. Steve went with two others to the back to rush through the back door. The remaining two remained in the street to secure the cars. Steve gave the command to storm the house, while they fanned out simultaneously.
The two officers who went with Chin and Kon, rushed up the stairs to the upper floor, while the two Five-0 members searched the living room and dining room. Steve and his companions were the first to run into the criminals. Michael and Tony sat at the small table and drank something. Barbara was about to open the fridge as the back door was flung open and the house was stormed.
"Five-0! Do not move! "Steve called out to them. Tony was sitting with his back to the door, and he dropped the glass in his hands as he raised his arms and jumped in surprise.
Michael, who was looking at Steve in the eyes, reached down without hesitation and reached for a gun. He fired a single round that hit Steve in the chest. He immediately dropped his head and leaned on the table. Barbara reached under the drawer where she knew that there was a revolver. She refused to surrender. One of the officers noticed the movement and shot her in the arm. A cry of pain permeating the house as she slumped to the ground and held her upper arm.
"Call an ambulance and stay with them." Steve turned to one of the two policemen after he had Tony and Barbara handcuffed.
Someone shouted "Clear" which meant Danny wasn't in the house. Steve refused to stop looking for Danny, and he wandered down into the basement. He confirmed via radio that there was no one else in the house other than Malone and her helpers.
Suddenly there was a loud bang of thunder and a blow, and lightning struck a tree next to the shed. Divided by the impact, the shed broke into two burning parts. The surrounding straw immediately caught fire and ate its way towards the shed where Danny was.
-H50-H50-H50-
Danny was still just on the ground as he had been left. With one hand on his stomach, he tried to stop the bleeding. It was not bleeding too much, but enough to weaken him further. As shots rang out suddenly, he ripped open his eyes, but from his position he could see nothing. Then it was quiet until a terrible thunder sounded and he saw the flicker of fire right outside the door. Thick smoke went into the shed and made him cough painfully.
-H50-H50-H50-
In the House Steve called his friend. "Danny! Danny, are you here? Answer me! " But he got no answer. Back in the kitchen, where everyone had gathered, he turned to Barbara Malone. "Where is Detective Williams? We know that you have kidnapped him." Steve said threateningly.
"Try the cemetery. That's where he belongs." She snapped at the Seal.
"But you have no idea what he has done. All that he has earned." Barbara added bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Steve asked, in an evil foreboding.
"Everything my wrongly accused son had to ensure in prison, Detective Williams has now experimented firsthand." She said and she glared at Steve with evil eyes.
"I'll ask you again. Where is Detective Williams? " McGarrett tried to stay as calm as possible.
"What he told me; Go to hell! I will not say a word." Barbara spat defiantly.
"Well, Tony, do not make it worse than it is. Where did you put him?" Steve asked the big man who was silently watching everything.
He thought for a moment and replied, "In the shed across the yard."
"Can not you even keep your damn flap shut, as usual?" Barbara screamed at Tony.
"Get these people out of here!" Steve ordered the officers, then he turned to the other two people in the room. "Chin, Kono, you come with me."
While the police led the suspects away, Steve and Chin and Kono walked into the yard and found the horrifying sight of the second shed alight with a raging fire.