H-F-0
Kono was sleeping lightly, constantly aware. She had only just settled onto the cold ground when the sudden piercing sound of a handgun passed through the forest, echoing down the cave. She shot up panicked, staring into the dark cave. The fire had died and it was already so much colder. The rain had died down as well, spitting lightly, barely making a sound.
Kono wiped her hands on her shirt and rubbed her eyes with the palms of her hands. "Adam?..." No reply. "Chin?" Her voice was louder, shaking with worry only to notice Steve shaking in his sleep violently with Danny pushing himself up next to him.
"Kono?..." He asked hearing her voice. His speech was weak and rough from his dry throat. Opening his eyes slowly, all he could see was his partner pale, worse than pale, shaking next to him trying for air. "Steve!?" He called only to wince and scrunch his eyes back up from the terrible pounding in his head. "Ugh..." His head was back down, his forehead resting on his folded forearms which were pressing him up. 'Get up Danny! Your team needs you! Second in command, I need to help.' he told himself in his mind as he looked to the right enough to have Kono in sight. "Kono? What's going on? Where're the others? What's wrong with Steve?!... How long was I out?..." He sat up wobbling as he looked sorrowfully down to his freezing teammate. He felt the blanket touching his shoulders, slipping down his back and immediately he covered the ex-SEAL with it. "Kono?..." He tried her again.
Turning his head he saw Kono in near tears. "What happened?" He asked, his voice still not all there. He was fearful as to why their Rookie was so upset.
"Chin and Adam are gone... they're still not back... they went to search the area in case we had some of them pirate on our trail but..." whimpering she held her tears "They're still not back..."
"When did they go?" Williams asked taking control. His eyes couldn't help but jump from Steve to Kono and back to Steve. His hand touched McGarrett's forehead only to feel the fire jumping off it. Danny's had cooled down over the night of keeping warm yet keeping cool in the fresh air but his concussion hadn't been as kind and the fever hadn't left completely.
No, McGarrett's was different. He had a much worse situation. He had three open wounds, the worst on his bloodied shoulder, and a concussion to top if off. One arm was completely disabled from the shattered bones and terrible laceration of which McGarrett never explained. Danny felt the guilt swell up inside of him. Feeling sorry for himself for a damn head injury while his Best Friend is suffering from so much!? Dammit...
"They left" Kono's voice snapped him back to reality. The guilt suppressed but was still there as he took in the frightened young girl beside him. "a little after sunset... It must've been at least 3 hours since then Danny..."
"It's okay, listen..." He formed a basic plan quickly in his head. "We need to get Steve's condition stabilized and then we will go out and see if there are any clues as to where they are now, okay?" He said in one breath. He took a deep one, calming himself back down and placed his hand on Kono's shoulder. "We will find them Kono. Don't worry."
But the 'not to worry' situation died as she explained "There was a gun shot Danny..." Danny's face sunk realising that Kono's troubled ideas may not have been so troubled after all...
The cave fell silent, with the background taps of rain, just before Steve's body strained and his chest was off the floor. He was desperately trying to grab the ground, grinding his fingernails into the rocks below him, scraping his skin in the process. He was moaning and crying out in pain as he tried fiercely to catch some air and behind all the cries there was one thing playing in his mind - hell.
H-F-0
(The dream is now Chapter 11 :) - making the actual Chapter 11, Chapter 12 :'))