Violence and angst coming right up.
Maybe some tissues too.
Tell me what you think.
The silver Camaro pulled up to the traffic scene where the officer had Johnny. Steve ran to the car and grabbed Johnny holding him tightly in his arms. "Are you ok buddy? Are you hurt?" he asked desperately.
"Daddy, mommy is hurt bad, she is going to die" he sobbed
"No she isn't buddy, tell me what happened" He kneeled beside him
"They took us. They hurt mommy and Mrs. Beverly. They hit mommy, she tried to fight, but they were so strong, big like you daddy." The boy was crying. "Mommy made me escape. I didn't want to but she said I needed to be a hero, so I ran, really far, really fast."
"Johnny, do you know how many people were there? Do you think you could show us where you ran from?" Steve asked desperately
"Yes, there were three scary bad men, they had guns." replied Johnny as he clung desperately on to his father.
"Danny, come with me, Chin, get the ops gear and have SWAT follow us. Kono, after Johnny shows us where they were being held, I'll need you to take Johnny home with you. Do not let him out of your sight. Please, Kono, Please." He knew that Kono would not be happy with the babysitting task and that she would want to be a part of the raid, but he needed someone that was capable and he trusted her to protect Johnny at all costs.
They drove for 6 blocks until Johnny pointed to the building that he escaped from. It was an abandoned warehouse building. The windows were boarded and grill gates covered all entrances, except one. Once the building was identified, Kono left with Johnny. Steve and Danny circled the building, trying to get an angle of the best point of entry. There was only one. One entry point meant that it would most likely be heavily guarded. They had to go in full force.
"How do you want to do this?" reluctantly asked Danny
Steve cocked his gun.
"That's what I was afraid of" responded Danny, as he checked his gun
Steve approached SWAT, HPD, and Chin and gave instructions. "As far as we know, there are three hostiles and one innocent. The hostiles are all male. The innocent is a white female with dark hair, proceed with extreme caution" he instructed. The officers scattered and on his signal busted through the door.
The men inside the building were caught completely by surprise. They turned to fire, but it was too late, the SWAT officers were faster. The two perpetrators were killed instantly. They busted through a second door and there stood the third one, standing behind a semi-conscious Catherine. The thug was holding her in a choke hold and had a gun to her head.
"Put the gun down!" shouted Danny as he pointed his gun
"Not until you promise me a deal" the thug announced
"How about this for deal? You put the gun down and you get to live" answered Steve aiming carefully at the man's head.
"Don't hurt me and I'll tell you who ordered this." He was obviously scared
"Fine, put the gun down! Now!" shouted Steve. He could have easily taken a shot and more than likely hit his target without missing, but he was not willing to take the chance. He wanted to know who was responsible for this.
The thug slowly removed his arm from around Catherine's neck and placed the gun on the floor.
Chin and Duke immediately ran towards him, kicked the gun out of the way and cuffed the man, removing him from that room.
Steve ran to Catherine and untied her, laying her gently to the ground.
"Johnny?" she breathlessly asked
"He's safe. Kono has him" he answered softly as he brushed the hair out of her face.
Suddenly her eyes rolled back and she stopped breathing.
"No, no, no, no, no!" he shouted as he began CPR "Come on, breathe, please breathe!" He shouted as he pounded on her chest.
"Don't leave me now! Come on!" he desperately tried to breathe for her
"Medics! Over here!" Danny shouted as the EMTs came running in.
They pushed Steve away and continued CPR. They charged the defibrillator and began working on reviving her. Steve leaned against the wall, making contact with his forehead. Danny stood beside him, with his hand on his shoulder.
"This cannot be happening, Danny this can't happen." Steve was terribly distraught
"Clear! Again!" the EMTs worked feverishly to save her. "Clear! We got a pulse! Let's go!" they placed her on a gurney and ran out the building to the waiting ambulance.
Steve took off behind them and leaned over her, as they prepared to place her in the ambulance.
"Steve" Catherine grabbed his shirt and pulled him closer to her "take care of Johnny. I love you" she whispered
"We'll take care of him together" he responded "Hang in there gorgeous, I'll be right behind you"
He watched as the ambulance took off with sirens blaring. He walked purposefully into the building, grabbing the thug from Chin and Duke's custody and dragged him into the room that Catherine was held in earlier.
"Uh, what's he gonna do?" asked Duke
"Should we go check on them?" said Chin
"I have a feeling that he is about to release some of that pent up aggression, and I don't want to be the one to get in the middle of that. Do you?" replied Danny
Steve grabbed the thug's shirt and slammed him against the wall. "Who do you work for?"
"Robert Noshimuri" the thug answered.
"Noshimuri?" Steve could not believe what he just heard. He fisted his hand and made contact with the thugs left jaw, knocking him to the ground. "That's for scarring little kids!" He grabbed his shirt and lifted him up, throwing him against the wall again. He fisted his hand again, this time making contact with the thug's eye. "That's for hurting innocent old ladies!" The thug fell to the ground in pain. He lifted him up again and fisted his hand a third time, punching him in the gut. "That's for messing with the wrong woman!" He kicked him as he groaned on the floor in the fetal position. Steve walked out of the room very calmly and announced "He's gonna need an ambulance. Danny lets go" They ran to the Camaro and headed straight for the hospital.