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Chapter 11
"Maggie what is it, is everything alright?" Steve rushed out; he didn't have a good feeling about this at all. At the mention of Maggie's name Danny and Chin were on high alert as Maggie would never call Steve unless it was important.
"No its Kono she's…she's been shot" she cried out over the phone and just like that Steve felt his blood run cold and his heart stop.
As soon as Steve ended the call Danny and Chin knew it was bad, they didn't even have to ask anything as they followed Steve out the door of HQ making their way to Kono. Steve was driving his truck alone, Danny & Chin in Danny's car; all that Steve could hear above the blaring of the sirens was his heart beating out of his chest and he gripped the steering wheel so tight that his knuckles were going white. He couldn't believe how his day was turning out, only a few hours ago he was lying in bed with the woman he loved in his arms and now he was heading to see the same woman only this time in a hospital bed after being shot.
It didn't take any longer than 10mins for the guys to barge through the hospital looking for Maggie; they found her though after only a few minutes. She was pacing up and down the corridor outside the waiting room and you could tell that she was beside herself with worry.
"Maggie where is she? Is she alright" Chin hurried out as they approached her. Maggie quickly spun on her heal when she heard her name being said, she shouldn't really have been surprised to see them there this fast.
"They've took her into surgery, I'm not sure how she is as no-one has been out to say but all I caught before they hurried off was someone saying was that it hit her side" she sighed as she closed her eyes and leaned back against the wall. Danny being the sensitive person he is, squeezed her shoulder before leading her into the waiting room as the others followed, all they could do now was wait.
It felt like they had been sitting there for hours but in reality it had only been 45mins, Steve looked around the room and seen Danny comforting Maggie as best he could he couldn't help but feel for her and then there was Chin who was busy talking quietly on the phone, Steve's guess probably to Malia. He sat in the most uncomfortable chair really wishing that this was just a dream and that he would wake up but every time he closed his eyes he would open them again a few minutes later and realise that it was real. He couldn't help but let his mind wonder back the time when him and Kono had went surfing together on a rare weekend off, he knew she was a pro but boy she could work the waves just as good as him, probably better but what got to him the most that day was when a young boy was struggling to get up on his board near the shallow water of the ocean and Kono being the kind person that she is just had to help. Steve sat and watched her help the boy up and talk away to him like it was second nature with her when she was around kids, Steve knew in that moment that she would make a wonderful mother and in that moment he also knew he was falling hard for Kono. But right here in this moment sitting in a hospital's waiting room he couldn't help but blame himself, blame himself for not being there to have her back, blame himself for not having been more alert that day on the beach when Cath set her up, "Cath" he thought she was to blame for this too, it was her fault Kono had been suspended and if she hadn't well she wouldn't be lying in surgery in the first place.
Steve was brought out of his thoughts and angry state when the waiting room doors squeaked open and revealed Kono's doctor, all 4 of them jumped out of the chairs waiting for the doctor to say something, Steve could feel his nerves at breaking point;
"I'm guessing you are here for Miss Kono" the doctor asked and at everyone's nod he continued "She was very lucky, the bullet hit her side but didn't puncture the skin. She has a flesh wound and been cleaned up; she will be moved to her room in a few minutes. A nurse will come and get you when she's settled, she will be just fine" and with that the doctor nodded before leaving again. Steve let out a breath he didn't even realise he was holding as he fell back into the chair he was sitting on earlier, he noticed Maggie burst out crying in relief as Danny still gave her comfort but Steve could tell that he was relieved too; Chin was dialling on his phone again but had a small smile on his face as he did so. Steve hated what he was about to do next but he had too;
"What happened today Maggie" Steve asked breaking the silence that had surrounded them since the minute they entered the waiting room. Maggie stopped crying at his question but knew he had a right to know as did Chin and Danny;
"When Kono entered the café I noticed that she walked into someone guy with a wee girl, I was sitting a few tables away but I guessed she was saying sorry until her eyes landed on the girl. I don't know it was strange, she seemed to recognise her but quickly said something else" she said as she stopped for a second to gather her thoughts "She was cut off from talking though by a member of staff shouting something out about 5 0 and then it was as if everything happened in slow motion, Kono grabbed the girl to shield her as the guy pulled out a gun. Everything went by so fast after that, the guy left and Kono was lying on the ground and I noticed the colour of blood on her white top. Next thing I know HPD and the medics arrive, HPD took care of the girl and I left with Kono but I called you first" she said as she looked at Steve for the first time since he came to the hospital, she could see how hurt and worried he was about Kono. Steve had taken in everything that Maggie had said but it was the wee girl that got to him the most. Something about that wee girl caught Kono off guard and he was going to know what. A knock on the door made everyone look to see a nurse pop her head in and say that Kono was now settled and could see visitors, Steve motioned for Maggie to go first as he wanted to talk with Danny and Chin;
"I need you guys to go back to HPD and get a team together, find out who this wee girl is and get CCTV footage from the café" he said getting himself up into a standing position and moving towards the door but then pausing "and get Cath into HQ as soon as possible" and with that Steve stormed out not waiting for reply as he just needed a few minutes alone.
Maggie made her way towards Kono's rooms and looks through the window, there sitting up in bed looking frustrated was her best friend and at first glance you wouldn't know she had been shot. Maggie entered the room with a huge smile on her face at seeing Kono smiling right back at her, she quickly took a seat next to the bed;
"Don't do that to me ever again, you hear me" Maggie told her in a no nonsense tone but there was a slight teasing in it too, Kono starting laughing but stopped straight away as she felt pain in her right side take over;
"Don't make me laugh but I promise not to do anything like that in front of you again" Kono smiled before grabbing her best friend's hand and gave it a squeeze. She sighed contently but wondered where the team was "Where's the guys I thought they would have been here" Kono asked slightly confused.
"There's down the hall, I've never seen Steve so worried about anyone in my life" Maggie said honestly but noticed the smile drop from Kono's face at the mention of Steve's name;
"I think I done something stupid" Kono admits before looking down at the bed sheet.
Steve had gave himself a few minutes to relax before heading back down the corridor where he had been told Kono's room was, he couldn't wait to see her and finally tell her how he felt. He stopped just outside the door as he heard the conversation take place;
"If you mean getting shot then…." Maggie started but was cut off my Kono shaking her head;
"No I mean with Steve, earlier I kiss him in his office and then I just took off to meet you. I didn't even hang around wait for a reply or anything" Kono said suddenly ashamed of her own actions. Maggie was shocked to say the least but confused;
"I don't understand, how can kissing him be something stupid I mean he kissed you back right?" at Kono's nod she continued "Well I'm confused hunni because I don't see it as stupid, I mean he loves you and you love him right?"
"I don't know…." Kono started but whatever she had said after that Steve didn't get at all because he just turned on his heel and left but didn't get very far as he bumped right onto Danny. Before Danny had chance to say anything Steve just shook his head and kept walking leaving a confused Danny following behind.
Danny decided to break the silence that had overcome them since leaving the hospital a few minutes ago, he didn't want to get into a fight with Steve over what happened back there so decided to just go right into the kidnapping case;
"So here's a pic of our guy that shot Kono turns out the girl is the kidnapped child of the parents known personally by the governor" Danny smiled a bit but was quickly away when he noticed Steve's grip on the wheel tighten and his knuckles turning white. Steve let out a breath through his nose before talking:
"Did you get an address?" he asked while quickly looking at Danny, at seeing his nod he continued "Well let's go and pay him a visit" before putting his foot down on the gas and making his way to the address Danny had.
With the speed that Steve was driving at it only took them no longer than 10mins to reach the suspect's house. Exiting the car Danny noticed that Steve was in action mode already and wasn't for hanging around when he motioned for Danny to take the front. Danny stood and watched Steve go around the back wondering what it would take for him and Kono to finally be together, something happened in that hospital before he arrived and he would mention it to Chin so they could get to the bottom off this together once and for all but right now he had a job to do as he made his way towards the front door. He just managed to get a hand on the handle when he heard screeching from behind the house, he quickly took off in the direction of the noise and when he turned the corner what he saw shook him to the core. Steve wasn't fast enough in getting out of the way of the moving car as Danny stood and watched his best friend be hit with the moving car and hit the ground with a sickening thud. It was as if time had stopped for a few minutes for Danny as if this moment was just a bad dream and he would wake up but unfortunately that wasn't the case, in a matter of seconds he was at Steve's side the car and their suspect long forgotten;
"Steve..Steve!" Danny yelled but no answer was the only reply he got. Feeling for a pulse Danny let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Pulling out his cell phone he quickly called for the paramedics and then Chin to meet them at the hospital.
Chin was already at the hospital when the paramedics came rushing in with Steve on a stretcher and rushing him to where he could only guess would be surgery or ICU. He found Danny running at Steve's side until he was unable to go any further. Chin walked towards him and placed a hand on Danny's shoulder offering comfort before saying he'd be back in a few minutes as he turned and made his way to the elevator ready to probably break his cousin's heart.
Kono was sitting laughing with Maggie for what felt like the first time in ages, she never told her the rest of the story and Maggie didn't push which she was glad off. She still couldn't get Steve out of her mind and wondered why he hadn't been in to see her yet. She noticed the door open and quickly smiled but that smile fell right back off her face when she seen Chin enter with a sad expression;
"What it is? Something happen?" Kono rushed out thoughts running round her head a mile a minute. Chin just looked into her eyes before whispering loud enough for her to hear;
"It's Steve…" Kono felt her heart break into a million pieces.
Well there is chapter 11, I kind of struggled towards the end of the chapter so please don't hate me too much. Next chapter up soon.
