"So what's the verdict doc?" Sam asked as she watched the doctor examine her brother from the other side of the bed, her arms wrapped around herself. She looked exhausted and pale again.
"Honestly?" The doctor looked to her, moving his stethoscope back around his neck, he then looked to Melissa next to her before back to Sam once more. "I am very surprised your brother is still with us if I'm being truthful. Although his injuries on the outside look bad the internal injuries are much worse than we ever did imagine when he was first bought in, but saying that he seems to be making a strong recovery. The ribs he's broken have showed signs of healing already and not to mention the fact he is responding to being spoken to is a great sign. Due to the fact he is showing signs of being responsive we will try and take him off the ventilator and see if he can breathe on his own but we won't be doing that for a few days yet. He does have a collapsed lung and we want to try and get his lung back up and working normally before we try anything like that." The doctor explained to them. "I'm going to have a dermatologist come down and have a look at Danny's burns. To me they'll fully heal and there will be no scar tissue but I would like a second opinion on that."
Sam nodded a little taking everything in before she offered the doctor a smile. "Thank you doctor." Watching the doctor leave the room she then looked to Melissa and smiled before looking to Danny once more. "Hear that bro? Might not have permanent damage to that pretty little face after all." She mused with a smile to herself.
"To think yesterday we were gonna lose him…and now things are looking up for him…" Whispered Melissa as she sat down in the chair next to Danny's bed and looked to him and smiled. "He's such a fighter."
"That he is." Smiled Sam as she let a content sigh pass her lips. First bit of good news all day! Now all she needed was for Steve to come back safe and well. "I'm going to pop to the bathroom okay? Won't be long." Grabbing her handbag she headed out of Danny's room and began to make her way down the corridor towards the bathroom. Spotting someone she recognised walking up she looked curiously to him. "Owen?" She looked to him and frowned a little, surprised to see him here. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here visiting my Grandmother. Heart attack." He explained looking to her with a little smile. "What brings you here?"
"Oh I'm sorry to hear that, hope she gets better soon." She offered him a smile before she then sighed as she looked to him. "My brother was in an accident…" She paused before looking to him. "Actually it might involve someone you represent. If you have time I'd like to talk to you about him tomorrow before you start work? Just so I can get a rough idea of what this guy is like…odds are he's going to be getting the death penalty when he gets caught, he's already got life imprisonment but attempted murder of a police officer…well it's not looking too good for him if I'm being honest."
"Of course, I'll come in tomorrow as soon as I can. Which client is it?"
"Jason Duclair. His file came through to me this morning…were you aware that he escaped prison?"
Owen sighed a little looking to her as he gave a slight nod to her. "It was bought to my attention. HPD mentioned a couple days ago in case he tried to make contact with me himself. I've tried to make contact but haven't been successful so far. It was something I actually did want to talk to you about. Get your opinion on how I should proceed on trying to get Duclair to hand himself in."
Sam nodded a little before she sighed. "Gosh I'm sorry. Look we'll talk more tomorrow; you should go see your grandmother. We don't need to be talking about this right now." Smiling to him she then gave a slight wave as she carried on walking down the hallway towards the bathroom and inside. As she came out of the cubicle she jumped back in as a metal pole nearly collided with her head. As it came at her again she moved her hands to catch the pole but was yanked out and pushed over to the sinks in the corner. Turning around her eyes widened. "Owen? What the hell do you think you're doing?" She asked looking to him in complete horror.
"I'm sorry. It's nothing against you. I just do what I am told to do." He simply told before going for her again.
Ducking the hit to her again she looked to him. "Don't do this…please…" She begged looking to him.
Owen looked to her and sighed as he lowered the pole. "Go…" He whispered hanging his head, clearly ashamed of himself and his actions.
Looking to him for a few minutes Sam then began to make her way out of the bathroom, but Owen grabbed her and threw her backwards, causing Sam to hit her head on the corner of the sink basins knocking her unconscious.
"How about I go and get Sam while they patch you up?" Kono suggested looking to Steve with a smile as they wheeled him into a cubicle.
Steve smiled and nodded. "That sounds like a good plan to me."
Kono smiled. "Won't be long." She told them as she headed towards the other end of the hospital to Danny's room. Going in she smiled to Melissa. "Hey Melissa…where's Sam?" She asked looking to her before she looked to Danny. "How's he doing?"
As Kono came in Melissa smiled. "She's just popped to the bathroom." She told her before she smiled. "Good…he squeezed Sam's hand earlier. Doctor is hoping he can come off the life support when they sort his lung out. It collapsed. But his broken ribs seem to be healing already and he doesn't think he'll have any long term scar tissue but a dermatologist will confirm that when they come and see him later." She explained with a smile to her.
"Wow that's amazing. You and Sam must be thrilled."
Melissa smiled and nodded before she frowned a little. "I dunno where she's got to. She's been gone a while."
Kono looked to her before she then quickly rushed off down to the bathroom. Going in she saw Sam's bag on the floor but no sign of Sam. Spotting blood on the corner of the sink her heart sunk. "No…" She whispered to herself before she then quickly headed back to Steve and the other members of the team. Rushing into Steve's cubicle she looked to them. "We have a problem."
Steve frowned and looked to her as he put his shirt on. They managed to get the bullet out without having to surgery and he had been bandaged up properly and had his eye stitched. "What's wrong? Where's Sam?" He asked sitting up and looking to Kono.
"I don't know. Melissa said she went to the bathroom…but then mentioned she'd been gone a while. Sam's bag was all over the floor in the bathroom when I got there…" She paused before sighing. "There's blood on the corner of one of the sinks…"
Steve's heart sunk as he heard Kono mention blood. "Block off all the exits. It's got to be that lawyer…I want him found."
"But we have no idea who he is or what he looks like…" Lou commented looking to him.
"You and Chin go and see the CCTV. See if Sam comes up on it. Kono me and you are gonna start searching. He can't of gone far without no one noticing him if Sam's hurt or putting up a struggle."
"Oh officer!" Came a nurse's voice as she spotted their badges. "I'm sorry to bother you but we need your help. A lady has just come in saying she's just seen a woman and man struggling downstairs in the car park and the woman is very distressed. She also said she looked injured. Our security is not trained to deal with situations like this, especially if it is a hostage situation…"
"That's them." Steve shook his head as he began to storm off towards the downstairs car park. He'd had a pretty shitty day so to have someone mess with his girl again? It was a step too far this time. Limping down to the car park, the guys split up and armed themselves with their guns, hiding behind cars as they made their way slowly forward towards Owen and Sam. Sam was trying to get away from him. She had a nice cut on the corner of her eye thanks to her fall.
"Stop fussing will you!" Huffed Owen as he kept dragging Sam towards his car.
"Get off me!" Sam screeched as she pulled her arm away from Owen and slapped him across the face as hard as she could. Cutting his cheek as she did.
As she cut his face, Owen glared at her as he grabbed her hard and pinned her face to the car. "You'll pay for that you little bitch." He snapped.
"You're the one who'll pay Owen." She groaned with a frown. Jesus she had one hell of a headache. Having enough of Owen, Sam stomped onto his foot before she then elbowed him in the face and shoved him away from her. "You know what I've had a shit twenty four hours and I'm guessing it's down to you and your criminal friend so how about we just stop this bullshit right now?" She snapped glaring at him.
Shocked by her sudden attack on him he then looked to her. "You're a psycho!" Owen shouted wiping his bleeding nose.
"I'm a psycho? Have you looked in a mirror lately? You just tried to kidnap me! You're nothing but a complete and utter psycho."
"Tried? Oh sweetheart I'll be succeeding don't you worry about that." He told her before he slapped her so hard he knocked her to the floor pulling out a knife as he looked down to her. "Screw what Duclair wants you're nothing but a pain in my ass."
"Put the knife down!" Came Lou's booming voice but he did not show himself just yet.
Head shooting up hearing a voice he went to go and quickly stab Sam but Steve got there first and shot him several times before he fell to floor.
Getting to her feet, Sam wiped her bloody lip, looking up as Kono, Lou and Chin came out from behind the cars she relaxed back against one of the cars as she caught her breath back. "Got to admit your timing is impeccable, as always." She mumbled before she looked to them all. "Did you find him?" She whispered looking to them. She was so afraid of their answer; the tears just welled up in her eyes. She was expecting the worst.
"They found me…" Came Steve's voice as he emerged from behind one of the cars and looked to his lover, limping to move in the middle of the car park. "Or should I say….you found me."
Seeing Steve emerge from the behind the car the tears just fell as she looked to him before she ran to where he was and practically jumped on him, moving her arms and legs tightly around him, the tears just falling as she clung onto him as if her life depended on it.
Moving his arms tightly around her as she jumped on him he kissed her head before he held her tightly to him. It was a good thing she didn't weigh much! "It's okay. I'm okay." He whispered to her as he held her tightly to him, hiding his face in her neck. It might have only been a day, but it honestly felt like a lifetime since he had seen her and with all the threats against her, it was a nightmare for him.
Seeing the two finally reunited Kono smiled to herself before she then nudged Chin and Lou to follow her so the two could just have a moment together in private. The whole situation had been hard on all of them but it really did effect Sam due to both men she loved being in danger.
"I thought I lost you." She whispered to him clinging onto him more tightly. "I thought I was never going to see you again."
Kissing her head once more he looked to her, pressing his forehead to hers as he did. "I'm here…I'm not going anywhere." He promised as he looked to her. Pressing his lips to his forehead he kept his arms tightly around her, closing his eyes briefly as he just savoured the moment of having her back in his arms once more. "Come on." He whispered looking to her. "Let's get that eye stitched up then we can go and see your brother."
Reluctantly letting him go Sam moved her feet to the ground and nodded a little to him as she moved her arm around him, staying close to him. She didn't want to be away from him right now. She was exhausted. Her head hurt. And now the only thing she could think about was how she was going to tell Steve he was going to be a dad…