Hawaii Five-0

Human Targets

Chapter 11

An almost blissful silence with the sound of a heart rate monitor in the background filled Danny's room as he and Gabby lay on his bed together watching what day time television had on offer; which wasn't a lot. While they watched an afternoon soap opera with terrible acting, the two things that played on both their minds was if Steve and Kono had made any headway at the prison and if April was coping with being around the two men who the Williams family despised the most because of the hell they had put them through. Chin had finally decided to go home after he gave into Malia's pleas for him to go home and at least take a shower and get some of her things while she slept.

But the quiet time Danny and Gabby shared didn't last too long when Danny's phone ringing spoiling the moment. Because it was still quite difficult for Danny to move, Gabby reached over to get his phone for him.

"It's Steve" Gabby stated as she looked to see who was calling Danny.

"Of course it is" Danny replied, as he took his phone from Gabby's hand.

"Hey Steve, how'd it go?" he asked after letting out a long exhale.

"Rick Peterson orchestrated this whole thing from prison Danny" Steve replied, sounding panicked, which Danny picked up on straight away.

"Okay, why doesn't that surprise me?" Danny replied. "You sound panicked, what's going on?" he asked.

"Is Gabby with you Danny?" Steve asked, pleading silently for him to say yes.

"Yeah, now tell me what's going on" said Danny.

"Okay make sure she stays there" said Steve. "Rick's not done Danny"

"What do you mean he's not done?" Danny asked.

"I don't know, but Rick said that he'll give up the name of his accomplice when his finished his next assignment" Steve replied.

"Alright, who do you think he's going after?" Danny asked, as Gabby took a hold of his hand, concerned with the worried look on Danny's face.

"More than likely, it's someone who hasn't ended up in the emergency room" Steve replied.

"This means they're either after Gabby or… Chin; Danny where's Chin?" he asked desperately.

"Ah, he finally gave into Malia and went home for a bit" Danny replied.

"Alright, how long ago was that?" Steve asked.

"About ten, fifteen minutes ago" Danny replied. "He should almost be home by now"

"Okay, Kono's organising an HPD detail to stand outside your room and make sure Grace, Rachel and the family are okay" said Steve.

"Alright, what are you going to do?" Danny asked.

"Kono and I are going to find Chin before this guy does" Steve replied.

"Okay, but…" said Danny before pausing.

"Danny, are you okay?" Steve asked with concern.

"Yeah I'm fine" Danny replied, assuring Steve. "Just please don't get my little sister caught in the middle of any car chases or shoot outs; she's spent enough time lying in hospital beds"

"You know I can't guarantee that Danny" Steve replied.

"You know I would've preferred it if you said "I promise I won't get April caught in the middle of any car chases or shoot outs Danny" Steven" said Danny.

"Don't worry Danny, I'll make sure April is out of harm's way" Steve replied, hoping it would ease Danny's anxiety about his little sister's safety. "Just look after yourself"

"Okay" said Danny. "Look the HPD detail will be here soon, so don't worry about us; just get to Chin before that guy does"

"Alright, we'll call you later" Steve replied. "Are you sure we can't use April's shooting skills?" he asked, knowing full well what the answer was going to be.

"No, but feel free to use her nursing skills if you need them, which I think you will" Danny replied.

"Alright, we'll call you when we get this guy" Steve stated before disconnecting the call.

"What's going on Danny?" Gabby asked with a worried look.

"It was Rick Peterson, he orchestrated the whole thing from prison" Danny replied.

"But there's more, isn't there?" Gabby asked.

"Yeah, Rick's not done yet" Danny replied.

"What does that mean?" Gabby asked.

"It means Rick will give up the name of his accomplice when he's finished his next "assignment"" Danny replied. "And Steve and I think he's either after you or Chin; Steve, Kono and April are going to make sure he's alright"

"What about us?" Gabby asked.

"Steve said that Kono was organising a HPD detail to stand outside my room; so if anyone tries to get anywhere us, they'll stop them; so don't worry a thing, okay" Danny replied.

"I'll do my best" said Gabby unconvincingly.

Travelling at high speed down the freeway with lights and sirens, Steve was weaving in and out of cars in a race to get to Chin before Rick Peterson's accomplice did. While Steve was dodging the traffic, April was in the backseat trying to hold herself in place because it didn't seem like the seatbelt was helping one bit, and Kono was desperately trying to get a hold of Chin. Now on her second attempt, Kono was getting worried about the fact that her cousin wasn't picking up his phone; it wasn't like him at all. Going straight to voicemail once again, Kono attempted to call Chin a third time all the while shooting Steve a worried look. While Kono tried to reach Chin again, Steve took the next exit off the freeway, causing Kono to drop her phone forcing her and April to hold on tight. After Steve made the turn, Kono reached down to the floor and picked up her phone only to hear it had gone to voicemail for a third time.

"It's gone to voicemail again" Kono stated.

"Well let's just hope for Chin's sake, he's just left his phone in his car" April hoped.

"Yeah, but it's never been like him to forget about his phone; especially in a situation like this" Kono replied.

"Don't worry Kono, whatever's going on, I'm sure he's going to be okay" Steve assured her as he pulled into Chin's street.

Pulling up outside of Chin and Malia's house, nothing had seemed to be disturbed and everything seemed normal; and in their experience, that never necessarily meant everything was actually okay. Steve then explained to April what was going to happen as he, April and Kono emerged from the car to put their plan into action.

"Alright April, Kono and I are going to check out the house; you're going to stay right here in the car and stay down" Steve explained.

"Okay" April replied as she watched Kono and Steve geared up for the breach.

"Oh and one more thing" said Steve as he reached into the trunk to grab something for April.

"What?" April asked.

"Here" said Steve, presenting April with a gun.

"A gun?" April questioned him.

"Yeah" Steve replied. "Look, even though you're not going into the house; you're not getting hurt on my watch okay" he added.

"Alright I'll take the gun, if it makes you feel better that I'm armed" said April.

"But despite being deployed to Iraq twice, Danny will never like the idea of his baby sister being involved in any sort of combat. So if he finds out about this, you two will never hear the end of it" she explained.

"Well April, we're willing to take that chance" said Kono.

"Alright, are we all good?" Steve asked them.

"Yeah" Kono and April replied in unison.

"Okay, let's go" said Steve.

As Steve closed the trunk, the backseat window shattered as shots were fired from the direction of Chin and Malia's house.

"Get behind the car!" Steve yelled as he grabbed April's arm, pulling her behind the car with him and Kono.

"Are you guys okay?" Steve asked.

"Yeah we're fine" Kono replied while April nodded.

"What's going on?" April asked.

"Looks like we know why Chin didn't answer his phone" Steve replied. "This guy's holding him hostage"