Hawaii Five-0

Caught In The Crossfire

Chapter 14

A/N: Sorry I've taken a while to upload this chapter; I've just gone back to university this week as well as being stuck in the middle of a nine day heatwave.

As April kept applying pressure on the gunshot wound to Rachel's back, she heard someone unlocking the door to the beach house. Continuing to push down on Rachel's wound, April watched as the wooden door was slowly pushed open. Emerging through the doorway was Pedro and Nathan pushing Matthew along, with his hands tied behind his back, to get him in the door. As he and Nathan shoved Matt onto the floor, Pedro noticed Rachel lying on the floor with April trying to stop the slowly growing blood pool on the floor.

"I thought I told Marco to shoot Detective Williams, not his ex-wife!" Pedro yelled.

"And how did Ms Williams lose those zip ties?"

"He shot the cop Pedro!" Nathan yelled back.

"It must have gone straight through him and through the wall at hit her; and I have no idea how April "lost" he zip ties"

"It doesn't matter how she got shot, I was the one who was supposed to kill her, not Marco!" Pedro explained. "And don't worry about the zip ties; if it keeps Mrs Edwards alive for the time being, I'll allow it"

"Okay, but are you yelling at me about this? Huh?" Nathan asked.

"Why don't you go yell at Marco?"

"I would if I could" Pedro replied. "But I can't" he added.

"What are you talking about?" Nathan asked. "Where's Marco?"

"That problem Mr Moiki could only tell me over dinner was a setup" Pedro replied.

"Looks like Five-0 caught up with him and used him to get information out of me"

"So where does Marco come into this?" Nathan asked.

"While I was in the restaurant with Mr Moiki, I saw Five-0 approach him through the window" Pedro replied.

"Then, he ran and they eventually caught him and they arrested him"

"What about Anthony? What happened to him?" Nathan asked.

"He betrayed me Nathan, he betrayed us, so I killed him and ran" Pedro replied.

"So where does that leave us?" Nathan asked.

"Well for all we know, Marco has probably been given some sort of incentive to tell Five-0 where their friends are" Pedro explained.

"And if he has told Five-0 where their friends are, there's no doubt they're on their way here" he added.

"That doesn't leave us with much time" Nathan replied.

"I know, which is why we should get started" said Pedro.

"You get to go first Mr Anderson!" he said as he patted Nathan on his shoulder on his way out of the beach house, before Nathan followed him out to get his "supplies".

Once the door closed and locked, April and Matthew finally locked eyes. The last time April had seen Matt was when he was at the airport, getting ready to leave for Hawaii; he had been missing from her life ever since.

"April I'm…" said Matt as he started to speak before being cut off by April.

"Don't Matthew" said April. "Just… come over here and help me with Rachel" she ordered him.

"Is what Nathan said true?" Matt asked. "Did Rachel get shot by accident?"

"Yeah" April replied. "Now, just put pressure on her wound and I going to keep her talking"

"Okay" Matt agreed as he placed his tied hands on Rachel's back while April made her way around to face Rachel.

"Rachel, how are you doing?" April asked. "Matthew's here" she stated.

"Matthew?" Rachel asked with weak tired voice.

"Yeah" April replied. "He came"

"It's… good… to… see you" Rachel stated.

"You too" Matt agreed. "I'm so sorry, this is all my fault"

"No one's doubting that, but that's not what matters right now" April replied.

"We just need to take care of Rachel and Danny until help gets here"

"Where are Danny and Grace anyway?" Matt asked.

"Next door" April replied, gesturing her head towards the other beach house that contained her brother and her niece.

"How are they doing?" Matt asked.

"We're fine! Except for the fact I got shot in the shoulder!" Danny yelled back angrily.

"That and Grace has keep pressure on it because my wrists are tied together!"

"But other than that, you're okay right?" April asked.

"Yes!" Danny and Grace yelled back in unison.

"I think the bleeding is even slowing down" Grace stated.

"That's good Grace!" April praised her.

"Just keep doing what you're doing and it will eventually stop! It's all going to be okay!" April assured her; but wasn't she believed her own assurance.

Speeding down the Kalanianaole Highway, Kono and Chin followed closely behind Steve, Kono's phone came to life; it was HPD.

"This is Officer Kalakaua" Kono answered as Chin watched on.

"Really? When?" Kono asked.

"What's up?" Chin asked as he glanced over to his cousin.

"What did he take?" Kono asked. "And you have a positive ID? ... Okay thank you" she said before disconnecting the call.

"What was that about?" Chin asked.

"That was HPD, Nathan Anderson held up the Queen's Emergency Room a couple of hours ago" Kono explained.

"Are they sure it was him?" Chin asked.

"He was wearing a ski mask, but they ran a biometric comparison test on the surveillance footage, and it was a match" Kono replied.

"Steve was right, this isn't just about Pedro Fuentes getting revenge on Matt" she added.

"Pedro must have used April as an incentive to help him" Chin suggested.

"I'll call Steve"

As Steve sped down the Kalanianaole Highway with sirens blaring Chin and Kono in tow, his phone rang with Chin's name coming up. He reached over to answer it.

"Chin, what's up?" Steve asked.

"Looks like you were right about Nathan going after April" Chin replied.

"What do you mean?" Steve asked.

"Kono just got a call from HPD; someone held up the Queen's Emergency Room a couple of hours ago" Chin replied.

"Was that someone Nathan Anderson?" Steve suggested.

"Yeah, they ran a biometric comparison test and confirmed it was him" Kono replied.

"Do you know what was taken?" Steve asked.

"Yeah" Kono replied.

"Yeah and…?" Steve asked, waiting for her to elaborate.

"Like we said you were right" Kono replied. "He's going to take the baby" she added.

"Well, let's just make sure we get to them before that happens" said Steve.

"And hope that it hasn't already happened" Kono added.

"Yeah, that too" Steve agreed.

Now sitting in an eerie silence, Danny, Grace, April, Rachel and Matt all waited to see what was going to happen next. They didn't have to wait too long. April and Matt glanced at the door as it was being unlocked again. Rachel couldn't, after she finally passed out from the blood loss. This left April really concerned, as she knew Rachel was getting worse and they were running out of time to get her some much needed medical help that she couldn't provide. As the door swung open, it revealed both Nathan and Pedro. Neither of them spoke as the two men entered the beach house. The look on Pedro and Nathan's face suggested to April and Matt that something was about to go down; and that something wasn't going to be good. Nathan began to approach April; and that's when things started to head south.

"What are you doing?!" Matt yelled after he saw that Nathan was carrying a backpack.

"Shut up and don't move!" Pedro yelled back, pointing his gun at him.

Coming to a stop in front of April, Nathan dropped his backpack to the floor and set his plan of revenge into motion.

"Get up" Nathan ordered while poking fun at her situation.

"Funny" April replied.

"Well I try" Nathan boasted. "Now, move over there" he ordered, pointing to the other side of the beach house.

"You already know I can't!" April yelled back. "So why don't you do it yourself!"

"Very well then" said Nathan before he moved behind her and grabbed her hair.

Keeping a firm grip on April's long brown hair, Nathan dragged the heavily pregnant women across to the other side of the beach house. As Nathan pulled along the hard wooden floor, April didn't scream despite the agonising pain. Then, the pain came to a sudden stop when Nathan loosened his tight grip on her hair, but never fully released her.

"What do want from me Nathan?!" April asked.

"Where do you want me to start April, huh?" Nathan asked.

"You left me and took my unborn child away from me, and then you made me kill our baby and put me in prison for the rest of my life"

"You promised you'd stop hitting me when I fell pregnant, you didn't, so I left; you gave me no choice!" April yelled.

"You were a danger to me and our baby!"

"Well it still hurt April" Nathan stated. "And now you're going to pay"

That's when for April, everything happen so fast when she felt Nathan's grip on her hair tighten again. The next thing April knew, the back of her head came into contact the hard wooden wall of the beach house; leaving her disorientated and agonising pain, but knocked out.

"Hey!" Matt yelled.

"What are you doing to her?" before he felt Pedro's gun pressed against the side of his head.

"What did I tell you Matthew?" Pedro asked.

"To shut up and don't move" Matt replied.

"Exactly" said Pedro.

"Now you do that or I'll shoot you and Mrs Edwards will bleed to death. And I need her to be alive so I kill her myself, understood?" he asked.

"Understood" Matt reluctantly agreed.

"Good" said Pedro.

"Mattie!" Danny yelled. "What's going on? Is April okay?" he asked in desperation, dreading that he may have been right about Nathan wanting to get revenge on April.

"Don't answer him" Pedro ordered.

Being unsuccessful in knocking April unconscious, Nathan made a second attempt. Retightening his grip on April's hair, he pulled her head back and slammed it against the wall. The next thing April saw after her made contact with the hard wooden wall, was black; Nathan's second attempt was successful, she lying flat on the floor, out cold. Now it was time to get down to business; to get the ultimate revenge, his revenge. Matt so desperately wanted to scream out April's name but was under the threat of Pedro shooting him in the head.

While Matt sat completely still, keeping pressure on Rachel's gunshot wound, he watched as Nathan picked up his backpack full of his supplies and open it up. With Pedro's gun still pressed against his head, all Matt could do was watch in horror as he saw what Nathan pulled out of his backpack. He knew his little sister was in trouble and couldn't do a thing to stop it that wouldn't put Rachel's life in danger; and it was already slowly slipping away. As Nathan pulled April's top up to reveal her large swollen belly, Matt's suspicions were confirmed and he couldn't bear to watch Nathan butcher his little sister as he quickly turned to face in the opposite direction.

Minutes felt like hours as Matt could only keep pressure on Rachel's wound as he could only bear to listen to what Nathan was doing to April. Matt knew he had to do something to stop Nathan from possibly killing his sister and her baby; even if it meant risking his life to save them. Rachel's bleeding was beginning to slow down, so it was beginning to look like the bullet hadn't hit anything major and hopefully be okay. Matt knew if he was going to make his move, he had to make it now. If he didn't it would only April who would be killed. After all, he knew he was the reason that they were all here; it was entirely his fault, so he had to try and fix it.

Sitting by Rachel's side, Matt plotted in his head how he was going to stop Nathan and Pedro. He knew every second he waited, was one less second April had, so it was then he decided to make his move and maybe end this whole nightmare. Just before Matt made his move, he heard the cries of a new life being brought into the world. He knew April was in real trouble now. Not putting it off for a second more, Matt looked to his right where Pedro was holding his gun and grabbed it. As soon as he grabbed it, he moved it away from his head, just before Pedro got a shot off. Keeping a firm grip on Pedro's gun, Matt then turned his head to face him and kicked him in the shins; causing Pedro to loosen his grip on the gun before Matt lost his balance and yanked it out of his hands as he fell on his side onto the hard wooden floor. As Matt tried to find his bearings, Pedro jumped on top of him and they began to wrestle for the gun. Suddenly, just after only about thirty seconds of fighting for the gun, a muffled gunshot rang out, leaving the crying baby to be the only sound to be heard.

"Mattie!" Danny yelled. "Mattie!"

Another A/N: Please note that because I have started back at university, time between posting chapters could be a little longer. Sorry!