Catherine couldn't believe what she was hearing. She was pregnant! She was pregnant with Steve's baby! They had never really talked about having kids and she was still on birth control.
"I'm pregnant?" Catherine asked, making sure she heard it alright.
"Yes you are. I had a gynecologist look over the scans and she confirmed it. You are pregnant."
"Is everything okay with the baby?"
"Yes the baby is doing just fine. Your shooting didn't cause it any damage." Catherine was relieved to hear that. "My colleague will come take a look at you shortly, she's gonna examine you and the baby."
"Okay, thank you doctor."
The doctor left the room. Catherine just lay there, thinking about what she had just discovered. She was pregnant! She was carrying her and Steve's baby. She wondered if Steve would like it. They had never talked about kids so Catherine didn't know if Steve wanted to have kids. Sure he was a great uncle to Grace, Joan, Charlie and Sara. But having a baby of his own would be totally different. Would he be happy about it? Catherine knew she wanted to have kids someday but was now the right time? They had only been married shortly, she was still on birth control and they had never thought about having kids. A million things were going through Catherine's had right now but she felt happy, happy that she was pregnant with Steve's baby. There had never been anyone else she rather wanted to have a baby with. But would they be any good at being a parent? Sure they had some nieces and nephews they looked after every once in a while but that was different. Would they be okay with raising a baby? Catherine had no idea what to tell Steve.
She was shocked out of her thoughts when the doctor walked in.
"Good morning, I'm Doctor Lacey Simmons. I'm a gynecologist. My colleague told me they discovered you are pregnant after you were brought in after your shooting."
"Yes that is correct. I had no idea I was pregnant. I'm still on birth control so I didn't think I would be pregnant."
"Well, like all contraceptives, the birth control pill is not hundred percent contraceptive. There's always a small change of getting pregnant. From the looks of it you are around eight weeks pregnant. This was not a planned pregnancy?"
"Well no, not exactly planned. I've been married for only a few months but we've been together for a lot longer. But we've never talked about having kids. This came as a bit of a surprise."
"As your doctor I have to tell you that, if this is something you don't want there are always options."
"Oh no, I'm not terminating it. It's just a surprise that I'm pregnant but I'm happy about it and I'm sure my husband will be too."
"Alright then. We'll let's get you two checked out." The doctor felt around Catherine's stomach, being careful of the wounds on the side of her stomach, before grabbing the ultrasound machine. "Can you put your feet up for me please, so that I can examine the baby?"
"You're not going through the abdomen?" Catherine asked.
"No, it's too early for that. I'm gonna insert a wand into your vagina so that I can see the baby. Don't worry, it doesn't hurt. It's just a bit unpleasant."
Catherine put her feet on the bed so the doctor could examine her in between her legs. She felt the doctor take her panties off. The doctor inserted two fingers into her and felt around to make sure everything was alright before getting the wand ready. The doctor put some type of condom over the wand and inserted it into Catherine's vagina. The doctor moved it around for a bit before she saw the baby on the screen.
"See, there it is, the little baby."
Catherine looked at the screen. She couldn't believe it! She saw her little baby, her and Steve's little baby on the screen. It was so little but it looked so cute already. Catherine couldn't believe that this was growing inside of her.
"Is everything okay doctor?"
"Everything looks perfectly fine. The baby has a good strong heartbeat and your shooting didn't cause it any damage. The baby is very healthy."
Catherine was relieved to hear that. "Can you tell me how far along I am?"
"I'd say you're about nine weeks along but I'll know an exact date after I've done some more tests."
"Okay."
The doctor looked around Catherine stomach a bit more and made a picture before removing the wand. The doctor drew some of Catherine's blood and took her vitals and weight.
"Here's my card. You can call my assistant to make an appointment for in three weeks. I should have some more accurate information by then, but don't worry, the baby is doing very well."
"Okay thank you doctor."
The doctor left the room and Catherine looked at the ultrasound picture she was holding in her hands. She really was pregnant. How was she going to tell Steve this? Would he like it? Would they be okay raising a baby? Now that Catherine was pregnant she wouldn't be able to go out into the field anymore, it would be too risky for her and the baby. Catherine started thinking back. She had gotten pregnant while they were on the cruise, well no surprise there. They did had a lot of sex on their honeymoon. Catherine thought about it but as far as she could remember she didn't forget her birth control pill one day. But yeah like the doctor said, not all contraceptives are one hundred percent. She wanted to have kids with Steve but she didn't know if now was the right time for them. They had just gotten married and she just had started her new job at the ATF. Maybe it wasn't the right timing but Catherine was very happy about it, she just hoped Steve would be too.
…
In the afternoon Steve stopped by during visiting hours.
"Hey honey," Steve spoke as he walked into the room.
"Hey baby."
Steve walked over to the bed and gave Catherine a kiss. "How are you doing?"
"I'm good, just a bit tired, but I'm good. Doctor said I could probably go home tomorrow."
"That's great. I'm glad to see you're doing alright. You really scared me."
"I'm sorry, but don't worry about me honey. I'm fine."
"Okay good." Steve's phone rang. Steve looked at the display and saw it was Danny. "Yeah Danny," Steve answered with a sigh.
"Sorry to bother you, but we have a new lead on the case."
"Alright, I'll be right there." Steve hung up the phone. "Sorry honey, but I've gotta go, work is calling."
"It's okay, go."
"I'll see you later tonight."
"Yeah see you then, be careful."
"Always." Steve gave Catherine a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too."
Catherine watched as Steve left the room, she should've probably told him that he was going to be a dad but she had no idea how. Catherine grabbed her phone to see if she could find a nice creative way to tell him that they were having a baby. She looked online and found a nice way to tell him. She would do that once she was released from the hospital.
…
The next morning before work Steve dropped by the hospital to pick up Catherine.
"Hey babe," Steve spoke as he walked into the room. Catherine was just getting herself dressed, well at least trying to.
"Hey honey."
"Here let me help you with that."
Steve helped Catherine get herself dressed. It wasn't as easy to do with her injured arm. Once Catherine was dressed Steve grabbed her stuff and took her outside to the car.
"You feeling okay?" Steve asked as they got in the car.
"Yeah just a bit tired and weak, but I'm okay." Catherine caught Steve looking at her. "Really honey, I'm okay."
"Okay good."
Steve gave her a quick kiss before driving her home. Steve carried her stuff inside as Catherine sat down on the couch.
"I do have to go to work today. Is there something you need before I go?"
"No thanks, I'm good."
"Alright. If there's anything, anything at all, you can always call me."
"I know but I'll be fine and I'll take it easy."
"Okay good." Steve gave Catherine a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too. Be careful today."
"I will. I'll see you later tonight."
"Yeah see you."
Steve gave Catherine one more kiss before he left for work.
…
"Hey Steve," Chin greeted as Steve walked in. "How's Catherine doing?"
"She's good. Picked her up from the hospital just now. She needs to stay at home for about a month before she can return to work but she's doing good. She got lucky."
"That's good to hear."
"Anything happen here yet?"
"No nothing."
"Okay."
Steve walked to his office and got to work on some paperwork.
…
Catherine sat at home and ordered some groceries in so she make her surprise for Steve, to tell him she was pregnant. She was going to make some Chinese and hide clues in the fortune cookies. She really wondered how Steve would react to this. She really hoped Steve would like it. He was really great with kids so he would be a great dad. Catherine was just a bit scared how it would be around the house, with a little baby in the house. Their lives would change forever.
….
Steve sat behind his desk when his phone rang.
"McGarrett," Steve answered the phone. "Yeah on the way." Steve hung up the phone and walked out the main area. "Let's go guys, we've got a case."
They all got in their cars and drove to the crime scene. Jerry stayed at the office to do some research on the victim, who had already been ID'd.
"What have we got Duke?" Steve asked as they walked onto the crime scene.
"Two runners found the body just now. Victim's name is Leila McKinna. She appears to have been shot but there's no blood or shell casings here," Duke spoke.
"So probably a body dump," Danny stated.
"Most likely. We're canvasing the area to see if somebody saw something."
"Alright thanks Duke."
They walked up to the body, where Noelani was examining the body.
"Anything yet Noelani?" Steve asked.
"As far as I can tell right now cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest. I estimate time of death somewhere between 4am and 6am this morning. I'll know more once I bring her back to the lab."
"Did she have any belongings with her?" Kono asked.
"No nothing."
"Then how do we know her ID?" Chin wanted to know.
"I ran her prints, she was in the system. She works at the governor's office."
"Alright, get her results as soon as possible, we need to know if this has something to do with the governor," Steve said. "Chin, Kono, Lou, you look around the crime scene, maybe you can find something and talk to her family. Danny and I will visit the governor."
They all went to work. Danny and Steve drove to the governor's office.
"Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett and Detective Danny Williams, Five-0. We're here to see governor Keiko Mahoe, it's important."
"The governor is in a meeting at the moment."
"She's gonna wanna hear this. Where is she?"
"She is not to be disturbed."
Steve didn't take no for an answer and walked into the direction of the governor's office. Steve knocked on the door before going in.
"Commander McGarrett," Keiko spoke surprised.
"Sorry ma'am, he insisted on speaking to you," the assistant spoke.
"It's okay Ailani."
"I'm sorry to barge in like this, but I really need to speak to you, governor. It's important."
"Gentlemen, would you excuse me, we'll continue this conversation another time." The other's left. "Now commander, what is so important?"
"Again, sorry to disturb you but we were just at a crime scene. We found one of your staff, Leila McKinna. I'm sorry to tell you ma'am, but it appears that she was murdered."
"Murdered?" Keiko sat down on her chair from shock. "It's her day off today so we weren't missing her here today. Who would do this? She was always so sweet."
"Could you think of anyone who would try to hurt her?"
"No, everyone here loved Leila. She got along with everyone. She was a hard worker, always there when you needed her. She was so sweet, she didn't seem like anyone who would get in trouble."
"When was the last time you saw her?" Danny asked.
"Yesterday morning. She was in here to talk over some things."
"Did she seem off to you?" Steve asked.
"No, not really. Please commander, found out who did this. You have the full support of my office, just find the son of a bitch who did this."
"Yes, ma'am. Since we don't know why this happened, I want you to be careful. This could be an attack on you."
"On me? Why that?"
"Leila worked in your office, maybe it has something to do with your work. Just be careful until we find out what's going on."
"I will commander, just find whoever did this."
"You have my word ma'am."
Steve and Danny left the office and went back to the office.
"Have you found anything Jerry?" Steve asked as he and Danny walked back into the main area.
"So far HPD canvas hasn't turned up anything and the crime scene is in a camera dead zone so no cameras caught what happened. I tracked her phone and it's still at the house. Her house does have camera's. They caught this just after 2am."
Jerry played the video and they all watched the video on the screen. They saw a car stop in front of the house and Leila getting out. She wasn't alone however. A man got out of the driver's seat. All kissing they walked inside the house.
"Well, at least someone had fun the night before she got killed," Danny said.
"Just wait for it Detective."
Jerry fast forwarded the video a bit and about an hour later they saw the same man coming out again, carrying someone over his shoulder. Jerry zoomed in and they saw it was an unconscious Leila. They watched how she was put in the trunk and then the car drove off.
"I tried tracking the car but I lost it, it went into a dead zone."
"Any ID on this guy?" Steve asked.
"Nothing so far."
"So, they have a good time out, she takes him back to her place. An hour later her puts her in his trunk unconscious, and about an hour after that she ends up dead," Danny summed up.
"But that still leaves us with the time from the house to the time she was murdered. What happened between 3 and 6am?" Steve's phone rang. "Yeah doc….. okay we'll be right there." Steve hung up the phone. "Noelani has something for us."
Steve and Danny went to the morgue.
"What have you got for us Noelani?" Steve asked as they walked into the morgue.
"The cause of death was indeed the gunshot to the chest. The bullet was still in so I sent it to ballistics. Like I thought before time of death is between 4 and 6 am. Just prior to her death Ms. McKinna had sex with someone and from what I can tell it wasn't friendly."
"She was raped?" Danny asked.
"It appears so yes. I found some DNA there so I sent that to the lab as well."
"So she takes this guy home and he rapes her, then he takes her somewhere and kills her," Danny said. "But that still leave us with some time we don't know what happened."
"Can you tell doc where she was just before her death?" Steve asked.
"Apart from the trace evidence from the woods there was nothing there to indicate where she had been."
"Alright, mahalo doc."
Steve and Danny went back to the office. Chin, Kono and Lou had returned as well. After a while they had a hit on the DNA found on the victim's body. He was in the system for an armed robbery. Jerry had looked at some more camera footage surrounding the crime scene and he had caught the car driving in and out of the area which led to the crime scene. Everyone geared up and went to the suspects house.
"Jason Samoa, five-0, open up," Steve yelled as he knocked on the door.
A gunshot came blasting through the door. Steve kicked the door in and soon they were engaged in a fire fight. Kono managed to hit Jason in the arm, causing him to drop his gun. After being patched up Steve and Danny took him down to interrogation, where he confessed to killing Leila. She was his girlfriend but she had started fighting him because she wanted to leave him so he raped and killed her.
After finished up his paperwork Steve went back home.
"Hey Cath, I'm home," Steve called into the house.
"Hey Steve, I'm in the kitchen."
Steve walked into the kitchen. "Hmm, it smells good in here."
"I made us Chinese. Don't worry, it wasn't that much work."
"Okay good, I'm starving."
"That's good, cus it's done."
Steve helped Catherine carry the phone over to the table inside. Catherine was a bit nervous how Steve would react to the baby news. When they had finished the food they started on the fortune cookies. Catherine watched with excitement as Steve opened the first fortune cookie.
"What does it say Steve?"
"An amazing adventure awaits you," Steve read from the paper. "And yours?"
"From small beginnings come great things."
"Hmm wonder what they would mean."
"Well they are more, maybe they all have something in common."
Steve grabbed another fortune cookie. "You will meet an important person this fall."
Catherine grabbed another. "Happy news is on its way to you. Hmmm okay what do they mean? We have: an amazing adventures awaits you, from small beginnings come great things, you will meet an important person this fall and happy new is on its way to you."
"What do they have in common?"
"Maybe the last one is the final piece. You go ahead, open it."
Steve felt that his wife probably knew more about this than him but nevertheless Steve took the final fortune cookie and opened it. He read what was on the piece of paper.
"Hi daddy!" Steve spoke.