"His Salvation"
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Title: "His Salvation"
Author: Michelle Heath
Rating: MA for adult language and situations
Summary: He saved her. Will she be his salvation?
Date Written: November 23, 2010
(Sam goes to the waiting room to spend a little time with Caroline's parents and assures them that, now that Steve is awake and improving, she's also doing much better than she was. They decide to go to their hotel to rest and Sam sends Caroline with them. There's nothing she can do at the hospital anyway, and Danny's going to be busy for a while. What Sam doesn't tell Caroline is that she's sending her to the hotel with her folks for her own safety. Now that Steve is on the mend, Sam's training has kicked in and her mind's going a mile a minute. She goes back to Steve's room and asks Danny to let her know when he needs her. Promising her he will, Danny heads out to make sure their computers are getting set-up. One look at Steve and Sam realizes that he has exhausted what little strength he had and that he needs to rest. Pulling her chair closer to the bed, she kisses him softly, takes his hand in both of hers, and sits down.)
"You need sleep, Steve."
"I've been asleep, Sam."
"Yes, but you need more."
"Not sure I want to. I had a really weird dream."
"Yeah? How weird?"
"Weird. I'll tell you about it later. . . Sam?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you want children?"
"Wow. That must have been some dream."
"Do you?"
"I would love to have babies with you, Steve."
"Good. 'Cause we are. One day."
(His voice has been getting softer with each word and he drifts off to sleep on the last one. Smiling at the thought of having Steve's baby, Sam lays her head on her arms and nods off herself. . . . Computers are up and running in the temporary ops center and Kono, Chin, and three of the SEALs are typing fast and furiously on keyboards. Tony Montgomery is on his cellular phone with a friend of his, and Danny is on his with the Governor. He finishes his update about the time Tony ends his call and walks toward him.)
"Just got off the phone with a buddy of mine who works at Langley. They haven't picked up any chatter on a hit, but Kasavich has disappeared. He's off the map and has been for about a week. He's going to call me if he picks up anything."
"Okay. Listen, I know you guys may be called out on an op at any time and I just wanted to, you know, thank you for everything you guys have done to help out."
"Steve McGarrett's probably the best C.O. most of us have ever had, and he's personally saved my six more than once. We'd all do anything for him we could. You don't have to thank us, Det. Williams."
"Okay, and it's Danny.