For story info/disclaimer/etc. see intro to chapter 1
The guys arrived at the warehouse in the last chapter, but things are not going to be as easy as that, now are they? ... Of course not.
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"THE BOOTS" chapter 7
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Kono can hear the door being busted down. Help was now in the building, now they just had to get to her. They probably thought that would be the easy part, she knew it wouldn't be.
Chin carried a shot gun with a flashlight on it, aimed and ready. He didn't need it. Well, the flashlight part anyway. He could see Kono right away. The warehouse was sectioned off in a way he'd never seen before. Once inside the front door, you were in the main part of the warehouse as expected, but there was chain link fencing, floor to ceiling, to get through. The fencing ran around three sides of the large open space, like a 6' wide wrap around hallway, leaving the middle almost like a giant cage... and that was, of course, where Kono was, as was Stevie Hill. This was not good.
Chin and Lukela went right, Steve and Danny went left. At the end of the make-shift hallway - as if the fencing was a substitute for a wall - Chin and Lukela came to stairs that led to a loft at the far end of the warehouse, above the room the women had been kept in and looked out over the warehouse. Chin could still see Kono easily, but none of them could get to her yet.
Stevie punched Kono again, sending her back onto a stack of crates. She took opportunity to plant the toe of her boot in his gut, which sent him back on his ass, she then took off for the stairs. She thought that if she could just reach the top, she might find a way to let Chin and Lukela in. She could hear her cousin calling to her as she neared the top, but Stevie was right behind her and grabbed her by the ankle, sending them both tumbling painfully back to the bottom. Kono made it to her feet first and flipped Stevie over onto his stomach, pinning an arm behind him. But his elbow made painful contact with the side of her head as he struggled to flip himself back over to regain some control. Stevie could see the officers all around them, separated only by the chain link fencing they hadn't gotten through, yet. He could also hear their voices calling out to him to 'freeze' and knew several guns were trained on him. In other words, he had nothing to lose and wasn't about to go down without a fight.
Steve had had all he could take. He wasn't about to continue standing there helpless as Kono was taking blows like that. "Come with me!" He orders Danny, and they run back around the make-shift/chain-link hallway. "Wait here. And stay clear!" Steve orders again, then takes off back out the front door they had entered through.
"Where's he going?" Chin asks, as he and Lukela return from their side, frustrated at not having any luck getting through the chain-link fencing.
"I don't kn-" Danny started to say, just as one of the SWAT van's came crashing through the front door and keeps going till it had also crashed through the fencing, stopping almost in the center of the warehouse.
Steve slams on the brakes as soon as he knows the SWAT van is clear of the fencing, leaving plenty of room for team members to get in. "Freeze!" He yells as he exits the vehicle, pointing his gun at Stevie.
Kono blocks another punch, before sending one of her own to Stevie's jaw. She can hear her boss yelling at Stevie, who is obviously not listening or caring. Suddenly he takes her to the ground, the back of her head hitting the concrete floor as he begins to choke her. Kono brings her hands up between his arms to break his hold as she also brings her right leg around and kicks him off her. This sends him backwards onto the floor with a thud.
Kono doesn't move. She doesn't have to. She remains on her back looking up at Five-0 and SWAT members as they surround her. It was finally over. If Stevie dared move, they could deal with him.
"Don't you mo-" Chin starts to yell, his gun trained on Stevie. He didn't finish his sentence, but lowered the shotgun instead.
Silence.
"Kono," Danny finally says rather quietly as he holsters his gun, then crouches down beside her.
She looks up at his concerned blue eyes, 'Why is he talking to me like that?' Kono wonders to herself, exhausted and just laying there, still trying to catch her breath. She looks around, noticing that Chin and Steve were looking at Stevie, then realising that everyone else was looking at Stevie, too. She struggles a bit to sit up, feeling resistance, then she sees it. Her boot. When she had kicked Stevie off of her, the stiletto heel of her boot had gone through his neck. They all watch as Steve checks for a pulse, but he just shakes his head. There's nothing to say. Stevie is dead.
Kono slowly runs her hand down the back of her leg, undoing the long zipper to release her leg and foot from the boot. She then slides herself back a few feet away from the body before removing the other boot, which she leaves on the floor before walking away.
HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0
They finally found Kono - and - made it to her.
Can you just picture Stevie laying dead on the floor with Kono's boot sticking out of his neck as she walks away? Well, the long, narrow stilleto heel of it, anyway.
Not done yet. One more chapter to go.