Take Two: Chapter Fourteen
A/n: Here's a short update.
Chin, Kono, and Eric had all tried to break down the door. No one was successful. Eric called Steve again, but got another busy tone. They couldn't reach Lou either.
Kono pounded on the door again. "Danny! Abby!"
"Why the hell don't you guys answer your phones when we actually need you?" Eric yelled at no one in particular. "Huh? What's up with that?"
Chin chose to ignore this comment, and instead tried to break the door down again with his shoulder.
By the time Abby regained consciousness, the smoke had filled the room completely. It took her a moment to see, but it was the yelling that had pulled her back into consciousness.
Next to her was a discarded phone. It was on, and Abby could see Steve's face on the screen. The picture of Steve was from four or five years ago. A young Grace was in his lap, and they both had on football jerseys. Steve had his arms around Grace's waist and was smiling cheekily. The voice on the phone, however, was anything but happy.
"Danny! Danny! C'mon. What's happening? Answer me. Danno? Lou. We need to go. Danny, don't hang up, okay? We're coming. Is Abby okay? Danny."
Abby blinked, going to the messages app. She couldn't focus with Steve's consistently loud yelling. There were other noises, too, but they were far away, and Abby couldn't decipher them.
She found Steve's name. Her vision blurred again, but she focused on the screen. The last message between Steve and Danny had just been a series of GIFs. Steve had gotten the last word with a He-Man GIF before Danny simply replied dork. Abby blinked again, almost laughing in her shock. What had she expected?
Steve, she typed slowly. Help.
The noises distracted her again. Someone was calling her name from far away. She looked up, squinting through the smoke.
"Let's talk about this, huh?" a voice arose from the smoke, as did a tall figure, bending over the table. Danny was laying down. How did he get up there? The man, the strange man, had his back to Danny.
In response to Danny's question, the man punched Danny across the face. Danny yelled in protest.
"Danny! Danny!" Steve heard the cry. His voice was loud over the phone. Abby shied away from it, crawling away. The far-away voice calling her name was closer. Abby took the phone with her and began to crawl towards the noise.
"Abby," the voice called. "Abby, are you okay?"
Abby crawled towards the noise.
"You killed my brother." Came the other voice.
"I don't care." Danny's voice was angry. "Your brother killed my brother. If you kill me, someone's going to kill you. Then what, huh? Then what-" Danny stopped, groaning. The man had hit Danny in the chest again.
"Danny? We're almost there, Danny. How's Abby?" Steve was still speaking.
"Abby?" the voice was closer than ever before. Abby pulled herself up and looked at the door in front of her. She reached towards the handle. It was hot, but she persevered. She had to reach the voice.
"What do you want me to say, huh?" Danny suddenly yelled. His voice was too loud. Abby cringed. Her hand fell.
"I want you to die!"
"Abby?" the voice called once more. "Is that you?"
"Danny! Danny! Fight him, Danny!"
Abby turned the handle. The door opened stiffly. In a millisecond, Eric ran into the room and towards the strange man. Danny yelled at Eric to go away, terrified. The man pushed Danny onto the ground of broken glass once more, just as Eric tackled the man.
Chin and Kono came in not long after. Kono ran to assist in the fight. Chin nearly ran into Abby at the door, and instantly knelt down and helped her sit up. It was no use. She was unconscious again, phone in hand. She had sent another text message to Steve. Danny. Trouble.
Chin picked up the phone. He put it to his ear and said Steve's name, but the call had disconnected, because Steve was bounding up the stairs, Lou at his heels. They ran into headquarters just as a gun fired, Danny cried out, and Kono screamed.