Rachel grabbed her purse from the kitchen counter as she raced with her terrified daughter to the garage.
Gracie was sobbing and calling for her Daddy as Rachel buckled her into the backseat and instructed her to lay down, "I'm scared Mommy"
"Gracie, listen to me…..lay down and don't move sweetheart. We're going to be fine"
Back in the house Kono broke out a lower pane of glass on the front bay window. She had dropped her phone as she began firing at the two men making their way towards the house. She was heavily out-gunned but the men did not know that they were facing a highly trained marksman.
The next events all happened simultaneously. Martinsen and Rejon were boldly approaching the house firing automatic weapons at the front window. Glass was shattering around her as Kono stepped from the corner of the window exposing herself. In two shots, she dropped Rejon the bullets striking him in the neck and upper chest. A bullet from Martinsen's gun tore into her right shoulder knocking her gun from her hand. As she slumped against the edge of the window she saw Rachel driving from the garage towards the front gate and to her horror Kono watched as Martinsen turned and ran after the vehicle firing as he moved. As she made an attempt to move towards her gun, Kono Kalakaua fell to the ground as darkness surrounded her.
Danny's Camaro rounded the corner leading to Rachels' just in time to see the grey Chevy Cavalier peeling from the driveway and heading away from him. He looked beyond the car and spotted Rachel's Lexus about a hundred yards ahead of the Cavalier.
"FUCK!" He tried to re-dial Kono and her phone rolled straight to voice mail. As he passed the house at an extremely high rate of speed he glanced over at the Police squad cars. He saw the windshield blown out of the front vehicle and he could see the motionless bodies of the two bloodied officers. He could not see the officers from the second vehicle and the squad appeared to have minimal damage. He quickly dialed Duke as he sped after the Camaro.
"Duke! Duke it's Danny! The house has been compromised. Shots fired, officers down!"
"What about Kono?"
"I'm unable to reach her. Duke I'm in a high speed chase with a grey Chevy Cavalier, license number A Alpha, C Charlie, W William, 226….again ACW226. The vehicle is pursuing Rachel"
"Copy Danny, squads are enroute"
Hanging up his phone, Danny continued to increase his speed and was gaining on the car but unfortunately the Cavalier was also gaining on Rachel.
To his horror he watched as Martinsen rear-ended Rachel's car causing her to spin out of control and crash head on into a telephone pole.
The detective screamed in fear and anger, "NO, NO, NO…"
He watched as Martinsen exited his vehicle obviously unaware that he was being followed. Danny stopped his car and jumped out, gun drawn, "MARTINSEN, STOP! IT'S OVER!"
Jasper Martinsen turned, aiming his gun at Danny but he never had a chance to pull the trigger as Danny fired four rounds, dropping the man…..dead.
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Danny raced to the Lexus, he hadn't seen Gracie in the vehicle and he was terrified as to what he would find. As he drew closer the front door opened and Rachel stepped out, covered in powder from the deployment of the airbag.
"RACHEL, RACHEL"
"DANNY, GET TO GRACIE! SHE'S IN THE BACK SEAT!"
Danny was opening the back passenger door in seconds, kneeling down and stroking the whimpering child's hair, "Gracie….Monkey it's Danno….are you okay?"
Pulling her arm from her face she looked up into her Daddy's eyes, "Daddy….."
She lunged towards him as he unbuckled her and pulled her out of the car.
She clung to him as he again asked, "Baby are you okay? Are you hurt?"
"No I'm not hurt? Where's Mommy?"
Rachel was now at Danny's side, "I'm right here honey"
Danny stood, and holding Gracie tightly he wrapped an arm around Rachel pulling her close, "Are you okay Rach?"
"Yes…yes I'm fine"
They both stood hugging their daughter and holding each other as they softly sobbed.
After a couple of minutes Danny said, "Rachel, I need to go check on Kono"
Gracie cried out, "Don't leave us Daddy…..please"
"Hey, Monkey….relax, I'm not going anywhere without you. You and Mommy will come in my car"
Rachel wiped her eye's and nodded, "Let me grab my purse" She retrieved her purse and car keys and then she followed Danny to his car as he carried Gracie close to his chest, shielding her from seeing the dead man lying just a few feet behind her Mother's car.
He had Rachel get into the back seat and then he handed Gracie to her, whispering "Keep her down"
Then talking to Gracie he said, "Monkey you just lay in Mommy's lap. Everything is okay now, it's over"
"Did you get the bad guys Daddy?"
"Did I get the bad guys? Don't I always get the bad guys?"
The little girl grinned slightly and then Danny said, "I'll be right back…I promise"
He then moved over to Martinsen, confirming the man was dead and taking the weapons from him and his vehicle.
After placing the numerous guns into his trunk Danny got into the car and turned back towards the house.
Rachel immediately asked, "Did you talk to Kono?"
He looked at her through the rearview mirror as he answered, "Uh no…..her phone was dead"
Rachel understood, she saw the look in his eyes….she had been married to him long enough to know that Danny was scared. He obviously hadn't been to the house yet and he didn't know if Kono was dead or alive.
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As he reached the house, he drove slowly past the squad cars, now seeing a third officer lying in a pool of blood on the ground next to the bullet ridden car. He noticed the young officer's hand was on his holster but he hadn't had time to draw it. As he pulled into the driveway he saw a man he recognized from the mug shot as Rejon lying face down on the grass now stained blood red.
He turned to Rachel and Gracie, "Gracie look at me baby girl, I need you to do exactly what I tell you okay?"
"Okay Daddy"
He smiled at her, "I'm going to go help Kono and I need you to stay down, keep your head in Mommy's lap until I get back"
"Okay…I love you Danno"
"I love you more Monkey" He then looked at Rachel adding softly, "Stay here"
Danny was shaking as he moved across the lawn, his gun drawn. He knelt down and confirmed that Rejon was dead. He then turned his gaze to the front of the house. The large bay window had been shattered by automatic gunfire and Danny moved towards the front door.
He was fairly certain that Martinsen and Rejon were acting alone but he had to be cautious.
Pushing open the front door he turned and his eyes instantly fell on his fallen partner.
"Kono, oh my God" He raced to her side. She lay face down amongst the shattered glass. He gently rolled her over. She was horribly pale as he placed two fingers on her neck feeling for a pulse. As he touched her, her eye's jolted open and her hands grabbed his arms. He spoke, "HEY HEY KONO, RELAX BABY…it's Danny….relax"
"Dddanny…."
"Yeah kid. You're going to be okay. Let me take a look at you?"
"Danny…..Gracie and…..RRachell…."
"They're safe Kono, they're safe. You did a great job protecting them. You're lying on all this glass, I'm going to move you"
Placing a hand on the ground she tried to push up, "Oohhhh"
"Kono STOP!"
"I can wwalk…."
"Of course you can, just humor me though okay. Lay still now, I've got you" He smiled at her, placing his arms gently under her and lifting her off the ground with ease. She moaned softly as he spoke soothingly, "I'm sorry Kono, relax"
He carried her across the room and laid her tenderly onto the couch.
"There you go. Let me look at your shoulder now kiddo" He tore her shirt away exposing the wound adding, "It's not bleeding too bad, you're going to be fine"
"So, you got 'em?"
"Well you took out one of them…..and yeah I got the other. You saw only two right?"
"Yes…"
"Let me go grab some towels, you stay here….don't move"
Danny ran to the hall closet grabbing a few towels and then he raced back to Kono's side.
He grabbed a quilt off the back of the couch and covered his fallen teammate. As he knelt at her side they heard the sirens of the arriving ambulance and squad cars.
He placed a towel on her shoulder as she said, "Danny…my hand…hurts"
He pulled back the quilt and saw immediately the cause of her pain, "You've got a good sized piece of glass in your palm Kono. I'm going to let the EMT's take care of it okay?"
"Yeah"
He ran his hand through her hair and then as the EMT's approached he stepped back to give them access.
As Duke was moving towards him, his phone rang "Chin?"
"Danny…."
Danny noticed the shakiness in Chin's voice, "Chin, what's wrong?"
"Danny, Steve went into cardiac arrest….."
The blood drained from his face as his brain processed the words and he said softly, "Oh my God"
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