I woke up to a fuzzy head and mouth like sandpaper, I opened my eyes slowly as I blinked around the light coming from outside the room and I tried to move – bad move. My whole side was on fire if I even moved a fraction to my left and I was instantly pressed down by a set of hands on both sides of me. I looked to my left and right and saw Steve and Danno standing beside me looking concerned, I frowned and then it came back…Chin and Kono!

"Are they….." I whispered.

"Alive because of your quick actions at the docks," Danny replied.

I relaxed under their hands and took a deep breath to steady my nerves and get the pain under control since that is what had woken me up, they both squeezed my hand and I nodded and sent them a quick smile to say I was fine. The door opened and the doctor walked back in and smiled as he saw I was awake, but frowned as he saw my stats, I had ignored them the moment I saw them on the monitor, of course they are all over the place – my two best friends are lying in a hospital with multiple GSW and may die!

"It's good to see you awake again Corporal but I will have to limit visitors to ten minutes if your vitals don't improve." He mentioned pointing to the screen.

I rolled my eyes and nodded, Danno said he would be outside during the checks and see if there was any news on Chin and Kono for us; I nodded and flinched as the doctor checked my ribs and hip out that had wonderful rainbow bruises across it. He got a couple of pillows and rolled me onto them for more support and then had me lean forward to check my collar bone that was nicely fractured and had split through my skin. A few minutes later after checking the stitches he laid me back down and looked satisfied.

"We'll keep you overnight for pain management and to meet your physio and then you should be free to go tomorrow morning, but I make this clear and you are well aware of this that clavicle must be kept immobile over the next month or I will end up needing to put a pin in it. Commander, you're under full instructions on what to do, keep her active but make sure she takes her meds – I know what you're like Sadie!"

"Have we met?" I asked him.

He did look familiar and I was trying to place where, maybe on Pearl Base or possibly the times I have been at Tripler with victims? He shook his head as he saw me trying to move and adjusted the bed so it was easier for me to get comfy.

"Not quite officially, I was your surgeon in Bastion, I'm sorry that the scars didn't heal as well as we liked, but for a trooper like yourself, battle scars are tokens of bravery!"

My eyes widened and I remember him talking to me as I came out the recovery unit after my third operation on my back, I was surprised he remembered me out of the hundreds he had probably treated, but the scars were probably a big giveaway.

"Don't apologise for the scars doc, makes sand angels interesting!" I whispered.

Why the hell was I so tired again, I looked down at Steve's hand and I saw him hit the morphine drip – I looked at him and rolled my eyes before falling asleep.

I woke up again later on with Steve lying beside me on the bed and sound asleep, I shifted slightly in need of the bathroom and he woke up immediately thinking I was hurt; I shook my head and grinned at him as he stood off the bed and stretched. I wiggled my finger at him and motioned for a kiss, he complied and I got a grin back off him.

"Hey, how do you feel?"

"A lot better thanks, how is Kono and Chin?" I whispered.

"Stable and in good hands, are you feeling alright?"

"Need to pee badly!" I whispered.

He helped me up and a bit later I came out the bathroom and pulled on the lounge pants and top Steve had brought for me to make me more comfortable overnight, I managed to get back into the bed without too many 'ouches' and snuggled back up under the blankets. Danno had arrived back with Grace who climbed up onto the bed and gave me a massive hug and a small present of a teddy bear with an arm in a sling; I grinned at her and called the bear 'Scope' and gave her another cuddle as she tried to avoid my bad arm.

"You saved Uncle Chin and Aunt Kono, they are doing really well!" she said gently.

"They are doing well because they are in hospital and have family around them, bet they can't wait to see you again!" I replied closing my eyes.

"But the man on the news said that due to 'duties above and beyond the call' of a member of the task force they would survive – I knew it had to be you who saved them!" she replied.

My head snapped up as I looked at both men; the raid was secret and there was no crews in the area as SWAT had cleared the area and patrolled it regularly to ensure nothing escaped the tight net we had woven around the place. The door opened and Captain Fryer entered the room with a face like thunder, he looked at me holding Grace and he changed tactics.

"Good to see you up and about McGregor."

"Captain, you didn't need to come down for a debrief, I was due to go the station tomorrow!" I replied.

He looked at me and I could tell he was seriously pissed, I got Grace to leave the room for a moment and get herself a drink from the machine across the corridor; the moment she left Fryer launched into a very heated speech.

"You're actions in that building has caused a lot of waves within my department and a lot of people are now questioning your capability to perform your task force duties in a safe manner."

"What are you talking about Fryer? I've seen the footage of the raid and she laid down cover fire and then went to help Chin and Kono, she did nothing wrong and her actions are above reproach!" Steve replied.

"Have you seen the full footage?" he inquired.

'Oh crap, I forgot about the ball cam placed by SWAT – this was going to be painful!'

"There is nothing extra to watch Captain, and my capabilities are fine thanks!" I replied.

He clicked on his tablet and looked up the file, I tried to get off the bed and Steve pushed me back down and took the tablet; he watched as the raid took place and then it paused.

"Hit the button again, it swings into focus on the catwalk and should explain the actions I have to defend!" Fryer responded to Steve's look.

"Trust me Steve there is nothing there that's different from what you have seen and what I told you – even the catwalk fall you know about!"

Steve hit the button and watched as the ball turned towards where I was on the catwalk and had picked off a couple of targets from my perch, he saw the fire I was under and then SWAT taking them down. He saw me spin around and face the other attacker behind me and watched us fall onto the concrete below; I saw the wince he made as he heard the impact through the speakers. He then played it back and froze.

'Aww double shit on a hockey stick!' I thought to myself.

When I was on the catwalk and had been charged at by the man, I had nowhere to go behind me but down, or I could have rushed him and gone into the side room and taken him out that way; I had used his momentum to jump onto his front and spin him round as I pulled us backwards and flung him under me to cushion the impact. Unfortunately his arm was over my shoulder and when we hit the ground, it snapped like a twig as we hit the corner edge of the stairs and the pressure snapped my collarbone.

"See Commander, she put her life at risk for no reason and then put a bullet in him for good measure. Now fair enough he had taken down two cops, and no-one else is aware of the bullet coming from her after the fall – but she had other choices than over the rails!"

"You jumped!" he yelled at me.

"I used a tactical manoeuvre that I was trained in, that heavy ass broke the hold and I got this for my trouble!" I replied indicating my arm.

"You jumped, that manoeuvre is dangerous at best and you were not wearing a helmet – you could have been killed or paralysed!"

"But I wasn't because I know how to fall, how to cushion myself – you are well aware of that particular move!" I hissed back.

Fryer had not been made aware of my training by order of the Governor and military and trying to explain how I knew that fall was tricky at best and suspendable at worst. I took a deep breath as I gently stretched my arm and got off the bed again, running my hand through my hair as I tried to sort out the best way to give him some information.

"Captain there is information that you are unaware of, and no I can't go into details with you – but let's just leave it as a job well done minus the injured and call it even score for SWAT."

"What are you like a super ninja like McGarrett here, a female SEAL? I recognise some of the manoeuvres you used – dangerous to try and copy your boss who is trained in them!" he hissed back.

I glanced at Steve who was holding back some seriously bad language and I rolled my eyes at them both, thankfully the nurse came in at that moment as the monitor was going haywire and she demanded to know what was going on. I told her that everything was fine and it was just SOP for the Captain to come down and that we just had a minor disagreement – she warned them both and told me to rest up or kick them out if needed. Fryer left a few moments later and promised that he would do what he needed to ensure the rumours stopped and that I would be cleared for duty once the Physio had ok'd everything by the books; I nodded and watched him leave and laid back on the bed with a groan – my shoulder was murdering me and the painkillers hadn't arrived yet.

"You alright, want me to get the nurse back in?" Steve asked quickly.

"Hate to say it but I can only bite back so much, this really hurts!"