Where's Kono?
By Montez

A/N: Wow again, but I should have figured you guys would be so supportive, but still wow-Thanks

A/N#2: Anyway just wanted to address a couple things, first, sorry for those Kono/Steve shippers out there, no romance in this story. I don't write romance very well and don't want to mess up the story writing something I honestly can't do.(Thou I'm not against such romance in FF, but not on the show). Second, this is not a Steve bashing story. This is how I wish they'd write Steve for season two, so far on the show he's seemed so distant from everyone, so unlike the Steve we've grown to love from the first season. I personally feel he's 'lost' so to speak. Everything that has happened to him personally, that's happened to his team, all in such a short amount of time. I like to believe he is just having a hard time dealing with it all and that might explain some of how he's acting. We know Steve cares about his team and i'd like to think he at least tried to be in contact with Kono, but she pushed everyone away. I don't buy into him totally abandoned her over these last weeks like the show seems to want us to believe-that's just not him. I'm trying to write our 'old' Steve, the one that feels way more than he is comfortable with and can't always deal with those feeling. I'm sorry if some readers see me Steve bashing, that isn't what i'm doing, I like to write our seemingly strong male characters as emotionally vulnerable. I believe it makes us love them more to see them falling apart sometimes, it makes it so much better when their friend's, their family help put them back together. Okay I'm done with my comments, hope you didn't give up on me and hope you enjoy chapter 2. Thanks again~Montez

Chapter 2

Chin Ho Kelly clung to Kono's lax hand as the paramedics did their job on the way to the hospital. He studied the face of his young cousin, even in her unconscious state she looked exhausted, the last weeks wearing on her body, on her soul, he had seen it every time he'd looked into her eyes. She was lost, drowning just like he'd been all those years ago when IA drove him from the job he loved. Even learning she was undercover for IA didn't help with Chin's fears for her. Looking at her still form he felt a bubble of regret for the day he'd ever introduced her to Steve McGarrett.

Chin wasn't a vengeful man, never one to hold grudges, but when something cut into his heart, his soul it was there forever. Being labeled a dirty cop had hurt, still hurt even though he'd found, or thought he'd found a new home with Five-0. Yet the last few weeks had thrown his world into a whirlwind, having to go back to HPD because it looked as if Five-0 was falling apart after the arrest warrant was issued for Steve, then having to arrest his friend just hours later only for Danny to seemingly turn on him before he could explain why he'd done what he did. Then there was Kono, IA had locked on her like he'd feared from the day she'd entered the police academy.

And now this. Kelly didn't know who he was mad at more, Kono from keeping everything from him, leading him to believe he was loosing her to the corrupt world of dirty ex-cops. Fryer in IA for using Kono's family against her, forcing her into an impossible situation where she felt she needed to protect him from another investigation. Or Steve for not coming to Kono's defense to start with once he was cleared of charges facing him, part of Chin believed Steve had abandoned Kono after she lost her badge. He knew deep down McGarrett would never do that, he was too much like his father, but why hadn't the man asked about Kono, talked about her.

A part of Chin hated Steve right now for dragging his cousin into the theft of the ten million dollars, even though they were all aware of what the SEAL was going to do, Danny and Kono backing the insane plan to save Chin's life. Why had Kono been the look out? Why had that old woman remembered Kono all these month's later? And why the hell hadn't Steve defended the young woman lying motionless on the stretcher before him? McGarrett had made it seem Five-0 was invincible, nothing could touch them and the young, impressionable rookie had taken it all in, leading her to believe she had to do what IA wanted, what Fryer wanted to save them, to protect her team, damned it that wasn't a damn Steve tactic, sacrifice yourself for you team.

Then another thought entered his mind, isn't that exactly what Chin had done to save his uncle all those years ago? He'd taken the fall for something he didn't do to protect his family, realization dawned then, she wasn't following Steve's example as much as she was following Chin's. Now his anger turned inward, he'd done nearly the same thing, and because the young woman before him had stood by him them, had never wavered even when the rest of his family had abandoned him, she'd learned from him the lesson of self-sacrifice for those you care about, you love. "Damn it Kono…I'm so sorry…" Chin whispered, squeezing her hand gently as the ambulance pulled into the Emergency Room bay.

Kono's hand was pulled from his as the stretcher was removed; the back and forth medical talk lost in a mumbled haze as the older man jumped out, running to keep up, desperate not to lose sight of his cousin. He was stopped at the trauma room doors, a middle-aged nurse not allowing him access to the room, all he could do was watch from the hallway as Kono's was moved from the stretcher to the table, a flurry of activity swarming around the injured woman.

The doctor's shouted orders for equipment and tests, a call into the OR put in since the bullet was still inside the wound. Units of blood were hung, IV's placed, heart monitor leads hooked up as Kono's cloths were cut away, a sheet quickly covering her exposed body. But from where Chin stood he could still see blood dripping from the wound when the compression bandage was removed, it was then a shrill sound echoed off the white painted walls, the activity doubled in pace as Kono's heart stopped.

"KONO!" Chin yelled as he moved to step into the room, a large orderly stopping him as he watched the doctor start chest compressions, "Kono…" He whispered, watching her body react to the current sent through it in an attempt to restart her heart. "Please Kono…"

Three hits and a blip sounded on the machine, then another and another. Everything passed in a blur, wheels were unlocked and Kono was rushed from the room toward the elevators, leaving Chin staring when the doors closed behind them. "Sir, are you with Ms. Kalakaua?"

It took Chin a moment to register he was being spoken to; he'd just watched his cousin die and be brought back only to be whisked away. "What?" He looked at the white-coat clad man beside him; he actually didn't look much older than Kono and Chin wonder if he was really a doctor.

"Are you with Ms. Kalakaua?" the young asked again.

"I'm her cousin, please how is she doing? What happened in there? Is she all right?" Kelly needed to know. Deep down he knew it was bad, but he needed to know how bad and he needed to know Kono was going to be okay.

"I'm Dr. Adams; Ms. Kalakaua lost a lot of blood, which is what caused what you just witnessed. Her bullet wound is in her upper right chest, there is concern as to whether it nicked her lung since we detected decreased breath sounds in the upper right lung. She's been taken up to surgery to remove the bullet and make sure any damage that it caused is addressed. I can only tell you that we are hopeful, but this is a very serious situation, the surgeon will be able to give you a better prognosis once the operation is complete. I'm sorry I wish I could tell you more." The young man watched the emotions play in Chin's eyes. "Surgery is on the forth floor."

Chin could only nod, words unable to form as he took in what was wrong with Kono, trying to process what he'd seen as he slowly made his way toward the elevators silently praying he wasn't about to loose what he had left of his family.

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Steve didn't say a word as Danny literally had to physically lead him out of the bank. It unnerved Williams the amount of tension he could feel just in his friends arm, it concerned him that if Steve was truly wound that tight what would happen when that tension finally snapped. Last time McGarrett was this stressed, this wound he'd ran off and gotten himself framed for killing Governor Jameson. Danny knew he needed to do a better job of keeping an eye on his partner than last time, he didn't think the new Governor was willing to give Steve too many chances.

"They took her to Hawaii Medical." Lori said, approaching the two men. She'd only been with the team a few weeks, knew the tensions among them concerning the young woman that had just been led away in an ambulance. She'd tried to get a read on the three men she was forced into working with, Danny being the friendlier of the three, Chin quiet and not forthcoming with anything other than business, but Steve was the one she'd wanted to figure out and all she'd gather from him so far was he seemed distant. From the little she'd seen him interact with Danny she knew there was a close partnership and trust there, but she'd even noticed he appeared withdrawn even from him and according to what she'd picked up for other cops and comments Williams had made, before Steve's arrest the two men were always working together, always extremely close, but over the last weeks she hadn't seen that and wondered why.

Yet now, watching them coming toward her, Danny's arm lightly holding onto Steve's she saw something she never expected, emptiness. She honestly had to say the expression on Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett's face was empty, like a wall had dropped and she was looking at a wax impression of the man she'd been working with and even as someone who didn't really know him, she knew that look was terribly wrong. Lori then looked at Danny who nodded at her announcement of where Kono had been taken and she saw a deep concern, but also the slightest look of fear in the blond man's blue eyes. Obviously something was going on only the two men knew about and from Danny's look it wasn't good.

"Okay, Lori, can you hang around here, make sure our end is covered and call me as soon as the scene is wrapped up?" Danny ran a free hand through his hair, glancing at Steve as he released his partner's arm, noticing his friend's gaze seeming to search the crowded street in front of the bank.

Weston nodded, "Sure, then I'll head back to the office and get started on the paperwork and make sure the Governor is brought up to speed on what was going on." She paused a moment, hesitant to ask the next question since she didn't know Kono very well, but could tell the men on Five-0 cared about the woman very much. "Is Kono going to be okay? I mean it looked…" She trailed off when she saw Williams glance toward Steve.

"We don't know, but I know the doc's will do there best, Chin will make sure of that." Danny said softly.

In the next instant Danny saw Steve move off quickly across the lot, his body still tense, his shoulder's ridged, his walk purposeful as Williams noticed what or who McGarrett had zeroed in on. "Shit… Steve…stop…" Danny took off after his friend only for Steve's pace to increase until he'd reached his target.

"You son of a bitch!" Steve yelled as his fist landed against the jaw of Detective Fryer.