Hawaii Five-0
Caught In The Crossfire
Chapter 2
"So what do we do?" April asked.
"Matt sent this letter to you, to warn you about what's coming" Danny replied.
"This helps because that means we can stop these people from getting to us"
"How? April asked. "Protective custody?"
"Maybe, if that's what it takes" Danny replied.
"Danny?" April asked.
"Yeah?" Danny replied.
"When you told me about Matty, you said that he ripped off a drug cartel by ten million dollars right?" April asked.
"Yeah, why?" Danny asked.
"That's enough to make me want to go into protective custody Danny" April replied.
"Or at the very least, police presence outside our homes"
"Okay" Danny agreed as he walked over to the couch, sat down beside his sister and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Look, I know you're scared, but I promise everything's going to be okay; nothing bad is going to happen, alright" he assured her before they were politely interrupted by a knock on the glass door.
"What's up Kono?" Danny asked as she entered his office.
"Hey guys, sorry to interrupt, but we've got something" Kono replied.
"Okay thanks" said Danny. "I'll be out in a second"
"I'll stay here, I'll be fine" April stated before Danny could even open his mouth.
"Okay, just sit tight" said Danny.
"Yeah, but before I do that, do you mind if I use the bathroom?" April asked.
"Sure" Danny replied, keeping the door open as his sister made her way out to use the bathroom.
"Okay, what've we got?" Danny asked, clapping his hands together.
"We just got a call from the governor, a prisoner was assisted in an escape from Halawa half an hour ago and he's yet to be found" Steve explained.
"Have we got an ID on the prisoner?" Danny asked.
"Yeah and you might want to get protection for your family" Chin replied as he was met with a what are you talking about face from Danny, followed by those very words.
"What are you talking about?" Danny asked.
"The prisoner who escaped was Nathan Anderson" Chin replied as he got his face up on the screen.
Nathan Anderson, an all too familiar name within the Williams family. Nathan was April's boyfriend before he became abusive, leaving her no choice but to leave him to protect herself and her then unborn child. Though April left him, Nathan figured out where she had fled to and followed her to Hawaii without her knowing. After stabbing to death one of two pregnant women, Nathan tracked April down to her brother's house and waited until she came home and attacked her, killing their unborn baby and losing one of her kidneys in the process.
"Why would someone break Nathan Anderson out of prison?" Kono asked.
"Nathan broke out of prison?" April asked in a loud panicked voice, matching the look on her face.
"Yeah he did, but don't worry, we're going to find him" Danny replied, walking over to her.
"In the meantime, you should stay here until we do, okay?"
"You'll have no argument from me" April replied.
"I just need to go home and grab some things; Nathan's obviously not going to want to be found, who knows how long it will take to find him"
"Okay, but Steve and I are going to go with you" Danny stated. "We're not taking any chances"
"Okay" April agreed. "This day keeps getting better and better doesn't it?" she asked rhetorically.
"Alright" said Steve. "Chin and Kono go to Halawa and find out how this prison break went down; Danny and I are going to go with April to her house just in case Nathan shows up"
"Let's go" said Danny as he and everyone made their way to the main office doors and left for their destinations.
Pulling up outside of April's house in Steve's car, the three of them scanned the area to see if anything looked out of place.
"Just as I left it" April stated before opening her door.
But before April got out of the car, Steve felt he needed to ask her and Danny about what they were talking about in Danny's office.
"April?" Steve asked.
"Yeah" April replied.
"What did you need to talk to Danny about this morning?" Steve asked. "Seemed pretty urgent"
"Yeah it was" April replied.
"So what was so urgent then?" Steve asked.
"This" Danny replied, pulling the letter from Matt from his back pocket.
"What's this?" Steve asked.
"That is a letter to April…from Matty" Danny replied as Steve unfolded the piece of paper.
"I found it in my mail box this morning" April added as Steve read the letter.
"What are you going to do?" Steve asked.
"I've already call HPD to put protection on Rachel's house and April's going to hang with us for a bit"
"What about Matt?" Steve asked.
"I have no idea" Danny replied as he opened his door.
"Do want me to come in?" Steve asked as Danny and April got out of the car.
"No, it might be better if you stayed out front" Danny replied. "We'll be back in a minute"
"Do you need any help?" Danny asked as he and April walked through the front door.
"Thanks, but I'm already half packed for the hospital anyway; I'll just be a minute" April replied as walked to her bedroom while Danny sat on the couch in the living room.
April walked into her bedroom to grab her bag from her closet. After sliding her closet door open and collecting her bag, to find a man in an orange jumpsuit that had emerged from the bathroom. April froze and dropped her bag as she looked the man straight in the face.
"Nathan?" said April as she continued to look him in the face.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Thought we could take a little trip" Nathan replied as reached for something in his pocket.
"What's that?" April asked, as Nathan pulled out a syringe.
"A little something to help you relax" Nathan replied. "Don't worry it won't hurt the baby"
"Please just go" April pleaded.
"My brother's in the living room and he's armed and so is his partner who's out the front of the house; please I'm giving you a chance to escape"
As Nathan took a step forward, April took a step backwards until she was cornered when they reached the wall. April now knew there was no way out of this.
"Danny!" April yelled before Nathan grabbed her, pulled her in and restrained her so he could inject the sedative into her neck. April tried to fight him, but it was no use.
It all happened so fast; because by the time Danny arrived at her bedroom, April was lying unconscious on the floor. More worried about the welfare of his little sister, Danny didn't think to check to see if anyone was in the bathroom; hoping that this was an act of nature.
"April, April" Danny called before hurrying over to April's side.
Danny touched her neck to see if he could find a pulse; thankfully he did. This then lead to another discovery that this wasn't an act of nature, a small amount of blood that was left on his fingers after he touched April's neck.
"April come on, wake up for me, come on" Danny pleaded before hearing the clicking of a gun behind him; "Damn it" he thought to himself.
"Don't move or I'll shoot you both" a larger unknown man said as he kept his gun trained on Danny.
"What do you want?" Danny asked as the larger man searched him before taking his weapon.
"Well I want a lot of things Danny, but right now, you and April are right on top of my list" Nathan replied as he emerged from the bathroom and was handed Danny's gun.
"I'll rephrase that" said Danny. "What do want with us?" he asked.
"You and April will find out soon enough Danny" Nathan replied.
"Beautiful little Gracie and that lovely ex-wife of yours, Rachel will find out too"
"Just take me, they have nothing to do with this" said Danny.
"Actually Danny, they have everything to do with this" Nathan replied.
"I swear to god, if you hurt them…" said Danny before he felt something hard smack into the side of his head, before everything went black.