Hawaii Five-0
Caught In The Crossfire
Chapter 11
"Now that's what happens when you lie to me Ms Williams" Pedro stated.
"And don't think you've gotten away with it; it'll be your turn soon" he warned her as he and Raphael left the room.
"Danny!?" April yelled, hoping to get a response from her brother.
"Please tell me you're okay" she hoped.
"I'll be fine!" Danny yelled in return. "He got me in the shoulder, through and through"
"That's not exactly fine, but I'll take it!" said April.
"Is Grace okay?" April asked, as she shook from the shock of the gunshot.
"She's okay" Danny replied.
"Okay good" April replied in relief as she turned her head to look at Rachel who hadn't said a word since Marco fired the gun.
"Rachel, you heard Danny, he and Grace are okay" April assured her but was still met with the same shocked expression on her face.
"Rachel, are you okay, Rachel?" she continued to ask before looking down at Rachel's hands only to see blood on them and blood seeping through her dress; Rachel found herself unable to speak or move because of the shock and the pain from being shot.
"Oh my god!" April exclaimed. "No no no no no no!"
"What?!" Danny asked. "April what's going on?"
"The bullet that guy fired went through the walls!" April replied.
"So what's the problem?" Danny asked.
"Well that bullet hit Rachel Danny!" April replied.
"It got her in the back and there's no exit wound" she stated.
"How bad is it April?" Danny asked her.
"I don't know" April replied as she did her best with zip-tied wrists and ankles to lie Rachel down. As April laid Rachel down, she cried out in agony. "I know Rachel, but you're going to be fine okay" she whispered to her.
"But with any gunshot wound Danny, she's losing a fair bit of blood and I'm kind of restricted on how I'm going to slow the bleeding"
"I know, just do your best April" said Danny.
"Are you okay? This stress isn't bringing on early labour is it?" he asked.
"I'm okay" April replied. "I'm just having cramps from the dehydration; I'll be fine" she assured him.
"I guess I'll have to take your word for it" Danny replied.
"I guess you'll have to" April stated as she breathed through what she hoped to be a stomach cramp.
"Look, the only way we can do anything about both of your wounds, is to at least get these zip ties off of mine and Grace's wrists"
"Okay, well see if you can find a piece of sharp wood sticking out; you too Grace" Danny suggested.
"Maybe it'll be sharp enough to cut through the zip ties" he said as April and Grace searched for that said piece of wood… at ground level.
Meanwhile, just outside on the pier Pedro and his three men, Marco, Raphael and Enrique stood and watched the sun begin to set over the ocean. Their peaceful serenity was interrupted with the sound of a car pulling up behind them. It was Nathan. He had returned from getting his supplies; the very supplies Marco had told Danny about; the supplies he would use to punish April with.
"Nathan, did you get everything you needed?" Pedro asked him.
"Yes sir" Nathan replied. "Everything I need to get my revenge"
"Did anyone recognise you?" Pedro asked as he had no doubt that the authorities knew that Nathan was involved in Danny, April, Grace and Rachel's disappearance after he broke him out of prison this morning.
"No" Nathan replied. "Thanks to this" he said as he pulled a ski mask from his backpack.
"Good" Pedro replied.
"How long before Matthew's deadline?" Nathan asked.
"There is no deadline Mr Anderson" Pedro replied.
"What do you mean there's not deadline?" Nathan asked.
"Well his family all think that that there is a deadline Mr Anderson" Pedro replied.
"What are you talking about Pedro?" Nathan asked.
"When I told Matthew Williams he had forty-eight hours to give me my money back I meant that I want it back quickly, and get it back to me in less than twenty-four hours, maybe even twelve" Pedro replied.
"But as you can see, that window is closing fast"
"Basically what I mean Mr Anderson, is give me my money back before I kill your family; and don't worry, Matthew knows that forty-eight hours is code for quickly" Pedro replied.
"And when do you plan on doing that Pedro?" Nathan asked.
"Very soon Mr Anderson" Pedro replied before his phone began to ring, pulling it out of his side pocket he saw that was Anthony Moiki; the prison guard who had helped him and his men break Nathan out of prison.
"But even if he shows up with my ten million dollars, they're all still dead"
"Mr Moiki" Pedro answered. "Is everything okay?" he asked.
"No" Anthony replied after Steve encouraged him to answer Pedro's question after he and his team heard it over the loudspeaker.
"No it isn't"
"What's going on Mr Moiki?" Pedro asked.
"It's bad and I don't think it's such a good idea to tell you over the phone; you know who's listening" Anthony replied.
"I think it's best if we meet somewhere"
"Okay then, if you think it's best to meet" said Pedro.
"Where do you want me to meet you?" Anthony asked.
"We'll meet for dinner" Pedro replied.
"I'll send someone to pick you up from the front of your house"
"Okay, sounds good" Anthony replied.
"They'll be there to pick you up at eight" said Pedro. "Sharp"
"Got it" said Anthony.
"This better be one hell of a problem Mr Moiki" Pedro warned him before disconnecting the call.
"Good work Anthony" Steve stated.
"What happens now?" Anthony asked.
"You meet Pedro for dinner tonight" Steve replied.
"Those two HPD officers will escort you home and stay with you until Pedro's person picks you up"
"When you're picked up, we'll follow you, from a distance" Kono explained.
"Then what?" Anthony asked.
"Then, when you meet up with Pedro, after you tell him what the problem is, try to get him talking about what he's been up to since you saw him last" Steve replied.
"But, whatever you do, do not say anything about the people he's kidnapped unless he says something about them first" Chin added.
"Otherwise he's going to know you're working with the police"
"I understand" said Anthony.
"But the first thing Pedro's men are going to do is check me for a wire, so how are you going to listen in?" he asked.
"I'll download some spyware onto your phone which will allow me to remotely access your phone and allow us to listen to everything you two say" Chin replied.
"Okay" said Anthony.
"You ready?" Steve asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be" Anthony replied.
"Alright, let's do this" said Steve.
"What was that about?" Nathan asked.
"Our friend Mr Moiki seems to have run into some trouble and needs to meet with me" Pedro replied.
"What kind of trouble?" Nathan asked.
"He did not say; just that he couldn't discuss it over the phone" Pedro replied.
"Do you believe him?" Nathan asked.
"I do" Pedro replied.
"It's just that something seems a bit….off; I guess I'll go meet with Mr Moiki later tonight and find out what's going on" he added.
"Marco!" he called. "You'll be picking up Mr Moiki for our dinner tonight; here's his address" he said, handing him a piece of paper.
"Yes sir" said Marco.
"Raphael, Enrique, you two will keep an eye on the hostages and Mr Anderson" Pedro ordered.
"Keep an eye on me? Why?" Nathan asked.
"I know how badly you want revenge on Ms Williams" Pedro replied.
"I also happen to know you have very low impulse control Mr Anderson; you will wait until I get back"
"What if Matthew Williams shows up with the money?" Raphael asked.
"You will call me straight away" Pedro replied.
"Then you take the money from him and put him up in one of those nice beach houses"
"You don't want us to kill him?" Enrique asked.
"No" Pedro replied. "That's my job"
After a few minutes of searching for a piece of wood sharp enough to cut through her zip ties around her wrists, Grace called out.
"Danno!" Grace yelled.
"I found one" she added as she placed her wrists on the wood and started to rub the zip ties against the sharp piece of wood.
"Good work Monkey" Danny praised her.
"What about you April?!" he asked. "Found anything yet?"
"No, not yet!" April replied. "Still looking!"
"Alright, let me know!" said Danny. "How are you going Grace?" he asked.
"It's working Danno!" Grace exclaimed as she continued to rub the zip tie against the sharpened wood.
"That's good" Danny stated. "Keep going"
"I think I've finally got something!" April yelled in relief; she would finally be able to help Rachel.
"Danno, I got it off!" Grace exclaimed as she showed Danny her now free wrists.
"Good girl Monkey" Danny praised.
"Let me look at your wrists baby" he said she came over on her hands, pulling her legs behind her.
"They're a bit sore" Grace stated. "And I think I cut one of them"
"Yeah they look sore" Danny replied.
"Doesn't look the cut is bleeding or infected though; you'll be okay" he assured her.
"What about your shoulder Danno?" Grace asked, worried about the amount of blood trickling down his arm from his shoulder wound.
"Well we need to put pressure on it" Danny stated as he and Grace started to think of something.
"What about me jacket?" Grace asked. "I'm really hot anyway" she stated.
"That's perfect" Danny replied as Grace took off her jacket and balled it up before putting on his shoulder and pushing down, causing him to gasp in pain.
"Sorry" Grace apologised.
"It's okay Grace, you're doing good" Danny assured her.
"Are you all good in there April?!" he asked.
"Yeah, I got them off!" April replied as pulled off her cardigan she wore just to take the slight chill off that morning to help Rachel.
"They've definitely looked better though" she stated.
Meanwhile outside of Anthony Moiki's house, a car pulled up at exactly eight o'clock. Two blocks away, in Steve's car, he, Chin and Kono were watching. Getting up from sitting on his front step, Anthony approached the car. Marco then climbed out of the driver's side door and walked around to open the back door for Anthony.
"That's Marco Sanchez" Kono stated as she looked through her binoculars.
"Yeah" Chin agreed.
"Looks like Pedro using him as his someone to pick up Anthony" Steve stated as he watched Anthony climb into the car.
"Looks like they're ready to go" Chin pointed out before Steve started his car.
"Let's go" said Steve as Marco pulled out from the curb; praying that this would work and that they could find their friends in time.