Hawaii Five-0

Caught In The Crossfire

Chapter 16

As Matt continued to put pressure on April's gaping wound, he also kept checking back and forth between Rachel and April's baby to make sure they were okay. Rachel lay across the floor on the other side of beach house, unconscious, but the bleeding was beginning to slow. And as along as the baby kept on breathing, Matt was quite confident that they could hold on until help arrived. But April was a different story, her wound continued to bleed profusely as the blanket he was using was nearly soaked completely of blood; and after briefly checking her pulse, found that it was beginning to slow. Matt knew that his baby sister was running out of time and wouldn't last much longer without medical attention.

"Stay with me April" said Matt. "Help is on its way okay, just hang in there"

Next door in the other beach house, Grace was still keeping pressure on Danny's wounded shoulder even though her arms were becoming tired. Danny insisted his little girl take a break and he would try and take over; but Grace wouldn't hear of it. After her time with the Aloha Girls and advice from her Auntie April, she knew she had to keep pressure on gunshot wounds until the bleeding stopped. And it definitely worked; though his shoulder was still bleeding, the pressure that Grace had applied to the wound was helping. Though her jacket was soaked with her father's blood, she was just happy that her Danno was okay.

"I'm sorry about your jacket Monkey" said Danny.

"It's okay Danno" Grace replied. "It doesn't matter, as long as you're okay"

"Thank you" said Danny. "Are you sure you don't want to rest your arms?" he asked.

"No, I'm fine" Grace stated, though her arms we aching.

"I don't have to do it for too much longer anyway; I can still hear the helicopters"

"Me too" Danny agreed, before a new noise emerged amongst the sound of the chopping blades of the helicopters above them.

"Do you hear that?" Grace asked with excitement.

"Yeah" Danny replied.

"Sirens" Grace stated.

"Yeah, you were right, help wasn't too far away" Danny smiled.

While Steve drove towards the hovering helicopters, with Chin and Kono in tow, he could start to make out the pier and the beach houses that his friends were being held in. After a few more minutes, they were just a few feet away and the pier and the beach houses were in clear view. As Steve, Chin and Kono closed in on their destination, the helicopters were starting to lower to the ground, including the two medivac helicopters. Pulling up close to the beach houses, the team could see that all the vehicles that the helicopter pilot told Steve about were gone, not surprising that they fled.

"They're gone!" Steve yelled amongst the chopping blades of the helicopters as he got out of his car.

"They must've fled when they heard the helicopters!" Kono responded.

"Or if they got what they came for!" Chin suggested.

"Let's go!" Steve yelled, readying his weapon as Chin and Kono joined him, along with the HPD officers and SWAT.

Coming up the side of one of the beach houses, Steve raised his fist to bring everyone behind him to a stop when he heard a noise that started to confirm his and his team's fears.

"You hear that?" Steve asked quietly.

"Damn it" Kono exclaimed.

"How do you want to play it?" Chin asked.

"Chin, you, HPD and half of SWAT take the second beach house; Kono, you, me and the other half of the SWAT team will take the first beach house" Steve explained.

"Medivacs, you're on standby"

"Got it" Chin replied before gesturing for the HPD officers and his part of the SWAT team to move.

Chin led the two HPD officers and his half of the SWAT team along the pier towards the second beach house and got into position. He then made a gestured to Steve that he and Kono could into position in front of the first beach house. As Steve and Kono got into position, the sound of the crying baby continued, which was an indication to them that she was not being held by her mother, which meant the situation was as bad as they feared as it would be.

Chin looked over to Steve and Kono to get ready for the count. Giving each other a brief nod that they were ready, Steve raised his hand, turned around so his back was facing the door, as did Chin and started to count down from three with his fingers.

"3…2…1" Steve mouthed as each of his fingers went down before he put his hand on Kono's shoulder to balance himself and kicked the door in. Chin doing the same by holding onto one of the HPD officer's shoulders.

As the door flew open, Steve and Kono found what they all had feared to find, and more.

"Steve!" Matt jumped as Steve and Kono suddenly came through the door

"Oh my god" Kono exclaimed.

"Get the medics in here, right now!" Steve yelled back to the SWAT team as he ran over to April while Kono ran over to Rachel's aid.

"Yes Sir!" a SWAT team member yelled.

After reaching April's side, Steve knelt down next to her limp pale body and placed his fingers on her neck to check her pulse.

"Her pulse is weak and thready; she's in shock" Steve stated.

"How long ago did this happen Matt?" he asked.

"Ah, about fifteen, twenty minutes ago maybe" Matt replied.

"She's already lost a lot of blood" he stated.

"Yeah I know, but by keeping pressure on her wound, you've probably saved her life" Steve explained.

"How's the baby? Is she okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, she hasn't stopped crying since she was born" Matt explained.

"And I'm taking that as a good thing"

"Alright, keep pressure on that, the medics should be here in a sec" said Steve as he went over to April's ankles and cut them free of the zip ties.

"Kono how's Rachel?" Steve asked.

"Ah, she was shot in the back, no exit wound, but she seems okay" Kono replied.

"She's lost a bit of blood, but it looks like the bleeding's almost stopped" she added before she was interrupted by two of the medics.

"We'll take it from here ma'am" one of the medics said, as Kono then got up to step aside.

"I checked Pedro" Kono stated. "He's dead"

"And judging by the blood spatter on your shirt Matt, I'd say you're the one who shot him" Steve stated.

"Yeah" Matt agreed, nodding his head. "We were fighting for the gun and…bang"

Next door, in the beach house where Danny and Grace were being held, Chin had knocked down the door to find them sitting against the wall. They looked to be okay, a part from the fact that Danny had been shot in the shoulder and hit in the head a couple of times.

"Uncle Chin!" Grace exclaimed with relief.

"Hey guys" he said as he walked over to the pair. "Are you alright?" he asked, knowing what the answer was probably going to be.

"Good" Danny replied, wincing in pain from his wound. "Except for the fact that I got shot"

"Now how did I know you were going to say that?" Chin asked rhetorically.

"It's a through and through, Rachel got hit" Danny replied as Chin moved Grace's hands away to take a look.

"By the way, it's good to see you buddy"

"You too" Chin replied.

"Okay, let's get those zip ties off and get you two out of here" he said as he pulled out his knife to cut Danny and Grace free of the zip ties that were starting to became extremely painful.

"Where are Chin and Kono?" Danny asked. "Are they next door?"

"Yeah" Chin replied. "You're all going to be alright Danny" he assured him.

"I hope so Chin" Danny replied as Chin cut the last of the remaining zip ties from his wrists.

"I know they will" Grace stated.

"That's my daughter right there" Danny stated.

"Yeah and she's right" Chin agreed.

"Now, let's get you out of here; there are a couple of medics who'll want to take a look at you"

"Help me up would you?" Danny asked.

"Sure" said Chin, bending to take a hold of Danny's good arm and helping him to his feet.

"Thanks buddy" said Danny. "Let's get out of here Monkey" he said as Chin helped him along.

"You good?" Chin asked as Danny swayed a little.

"Yeah, I'm good" Danny replied to reassure Chin.

Exiting the beach house that had been there prison for god knows how long, they saw April being carried out on a stretcher with Steve now keeping pressure on the wound after taking over from Matt. One of the medics was pushing oxygen into her lungs while holding an IV bag over his shoulder, while two others quickly carried the stretcher to the waiting helicopter.

They were then followed by Rachel carried out by two of the other medics, in a less critical state than April was, with Matt in tow being led out by HPD in handcuffs, and Kono carrying April's baby; who had now seemed to of become settled.

"Mommy!" Grace screamed as she saw her mother lying on the stretcher and began running towards her.

"Mommy!"

"Grace, wait!" Danny yelled after her, but was too physically tired to chase after her. "Grace!"

"Grace, woe, woe!" Kono exclaimed, grabbing Grace's arm with her free arm.

"Grace, Grace it's okay, she's going to be okay" she said as she put her free arm around Grace.

"What about Auntie April?" Grace asked, now sobbing on Kono's shoulder.

"She's strong Grace" Kono stated as the helicopter that April and Steve were in started to lift off of the ground.

"She'll be okay; she's on her way to the hospital now with Uncle Steve"

"I'm sorry to interrupt" said a woman's voice.

"But we need to get Detective Williams and these two little girls in the chopper"

"Okay" Kono nodded her head.

"Can I carry her over to the helicopter Auntie Kono?" Grace asked.

"Sure" Kono replied.

"Here you go, remember to support her head" she said as she put the little baby girl into Grace's arms before being lead over to the helicopter with Danny.

"We'll see you at the hospital in a bit!" Chin yelled over the chopper blades.

"Have a safe flight!" Kono exclaimed with a smile, knowing uncomfortable helicopter rides were for Danny.

"Thanks guys!" said Danny, giving them a quick wave before the helicopter door was closed and the medivac helicopter lifted off of the ground.