Hawaii Five-0

Caught In The Crossfire

Chapter 19

A/N: Sorry once again, a uni assignment got in the way, again so finding time to write it was hard to come by. Anyway, here's chapter 19, enjoy!

Unable to sleep, Gabby rolled over on to her right side in another attempt to get comfortable. As she rolled over, her body ached as she felt every bruise and every stitch pull. She reached over to the bedside table to grab her phone so she could check the time. After grabbing it, Gabby then lay back down on her side and switched her phone on. The time was 2am. 2am and still no word about Danny, April, Rachel or Grace. Nothing, not a thing.

The ward was relatively quiet, except for the occasional quiet chatter between nurses or a nurse walking by her room. Then the silence was interrupted by a familiar voice engaging with in conversation with one of the nurses at the nurses' station. The voice belonged to Chin. Gabby tried listen to what they were saying; but she was unable to make it out. But what she could make out was that the conversation Chin was having with the nurse was getting a little heated; and eventually, the volume of their voices went up a notch, and that's when Gabby heard Chin mention Danny's name and something about some sort of development. The nurse was very adamant to not let Chin see Gabby, especially at this time of the night, stating that she needed to rest, considering everything she had been through.

That's when Gabby decided to go to Chin, since the nurse wasn't going to let him come to her. Gabby climbed out of her hospital bed, put her robe on, placed her hand around the IV pole and made her way over to the doorway. When she reached the doorway, she saw Chin arguing with the nurse at the nurses' station. Not wanting to yell, Gabby walked over to them; on her way over, she said Chin's name.

"Chin" said Gabby.

"Gabby" said Chin in return as he turned around after recognising her voice.

"What's going on?" Gabby asked.

"I heard you say something about Danny… ha…have you found them?"

"Yeah" Chin replied with a smile. "We found them"

"Are they okay? Where are they?" Gabby asked in a panic, but was met with silence from Chin.

"Gabby, I think it's time you went back to bed" the nurse suggested.

"No" Gabby replied as she pulled away from the nurses hands. "Chin tell me they're okay"

"Danny and Grace are okay" Chin replied. "April and Rachel are critical"

"Oh my god" Gabby exclaimed. "Okay…umm…what…what about, what about April's baby?" she asked as he panic levels rose.

"We don't know yet" Chin replied.

"But Danny and Grace are downstairs; and I think they would really like to see you" he said as smiled at the nurse who then finally gave in.

"Okay fine" said the nurse raising her hands in defeat. "But on one condition"

Stan entered the ER with Charles sound asleep in his stroller; oblivious to the goings on of the world. He saw Steve and Kono seated in the waiting room; Kono was resting her eyes. As Stan approached the two, Steve turned his head and nudging Kono after noticing that someone was walking towards them.

"Stan" Steve said as he and Kono stood up.

"Steve, where's Rachel?" Stan asked.

"She's still in surgery" Kono replied.

"What happened to her?" Stan asked in a panic.

"Rachel was accidently wounded after one of the kidnappers shot Danny" Steve replied.

"Is that her blood?" Stan asked, looking at the blood on Steve's pants.

"No, no its April's" Steve replied.

"Nathan tried to take her baby; she and the baby are still touch and go"

"Oh my god" Stan exclaimed.

"Um, do they know if Rachel's going to be okay?" Stan asked.

"We haven't heard anything since she was taken upstairs" Kono stated.

"The nurse at the front desk will probably be able to tell you more" she suggested.

"Thanks" Stan replied as he pushed the stroller forward towards the desk.

As Stan made his way over to the desk, a curtain being pulled open caught his attention. Looking over to where the curtain had been opened and it had revealed Matt accompanied by two police officers. That's when things spun out of control; and they spun out of control fast. Before either Steve or Kono knew it, Stan had left Charles by the desk and was marching in the direction of Matt's cubicle.

"What's Stan doing?" Kono asked rhetorically.

"Something stupid" Steve stated. "Stan, hey!" he yelled in an attempt to stop him; of course it was no use.

Danny and Matt heard Steve yell Stan's name and Matt looked up to see Stan coming in his direction, and he was coming fast. Danny couldn't see anything because the curtain was closed, but he knew whatever was about to go down, wasn't going to be good.

"You" Stan yelled and pointed him. "You did this!"

"Stan, listen I'm…" Matt started before being cut off.

"Shut up!" Stan continued to yell. "You did this to them; you did this to my wife!"

"Stan, stop!" Danny yelled as he opened his curtain, in another desperate attempt to stop Stan's rampage.

"No Danny!" Stan yelled in return.

"He's the reason you're here, he's the reason Grace's here, and he's the reason why Rachel and April are fighting for their lives right now!"

Stan then lunged forward at Matt, and threw his fist at the side of his face, he was then grabbed by the two police officers who guarding Matt. Steve and Kono then pulled him away from the police officers and escorted him back over to the desk and to where Charles was.

"Stan, look we understand what you're going through right now, but this is a hospital; you can't go around punching people" Steve explained.

"You said it yourself, Grace's here" he added.

"Okay" said Stan.

"Okay" said Kono. "How's your hand?" she asked.

"It's fine" Stan replied. "I'm going to go find out about Rachel" he said as he turned towards the desk.

"Is he alright?" Danny asked as he came up behind them with his IV pole in tow.

"Hey" Steve replied as he turned to face Danny.

"Yeah, he's just worried about Rachel, he'll be fine; what about you?" he asked.

"I'm good, it was a clean shot, through and through, no damage done; that and a mild concussion" Danny replied.

"Doc wants to keep me here for 24 hours and he's allowed me to stay with Grace"

"Allowed you to stay with Grace?" Steve asked.

"No so much as allowed, but gave in to letting me stay with Grace" Danny clarified with a smile.

"Thought so" said Steve.

"Hey, have you called Gabby yet?" Danny asked.

"Chin's taking care of that" Steve replied.

"Speaking of which…" he said, looking over and pointing towards the elevator as Chin and Gabby emerged through the doors.

Danny turned around to see what Steve was looking at and a smile washed over his face when saw Chin pushing Gabby along in a wheelchair towards him; that was the nurse's one condition if she wanted to go downstairs.

"Gabby" said Danny as soon as he saw her before he walked over to her and met her half way.

"Danny, thank god you're okay!" Gabby exclaimed as Danny bent down and wrapped his good arm around her before she returned the gesture, but with both of her arms.

"How's Grace?" she asked.

"Grace's fine, she's going to be okay" Danny replied.

After pulling out of the embrace, Danny was able to get a better look at Gabby's face; that's when he noticed the cuts and bruises. Not only the one's on her face but the one's on her arms as well.

"What happened to you?" Danny asked with concern, delicately placing his hand on her bruised body.

"Are you okay?"

"T…two men broke into my house this morning while I was still home…th…they grabbed me, tied me to a chair a…and…tortured me until gave up Rachel and Grace's location" Gabby recalled as her eyes began to fill with tears.

"I…I didn't want to tell them, they said they were going to kill all of you if I didn't; they…they were going to kill me; I'm so sorry"

"No, no, no don't be sorry, okay" said Danny placing his hand on her bruised face.

"I promise you, none of what happened to Grace and Rachel was your fault" he added before he embraced her again while Gabby again returned the gesture and buried her face into his shoulder.

"Ha…have you heard anything on Rachel, April or her baby yet?" Gabby asked, still sobbing slightly as she pulled her face away from Danny's shoulder.

"No, not yet" Danny replied. "But, I'm going on the assumption of the no news is good news theory"

"That's a good theory" said Gabby.

"Steve!" Catherine called as she entered through the ER doors.

"Cath, hey" Steve replied as he turned around to face her.

"Any news?" Catherine asked before leaning in to give him a kiss.

"Not yet" Steve replied before returning the gesture.

"Mom okay with looking after Lucy?" Steve asked.

"She was glad to help" Catherine replied with a smile across her face.

"Especially considering the situation. Anyway, I brought you some fresh clothes"

"Thanks" said Steve. "You're the best you know that" he complimented her.