Hawaii Five-0

Caught In The Crossfire

Chapter 24

Author's Note: Just to let you know that I am on holidays from Uni and I now have a lot more free time, so I'll be churning out the chapters a little more frequently than I previously have, YAY! Enjoy!

As the clock ticked passed two o'clock, Steve and Kono waited by the gate that Michael would come through when he go off the plane. Chin had gone to follow up on Raphael's arrest with the FBI and would then meet them at the hospital later on. While they waited, both their phones went off simultaneously. Pulling their phones out of their pockets, Steve and Kono saw that Danny had sent them a photo message of April holding the baby along with her name, Jessica.

"Jessica" Kono exclaimed. "That's a nice name" she stated.

"Yeah" Steve agreed. "It's a nice photo too" he stated.

"April's looking a lot better as well" Kono stated just people started to come through the gate after disembarking the plane.

"Yeah, but what amazes me is that Danny was able to send a photo message to more than one person in one go" Steve stated.

"And what amazes me more is that he was able to do it with what he's doctor's got him on" he added.

"Alright, here we go" said Kono as she and Steve searched for Michael through the crowd of people.

"Do you see Michael yet?" she asked.

"No not yet, he should be easy to find though" Steve replied as continued to search the through the crowd of people before Kono states that she's found him.

"I've got him" Kono exclaimed. "Right there" she pointed to the man in his army uniform.

"Hey, Michael!" Steve yelled to grab Michael's attention, while raising his hand in the air

"Over here!" he could tell that he was looking for April as he watched Michael scanned through his surroundings for the heavily pregnant woman.

After hearing and then seeing Steve call his name, Michael headed over to where he and Kono were standing and waiting. Michael expected them to be there along with his wife; so where was April?

"Welcome back" said Steve putting his hand out to shake Michael's.

"It's good to be back" Michael stated as he shook Steve and Kono's hands.

"Where's April? Why isn't she here" he asked.

"She's in the hospital" Kono explained.

"What? Why? Is she okay? Is something wrong with the baby?" Michael asked, churning out the panicked questions faster than Steve and Kono could answer them.

"April and the baby are fine; Danny's with her now" Kono replied.

"In fact April actually had the baby" she stated but with a less than happy tone and less than happy face.

"That's great" Michael exclaimed as Kono handed him her phone with April and Jessica's photo displayed.

"But what's with the faces?…what aren't you telling me?" he asked as his happiness of becoming a father went to concern over the circumstances of his daughter's birth.

"There's something that you need to know" Steve explained.

"And I think it's best if we talk about it in private, on the way to the hospital"

"Okay" Michael agreed as they made their way to collect his bags.

Jessica had drifted off to sleep in April's arms before she had a nurse come in and place her back in her crib after she became too tired to hold her anymore. The nurse then took Jessica back to the NICU so April could get some much needed sleep before Michael got there. But before April could go to sleep, she needed to get some questions that were playing on her mind answered before Danny left her room to do the same.
"Danny, before you go, I need to ask you something" April stated as she made herself comfortable.

"What's up?" Danny asked.

"That phone call got you…I know it was from Steve" April explained.

"Okay, what do want to know?" Danny asked, though he knew where this was probably going.

"What was it about?" April asked.

"It was about the fact that they and the FBI got the two drug cartel members who were involved in our kidnapping" Danny explained.

"Good…that's good" said April. "What…what about Nathan? Have they caught him yet?" she asked.

"Ahhh, no not yet" Danny replied reluctantly.

"Which is why there are HPD officers' positioning themselves outside your door right now; in fact we're all going to have protection" he explained.

"But you'll find him right?" April asked with worry in her voice.

"We'll find him…I promise we'll find him, okay" Danny assured her.

"Okay" said April as Danny rubbed her arm reassuringly.

"Is Grace still being discharged today?" she asked.

"Yeah, but she'll be still spending the night here…considering the circumstances" said Danny as he pointed to his injured shoulder as an example.

"And Rachel's condition has been downgraded so…she'll be moved somewhere more relaxed"

"Good to know" April stated as she rubbed her face and pinched the bridge of her nose as a headache started to develop.

"Yeah, now the only reason I'm agreeing to go rest is because you need it…so I should definitely go" Danny explained as he watched her do so.

"Are you alright?" he asked as April grimaced at the pain and the now developing nausea.

"Yeah, I'm alright, I just need to lie down" April replied.

"That and I wish Michael would hurry up and get back"

"Okay, I'll see you later" said Danny as he wandered out of her room and left with his HPD detail.

April then sunk her head into the pillow and fell asleep almost instantly; freeing her from her pain and nausea.

An hour later after Michael decided to go home first for a shower and to change (because he knew how much April would appreciate it) while Steve and Kono thought it would be good idea if April had her weapon, he, Steve and Kono had arrived back at Queen's Medical Center. Walking down the hall of the ICU towards April's room, with Michael leading the way, Gabby emerged from April's room, closing the door slowly so she wouldn't disturb April's sleep.

"Gabby" said Michael.

"Michael" Gabby said back when she heard his voice.

"Welcome back; though I wish it were under much better circumstances"

"Yeah me too" Michael agreed as he reached April's room. "How's April doing?" he asked.

"She's okay…she's sleeping at the moment…I was just bringing her a few things from home" Gabby explained.

"The baby's been taken back to the NICU"

"Okay, thank you" said Michael, appreciating everyone for looking after his family.

"It's not a problem, really" Gabby replied.

"I'm going to go downstairs to see Danny now…so I'll leave you to it…congratulations Michael…she's beautiful" she said as she started to make her way to the elevator.

"Hang on Gabby, we'll join you" Steve stated.

"Here, Kono and I thought it would be a good idea for April to have this on her until we catch Nathan, just in case" said Steve as he pulled April's gun that was tucked into the back of his pants.

"Thank you" said Michael as he took the weapon from Steve before he turned to follow Kono and Gabby to the elevator.

"Hey Steve"

"Yeah?" Steve asked after Michael called his name.

"You're going to catch the son of a bitch who did this to my wife, right?" Michael asked.

"You have my word Michael; we'll get him" Steve promised before continuing on towards the elevator.

Elsewhere on Oahu, in an unknown location, Nathan was contemplating his next move. He knew there would be no doubt that April and her family would have an HPD detail at their doors to keep them safe; this was going to make things difficult on getting his hands on April, Michael and their baby girl. But Nathan still believed that April had to pay for ruining his life; for taking his unborn child away from him. She needs to know what it feels like to have your child taken away from you and to lose the person you were supposed to love forever; til death do you part. Nathan knew he had hit a road block in his plans for revenge on April and he was determined more than ever to make that happen.