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Lost and found
Chapter 6
Racing to the car, Steve closed off all his thoughts and feelings and focused o none thing, and one thing only. 'Get to Kono, get her somewhere safe.'
Chin was a little spooked by the sudden transformation his friend had suddenly seemed to undergo. One minute he was all wound up and nervous, the next he was sitting ram rod straight, focused, not even a twitch in sight.
Chin was a little scared about the speed they were going, but decided that his cousin's safety was more important than his, besides he trusted Steve to get the there in one piece. Danny would meet them at the rendezvous point.
Kono was jolted awake as someone yanked her hands up above her head. Her entire body screaming at the idea of having to move she had no choice but to comply and winced when she realized how stiff she was.
'Let's take a little ride shall we?'
Kono said nothing, and barely struggled, knowing she was probably going to need any energy she had left for a final struggle, apparently her prayers hadn't been answered, but there was still hope.
She stumbled and was roughly hoisted up again by her captor.
'Will you hurry up?'
A second voice she did not recognize was heard coming out of the dark forest in front of her.
'Take it easy, we have all the time in the world.'
'She's a cop Gary, people are looking, and you said you'd been spotted last night. The sooner we get this over with, the better.'
Gary just grunted and pushed her forward. She was surprised to feel sand beneath her feet. Her blindfold had been placed back so she had no idea where she was, but she could now hear the sea, and she guessed they were at Hono-cove. This meant they were going to kill her.
Kono started to struggle hard against her restraints.
'Take it easy dear; it'll be over before you know it.'
'Why are you doing this? I did nothing to you!'
'Nothing? Nothing! You're all the same, that's why!' Kono was startled by the amount of venom in Gary's voice.
'She abandoned me, and the others, you wouldn't even look at me. I was there every day, too bad you never noticed!'
Kono tried to remember if there was anything she missed while at the beach. She came there to surf, not for guys, she barely even noticed anyone there. Giving up on trying to recollect her memories, she tried to keep the conversation going; to stall what she knew would come.
'I'm sorry; I just come there to surf. Just let me go.'
'You're not sorry, and I don't care. You will die!'
She was pushed from behind, apparently by the second man and fell face down in the sand. She quickly rolled around and kicked the man in the guts before he had a chance to react. But her next move to straddle him was rebutted because of her restraints. A scuffle followed, when all of a sudden there was the sound of a gun pulled of safety. Kono stilled her movements and looked straight into the barrel of a gun.
The silence on the beach was disturbed by a single gunshot.
KSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKS
Steve pushed in the gas pedal even harder as they approached Hono-cove.
'God, I hope I'm not too late.'
Steve was out of the car before it came to a complete stop, gun already in hand as he ran down the slope to the beach, and to where he knew the cabin was. He knew he was supposed to wait for backup, but his gut told him to move now.
As he ran down the beach he noticed dark figures moving in the distance. Slowing his pace a little, making sure he made no sounds, he slowly crept closer. Soon he heard voices.
'You're not sorry, and I don't care. You will die!'
Steve knew he had to act he ran as fast as he could, and took in the scene in front of him. Kono was on the ground in a scuffle with one man, as the other produced a gun and took aim at her.
Steve's heart rate doubled and he took aim on pure instinct and pulled the trigger.
Kono closed her eyes at the last second, preparing herself for the pain to come, but it never did. Suddenly she heard voices all around, and she could have sworn she heard Danny.
Someone touched her shoulder and she tried to fight.
'It's me, Kono, it's just me.'
Steve. Kono felt the tears spring in her eyes. The blindfold was removed and she looked into those beautiful eyes.
'I knew you would come.'
Her voice sounded fragile, even to herself. But at that moment she couldn't care less as Steve put his arms around her and pulled her into his embrace.
'I've got you. Always.'
And she believed him.
Soon she was free of her bonds and she had been examined by the paramedics that had arrived at the scene a few minutes after the shooting.
Steve hadn't left her side. Danny and Chin handled the arrest, which was a little weird considering Steve wasn't family and Chin was. But she wouldn't have it any other way. Besides Steve looked like a forklift truck would be needed to remove him from her side.
Steve's heart was still pounding. 'She's alive.' Though he knew it in his head, his heart needed more proof, so he stayed close. It seemed as if she didn't mind so he stayed put, even after he was no longer needed.
The second he had seen that gun pointed at her, he had lost it. He couldn't even remember pulling the trigger, all he could think about was to protect her.
When he held her afterwards it was like the rollercoaster of emotions he had been on for the last 16 hours, and probably longer, all came crashing down and he had to try hard to keep it all in check.
And now she was here. He turned to look at her, and saw her staring at him. He smiled and she looked deep into his eyes and gave him the most radiant smile he had ever received, and it felt like he was floating. His feet moved, before he told them to.
Kono could see him approaching, his eyes never leaving hers. She saw a fierce determination there and she wondered what he was going to do.
'You scared me half to death today and I promised myself that when I got you out, I would do this.'
She tilted her head as if to say: 'do what.' She was about to voice her thoughts but never got the chance as Steve lowered his lips to hers in a slow kiss that made her head fuzzy.
Everything disappeared. The lights and sirens of the HPD cars, the paramedics on scene, the police officers walking around. Nothing but pure bliss.
Danny looked over to check on Kono when his mouth literally dropped open. He could vaguely hear Chin asking him something but was too enthralled by the scene of two of his good friends making out like horny teenagers.
When Chin didn't get a reply to his question he turned around to look at Danny, only to notice he wasn't exactly paying attention. Following his line of vision, Chin did a good impression of a goldfish before breaking out into a big grin. 'Haha, go coz!'
'Close your mouth before you catch flies idiot' Chin said smacking Danny upside the head.
'Yeah, yeah, maybe we should tell them everyone is looking.'
'Does it seem like they would care?'
Danny looked to the couple one more time. Shaking his head, he went back to work with a smile on his face.
The need for air finally became too much, and reluctantly they pulled apart. Opening her eyes she looked back into his and saw a deep affection there.
'I've wanted you to do that for a while now.'
'Oh really?'
'Yeah, really. But I'm not exactly convinced we got it right.' Her eyes sparkled.
'You think?'
'I think so.'
'Guess we need to practice some more huh?'
Before she could reply his lips were on hers again and the last coherent thought she had was: 'Lots of practice please!'
THE END