Chapter Four: Kamekono Returns
True to his word the shaved ice man arrived less than half an hour later. He was back to his grinning affable self as he came into the room with a bucket of fried chicken. Steve raised an eyebrow but the cousins happily grabbed a couple of pieces.
"How's my favorite Haole doing?" he asked as he sat down on a chair near the bed. Williams was totally out, face slack in sleep. The big man pushed a wayward tuff of hair off his forehead before turning to face the rest of the team.
"Lewis wants to keep him sedated for a couple of days," Steve reported. "He doesn't think there'll be any problems. Hung some antibiotics just in case."
"Good, the little Haole needs his beauty sleep," he grinned.
"What are you so happy about?" Kono asked around a mouthful of chicken.
"Eh, it's a wonderful day," he said with a cheshire smile.
"Ok, big man, give me!" Steve grouched.
"Maybe those pupule kamaaina that hurt Mama were like, found by some of the ohana," he said happily.
"Are they like, in one piece?" Steve asked somewhat sarcastically. He knew what could happen if Mama's ohana caught the perps. Kamekona looked positively offended.
"Of course they're in one piece! You tink the family would hurt them?" he retorted, then added sotto voce, "much."
"How, 'much'?" Steve persisted.
"Eh, maybe a couple bruises," Kamekona said. "The brothers dropped 'em off at HPD."
"And you're sure they caught the right people?" Chin asked in his most serious tones.
"Of course! The lolos were bragging about it! They were all hopped up on something and laughing about shooting a cop! They were lucky that some of the wahines were there 'cause I can promise you they'd be way more hurt," a flash of anger crossed Kamekona's face. "No one messes with Mama or the Haole."
The team looked at one another. It seemed the ranting Jersey cop had gained quite a few protectors.
"We just don't want the charges to fall apart because of some procedural problem," McGarrett said. That caused both cousins to burst into gales of laughter. Even Kamekona had to smile at that assertion.
"Hey, don't wake up Danny," Steve sulked as he adjusted the sheet over his slumbering friend. There was not so much as a twitch from the somnolent man.
"Sorry, boss," Kono had quelled the laugh to snickers. "Just that's Danny's line he uses against you!"
"Maybe it's sinking in," Steve retorted clearly miffed. Another aborted round of laughter. He latched on to a piece of chicken and tore off a bite chewing viscously. After a moment he looked down at the innocent food.
"Hey, this is good!" the health nut proclaimed to the still laughing group.
Note: yeah, short, but it breaks nicely here...