It was a little after six in the morning when the nightmare began.

Tony was in the shower preparing for work and Kono was in the nursery breastfeeding Steven. With the sound of the shower in the next room she didn't hear them before it was too late.

Four men, all heavily armed entered the room. A tall white man with short sandy brown hair stepped forward, "Do not scream Kono or we will kill Tony, do you understand me?"
"Yes….what do you want from us?"

The tall man spoke, "You'll see….soon. Now put the baby in his crib"
He knew her name? Who were these men? Kono did as she was told. She would do whatever they told her to do as long as they didn't touch her baby…..they had better not touch Steven.

The tall man barked out orders and as soon as Steven was placed in his crib a very large black man named Darius grabbed her arm roughly and placed a gun to her head.
One of the other's looked to the tall man asking, "How are we going to do this Justin?"
He replied, "Follow my lead" He looked at Kono and her skin crawled at what she saw in his eyes …..pure evil.

Darius held tightly to Kono's arm, pushing her towards the bathroom.
The shower was still running as Justin opened the door and stepped into the steam filled room.
Tony's voice came from behind the shower curtain, "Is he done eating already?"
Receiving no immediate response he flung the shower curtain open unprepared for the scene before him.

Justin Norris stood several feet inside the bathroom, and directly behind him was a very large man holding a gun to his wife's head. Tony could also see at least two other men just outside the doorway.

"Norris?"
Justin replied, "Reddick, unless you want to see me kill your pretty wife and your son right here, right now, you will do exactly as I say"
"Norris, don't hurt them….please they have nothing to do with this. I'll go with you, don't hurt them"
"That's up to you Reddick. Have you talked to Officer Marsden lately?"
"What? What have you done Norris?"
"I'm getting my revenge. I told you when I saw you in that courtroom that you would pay for what you did to my brother"
"Justin, your brother was dealing drugs! Your brother killed an eight year old girl!"
"That was an accident! He didn't mean to kill her. That was an accident"

Darius spoke, "Justin, we've gotta get out of here man"
Justin's eyes never left Tony, "Reddick, you're going to get dressed and then you're coming with us"

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They backed out of the bathroom as Tony, a towel wrapped around his waist, moved towards the bedroom.

As Tony was finishing dressing, Steven began to cry from the other room.
Standing behind Norris, Kono pleaded, "Please let me go to my baby, please…"
Norris looked into Tony's eyes, "Payback's a bitch" He quickly swung around and fired two shots into Kono knocking her back against the beige colored wall that became streaked with her blood as she fell unconscious, into a heap on the floor.

Impulsively Tony lunged towards Norris, and Darius fired once striking him in the right shoulder. The force of the blast drove him back onto the bed. As he pulled himself up Norris held the gun to his head.

"If you want to die here too, I can arrange that"
Tony glanced at Kono, bleeding on the floor. He was unable to see where she had been hit, but she was still…deathly still.
Steven's cries had increased in the other room and noting the tension in Norris' eyes he knew he had to get them out of the house soon or they may hurt his son as well.

"Norris, I'll do whatever you ask. Where are you taking me?"
"Move…"
Darius grabbed Tony's right arm and viciously twisted it. That motion brought intense pain to his damaged shoulder which was bleeding heavily, causing him to moan in pain and bringing a sick smile of satisfaction to Norris' face.

As he walked past his beautiful wife lying motionless his eyes filled with tears as thoughts that he may never see her or hold her again filled his mind, 'I'm sorry Kono, oh God I'm so sorry'

A trail of Tony's blood dotted the carpeting down the stairs and out of the house. The men shoved him into the back of a van and sped away from the house.

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Kono came to a short time later, gasping for breath. She had been shot, she knew that. She was having a hard time breathing and she felt numb. She pulled her hands from her body seeing them covered in blood. Her ears were ringing, and her heart was beating horribly hard and fast. Her eyes scanned the room and seeing no one, she rolled onto her stomach and began to pull herself across the floor towards the nightstand.

Every inch of movement caused excruciating pain. Tears streaked down her face and it took several minutes to pull herself the short distance. She reached up and grabbed the cellphone of the edge of the stand.
Her vision was blurry as she hit speed dial #2.

It was a little before seven and Steve was just getting into his truck after picking Danny up when the phone rang.
"Good Morning Kono"
"….SS…..SSttevee….."
"Kono, KONO are you alright"
The only sound he heard was the unmistakable gasping sound caused by a collapsing lung.
"Kono, baby don't talk! I'm on the way" He turned to Danny, "Call 911, get them to Kono's"

"Ssstt…tteeve….hhellpp…."
As Danny directed 911 to send help Steve continued to talk to Kono softly, trying to keep her calm, "Relax Kono, Danny and I are just a couple of minutes away sweetheart, don't try to talk…..just breathe…..breathe….good girl…..relax"
Danny saw the fear on his partner's face as he hung up from 911 and called Tony and Chin's phones.

Danny talked to Steve "Steve, Chin's meeting us there….Tony's not answering"
"Danny call HDP….Kono, you're doing great baby, breathe slow…...just breathe"

The Camero came to a screeching halt in the Reddick driveway and the detectives raced towards the house with guns drawn.
"Steve…." Danny pointed to the sidewalk bringing the SEAL's attention to the numerous drops of blood.
Steve nodded to him and in moments they were in the living room. After a quick search of the lower level they both moved swiftly but cautiously up the stairs. Steven's cries sent Danny directly to the nursery as Steve checked the spare bedroom and bathroom before moving to the master bedroom where he found Kono curled up on the floor next to the bed bleeding profusely.

Baby Steven's cries had stopped and Steve knelt at Kono's side.
He ran a hand through her hair leaning close and whispering, "I'm here Kono"
"Steevee…Tttony….whhere's Ttonny….."
"Sssshhhhh, don't talk sweetheart….we'll find him"
"Sttevven"
"Ssshhhh, he's fine. Danny's got him, he's fine"
"Fffour mmen…..Justtinn NNoorris….ccall Ben….ccall BBen"

"Okay, good Kono….that's good, we'll find him. No more talking now, ssshhhhhhh…"
Danny had stepped into the room and was cradling a now content baby in his arms. Steve looked up at him, speaking softly, "Is he okay Danny?"

"Yeah, he's good. How is she?"
Steve simply shook his head, "Find out where the ambulance is partner"
Danny turned and left the room with the baby and Steve turned back to Kono. He had decided it would be best not to move her.
He could see one bullet wound to her right shoulder and that concerned him even more than then the chest wound because of the excessive bleeding. He reached up grabbing a pillow off the bed and tearing the pillow case off he folded it and pushed it against the wound trying to staunch the bleeding.

She moaned loudly and Steve continued to try to comfort her until the paramedics entered the bedroom.