Chapter 3 - A Single Bullet
We fight for a few minutes, making a real mess, before he pulls a gun out and points it at my head. He pushes me down onto the floor. I look at his face, Theo.
"You bitch! Grassing me out to the cops! What are you even doing here, why isn't daddies little princess at home with her precious dad?" He asks, in a smug voice. My eyes begin to water.
"Didn't you hear? My dad died a few weeks ago!" I scream, trying to kick him and get away only for him to pistol whip me.
"Please...what do you want with me!" I scream. Blood seeps from my head, after being knocked, head first, into the wall.
"I want to kill you! If it wasn't for you the police never would have found me!" He shouts, forcefully kicking me in the ribs again.
He hands my phone and tells me to call Steve. I dial his number and wait for him to answer. He doesn't answer the first time so I try him again.
"Tia what's up? I'm kind of busy" He says, obviously in the car.
"Can you come home? I need you to come home..." I say in a shaky voice.
"Tia what's wrong?" He asks me. I can hear the fear in his voice. I can also hear Danny in the background asking what's happening and the car speeding up.
"Please.... just come home" I beg, tears threatening to fall. After that Theo steals the phone and throws it at the wall.
Meanwhile, across town/over to Steve and Danny...
After hearing Tia on the phone and how scared she sounded, Steve put his foot down. He looked pissed and worried. Poor Danny had no idea what was going on.
"Steve! What the hell is going on?" Danny practically shouts. Steve continues to swerve through traffic, lights and sirens blaring.
"I don't know, something's wrong. Tia...she was begging me to come home. She sounded scared Danny, like she was crying" Steve said, fear evident in his tone of voice. Danny pulls out his phone and calls the rest of the team. Once they answer he puts them on speaker phone.
"Chin, can you track Theo Lacan's phone?" Danny asks, gaining the attention of Steve.
"Sure, but why?" Chin asks.
"Well, he wasn't at the address we just searched and Tia just rang Steve, somethings not right." Danny says.
"Okay well it's says here...he's at Steve's! Guys how far out are you?" Chin asks. The sounds in the background indicate that the others are gearing up, ready to head over to Steve's.
Back at Steve's (Tia's p.o.v) ...
My hands are taped behind my back and I'm knelt on the floor. I desperately try to free myself, using my shoe to try and cut the tape. After struggling for a few minutes, I manage to cut the tape. I remove it, keeping my hands behind my back so he doesn't find out.
We hear sirens in the distant, a perfect distraction. I silently stand up, my MMA and secret SEAL training from my dad coming into play. He turns around and I charge at him before he can fire the gun. I knock the gun from his hands, sending it flying across the floor. We fight, occasionally the other person gaining lead/power. The sirens get louder and we hear a car pull up. Theo tackles me through the glass door, both of us landing in the garden. I pick up a bit off wood form the broken door and hit it with him, momentarily disorientating him. I run inside and grab the gun. I walk outside, gun aimed at Theo. He's holding a sharp bit of wood. I hear Uncle Steve and Danny calling my name, but before I can shout for them he charges at me. I fire the gun twice. Both hitting Theo in the chest, killing him. I take a few steps back and collapse onto my knees. I stare blankly at Theo. Uncle Steve runs over to me.
"Tia, oh my god are you okay?" He asks. I don't reply as I watch Danny check Theo's pulse, only for him not to find one. It's at that point that I brake. Tears stream down my face and Uncle Steve pulls me into a bear hug. I cry into his chest. Danny carefully takes the gun from my hands and rubs my back.
A few minutes later, CSU come to photograph the scene. Uncle Steve speaks to someone before speaking to me.
"Come on kiddo, we have to go..." I don't move. Uncle Steve picks me up and carries me to the car. Danny opens the back door for us. Uncle Steve goes to put me down but I refuse to let him go. I feel safe in his arms and I don't want to let go, not yet anyways. Instead of making me let go, Uncle Steve climbs into the back and sets me down next to him, never once letting me go. Danny shuts the door and gets into the drivers set. Even though I haven't said anything or moved, I still can't help but think, Danny is actually driving! And he's driving Steve's truck! I don't know where we are going but my best guess is to the Palace. I stop crying on the way but I never let go of Uncle Steve or say anything. When we arrive, Danny gets out of the truck and opens the back door for us. I pull away from Steve.
"You okay to walk?" Uncle Steve asks me. I nod, still not saying anything. He puts his arm over my shoulders and I wrap my arm behind his waist. The three of us walk into the palace and take the elevator up to the five-0 floor.
Me and Uncle Steve go into his office and sit down. Max comes up to give me the once over and sort my head out. After that Uncle Steve gets me a drink and some food. We sit down, making the occasional chit-chit, but not about what happened tonight. Danny comes in with a recorder. I know what they want, they want a statement about what happened. I don't want to relive what happened but I want this to be over as quickly as possible so I agree to do it there and then.
"Okay kiddo, just tell us everything that happened okay? Just take your time" Danny says. I nod and take a deep breath to calm myself as much as possible.
"Okay well, after you and Uncle Steve dropped me off, I went and unlocked the front door. When I stepped inside someone grabbed me and slammed the door shut. I tried to fight and get away. I managed to kick and punch him a few times, but then he pulled out a gun. He shouted at me because I apparently grassed him up to five-0. I told him what actually happened and he didn't believe me. I asked him what he wanted with me and he said he wanted to kill him. He had a look in his eyes that said he was serious. That's when he told me to call Uncle Steve and pointed the gun at my head. I called Uncle Steve and asked to come home. Once Theo knew you were coming he took my phone and threw it at the wall, smashing it. I managed to break the tape around my wrist using my shoe and untie my hands. He was just pacing, waving the gun at me when we heard the sirens in the distance. He got distracted so I stood up and charged at him. Knocking the gun out of his hands. We fought and that's when he pushed me through the glass door. I picked up some broken wood and hit him with it so I could run inside and grab the gun. I heard the sirens outside and a car pull up. I knew it was you and Uncle Steve. I Pointed the gun at Theo to stop him moving. I went to shout out to you guys when he charged at me holding a piece of sharp wood. To protect myself I shot him twice. Then you and Uncle Danny arrived. If I hadn't of shot him, I'd be dead and he'd be roaming free." I said. My eyes were watery but I refused to let the tears fall. The nodded and stopped the recording.
"You did great kiddo" Uncle Steve said, placing a kiss on my forehead. I nod, taking another deep breath.
"Um...where are we staying tonight?" I asked, knowing we couldn't go home. Uncle Steve went to reply and from the beginning of what he said it sounded like a hotel, before Danny cut him off.
"With me. You can stay with me until you can go home" He says, smiling. Steve nods and mouths a thank you and he gently nudges me, to check I'm okay with this.
After shorting a few things out, the three of us walk out of the office, ready to leave. We go over to the main door. Right before we leave Kono shouts over to me, stopping me form going any further. I turn around and see she's carrying a bag. I walk over to her and she hands me the bag.
"Thought you might want these. I picked them up from your room after you left. It's not much but it will do for a few days" She says, smiling sympathetically.
"Thank You Kono" I say, hugging her before walking away.
On the journey home, I listen to my iPod, which I left at the office. I just think about everything that's happened in the last few days. I start to realise and come to the conclusion that five-0 is defiantly my family now. Even though they may not be my family by blood, they're my family by heart. That's all that matters, I'm so lucky and grateful to have them.
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