S.W.A.T. A new team member

Chapter 14

The surgery lasted so long that Hondo and the others said goodbye to Chris and left the hospital.
Chris buried her head in her hands. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up Deacon had stayed. "Why don't you go to Any and the kids?" she asked. Deacon thought for a moment and replied "I think you need more succor right now." Chris swallowed. Deacon looked at each other inquiringly and asked "How about you and Strong?" Chris blushed and replied "We're good friends, that's all." Deacon grinned and said "Okay, just friends..." He sat back and waited. Chris looked down at her feet and thought and whispered "It may be that....that I, am unraveling a bit more after all.... Oh I don't know!" the last words Chris yelled and jumped up. Deacon got up as well and tried to calm her down "Hey, hey Chris come on down. It's all right." Chris sat back down and said "Whenever there's anything wrong with her I can barely breathe and I get extremely worried." Deacon looked at her sympathetically "I know that but it's ok if you're not sure yet." Deacon sat back down next to her. The doctor walked in and asked "Are you with Romy Strong?" Chris jumped up and Deacon answered "Yes." The doctor came closer and said "Strong came through surgery fine, she will wake up in the next few hours. She can probably go home in two days." Chris and Deacon looked at each other happily. Chris took the doctor's hand and shook it "Thank you! Thank you so much!" The doctor said "You're welcome."

Strong slowly opened her eyes and looked around, then she noticed Chris sitting next to her. She asked tiredly "Where am I?" Chris took Strong's hand and replied "You're in the hospital Romy." Strong looked around for a moment and asked "Do I have to stay here long?" Chris shook his head and replied "No, you can probably go home soon." Strong was pleased "That sounds good." She closed her eyes again and fell asleep.

The next morning Deacon entered the precinct and went to the locker room. While he was changing, Hondo came in. He said "Good morning Deac." Deacon looked up from his shoes and also said "Good morning Hondo." Hondo sat down on a bench and asked "Have you heard from Strong?" Deacon put his backpack in his spinner and replied "She came through surgery okay and will be out of the hospital soon. Chris is with her." Hondo smiled meaningfully and then became serious "Do you think all of Strong's family members are finally behind bars now?" Deacon thought and replied "I don't know but I sure hope so for Strong's sake. Then she could finally start a new life." Hondo agreed with Deacon. They walked together to the command center. Tan, Luca and Street were already there talking when Deacon and Hondo entered the room. They looked at Hondo and Deacon questioningly. Hondo said "Strong is fine, she came through the surgery well but we should get back to our jobs now." Tan, Luca and Street rejoiced and cheered loudly. Deacon looked at Hondo seriously. Commander Hicks came running into the room. He called out "Hondo your team needs to move out. Two officers are under fire. Go, go, go!" He thrust a tablet with the information into Hondo's hand. Hondo looked to his team and left the precinct with them.

Chris walked through the hospital hallways to get a coffee. She stopped in front of the nearest coffee machine. With the coffee in hand, Chris made her way back to Strong. A little boy about ten years old came running past her. He looked at her fearfully for a moment. Chris kept walking suddenly a man came up to her and pushed her out of the way. Chris slumped against the wall and shouted "Hey!" She gasped and saw the man walking behind the boy. The boy looked over his shoulder and was startled. He took off running. Chris took a deep breath and swallowed. She understood and dug out her cell phone. She called Hondo. She whispered "Hondo pick up!" It took a while but then he answered. Hondo asked "Yes Chris, what is it?" Chris answered nervously "I just ran into a boy here at the hospital. Probably a victim of domestic violence." Hondo asked "Do you have details?" Chris stood up breathing heavily and replied "Well. The boy is about ten years old, 5'3" tall, brown hair, gray eyes, wearing a basketball t-shirt and jeans. The guy, who is probably his father, knocked me down. When the kid noticed him he ran away faster." Hondo said, "Okay Chris, I'm on my way." Hondo hung up. Chris made her way to Strong. She arrived in her room breathing heavily and lowered herself into a chair. Strong asked "Is everything okay Chris?" Chris smiled at her and told her "I just got knocked out by a man in the hallway.