Take me to Paradise

New Feelings

A/N thanks to all readers for their reviews and for following the story. It means a lot

Chapter 6

Hearing the loud bang of a shot being fired Steve and Danny looked over to where the sound came from. Clara had pulled the trigger and shot Weston in the shoulder.

Samuel lay on the ground, groaning from the pain, but no one was going feel sorry for him. McGarrett turned to his partner pointing at the man in front of him.

"Book 'em, Danno." he said and went over to Clara, who still had the gun trained on Weston.

"Clara, it's okay. He can't hurt you anymore." he said, holding his hands out for her to see, that he meant no harm.

But the teacher couldn't help herself. The tears fell from her eyes with no way of stopping them and her whole body shook so much, that her teeth began to chatter. Steve grabbed the gun, making sure the safety clip was in place and pulled the young woman into his arms.

"Shh, you're alright now." he told her, stroking Clara's hair and consoling her.

Meanwhile Danny had taken Samuel Weston into custody and led him out to where Chin and Kono were standing.

"Where's the boss?" Kono asked and took her safety vest off.

"Still inside. Clara shot this vermin here." Danny told hem shoving the man into one of the HPD cruisers.

Kono gasped and Chin's eyes widened at the words the Jersey detective spoke. The looked behind him as Steve exited the house with Clara in his arms. She was visibly shaken from the whole ordeal and Kono went over to her new friend, wanting to help.

"Oh my god. Clara." she said and took her friend into her arms.

By now the silent tears that had been running down her cheeks, had turned into full blown sobbing again.

"I killed him. I killed a man." she mumbled on Kono's shoulder but the young Officer shook her head.

"No, you just hurt him. Like he hurt all those other people." she said and pulled the teacher away, so Kono could get a good look at her.

Her eyes were blotchy from all the crying and her cheek and left eye sported a nice bruise. Clara dried her eyes and nodded at what her friend said. She stepped away from her and looked back at Steve who told Chin the whole story.

She walked over and looked between the two men. "Can I please go home?"

Steve gave her a once over and decided against dragging her to the hospital. "Sure, but you should get that checked out." he said, pointing to her eye and cheek.

"I will. Tomorrow." she told him and the Commander knew then, that she wouldn't want to do anything else, then head home. He nodded his head and led her over to the Camero.

On the way over he told Danny that he was taking Clara to her home. His partner nodded his head and told him to go, that he would wrap up the case.

They drove in silence. Clara not daring to look anywhere but at her lap. If Steve hadn't heard her quiet sniffles he would have thought her a statute. With out saying anything, he moved his right hand from the wheel and grabbed her left one, intertwining their fingers.

"I'm sorry." she said, a sob coming from her mouths.

Steve closed his eyes and parked the car on the side of the road. He turned around to look at Clara, making sure she understood what he was saying. "No. You don't have to be sorry. The guy was bad news, but there was no way you could have known. We wouldn't have known if it weren't for his fingerprints."