Note: This is a sequal to Play Date Gone Bad. It would be best if you read that first but I think it makes sense without it.

I'll be posting every other day again. I'm half way through my month of extra shifts. So this should take us to the end of them.

As usual a big thank you to wenwalke, I couldn't do this without her.

Chapter One

Steve glanced into Danny's office and frowned when he saw how tired his best friend looked. Danny had been cleared to return to desk duty, on half days only, after being off sick for the previous month.

Steve still had nightmares, where he saw his friend lying on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood after he'd been viciously stabbed, in a surprise attack, by Grace's, friends', manny. The man, Ian Roberts, had taken Danny's rejection to an attempted kiss, badly, and decided that if he couldn't have Danny then no one could.

Steve had found himself waking in a sweat, heart racing, several times since Danny's attack, and struggled to get back to sleep each time. His mind playing over the emergency treatment he had been forced to give to save Danny's life, never again would he look at a pink curly straw in the same light.

They had all come so close to losing Danny, but Danny was gradually bouncing back, and Steve knew he was trying to do too much, too soon. The day before, Danny had worked several hours over his suggested half day, and he was obviously trying to do the same today. Steve, however, was not going to let Danny push himself too fast.

He walked into Danny's office, leaned over Danny, and hit save on the computer then shut it down. "What the hell are you doing, Steve?" Danny asked confused and a bit angry.

"Time to go home, Danno, you're an hour over your half day already."

"I'm fine." Danny said attempting to restart the computer, but Steve wheeled his chair away so he couldn't reach.

"No can do, Danny, you're tired. I can tell. Now, I'm gonna drive you home, and you are gonna take it easy for the rest of the day, or I will not let you back in the office tomorrow."

"No fair, Steve." Danny said rising to his feet and resigning himself to leaving for the day.

"Deal with it. I'm the boss." Steve smiled and gave Danny a little shove to get him to start walking. "Hey guys." He yelled, and Chin and Kono popped their heads around their office doors. "I'm driving Danny home for the day, I'll be back soon."

"About time," Kono replied back. "He looked ready to fall asleep at his desk when I passed five minutes ago."

"It's a conspiracy against me." Danny sighed.

"For your own good, brah," Chin smiled.

Danny shook his head, "I'll see you both tomorrow." And he exited the office with Steve in tow.

Once at Danny's, Steve followed his friend into the house. "You racing back to the office, or staying for a coffee?" Danny asked.

"I can stay for a coffee." Steve decided.

"Good. You go make it, I'm gonna go change." Danny said disappearing into his bedroom.

Steve shook his head and laughed to himself as he headed for the kitchen and flipped on the kettle. Danny had gotten pretty good at manipulating him, he thought to himself.

He pulled out the cutlery draw to grab a spoon, and had to close his eyes, and take a deep breath, to allow him self to shake the image of rummaging through the draw and finding the straw. He reached over and grabbed two mugs, ignoring the new knife stand that stood beside it. It housed knives is several bright colours. Danny had been adamant on buying a new set that was as different as possible to his old one that had provided Ian with his dangerous weapon.

Steve felt a cold shiver run down his back, and he quickly spun around and stared out of the window behind him, unsure if he had seen movement or not. Peering out the window into Danny's back garden he finally relaxed, scolding himself for being so on edge. If Danny could continue to live here after what he went through then Steve should be able to handle making a damn coffee there. Then again, Danny's memory of the whole event was very sketchy, whereas Steve had every minute detail engrained into his.

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Chin was relieved when Steve said he was taking Danny home for the day. Danny had obviously overdone it the day before, and Chin had been concerned at how out of breath Danny had gotten when climbing the stairs to the office. Knowing that Steve would most likely stay with Danny for a bit, to make sure he was settled, Chin continued to process the reports from their latest bust. He had almost finished his report when his phone rang. Pulling it ou,t and seeing the caller I.D. he smiled. "Howz'it Duke?"

"Not so good, Chin, we've just had a report from the prison service. Ian Roberts has broken out of custody."

"What? How the hell did he manage that?" Chin asked leaping to his feet and heading to Kono's office.

"He was on a hospital visit. Follow up after having his jaw unwired last week. He managed to grab one of the guard's weapons, and forced the other to handcuff himself, and his colleague, to the bed. Then he fled the hospital." Duke explained.

"Damn it." Chin exhaled. "Did you put out an APB?"

"Yes, all the ports and airports are on high alert." The older man replied.

"Ok, thanks Duke. I'll let Steve know, he just took Danny home to rest."

"Do you want me to send a unit over to Danny's?" Duke asked concerned.

"No, don't bother. Danny has his own personal bodyguard in the form of Steve." Chin laughed.

"Ok, I'll keep you updated on the search." Duke said then hung up.

"Everything ok, cuz?" Kono asked. She had heard the last part of the conversation and instantly got a bad feeling in her stomach.

"Roberts is on the run." Chin informed her.

"What?" Kono asked, and watched as Chin pulled out his phone and immediately tried to contact Steve.

"Voicemail," Chin frowned.

"He might be still driving?" Kono suggested, "maybe they stopped off somewhere on the way home."

"Maybe," Chin pondered then tried Danny's phone. "Danny's rings to voicemail too."

"That's not good." Kono worried. To not be able to get in touch with either man was unusual, but both out of contact, at the same time, usually meant trouble. "I think we should get to Danny's."

"Me too, come on let's go." Chin said and Kono wasted no time racing out of the office after him.

TBC