AN: This story was almost finished two weeks ago when my husband, who had just read my other three Five-0 stories, asked. "Why do you always hurt Danny? I think you should hurt Steve in your next story." So I went back and revised the story and hurt them both, Steve more than Danny this time. As usual, thanks to June for her help with the final revision.

Summary: His idiot partner had gone in without proper backup, again and now Danny's sure that Steve's dead.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hawaii Five-0 or any of the characters, they belong to CBS. However the plot and any mistakes are mine.

Chapter One

What. The. Hell. Are. You. Doing?"

"I just thought I'd see if Collins was in there." Steve jumped at the anger in Danny's voice.

"No. No. I don't think so. We already agreed, on the way out here, that we'd wait for the proper back up this time," Exasperation evident in Danny's voice.

"Well you may have talked about that, but I'm sure I never agreed to wait."

"Yes. Yes you did. I'll quote, 'Back up is about five minutes behind us so we'll wait for them, right Steve?' To which you replied, 'Um'. To me, that was an agreement to wait."

"No it was just an um, nothing more."

"Collins is a cold blooded killer, Steve. You back him into a corner and there's no telling what he'll do."

"Like throw a grenade and blow up a patrol car with two officers inside? Yeah I know Danny, but his truck is parked over there, this cave is the only place he can be hiding." Steve was now outside the entrance to the cave and checking his gun.

It didn't matter that Steve was right. They'd check out the truck, which was empty. There were no trees or rocks behind which Collins could hide. Logically, the only place he could be was in the cave. However, Danny had a feeling that something was wrong. This had all been just too easy.

"You'll go in alone Steve, because I'm not going in with you until we have back up. By back up, I mean more than just me. This feels like a trap. He's out here somewhere watching us, or he's in there waiting."

Danny leaned against Steve's truck and looked back down the road. He could see dust in the distance and knew it was their backup. Chin and Kono would be the first cloud he could see. HPD would be the larger cloud, not far behind. They'd managed to track Collin's phone signal along this road, and on finding his empty truck near the cave entrance, Steve decided that Collins was in the cave.

"Steve, you know I'd follow you anywhere if it made sense. This makes no sense. Just wait five more minutes then we'll go in. Please?" Danny spoke calmly and slowly in an attempt to delay Steve.

Steve, however, was not open to Danny's delaying tactics. This whole case had become personal to him, so with a last look at Danny he headed into the cave on his own.

"Well that went precisely the way I expected," Danny mumbled to himself.

He pushed away from the truck, but didn't move to follow Steve instead he stood and looked around. He was sure this was a trap. Collins was here somewhere and Danny didn't think it was in the cave. The man was crazy, in Danny's opinion, but he was too smart to trap himself in a cave. He had to be out here somewhere.

This whole case started a little over 24 hours ago with the death of two HPD officers. Their patrol car had been blown up when a grenade was tossed beneath it. At the time, no one knew why it had happened, but Five-0 was put on the case by the governor and he wanted results fast.

Chin and Kono worked together to find video of the attack on the patrol car and in a couple of hours had pieced together a decent account of what went down.

The officers had stopped to help a driver who appeared to be in trouble. The hood of his truck was up and he waved down the patrol car. Before the officers could exit their car, the man threw a grenade beneath it and then walked calmly back to his own vehicle.

"They never stood a chance," Danny had said.

They had a clear picture of the man's face and it took only minutes to put a name to it. Trevor Collins. He'd been dishonourably discharged from the Navy only two weeks prior. His attempt to go through Seal training at the base on Oahu had failed and then after a number of fights in different bars around Honolulu, the Navy had discharged him.

Steve took it personally, as Danny knew he would. He wanted to catch Collins and pushed everyone to work faster and harder to find him. When Danny sent the cousins home at 10 p.m. Steve became angry.

"What the hell Danny. I decide when we call it quits for the night, not you."

"Not tonight you don't. You're not thinking straight Steve. You've let this one become personal and you need to step back and be objective here."

"No. What I need is for you to back off, Danny," Steve's posture was rigid as he walked past Danny to the smart table in the centre of the room. "I have to find this guy before he kills again, because I know he'll kill again."

"You see that, Steve? That's what I mean." Danny followed Steve to the table. "It's not you that has to find Collins. It's us," Danny waved his hands around to indicate the whole office. "Now we," Danny waved his hand between the two of them, "we are going home. Tomorrow we'll get a break in the case and catch Collins. Tonight we go home and rest."

Steve looked at Danny then with a sigh he admitted defeat. "Okay Danny, we'll go home. I'm not sure how much rest I'll get, but I'll try."

The next morning they'd got the break Danny had predicted. Collins called Five-0 and taunted them. He was proud of how he'd killed the HPD officers and wanted Five-0 to know that. Chin managed to track his cell and Steve raced from the office to go after him. Danny just made it into Steve's truck before he pulled out of the parking lot.

"Steve? What the hell was that?" Danny yelled. "You would have gone off by yourself?"

"I waited for you to get in the truck, didn't I?"

"Waited? You waited? No Steven you didn't wait. If I'd been a couple of seconds slower you would have left. Admit it."

"I have to get him Danny."

"There you go again with the, I, Steven. We have to get him. I'm your partner. We catch the bad guys together. Remember?"

"Okay, so we're together now," Steve sped along the highway. "Call Chin and find out where Collins is headed."

They'd followed the signal from Collins phone out of Honolulu to this remote area. Danny's years of experience told him this was a trap, but, as usual Steve wasn't listening to him.

Danny glanced back at the cave to see that Steve was now all the way inside. That was when Collins chose to reveal himself. A movement in the corner of his eye had Danny grab his gun and swing back around toward the truck parked to the side of the cave. Collins had just rolled out from beneath the truck and was already on his feet with his arm back, ready to throw what Danny knew, with a sinking heart, was a grenade. The same thing he'd used to take out the patrol car the previous day. Collins had to have been up under the truck for them to have missed him and Danny knew he'd be too late to stop him.

"Steve! Get down!" Danny yelled as he fired. His shot hit Collins in the chest and from the way he fell, he knew he was dead. There was no time to worry about that though as Danny realised the grenade had not been thrown at him but the hillside above the entrance to the cave. He saw Steve turn back at the sound of his yell and gun shot, but then rocks and earth came raining down as the grenade exploded. Danny dove to the side with his left arm over his head for protection.

Danny pushed to his feet with a groan. His left arm hurt like hell, and it had only partially protected his head from a rock. He was lucky with the rocks that hit the rest of him, they were a lot smaller. Danny ignored the pain as he ran to Steve's truck. He knew there was a backpack of emergency supplies in the cab. As he opened the door and grasped the pack, Danny had his phone out calling Chin.

"Chin, Collins blew the mouth of the cave and Steve's inside. I'm going in after him."

"No Danny, wait. We'll be there in two minutes."

"Good, then you'll be right behind me," Danny hung up. He was already at the cave and pushed the phone into his pocket as he started to climb over rocks in an attempt to gain entrance. It wasn't easy. His upper arm hurt and he suspected it was fractured. The pack he'd slung on his back didn't help with the hip and back pain, it just made it worse, but Danny was determined to find Steve. The last sight he'd had of him was Steve turning back to the entrance at the sound of the shot. Then the rocks had rained down and Danny was afraid that Steve had come back far enough to be under them.

As he slid over the last of the rocks, Danny heard the sirens that heralded the arrival of backup. He knew what he was doing right now was exactly the kind of thing he ranted at Steve about, but to hell with that.

It was dark in the cave, only a small amount of light filtered in from the area that was still open at the entrance.

"Steve! Steve! God damn it Steve. Answer me!" Danny called. No sound came back to him. He needed more light to see. Steve could be right in front of him and he'd never find him in the gloom. With a grunt of pain, Danny took off the pack and felt for the flashlight he knew was in the side pocket. Light flooded the cave as Danny slowly moved the flashlight to look for any sign of Steve. There was nothing. Danny knew that if Steve had kept moving towards the entrance, then he'd be crushed under the rocks. As he sank to his knees, he gave one last anguished cry.

"Steve!"

TBC

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