A/N: Hey guys... First attempt in the Hawaii 5-0 universe. - Hope you enjoy! :)
"Max! I was surprised you called me here… what's up?"
"Commander McGarrett. I wanted to share some interesting… findings with you."
Steve immediately frowned at that. "Findings? Findings on what, Max? We haven't even caught a case yet, have we." Not really a question.
Without replying anything, Max simply turned towards the screen he had set up behind the autopsy table, highlighting what looked to be a couple of x-rays of a human forearm.
"We have a 38-year-old male victim, presenting with a spiral fracture of the left forearm."
Steve looked around with a confused expression. "Uh, Max… who is this victim? I don't see a victim around here."
Then, when Max didn't reply anything, but simply kept staring at him: "Wait. Is this Danny's x-ray? – Why would you have his x-ray?!" His partner had broken his forearm last week, during a painting job at his new apartment apparently gone bad…
Again without a reply, Max simply turned towards the x-rays again. "The injury report says he 'fell off a ladder', hitting his forearm on the living room table in the process and thereby fracturing two bones in his forearm. – Thing is: This is a spiral fracture of both the ulna and radius."
Steve was once again staring at him uncomprehendingly. "Accident report? There's been no accident report… it happened during his time off!"
Max simply ignored the objection, continuing as if the other man hadn't spoken. "You see, spiral fractures usually occur when a rotating force is applied along the axis of a bone. A mechanism that is incompatible with the description of an impact on a stationary surface, however hard it may have been…"
The frown on Steve's face magnified at that. "So, you're saying Danny lied about the accident? – Why would he do that?!" His tone betrayed his skepticism. "Plus, he did actually paint is apartment last week, so it does make sense, Max…"
The doctor again just ignored his reply, simply continuing his sober report as if about some abstract foreign person. "It would, however, be compatible with a twisting motion of a body while the affected extremity is fixed or planted. Or with a forceful twisting of a limb by a perpetrator, say for example during child abuse."
Steve abruptly straightened up at that, his whole body language taking on a somewhat threatening stance. He raised an incredulous eyebrow. "You saying someone did this to Danny…? – That doesn't make any sense… why wouldn't he tell us?!"
"I am simply reciting a case history here, Commander McGarrett. I wouldn't even have access to the medical records of Detective Williams."
With a somewhat dubious glance towards the pictures in question, Steve slowly nodded. "Yeah, sure Max, I know, so… You sure about these… findings?"
Just a nod. "I am quite certain, Commander. Simply based on the specific type of injury, the involvement of another person is extremely likely; unless of course the victim held onto the ladder while falling, then twisted around his own arm, all the while still holding onto the ladder. A theory which I find very hard to believe."
Steve had to agree there.
"Okay Max, thanks. I'll take care of it."
tbc...
