A/N: I didn't plan on writing Hawaii Five-0 fiction, but this idea wouldn't let me go until I wrote it. Steve and Danny are so adorable when they argue. I hope my first attempt to write them works. As usual I'd like to thank my friend June for helping correct technical and grammatical errors.

Disclaimer: Hawaii Five-0 and it's characters belong to CBS. However the plot and any mistakes are mine.

Summary: When Steve decides that being a 'dirty cop' is a good cover to take down criminals, Danny suffers the consequences.

Chapter 1

"Danny, I have to go alone," Steve released a frustrated sigh. "Stay here."

"No, Steven. You are not going to meet a bad ass drug dealer by yourself." Danny stood in the doorway of the surveillance truck effectively blocking the exit. "I thought you'd grasped the concept of back up in the year we've been together?"

"I have. That's why you guys will be in the truck down the road, watching, Danny." Steve made a move to pass but Danny wasn't finished yet.

"Watching? Watching what? You, getting yourself killed? Not good enough, Steven. We'll be too far away if anything goes wrong. There's no way we can park closer without them seeing us. I'm your partner. They'll expect me to be with you. I'll wait in the car. That's all normal procedure for meeting an informant which is what you can tell them if they ask." Danny crossed his arms waiting for Steve's response.

This meeting with the head of one of the biggest drug operations on the island had been set up by an informant. Five-0 had spread the word, against Danny's better judgment, that Steve was dirty and gotten away with killing the Governor of Hawaii. So far they'd taken down a number of small time criminals. This was the first big drug operation that had shown any interest. No one knew the truth of the events leading up to, and after Jameson's death, except the new governor and Five-0. Many people in the criminal world of Hawaii still believed Steve was guilty and had fooled the police.

Steve had been contacted by a man working for Lee Chung, the second biggest drug dealer on the island. He wanted Steve to work for him.

"I don't like it Danny. We've been arguing a lot lately to foster the belief that you think I'm dirty. Chung may not believe that I'd bring you with me."

"You started this without my agreement, and now that I'm in it with you, you want to leave me out? I don't think so. I'm coming with you so deal with it. Let's go or you'll be late." Danny turned and left the truck heading for the passenger side of the Camaro.

Steve followed at a slower pace. He had a bad feeling about this whole situation and wanted to keep Danny as far away as he could, but Danny was stubborn and he didn't have time to argue anymore.

Danny was right, Steve had dragged him kicking and screaming into this, and if anything went wrong Steve knew it would be his fault.

As he parked in front of the garage where the meeting was to take place, Steve caught a glimpse of two men in the shadows by the bay doors.

"Keep your eyes and ears open Danny. There are at least two men over there, and I have a bad feeling about this."

"I have a bad feeling about this he says." Danny was waving his hands as usual when he argued with Steve. "What have I been telling you all along? I've had a bad feeling since you started this whole thing."

"Yeah, I know." Steve turned to Danny with a pleading look in his eyes. "Stay in the car. Please." He didn't want Danny this close, but right now there was nothing he could do.

"I'll just sit here and listen, Steve," Danny brushed the ear were he had a tiny ear bud that would relay sounds from the garage via the surveillance truck. "You be careful. Do not try to be a super SEAL with these people. I want you back in one piece, babe."

"No super SEAL. Got it." Then as he exited the car he raised his voice so the men in the shadows could hear, "Stay here. I'm sick of you following me around. My informant will not talk with you there." He slammed the door and walked to the garage muttering to himself about a partner who didn't listen, or trust him.

Chung was waiting inside the garage as Steve entered. The two men from the shadows followed him in.

"His partner is in the car," one told Chung.

"Why'd you bring him?" Chung asked.

"He doesn't trust me and insisted on coming. He'll stay in the car, so don't worry about him."

"Oh, I'm not worried about him," Chung said as he nodded to the two men behind Steve. At his nod they both turned and left the garage.

Shit! Steve thought. This is going to go bad. I just know it.

"Now, let's get down to business." Chung waved Steve closer. "I need you to run interference with HPD anytime they try to take down one of my deals. Can you do that? I pay my friends very well."

"Yeah, I can do that. How much money are we talking? I don't come cheap."

"For your level of help I'll pay a lot."

Suddenly, the door to the garage was thrown open and Danny was dragged in by Chung's men. He had obviously put up a fight as he had blood on the side of his face where he'd been hit. The bad feeling Steve had earlier was now alarm bells going off. This was what he'd been afraid would happen if Danny came with him.

Chung walked up to Danny and hit him hard in the stomach.

"I thought as my first payment I'd get rid of this annoyance for you," he said to Steve, "what would you like me to do with him?"

Steve knew he needed to do something fast. This whole operation was going to hell. They had to terminate it. With that in mind, he said, "I've wanted to hit this loudmouth for a while. Give me a couple of minutes with him. Then you can kill him, as long I'm not implicated." Loudmouth was the code word to terminate the operation he'd worked out earlier with Chin and Kono. Help should be on the way.

Grabbing Danny, he threw him against the wall and leaned in as if choking him.

"I have to make this look good Danny, go with me."

Danny lashed out at Steve, who then hit him in the stomach and face, knocking him to the floor. "Stay down," Steve whispered, "I'll buy us some more time."

But Danny jumped to his feet and lunged at Steve taking him by surprise. Instinct took over and Steve hit Danny harder than he intended, sending Danny reeling backwards. Before he could catch his footing, Danny fell over the edge into a vehicle inspection pit.

Steve approached the pit expecting Danny to be ready to continue the fight. They had to keep Chung occupied until help arrived. Where the hell was that help anyway. But, as he looked down into the pit he realized that Danny must have landed badly, as he lay holding his left shoulder. Steve wanted to go to him but knew that he couldn't, he had to pretend he didn't care about Danny.

"I bet that felt good." Chung laughed. "So tell me how you got away with killing the Governor?" But before Steve could answer Chung's phone beeped with a text message. He read it and frowned.

"We have to go, the boys say there are cop's coming. I'll bet your partner warned them of our meeting." Chung walked to the pit where Steve still stood. "Go get the vehicle," Chung called to his men. "It's time to end this," he said to Steve.

Suddenly, Chung had a gun in his hand and was pointing it at Danny. Steve had been watching Danny struggle to his feet, now he realized he should have been watching Chung. His lapse of attention was going to cost Danny his life.

Steve lunged at Chung and hit him just as the gun went off. They both fell into the inspection pit with Chung on the bottom. While Steve felt the wind knocked out of him, Chung fared worse. Not bothering to check for injuries Steve flipped Chung and cuffed him.

"Danny?" Steve turned to see Danny down on the ground with a pool of blood spreading beneath his head.

TBC

A/N: Reviews are always welcome and appreciated.