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Chapter 2

Danny spluttered as he resurfaced, pulling the girl with him. Willing hands were there to help as he released his hold on her, giving her a quick once over and seeing that she was unharmed, if a little frightened. Right now he wanted nothing more than to get out of this rock pool and go hug his daughter who must be scared out of her mind. He went to move and realised that his leg was stuck; he pulled at it again and found that all that did was cause a spike of pain in his calf muscle. Now he had become the trapped.

"Hey, are you OK?" Al reappeared at the edge of the pool.

"Is everyone alright?" Danny ignored the question.

"Yeah, everyone's fine. Ambulance just pulled up and Don is taking Sabrina over to be checked out. Now, what about you?" Al wasn't to be deterred.

"It would seem that I'm now the one in need of assistance, my leg is trapped at the calf," Danny told him.

"Crap," murmured Al as he went to enter the water.

"What do you think you're doing?" demanded Danny.

"I'm going to check and see how badly trapped you are," Al replied as if it was obvious.

"No, you're not!"

"Sorry?"

"It's clear that the area is unstable. You are not putting yourself at risk to try to help me. Now, get your ass back to the shore and keep an eye on my little girl. I'm assuming the Coast Guard will have been requested for the initial report so let the professionals handle it."

"But…"

"No buts. Your job, right now, is to go back to my daughter, Grace, and tell her Danno loves her. Then tell her to call her Uncle Steve and don't let her out of your sight until he arrives, got it?"

"Yes Sir," Al didn't like it but he knew authority when he heard it.

Danny didn't like it much either. He was trusting Grace to a stranger. Yes, the kid seemed like one of the good ones from the little time he'd spent with him during the dolphin watching experience but he would be much happier when Steve arrived.

-5-0-

Steve was enjoying a leisurely start to his day, for once. He was enjoying breakfast out on his lanai with Catherine Rollins, the two chatting amiably about mutual acquaintances, catching up on the time they'd been apart. The quiet morning was shattered when his cell rang.

He looked apologetically at Catherine and grabbed his cell off the table; checking the caller ID he smiled when he saw it was Danny, "Hey Danny, what's up?" the smile soon dropped off his face when instead of his best friend's voice he heard a distraught Grace.

"Uncle Steve…"

"Grace? What's wrong?" he was immediately getting up and heading inside to get the keys to the truck, Catherine hot on his heels.

"I don't know," her response was muffled with the sound of her crying.

"Where's Danno?"

"In the rock pool," she replied. Steve heard a voice in the background and hoped to God it was Danny and then another voice came on the phone.

"Sir, are you Grace's Uncle Steve?"

"I am; who are you?"

"My name's Al Shepherd. Danny helped a friend of mine, but there's been another accident and he asked me to keep an eye on his daughter. Can you come?"

"Where are you?" Al told him where they were, "I know it, I'm on my way and Al, don't let anything happen to my niece!"

"No Sir," replied Al before hanging up.

"Steve?" Cath asked as she climbed into the passenger side of the truck.

"I dunno Cath, there's been some kind of accident when Danny was helping someone, but it's not good if someone other than Danny is watching Grace right now," he flipped on the lights and sirens as he pulled out of the drive.

-5-0-

It hadn't really been long between Al disappearing to go back to the shore and someone from the Coast Guard appearing at the pool, but to Danny it felt like a lifetime. He was sitting on the floor of the rock pool with his arms behind him supporting his weight. The ocean was only up to his chest, luckily, but he was starting to feel his skin prune and his right calf was throbbing; his only concern, though, was for his daughter.

"Hey," greeted a man as climbed over into the pool, "I'm Makaio, but you can call me Mak, I'm a medic as well as a rescue specialist with the Coast Guard and you are?"

"Hi Mak, I'm Danny Williams. Can you tell me if my daughter's OK?"

"Which one is your daughter?"

"Unless there are other kids on the beach that I've not seen she's the youngest one, dark brown hair in braids, bubble gum pink swimsuit."

"Ah yes, Grace. She's with one of my colleagues now and is apparently waiting for Uncle Steve," Mak informed him as he waded over to kneel down in the water next to Danny.

"That would be her, she's OK though right?"

"Yes Danny, she's fine. Naturally she's upset. How about I concentrate on you for now?"

"I'm fine."

"Says the man sitting in a rock pool with his leg trapped under a rock," Mak grinned, "At least that's what I've been told. If you're just sitting here enjoying the warm water and sunshine I'll just get out of your way," he indicated with his thumb over his shoulder to point in the direction of the shore.

Danny groaned, "How did I end up with a comedian as my rescuer?"

"You're just lucky I guess!" Mak smiled again before turning serious, "Now do you want to tell me what happened?"

Danny filled him in on rescuing Sabrina and then told him how rocks had seemed to come loose from the cliff above them leading to him being trapped by his right calf.

"Alright, I'm going to take a look at the situation," Mak pulled a mask out of a water proof bag Danny hadn't noticed him carrying. He put it on and then disappeared under the water. He felt the man touching his leg and hissed at the gentle pull before he resurfaced, "You, my friend, are well and truly stuck!"

"How much damage to my leg?" asked Danny perceptively.

"There's a small pile of rocks and your leg is at the bottom of that pile, from what I can tell the weight of the smaller ones is compressing a larger one onto your calf muscle. Given this is volcanic rock you have some cuts but they don't appear to be too deep."

"OK…" before Danny could ask any more he heard the distinct sound of his daughter yelling Uncle Steve carry across the water to where he sat, "Erm, I think my friend has arrived. Could you please do me a favour?"

"If I can," agreed Mak.

"You need to cut him off at the pass. His name is Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett, he's the head of the Governor's Task Force and a Navy SEAL; he is going to get all up in your business!"

Mak chuckled; he'd heard rumours about the task force members, "What do you suggest?"

"Get to shore to meet him and fill him in before he can try to take over your rescue or he'll go all Rambo on you! He'll only be distracted by the bundle of joy that is my daughter for a few minutes before his laser focus is turned my way."

"Alright, you sit tight and don't go anywhere," Mak grinned at him as he waded to the side and climbed out.

"Comedian," grumbled Danny, shifting slightly to ease his aching arm muscles.

-5-0-

Steve came to a wheel screeching stop in the parking area near Danny's Camaro, jumped out of his truck and ran down the beach to where he could see a group of people standing around, one of whom looked a lot like Grace Williams. He took in the sight of the ambulance and Coast Guard vehicle but was focused on getting to Grace.

"Uncle Steve!" the very recognisable voice of Grace echoed across the beach and he saw her pull away from the member of the Coast Guard she was standing with and start running towards him. He dropped to his knees as he reached her and pulled her into a tight embrace, "Danno's hurt!"

"It's alright Gracie," he soothed glancing up at Cath who had just reached their side, "You remember my friend Cath Rollins right?"

Grace glanced up from where her head had been buried in her Uncle's shoulder and gave a watery shy smile, "Hi."

"Hey Grace," she ran a hand gently over the little girl's hair.

"Why don't we go and find out what's happening?" he suggested, nodding towards the group standing not far away watching.

"OK," replied Grace, not releasing her hold on him.

Steve stood up with her still in his arms and stalked towards where all the action seemed to be. He shifted Grace onto his left hip and held out his right hand to the female Coast Guard operative that had been standing with Grace, "Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett and Lieutenant Catherine Rollins."

The red haired woman reached out and shook both of their hands, "Ensign Kalena Rodriguez, my partner is just assessing the situation. Ah, here he comes now."

Steve turned to see a broad shouldered man; clearly a native Hawaiian climbing over the edge of one of the numerous rock pools that he knew littered the edge of this cove. He jogged over and held out his hand, "Lieutenant Makaio Kahike, please call me Mak. You must be Lieutenant Commander McGarrett," at the raised eyebrow Mak elaborated, "Danny told me he heard you arrive and said I should probably come and speak to you if I didn't want you to go 'all Rambo on me'."

Steve chuckled and took the proffered hand, "That's right, I'm Steve," he then introduced Cath and they also shook. Pleasantries over Steve got to the point, "How's Danny?"

Glancing at Grace, Mak kept it simple not wanting to frighten her, "His right calf is trapped under a fall of rocks. He has some cuts but it doesn't appear that anything is broken as far as I can see."

"Well that's good," Steve sighed running a hand through his hair as he hitched Grace higher on his hip, "What's the plan of action?"

"How about we leave Grace here with Kalena and Cath, I'll take you over and we can discuss that," suggested Mak, clearly not wanting to say any more in front of Grace.

"OK," Steve nodded his agreement, "Grace, I want you to wait here with Cath for me."

"I want to stay with you!"

"Sweetheart I need to go check on Danno. I'm only over there," he pointed in the direction of the rock pool, which was only a few hundred yards away, "You can shout if you need me OK?"

"OK," Grace reached out for Cath, who was surprised both by the action and how good Steve was with this child, "Tell Danno I love him."

"Of course," he planted a kiss on her head and on Cath's cheek before following Mak back to the pool, "What weren't you saying?"

"There's already been one rock fall; the area's unstable so anything we do we're going to have to be careful about it."

"But…?"

"Danny has already been trapped for thirty minutes, now that doesn't sound like a lot of time but if he stays trapped for much longer, because he has a crush injury, he's at risk of crush syndrome which will lead to reperfusion injury. That means when the pressure is released potassium will flood his bloodstream which can lead to renal failure or death."

"So what's the next step?"

"I'm going to take this bag," he picked up a waterproof back pack, that was clearly for medical kit, that was sitting just out of reach of the waves that were hitting the shore and threw it over his shoulder, "give Danny some treatment and then look at the best way to remove the rocks."

"I'm coming with you."

"Somehow that doesn't surprise me," Mak replied before wading back out and climbing into the rock pool, Steve right behind him.

-5-0-

Danny could hear the voices coming from the beach but he still felt very alone sitting here in this rock pool with sides too tall for him to see over the top. He was pretty sure he could hear his friend's distinctive voice in amongst the others. At least Grace had someone she knew with her now, which was a relief.

Shifting again Danny groaned as he felt the rocks trapping his leg move and scrape at his already abused limb, 'Better not do that again,' he thought to himself.

His arms were aching from supporting his weight and he carefully moved so he was only supported by one and flexed the arm he wasn't leaning on and then did the same with the other side. Closing his eyes he took a deep breath, this had so not been how his day off had meant to go! A splash of water hitting his face made him open his eyes thinking that perhaps Mak had returned; he hadn't. That was when Danny noticed that on the far side that looked out towards the ocean the lower wall had water splashing over it slightly, which caused him to furrow his brow, that hadn't been happening earlier he was sure. Looking down he noticed something else which caused his heart to clench in his chest, it was all he could do not to just try to tear his leg out from under the rocks and drag himself out of this rock pool.

A noise from behind him made him look over his shoulder and he saw Mak climbing over the top carrying a back pack and being trailed by a predictably shirtless Steve. He should have guessed that Steve wouldn't stand on the side lines and watch.

"Steven, where's Gracie?" he asked before the men could even reach his side.

"She's with Cath. How are you doing Danno?"

"But she's OK?"

Mak just rolled his eyes having already told his patient that his daughter was fine; Steve smiled and reassured him, "Yes, she's fine. Upset that you seem to have managed to get hurt but she's safe."

"That's good."

"Right Danny, I'm going to start you on oxygen and get an IV going and then we'll look at the best way to extract you. Any questions?"

"No, but I do think I should point something out," Danny told him as he watched Mak unzip the back pack and pull out what he needed, handing the back pack to Steve to hold. He set the oxygen tank on a conveniently placed rock and slipped the mask over Danny's head and settled it on his face, turning the oxygen flow on, then indicated that he needed access to one of his hands, "Hello, I said I need to point something out," the words were now muffled behind the mask.

"In a second Danny," Mak said as he took the offered hand, "Sharp scratch," then the needle was in and a bag of saline had been connected and was being held aloft by Steve.

"Can I put my hand back in the water with this, 'cos you know I was kind of using it to prop me up?"

"Yes Danny, that's a waterproof dressing so you'll be fine. Now what did you want to point out."

"The tides coming in," he stated simply looking from Steve to Mak.

Both men squinted but saw no outward signs of it; of course they hadn't been sitting in this pool for over thirty minutes with not much else to do but look at the water.

"What makes you say that Danno?" asked Steve cautiously.

"When I first sat up after the rock fall the water was up to my chest, below my nipples, now it's above my nipples! Simple really."

Mak and Steve exchanged worried looks that weren't lost on Danny. He was really in trouble here, he could tell.

-5-0-

A/N: I bet none of you guessed that Danny was going to get whumped, right?! What do you mean you ALL knew? OK, I think I have a problem, it's DWOCD. Danny Whump Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. If I'm not getting him into trouble I get withdrawals!