Kono and Chin arrived at the hospital a few minutes later. They were directed by a nurse towards a waiting room, where the doctor would give them information regarding Danny and Steve's condition.

Ten minutes later, a doctor approached them. "Family of Daniel Williams?"

Chin and Kono stood up. "We are his coworkers."

The doctor looked uncertain. "I can only provide information to his family or the person authorized…"

"We need to know his condition in order to notify his family… We wouldn't want to cause them unduly worry." Said Chin, trying to convince the doctor.

The doctor sighed. "Very well… I'm Doctor Reid, and I treated Detective Williams. He arrived with a dislocated shoulder and showing symptoms of shock. Once we started treating him he became agitated, trying to avoid treatment, removing forcefully his IV and causing harm to his person. We had to sedate him in order to calm him down…"

Kono cut him off… "What kind of harm are we talking about, Doc?"

"He was combative. The shock symptoms meant that he was detached from reality, he refused pain relief and tried to get away, ripping his IV and almost injuring his shoulder further."

Chin shook his head and Kono ran a hand through her hair. "How is he doing now, doctor?" Asked Chin.

"He's resting peacefully now. We'll keep him sedated for a few hours to help him get the rest he needs. Tomorrow morning we will slowly lower the sedation, in order to control his anxiety when he awakes. I could direct you to his room if you'd like?"

They both nodded. "Doctor, do you know anything about Commander Steven McGarrett's condition? He came in with Danny…" Asked Chin, before following the doctor to Danny's room.

"I understand that he suffered some internal injuries and is in surgery to repair the damage. I'm afraid I don't have any more information, but I will ask his doctor to come talk to you as soon as possible." Replied Doctor Reid.

They arrived at Danny's room and the doctor moved towards the nurses' station. "I'll check on Detective Williams in a couple of hours, if he needs anything don't hesitate to press the call button."

Chin opened the door to Danny's room and found him sleeping peacefully on a bed, a few scratches and small bruises on his face and a sling wrapped tightly around his left shoulder.

Kono moved to stand on his right side, gently taking his hand. She noticed sings of tear tracks on Danny's face and reached out to wipe them with her thumb, softly caressing his forehead to try to smooth the frown on his forehead. "Don't worry about a thing, brah, we've got your back…" She said softly.

Chin smiled at her and took out Danny's phone. He had an unpleasant phone call to make.

The greeting Chin expected was nothing like the one he got. "Daniel, no matter how much Grace wants it, she's not joining her school's football team! She's joining the gymnastics team, are we clear?"

Chin lifted his eyebrows in surprise. "Mrs. Edwards?"

The line went silent for a few seconds, and then Rachel's worried voice came back on. "Who's this? Why do you have Daniel's mobile?"

Chin took a deep breath. "Mrs. Edwards, this is Chin Ho Kelly, I work with Danny at Five-0."

He could hear Rachel taking a couple of deep breaths. "H-has something happened to Danny?"

"He was in car accident this afternoon; he was brought to the hospital with a dislocated shoulder and with symptoms of shock. They set his shoulder, but he was a bit agitated, so they chose to sedate him-" Chin didn't even got to finish before he was interrupted by Rachel.

"They WHAT?" Her voice had taken a dangerous tone.

"The doctor said that Danny was agitated, that he had resisted treatment, so they had to sedate him in order to set his shoulder…" It was not usual to hear Chin sounding so uncertain.

"Of course he resisted treatment! Didn't they check his medical records?" Rachel was seething by now.

"Medical records?" Chin thought this was getting weirder by the minute.

"Never mind, What Hospital is it?" Asked Rachel.

"Queen's Medical-"

Chin hadn't finished his reply before Rachel interrupted him again. "I'll be there in a few minutes." And she hung up.

Chin looked at the phone confused, shaking his head and turning to Kono. "She's on her way…" he shrugged.

A couple of minutes later, a nurse came into the room. "Excuse me, Dr. Kane is looking for the family of Steven McGarrett?"

Chin looked at Kono, questioning. Kono nodded in the direction of the door. "You go, Cuz, I'm staying with Danny…"

Chin nodded and followed the nurse out of the room. The nurse led him to a small Asian doctor, wearing surgical scrubs. "Doctor Kane? This is Mr. McGarrett's coworker. Detective Kelly."

She shook Chin's hand. "I'm Doctor Kane, I've been treating Commander McGarrett. He arrived with a concussion and trauma to the chest which resulted on broken ribs that pierced his right lung. We had to insert a chest tube to stabilize him and in the OR we were able to repair successfully the tear on his lung. We will keep monitoring him for internal bleeding, but we are confident on his full recovery. He's in recovery right now, but they should move him to a private room shortly."

Chin nodded, relieved. "Thank you Doctor."

He was about to go back to Danny's room when he spotted Rachel coming down the hallway, and she didn't look happy. "Hello. Where is he?"

Chin noticed the worry on her face, so he chose to ignore her apparent rudeness. "He's still sleeping; the doctor said they'll keep him sedated until the morning…" He said as they entered Danny's room.

Kono stood up from the chair at Danny's side, nodding a quiet greeting. Rachel nodded as well, moving to Danny's good side. She took in the small frown on his forehead, the sling on his arm, the bandages from the ripped IV and the new IV on his hand. With a deep breath, she took the control to call the nurse and pressed the button. A minute later a far too chipper nurse appeared. "Hello! Can I help you with anything?"

Rachel's glare would have frozen the Sahara desert. "I'd like to see Daniel's doctor."

The nurse raised her eyebrows, her smile losing some of its original chirpiness. "Doctor Reid is treating a patient right now. Are you family of Mr. Williams?"

Rachel's glare got even frostier. "I am Detective Williams Ex-wife. I am listed as his next of kin, and yet I found out that he had been admitted to this hospital through his coworkers. Nobody called me to inform me that they were treating him, much less that they had sedated him against his consent!"

The nurse's eyes opened wide as saucers. "I-I'll get the doctor right away, Mrs. Williams!" She said, before fleeing the room.

The doctor came in a couple of minutes later, he moved towards Rachel, extending his hand. "Hello, Mrs. Williams, I'm Doctor Reid, and I've been in charge of Detective Williams treatment."

Rachel glared at the doctor, not bothering to uncross her arms to shake his proffered hand. "I'd like to be informed about Daniel's treatment."

The doctor lowered his hand nervously. He started going through Danny's file. "Well… Detective Williams came in with a dislocated shoulder. I believe that the pain of the injury and the circumstances around it caused him to experience symptoms of shock. His blood pressure was very low, he seemed detached from the events around him, and once we started treating him he became agitated. In order to treat his shoulder we needed to inject him with painkillers, but he became frightened at the sight of the needle, he got more agitated, jumping from the gurney he was being treated on and ripped his IV line. We were forced to sedate him, since he was in danger of injuring himself further."

He continued, growing concerned by the glare Rachel was directing his way. "Because of his agitated state, we decided it would be better to keep him sedated overnight. Tomorrow morning we will remove the sedation slowly and depending on his evolution, he should be able to go home tomorrow afternoon…"

Rachel had to retrain herself from punching the doctor, and the effort showed on her face. "Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but even though Daniel asked you not to give him painkillers, even though he went as far as to rip the IV from his arm to avoid it, you still forced them on him-"

The doctor raised his hands in a placating gesture. "Mrs. Williams, he was endangering his own health, he was harming himself!"

Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Did you even stop to wonder why was Daniel objecting so strongly to the painkillers? Did you even bother to look at his medical records?"

The doctor looked unsure at the folder on his hands. "His medical rec-"

It was Rachel's turn to interrupt. "Clearly you didn't, or you would have realized that he has requested not to be given any prescription painkillers unless he or his next of kin explicitly requests them!"

The doctor started going through Danny's file, finding something that left him with his mouth open."Oh my-" He looked apologetically at Rachel. "Mrs. Williams. I can't tell you how sorry I am-"

Rachel didn't care for apologies right now. "I want you to take Daniel off the sedatives. NOW! I don't want you to touch another hair on his head and I want another doctor to treat him."

The doctor nodded nervously. "Certainly, I-I'll make the necessary arrangements…" He looked nervously towards Danny's sleeping form. "Mrs. Williams, he's probably going to go through-"

He was cut off by Rachel again. "I know exactly what he is going to go through, Doctor." She had a way to make his title sound like an insult.

He moved towards the door. "Right… right, I'll make the arrangements to remove the sedation and to deliver the case to a colleague. Again, Mrs. Williams, my sincerest apologies…" And with that he left.

Rachel turned to the other two occupants of the room. Chin and Kono were looking at her with a surprised expression. Rachel took a deep breath and moved back to Danny's side, gently taking his hand and caressing it with her thumb. Kono moved to the other side of his bed. She looked at Rachel. "I'm sorry… He never said anything…" She said, shaking her head sadly.

Rachel looked back at Kono with a small smile. "He would have been happy if you never found out about it."

Kono studied Rachel for a moment. "It started with the wound on his leg, didn't it?"

Rachel looked at her surprised. "How did you know about it?"

Kono shrugged. "It was on one of his surfing lessons… I asked him about the scar, and he said that he had been injured on the job… I commented that by the looks of it, it must have hurt like a bitch and he completely shut down… he changed the subject and I learned not to ask about it again…"

Rachel chuckled, not letting go of Danny's hand. "That sounds like Danny…"

There was a knock on the door and the same nurse that had come before entered the room. "Hello? I'm here to change Detective Williams' IV bag…" She said, sounding uncertain, and a bit afraid of Rachel.

Rachel nodded, moving away from Danny's side. "Go ahead." She said.

The nurse did her job efficiently and quietly and looked back to Rachel. "He should be waking up in about an hour… Don't hesitate to call if you need anything…" She said, with a subdued smile.

Rachel smiled sadly. "Thank you…"

About 45 minutes later, Danny started stirring. Rachel moving to his side, holding his twitching hand. "Danny? Open your eyes, Danny…"

Danny had some trouble opening his eyes. He finally managed to lift his heavy eyelids and tried to focus his sight. He didn't expect to find the figure in front of him. In fact, her face hadn't been the first thing he saw when he woke up since a good couple of years. "Rach?" He asked, looking around confused. He noticed the sling on his arm and the fact that he was in a hospital room and the memories came back to him. "Rach! Please! I didn't want them! I swear I didn't ask them for it!" He slurred frantically, holding on to Rachel's hand.

Rachel squeezed his hand, trying to calm him. "Hush… It's alright… I know, Danny, I know…"

Danny shook his head weakly, his eyes filling with tears. "Didn't want to do this again… Put you through it again… I'm sorry Rach, so sorry…" The drugs still had a hold on him, so he couldn't stop his eyes from closing again, sleep claiming him.

Rachel gently wiped away his tears. "Hush… It's alright… Everything is going to be alright…"

The nurse came back, rolling in some equipment. "Excuse me… I need to run some tests on Detective Williams… Would-Could you leave the room for a few minutes?" She asked uncertainly.

Rachel went back to glaring at her. "What kind of tests?"

"I need to check his blood pressure, temperature, pulse…" The nurse said, nervously.

Rachel took a deep breath. "Do you know who his doctor is now?"

The nurse shook her head. "I'm not sure if they have assigned him a new attending. You can ask at the nurses' station down the hall…"

Rachel nodded, moving towards the door. "Please, let me know if he wakes up?"

The nurse nodded. "Of course!" She looked at Chin and Kono. "Doctor Kane asked me to inform you that Commander McGarrett had just been moved to the room next door from this. She's checking on him right now, but you should be able to see him as soon as she's done."

They moved to the door at the news. "Thank you" said Kono, before going in search of Steve's room.

Out in the hallway, Chin and Kono noticed that Rachel wasn't having much luck on finding Danny's doctor. They didn't have much time to decide whether to go with her or not, because right then Doctor Kane came out of what they assumed was Steve's room. She motioned them towards the nurses' station. "He is doing fine; he's just starting to come out from the anesthesia, his lungs sound great and the incisions look well… He'll probably have to stay for 4 or 5 days, depending on his evolution…"

They were interrupted by Danny's nurse. "Excuse me, Dr. Kane? Mrs. Williams requested if you could take over detective Williams' case…"

She looked questioningly at the nurse and at Rachel, taking the file from the nurse. She started reading through the notes and they could see from her face the concern for what had been done to Danny. "Maybe we should discuss this privately?" She asked Rachel, glancing at Chin and Kono.

Rachel shook her head. "They're family, it's alright."

The doctor nodded. She kept looking through the notes and looked at Rachel, frowning. "Excuse me. Who is Rachel Edwards?"

Rachel raised her eyebrows, just now noticing that everyone had been calling her 'Mrs. Williams' and she hadn't corrected them. "I am…"

The doctor looked to Chin and Kono for confirmation, and they nodded. She turned towards Rachel. "Mrs. Edwards, you are aware that now that we have removed the sedation, Daniel will most likely start to experience withdrawal symptoms…" He waited for Rachel to nod her understanding before continuing. "We have two choices; we could start a treatment with a low concentration of a sedative, which would keep the symptoms at bay… We could wait for his shoulder to heal completely before we begin the detox process, or we could start it now, admit him for a few days and keep an eye on him during the process…"

Rachel nodded, considering both options. "If he started now… Would you need to… would you have to lock him up?" She said, with a slight waver of her voice.

Doctor Kane smiled reassuringly. "Honestly, with what Daniel has gone through, I wouldn't force him to do anything he doesn't want to do, least of all lock him or use restrains… Unfortunately he was dosed against his will, but that tells me that there is a good chance that he can go through the detox voluntarily, without the need of restrains or to keep him locked."

Rachel nodded, looking more reassured now. "I'd like to see what he wants to do…"

The doctor nodded, motioning them towards Danny's room. "Is he awake yet?" She asked the nurse. At her nod, she turned to Rachel. "Let's see how he's doing then."

Rachel opened the door, now more reassured that Danny would get the help he needed. That feeling lasted far too little for her taste though, because Danny was no longer sleeping in his room. In fact, he was nowhere to be found.

TBC…

A/N: Ok, first of all, in light of events from today, I have to say that I don't mean absolutely no disrespect towards anyone that has an addiction problem. I'm deeply saddened by today's news and I hope I'm not offending anyone with this story.

Second, I should warn you that I'm not a doctor and I don't have experience on addictions, so I hope not to mess anything too badly with this story and again, I'm hoping not to offend anyone with my ignorance on the subject. This is not betaed either, so apologies for any mistakes.

And third, I want to thank everyone who has read, reviewed, alerted, favorite-d (that's not really a word, I know) this story, I'm humbled by your response.

I hope to see you guys around soon!