Chapter 2: In the dark
Steve couldn't exactly remember the last time he had changed, he only knows it was for a mission and he had come back out of his shifting without side effects or long term difficulties. It was always a risk even after decades of training, controlling and mastering. It can always take over, his animal, the wolf. Like when he had reached a point of near mental breakdown. The SEAL had always suspected that the animal has also a self-protection mechanism that activates to protect him, the human part. Steve wasn't always on the same side as his animal but without it he would have given up hours ago. Not that he was feeling much better right now.
The truck had stopped but Steve couldn't really hear much, in his ears was a loud screeching sound that makes most of the noises around him disappears. In the semi-darkness of the truck he was starting to lose hope that he would be able to get away and worse never see his o-hana again. As the light changes Steve looks up and silver meets blue. There he was, Danny Williams, his saviour. Steve had forgotten when he had started to think about his partner in that way but the man was always by his side. Keeps him calm and focus, to help him operate without breaking to many of the laws the so-called civil world had make up.
Danny was only a blurry picture two meter from him but his wolf nose could smell him. Gunpowder was covering him but there was still Danny and even a bit of Grace, he must have hugged her before he came to this place but he couldn't be sure, he was too tired to really care. Danny was here and so were Chin and Joe, both man arrived after Danny as Steve had finally managed to move a bit closer.
The pain covers up the fact that Danny and Chin didn't come closer to him and it was Joe that checks him first but his brain let him know that they didn't know. No one was supposed to know but Steve tries to make up for his appearance and tries to answer question as human as possible without the ability of talking. He also managed to tell Danny somehow that it was really him. The instinct fear of people against predators disappears in Danny´s smell and was supporting the worried part. What surprises him was that the wolf seems to like Danny and who would argue with the thing that was in charge right now. So they would stay close if they can get out of the jungle.
The rest of the journey was filled with pain and blackouts but all that counts was that Danny was right here next to him. Joe must have told him who he was or they wouldn't have taken him with them. He hadn't heard it or even tried to listen to the human talking. It was exhausting and not important right now. The only thing he needed to do was going home with Danny, Joe, Five-0 and the SEAL Team. Nothing else was important.