Four Days Later.
"Earth to Steve. Are you even listening to me right now?" Danny asked as he looked to his partner as they sat in Steve's office chatting away. It was a slow morning and they didn't have much to do. "You still hung up on this chick who ditched you?"
Snapping out of his own little world Steve sighed a little as he looked to Danny. "I'm sorry Danny." He mumbled before giving a slight nod. "Yeah. Just can't seem to get her out of my head."
Danny sighed as he looked to her. "Look it was just a one night stand…will admit not normally your style but it was what it was…don't let it get you down. Plenty more idiotic girls out there who will want to hook up with you…seriously what was so special about this girl?"
Steve sighed as he shrugged. "I don't know Danny there was just something about her I can't put my finger on it."
"You think she's still on the Island? You said she was only here to visit family…maybe she's gone already?" Danny suggested with a sigh as he looked to him.
Steve gave a little shrug. "Maybe." He sighed. "Just wish we done things differently you know? Not that I regret what happened…just wish things were different."
Danny looked to his friend before he then sighed a little as his phone went off. Grabbing it out of his pocket he answered it pressing it to his ear. "Hello?" He mumbled before his face dropped and the colour drained from his face. "What are you sure?" He asked before sighing a little. "No it's fine…I'll be right there." He mumbled as he hung up the phone and looked to Steve. "I have to go." He mumbled rushing to the door.
Steve frowned looking to Danny. "Danny what's wrong?" he asked looking to him. "Is everything okay?" He asked but Danny was gone.
Rushing out of the palace Danny headed down to his car, jumping in he sped off towards the hospital as fast as he could. This was not happening right now. Pulling up outside the hospital he dived out of the car before rushing inside, seeing Duke he headed over to him. "Duke where is she?" He asked looking to him.
Duke looked to him. "She's in the cubicle with a female officer…"
"What happened?" Danny asked moving his hands into his pockets
Duke sighed. "We were called out to what had appeared to be a mugging. When we got to the scene she was in a pretty bad way…officers found what they think is her underwear a few feet away. Doctor's confirmed she wasn't wearing any when she arrived and she has been examined to confirm what we thought. Danny she was violently attacked and left for dead."
The colour drained from his face. "She was raped?"
Duke gave a nod. "It appears so. The female officer is in the cubicle getting evidence for forensics…"
Danny nodded a little before looking up as the female officer come out with everything she needed. "Thanks Duke." He mumbled before he then headed into the cubicle. Looking to the broken woman on the bed he sighed as he moved closer to her. She had two black eyes, a busted lip, deep cut in her forehead which had stitches not to mention the cuts on her arms. She looked horrific.
"Danny…" Came her groggy voice as she looked to him, lifting her head up a little off the pillow.
Danny gave a tearful smile as he looked to her. "Hey you." He whispered as he looked to her, looking her up and down he then sighed as he looked to her. "Sam why the hell didn't you tell me you were coming here?" He asked before he looked to her.
"I wanted to surprise you and Grace." She whispered back to him. "I managed to get some time off work and seeing as we didn't get to spend much time together when you came to New York I thought I'd come see you." She explained looking to him. "I'm sorry."
Danny gently took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Don't be sorry." He whispered. "Sam what do you remember?"
"Not a lot." She admitted looking to him. "I was going back to my hotel room…I had gone out for some food and drinks and took a short cut…someone come behind me and hit me over the head and knocked me out…I could feel him…" She trailed off and hung her head the tears already rolling down her cheeks.
Danny squeezed her hands. "It's okay…I know…" He whispered softly to her. He didn't want her to be afraid.
Sam looked to him, the tears just streaming down her cheeks as she looked to her older brother. "I tried to push him away but he just kept hitting me and punching me as hard as he could before I just fell unconscious…" She whispered through her tears.
Danny sighed as he gently moved his arm around his sister and pressed a soft kiss to the top of her head. "Hey it's okay." He whispered as he looked down to her. "You're safe now I won't let anything happen to you. I'm going to catch this guy okay. Me and my team will make sure of it." He promised as he held her close to him before he looked down to her. "Look I want you to come and stay with me. I don't want you on your own right now. Grace and Charlie have gone away with Rachel for a week so it'll just be us okay?"
Leaning into her brother, Sam wiped her eyes a little before nodding a little. "That officer took all my clothes and stuff…"
"I'll have the results sent to my people." He told her with a smile before looking to her. "Do you have to stay here long?"
Sam shook her head. "No I can go. Got to be careful though. He broke a few of my ribs."
Danny sighed as he clenched his jaw. "Rape and GBH. I'm going to kill him."
Sam sighed as she looked to her brother. "Please just get me out of here."
Danny nodded. "I got some spare clothes in my car. You can change into them and we'll get you some fresh clothes once we get home. Stay here." He told her before he left the cubicle and headed to his car as quick as he could. Grabbing a bag from the trunk of his car he headed back inside before offering his sister a soft smile as he saw she was now sat on the edge of the bed. "Here." He offered her the bag. "There's a pair of joggers and an old t-shirt in there…doubt you'd wanna wear a pair of my work trousers."
Sam took the bag and looked to him. "Are they clean?"
"Yes." Laughed Danny as he looked to her. "They're emergency clothes I always keep in the car. And well this is an emergency."
Sam smiled a little. "Thanks Danno."
"I'll be outside when you're finished." He told her as he left the cubicle and closed the curtain behind him as he waited for Sam to come out. As he heard the curtain open behind him he turned slightly and smiled as he saw Sam hobble closer to him. He felt angry. Felt sick about what had happened to his baby sister. "Ready to get out of here?" He asked looking to her.
Sam gave nod as she looked to him. "Yeah."
Moving his arm gently around his sister, Danny looked to her and offered her a small smile before he then headed towards the car park. He just wanted to get his sister home. It was all still sinking in. Her attack and the fact that she was here in Hawaii!
Flinching slightly as Danny moved her arm around her Sam let a sigh pass her lips a little. She couldn't help it. It wasn't that she was scared of him, but it was just the thought if anything else. She didn't want what had happened to her to play on her mind as much as it was but right now she was a victim of a brutal attack. Her whole body hurt right now for the beating she took. Climbing into her brother's car as they reached the car she winced a little as she put her belt on. She had never broken anything before and now had broken ribs.
"You okay?" He asked as he got into the driver's side. He knew his sister. She would put on a brave face and pretend she was okay. She'd be stubborn and not let him help her. He was surprised she agreed to come home with him!
Sam nodded a little. "Just sore." She admitted with a shrug. "I'll be okay."
Danny nodded a little before heading to his place. "Well we'll get you home and we'll get a bath run for you. Might help with your soreness."
Sam just nodded a little as she looked out the window blankly as Danny drove. Now that the doctors had stopped fussing everything was playing on her mind.
Danny looked to Sam now and again as he drove. He didn't know what to say to her. Nothing he said was going to make this okay. He felt slightly guilty that he wasn't there to protect her. He felt guilty when he lost Matty. He knew he should have done more. Arrested him when he did. But he didn't. Not that it was the same situation as Sam but he still felt guilty for not being there. Not even knowing she was on the Island was bad enough. "How long have you been here Sam?" He asked as he looked to her.
Sam sighed as she heard his question. She knew he wasn't going to like her answer. "Just under a week." She mumbled looking down to her hands.
Danny's mouth dropped. "What?" Pulling up outside his house he looked to her. "How they hell have you been here just under a week and I only find out you are here today?" He asked looking to her in disbelief. "Sam why wouldn't you tell me you were here?"
Sam sighed. "Because I wanted to look around the Island first. You live in such a beautiful place Danny and whenever you come home all you do is moan about it…and yet I came here and I couldn't find a single thing wrong…I'd kill to live here." She shook her head and sighed. "I just wanted a few days by myself. Explore." She grumbled as she slowly got out of the car, trying not to move too fast to avoid any major pain.
Getting out of the car, Danny sighed as he made way around to her, helping her out of the car he sighed. "I just wish you told me you were planning on coming."
"I wanted to surprise you." She whispered to him.
Danny sighed down to her before he shut the door after her. "Come on let's get you inside. I'll run you a bath."
Sam nodded a little as they headed into the house, heading inside Sam headed to the bedroom, Danny following her up.
Making a pit stop in the bathroom, Danny run a bath for Sam before heading to her bedroom and looked to her sat on the edge of the bed, staring blankly out of the window. "Once you're a bit more settled I'll go to your hotel room and get your stuff. You can stay with me for as long as you're here." He told her with a soft smile.
Sam gave a small nod. "Thanks Danny." She mumbled as she looked to him.
Danny smiled. "That's what big brothers are for." He smiled to her. "How about I make you something to eat?" He asked. "Have it ready for when you get out of the bath?"
Sam scrunched her nose a little as she got to her feet. "I'm not really hungry. "
"Well go and have a bath and I'll see you downstairs." He told her with a smile. "I'll leave some fresher clothes out for you."
"These are fine Danny…"
"You sure?"
Sam nodded. "Just a fresh shirt will do."
Danny nodded as he headed out of the bedroom, coming back with a clean shirt he passed it to her and smiled. "Here. Now go relax." He ordered.
Sam smiled a little taking the shirt off her brother before she then headed to the bathroom, shutting the door behind her she slowly and carefully stripped off before getting into the bath. Laying down she took a breath as she relaxed back, trying to be as careful as she could so she wouldn't hurt her ribs anymore. She was in a lot of pain but she was trying to battle through it best she could.
Heading downstairs, Danny let a sigh pass his lips as he headed into the kitchen and made Sam a sandwich. She might have said that she wasn't hungry but he needed her to eat something for his own sanity. As he heard frantic knocking at his door he frowned a little as he headed to his front door, opening it he then frowned as Steve came bursting in.
"Are you okay?" Steve asked looking to his friend. "I've been calling and texting you…are the kids alright?" He asked. He had left so suddenly and didn't give him no explanation. He could only think that there was something wrong with either Grace or Charlie.
Danny sighed as he watched Steve before he looked to him and gave a small nod. "Yes, they're fine, look Steve I'm sorry but right now isn't a good time…I'll explain later but right now isn't good…"
Steve looked to him. "Danny what's wrong? Come on man you can talk to me…"
"Look Steve…" Danny began.
"Danny does Grace have a spare hair elastic I can borrow?" Came Sam's voice as she appeared at the bottom of the stairs, dressed in Danny's joggers and one of his shirts as he ruffled her wet hair with a towel best she could.
Spotting Sam, Steve's mouth dropped a little as he looked to her. "Sam…"
Hearing her name and seeing Steve Sam looked to him, her heart sinking. "Steve…"
Danny looked between the pair of them. "You two know each other?"
