Author's Note: Thanks everyone who read, and a special thanks to all those who reviewed! I'm glad you're enjoying it so far and I hope you continue to do so. As long as you have half as much fun reading as I did writing I'm happy! We're going to be doing some jumping back and forth between 1965 and 1968. I hope it doesn't get too confusing, I'm trying to mark it clearly. In 1968, Danny has been with Five-O just about a year, still early in his Five-O career. He is Second in Command but he and Steve are just beginning to to develop their unique friendship!

Disclaimer: For both chapter 1 and 2! Hawaii, Hawaii Five-O and all the characters do not belong to me! I'm not making any money off of this. If you sue me you'll have to duke it out with my school and the people who want my car payment, may the best man, or woman, win! Now on to the story

Chapter 2-- The Present

Summer 1968

The sun was peaking through the open window, kissing his face and penetrating through still closed eyelids. Slowly, Danny came to consciousness remembering he hadn't shut the window last night, and was now missing out on some extra sleep. His bedroom window faced the east and as the dawn lit up, so did his room. It was nice, on morning when he needed to be in the office early but since he'd had the evening off he was planning on not arriving at the palace til nearly eight. Quite late as of recently.

Danny gradually became more coherent and started to stretch. At that same moment he felt something heavy laying on his torso. Then he heard a loud rattle. Moving as little as possible he saw it. A monstrous snake, or so it looked at this angle while sharing his bed. Danny gently lowered his head back to the pillow, trying to breathe but not too deeply. Stay calm, stay calm and it won't bite you. The thought drummed through his head. Turning his head slightly he looked for something, anything. The phone was too far away to call for help. He had seen a movie once where they threw a blanket over the snake, but that snake hadn't been resting on anyone, and Danny didn't trust his quilt that much. Scratch that one. There was another movie where the snake had wrapped himself around the poor guy and the man had dunked the snake and himself in the river. No scratch that one too, no river. Wait, same movie, they had tried to sever the head with a knife. Danny didn't have a knife but he did have a gun.

He turned his head to the right. There it was on his nightstand. For the first time in his life Danny joyfully thanked his less than meticulous housekeeping. Moving as little as possible Danny reached for the gun. The snake rattled his warning. Danny stopped and waited for the snake to calm down. Again he tried to move and had only gone a few inches when the snake let out another warning. It was a slow process, but soon they were getting somewhere. Another few inches and he would have it. His fingertips brushed against the gun ever so softly. Finally, he had the gun in his hand. Except for moving his head to see the angle and his arm to position the gun he didn't move, barely dared to breathe. He had finally found the perfect angle. He might ruin the mattress but that could be replaced. He steadied himself, and pulled back the hammer ready to fire.

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Steve tried to hide a yawn as he poured himself a cup of coffee. It was just a few minutes after eight but he'd already been in the office for almost two hours. Chin had come in about ten minutes earlier and brewed a fresh pot of coffee. Aside from May, Chin seemed to be the only one in the office who could brew a decent pot. Kono's was alright if you didn't mind using a spoon to eat it. Danny's was so strong it was nearly undrinkable, and Steve. Well, being the boss had certain advantages, which meant he rarely made the coffee.

The door opened to admit Kono.

"Morning Kono"

"Hi Steve" Kono glanced warily at the coffee pot.

"It's okay" Steve raised his mug. "Chin made it" Steve handed Kono an empty mug and headed back towards his office, stopping at the door. "If Danno comes in, send him in here"

"Sure boss." Kono said before taking a swig of his coffee and grabbing a few files off May's desk.

Steve set his coffee mug down on his desk. He organized a few files whose contents were spilled haphazardly on the normally immaculate surface. He had always prided himself on the fact that no matter how busy Five-0 got his desk always managed to look tidy. It was mostly a complement to his wonderful secretary. I'd better be careful or my desk will start to look like Danno's. Steve thought of his Second with a chuckle. Danny had only been with Five-O a little over a year but had already wormed his way through Steve's armor and started to turn the office into Ohana.

Steve slide the door to his lanai open and stepped out into the early morning sunlight. He would be forever grateful for this office with the lanai. With the odd hours he kept, some days the only time he spent in the paradise sunshine were the few moments stolen on the lanai. Steve heard the door to his office open, but remained in his spot, thinking it was Danny.

"Steve." Chin's concerned voice broke through his solitude.

The concern in Chin's voice spurred Steve to movement. He hurried inside.

"Yeah Chin?" Steve asked. Chin walked forward, a piece of paper in his hand. "This just came over the teletext." He passed it to Steve, but didn't bother to wait for Steve to read it. "Heley's escaped"

"When"

"Sometime in the night. The last time anyone is sure he was seen was about 8 last night. He was in the infirmary."

"Why don't they keep an eye on those guys. We go through all the trouble to get them there." Steve ranted for a moment.

"Alright make sure HPD knows this is a top priority. He's got a vendetta against us, especially Danno. Did Danno show up yet?" Steve asked concerned

"Not yet, but he was supposed to have a date with a pretty girl last night. Maybe he's milking his evening off a little." Chin said trying to calm some of Steve's premature fears. Chin had to admit though, he had a hint of worry creeping up on him. You'd better be okay Danny.

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The gun was cocked. Danny finger rested on the trigger. Adrenalin rushing through his veins. The snake was rattling and raising his head. It was now or never.

Ring!

The shrill ring of the telephone made Danny jump a foot, but not far enough. The grotesque fangs viciously ripped into Danny's left arm, just as he regained his awareness and fired the weapon. The head separated from the body and for a second Danny felt relief. It was a quick second. He looked at his arm. The fangs still stuck deeply into the tender flesh of his forearm, pumping the poison into his body.

Danny blanched as he removed the head from his arm. He grabbed the sheet and wrapped it as a tourniquet around his arm. The phone continued to ring. Danny was already feeling the effects of the venom. Feeling as though it took superhuman strength Danny made it to the phone and lifted it off the cradle.

"Danno?"

Danny panted. "Steve, help"