A/n: Sorry. I meant to post this yesterday but FF was giving me a hard time. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought this was a better idea than shooting Stan. Everybody knows he's not the problem between Danny and Rachel.

When you love someone, you'll sacrifice. Give it everything you've got and you won't think twice. You'll risk it all, no matter what may come, when you love someone—Bryan Adams, When You Love Someone

Show me what it's like to be the last one standing, and teach me wrong from right and I'll show you what I can be. Say it for me, say it to me and I'll leave this life behind me. Say it if it's worth saving me.—Nickelback, Savin' Me

Steve

Now he's just screwing with me.

Rachel got a text message that was supposedly from Danny telling her that he was going to make things right between the two of them. Before I can even contemplate what the hell that might mean, I get my own text message.

'Ala Moana Park, twenty minutes. Come alone and unarmed.'

It's a trap. I know it is. Danny's phone has been cloned and I know that he knows that which means that none of this is really him. It's fucking Petersen. And Petersen is stupid. Trap or no trap, I'm going to meet my partner and 5-0 is going with me

Danny

I feel sick. I would rather be tortured slowly and painfully for the rest of my life than do what this bastard wants me to do. He contacted Steve. Somehow he found out about our relationship and now he's out to destroy it.

"Why are you doing this? This is about you and me. This is not about Grace and it's not about Steve." I'm close to tears and I don't care. I'm not going to kill my partner.

"Come on D, if he loves you as much as you seem to think he does then he should be willing to die for you and little Gracie." He taunts me.

'He is willing to die for us' I think to myself. 'I just don't want to be the one responsible for it'.

"What do you think this is going to do? You think I'm going to go to prison?" I'm losing it now. Shit.

"I don't care if you go to prison. I just want you to lose everything that's precious to you like I did. They'll never forgive you for this. 5-0 and Grace will never forgive you for killing Steve." He explains as he checks the rearview mirror. Steve's truck has just pulled up. Damn it. "Get out."

"Rick please-"

"Get out of the car, D!" He shouts. I sigh and take a deep breath as I open the door. Steve is standing with his back to me in the park which allows me to the chance to grab the gun unnoticed. The weapon feels heavy and clunky in my hand.

'You can't do this!' A part of me screams. "You can't shoot Steve!'

'But you know he'd understand' Another part of me says.

'Would he? Or would you be just another person who betrayed him?'

'Steve loves you. He loves Grace. He'll understand why you had to do this.'

I swallow thickly as I approach my partner. I raise my weapon and call out to him.

"Steve!"

Steve

"Steve!"

I turn around at the sound of Danny's voice and find myself staring down the barrel of a gun. Well damn.

"Danny what are you doing? What's going on?" I ask, bringing my hands up in a defensive pose. I can see it in his eyes. He's not in control. Someone else is pulling his strings.

"Petersen's in my car and he's going to kill Grace if I don't kill you first." He tells me softly. He's got tears in his eyes. He doesn't want to do this—but he will. "I'm sorry Steve. I don't have a choice."

'I know you don't, Danny.' I think to myself as I close my eyes and prepare for the pain.

Danny

Steve knows. As soon as he turns around he knows that he's screwed. He stands there, resigned to his fate that I now control. I think I'm going to be sick. I know I don't have a lot of time so I have to try to explain things to him but I have to be careful. I don't know if Rick can read my lips or not. Steve knows why I have to do this and he just accepts it. He closes his eyes and-god help me—

I pull the trigger…..