At the hospital Steve was led into the ER for a thorough examination and a CAT scan, while Danny phoned Chin and Kono to inform them of the small incident. He thereafter called Steve's wife, Frances, to gen her up on her husband's condition.

"He's fine, Frances. He didn't lose consciousness and was alert. He just has a pounding headache. He's gone down for a CT scan."

"What happened?" she asked, concerned.

"He chased after a teen who ran a red light and caused an accident. Says he had him pinned down to the ground when the guy grabbed a rock and smacked him on the head with it. He then of course assured me he was alright, but I insisted he come to the hospital for a check-up.

"Danny I'm in DC right now. I'm sure I can count on you to watch him and see that he follows the doctor's instructions?"

"You know you can. I'm sure it's nothing serious. I'll call you if it is."

"Thanks brother-in-law."

No sooner had he hung up and was heading back to the waiting room that Steve's attending physician came walking up to him.

"Detective Williams?"

"That's me."

He read from the medical chart, "You're Commander McGarrett's medical proxy."

"That's right. How is he? Nothing serious I hope?"

"Everything's fine," he assured. "The scan showed no break or hemorrhage, just some bruising. He has a gash on his left temple but it wasn't deep enough to require sutures. We applied gauze over it. "

"That's a relief! Can he go home?"

"Sure. However make certain he takes it easy for a few hours just to be on the safe side."

"Easier said than done," Danny snickered.

"I can believe that. I've only known him an hour and already I pegged him as a bullheaded one. One of my colleagues told me he has a reputation in this hospital?"

"You're new here, huh?"

"Yeah, just transferred two months ago."

"They are thinking of naming a wing after him."

"That much, huh?"

"Yup!"

"I'll release him in your care, Detective. Watch him for a while and as a precautionary measure don't let him fall asleep until late this evening. I'll prescribe something for the headaches, but if he should exhibit symptoms such as dizziness, confusion or a fever, bring him back here."

"I will."

"Come with me." Danny followed the doctor to one of the emergency rooms where Steve was finishing dressing up, putting on his shirt. "You can take him with you now, Detective."

"Thanks Doctor," Steve said, hopping down the table.

"Take it easy now. That was a quite a blow to the head you took. You're lucky nothing's broken and that there's no bleeding."

"I'll make sure he rests," Danny said, throwing Steve a warning look.

"Avoid sleep for a least the next eight hours. As I said, keep a lookout on symptoms such as dizzy spells, loss of consciousness, confusion, slurred speech. And you Commander, I expect you'll tell your partner here if you experience any ringing in the ears, seeing stars, nauseas or extreme pressure in the head. If you do, get right back here."

Steve nodded his understanding. "Doctor Mesner, before we go we'd like to ask you a few questions regarding an intern at this hospital. Her name is Malia Hajiro."

"Yes I know her. She works down in pediatrics. Why? Something happened to her?"

"She was murdered."

"Oh my God! When did this happen?"

"We don't have the exact time of death yet but it's safe to say it occurred in the last twenty-four hours," Steve informed.

"Who would do that? She was such a nice girl," the doctor deplored.

"That's what we're trying to find out. Do you know of anyone she was hanging around with at the hospital? Anyone she was sparring with?"

"No in fact the girl was sort of a loner. Eating by herself, rarely talking unless it was to converse with her coworkers. I heard she was a major achiever. A Valedictorian."

"Could it be someone was jealous of her?" Danny asked.

"That may be but I never heard anyone speak ill of her. But I've just been at this hospital for eight weeks. I wouldn't know if she had any close friends or enemies for that matter, which I strongly doubt. All I know if that she and I would occasionally cross path whenever I had a young patient to send to pediatric for care. You could try the people who worked with her on a daily basis. They might be of better assistance to you."

"Thank you, Doctor. We will." Steve said.

"Well, you take care now and heed my instructions."

"I'll see that he does," Danny assured.

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They followed up on three more of the girl's coworkers who had nothing but praises for the young woman, but described her as very quiet and shy. Although she made friends easily she wasn't interested in going out with them. She was a workaholic, taking her free time to bury her nose in her books.

Once the interrogations over, the two partners made it back to Danny's Camaro with Steve running a frustrated hand across his face. "Okay, we need to work another angle. We're not getting anywhere like this. Let's go see what Kono and Chin came up with."

"Unh-unh, we're not going to the Palace," Danny said as he brushed past Steve to sit in the driver's seat. "We're going to your house. You're taking the afternoon off to rest, babe."

"You've got to be kidding me?!"

"No. Now go sit in the passenger seat. You could do for a change."

Steve puffed out an exasperated breath and grudgingly did as told.

"I called Frances to let her know what happened."

"Why did you do that? You'll get her all worked up for nothing."

"She needed to know that her daredevil husband had landed himself in trouble again and that I was bringing you home early to rest, but she told me she was in Washington. So I assured her that brother-in-law was going to keep a watchful eye on her Big baby."

"They're closing in on the white slavery cell down there. They have a strong lead on where the Senator's daughter might be held."

"That's great. I know she's been working a long time on this case."

"She was the driving force behind it and now she's so close to dismantling the entire operation. If all goes well she should be back by the end of the week."

"All right. Until then I'm your baby-sitter."

"Danny!" Steve griped.

Danny quickly raised a finger up. "Ah ah! No griping now. Look Steve, I might call you Superman but that's just a figure of speech. Don't take it literally, babe. Besides even the Man of Steel got hurt sometimes and had Lois Lane taking care of him."

"Take a good look in the rear-view mirror, Danny. You'll see you're no Lois Lane," Steve ribbed.

"Well until Frances gets back I'm all you've got," Danny tabled the discussion with a smirk.

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At Steve's house later on, Danny had painstakingly managed to get Steve to stay put in a lounge chair on the lanai. He sat next to him and engaged in conversation to keep his partner awake, as he disturbingly noticed a few stifled yawns sneak out of Steve's mouth when he thought Danny wasn't paying attention.

As he went inside to get two more Longboards, Danny's phone rang. He pulled it out of his pants pocket and stepped into the kitchen. He glanced down at the caller ID and answered.

"Chin?"

"Danny? How's Steve?"

"Just a small concussion. The doctor released him in my care so I can keep watch for symptoms that would warrant another trip back to the hospital."

"Kono and I have some information about the girl. Nothing significant though. It can wait till tomorrow."

"Danny? I heard a ring" Steve asked as he made his way to the kitchen.

"It's Chin. Says he has information about the murdered girl."

"Put it on speaker." Steve asked his partner. "Talk to us Chin. What have you got?"

"Her full name is Malia Kathrina Hajiro, just turned twenty seven years old a week ago. She works as a pediatrician intern at Queen's. Ran a police background check. Nothing came up. No criminal record whatsoever, not even a misdemeanor or traffic violation. No travel record, credit card paid in full at the end of each month. She's an only child. Mother died when she was fifteen. Father is alive and living in Idaho."

"Wait a minute!" Confused, Steve turned to Danny. "Didn't Duke say that the landlord told him that the girl was receiving visits from her dad?"

"Yes I believe he did," Danny concurred.

"We checked his whereabouts," Kono said, bringing up a file on the screen at HQ as she spoke on the speaking phone. "He's a computer salesman. He's made several business trips to the island in the last few months, so safe to assume he dropped by his daughter's apartment for a visit. His picture matches the landlord's description. However he hasn't been on the island for the past three weeks."

"So he checks out. What about a boyfriend, friends, hospital coworkers?" Steve probed further.

"She didn't have much of a social life. Kept pretty much to herself," Chin informed.

"Yeah the hospital staff did describe her as a loner and a bookworm," Steve mentioned in addition to her Chin's statement.

"She must have done something to irk someone this badly?" Danny stated.

Steve ran a hand across his face to wipe the exhaustion creeping in. "There were no signs of a break-in, right?"

"Right."

"Did the building have surveillance cameras at the entrance door? Does the landlord keep tabs on visitors?" Steve continued to probe.

"Negative on both counts," Kono said.

"Danny suspects the landlord might have had something to do with this. He has a master."

"Want us to check it out? Perhaps he has a criminal record?" Chin asked Steve.

"Yeah and check at the hospital where she worked to know if vials of narcotics were reported missing in the last few days. That would indicate that she might have been supplying him or any other guy with drugs. They may look innocent but those pretty faces are the often the ones that get away with murder."

"We'll get on it and Steve...get some rest, brah."

"Danny told you?" he asked, shooting his partner a sidelong glare.

"Yeah. He assured us you were okay though."

"I am. Okay soon as you have the information, call me."

"Will do."

No sooner had Steve ended the call with Chin and Kono that he sped-dialed the Medical Examiner's office.

"Who are you calling?"

"Max. See if he has the results of the autopsy."

"You told him to call you as soon as he had them. Steven, relax. Take a breather."

"Danny I've been lounging around on the lanai for nearly three hours. I'm well rested thank you."

"Don't think that because you were lying in that chair that I don't know about those wheels turning in that head of yours."

"Well we do have a case that...oh yeah Max, Steve here. Do have the results on the girl's autopsy?"

"Not all of them but the preliminary examination has revealed something unsettling."

"What?"

"Three of her organs were missing."

"What do you mean by missing?"

"They were clearly harvested."

Steve turned to Danny completely bewildered. "Are you saying she was the victim of a human organ black market?"