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"Hey sleepyhead." Danny smiled as Chin crawled back out the tent the next morning, "Feeling better?"
Chin sniffed the air, just to check that he could smell what he thought he could smell.
"Is that bacon?" He asked.
"Not quite." Danny shrugged, "It's not cured or anything. But it is pig. Well, wild boar. One was stupid enough to creep up on us last night. Figured it could provide breakfast."
"You know how to butcher?" Chin raised an eyebrow.
"Branch of the family owns a large farm." Danny replied, "Spent a month there every summer from the day I was born, until I met Rachel. It's where I learnt wilderness stuff. We didn't stay in the house ever. You learn pretty fast that way. Would have taken Grace for shorter visits. But Rachel made me promise not to do so until Grace was ten. I didn't blame her really. That side of my family is a little… Blutbad."
"And by that you mean…?" Chin pressed.
"Let's just say that some Wesen deem humans to be little more than animals." Danny closed his eyes, "And that Blutbads like to eat animals. I'm what's called a Wieder Blutbad. Or a Reformed Blutbad. I don't go hunting people. And that means anyone who can hold a conversation with me even if it is in another language."
"Sounds fair." Chin agreed, "And I don't think I want to think about the implications."
"You really don't." Danny agreed, "But I've been Wieder all my life. Even on the farms I stuck to true animals."
"And Grace doesn't know any different." Chin nodded, "How do you want to do this, Danny? I know about you, but…"
"Keep it a secret." Danny instructed, "I can't… I can't let the rest of the Islands find out. And both Kono and Steve would treat me different. At least at first. I can't raise suspicion. For Grace's sake."
"How highly placed are Wesen?" Chin asked curious.
"Kawika's one." Danny shrugged, "And a good portion of the Kapu. A healthy portion of HPD. I actually have my suspicions that the Royal Family was, up until the Elected Monarchs. Probably even Pureblood if you go back far enough."
"Pureblood?" Chin pressed as he finished the makeshift breakfast of pork and ration bars.
"We once were Gods." Danny smiled wistfully, "Go back far enough, to when we didn't have as much human DNA in us as we do now… We were Gods. Who do you think the Egyptians worshiped? I'm betting that some of the Hawaiian Gods were Wesen. Possibly all of them."
And didn't that shake Chin's world view again?
"Will anyone be able to tell…?" Chin waved his hand near to his neck.
"Unlikely." Danny shook his head, "Hawaiian species don't have very good scenting abilities out of water. And even in the stuff they only really can track blood. I'm very careful not to bleed in water. Grace will know. She'll probably want to do it herself. Apart from that… Only tourists if they get close enough and they won't mention it. Probably won't even realize you're not Wesen yourself."
"Right." Chin took the knowledge on board, "At some point could you sit down and answer my questions about all of this?"
"Sure." Danny agreed, "I know it's a lot to take in."
"It is," Chin nodded, "And it isn't. It actually makes a great deal of sense. If you look at it from a certain point of view."
"You are incredible, Chin." Danny snorted as he finished packing up the camp, "Most people would still be freaking out and you're just taking everything so calmly."
"I'm sure I'll freak out later." Chin laughed, "But until then, I'll just try not to. Which way to the clearing?"
"This way." Danny shouldered his bag, and starting off.
Chin turned around to check for any trash and then followed after Danny.
"Hopefully," Danny commented, "By now Steve and Kono have rounded up the last of the gang. I should have left them enough information."
"What did you leave them, brah?" Chin asked.
"The kidnap note they left me." Danny shrugged, "In the centre of my desk. Along with the envelope. I made sure I dropped the map near Duke, so he got a look at it when he picked it up for me. I left security footage on the computer, showing who dropped off the envelope. With a bit of luck they found my breadcrumbs."
"You didn't just walk up to rescue me, did you, brah?" Chin grinned.
"You think I'm that foolish?" Danny smirked back, "I'm not the one in the relationship who just charges in."
"Forgive me for thinking that, brah," Chin wrapped an arm around Danny's shoulders, "But after what happened when Grace was kidnapped…"
"You mess with a Blutbad's Pack…" Danny tailed off for a moment, "Trust me, if I hadn't had you guys there… It would have been a lot worse… The moment he gave me a gun… It was over. He never knew how dangerous I was… I am. You don't mess with mine."
"Danny," Chin took a deep breath, "How alive were my kidnappers when we left? And did they really set the cabin on fire?"
"They were alive." Danny was calm, "Some of them probably wouldn't have survived much longer. But most of them could have escaped. However they were so determined to get rid of Haoles on the Islands they couldn't leave me alive. Not a Wesen Haole. They hate us even more than Kehrseite Haole. They would rather die taking me out, than live knowing I escaped. That's why they're dead. Because they chose to die. I swear that's the truth."
"I believe ya, brah." Chin agreed, "I believe ya. Let's get back to the others."
"Yeah, and when Steve kills me," Danny snorted, "Could you make sure Grace knows I love her?"
"I'll protect you, brah." Chin grinned, "Looks like Steve couldn't wait for us."
Looking up, Danny blinked when he saw the helicopter waiting for them in the clearing.
"Impatient, babe?" Danny asked as he watched Steve stalk towards them.
"What the hell were you thinking, Danno?" Steve snarled, "They were armed!"
"They had Chin!" Danny fired back, "What the hell was I supposed to do? Leave him? No! I don't do that. I don't leave my people behind. Not in the hands of murderers, Steve!"
"No, Danno." Steve snarled, "But you tell me. I would have helped. I would have sorted it. What were you thinking? That you could deal with this all by yourself?"
"And how would you have hidden your approach?" Danny asked, "They had eyes on me the whole time. I couldn't have done anything else. I did what I had to do. I did what I needed to do. Let's just get out of here and then you can yell at me for what I did. But you know something, Steve? I still won't feel guilty. I still won't feel bad. I still won't believe that I did the wrong thing. Because I didn't. I did what was needed. I rescued Chin."
"Really? Really, Danno?" Steve snapped, "Going into the jungle? On your own? You can't even find North!"
"That's why I brought a compass, Steve!" Danny's hands were going full throttle, "I did a pretty through raid on your supplies. You may have noticed all the missing equipment? I even left it neat enough that you should be able to tell what I took. I mean, Mister Anal-Retentive, you had everything sorted alphabetically!"
"If you had told me what was going on," Steve snarled, "I could have helped. God only knows how you made it to Chin still alive. We could have worked together. Taken down the watchers and then gone after Chin."
"And by the time you'd managed that they'd have killed him!" Danny fired back, "This way both problems got solved at the same time!"
"It took Kono and I until midnight! To round the rest of the gang up!" Steve was fuming, "Midnight! And you were out here having a wonderful time camping! We had to call in Catherine! And HPD!"
"Well good!" Danny was in full flow now, "At least you remembered that back-up was needed. Or is that you actual issue? That the great Super-Seal had to call in back-up! God forbid that that should ever happen!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Chin stepped forward, "Calm down. Both of you. Let's go home."
Chin put a hand on the back of Danny's neck and squeezed gently. Much to his amazement, he watched all the tension and anger leak out of Danny, calming the Detective down. Mentally he logged that for future reference. It was a trick he'd tried to use before, but it'd never worked. Not until now.
Well, one advantage of the Vertrautheiten already noted, Chin herded the two men into the helicopter.
It was time to go home.
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And this is the end of this story. Sorry for those of you who wanted Kono and Steve to learn the secret… But I have a much better way for them to find out. I just need to get the story firmed out a bit.
Please Review.
I write stories because I can't draw. I have all these images in my head that I cannot reproduce. So I try to describe them with words. If anyone would like to try to translate what I have written into what they think I saw in my head, they have my permission. I only ask that I be notified of it, so that I may look and go "Ooooh!".
Thanks to all my lovely reviewers.
Mi5tan – Glad you like.
Garnettac – Well, it didn't last much longer after your review. So I hope you're not too disappointed.
May Eve – Enjoy the series. I know I have, though I'm not watching Season 4 until they're at least two episodes in. I don't want to have to deal with cliff hangers.
Sue2556 – I think Rachel's more scared than anything else. And I doubt Danny would ever get full custody. To do so he would have to prove that Rachel was abusing Grace, and given how Wesen hide, that would be extremely difficult.
PrincessMialyn – I thought so too. The amount of episode watching I had to do to get decent amount of footage where the two of them interact just the two of them… Well, I don't advise trying it.
Jenn – My pleasure
Beloved Daughter – Thanks. Chin does seem to be one to roll with the punches.
XxxBeautifulWishxxX – I don't think Rachel was being deliberately cruel. I think she was scared and lashed out in the only way she knew how.
Once again, thank you.