Summary: Okay guess what, I am such a spazz. You know how I told you guys that this story was about five chapters long. I lied. I totally forgot that story actually has seven chapters. The reason, I have no clue. I think when I first began writing I wanted it to be five chapters long but the muse took over and made it longer. I hope you guys aren't mad. I mean, why would you be. Now you get to have more story which will hopefully be all uploaded by Wednesday. I'm serious about this chapter a day business. Still, sorry about the mixup. Anyways thanks to all you wonderful people who are reviewing. You seriously make my day and I happy you are enjoying what I've been dishing. Now on to Part Four. Enjoy!


Disclaimer: I do not and probably will never own this show. But that doesn't mean I won't take my boys out to play with every once in a while.


Author's Note: I forget to mention that this was beta'd by the lovely ellie_pierson over on LJ. Of course I couldn't be this good on my own.


Take a Breath So It Won't Be My Last


Part Four


It was early in the morning when Five-0 got the call of body found on the side of the road. The team didn't know much but from what they were told the victim's case seemed very similar to that of Tyler Bates. Chin and Kono were already at the scene interviewing the couple who found the body when Steve and Danny arrived and the pair immediately made their way to Max.

"Okay Max what have we got?" was the first thing out of Steve McGarrett's mouth to the quirky M.E who was squatting next to the body.

Max looked up and gave Steve and Danny a curt nod. "Good morning to you too Commander McGarrett. How are you on this beautiful morning?" he asked sarcastically.

Danny nudge Steve with his elbow and rolled his eyes. "He's fine, I'm fine, we are all fine but our victim, he's not fine so if you would please, tell us what you know so far."

"Alright," replied Max with a sigh. "What we have is the body of twenty-seven year old Brian Peterson. He was found this morning on the side of the road with his throat slashed and hands and feet bound. Based on liver temp he's been dead for about five hours."

"Beaten like out last victim?" asked Danny, moving next to Max for a closer look.

"Profusely," nodded Max as pointed to Brian's exposed arms which were covered in black and green bruises. "I won't know the extent of all the damage until I get him back to autopsy but I believe his death will be extremely similar to our last victim."

"Including having Pentothal in his system," stated Steve, frowning.

"I believe so yes."

"I don't know about you but this has the marks of a serial killer all over it."

"That's what I was afraid of," sighed Steve, running his hand over his face before looking back down at the broken body across from him.


A few hours later the team how a report back from Max confirming the cause of death and when the victim became deceased. Now that they had two victims the pressure to find whoever was behind the murders mounted tremendously. They needed answers and soon.

Steve had just gotten off the phone with Brian's relatives, informing them of the bad news when Kono came through the doors waving a folder. "Test just came back and there was, in fact, Pentothal in our victims blood stream," she stated as she made her way over to the main computer.

Danny sighed. "Just like Tyler."

"Exactly like Tyler."

"So what do we know about Brian Peterson?" asked Steve.

This time it was Chin who spoke, pressing buttons on the computer until a picture of Brian popped on the screen. "Other than what we found his driver's license he works for Smith and Smith, a law firm in Richmond Virgina and he's here on a week long vacation."

"He came alone."

Steve answered. "Yeah, brother said he flew in Sunday and was expected to return back to Richmond Tuesday night."

"Have you found anything that would trace his whereabouts from last night?"

"I traced his credit cards and other than the purchases for his vacation in Hawaii there was nothing suspicious. The last charge was for a cab that picked him up at his hotel and dropped him off at a bar. The Tiki Hut to be exact, a popular tourist bar on the North Shore."

"Just like Bates. Picked up at a bar by a total stranger, never to be seen alive again."

Steve nodded his head in agreement. "We gotta figure out what this guy's motive is and fast," he stated sternly, crossing his arms around his chest. "I'm afraid that if we don't we're gonna have more bodies on our hands."

"What do we do?" asked Kono.

"Danny and I will head to the Tiki Hut and see if anybody saw anything last night and I want you and Chin to stay here and find out everything you can about our two victims. Perhaps we're missing some connection between the two of them."

Chin and Kono nodded, content with Steve's orders as he and Danny made their way out of the room. Chin immediately went to work, typing furiously on the computer when he paused suddenly and looked back at his cousin.

"Something on your mind cuz," he asked her when he saw that she hadn't moved at all.

Shaking her head she gave Chin a forced smile. "No, everything's fine," she replied weakly.

Chin just snorted as he turned around and leaned against the table. "Yeah right," he frowned, crossing his arms. "You do remember that you were never good at lying right, especially not to me."

Letting out a sigh she took a step forward. "It just-both our vics, don't they remind of you somebody."

"Okay, not following."

"Caucasian males, blond hair, blue eyes, 5'8, nice muscular build, whose jobs require them to wear professional attire. Doesn't that sound like somebody we know."

He gave Kono a weary look, furrowing his brow slightly and partly knowing what his cousin was trying to tell him. "Kono, where exactly are you going with this."

Kono picked up the folder that she had put down and finally made her way over to Chin, holding the folder out in front of her. "Before you say anything just hear me out," she replied nervously. "While I waiting for Charlie to finish the blood work I looked through HPD data files to see if I could find anything similar to the murders. I found one."

"I'm listening."

"Adam Knight, a 32 year old social worker. Three weeks ago he filed a report after he was attacked by a guy he met at a bar. The guy brought him a drink and asked him to come back to his place."

"And let me guess he did."

"Yup, and according to Adam the guy suddenly flipped and starting attacking him. Adam fought him off and ran out of the house. Since he wasn't familiar as to where he was he just kept running until he did. He filed a report with HPD that very night but so far they haven't got any leads on who attacked him."

"Did they even try?"

"Adam said he didn't remember much but he gave a description of what the guy looked like hoping it would help."

"Where exactly did he meet this guy?"

"Nau Wale No, just like Bates." She didn't say anything else, instead reaching her folder and pulling out a picture of the Adam Knight and handed it. The picture was of a man with bruises all over his face but he had similar features that matched both deceased victims. "When did Danny's stalker say he started following Danny?"

"About three weeks ago."

"So whose to say that our stalker didn't just suddenly snap and decide that if he couldn't have his object of affection then he would just kill anyone who reminded him of Danny."

As the pieces finally sunk in for Chin he couldn't help but feel hesitant about Kono's accusations. He didn't want to believe that the guy after Danny wasn't only a deranged stalker but a murderer as well. Still, he had an obligation to throughly look over every aspect of the case. "Look Kono I'm not saying that this is something that should be ignored but it's a pretty long stretch."

"I know Chin but it's all we got," sighed Kono as she put the folder down on the table and looked back up at Chin. "I think we should go have a talk with Adam and see if he remembers anything else from that night that he didn't. We gotta do this, for Danny."

"Alright," sighed Chin conceding Kono's pleas. "Lets go and see if we can find out anything."


"So what can I do for Five-0?"

Chin and Kono walked into Adam Knight's office and took a seat across from him. The man held no qualms about meeting with them, inviting them into his office and offering them something to drink which both Kono and Chin declined.

"We're here to speak with you about what happened to you three weeks ago when you were attacked," stated Chin as he leaned forward slightly in his chair.

Adam frowned. "If HPD doesn't care why do you?"

"Because we suspect that the person responsible for attacking you is also responsible for the murder of two men," Kono answered truthfully.

This caused Adam to sit straight up in his seat. "Wait...are you serious?"

"Yes we are. Now what can you tell us about that night?"

"Nothing really," he replied to Kono. "Everything should already be in my statement I made with the police."

Chin gave Adam a firm nod. "Well if you could just go over it with us that would be very help to our investigation."

Adam nodded back and let out a sigh. "Alright," he began. "Well it was a Thursday when it happened. I was at Nau Wale No getting hammered when this nice, cute guy slid down next to me and ordered a drink and then he proceeded to order one for me as well."

"Then what happened?"

"He told me his name was Andrew and we started talking while we drunk our drinks. Suddenly he asked me to come back over to his place." Letting out another sigh, he rubbed a hand over his face with shame. "I know what you're thinking but the truth is I work sixty hour weeks. I rarely get a chance to get out of the house and the only reason I did that night is because I was taking a personal day that Friday. So I figured why the hell not, it's been ages since I got laid, it wouldn't kill me."

"But it almost did,"Chin replied sympathetically.

"I don't know what happened. We got to his place, he put on some music, and we started making out like teenagers. Before I knew it he was trying to beat the shit out of me, yelling at me for not appreciating him or realizing that we were meant to be. I fought him the best way I could until finally I was out the door running for my life." He paused as he leaned back in his chair. "Sometimes I think about what would have happened if I didn't get that kick in to get him off of me. I could be dead right now."

"You mentioned that he said his name was Andrew."

Adam scoffed. "Yeah Andrew Scott but that turned out to be a lie. The police ran the name and didn't get a hit unless you count the sixty-five year old man living in Waikiki."

"And you don't know where this 'Andrew' lives?" questioned Kono.

"I wish I did but I only moved to Hawaii three years ago for a job offer and my work schedule doesn't allow me to explore the island as much as I like. All I know is that I ran away from that house until I couldn't run anymore."

Kono gave Chin a sideways glance hoping he hadn't given up on her theory just yet. "Is there anything, anything at all that you remember but didn't the police?" Kono asked practically pleading to Adam.

Rubbing his face, Adam let out a breath before looking back at them. "I can't remember if I told the officer taking my statement this but while we were on the sofa kissing he called me Danny."

Both Chin and Kono sat up completely in their chairs. "He called you Danny," asked Chin, eyes narrowed. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah," nodded Adam, frowning. "I mean at first I thought I was hearing things but when he said it again I realized it was time for me to go. I didn't like the idea of him thinking about somebody else while sleeping with me. Did I help you at all?"

Kono gave him a soft smile. "Yes you did, more than you could possibly imagine."

All three stood up, exchanging handshakes as Adam escorted them to the door. Opening it, he gave them a small nod. "I hope you catch this guy before he hurts anyone else," he replied softly.

"We hope so too."

They made it back to headquarters to find Steve and Danny already there standing in the middle of the room waiting. In Danny's hand the folder that Kono had left.

"Is there something you two want to tell us?" inquired Steve as he glared at the both them. Danny, however, simply stood there, his expression unreadable.

Chin gave Kono a reassuring pat on the shoulder before making his way over to the two men. "Yeah but I don't think you're going to like it."


"Are you alright?"

Danny looked up from from his spot on Steve's sofa and shrugged. After hearing Chin and Kono informed him and Steve of the new information they gathered, Danny immediately retreated to Steve's office. He felt awful but he couldn't handle what they were telling him. That the man who was currently stalking him was also responsible for killing two men who resembled him. "No, not so much," he answered truthfully, not even bothering to lie to Steve.

Steve could hear the guilt in his lover's voice and cringed. "Danny-"

Danny stood up and began pacing across the floor, hand slicing through the air. "I mean, how can I be alright after finding out that there are two dead bodies down in the morgue because of me."

"Stop right there Danno. Those deaths are not your fault. They are the result of a maniac who has a sick obsession with you."

"Doesn't mean that their blood isn't on my hands."

He couldn't take it anymore and before Danny could say anything else he grabbed his lover's face in his hands. "Danny look at me." When Danny refused to meet Steve's eyes, he held on tighter. "I said look at me Danny," he demanded until he finally got the response he wanted. "This is not your fault. None of this is your fault and I promise you we're going to catch the son of bitch who is responsible."

"Can you promise me that no else is gonna die before we do?"

Steve let out a regretful sigh and shook his head. "You know I can't."

"Yeah, that's what I thought," sighed Danny, softly caressing Steve's hand that still cradled his face. "This guy is gonna keep on killing until we stop him."

"Then I guess we have to stop him."

Silence lapsed between them, Steve still cradling Danny's face with one hand while he embraced him with one arm. Suddenly Danny looked up and pressed his lips against Steve's. "Thank you by the way," he replied with a grateful smile.

Steve pulled back somewhat confused. "For what?"

"For keeping me out of my head."

This time Steve smiled and gave Danny another kiss. "Well it's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it."

"Hey, that's usually my line."

Before Steve could say anything else Kono opened the door with a small smile on her face. "Boss I think we got something."


Was it good enough for you. I hope it was because to be honest it was hell to write. I always want my story plot to be as believable as possible and that is hard. But with that being said it seems like the team is on the up...for now. Review if you like and if you don't, then it sucks to be you. Until next time,

Ride out the waves of life the best way you know how and never be afraid to wipeout.

Ladycizzle