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Chapter Four.

Jake paced back and forth. The nervous energy in the air could be cut with a knife. His hands were shaking and he kept glancing at his watch then out the window, waiting for his car. Suddenly he jumped over the counter and grabbed a pack of beer off the shelf, threw one to Lee, opened one for him self and gulped half of it down. Then slumped down on the floor

Lee set his beer down to the side, unopened and looked over at Danny. "If we go out there, will they shoot us?" He asked.

"If they have a clear shot, there's a chance. If you hand yourself in now, Lee, you won't be hurt. Do you really want to join your buddy Jason over there?"

Lee looked over to his best friend's body, his jacket still covering his head. The blood on the floor now drying and sticky. "I didn't want any of this. We just needed some cash. I didn't even know the guns were loaded. Jakes really lost it. I can't talk him around. But I don't want to do this anymore. I never did. Please can you help?"

Danny saw the fear in the boy's eyes, and at that moment he looked like a little lost boy.

"Do what I tell you. Co-operate, and I'll make sure everyone knows you wanted out. I'll speak up for you with the judge." Danny reassured. Lee just nodded.

"Are they really going to send a car?" The girl from the couple asked.

Danny looked around for a second. He knew the doors and windows had security grills, so there would be no access that way. He looked for any air vents that Steve might use to his advantage, but found none. "Yeah, I think they will. There's no way in. Once the car arrives, you two just stay put. HPD will take care of you." Danny tried to give a reassuring smile but his head hurt and he felt terribly sick. He was dreading having to get up off the floor.

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"Car should be here in a minute, Steve." Chin said hanging up his phone. "Trackers in place and we have several more unmarked cars ready to follow.

"Guys, I know who our gun men are." Kono said returning from a few feet away where she had been in conversation with Duke. "Sketch artist got a hit on the data base. Our lead guy is Jake Saunders, nineteen. Has a Juvie record for theft and assault, but nothing this serious. Odds are the other guy is his younger brother, Lee. He's only fifteen."

"They're both just kids. Stupid, kids." Steve stated rubbing his hand over his face. Seeing the car pull up he nodded to the driver and signalled he should wait. "Ok, I'm going to call them."

The phone rang only once before Jake picked up. "Jake, this is Commander McGarrett again. We have the car you wanted. It will pull up outside the shop in a minute and the driver will leave it running. Jake, you take only Detective Williams with you, that's the deal. You leave the other hostages."

"Yeah, yeah, I hear you. Just remember, if I see anyone following us. I shoot him." Slamming the phone down on the counter Jake walked over to Danny. "Get up." He ordered dragging him up by his shirt collar.

Danny felt a surge of pain as his ribs protested the harsh treatment, and the world spun as he became up right. He was sure he had a concussion from the blows to the head.

"Lee, stay close. When we get to the car I want you to get in the back. Keep your gun on him." He instructed, indicating Danny with his own gun.

"No, Jake. I'm... I'm not coming." Lee stammered.

"What? Don't be stupid, get up here now."

"No. I don't want to. The cops aren't just gonna let you go. This is stupid. You're going to get yourself shot." Lee tried to reason.

"Do you want to go to Juvie, it's no picnic in there you know?" Jake shouted back. Danny could feel the tremors in Jakes hand as his grip on Danny loosened slightly.

"No I don't, but I'll take it over ending up dead." Lee replied. "I just wanted to get some money to help pay the rent. I didn't want us to get kicked out of our home. I never meant for someone to get hurt. God Jake, Jason is dead. You killed him. You killed my best friend. I'm not going with you. I'll take my chances with the police."

"What ever, it's your loss." Jake screamed. " I'm getting out of here. I'm not going to prison. Ok cop, looks like you're driving."

"Are you kidding? I can hardly see straight, and my arm is broken after you used me for your personal punch bag. I can't drive." Danny yelled back, holding his arm up to show Jake the purple bruising and swelling that had started to appear.

"Ok you get in and scoot over to the passenger seat. I'll drive. But I still have the gun, you try anything and I'll pull over and shoot your arse, you got me?"

"Yeah. I understand." Looking over at Lee, Danny intended to keep his promise to help the young boy. "Lee, when we're gone, HPD will come in here. Make sure the gun is out of the way and lay down on your stomach, hands out stretched. They won't hurt you if you don't pose a threat."

"Ok, thanks. I'm sorry." He nodded tears filling his eyes.

Seeing the car pull up, the driver get out and return behind the HPD blockade, Jake unlocked the door. Pulling Danny into his body, his arm braced Danny against himself as he raised the gun to Danny's temple.

Forcing Danny to walk, they made their way to the car. Danny looked around, trying to find Steve.

"Steve," he yelled. "The other kid is handing himself in. Do not hurt him."

Steve saw his partner exit the building with Jake, gun raised to his head. He wanted to rip the guys head off. He saw how Danny was hunched over protecting his ribs and cradling his left arm to his chest. Blood ran down his face from a cut on the side of his head. Danny had obviously taken quite a beating. Steve's blood boiled. He no longer cared that this guy was still a teenager. As Danny yelled to him not to hurt the other guy he nodded to Duke to take care of things inside the shop, and he, Chin, and Kono moved to their vehicles ready to follow.

When they reached the car Jake pulled open the door and pushed Danny in, ignoring the grunt of pain from his hostage. Danny somehow managed to drag himself over to the passenger side, while Jake started the engine and hit the gas pedal, throwing Danny back against the seat.

They drove in silence for a few minutes, Jake frequently checking the car mirrors. Danny knew that the team would be tracking the car. "So what's the plan Jake? Were are we going to?"

"Shut up. I need to think." Jake snapped back before turning and looking over his shoulder, "Are they following us?"

"You told them not to. Why don't you pull over and let me out, then you can go anywhere you want."

"No way. Once I let you go, I've no leverage. I can't let you go. You have to stay with me." Jake panicked.

That was it. Danny had had enough of this now. He just wanted to go home, probably via the hospital to set his arm. Jake was starting to get panicky, obviously had no clue what he was doing, and Danny needed to end this now. There were no other people's lives he needed to safeguard, and the road around him was clear. It was time to try and take Jake down.

Jake held the gun loosely in his right hand, both hands resting on the steering wheel, and he was staring in the rear view mirror. Using the lack of attention to his benefit, Danny raised his left arm and elbowed Jake in the face. Pain shot down his broken arm, but he didn't have time to stop and register it. Leaning back in the seat he raised his left leg, grateful for once that he his legs were short enough to allow him the room to manoeuvre. He kicked at Jakes hand, causing the gun to fly across the dash out of reach of either man.

Jake took a few seconds to recover, before desperately leaning over, and trying to grab the gun. Danny sank his elbow into his face again, blood splattered as Jakes nose broke. Letting go of the steering wheel to grab his nose, the car swerved all over the road. Danny grabbed the wheel and tried to right the car, but as the car hit a pot hole it went off the road and landed in a ditch.

TBC