Thanks all for the time you spend reading my fic, my beta reader has been busy so It took a little longer to update. :3 thanks for your patience
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Kono Kalakahua was a competent and skilled officer, but academy's training never prepared her for what she had just been part of. She was used like a weapon against her partner, which made her feel guilty and hurt and the last thing she had seen of Danny was his blood running over him.
Steve couldn't stay still, he walked from one side to other in the office and he stared at the empty chair in Danny's office. It made him feel frustrated because he had nothing on the bastards who had kidnapped his best friend. He was a man of action and he felt powerless, lost and angry. Doing nothing was killing him. He knew it was pointless to run around Oahu, without a trace it was like hunting a ghost so he tried to hold himself and trust in Toast.
When the black screen came back on it made them shiver and all knew what would follow after it. Soon Danny's image came into sight: he was still and seemed to have calmed down a little since his breathing was slow; his eyes were closed tight. It was as if he was trying to stay focused in something else, rather than in the pain. His forehead was covered with drops of sweat. Some blood was still flowing from the wound, but part of was already dry over the fabric and the metal table.
The man in black didn't seem to be near, but only few minutes after he appeared; he walked slowly, he looked calm, something that was weird for someone who liked stabbing people. He started to touch Danny's chest with care, making the police man tremble violently when he felt the touch of the other man but he refused to open his eyes.
The kidnapper was enjoying touching his prisoner; he played with the soft golden hair over Danny's chest. He did it gently, almost lovingly. It was a bizarre view because it looked so wrong. The former Jersey's cop tried desperately to avoid that touch but he was tied so firm that he couldn't help it.
It was hard to understand the intention and actions of that man. The captor's hand moved slowly to find his way to Danny's waist, but the man didn't stop there, he continued his way to the tied ankle of his victim. The masked man pulled some scissors out of his clothes; then he started to cut across the length his prisoner's pants so he could take the fabric off the man in the table. Danny felt the metal under his skin. The only clothe left on the blonde body were his boxers.
Danny was in distress, the things the other man was doing to him were perverse, with the only purpose of humiliating the prisoner. The kind of torture with the clear intention of destroying a man from deep inside.
Steve felt his blood on fire: he felt impotent because he could only stay still while witnessing the atrocities the other man was doing to his partner. He wanted to kill that man with his bare hands and break every single one of his bones to make him pay for his actions.
The team saw the man in black walking around the table and everyone waited for what would happen next when he stopped. The team started to get worried about their friend's fate.
Danny opened his eyes and everyone could see repulsion reflected in them. The man tied on the table was frustrated because his incapability to fight back.
The phone rang again and the team knew what that meant. Chin answered the call, connecting it to the speaker. The metallic voice sounded loud and clear. They started to hate that voice.
—Ready to go the next stage, ladies and gentlemen. It's Officer Kelly's turn. I wanted Lou Grover share this glorious moment with you but he is busy with other things, isn't he? I suppose he is not so close to your family, commander. Are you worried he could make me hurt your partner on purpose? —
Joe exchanged looks with Steve: the older man had caught something but he preferred to keep it to himself until all of this had finished. He couldn't risk the criminal hearing something through the phone. Steve understood that so he had to wait until Joe shared it with him.
Chin Ho was tense, waiting for the worst. His cousin had finally calmed down after what she had been put through. The kidnapper knew he was hurting every single one of them and he was really excited about that.
—Officer Kelly, you have respect for Danny Williams. You began to admire him when he showed his loyalty towards his friend Meka Hanamoa. But at the beginning, you felt aversion for the asshole. You got in 5-0 because you felt loyalty towards John McGarrett. But this man from the mainland didn't like you at all. You expected Steve would kick him out in a week, but that never happened. You admired Steve's father and it would have been an honor if you could become his second in command, but he chose that noisy cop. Chin Ho Kelly tell us your true feelings—
The Asian man tried to keep calm but he felt uneasy about what the kidnapper could do to Danny.
—I've always felt respect for him, he is a great cop, he has proved that more than once, he deserves my admiration and loyalty—
—¡LIES!— the voice on the phone shouted through the line; the man in black on the screen lifted the scissors in his right hand and then he stabbed the tied man in his right thigh. He hit him over and over again until the scissors was covered in blood.
The detective's body moved violently responding to the pain on his leg, he was breathing fast, even though he tried to control the pain.
—Chin Ho, do you think your boss made a big mistake when he chose Danny Williams?—
Kono had bitten her lips trying not to yelling when Danny was stabbed. Her cousin tried to keep focused before he answered the question.
—Yes… Danny didn't seem competent, he was ignorant about our island and traditions and he disrespected our culture, so I hated him because of that and his arrogant personality—
Steve felt betrayed even when he knew Chin said those words to protect Danny from more pain. The SEAL understood this game was not only to hurt Danny or him, it was meant to be designed to hurt the entire team. It was used to break his family, his ohana.
—It seems that you haven't understood the rules properly. I know Joe White is a good marine who would follow the rules… or at least most of the time he would. You are next—
Joe stayed still, he didn't show any kind of emotion for the last words the other had spoken. He saw the man in black disappear for a moment and when he come back he was holding a hunt knife.
The torturer walked around the table and he reached his prisoner's untouched thigh. He began making superficial and parallel cuts, like a scratch. The blood started to flow from each of them, covering the pale skin.
—Joe, what do you think about Detective Williams? — the voice said through the speakers.
—I think he is not enough for this team, he has an annoying personality, a big mouth, and he barely is competent. I don't trust him. I don't think he can do things correctly or follow orders in the right way. He is only a burden for Steve and the rest of his team.—
The office was in silence for a few minutes in which nobody dared to make a sound. Then, the man in the screen threw out the knife to the wall. He bent over his victim to talk to him to his ear. He said something to Danny before he got away from him, the voice sounded again, loud and clear.
—You are a good boy Joe… Steve, you are the next player, I know staying quiet is not your style, but soon you'll have a lot to do, be patient commander—
The call ended at the same time that Danny's view disappeared from the screen. Chin walked to his office, his cousin followed him. Both sat on the couch and they hugged each other trying to find strength to continue.
Joe could see the look on his former student's face.
—I followed the rules Steve, I've done what I should do and for the moment it was the best for Danny—
—Do you really think that from him?— Steve sounded a little disappointed.
—At some point I did, right in the beginning. We are marines, our standards are high but he has proved beyond doubt that he is good for you and your team, but I needed to convince those idiots—
Steve sighed, tired.
—I know, but it's really hard to hear—
—Boy… maybe I avoided them hurting him fiscally by playing this stupid game, but we don't know what other things they could do to him. We need to focus. I found out they can see us but not hear us. They are trying to trick us but the reality is that they don't have access to all of the cameras. They might have control over the ones in this room but not in the rest of the building. They want to play with our minds. Danny is a tool to do it and we already falling into their game. We need to be smarter and faster than them. We need to be a step ahead of them—
Steve hit the table.
—But how? Joe—
—You need to stay calm, we need to trust in Danny's hacker –