Guys, you are so amazing. I can't thank you enough for all your support x
The last ep floored me. It was perfection, and i'm still shedding tears for poor Danno. And now the evil PTB are making us wait for the next ep. I smite them.
On with the show...
Danny paced. Not in a straight line like most people, up and down, left and right. No, Danny paced in circles. Round and round and round.
The secluded house was a mire of activity. Police officers and forensic investigators were combing every foot, every square inch of the house and surrounding area in a hope to find a clue as to where Lt Commander McGarrett had gone.
Danny circled again. Chin had long since given up trying to get the Detective to sit. It had been hours since they'd found the house. Hours since Fernando Cortez had been killed. The moon was making its way across the sky, heading back down toward its sanctuary in the deep horizon. Chin checked his watch once more. 4am.
There were teams of officers waiting outside for the hint of first light, the starting pistol to the search. Until the new day was bright enough all they could do was stand by impatiently. Kono had taken the syringe to Max for him to analyse the drug that had been used on their friend. It had take all his powers of persuasion, but Chin had managed to persuade Danny to wait until she got back before he went out in the dark in search for the missing man. If they knew what drug they were dealing with, they'd have a better chance of finding him.
Danny circled past the patient man once more. He almost shouted aloud as his phone rang.
"Yeah, Kono. What you got?"
"Danny, Max says the drug used was a highly potent sedative. He's run some scenario's and as far as he can tell, if there was enough adrenaline pumping through Steve's veins then he could last half an hour, maybe." She stressed the last word as Max looked at her with raised eyebrows. His actual words had been 'If McGarrett was super human with enough adrenaline to fuel a horse, then maybe he could run for half an hour.'
"Let's assume he made it to the half hour mark." Sighed Danny as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Super SEAL wouldn't want to be average about this."
"Max said the drug would knock him out, possibly affecting his breathing."
"How so?"
"The sedative had a muscle relaxant component. If Steve reacted badly to it he could stop breathing."
"Jesus."
"Yeah. Danny? Max said that this drug will take quite some time to wear off. He'd wake disorientated and barely able to move. The effects will take quite a few hours to dissipate."
Danny sighed again. "How long would he be out for?" He heard Kono repeat the question to Max.
"About eight or nine hours."
"Ok, get your butt back here, we've got a SEAL to find."
"On my way."
Danny hung up and relayed the information to Chin. The older man walked into the adjacent room, which had become their base of operations. He leaned over a detailed map of the area and began drawing a circle.
"I'm going to assume McGarrett jogged and didn't manage to run."
"Fair assumption." Agreed Danny.
"Let's say he made it just past the half hour mark."
"And no doubt he did. Just to , you know, be better than average."
"I'm also going to assume he found cover before he rested. As the road leads to the east, I'm going to assume, even in his drugged state, he'd want to avoid the obvious."
"And do the exact opposite." Finished Danny as he leaned further over the map with Chin. "So if he ran at that pace, for about thirty minutes."
"That would put him, somewhere, right, around….here." Chin drew a smaller circle and tapped his pen inside to emphasis the mark.
"He would have made it far." Sighed Danny.
"You doubt any less?"
"If we were dealing with a normal, and I stress that word, human being, then yes I would. As it's McGarrett, man of steal, he probably made it even further than we're assuming."
"That he may have, but this is as good as any area to start."
"We'll let the other teams continue out in all directions, just in case we're wrong. We'll head straight for the area you've pinpointed."
"I'll grab some basic first aid from the paramedics. Just in case."
"Pray we won't need them."
Chin went out to the waiting ambulance to get the supply's he needed, and to alert them to the possible situation. Danny called Kono, letting her know the area they would be heading to. She was on her way back and impatient to join the search.
"I'll catch up, go find the Boss."
"Don't worry, the man's like a homing pigeon, he'll probably find us first."
TBC
Who will find who first? Dum dum duuuum!
