Disclaimer: see chapter one.
Author's Note: You guys truly are amazing with your kind word and reviews, this story has the best readers ever I love you guys. I can't thank you enough for all the love. So this chapter and subsequent chapters will cover Episode 2.10 "Ki'ilua" with the events happening in the way that works for this story. That means that this doesn't cover the episode completely it only has the major plot points of the episode with everything else my contributions. Mistakes are all mine, but I hope you guys enjoy!It had been a few weeks since Lori had joined Five-0 and Danny was going out of his way to make sure that she knew who Steve's partner was. He knew that she had finally gotten the hint that Steve was off the market, yet that didn't stop her from constantly having to be in Steve's personal space. She claimed to anyone that gave her questioning looks that she was merely just trying to get a handle on Five-0 because she wanted to fit in.
Steve, although still slightly oblivious to her flirting, was aware to know that Danny wasn't happy with her actions. He knew that it bothered Danny that their new teammate had taken such a strong liking to him, but Steve also knew that Danny wasn't going to do anything until it got out of hand. So Steve made sure that Lori knew that Danny was Steve's partner. Neither man wanted to make things unbearable at the office so Danny decided to wait and see just how far she was going to take it. If he had his way he would wait until Lori made a pass and then have her fired for sexual harassment.
So it wasn't odd these days to see Danny working in Steve's office or vice versa. Steve made sure that he was always close to Danny at their staff meetings, but when it came to their cases they kept it the same with their switching partners policy in the field. Steve even went into the field with Lori but kept the conversation to only work related topics while also taking every opportunity to flash his wedding ring whenever he could.
Things got inherently more interesting when Jenna Kaye called Steve asking if he could meet her at Kamekona's. Steve had looked at Danny from across the breakfast table each sharing a look of confusion and curiosity as to why Jenna was calling now. Although Danny had no ill feelings towards Jenna, even owed her a lot for her contribution in getting Steve out of jail two years ago, her calling meant something was going on with Wo Fat and that was the last thing they needed. Steve had finally started to stop focusing so hard on finding Wo Fat and was starting to finally put himself first. Danny sighed and nodded his thought process following the same process as Steve's. The look on Steve's face when he hung up the phone told Danny had Jenna had asked to meet and Steve wasn't sure how to feel about it.
"Want me to come with?" Danny didn't know if he really wanted to go with Steve, he wasn't sure he could handle whatever news she brought with her. But he knew that it was going to rock their world in either a good way or bad way. Steve thought about it for a moment but shook his head no. He didn't want to bring Danny into whatever Jenna needed him for. They dropped the subject when Nathan asked Steve why he wasn't eating his oatmeal. Danny smiled at Nathan and loved his kids for their ability to remind them what's important in life.
The drive to work was silent with each wrapped up in their own thoughts. Whatever news Jenna had to share with Steve was going to completely change the game on them and Danny was sure if he was prepared to deal with anything else at the moment.
"I'll call you when I'm on the way back okay?" Steve finally spoke as they pulled up to the Palace. Danny turned in his seat making no motions to get out of the car.
"You sure you're gonna be okay?" The without me was implied and Steve smiled at the concern. He felt truly lucky to have such an amazing man so worried and concerned about him no matter what he did.
"Yeah Danno I'll be fine. Hold down the fort for me while I'm gone?"
"I always hold down the fort even when you're here babe. Don't do anything remotely SEAL like with Jenna and come back in one piece."
"Promise no grenades, firefights, or fist fights. I'll call for backup."
"Yeah I better be your first phone call mister. Be safe." Steve nodded watching silently as Danny finally got out of the car and headed into the office. Danny turned and watched Steve pull away a horrible knot forming in his stomach. "This is not going to end well." Danny whispered with a shake of his head before turning and heading into the office. All he could do was sit and wait to see what damage there would be.
Steve sat down at the picnic table and smiled at Jenna Kaye. It was good to see her because she had been beneficial to both his team and himself personally for a time and they had been sad to see her go. But this visit wasn't a social call and Steve was interested to see how he could be of any help to her.
"What can I do for you?" Jenna took a deep breath and glanced around at the beach behind Steve. Steve started drumming his fingers on the table while his patience began to run out. Although this was much better than working on paperwork all day, Steve didn't like wasting time.
"I have information on Josh's whereabouts." Steve looked up sharply a smile beginning to spread across his face.
"That's great Jenna, where is he?"
"I tracked his last movement to a small compound in North Korea. He must have gone there after his op went bad and they decided to wait for backup." Steve nodded knowing how the CIA worked. "He's alive Steve and I need to go get him."
"Are you completely sure that he's there?"
"I'm one hundred percent positive." Steve nodded looking at the information Jenna had taken out of her bad to show him. "I know I'm asking a lot here, but I need someone I can trust to help get him out of there."
"I want to help you Jenna, I really do. But I need to talk to Danny first, he's my partner and this affects him too."
"I understand."
"I promise I'll do whatever I can to help you okay?" Jenna nodded and stood up at the same time as Steve. Steve gave into impulse and hugged Jenna thinking she needed the comfort.
"Thank you for even meeting me." Steve just shrugged and with a final wave turned back towards the Camaro. He had no idea how Danny was even going to react to this bombshell.
Steve knew it was the worst time to even broach the topic with Danny because they were in the middle of a case and the governor was breathing down their neck to solve the case, but he needed Danny's opinion on the matter.
"Hey babe, what's up?" Danny asked looking up from Steve's laptop his chest immediately tightening at the look on his face.
"I need to talk to you about something." Danny nodded watching Steve begin to pace the short length of his office. "Jenna asked me to do something and it's a big deal Danno, it's the biggest favor someone could ask for. She found her fiancé Josh."
"That's great babe, I'm not seeing the problem here, unless he's in a foreign country that doesn't like the United States." Steve stopped in the middle of his trip across the office and turned to Danny. "I was kidding babe."
"She has good intel that says he's in North Korea about five miles from the border from what I could tell. It would be an easy trip through the jungle, grab him and hike back over the border."
"Babe we're talking about major stuff here. If you get caught you could be imprisoned or killed over there!" Danny quietly shouted standing up quickly from his chair. "I understand that you feel as if you need to help her, but babe what about me and the kids? What am I supposed to tell them if you get caught?"
"I know Danny that's why I'm here talking it through with you. But think about it, doesn't Jenna deserve that same chance with the man she loves? Doesn't she deserve to have kids and the love of her life? Plus Danny it's me, I'm a highly trained SEAL who can do extractions like this in my sleep. The danger would be well worth the risk, I have to do this Danny."
The silence dragged on as Danny and Steve just stared at each other each trying to process the situation they had found themselves in. Lori opened the door to ask Danny a question and felt the tension within seconds.
"Do you want me to come back?" She asked looking between the two wondering what she had walked into. Steve went to open his mouth but Danny beat him to it.
"Yes my partner and I are trying to have a private conversation, I'm sure that Chin or Kono can help you with whatever you're having problems with." Danny replied pushing on the open door thus pushing Lori out of the office. Leaning against the door he looked Steve in the eye.
"What's your heart telling you to do?" He whispered fearing that he knew the answer that was going to come out of his mouth.
"I need to help her do this Danny. I have to help her, she was there for me when I was arrested Danny. I owe her." Danny nodded and ran a hand over his face. He didn't have a good feeling about this at all. He could feel it deep in his bones that this was possibly going to end horribly, but if there was anyone that could do it Steve could. The man was trained for any situation and could easily take care of himself.
"I know you don't need my permission but I'm as okay as I'm ever going to be with you doing this. But I need you to promise that you'll do whatever it takes to come back to me." Steve flew across the office and wrapped his arms tightly around Danny holding him tight to his body.
"I promise Danno, I'll come back. I'll always come back." Steve rested his forehead against Danny's holding his face in his hands.
"I love you." Danny whispered not caring that they were in an office with glass walls or that anybody could walk in. He was too busy memorizing every feature of Steve's face and feeling of his body pressed against his. Steve gave into the intense urge to kiss Danny trying to kiss the worry and fear out of his mind.
Danny pressed back hard, pulling his body even tighter against Steve's. He needed this moment, needed to feel Steve's body against his. Danny finally pulled back his forehead still resting against Steve's. "What are we going to tell the kids?"
"I have to call Jenna to set things up, but I'll stop by mom's and tell Nathan I'm going on a business trip and I don't know how I'm going to tell Gracie."
"We'll pull her out early. She can stay with mom until we wrap this case." Steve nodded and kissed Danny hard again. It was the first time in their relationship that they've been apart and the risks involved with this mission were too much for Danny even to think about.
"I'm coming back Danny, I'm coming back." He repeated stroking Danny's cheek lightly. It was the mantra that would get them through this entire mission.
"I won't think otherwise." Steve nodded and reluctantly pulled away so Danny could call Grace's school and Steve had a mission to get ready for.
Steve quickly left Danny's office before he could change his mind about leaving. He kept repeating the mantra that he was coming back as he left to go break the news to his kids.
Danny waited until Steve had left HQ before falling into his chair with his head in his hands. He wasn't sure if he could handle this, he wasn't sure he could tell himself that Steve was coming back. So many people had screwed them over in the past that it wasn't hard to think that Jenna would do the same thing. It took what felt like forever for Danny to get out of his own head and back to work, but finally Danny got up from the chair and threw himself into the case.
As much of a distraction the case proved to be, it didn't keep Danny from thinking about Steve. He knew he was going to worry, even if they weren't married or even together Danny was going to worry. The panic rose in his chest when Kono dropped the bomb that the reporter that had died had been talking to Jenna. All the thoughts that Danny had tried to keep at bay came rushing forward with such intensity it almost knocked him off his feet, but he told himself that Steve was going to come home. But how Steve was going to come home was the question Danny wasn't ever going to be ready to answer.
Danny was writing the report for their latest case when his phone rang. His heart stopped as he checked the caller id not recognizing the number. A million thoughts flew through his head as he hit the accept button. "Danny, it's Jenna." Danny flew out of his office towards the computer table snapping his fingers at Chin.
"Start a trace right now!" He screamed placing his phone on the table.
"Jenna, what's going on? Where's Steve?" Danny fired off staring frantically at the table to see where Jenna was.
"I'm so so-any." Jenna broke off making Danny feel even worse about this whole situation. He needed to know that Steve was okay. He had to hear his voice.
"Jenna you're breaking up what's going on?"
"Wo Fat-ny." Danny looked up at Chin, who returned his frantic look. Wo Fat was not something he wanted to hear right now. "I'm-" Danny heard the loud crash and loud voices before he couldn't hear anything anymore. He looked up at Chin who shook his head, they had only gotten a broad idea as to where Steve and Jenna were. Danny's worse nightmare was coming true. He felt the room begin to spin and he couldn't breathe, he pulled at his tie trying to alleviate the pressure on his wind pipe as he gasped for breath.
"Danny!" Kono shouted flying to his side and trying to figure out what was wrong. Danny kept gasping for air his hands shaking as he tried to grab Kono.
"Steve." Danny gasped before he passed out in Kono's arms.
Endnote: what a cliffhanger right? What is possibly going to happen to our favorite couple? I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and don't worry everything is going to be resolved in the coming chapters. Let me know what you guys thought and until next time ~thatredheadgirl~
