A/N: I wrote this epilogue because I felt the story needed closure. Steve needed to go back up the mountain, and Danny needed to go with him. For some reason I had a hard time making it work for me, so I left it and was not going to post it. However, rewob17, my amazing beta, thinks this works just fine. So here it is, enjoy, I hope.

Epilogue

A year later, Danny, Steve, Chin, Kono, and Grace all stood on the ridge above the gully where Steve had fallen.

Down below in the gully Danny could see the bones of the unfortunate goat. He hadn't even thought about the animal since that day, a year ago, when he'd found Steve.

Steve's recovery from the compound fracture of both his tibia and fibula had been slower than the SEAL would have liked. But Danny had to give him credit, Steve had stuck to the deal he'd made with Danny, and Chin that day in the hospital.

It had been two weeks before Doctor Scott agreed to release Steve from the hospital. Danny knew that, for Steve, it had been two very long weeks. Even when he was allowed home, Steve was not allowed to put any weight on his left leg.

Danny moved into Steve's house the day Doctor Scott released Steve. Chin and Kono set up a bed in the dining room/office area so Steve didn't have to go upstairs. Steve's bedroom became Danny's and the spare bedroom was turned into Grace's room.

Kono finally forgave Chin, and Danny, for not calling her, and Danny suspected that Adam had a lot to do with that.

Two months after the incident, Danny was cleared to return to work. His shoulder was back to normal, thanks to physiotherapy, or torture, as Danny liked to call it.

Steve was also cleared to finally put weight on his injured leg. The cast was removed and he started his own physiotherapy.

Grace took a big part in Steve's recovery. Danny told her about the deal struck between the teammates and Grace was on board. She expressed a wish to go up into the Ko'olau Mountain Range and see where Steve's father had taken him, and also see the petroglyphs. Whenever Steve was down, or wanting to do more than he should, Grace would remind him of the trip they had all planned out and Steve would behave again, for a while anyway.

Four months after the incident, Danny and Grace moved home. Steve had stuck to the deal, much to Danny's surprise. Grace being there had made all the difference and it prevented the partners from arguing. She got very good at knowing when one of them was at the end of his rope, and then she'd insert herself into their 'conversation'. Danny soon realised that Grace was growing into an intelligent young women and was no longer a child.

It took six months before Steve was able to return to full duty. He'd been cleared for desk duty at four months and Danny, or Chin, picked him up every morning and brought him into headquarters. Danny knew how hard it was on Steve to stay behind whenever the rest of the team went into the field. But he rarely complained, except the time that Kono was clipped by a passing bullet, and required surgery to close the wound. Kono had been fine after the surgery and released the same day. But Danny and Chin had to listen to a Steve rant that Danny was convinced was on par with one of his own.

Today they had all hiked up to the ridge, and after setting up camp in the same place as Steve had a year ago, they'd all walked to this spot.

"Wow, that's further down than I remember." Steve remarked.

"You are so lucky to have survived that fall." Kono said quietly. "Thank God Danny decided to come and find you."

"Yeah, well after the intense jolt I got when he fell, I could do little else." Danny explained as a shudder ran through his body and he remembered how he'd felt back then.

Steve put his hand on Danny's shoulder, "Hey, it's okay. I'm okay, Danny."

"I know that, Steven. But for close to seven hours, back then, I didn't."

Grace moved to Danny's side and put her arms around him. "Danno, I'm glad you knew that Uncle Steve needed you, and that you came looking for him."

There was silence for a few minutes as everyone took in the view from the ridge.

"Let's all go back to camp." Chin suggested. "I think we'll all feel more comfortable there, than standing here looked at the remains of a goat."

"Good idea," Danny and Steve said together.

Once back in camp, Chin and Kono set about preparing supper. Danny, Grace and Steve sat together, Grace still had her arm around her father, and Steve sat close, his shoulder against Danny's.

"You know, I never believed much in things like intuition, before that day." Steve said thoughtfully. "But since then I've realised that Chin was right. You and I do know things about each other we shouldn't."

Danny looked questioningly at Steve, but didn't say anything. He figured Steve needed to say something and he should keep quiet and let him.

"Last week, for instance, we were in that warehouse take down with HPD. I knew where you were at all times, but not because I was watching you, I wasn't. But I still was aware of what you were doing, and I knew when you got into trouble."

"Correction, it was my HPD partner that was in trouble, Steven."

"Yes, but you were with him, and I knew that I needed to get to you fast," Steve gently bumped shoulders with Danny. "I'm just glad that we have this connection, because I'm not sure I could deal with it if anything happened to you."

"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean." Danny agreed.

Grace pushed away from Danny and looked at Steve, then her father. "I looked up intuition on the internet, and mummy explained it to me. So I agree with you, Uncle Steve. If it helps you keep Danno safe, and Danno keep you safe then intuition is a great thing to have."

Just then Kono came over, "So what are you three talking about?" she asked.

"Intuition," all three said together. Kono rolled her eyes.

"Right, well how about you all come over and have supper, I'm starving." Kono left and moved back to the center of their camp.

"I'm starving, too," Grace said as she jumped up and followed Kono.

The following morning, they broke camp and hiked up to the petroglyphs. Steve showed Chin, and Kono where he'd fallen on his and Danny's first trip.

"No re-enactments there, super SEAL." Danny said as he and Grace approached the group. "I am not running up to the top of this mountain again."

"Don't need to this time, Danny." Steve piped up. "I brought a sat phone."

"What? So that makes it okay for you to fall off another cliff? I swear, if you even try to …"

"Danno, stop!" Grace commanded. "Uncle Steve is not going to fall." She turned to look at Steve. "You stop winding Danno up, Uncle Steve." When Steve looked suitably chastised, and Danny stayed silent, Grace continued. "I love it up here and if Uncle Steve is going to come up every year, then I'd like to come too."

"I'd love that," Steve said quietly.

Grace turned to look at Danny. "Danno, you told me that this mountain is out to get Uncle Steve, so he needs someone with him, just to make sure he doesn't fall, ever again. So will you come too?"

"You are growing up way too fast, Monkey." Danny looked from Grace to Steve. "Okay. I think that's a great idea. We can make it an annual trip."

"Good, now that's settled, can we carry on?" Chin questioned.

"Sure," Steve said. "Let's go up to the spot my dad and I always camped. The view from there is even better."

Danny watched as everyone picked up their packs and followed Steve. Sometimes he found it hard to believe that he'd hated Hawaii so much when he'd first arrived. Now, it was his and Grace's home, and he never wanted to leave. If he was to be honest with himself, a large part of why Hawaii was home was having this Ohana. Especially Steve. He was his brother in every way but blood. Now with this connection they seemed to have, Danny knew that he'd never want to leave Hawaii and return to his old life in New Jersey again.

With a smile, as he watched Steve pick up Grace and throw her over his shoulder, Danny sighed and followed. He'd never liked camping, but just this one trip a year, which meant everything to his brother, Danny could handle that.

"Hey, wait up," he called as he hurried to catch up with his Ohana.

The Real End