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Notes;
1) Okay, I know I said I couldn't update til Wednesday and I can't! Except now...I'm cheating. I brought my laptop with me so that i could write whenever I got the free time to but I'm using the free hour on the hotel's wi-fi so that I can post this chapter that I just finished writing before I left. Hope you all like!
2) Wow! So many thanks to make! Thank you tiggrr527, Ghee Buttersnaps15 (Didn't you join my H50 RP?), rewob17, ambard10, TMVH50, francis2, xDelicateAngelx and 24LeverageX. I would move mountains if they stopped me from giving you more chapters! I'm so happy and honoured that you all enjoy them so much!
3) So, I think the next chapter will be the last. Seems like a good place to end. But I hope some of you will take a look at my next fic!
Warning; Whump, angst, gore, violence, language, torture probable in this fic.
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The three raced through the jungle. Bushes and long grass grabbed at Steve's ankles, trying to stop him. But nothing would stop him. Not now.
Chin's cell phone rang and he answered it, not missing a step as he continued to run.
"The other address was empty! This is it!" Chin called to Steve.
That spurred him on more. He surged forward, leaving Kono and Chin in the dust.
He could see about four – no – five men running in front of him, and just beyond them…Danny…he was sure of it. He knew that run anywhere, not to mention his blonde tresses as the wind whipped through it.
Steve raised his gun and fired a shot, dropping one of the men. Another turned and fired a shot at them but Kono fired one back, dropping him too.
The chase continued and the jungle grew thicker.
Two down, three to go.
Chin took one out and Steve took the other two. None left, now they just had to catch up to Danny. But the sound of gunfire halted Steve in his tracks. He looked at Chin and at Kono but neither had fired the shot. He looked forward again. "Dann…" He let out a quiet cry, like a painful whisper. "Danny!" He screamed and charged forward, following the sound.
He swung round a tree and halted, his gun trained on the man crouching over…
Danny…
"Lui Chang!" Steve barked out and the man turned to face him.
Here he was met with the face of the man who'd caused his best friend so much pain.
"Stand up, and put your hands on your head!" He mentally cursed as his voice broke at the end of his sentence. He just couldn't bear the image he could see before him.
Chang then smiled, causing hate tear through Steve's body. He took his hand off of Danny and Steve felt relief, maybe he would give himself up. But no. He made a fist and dig his knuckles into Danny's wound. Steve froze for a moment, sort of stunned at the state of Danny before his finger jerked at the trigger of his gun and Chang fell.
He charged down the small hill and dragged Chang's body away from Danny, not allowing it to be anywhere near his friend. Then he knelt beside Danny. His eyes were closed, his skin was pale and he'd lost a little weight. "Danny!" He cried. He removed his outer shirt and bundled it up, placing it on the bullet wound to stop the bleeding. "Danny!" He pleaded. He filled with panic and he started to sweat.
Not now!
Danny opened his eyes, revealing his usually so bright blue orbs that were now so dull and weak. He smiled, but it was so weak, Steve could have started crying right there and then if he wasn't so proud. "Hey Steven, you're late."
Steve sobbed slightly, but he smiled. He was able to play it off as a laugh by the time Kono and Chin approached. Kono took hold of her ear piece and called for a medical evac'.
Sweat was beaded on Danny's forehead and he shifted slightly. Steve knew the signs.
"Easy, Danno." Steve spoke softly.
That name. That name sent dread rushing through Danny. He couldn't bear to hear that name anymore. His breathing started speed up and he felt icy cold.
"He's going into hypovolemic shock." Steve told Chin, exchanging worried glances with him. "Come on, Danno, stay with me."
There it was again, Danny couldn't bear it. "t's Danny." Danny grunted out, finding it hard to speak because of how hard it was to get oxygen in.
Steve frowned. Chin's blood ran cold and Kono didn't understand. Steve always called him Danno. Why not now?
"All right, Danny it is." Steve swallowed hard, wincing at the lump that had formed in his throat.
Danny let out a cough and started to convulse weakly. His eyes dropped shut and his pulse plummeted.
"Danny! Stay with me partner, come on!" Chin took over from Steve, applying pressure to the gunshot wound while Steve moved over to Danny's head, cradling it and beckoning to him.
"Danny, please! Come on, we need you Danno." He said it again, Danny opened his eyes. "That's it, Danno."
Stop calling me that, please!
"What about Gracie, huh? What's she gonna do without her Danno?"
Stop!
A tear dropped down Steve's cheek. He didn't even realize it. But Danny saw it. He remembered the bond they shared.
Danno.
He remembered what that name meant to them. Everything it represented.
Grace.
He remembered the moment Grace first said 'Danno'. That's what it meant. It wasn't Chang's. Chang didn't own Danno. Steve did. And so did Grace.
But it wasn't enough. He'd lost too much blood and his eyes drifted shut again.
"Danny, no!" Steve begged, just as the helicopter flew overhead. "Look Danno, look. The helicopter's here, okay? We're gonna get you to the hospital." Steve spoke softly, calming himself. He needed to stay strong for Danny.
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Danny was stretchered into the helicopter and Steve forced himself in with him. The paramedics told him he couldn't come with them but he wasn't going anywhere. He'd just found Danno, he wasn't going to lose him again.
The journey to the hospital was hard. Danny hadn't moved, not even flinched. His eyes stayed shut and the blood continued to pour. Steve remained quiet. The paramedics were doing their jobs, he just needed to be near Danny. Holding onto Danny's pale, limp hand, Steve prayed. He didn't pray to God or any specific faith, he just hoped, wished and begged Danny to come back to him.
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"Patient is male, mid-thirties with a single gunshot wound to the mid-abdomen. Blood loss at 41%, extreme tachycardia and weak pulse. Stage four hypovolemic shock. Three broken ribs, two fractured with severe internal bruising. Extremely dehydrated and starved. Let's get an IV and a central line placed and get him in the OR." The doctors all flurried around the gurney they had placed Danny on as they swept him off through the doors of the OR, leaving Steve standing alone in the ward with blood on his hands and a weight in his chest.
He hurried to the bathroom, scrubbing the blood frantically off of his hands. He cursed aloud as the red stained his skin and he sat on the toilet, letting out a sob as his head hung low. He rested his elbows on his knees and stifled another sob, although it broke through anyway.
If Danny didn't make it, he didn't know what he would do. What he would do without his Danno. His partner, his best friend. If it weren't for Danny, he didn't know what he would have done back when he was dealing with Wo Fat. Danny was his rock, keeping him on the right path and not letting him run away.
He had so much to thank Danny for but never got the chance. Why hadn't he before? Why had he never taken the time to tell Danny how much he appreciated him, what he meant to him.
A knock at the door startled him.
"Steve?" It was Chin. He knocked again. "Steve, you in there?"
Steve stood up and sniffed, wiping the tears away and rubbing his puffy red eyes. He opened the door but didn't look at Chin, he returned to the sink and started to wash his hands again.
"Just tryin' to get the blood off." He stated as casually as he could manage.
"You all right?" Chin asked. Steve looked at him.
Both men could tell that each other had been crying. But neither said a word about it.
"Yeah." Steve nodded, turning off the tap and drying his hands. They both swapped places so that Chin could wash the blood off his own hands. Danny's blood.
It was enough to set either of them off again.
"How's uh…How's Kono?" Steve asked him about his cousin.
"She's out by the car. She couldn't come in just yet." Chin told him with a solemn expression.
Steve nodded. If Steve wasn't so proud, he'd probably be out there crying with her.
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It was an agonizing wait. Kono had joined them and they sat in the waiting area.
One hour.
Steve was sat on the chair with his elbows on his knees and his hands over his mouth. His knee bounced anxiously and he stared straight ahead. Occasionally a tear would run down his cheek but he would wipe it away before Chin or Kono could see. But they saw.
The two were sat opposite Steve. Chin was sat with his back against the chair and his arms folded, watching everything that happened around them and flinching every time a doctor or a nurse headed towards the waiting room. Kono sat with her head on her cousin's shoulder with her arm linked with his. She had her eyes closed, trying to block out thoughts of Danny, but the tears said that she was thinking of him.
Two hours.
Grace and Rachel arrived. Grace ran straight to Steve and cried in his arms. He talked calmly to her, telling her that Danno was gonna be fine and that she had to be strong for him while Chin and Kono talked to Rachel, explaining what they could to her without being too direct and upsetting her.
Three hours.
Grace was sleeping in Steve's arms while he held her little hand, stroking her hair as her head was leaning against his cheek. Rachel was sitting silently beside Steve and Grace. Her posture was tight and anxious as she bit her nails.
Chin and Kono returned to their original position, Kono's head on her cousin's shoulder with their arms linked together.
A nurse entered the room and Steve was the first to his feet, Grace still in his arms. "Detective Daniel Williams?" she looked at Steve.
"Yes!" He replied quickly and Grace started to wake up.