AN: first of all i want to thank everyone for the reviews-i know these last two chapters haven't been easy and they've been emotionally draining even for me when i went back and read them. I just wanted ya'll to see a different side of Danny and in all the time we've watched the show we've never seen his back when he didn't have a shirt on unless I'm mistaken then you can correct me on it but right now I don't think we've ever seen it then I saw that episode of Body of Proof and it just hit me when he took his shirt off and he had all those scars. You know it's weird when you're muse hits you at different times but you go with it. Anyway sorry this note is so long so this is the last thing I'll say-this chapter is a missing scene...after reading chapter 9 over again i realized that there were some parts that I totally skipped on and I didn't like that. BTW: Steve did kill him in self-defense-he just didn't out right kill him b/c that would be murder.

Chapter 10: Missing scene 4m Chap 9: 'Steve didn't know what happened next...'

Steve ran over and grabbed him by the shoulders and threw him off of Danny. He looked down at him and saw bruises starting to form and huge welt marks from the belt that was laying on the floor-some of them bloody. Danny didn't look up at him, his head was buried in the pillow till Steve gently took his head and turned it towards him, "Danny...you're going to be okay..." but he didn't get to finish what he saying because Tye had come up behind him with a wire and was now choking him with it. Steve was caught off guard because he was so concerned with Danny but he very quickly recovered and punched him in the face which knocked him off. There was a knock-down drag out fight and Chin decided not to interviene because he might get hurt so he went passed them and over to Danny and takes the tape off.

"I'm so ashamed...I...I-oh my god what I have done! Chin he'll never want me now; Tye's right-he ruined me..." Danny's voice breaks as Chin cuts away the ties. Chin bends down to his level and looks at him straight in the eye, "Listen to me Danny-that man over there is fighting for you. He is beating the shit out of Tye and don't worry it's all in self-defense. Tye tried to choke him with a wire and that set off the fight. I didn't want to interviene because I've never seen Steve look so angry and I've never seen his SEAL mode full on till right now and let me tell you something Danny-that man is scary so I came over here...ya hear me?"

"Yeah I do and you're right..."

"Okay now can you move at all or is the pain too much?"

"It hurts but I think I can stand up." Chin grabbed Danny's hand gently so as not to pull to hard seeing as how his wrists were red and bleeding a little from Danny trying to get away earlier. Danny pulled himself up and off the bed and Chin handed him his pants back to which Danny put them on quickly because he saw Steve just punching Tye over and over even though he was already dead. Danny ran over to Steve and pulled him off and yelling that he was dead and that it was over. Steve's eyes looked glazed over with hate and anger but softened when he saw Danny. Steve started saying over and over again that he was sorry and that it was all his fault and Danny knew that he had to reassure him that this was in no way his fault.

They left and headed for the hospital to have Danny checked out. The doctor said that he had bruised ribs and he'd be very sore from what Tye did to him but other than that he was just fine physically then while the nurses were putting bandges on him, the doctor pulled Steve out into the hallway, "Listen Steve, Danny's going to be fine physically but it's the emoitonal state I'm worried about."

"What are you saying?" Steve's voice was laced with concern and worry and Doctor Smith patted his shoulder in order to give him some comfort.

"He might have nightmares, he might pull away from you but it's not your fault. Look if this gets too much for you then you should take him to see a trauma therapist; Steve he's gone through hell and it'll be a matter of time before the damn breaks so just watch out for him please."

He nodded as they went back into the room where Danny was putting on some scrubs that they gave him since he didn't want to wear those clothes. As soon as Danny saw Steve he knew that something was up but Steve mouthed, 'not here' and Danny nodded. They left, went home and ordered pizza but without ham or pinapple. They sat out on the lenai and Danny just stared out into the ocean watching the waves gently roll in and out.

Steve just sat there staring at him-taking in his apprearence- both wrists were wrapped and so were his ankles, his ribs were bound, and he had numerous bandges on his back-some small while others were long and large. Steve got angry as hell all over again to the point were fists were balled up and his knuckles turned white. He felt so angry and guilty at himself for letting this happened then he was jerked out his haze by Danny shaking him, "What? You okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine...it's you I'm worried about...you looked like you were gonna kill somebody. Steven you need to stop blaming yourself for what happened; it is not your fault you hear me?"

"Yeah I know but-"

"No...no 'buts' Steven. You did not know that I was going to get kidnapped, you did not know that Tye was going to bind me to the bed and beat me and rape me. This is not your fault! I would like to just forget what happened because now I'm stuck with these memories of what he did to me over and over again and they will replay in my mind. Steve there was nothing you could do stop that monster."

Steve tried to pull him to his chest but he pulled back, "Just don't Steve. Thank you for everything and thank you for taking me and Gracie to Jersey so I can see my parents and you can meet them but right now just...just don't." Danny ran out to the edge of water and just stood there for a long time while the tears came sliently flooding down his face.

Steve knew this is what the doctor was talking about so against his better judgement he deicided to give Danny some space and went in and bought the tickets to Jersey and got ready for bed. Two hours later after laying in bed staring at the ceiling, Danny still wasn't back and now he was worried. He got out and headed down to the beach only to find him not there where he left him. Steve's heart skipped a beat and he got scared. His eyes scanned the beach then he saw movement out of the corner of his eye, he turned his head to find Danny surfing, that shocked him because he knew that Danny could swim but he didn't know that he could surf. Danny was full of surprises, first with the speaking Russian then he dove into the water to save that suspect and now this-he surfs. He knew what Danny was doing because he did the same thing-he was trying to wash away the pain, hurt and everything else, it's like he was trying to cleanse his soul.

AN: okay that's it...please review