At the request of amblue36, this is a continuation of the previous chapter! I had started to write a tag for the last episode, and was almost done, but my battery died and it didn't save! so I'm going to have to rewrite that one, possibly tomorrow! I am still a little shell-shocked from tonights episode, AWESOME as always, so we'll see about some stories for that one too ;-)

Disclaimer: Same as always ;-)

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Ohana 2

Danny glanced back at Chin and nodded. HPD had finally gotten a location for their suspect; once they found out that the guy was willing to take out a Five-0 cop, it took no time at all for them to jump on the case to get the guy off the streets. The two detectives were presently situated at either side of Johnston's front door with HPD backup (clue number one that McGarrett wasn't lead on this one) ready to take the murderer down. Chin kicked in the door, and Danny passed him gracefully. It was only a matter of seconds before they found their man, who was sprawled on the couch across from the door watching television.

Johnston took off into the house and away from HPD. Danny darted after him, confident that Chin had his back and determined to take the son of a bitch down. With a growl and a lunge, Danny did just that; the two tumbled to the ground and Danny pinned Johnston down quickly. Despite the struggling, handcuffs bound his hands together and an HPD took over for the Five-0 detectives and hauled him to his feet.

Chin offered a hand to the Jersey detective. "Nice tackle. Good thing we made Steve stay behind, he would've been crazy enough to try that himself and hurt himself even more."

Danny grinned and accepted the help up. "Yeah he would've. We'd better get back and make sure he hasn't done anything stupid while we were gone." The pair finished up with HPD, and made their way back to their headquarters.

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Kono's voice yelled for them the second they stepped for in their office. Danny and Chin glanced at each other and rushed towards the sound of her voice. Danny's steps faltered when they found her kneeling beside Steve, who was deathly pale and unmoving. As he dropped down beside his partner, Danny refused to even allow the thoughts of the worst case to cross his mind. His fear was slightly alleviated when he felt the steady thump thump thump of his partner's pulse. His eyes searched Kono's frantically, wordlessly demanding an explanation.

"Paramedics are on their way," she clarified first. "We were in here talking about the case and him getting hit when he cringed suddenly and said a major headache had come on all of the sudden. He stood, saying he was going to get some aspirin, swayed for a second, and then his eyes drifted shut and he just collapsed. I caught most of his weight before he hit the ground, laid him the rest of the way gently and then grabbed my cell to call for help."

Chin could read the terror in his cousin's eyes as she relived the events leading up to them finding her, and was proud of her ability to keep herself calm and collected on the surface. It was an admirable trait in an officer, but in situations where things became personal like this one, many tough men cracked. He knew she wouldn't afford herself the chance to break down over the situation until everything had been done and she was alone.

"Stubborn bastard should've gotten himself checked out," Danny growled, though his voice lacked any fire. He patted his partner's cheek. "Okay, McGarrett, jig's up! If you don't open your eyes we're going to have to take you to the hospital!" He sighed worriedly when that elicited no response. "Where the hell is the ambulance?"

As if on cue, paramedics hurried into the office with a stretcher. The three conscious members backed away from the unconscious one to give them room, and all watched sullenly as they loaded Steve's still form off of the ground. Once he was situated, one of the men turned to them. "Anyone coming with or are you following?"

Kono automatically nudged Danny forward with her elbow. "We'll be right behind you."

The paramedic nodded and turned his attention to Danny as they wheeled their boss out of the room. "I'm Rich, my partner's name is Travis."

"Danny, his name is Steve," Danny replied. The ride to the hospital was a long one; vital signs were taken quickly, but there wasn't much they could do but wait because they had no idea what was wrong with him.

Once they arrived at the hospital, the team was left behind in the waiting room to pace and worry while they raced to find out what was wrong with their boss. For hours they waited, until finally a woman came in and sought them.

Danny reached her first. "What's wrong with him?"

The doctor smiled sympathetically at him; Danny knew he probably looked like a wreck, but they'd been waiting for what felt like forever to find out if he was even going to make it. He had every right to look haggard. "Whatever caused the bruising on his face and damage to his shoulder also caused trauma to his brain. Mr. McGarrett ruptured a vessel at the back of his skull, and it bled slowly for what I'm guessing is a day or two until the pressure was too much. He was lucky, and we were able to remove the excess blood and repair the damage."

A collective sigh of relief brought a genuine smile to the woman's face briefly before she grew serious once more. "He's going to need to rest for a week and then only light duties for another week or so until he is completely back on his feet. What, may I ask, caused his initial injuries?"

The team glanced guiltily amongst each other. "He was hit by a car," Chin explained softly. The doctor gasped.

"He should have been brought in immediately. His injuries tell me enough about how hard he was hit, and it could have easily been much worse. Like I said, he was very lucky this time. Next time you might not have the same amount of warning, so I'd suggest bringing him in immediately if something similar ever happens again," she scolded. They all dropped their gazes to the floor, recognizing how close a call this had really been. Danny looked up at her solemnly, and she softened her gaze. "He's resting now. He seemed okay when he woke briefly before we gave him pain relievers, but I'd like to keep him here until we can determine if there was any damage to his spatial recognition. We'll be able to tell then if he's going to need rehabilitation." She looked at the team one by one, and sighed. "I can let you go in one at a time briefly, and then you'll be able to go in together once he's awake and settled."

Danny looked over to Kono and gestured for her to go first. "Go on," he murmured gently. Kono shook her head at first, but Chin nudged her forward. She timidly followed the doctor, glancing back at Danny and Chin as if to make sure they still wanted her to go first. She'd never seen her boss in the hospital before, and to be honest, it terrified her. "Danny, call Cat and let her know what happened and that he'll be okay!" she called over her shoulder as she remembered Steve's request to do so after the Nick Taylor incident.

When the doctor directed her into the room, the rookie entered very slowly. Tears jumped to her eyes at the sight of the bandages around Steve's head and the IV hooked up to his arm. There were a handful of machines that she didn't care to read; all she could think about was how this was all her fault. If it hadn't been for her lapse in attention, he wouldn't have had to push her out of the way, and he never would've gotten hurt.

As she dropped into the chair next to his bed, a tear slid down her cheeks. She took his still hand gingerly. "I'm so sorry, boss…this is all because of me. Why did you do it? I know you talk about ohana and yeah, I'd do it for you in a heartbeat…but you could've died and it would've been all my fault. I couldn't live with myself if that happened…knowing I could've changed it if I'd just paid closer attention."

The fingers in her hand twitched. Kono watched Steve's face intently, and gave a watery smile when pained blue eyes slowly opened and found hers. "Kono…it's not your fault. I…I'm fine, so stop beating yourself up."

"Do you forget the lovely swan dive you took towards the floor before you passed out? Of course I'm going to beat myself up over it. You are in here because you had to save me."

"You can't cover every angle, rookie. That's what your partner is for. The best opportunity to protect you from the bastard was to get you out of the way as quickly as possible, so I did. End of story." He looked confused for a moment. "Did they get him?"

Kono smiled wryly at him. "Yeah, boss. They got him."

"You just had brain surgery…and even still all that you care about is catching the bad guy," Danny teased from the doorway. A nurse was right behind him, and entered the room with a smile.

"Welcome back, Mr. McGarrett. I'm going to take some vitals and the doctor will be right in to discuss where things will go from here."

Chin stood in the doorway as well, and the team all looked at one another, hesitant at the prospect of possible lingering damage and how that would impact the team. No matter what awaited them, however, they knew that it would be tackled as a team.

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That was a horribly cheesy ending I know ;-) but otherwise, what did you think? I did my best with getting the medical stuff right, but I had some trouble finding all of the information I needed so some things might be off. Lots of episode-related stuff to come!