The girls sat in the backseat of Kono's vehicle, hands clasped again, but each was staring out their own window. Kono was driving, Chin in the passenger seat.
Lou was in his own vehicle, following behind them.
As Chin and Kono told the girls about what had happened, Lou had gone upstairs and grabbed a change of clothes for Danny.
Jesse absently tapped the fingers of her right hand on her knee.
Kono glanced at the kids in the rearview mirror, again. It was almost unnerving seeing them so quiet, while they were awake. Slowing to a stop at a traffic light, she glanced over at Chin, sharing a look of concern with the man.
They had told the girls about the explosion, and how Steve had been taken to the hospital, and how Danny had barely left his side. What they hadn't told them, was how bad Steve was hurt, or that he couldn't see.
As the light changed again, Kono cast another quick glance at her nieces before pulling back into traffic.
Danny jerked awake, confused for a moment as to where he was. That moment was very short, however, as the memories of the past day flooded back into the front of his mind.
Sighing, he rubbed his hands across his face.
It took him a moment to realize that something had woken him. Looking around, puzzled, he tried to figure out what it was that had disturbed his slumber. Not that he had meant to fall asleep in the first place.
He quickly realized what it was that had awakened him. Steve was shifting in his sleep, but not in a good way. It seemed like he was having a nightmare.
Danny sat up straighter and caught up Steve's hand.
"Babe, hey. Wake up." He said, shaking Steve's shoulder gently. "Babe, it's ok. You're safe. We're both safe. Babe, wake up!"
Steve jerked awake, but he didn't swing out at Danny, for which the blond man was extremely grateful.
"Wha' happ'n'd?" The SEAL asked groggily.
"You were having a nightmare, superSEAL." Danny said. "You ok?"
"Y-yea'." Steve mumbled, relaxing back into the stack of pillows behind him.
"You wanna talk about it?"
Steve didn't answer, and Danny was just beginning to think he had dozed off again, when he spoke.
"I dreamt Jesse and Gracie wer' trap'ed dow' the'e, ins'ead of us." Steve said. "An' we coul'n't get to 'hem."
"Oh, babe. I'm sorry." Danny said, kissing the back of Steve's hand. "But you don't have to worry. Jesse and Gracie are fine. They're on their way here now."
"Here?"
"Yep. Chin, Kono and Lou went to pick them up."
"They're ok?" Steve asked, needing to be reassured.
"Yes. They're fine."
Steve released a breath, seeming more at ease now.
Before Danny could say anything else, there was a soft knock at the door. He was just looking up, when Grace and Jesse came running in, both wrapping their arms around Danny in relief.
Danny wrapped an arm around each of them, leaning down and kissing the tops of their heads.
Jesse slithered out of his embrace, and carefully climbed onto the chair beside the bed, leaning her hands on the bed. She was extremely careful not to bump Steve as she leaned over him and stared into his face.
Danny mouthed 'thank you' to Chin, Kono and Lou, who were standing by the door.
All three of them nodded.
Danny turned back to Steve, lifting Grace into his arms.
"Danno, is Sealio gonna be ok?" Grace asked, looking at Danny with a gaze full of worry and fear.
"M'fine." Steve said, moving his hand to reach out for them, when it brushed against Jesse's arm. He wrapped his hand around her wrist, flashing them all a grin.
"What's wrong?" Jesse asked, watching Steve with a scrutinizing eye.
"Nothing'r wrong." Steve said, putting extra effort into pronouncing his words clearly.
"Sealio, don't lie." Jesse scolded. "I'm not allowed to lie, so you aren't either. Now, what's wrong? What'd you hurt?"
Danny breathed out a chuckle. Sometimes, Jesse could be just as stubborn as her father.
Steve, actually looking reprimanded, slowly answered. "I broke my arm, and some of my ribs."
"And?" Jesse said, raising an eyebrow.
"And, I hit my head."
"Again?!" Jesse said, exasperated. She sighed, leaning back in the chair. "What are we gonna do with you?"
Danny would have laughed, but he was waiting for Steve to tell the girls the rest of it.
In the doorway, Chin, Kono and Lou decided they would go the the cafeteria and grab some coffee and food.
"Danno, what is it?" Grace asked, her worry picking up again.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Danny looked into Grace's face, and then Jesse's.
"SuperSEAL left something out."
Jesse frowned, throwing a concerned look at her father. "What?"
"When he hit his head, it probably would have been fine, except his head wasn't healed from the hits he took yesterday. Having that extra smack in the head, caused his brain to swell a bit, and that swelling it affecting SuperSEAL's eyesight." Danny explained.
Grace still looked confused, but Jesse had figured it out.
"Sealio can't see." She said, face falling.
Grace's eyes widened as she looked from Jesse, to Steve, and finally back to Danny.