Sorry about the Cliffie! Here's the next chapter for you to ease your pain :). Although this chapter also has a kind of Cliffie... Sorry again!

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As he turned the corner, Steve was just able to dodge the bullets that were flying all over the place in Winston's Wild Village. He pulled out his weapon and motioned to Chin and Kono to do the same.

The three remaining Five-0 members immediately joined the escalating gunfight between HPD and the Samoan gang members. Steve could already make out a number of casualties on both sides, but thankfully he didn't see Danny anywhere. Ducking for cover behind an HPD vehicle, he started shooting at the gang members.

"Do you see Danny anywhere?" Chin called from somewhere on his right.
"Not yet!" Steve shouted back.
"Me neither!" Kono replied.

With the additional help from Five-0, the gunfight started to turn in their favor, as more Samoans fell to the ground dead. Steve was a man on a mission, his bullets rarely missing their target. His partner needed him, and the sooner he got these men out of the way, the sooner he could make it to Danny. Steve guessed that he was in one of these buildings. Unfortunately, Frank was too, and Danny may still be a hostage. Not for much longer if Steve had anything to say about it.

The fight raged on as the two sides continued to exchange fire. Out of the corner of his eye, Steve saw two Samoans entering an old barn.
"Cover me!" Steve shouted at Chin and Kono. "I need to get to Danny!"
"Go go go!" Chin yelled back.
"We got you!" Kono called.

Steve ran from car to car, trying to remain covered while simultaneously getting closer to the barn where he guessed Danny was. When he reached the last car, he saw that he had to run about twenty feet without cover to get the barn doors. He took a deep breath. Most people wouldn't risk it, but he was a SEAL and he'd done much worse. This would be easy for him, almost too easy. Besides, never leave a man behind had always meant a lot to him, and Danny wasn't just any man. He was his partner and his friend. It was an easy decision to make.

Lifting his gun in front of him, Steve began running towards the barn doors. He was shooting at the remaining Samoans the entire time, dropping them one by one. Nobody was going to stop him from getting to his partner. Whoever tried was as good as dead.

He could feel the adrenaline coursing through his veins as he got closer and closer to his destination. He dropped to the ground quickly and rolled as a round of bullets blew past him, barely missing his head. When he got back to his feet not even a second later, he realized that either Chin or Kono had already killed the guy. He knew he could always trust his team to have his back.

When he finally reached the barn doors, he jumped through them. Staying low, he immediately heard two gun shots and a saw a man fall to the floor, dead before he hit the ground. His breath caught in his throat, but relief quickly filled him when he saw that the man was tall and had dark hair. Clearly not Danny.

A deep voice filled the room suddenly.
"Drop the gun cop or I shoot you right here." He heard. Steve knew the words could not be directed at him, because he was well hidden. That didn't bring him any relief however, as that meant the man was talking to Danny.
"I said drop the gun!" The man shouted again. The shout was followed by a pained hiss he recognized immediately as Danny's.

That was the last straw for Steve.
Fueled by adrenaline and a rage that had been building since early that morning when the chopper, along with Danny, first disappeared, he jumped up from his hidden crouch. His eyes immediately fell on the two men. He saw Danny's eyes widen in surprise and relief. The man beside him held his gun pressed to Danny's side. The highly trained ex-SEAL growled in anger and got a shot off before the man even had time to react. He watched as his bullet hit the gang member square in the forehead and sent him reeling backwards, dead.

Steve dropped his gun and stood there, just staring at his partner. Danny was panting now and staring right back at him. For a second neither of them moved or spoke. They both heard the shouts of all clear being called from outside as the gunfire finally came to an end.

Steve took a few hesitant steps forward. He'd spent hours searching for Danny, and now that he finally found him, he had no idea what to say. His face was a mask of relief mixed with concern as he took in his partners appearance.

Danny's face and shirt were covered in blood and he was standing hunched over with his hand was holding his side like he was favoring his ribs. Steve could make out an array of cuts and bruises on his face as well as a prominent muzzle burn on his forehead. Rage filled him again immediately. Danny must have realized because he limped forward suddenly, much to Steve's dismay.

"I'm okay Steve," He said.
Steve shook his head. "No you're not," he replied. "We need to get you to a hospital."
"I don't have time for a hospital Steven," Danny said. "I have Grace tonight and I'm not going to disappoint her again. If this taught me anything, it's that second chances aren't easy to come by. And I'm sure as hell not wasting mine."
"Well then you guys can have your night in Hawaii Medical Center," Steve replied. Seeing Danny's facial expression, he quickly added, "And do not argue with me Danno. You may not be able to see yourself right now, but I can, and you are not going anywhere until you get yourself checked out and receive a clean bill of health. I will drag you there myself and handcuff you to the stretcher if I need to Daniel."
"Good to see you too partner," Danny said with a smirk.

Steve closed the gap between them and pulled Danny into a hug. He felt Danny return the hug before he heard his sharp pained intake of breath. Steve released him immediately.
"Sorry!" He said quickly. "You just... You had me worried."
"It's alright. I missed you too buddy." Danny replied.

Steve shot Danny his own smirk before quickly getting back to business.
"Where's Teilor?" He asked angrily.
"Right back here," Danny said, grabbing Steve's arm and pulling him towards the back. "Hey Frank, it's over man."

Danny stopped dead in his tracks and gasped. Surprised, Steve looked over his shoulder to see what had Danny so bothered. He saw it right away.
Frank was leaning limply back against a barrel. His eyes were open and staring straight ahead, but seeing nothing. He was dead.

Danny shook his head. "All the guy wanted was a second chance with his daughter," he said, his voice wavering slightly. "Is that so damn much to ask?"
"Danno?" Steve asked in concern, not happy about the sudden change in Danny's demeanor.

This was too much all of the sudden, and the entire mornings events started catching up with Danny. His head stated spinning worse than before and he felt like the walls of the barn were closing in on him.
"I need to get out of here." He said frantically, starting to gasp for air in the too small and hot room. "I can't... I need to get out of here."
"Okay calm down buddy, come on." Steve said, alarmed.

He put a hand on Danny's shoulder and started leading him out of the barn. Danny started stumbling over his feet as Steve brought him out into the open air.
"Danny!" He heard Kono cry, and he looked up to see her and Chin running towards him.

Before he even knew what was happening, Danny felt himself falling. He just didn't have the strength to hold himself up anymore.
"Danny!" He heard the alarmed cry of his name. At this point he wasn't even sure who had said it.

Steve barely had time to catch his friend as his legs buckled beneath him and he started falling towards the ground.
Steve put his arms around Danny and lowered him to the floor gently. Chin and Kono were by his side in an instant.

"What happened?!" Kono asked in alarm. "Why isn't he breathing right? Was he hit?"
"I don't know! I don't think so!" Steve replied frantically, running his hands up and down Danny's body, looking for any unseen injuries, and then checking his pulse. "One second he was okay, and then he just passed out on me! His skin is cold and clammy, and I don't like his pulse, it's too rapid. It may be shock."

He started tapping Danny's cheeks. "Danny? Can you hear me Danny?"
But there was no response from him. Not a sound, a movement, nothing.
"Get an ambulance!" Chin yelled immediately.
Steve took one of Danny's trembling hands in his own and squeezed it. "Hold on Danno," he begged. "Just hold on."

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Hope you like this! The CSI episode ended kind of abruptly for me and I like more angst, especially in the Danny department so I stuck with my motto: when in doubt have your main character pass out!

Oh and I don't do medical stuff so all that's from google. Hope it's right! Forgive me if it isn't!

Next chapter is the epilogue I'm thinking :(

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