I've got two finals on Thursday and yet I cannot stop myself from coming back here and writing this story. I just hope that you guys are having as good a time reading it as I am writing it.
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Danny wondered how long it had been since he was able to feel his arms. He knew it should be concerning him, but it wasn't. Feeling nothing was better than the burning pain he felt when he first woke up into this nightmare.

If he was going to die here, he was at least glad that he had been able to apologize to Steve. If only he could have a phone call with his daughter. But he knew Steve would take care that for him. Steve loved his Gracie, and Danny trusted that he would take care of her as best he could if he never made it out of here.

He felt the sting of tears in his eyes when he thought of his beautiful, perfect little girl growing up without a father. Would step-Stan turn his little angel into a spoiled brat? Would Rachel drag Grace to Las Vegas? Who was going to call Gabby in Morocco? What about his family in Jersey? This was going to kill his mom...

Danny shook himself. He couldn't afford to think like that. Steve was gonna get him out of here. He knew his partner, and that tone he used on the phone did not bode well for the asshole that took him. Danny had managed to buy Steve two more hours. And hey, that was also two more hours he got to spend with all ten of his fingers. Danny never realized just how fond he was of his fingers.

That idea had came from nowhere. One second he was saying a silent goodbye to his pinky, the next second he was telling his captor to call Steve and offer a trade. Danny knew of course that his team had no idea where Mattie was. For. all he knew Matt could be in Antarctica, smuggling penguins instead of drug money. But it had bought him two hours hadn't it?

The man was hesitant at first, but Danny convinced him that Steve would stop at nothing to get him back. While he knew that was true, he would never actually sacrifice his little brother to save himself. Fugitive or not, Matt was his brother and he loved him. But two hours was better than nothing, and he trusted his team to find him.

Besides, Danny couldn't give up now. He promised Steve. And Williams men never broke their promises.

Danny looked up as the door opened once again.

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Steve slammed the phone down so hard he was surprised it didn't snap in half.
He looked up at Chin and Kono and they both immediately read the look on his face.
"Steve..." Chin said. "We can't."
"You heard him Chin!" Steve argued. "He could barely breathe! If we don't do something he's not going to make it much longer!"
"But Steve... It's his little brother. He will never forgive us. You're not thinking clearly Steve. You know he'd never want that." Kono replied.
"I know!" Steve yelled, slamming his fist down on Danny's desk. "I know."
"So what are we going to do?" Kono asked desperately. "We can't just do nothing!"
"Of course not." Chin said. "We have two hours to figure something out."

Steve knew Chin well enough to hear the slight tremor in his voice. Even the ever-calm Chin Ho Kelly was starting to see the hopelessness of their situation. The truth was they had absolutely no idea where Danny was, and they were running out of time. So no, Steve couldn't send his partners little brother off like a sheep to the slaughter, but he couldn't sit around and do nothing while Danny's life slowly slipped away either.

Steve found himself looking at the pictures on Danny's desk. They were mostly of Grace, a couple with Gabby and some with the team. Steve was fixated on one in particular. It was from Christmas last year. The whole team was in it, Kamekona and Cath too. They were all smiling wide, and Grace was right between him and Danny, an arm around each of their shoulders. There would be more moments like that, he promised himself. That would not be Danny's last Christmas. Not by a long shot.

He turned around and went down to interrogation, ignoring Chin and Kono's calls from behind him.
Matt looked up when Steve walked into the room.
"Who was it? What happened?" Matthew asked.
"It was Sean Harris." Steve replied curtly.

Matt waited for Steve to continue but he just stood there staring at him. Steve couldn't help asking himself if the life of the man in the chair before him was worth the life of his partner. He knew he was being unfair, but after three years, Steve literally did not know how to live without Danny. These last three days without him were a testament to that. If it hadn't been for Chin and Kono, he would have flown off the rails by now, destroying anything and anyone that was in the way of him and finding his partner. Danny was the grounded one who never failed to remind Steve of proper police procedure, and the fact that you can't beat a man to death when it takes him two minutes to answer your question instead of one. Without Danny, Steve was like a bomb waiting to go off.

"Well? Is Danny alright?" Matt asked impatiently when Steve still hadn't continued.
"No. He isn't." Steve replied, disgusted as it was obvious that Danny was anything but alright.
"What? Oh god... He's not..? Please tell me he isn't!" Matt begged.
"He's not dead." Steve said. And he wasn't going to be anytime soon if Steven J. McGarrett had anything to say about it. And he had ALOT to say.
"Then what did Harris want?"
"He wants you. For Danny. A trade." Steve relayed.
"I'll do it! I'll go!" Matt shouted immediately.
"He'll kill you if you go." Steve told him, genuinely surprised at Matt's willingness to give himself up for Danny.
"And he'll kill Danny if I don't. This isn't Danny's fight. He has a daughter. People need him. You need him. I don't have anything anymore." Matt said sadly. "Please. I need to do this."

Steve looked at him for a long time. If something happened to Matt, Steve knew that Danny would never forgive him. But if Steve didn't do something, Danny wouldn't even have the chance. An alive and angry Danny was better than a dead Danny. Any form of Danny was better than a dead Danny.

Matt was right, Steve couldn't lose Danny, but he couldn't be responsible for the pain Matt's death would cause him either.
"I can't just give you to him. Danny would never forgive me. We need a plan."

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When the phone rang two hours later, Steve was waiting for it.
"Hello?" He answered quickly.
"Do you have him?" Sean asked.
"Yes. We located Matthew this morning. He came to Hawaii when he heard about Fuentes to try and save Danny. We have him now." Steve replied.

"I'm going to give you a location. I want Matthew and Matthew ALONE to show up there in 45 minutes. Once I have him I will release Danny."
"No." Steve said, shaking his head. He didn't believe for a second that Harris would let Danny go once he had Matt. "You bring Danny. You bring him and you leave him in the car Matthew shows up in, or we don't have a deal. If I don't get confirmation that Danny is safe, you don't get Matt."
"You're just going to sell out your partners brother so easily McGarrett?" Harris asked.
"I don't care what happens to Matthew. My concern is Danny and Danny only. Once I get him back, Matthew is yours. Do whatever you want to him." Steve lied smoothly.

Harris was silent for a few moments. "Fine. I'll bring the detective to the location. I get Matthew, you get Danny and we go our separate ways." He said finally. "Deal?"
"Deal." Steve replied.
"And McGarrett, don't attempt to grow a brain or your partner dies." Harris said.
Steve hung up the phone and turned to nod at his team.

The only person dying today was Sean Harris.

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Steve finished setting the wire in Matt's suit jacket and looked up at him. He looked nervous, and Steve couldn't blame him.
As angry as Steve still was, he'd by lying if he said he wasn't impressed at how willing Matt was to put himself in danger for Danny's sake. Steve almost felt sorry for him. Almost. What he did was still stupid, and put not only himself in danger, but now Danny too. A threat to Danny was a threat to Steve, so he couldn't help but hate Matthew just a little bit for what he'd caused.

"Remember Matt, Chin and Kono will never be more than three minutes out. Even if he removes the wire, We've got a tracking device on you. It's undetectable. So wherever he takes you, we're gonna know exactly where you are, alright?" Steve told him.

He had decided not to call for HPD backup on this one. The FBI was set up there, and Steve couldn't ask Duke to hide this from them. He knew the FBI would just take Matthew into custody and leave, and that was not something he was willing to risk. It didn't matter to him the trouble he'd be in for this, Danny's life came first and foremost. Steve would deal with the fallout later.

Matthew nodded. "Whatever happens Steve, promise me you'll get Danny out, okay?"
Steve looked at him. It was obvious he really loved Danny and was sorry about the pain he caused his own brother. Good, he should be, Steve thought bitterly.
"I promise." He replied. As if he ever intended anything else.

Matthew nodded again before getting into the drivers seat of the car. He watched Steve climb out of the car before giving himself a shake.
He got Danny into this, and he was going to get him out.
"Here it goes." He whispered to himself.

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When Matt pulled up to the location Sean had specified, he almost laughed. A completely abandoned warehouse. How cliché.
He didn't see anyone yet. He got out of the car and looked around.
He turned quickly when another car pulled up. A man he could only assume was Sean Harris got out of it.

"Matthew Williams." He said.
"Where's my brother?" Matt replied. The sooner they had eyes on Danny, the sooner this would end.
"You don't know how long I've waited for this." He replied, completely ignoring Matthew's question. "What happened to my family was your fault, and you're going to pay for it."
"Okay. Look. I'm sorry. You can do whatever you want to me. Just let my brother go." Matt almost begged. "He has nothing to do with this."
"Get in the car." Harris demanded.
"Let Danny out first." Matt replied, standing his ground.
Harris pulled out a gun and pointed it at Matt.
"Get in the car." He repeated.

Matt looked towards the trunk of the car. It killed him to think of his brother cooped up in there, who the hell knows how hurt. But there was nothing he could do about that right now. So he did as he was told. Not that he really had a choice with a gun on him.

He got into the passenger seat and watched as Sean climbed in next to him.
"You said you'd let Danny go." Matthew told him. "You have me you don't need him."
"You know." Sean replied. "I've waited a long time for this. I've spent hours thinking about what I would say to you. What I would do. But right now, now that you're here in front of me. All I want to do is kill you. I know I'm not supposed to do it here. I should wait. But I've waited long enough. In fact, I don't think I can wait another second..."

Sean pointed the gun at Matthews head. Shit. This wasn't how it was supposed to go. Lucky for Matt, Steve knew that plans could turn south at any moment, and his training taught him to be prepared for anything.

"Any last words?" Harris asked.
"NOW!" Matthew shouted.

A smoke grenade suddenly flew through the moonroof of the car, Matthew grabbed Sean's arm and shoved the gun upwards. It went off three times before the door opened suddenly and Sean Harris was pulled violently out of the car by a very angry NAVY SEAL in full tactical gear.

Steve pulled the man out of the car and shoved him to the ground as hard as he could. He punched him in the face so hard he could feel a knuckle crack, and suddenly found that he couldn't stop. All the fear and rage he'd felt these past three days was bubbling to the surface. Everything was this mans fault. Steve had to calm an 11 year old girl, terrified of losing her daddy, down every morning, afternoon, and night because of the man in front of him. Steve had been waiting for this moment, and he was going to take full advantage.

His knuckles were bloodied and radiating with pain, but he didn't care or stop. All he could think about was the pain his partner had suffered at the hands of this maniac.

"Steve!" He heard Chin yell, and then hands were on him pulling him away.
Steve let them. He was satisfied... For now. And he had more important things to worry about.

"Danny!" He shouted, running towards the trunk of the car.
"Danny! Hang on buddy I'm right here! I'm right here Danny I've got you!"
He ripped the trunk open and gazed inside.

He didn't even hear the distressed sounds of Chin, Kono and Matthew over the pounding of blood in his ears.

"NO!" He screamed.
A rage like he had never experienced before shot through his veins. If Harris was still conscious Steve would have ripped him apart with his bare hands.

The trunk was empty.

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Come on! You know I couldn't make it that easy! But they've got to find Danny sooner than later right? Unless I decide to kill him... Who am I kidding I could never kill my beloved Danny. Or could I? Hmmm

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