Chin arrived to find Palakiko standing guard outside the ICU, shaking his hand and chatting briefly before going inside.
He found Danny in the room, holding Steve's hand and talking to him as he moved to the other side of the bed.
"Hey Steve, Chin's here now. What do you say you wake up for us now? You've been sleeping long enough buddy, what do you say?"
Chin had taken hold of Steve's other hand and was squeezing it tightly, "Come on boss, open those pretty blue eyes for us"
The two men talked to Steve thoughout the night trying to urge any reaction, any sign at all that their friend was hearing them but to no avail.
Kono woke a little after seven o'clock and found Chin's note taped to the bathroom door and called her cousin's cell phone immediately.
The reception was not good in the ICU and Chin went outside to return her.
"Good Morning cous', did you sleep well?"
"Yeah Chin….what's going on? Is Steve okay?"
Chin explained everything that had happened while she slept. "What do you want me to do Chin?"
"Once you and Mary are ready why don't you come up and stay with Steve. Danny and I need to transport Kaye to the jail and we'll interrogate Shelly while we're there"
"We'll be there soon"
The Doctors came and took Steve for a new Cat scan a short time later as the detectives sat nervously in the waiting room. Kono and MaryAnn arrived while they were waiting. They all exchanged hugs and kisses and then sat at the table and sipped coffee as they waited.
Doctor Peters entered the waiting room about half an hour later and took a seat at the table. "He's back in his room resting. We removed him from the respirator and if he stays stable we will move him to his own room this afternoon"
Danny spoke, "This is good Doc, right? This is good?"
"Yes, physically he is healing. The Cat scan though still looks the same, there are no changes. I'm not too alarmed by this. The brain heals slowly, so please be patient"
"So there's no additional damage from last night?"
"There's no noticeable additional damage. Just be there, talk to him constantly. Urge him on"
"We will Doctor, Thank you. Can we see him?"
"Yes, of course and I'll be up to see him around four o'clock and we'll see about moving him"
They all stood and shook the Doctors hand and then Kono and MaryAnn made their way to the ICU as Danny and Chin made their way back to room 308 and Jonathan Kaye.
The men entered Room 308 to find Jonathan Kaye propped in bed eating his breakfast. Danny spoke, "Enjoy your last decent meal Johnny, I've heard prison food is even worse"
Pushing the plate away the man simply grinned at the 5-0 detectives.
"Johnny, Johnny...should we wipe that smug smile off his face Chin and tell him?"
Chin then moved closer to the bedside, "It's over Kaye. Shelly's in custody and McGarrett is recovering. It's over...you failed"
"No, that's impossible. We had everything planned...you're lying to to me!"
Danny moved to the bedside and leaning over, he grabbed Jonathan by the front of his shirt and spoke in a hushed tone, "You failed. Our boy is safe and you had better listen to me and listen good. DON'T mess with us" Danny released his grip on Kaye's shirt and turned and left the room without speaking another word.
As Danny waited in the hallway, Chin stood guard as the medics prepared Kaye for the ambulance ride to the prison hospital.
Back in Steve's room, Kono and MaryAnn talked to the unconscious man continuing the attempts to wake him from the comatose state. Kono watched as MaryAnn pleaded with her big brother, the fear and despair evident in her voice. Kono shared that fear, seeing Steve McGarrett so still and unresponsive chilled her to the bone and she sent out a silent prayer as tears again filled her eyes.