Hey again, I know its been such a long time since I uploaded last I am sincerely sorry but my laptop got a stupid virus and had to be sent away for almost a week, I know excuses excuses but hopefully ye can forgive me and hopefully none of my faithful readers have lost interest and hopefully I can still get those amazing reviews ;)

Chapter 20

"...Steve I think its time you go back to your room, get some rest.." stood next to Steve and carefully put his hand on Steve's muscular shoulder. Steve was almost in a daze, he almost never heard his doctor usher him back to his room until he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"...I'm not going until i see Danny awake!" Steve said determination evident in his voice

"...Steve, Danny's Anesthesiologist informed me that he may not wake up until the morning, he said he woke up earlier this morning but now they have increased the amount of sedative he is getting to give his body time to recover.." Steve's doctor said sadly.

Steve sighed deeply, he nearly had to bite back the tears as he felt helpless looking at his best friend and partner lying in the hospital bed before him, they are partners they are supposed to protect each other and yet here he was string at Danny fighting for his life in a hospital bed and unfortunately it wasn't the first time this week . Steve felt awful, partly because his own injuries were now catching up with him. He felt tired and weak and he knew he had to get back to his own bed to get some rest, he needed it.

"..Danny, it's Steve ...I'm gonna go back to my room ... but don't you worry okay I'm going to be back and when you wake up, when your eyes open I am the first person you are going to see." Steve laughed sadly "...I know you will probably be sarcastic saying oh I am not the first person you want to see waking up after being shot and everything...but you were there for me so I am going to do everything in my power to be there for you!" Steve sighed once more "...I guess you don't have much of a choice...oh and Danny don't you worry okay I'm going to take care of Grace, she is going to be fine I just know it! She is related to you after all!" Steve joked a bright smile on his face, a welcome change from the last couple of days.

That is when slowly wheeled Steve out of the room, Steve's eyes never left the sight of Danny lying in that bed, Steve had a feeling that that image alone would stick with him for a significant time to come. They will have to get through this together, they were ohana.

Steve was wheeled back into his room and settled him back into his hospital bed, lowering the bed slightly so Steve could comfortably get some sleep, he re-applied the oxygen mask and re-attached the IV line trailing out of his arm and sure enough his faithful friends Kono and Chin were once again by his side to support and comfort him both physically and emotionally.

"How'r you feeling Steve?" Kono asked as Steve shifted on the bed slightly making himself more comfortable

It took a while for Steve to reply, Kono began to think he just completely ignored her question and was nearly suprised when she heard a reply from her boss.
"...Well, that took it 'outta me for sure" Steve replied. Chin and Kono could see that Steve was tired, they could see Steve's eyes beginning to droop and the clear dark circles around his eyes were clear indicators that this man needed some beauty sleep.

Chin gave Kono a nudge hoping Steve wouldn't see, Kono knew straight away what Chin meant. It was her queue to leave and let Steve sleep.
"Hey Steve, me and Chin are going to go and let you get some sleep okay?" Kono said more of a statement then a question

"...I won't be able to sleep with so much ...stuff on my mind" Steve hesitated even though he knew himself he was tired and needed to rest. The last thing anybody needed at this moment in time was Steve relapsing once again because of sleep deprivation!

"-No Steve, C'mon man you need to sleep. We promise to wake you if we hear any news from Danny okay?" Chin insisted, Steve couldn't get his own way all the time.

In the next 15 minutes or so, Steve wasn't exactly counting he found himself drifting off into a nightmare.

Grace made it out of surgery, thankfully alive. She went into surgery at 11 o'clock the night before and made it out of surgery at just before 2 o'clock in the morning. It was successful, Grace's team of surgeons who worked so hard to save her life were just looking foward in finishing up, going home to their families and going straight for the bed. Right after they took care of their young patient that is.

They took Grace back to the ICU in the children's ward where sadly countless other children were also fighting for their lives, it was heartbreaking walking through the ICU in the children's ward. All you could see is vulnerable children and their distraught parents or guardians sitting next to them, holding their hands relying on the last thing they had at the
moment; hope. Sadly this was also the situation for little Grace as she was wheeled down to her room, but this time Grace's doctor knew it was different, this time Grace wouldn't have any parent or guardian sitting next to her whispering softly in her ears, reassuring her everything was going to be okay. Of course she will in time once her parents recover themselves but for the very first time, probably the time Grace would need her parents the most, they weren't there.
The sad thing was her parents were also nearly fighting for their lives just to see her!

After a check up from Grace's Anesthesiologist- Dr. Carey, they were happy with Grace's condition and downgraded her condition from "Critical" to "Stable". It may take time but Grace will make a full recovery.

Time to go tell the parents...

When Danny woke again it was dark once more, one full day has passed and Danny didn't wake until now. Once his vision cleared he could make out the familiar figure of Kono and Chin standing next to his bed, but then he felt someone gently squeeze his hand from the other side of the bed, why couldn't they just stay at the same side of the God damned bed! He didn't even have the energy to twist his neck in the other direction! He forced himself to do so and he slowly made out the figure of his ex-wife sitting next to him, she had a hospital gown on which slightly worried Danny.

Then the flashback came; "HPD! DROP YOU WEAPON! ..." Wo Fat's evil smirk came into Danny's head "...First you, then the two of them!" Wo Fat said as those words echoed through Danny's brain, the gun pointing at Rachel...BANG! ...The gun pointing at Grace...BANG! Everything going red, seeing Grace's body go completely still... then nothing.

When he came back to the normal world, the living nightmare, he could see two Doctors surrounding his bed, calling out his name frantically, almost in a panicked tone. Danny could vaguely see Rachel being comforted by Kono, she was sobbing softly. Danny's breathing rate settled and he began to calm down and eventually the doctor's were happy and they left the room.

"G..raaaccee?" Danny asked frantically

Rachel gave Danny's hand a reassuring squeeze as she wiped away the last wandering tears from her brown eyes.

"...She made it through Danny...she made it through!" Rachel said as she almost collapsed into Danny arms, tears flowing as Danny stroked her hair fighting back the tears.

"Shee 'gonnaa beee ohkaayy?" Danny asked concerned

"Doc's are optimistic...she is stable...They won't allow me to see her until later..." Rachel said wiping her eyes

"M'Comin with you!" Danny said

Rachel only laughed sadly "...Of course y'are!" Rachel said taking out her hankee and wiping her nose with it.

"...y'kay?" Danny said looking at Rachel, inspecting her for any injuries.

"M'fine Danny don't worry about me!" Rachel said waving off Danny's question

"S'gonnaa be 'k!" Danny said trying to reassure himself and Rachel as Rachel rested her head on Danny's chest. Rachel almost felt relaxed just listening to the strong beat of Danny's heart!

Rachel, Kono, Chin and Danny were all asleep when Danny heard a thump coming from outside the door. Danny was confused but then Steve rounded the corner trying to wheel himself down to Danny's room, Danny wasn't one bit suprised.
Eventually Steve made it into Danny's room, everybody else must have been exhausted as they missed Steve's attempt to knock down the hospital.

"...Danny! How'r y'feeling?" Steve asked panting from his exertion

"What are you doing Steve!?" Danny asked in a narky tone

"I needed ..to see how you were doing.." Steve admitted

"Are you crazy?! y'are in no state to be 'outta bed by yourself!" Danny said

"Sorry okay...just how'r you feeling?" Steve tried one more time

"m'fine ...I just need to see Grace!...I swear if...she doesn't make it..-" Danny's voice got caught in his throat

"-Hey she is going to make it alright? I just know it..." Steve said

"She is everything to me Steve without her i'm nothing ...I have nothing ..to live for ..i need her!" Danny said venting his feelings to the only real person that would truly listen to him, of course Chin and Kono would too but Danny felt a special bond with Steve, felt like he could tell him anything.

"Danny, she is going to be okay, she is going to pull through this, I know she is strong and I know she will make it, you have to think positive!" Steve said laying a hand on his shoulder

"...How'r you?" Danny asked looking at Steve well, lets just he didn't look like America's Next Top Model or anything.

"M'fine brah, don't worry bout me!" Steve said but Danny knew it wasn't sincere

"You should be in bed where you belong, you animal!" Danny said trying to get back to the way he was before but he never let go of the thought of Grace just lingering in the front of his mind, right now she was no.1 priority!

"M'sick of sleeping!" Steve said a slight smile on his face

"Well sleep some more by the looks of things you need it!" Danny said

Steve only let out a small laugh in reply "..Your not looking the hottest either buddy!" Steve said

Danny didn't laugh, didn't smile, it looked like he was in deep thought "Jano it was 2 weeks today..." Danny said and Steve knew what he was talking about

Steve just looked at the ground sadly as he listened to Danny "..TWO WEEKS! How things can change in 2 weeks!" Danny said "I mean this time 3 weeks ago me and Grace were probably having fun in the beach, swimming and building sandcastles! WE will probably never have that again! Everything is ruined Steve...everything! ..We were soo happy!" Danny finished his sentence with a few tears rolling down his face

Steve patted his shoulder "Hey..your going to have that again 'coz when we all get better, we are going to go away somewhere I don't know, all of us and we are going to spend a week somewhere and we are going to swim, build sandcastles, watch the sunset go down every evening a so much more! I promise you Da- hey look at me.." Danny looked straight into Steve's eyes "I promise you, it is going to happen again!"

Danny nodded, just then a doctor and a nurse came rushing into the room

"Commander McGarrett we have been looking all over for you!" The nurse said, came rushing in shortly afterwards

"Thats it Steve, bedrest for you for the rest of the week!" Dr. Kevin said as he began to turn Steve around

"-You'll never change huh," Danny joked

Before Steve was rolled out of the room and out of sight he had one last thing to do

"Wait!" Steve was wheeled back up beside Danny and Steve grabbed something from behind his back

"Give this to Grace, she gave it to me in my time of need, she needs it more then i do right now...I beleive she got me through my ordeal, now its my turn!" Steve said handing Danny the stuffed Teddy Bear of a super SEAL that Grace got in the gift shop to help in Steve's recovery.

A single tear dropped down Danny's face as Steve was rolled out of the room he made eye contact with Danny and said "She was my lifesaver!" as he was rolled down the corridor and out of sight Danny whispered

"Thanks Super SEAL!" as he cuddled the teddy until he fell asleep once more, this time thankfully it was a nightmare free sleep!

Haha sorry had to bring the damned teddy into it again, i think it is a nice gesture let me know what ye think of this chapter and promise i won't let ye wait as long as i did the last time for chapter 21! Thanks!