Author's Note: A huge thank to donutsweeper for the quick beta work :). I had the idea for this fic after reading the prompt on
hawaii_5_0_100 reunite. But in the end it turned out to be longer than the maximum length of 500 words, so I'm not posting this story there. But I still want to thank them for the inspiration.

A big thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far. It's always great to read your replies, it's a great support :)

And a little note to Chealsey. I'd have answered her privately, but she doesn't have an account. So: I have nothing against Danny, I like him very much. I also like hurting him. I know I'm strange, but thanks to fanfics, I have found out that I'm not the only one who enjoys a good whump story. And also: I have only killed him once, if you would have read my author's note at the beginning than you would have realized that these stories all belong to one AU-arc that I've written. Hope you still enjoy this story.

Look After You

Danny lifted his heavy head slowly, felt blood filling his mouth. After running his tongue over his teeth to make sure that they were still in place he spit out the collected blood. A surge of accomplishment flooded through him when he realized that he had managed to hit the shiny, black shoes of his capturer.

He flashed a bloody grin at the man, even though he knew that he was going to be punched again for this. But damn, Steve was rubbing off on him. And Danny never had been one to stay silent even in the most desperate situations. Talking had always been his way of coping. Apparently, he could add pissing off his captors into that category too.

His head was viciously thrown backwards and he heard and felt his cheekbone crunch as the blow connected solidly with his face. Danny was pretty sure that he would have been sprawled all over the ground by now, if he wasn't tied to the chair. And wasn't that a stupid cliché, tied to a chair in a abandoned warehouse. The mocking of said cliché had knocked him out the second time.

Blinking away the dark spots that swam across his vision, Danny really hoped that he wouldn't pass out a third time.

"You know," the blonde detective started, his voice sounding wet and strained even to his own ears. "Beating me until I pass out is not going to get you the information any faster."

"I found you Williams. So I'm pretty sure that I can find that rat Spencer too," the man, Ealy, spat.

Danny grimaced. He had arrested Paul Ealy five years ago. Ealy had been a notorious thief, but after he had killed a security guard his former partner, Thomas Spencer, had sold him out.

Somehow Ealy had managed to escape from prison and had tracked him down. This morning, not even six hours ago, Ealy had ambushed Danny as he'd stepped out his apartment. Danny had woken up tied to the stupid chair.

Somewhere out there Steve, Chin and Kono must be searching for him and hopefully would find him soon, because he didn't know how long he could hold on, how long Ealy would leave him alive. Because no matter what he pretended, Danny had no idea where Spencer was. And even if he did know, he would never tell Ealy.

A hard jab to his ribs brought him out of his memories and back into the real world. Fire-like pain burned through his side as already broken ribs shifted with the blow.

Danny wheezed with the pain and squeezed his eyes shut. His rescue could really arrive right now. Taking a few more deep breaths, Danny fought the pain down and opened his eyes.

His heart skipped a beat when he saw movement in the back of the warehouse. Seconds later he recognized Steve's tan cargo pants. It took some effort to hide his reaction, but he did not want to give his team's position away. So Danny forced his eyes back to Ealy and proceeded to distract him.

"I would've arrested your ass back in Jersey even without Spencer's testimony. I have never before seen so many fingerprints in one scene. Have you never heard anything about gloves?" Danny started, but his rant was cut off by a left hook that snapped his head around. Not that he was going to be stopped by that. "I bet they find just as many outside my apartment, and double the amount in this nice little warehouse. Not that we'd need them, you know, with my testimony. Even my partner would be able to convict you. And let me tell you, the guy is not somebody who exactly follows the chain of evidence."

"I can follow the chain of evidence, but that is usually the boring way. Especially when there are so many more interesting things you can do with a chain." Steve's voice echoed though the warehouse shortly before the Commander appeared, gun held tightly in his hands and face painfully neutral. "Danny, you okay?"

"Yeah, Kono's loved taps are way worse."

"You says the nicest things." Kono said, stepping into sight from McGarrett's right.

Ealy's head whipped around between the two newcomers, unsure of just what was happening. His hand twitched toward his back, where he had hidden a gun in the waistband of his jeans.

"I wouldn't do that." Chin's voice stopped Ealy's movements immediately, while the man's eyes followed the shotgun as it slowly came closer.

"By the way Danny, we do actually have backup waiting outside."

Despite the pain in his chest, Danny snorted in amusement. "Good to know that you actually managed to follow procedure. And didn't just beat someone with the chain of evidence."

Steve lowered his gun and watched with one eye Chin and Kono as the cuffed Ealy while the rest of his attention was focused on his partner and getting him free.

"It's kind of nice to know that for once it was not one of my enemies that kidnapped you."

Danny gingerly turned his sore wrists and flexed his fingers as the feeling slowly returned to them "Hey, you were the one that said that enemies make life interesting."

Steve smirked and held out his hand to help his partner up.

After several hours of sitting still, Danny's legs were weak and buckled with the first steps he took. Steve's arm held him upright as he led Danny out.

"Yeah, but I meant my enemies. Your life is plenty interesting, even without enemies."

Danny squinted against the early afternoon sun, saw Chin and Kono waiting beside the open doors of the ambulance and smiled. "True. I've got you to keep me entertained."

The End