Remember I use a lot of cussing in my stories. This one has plenty of it.
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Steve was staring, he couldn't help it, they had just finish showering together and well if he jerked his partner off in the shower who was to question it. Danny had helped him with his own fun in the shower. Both ignoring the perked ears and noses, trying very hard to not look like they were totally peeking around the shower door. Once finished with "cleaning" each other they stepped out and helped each other dry off, now they were attempting to get dressed. He watched as Danny put on his underwear, looking up when Steve growled at him, covering up his new favorite toy. The detective rolled his eyes and kept going. Pulling pants on quickly he then put socks and shoes on before grabbing his shirt. It was the shirt that was confusing to Steve, since his mate didn't put it on nearly as quickly as the rest of his clothes.
Danny looked at the other man, who had been staring at him the entire time he had been getting dressed. "Steve what are you doing?"
"Umm nothing?" He tried to look innocent and failed… again.
"Yeah right," Not believing him at all, still he knew what the other man needed. "Get over here Steve."
"Huh what? Do you need something?" He asked with nothing but concern in his voice.
"No but you do." Cocking his head to the side he tapped the bruise that was there. Steve didn't hesitate as he hurried over and began licking and sucking at it again. Humming in pleasure he wanted to bite down and really mark him but that would piss Danny off. Once he was assured that the mark held enough of his scent, he backed off pleased with his work. "Better?"
"God yes, thank you," Steve thrummed with pleasure at seeing his work.
"Good now could you please get dressed? I can feel the frustration of Dustin and A. J. as they try and get a handle on his senses." Slipping on a pair of fingerless gloves Danny waited for his absentminded partner.
"Shit I forgot about them." Steve hurriedly threw on some dark cargo's and whatever shirt he could find. Slipping his feet into some flip flops he looked up ready.
"Yeah I figured now lets go."
Both men quickly left their own room making their way to the other pair. With a quick knock on the door, they entered to see both men sitting up legs thrown over the sides of the beds, but not actually out of them. Andrew's raven gave a happy cheep, before launching off his shoulder to circle over Danny's head, before returning to her companion. The cat ignored them after a single glance, content to simply keep his head in his own companions lap and purr happily.
"Hey guys how's it going?" Danny asked.
"Shitty, Dustin is trying to help me control my senses but only my sight and hearing seems to be workable. Didn't you tell me I had 5 senses last night?" The other Seal was disgusted at himself for not learning to control himself better.
"You do, but right now only the two senses we worked on are available." Danny assured him even as he pulled a chair next to the new Sentinels bed.
Dustin looked up startled at that. "How is that possible? He should be going crazy at least via his sense of smell."
Danny shook his head as he explained. "Because I was wasted last night, and wasn't sure if or when you would wake up today Dustin. A. J. woke up yesterday in a hell of a lot of pain from all his senses, and needed help if he wasn't going to retreat into them." Andrew nodded his head at his Guide. "Steve and I were able to help him dial down his sight and hearing but then I couldn't do any more. So on the off chance he woke up again before you or I woke up, I locked his other senses down."
"YOU DID WHAT?" Shouted the new pair.
"I locked your senses down." Danny shrugged like it was no big deal. But Steve could feel how amused he was at his revelation to his ability. Little shit.
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT! IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!" Bellowed Dustin utterly shocked, it went against all he knew about Guide skills. Guides could talk Sentinels down in their senses. Tell them how to block out things, but they did NOT have the ability to block them themselves.
"Of course its possible. I've done it as you can see. And when I'm done with you, you'll know how to do it yourself."
"WHAT?" The men said again.
"Please for gods sake, stop shouting you idiots." Danny grumbled as he rubbed at his head. Sitting down in the lounge chair, he wasn't surprised when Steve perched on the chair back. "If it makes you feel better not every Guide can do it. Only Class A Guides can and it is a needed skill I sometimes wish others could do. Think of how many newly online Sentinels it might help, to have their senses blocked and opened slowly after what they have become, has been explained to them."
All three men thought about it and found that actually was a factor they hadn't thought of. Andrew cleared his throat as a question occurred to him. "Umm what if the block wasn't removed? Would they be stuck without their sense?"
Showing an understanding smile Danny answered. "Block can only last about a week. Then it fades out. It can be renewed but only after a day of being completely gone. So if something was to have happened to me A. J. the block would be gone in another 6 days and Dustin could help you like normal."
"Thank god." Dustin whispered "But you said I could do this? How I've never done anything like that. I didn't even think it was possible."
"It's not easy, I can show you how to do it. But I have a more important question for you three."
The others in the room gave him his attention, Steve placing his hand on the Jersey mans shoulder. "Go ahead Danny what you want?"
"I can show you Dustin how to block and unblock a Sentinels senses. Or I can teach all three of you how to properly shield." He could feel as all their attention perked up at the idea.
The tall red haired Seal looked at the others and while he would like to learn about his senses, he would honestly like to learn more on how to block out everyone.
Together all three came back with "Shields."
Danny smirked as he figured that would be the case. "Okay it will take some time to get the hang of it. But once you do, you will feel much better."
"Is it like how the Guild teaches how to build shields?" Dustin asked.
"Eventually it is similar, but the start of it is not. Steve, you and Dustin were taught to think of a wall blocking everything out correct?"
"Yeah and it really works." Dustin stated.
"It works to a point but it's not based on anything solid. Like in all things you want to stand the test of time, you need to have a good foundation to begin with. I'm going to show you how to build that foundation. Once you have it, its much harder for people to break into your shields."
Steve piped up. "I thought my shields were pretty solid. I've never had them go down on me that I know of."
"Steve that may have been true before you met me. But I do know in the last year I've known you with all the weird crazy shit that has happened to us. I've had to bolster your shields at least a couple dozen times. Mostly to keep you from zoning out."
"What? How? I don't remember you ever doing that."
With a seriously smug smile on his face he told him "I was careful. I couldn't let you know what I was at the time. It was a massive bitch."
Steven glared down at his mate "You're a sneaky bastard, you know that right?"
He made a dismissive sign with his hand. "Yes, yes I know but I'm your sneaky bastard, now stop interrupting me." He whacked him in the knee affectionately. "Now the way to build proper shields is to do something called grounding and centering. You need to find yourself, your center this is your true being and everything you are. People have many different facets, once you find your center those facets line up together. Once that is done you can ground yourself. We will get to grounding once you all find your centers."
For the next few hours he helped the men find their centers. The full Commander not surprisingly was the first to accomplish the task, Danny suspected it was cause he had never had any Guild training to begin with. Steve caught on next and Danny thought it was because he didn't like coming in second place in anything. It no doubt, pissed him off Andrew had learned the trick first. Last was Dustin but he didn't seem to mind, probably knew not to get in the way of two Alpha Male, Super Secret Ninja, Sentinel Navy Seals, that decided to have a pissing contest, to see who could find their Inner Peace first.
"Okay good job. Now who wants to take a break? We could really use some lunch before we work on the second half of this little exercise." So they ordered up lunch from the mess. Dustin and Danny both watched fondly as the two Commanders seemed to stare at each other for a moment, then the food, then each other again. Next moment they were shoveling food down their gullets like they hadn't seen food in years. It was gone in under three minutes. When done both men turned towards their Guides, and watched as they started in on their culinary delights from a Navy Hospital mess. Danny being a complete asshole took his time savoring the flavors of hospital foods finest before going back to work.
When finished he tucked his napkin away and turned back to the three that had been waiting for him. "All right the next part is grounding. This is where you take your center and plant it somewhere, making a type of connection to a ground. The most common one used is the Earth itself. Picture your center taking a stake or a pole or something and ramming it into the ground. Feel how much stronger you get once you do so?"
All the guys found grounding to be fairly easy once they got the knack of it. Steve and Andrew continuing the pissing contest were bragging about who was able to accomplish it first, then turning to Danny the teacher to support their assumptions. "Sorry guys it was Dustin who did it properly the first time." A. J. turned horribly betrayed blue eyes, to his Guide like he couldn't believe he would stab him in the back as he did. Dustin feeling properly contrite laughed in his face, causing his Sentinel to smile happily. Danny continued to sit back, projecting an aura of relaxation for the others, as he helped them with their issues.
Steve though was frowning, something was off with his mate but he wasn't sure what it was. There was a tightness about him, his eyes, the way he held his arms that was contradicting the pose he was trying to convey. He did a full scan and felt Danny shudder minutely against him. 'Danny what are you doing?'
Glancing at his mate out of the corner of his eye Danny replied back 'Umm I'm helping you three learn how to put shields up properly. What do you think I've been doing? Have you not been paying attention? Do I need to give you more instructions cause you were the last one to get grounding this time?'
It was the proper thing to say to distract him, at least for the time being. "Now last step is shielding and this hopefully will be easy for you, Steve and Dustin, you're used to shielding but didn't have a proper foundation. Think of it as building a wall around your center. You're laying bricks around your feet separating yourself from the others outside of yourself, but staying centered cause your grounded. Try it."
This time Steve was the first to get it much to his pleasure. He watched as Dustin accomplished the task though Andrew was having a bit of a hard time with it. It was due to never having to create shields before that was giving him such a hard time. That didn't mean Steve wasn't going to rib the guy a bit, if he wasn't distracted by the appearance of a 100 pound she-wolf bounding through the wall with a snarl on her face.
"Sasha what the hell girl?" He exclaimed. She ignored him in favor of growling at her companion in anger, head down, ears flat, eyes dangerous.
Danny held up his hands in surrender and that is when Steve finally noticed what was going on. His partner had worn a very thick long sleeved shirt when they had gotten dress. He hadn't made much about it cause why should he, it was cold in the hospital. He did remember Danny had replaced the bandage on his mark with a lotion to help soothe the burn. But the fingerless gloves should have given him a clue when he put them on. He only put them on when he was getting ready to do some seriously dangerous shit with Steve around. Now looking at his arm he could see it was glowing heavily through the bandage, gloves and shirt. Upping his senses he even smelled blood.
"DANNY WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!" He roared even as he reached for the shirt to rip it off and get to the bandage.
"Whoah Steve hold on…" Danny tried to placate his irate partner.
Still working to get to his arm, Steve wasn't putting up with it. "Like hell you asshole what are you doing?"
Eyes wide with innocence, he was much better pulling it off then Steve ever could, he tried to convince his irate Sentinel "Nothing Steven nothing to worry about honest."
"BULLSHIT! Tell me what you are doing right now or so help me god…" He was so pissed he wasn't getting answers.
Danny giving up his deception, suddenly sagged into his chair, the confident man replaced by the exhausted one. His eyes went from bright and clear to heavily dull and his skin was pale and waxy looking. "Fine Steven but honestly we had more to do."
"I don't give a shit! What the HELL were you DOING?" Standing over his disobedient Guide he snarled down at him. Hands on his hips and brooking no more stalling of the answers he wanted.
Andrew and Dustin were also giving him stern looks. They didn't know what he had been up to, but they were not happy he had hidden something from them. Not if it was affecting his well being.
"Daniel Jacob Henry Williams, WHAT. THE. FUCK. DID. YOU. DO?" Steve seethed in the man's face.
Giving up he finally answered eyes down cast at his Sentinels anger "While you all were working on your shielding skills. I was healing A. J. and Dustin from their wounds."
Stunned Silence met his words till the men exploded.
"How the fuck did you…"
"No way…"
"When did you…"
"I never felt anything."
The babbling was getting on his nerves now that his concentration was broken. He glared at Sasha for showing up the way she had. She glared back, not at all sorry she had exposed him. A heavy grip on his shoulder drew his attention to his partner. His eyes said it all, he was not happy with him.
"How did you hide it Danny? I thought these marks let me know everything about you."
Danny sighed even as his eyes started to droop. "They do babe. You can monitor me at all times if you want or need to. Same as what I can do with you. But it's a big hassle normally, so its easier to scan when you think something is going on. When you scanned me I simply stopped pushing healing on the guys. When you stopped your check on me I started healing them again."
"God damn it Danny! I need you to stop pushing yourself!" He was so enraged his own mark was starting to glow darkly.
"We don't have a choice Steven." He growled at the older man. "If we want to catch that bastard all of us need to be healthy, which means A. J. and Dustin have to be further along then they are. If I wasn't helping they would still be laying passed out in their beds. As it is they need at least a couple more days of healing with me." He barked back.
"How are you doing it Daniel?" Steve wasn't putting up with his Guides shit any more.
Giving up knowing he wouldn't win, not with Two Angry Sentinels and a just as angry Guide, glaring at him. "While you all have been doing the work of looking for your centers and grounds, I had to link to each of you to make sure you accomplished it properly. With A. J. and Dustin I simply fed them more energy, and directed it towards kicking their own healing abilities into overdrive."
Steve was so pissed off he couldn't speak. What was worse is that he understood exactly what Danny was getting at. But his Sentinel instincts which demanded he protect his Guide from all harm was livid. His Guide was causing himself harm to heal others and didn't tell him, it would not be allowed again. He glanced at the other Sentinel in the room and saw the same agreement there. His own senses demanding he protect Danny from harm just as strongly. Dustin just glared because he really liked the spit fire Guide and wasn't happy he was hurting himself for their sake.
Bending down so he was at eye level he hissed in the other mans face, "You will not be allowed to do this again without my permission! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" bellowing as he stood up straight again.
Danny raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. He wouldn't make that promise, he couldn't, not if someone needed his help in the future. But he could promise something else. "Listen Steve I can't promise that but what I can do is this. I promise that if I have the time and ability to ask I will. But if there is an emergency and time is of the essence I need to be able to act fast. Is that okay?"
"Fine but we are done now. You are going back to our room and sleeping."
"I'm okay Steve just a bit tired." Danny tried to reassure his very pissed off partner.
"This isn't a topic for debate Guide, you ARE going back to our room period." Looking up into his angry mates eyes he backed down and agreed. Picking his mate up in his arms he turned to the other two. "I'll be back in a few minutes. I have to get this idiot to bed."
"Sure take your time." Andrew replied in the same clipped pissed off tone.
Marching out of the room Steve returned to their own and place Danny down. "Strip down and get into bed. You have 2 minutes." Steve backed up a couple feet and watched as Danny stripped down to his boxers then crawled into the bed, loathe to piss his Sentinel off any more then he already had. Stepping forward he tucked the sheet up to his chin and looked down at him. Looking deep into his eyes while holding his bond mark in his hand he commanded him "Sleep mate." Danny was surprised as he felt his mate pulling him under. Last thought he had before he lost the battle was that he was proud and annoyed that Steve was finally learning to use the bond marks.
Returning to the other room Steve sat down in the chair vacated by his partner. Sasha was gone watching over her companion and Loki was with her as added protection. Sighing Steve looked at the other two men. "Guys we are going to need to watch him more closely. He is pulling shit left, right and center and endangering his own health."
"Don't worry Steve we'll keep a close eye that he doesn't over tax himself any more. Dustin can help me with the dialing thing tomorrow."
"Yeah it's my job to help him to begin with I'm looking forward to it."
Steven ran his left hand over his right feeling the different texture of the skin of the mark. It drew the other twos attention to it and got them thinking.
"Hey Steve?" Dustin called tentatively.
"Yeah?" He was still concentrating on his idiot mate.
"A. J. and I have both noticed the tattoo on your arm. I'm sure a lot of people have actually. But what is it? It does some really funky shit for either of you."
Sighing at the question he began to explain "Danny knew I was getting dangerously unhinged without a bond with him. He and the wolves came up with another way to do a bond, till we could get home for some quality time together." Holding up his arm "This is the result. It links me directly to him and him to me. We can feel each other, know what the other is doing, emotions and shit. It's helpful but Danny knows a hell of a lot more then I do."
The others in the room looked at each other similar thoughts swirling in their head. "Wonder if we can form that kind of bond?" The newer Sentinel asked quietly.
"According to what Danny was told no you can't. It's something only those that have wolves for spirit animals can form and only if they are a match. Like what we are."
Dustin frowned in disappointment. "Well, that sucks."
"Yeah I was hoping we could form something like what you have."
"Have you asked your critters? Sasha is the one that told us about it."
The other Commander raised an eyebrow before looking to the raven on his shoulder. She hadn't left his side for more then a few moments since she appeared. "What say you girl is that a bond Dustin and I could have?" The raven looked at him for a few minutes cocking her head this way and that before fluffing up her feathers and shaking them out. Shaking her head no she went to preen his hair. Dustin looked to his own cat and found it sound asleep, tail twitching ever so slowly.
"Oh well it was a nice thought." He shrugged his shoulders.
Steve nodded as he ran another scan through Danny's body. He had a feeling he would be doing that a lot more often, which come to think of it he should have been doing anyway. Danny could be very sneaky when he wanted to be and this was jut another example of it.
"Steve I know its hard, but relax we know what he has been up to, and we can keep an eye out for him," said the older Commander.
"We all will." Dustin chimed in. "even Kono and Chin."
That made Steve feel better, once Kono found out she will be all over him about it." Yeah anyway its been a long day, we never unlocked your other senses."
"We can do it tomorrow. Right now you need rest, we need rest and honestly I'm kinda liking the idea of learning how to control my senses a bit at a time."
"It is handy, less stress for a new Sentinel and honestly these shields he taught us to make. So much better, I can feel how much stronger they are." Dustin added.
"He did do a good one on that. I feel the same way with mine. Never knew how much background buzz I was dealing with till its gone."
"I've never had to shield before so I'll take your words for it." Standing he stretched his muscles. "Now time for bed. I'm sure it will be an interesting morning."
Steve stood up nodding in agreement. "See you tomorrow. Don't be surprised if you don't see Danny."
"We won't be." Large matching grins could be seen on both faces.
Walking out the door back to his room he thought about how to correct his wayward mate. He was doing to much, to fast and not allowing himself the time to heal. Looking at the tired man, he could see he needed more rest and decided if he needed more sleep he would get it. Steve wouldn't let him take any more chances with his life. Foregoing his own bed he made himself comfortable next to Danny, holding him tight. Closing his eyes he scanned his partner one more time before sinking into sleep.
505050
"Sir I have something for you."
"What is it?"
"I managed to get hold of a copy of Williams and McGarrett's medical records. Take a look."
Passing a folder over it was filled with charts and diagrams of the injuries received and how they were treated. But it was the pictures which drew the attention of Kevin Kern. Matching tattoo's on each right forearm but in different colors, a description of how they showed up after both men were found bleeding to death. Lastly how later they were described as a form of bond mark. Now he knew about bond marks, but those were always on the neck and always after having sex for the first time, for the strongest pairs. This was something different, something new and he needed to find out more information. He needed both men now instead of the Guide alone.
"I want both of them."
"Yes Sir."
"Find a way to get them."
"Won't be easy while they are on the Navy base."
"No find another way. Some sort of leverage to get them out."
"According to records, William's has a daughter."
With a fiendish smile spreading on his face he said. "Perfect."
Now the fun is about to begin again lol. Hope you enjoy and leave me a review if your enjoying it.