Reply to Guest: Guilty, it's on AO3 as well, got stuck in something, but I figure it out, so I may update AO3 soon.
Author Note: I mixed seasons 2-4, I have a bunny that cames in my sleep and I can't get it out of my head, so bear with me, and enjoy Danny's angst.
Disclaimer: These characters are not mine, but the plot is… Poor Danny though.
Kawika's men dealt with the wannabe criminals and saved Danny in record time.
"Follow us, it's time that you'll have some rest and food, brah." One of Kawika's men told him.
Danny headed toward his car and started the engine, thinking he may as accept their invitation.
He followed them until they got to the houses and parked his car.
"Come on haole, come meet Kawika, he is the leader of the Kapu."
"We already met when I was with 5-0." Danny told him and headed toward the car; he didn't want to see the cold stare that Kawika gave him back when they first met.
"Haole, what are you doing on my property?" Kawika called.
"We invited him."
Kawika looked at his men, not knowing what purpose they brought the haole for, so he waited for an explanation.
Danny thought he just wanted to get away, he knew that he didn't belong in the Kapu or wanted the hospitality of Kawika, he preferred to be alone and knew that he would be better on his own.
"What for?" Kawika asked and noticed the haole walked away toward the silver car, though he walked strangely like he was hiding something, or something had happened to him.
"He has great instincts and he stopped a robbery, plus we don't think he had anything to eat for a while now, he's looking quite pale to us."
"I agree," he nodded to his men and walked toward the haole, as he go near he called to him, "Hey, haole, wait."
Danny stopped and turned around, Kawika came closer to him, and then he noticed the blood, drying on him, "You are bleeding haole."
"My name is Danny Williams, stop calling me this name," Danny said and raised his hand toward his head, feeling dizzy, and then he added, "Funny, I don't feel anything."
Kawika raised his eyebrow for that and asked, "When was the last time that you ate anything?"
Danny tried to remember, but with no succeed, "I don't remember."
"Come along haole, the Kapu will take care of you."
Danny took a step, his vision blurring, and then he could hear voices and then nothing.
Kawika and his men carried the unconscious Danny into the house.
After removing his shirt, they noticed the wound, and while the wife of one of the men took care of the wound, he asked them, "How has that happened?"
"We thought that he was unharmed, or at least he managed to hide it."
"Let me know when he is up, and in the meanwhile, tell me know everything." With that Kawika left the room and headed to the other room, his men followed him while the ladies took care of the haole.
After they told him everything that happened, and the news that Danny Williams was no longer a cop with the Hawaii 5-0, Kawika didn't know what he should do with the ex-cop, the man seemed to have lost something, and he didn't seem to care about much except saving others with no regard for himself.
Kawika decided he drop by HPD HQ in the morning, perhaps he will be able to get some answers while the haole was being taken care of.
15 minutes later, one of the wives came in and let him know that the haole was awake.
"Danny, how are you?" Kawika asked.
"I've been better" Danny answered, with that he tried to stand but was pushed down, "I better go, I abused your hospitality enough as it is." Danny added.
"You are always welcome here, Danny" Kawika answered in return, "although if you feel you need to be somewhere else, I won't stop you, but you need some food and rest or you'll collapse again,"
"I'll think of that, after dinner." Danny said and laid back.
Soon some food brought to him, Danny stared at the food, and ate a little.
"Give him time," Kawika told his men and headed toward his room, and added, "Keep an eye on him in case he leaves, he needs someone to watch his back."
The next morning, Kawika took his jeep and headed toward the HQ, he needed to speak with this McGarrett guy, something was wrong.
Once he passed the glass doors and noticed McGarrett with another haole, he called, "McGarrett."
Steve left his office and headed toward Kawika, with Lou following him.
"Kawika, what are you doing here?"
"I came to check on something."
"What do you need?" Steve asked, his eyes glittering with joy.
"It's about your partner, or ex-partner." Kawika replied.
"Danny?" Lou asked and stepped forward, "Did you find Danny? How is he?"
Kawika looked at the black man, and asked, "And you are?"
"Oh, sorry, my name is Lou Grover, I'm McGarrett new partner." Lou replied.
Kawika nodded, and then he asked, "Is this true, Danny is not a cop anymore?"
"Yeah." Lou answered.
"Okay, that was really helpful, thank you for the help." With that Kawika headed outside, but stopped as Lou came after him and asked, "How is he doing?"
"He's been better," Kawika replied, and then he commented, "I thought McGarrett will care about Danny's condition. Well, looks can be deceiving, I'd better be going."
Later that day, Lou headed toward Danny's apartment, he needed to get his hands on the surveillance tape, and watch it closely, before heading to the governor.
He parked his car and headed toward Andy's apartment and knocked.
"You came."
"Of course, I came to take the tape and watch it and tomorrow I will show it to the governor." Lou told him; he was a man with the mission.
For Danny, the days become months and his life felt as if they were moving very fast. he tried to adjust to his new life, not the that he wanted, but the way they unfolded. Even though he found a home of sorts with the Kapu, he felt that he was a burden, just another plate and a chair to add to the table, he didn't want to be the odd guy there.
He showered at the beaches, and he was still trying to find a job on his own, although he was still paying his ex-wife, draining whatever was left from his bank account to do so. Danny slept at his car and stopped any criminals that caught his eye whenever he noticed them where he parked his car on the street.
Time passed fast for him, as he yearned to hear Grace voice, Danny found himself staring at the payphone, wanting to call, but drove to the next street instead, while thinking that Grace might ashamed of him and he was convinced she deserves better.
Six months passed by and he tried to hold himself from crying, he missed his child so much, his heart broke the day he lost everything, he had nothing left to lose.
Then he heard screams and shooting, he drove toward the noises.
He parked his car on the side of the Dillingham Blvd, and then looking at the scene Danny noticed there was a man wearing a black coat, holding a gun in one hand he was shooting at Kawika's men, and with the other he was holding some sort of device, shooting flames toward the stores.
It was his time to act, but before that, he caught Kawika's men looking at him and he shouted instructions at them telling them what to do, while he stared going toward the gunman.
"Hey Danny, wait." one of Kawika's men caught up to him, and gave him more ammo, while the others helped to evacuate the people and the store workers.
"Thank you, now go and back and keep everyone away, keep the HPD away as well, they won't be able to give much assistance here."
"We'll do that, just stay alive."
Danny walked toward the gunman, his eyes never leaving the flamethrower. Danny knew that he had to find a better angle to shoot this guy before he will be able to torch the whole area.
"This is for you Grace." With that Danny shot the gun out of the guy's hand, now all he had to deal with was the flamethrower.
At the same time at HQ, Duke called and all of 5-0 heard through the speaker.
"We have a situation, people called from Kalihi Palama, there's a lot of shooting and someone's setting fire to the stores. We are heading toward the scene right now; we'll keep you updated."
"Let's go," Steve said and then he added, "Gear up."
"I will drive my own car; I don't want to explain to my wife what happened to the last car that you drove," said Lou.
"Famous last words." Said Steve and grinned at him.
