A/N: Sorry this took so long and I know it's not a lot but I have been super busy! I hope this will appease you until the next chapter, which I promise will be longer.
It had been three days since the Governor's abduction and was recuperating in her own private hospital room with round the clock care and two body guards stationed outside her door. Steve was also pleased to note that he hadn't seen Dana during that time and was hopeful that her absence would continue.
Steve had been called into the Governor's room on the order to keep the meeting to himself. The request was not uncalled of but it was still unusual but he didn't question her and arrived at the hospital at the time she had requested.
As he approached the door the two security guards stepped in front of the door.
"We're going to have to see you identification and make sure you don't have any potential weapons on you" the one on the right ordered.
Nodding in consent, he spread his legs and held his arms out scarecrow style as the other guard walked around him and patted him down,
"My badge is on my right hip and my ID in my wallet in my left back pocket" Steve told the searching guard, keeping a calm, steady eye contact with the guard still in front of the door.
The guard searching him found and unclipped the badge then located the wallet and stood up, nodding to the other guard that he was clear of any weapons. Steve put his hands down and straightened his body out as the guard showed his ID and badge to the other guard.
Taking the items the guard inspected them then handed them back to Steve who clipped his badge back on and re-pocketed his wallet.
"Sorry McGarrett, had to be sure the Governor insisted that we personally check every ID and person before coming into the room, even if we know they're safe" the first guard explained.
"Understandable, she's been through a lot. Keep up the routine but knock twice on the door if anyone besides a nurse tries to enter while I'm in there" he ordered.
The guards nodded and stepped aside so that Steve could enter.
Entering the room he was met by the sound of a television and the soft chuckle of the Governor from her bed.
"I used to watch this movie with my mom when I was sick as a little girl, Costello and Abbott were the funniest duo I had ever watched and they also put a smile on my face" she suddenly said, continuing to watch as the mummy chased Costello and Abbott around the throne room.
He closed the door behind him and approached the bed, glancing at the screen for himself.
"I'm glad you seem to be feeling a little better, quite the routine your two guards are pulling" he commented, finally looking down at her.
Her face and neck were a little bruised, butterfly bandage on her right eyebrow and her skin was still a little pale.
"You know it takes more than a few well placed swings to put me down, and besides I still have a few more people to piss off" she replied, her reply causing Steve to chuckle and she joined in as well.
After the laughter the room quieted down and she picked up the remote and muted the television.
"That woman who attacked me she wasn't who she appeared to be. I know it sounds crazy but one minute she's my assistant the next she's that crazy bitch! She didn't even have a gun with her but suddenly I'm flying and my back hits the wall and a torrent of punches are landing all over my body. It was while she punching me that I looked up and I saw her eyes...they were pitch black! I don't know how but somehow I managed to get her off of me and I jumped to my feet and my hands led themselves to my bible. I opened the book up but she knocked it out of my hand...I must have blacked out or something because next thing I know I'm strapped down to a chair with that...that ungodly thing!" by this point she was shouting and her heart rate was picking up.
Steve grasped her hand and rubbed in soothing circles, watching the door as it opened and the two guards came in, guns drawn.
"It's okay, she just got a little excited" Steve said, continuing to grasp the Governor's hand.
The guards looked to the Governor for confirmation, "it's all right gentlemen, I was giving my statement to Steven here and my emotions got the better of me. Please, leave us and go back to you posts" she spoke, waving them away.
Putting their weapons away the guards took one last look at the Governor before leaving.
"It's all right if you think I'm a few screws short, I would have sent for my guards to drag the person away from me if they told me what I just told you but I swear to you Steven, I wasn't confused, I wasn't imagining things I know what I saw and if you think I'm crazy so be it! But if you try sending me to the fun house I will deny everything" she stated, looking directly into his eyes to convey how serious she was.
Steve would have been panicked had it not been for the fact that there were no cameras in the Governor's office and the governor wouldn't risk her political career to pursue looking into a shape shifting, ungodly creature. But she could investigate on her own and he couldn't have her looking into this because as soon as the elders catch word that she's investigating they will take her out.
Releasing her hand Steve walked around her bed to the heart rate machine and turned it off.
"I'm sorry about what happened to you and I'm sincerely sorry for what I'm about to do" his back was turned to her as he spoke, his right hand began to glow a dark ember.
"Steve what are you talking about?' Jameson was starting to panic and she quietly tried to reach for the call button but Steve somehow knew what she was up to and in a flash was by her side, ripping the call button out of reach.
She opened her mouth to scream but he clamped his hand down over her mouth and squeezed so that she couldn't bite him. Her eyes were wide in fright and tears were pooling her eyes.
"Know that I'm only doing this to protect you. The woman that did this to you is part of a...society that you do not want to irritate because they will kill you and anyone that they believe you may have, meaning anyone close to you is dead. I'm sorry Governor, I really am" he hated himself for what he was about to do.
Lifting his hand he brought the glow close to her head, she started to struggle but Steve straddled her and kept her in place.
"If I were you I would keep still! One wrong move and I could mess something up that is vital to who you are and we both don't want that. All I'm going to do is take the memory of what happened to you away" placing his hand on her temple he closed his eyes and started to make a connection with her.
When the connection was made a bright light invaded his senses and he gasped. He was being pulled through a dark tunnel, seeming to never end until he finally reached the end and was in the Governor's memories.
Flashes of memories from when she was a little girl to moments of her all grown up and spending time with her family, laughing and happy conversations echoed in and around his head but the memory he was looking for was not located in the happiness, he needed to go deeper.
Walking forward he swiped the flashing images away and kept his sights on the blackened part of the memories.
Stepping across the boundary line he was encased in memories with screaming, shouting and yelling. All of the images had the one thing in common, the one thing he was looking for, fear, hate and all the other emotions that made up a bad memory.
"Show me the kidnapping Pat" he whispered, looking around at all the memories clashing around in her head.
Slowly an image started to flicker before him, apparently she was listening to him because he could see that it was the memory he was looking for.
"That's it, just keep concentrating" stepping forward he reached out for the image and when he physically touched the memory a volt went through his body. He could feel and watch as the memory dissolved into his hand and traveled through his body up to his own mind. This sensation continued until finally the memory of the kidnapping, Dana, and the sight of Dana with her true colors were gone.
Dropping his hand he stumbled back, still clinging to the connection he had made with her. There was still one more memory he needed to take.
Stepping deeper into her memories he scanned the walls of memories until he found the one that was of his own creating.
He watched himself as he walked around her bed, turned off the machine and began to speak. He could see the confusion and fright on the Governor's face as he whipped around and snatched the call button out of reach, he had to look away when he saw what she pictured him as when he straddled her and showed her his glowing hand, along with his intentions. She saw him as a monster, much like she pictured Dana.
"I'm sorry" reaching out he physically connected with the memory and went through the process again only this time, when he had completely absorbed the memory he wasn't able to hold on to the connection and was violently shoved out of her memories.
His eyes snapped open and he fell off of the bed, his lungs feeling like they were being squeezed and his body going into uncontrollable spasms. He could feel blood seeping from his nose and the pain from the constant knocking against the floor.
The guards burst into the room, their guns once again drawn, waving in all directions and when they spotted Steve thrashing around on the floor one of them went to tend to Steve while the other ran out of the room and called for a doctor.
Steve's mind slowly began to shut down, his vision blackening as he saw the feet of several people entering the room and rushing towards him. When a fuzzy outline of a man entered his peripheral vision his vision went black.
A/N: I hoped you enjoyed it, please review!
