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Danny was at his desk at the office, going through the paperwork that Steve had been putting off for weeks now when his phone went off. Picking the mobile up he saw that it was Steve.
"Steve, where the hell have you been? I've been sitting in my office doing the paperwork that you should have done weeks ago and-" he was cut off in mid rant when a female voice cut him off.
"This is Nurse Gomez at Kuakini Medical Center I'm afraid that while your friend was visiting he suffered a severe seizure" she began, watching from the hall as the doctors put Steve in a post seizure position and made sure to stay with him until he gained consciousness. Which they were not sure would happen soon considering the hit to the head he had taken. One of the doctors was talking to the guards and the Governor, asking them to describe what they saw.
Standing up from his desk he stormed out of his office and hurried to his car, not giving Kono a second glance.
"How is he, is he going to be okay?" his heart was hammering and his throat was clenched as he contemplated Steve not being okay and he knew that if he didn't see his smiling face or hear his beautiful laugh he didn't know what he would do with himself.
He was all ready to his car by the time the nurse spoke again.
"He's stabilized now and the doctor's believe he'll make a full recovery but they're concerned about the head injury he obtained during the attack" she relayed.
It had now been three minutes since the attack and she could see that the doctors were getting ready to have him moved to a room.
Danny froze, "I thought you said he was going to make a full recovery now you're telling me that there's a possibility that he won't?" he growled, annoyed that this nurse wasn't giving him the facts.
Nurse Gomez was really starting to regret volunteering to make the call. She did not do well with people yelling at her, but she was going to have to suck it up because this wasn't going to be the first person that yelled at her.
"What I meant to say was that they're hopeful he'll make a full recovery" she winced, even she knew how bad that sounded, she was making the situation even worse.
Getting inside his car he violently slammed his door shut and turned the ignition on.
"Okay you know what Nurse Gomez I'm going to come down there myself and speak to the doctor or doctors that are treating him and you'll know who I am when you see me ranting up a storm in there!" abruptly ending the call he put his car into reverse and whipped out of his spot then put the car into drive and sped out of the 5-0 parking lot.
The nurse was stunned speechless as she lowered the phone.
Her friend Cindy was walking towards her, doing her rounds when she noticed her standing there looking like someone had just flashed her.
"Adrian?" she slowly approached her, coming to a stop when she was standing before her.
Adrian blinked her eyes a few times, snapping out of her stunned state and looked at her friend, who had a deeply concerned look on her face.
"Sorry, were you saying something?" she asked, still a little out of it, she had no clue why that call was affecting her so badly. Sure she was still new here but she had dealt with angry people on the phone before in her personal life but she had never felt like this after one of those calls, she usually felt anger.
"Are you okay? You look like Jerry in room 218 tried flashing you his old man peaches again" she commented, trying to get some levity out of the situation.
Adrian laughed and playfully punched her shoulder, "thankfully nothing like that has happened since my earlier rounds. I just got off the phone with that guy's emergency contact and just had the biggest phone blowout I have had for a while" she replied, staring down at the phone that was now lying on the counter.
"Eeh, I hate making those calls, especially to the spouses. I have trouble getting the words out of my mouth whenever I hear them pick up, when they're expecting their significant others to answer back it makes me want to hang up and let them have a few more minutes of happiness before finding out that their loved ones been hurt. It's one of the worst parts of this line of work" Cindy seemed to have this faraway look in her eyes, probably thinking back to all the calls she had had to make over her ten years as a nurse.
"How do you know it was this guy's significant other that picked up because when he picked up he was going on about some paperwork that our guy hadn't done yet, they sounded like they work together" she questioned, looking back to the room as the doctor's wheeled the patient out of the room.
Cindy watched as the man was rolled away and she was not ashamed to admit to herself that he was pretty damn good looking, too bad he was most likely taken.
"Here, let me see the phone" she requested, holding her hand out.
Giving her friend a quizzical look she handed the phone over and watched as she started scrolling through contacts.
"What's the EC's name?" she asked, finger hovering over the screen.
"Daniel Williams" she answered, eager to see what her friend was going to do.
Scrolling through the contacts she stopped when she saw the contact name Danno, she presumed that was a nickname for Daniel Williams.
She then went to caller history and saw that their patient had made over thirty calls to Danny in the last 24 hours and when she dug deeper she found some very revealing pictures, some that looked to have been taken without the subject's knowledge.
"Oh yeah, these two definitely have something going on, whether they know it or not because history and pictures never lie" she showed Adrian the picture she had stopped at. It was a picture of a Caucasian blond man with their patient who was quite a few inches shorter than the man that was in their care. Their patient's arm was casually slung around the blonde's neck and the blond had his arms crossed in front of him, but you could see that his elbow was keeping contact with the other man's abdomen. They were standing on a beach, the sun setting behind them and they both had bright, cheerful grins on their faces.
"Now tell me that does not look like the cliché picture of a romantic couple" she dared, watching her friend's expression.
Adrian looked at the picture and had to agree with her friend, while it was certainly true that two guys could take a picture together in such a pose and in such a way, just friends normally didn't have a look of absolute bliss on their faces.
"They look cute together" she stated, reaching out for the phone but Cindy held it away from her.
"Cute? Girl these two are fucking hot! If these two were to go on a full on fuck fest you know I would have front row seats because if I saw that it would be like seeing Jesus rise again!" her voice had reached a very high octave and people in their area were giving them funny looks. Thankfully there weren't any children around.
Adrian finally managed to snatch the phone out of her grasp and close the picture.
"Would you keep your voice down! You know there are some elderly people here who are faint of heart" she whispered, smiling at an elderly woman who was being wheeled to her room.
"If you thought that was loud go down to delivery room 10, now that woman has some pipes on her and a very, very colorful vocabulary" Cindy retorted.
"She's in labor what do you expect her to do? Sing hymns?" Adrian put the cell phone in a bag and marked it with the patient's name.
Both looked to the left when the sound of shouting could be heard from the waiting room.
Adrian immediately recognized that voice.
Grabbing Cindy's hand she pulled her to the waiting room and froze when she saw the other man that they had just been talking about.
"Damn! He looks even better in person" Cindy purred, looking him up and down like a piece of meat.
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"What do you mean I can't see him? You guys called me and told me that my partner had a seizure, I drive all the way down here freaking out of my fucking mind that I may never see him again and your telling me that only family is allowed back there? Listen up lady Steve's only family is in California and if you read his file you'll know that I'm his Emergency Contact and that should at least give me some visitation rights!" he ranted, his arms waving around in his characteristic way.
The nurse was unfazed, she had been working here for over thirty years now and this was not the first person to get in her face and shout up a storm and she was not about to break her streak now.
"I'm sorry sir but Mr. McGarrett is currently being looked over by a team of doctors and is no condition for visitors, now you can either wait here and I'll tell you when he's ready for visitors or you can leave your information and I'll contact you" she said, a stony expression on her face.
Danny was about to go into another rant when he was stopped by the interruption of a young nurse, trailing behind her another nurse who was looking at him in a way that made him a little uncomfortable.
"Daniel Williams?" she questioned, stopping in front of him.
"Yes? And how do we know each other?" he asked, turning away from the aggravating nurse and to the new two comers.
"Oh um I'm the one who called you..." she trailed off, unable to meet his gaze.
Of course, now he recognized that voice, he couldn't say that he felt all too guilty about what he had said to her but he did feel a little considering she didn't look to be any older than 22.
"Nurse...Gomez was it? Listen I know that I'm not your most favorite person in the world after the yelling that you to listen to but I really, really need to see my partner and I won't be able to think straight or sleep until I see Steve" he watched as she looked to the older nurse, the one he had just finished ranting at, seemingly for guidance.
He stepped into her line of sight.
"Please, I am begging you this man...he infuriates me so much! But...God! I can't help but love that blood boiling, insane, Ex-Seal and next to my daughter is one of the most important people in my life and I can't lose him so please, at least let me see him for a few minutes and then I'll wait for actual visitation times" he pleaded, baring his soul to a complete stranger.
She stood there, stunned, almost as stunned as the phone call but this time a small smile graced her features, giving Danny hope that she would permit him visitation.
"I'm sure the doctors wouldn't mind if you dropped by and besides after a seizure like his it's usually a good idea for the person to be with people or a person that they know when they wake up" she replied, feeling a spark of happiness for the grateful smile that lit up the Danny's face.
"Thank you, thank you so much!" he was so happy that almost hugged the girl but he restrained himself, not wanting to freak the nurse out by his sudden embrace.
The nurse standing behind Danny shook her head, a clear look of disapproval clouding her usual sour features.
"Just wait out here for a few minutes and I'll check if it's okay with the doctors" turning she walked through the doors to the room where Steve was now resting.
Reaching the room she watched as a doctor checked over Steve's vitals and his brain activity.
"Dr. Meleka?" the doctor turned at the sound of her name and was surprised to see one of the hospital's newest nurses standing in the doorway.
Giving the two nurses in the room an assignment she stepped aside as the nurses exited then walked further into the room.
"What is it Adrian? Did you manage to get a hold of Mr. McGarrett's EC?" she asked, walking around the bed and towards the nurse.
"Yes, actually and he's in the waiting room demanding to see him and I sort of told him that I would check with you to make sure that it was okay. I know it's not visiting time right now but-" the doctor held up her hand, silencing her.
"Adrian, it's quite all right in fact I would prefer it if he came back here, when Steve wakes up he'll possibly be a little disoriented and its always a good idea to have someone the person knows in close proximity. You say he's in the waiting room?" receiving a nod Dr. Melek walked around Adrian and headed for the waiting room to meet the man.
Pushing open the door she looked around the room until she spotted a blond man, pacing the room while Nurse Watts was watching him from afar. She made a plausible assumption that this was the man she was looking for.
"Mr. Williams?" at this the man stopped his pacing and turned to face the doctor.
She could see that his eyes were red, probably from trying to keep the tears at bay, and he his body was practically vibrating with anxiety.
"Yes, how is he? Is he going to be okay?" his voice was filled with worry and she couldn't bare to keep him in suspense any longer.
"My name is Dr. Melek, I'm Mr. McGarrett's prime physician and his condition has stabilized and I'm very hopeful that he'll make a full recovery" she reported, noting that some of the anxiety had left his body at her words.
"Nurse Gomes told me that he had some head trauma?" he asked, anxiety creeping back into his voice.
Dr. Melek turned to look at Nurse Gomez, who looked down at the floor, turning back to Mr. William's she answered his question.
"I'm afraid that bit of information came out a bit more serious than it actually is. Mr. McGarrett simply has a bump on the head, which to be honest is a miracle considering the fall that he took, I can assure you that your friend is going to be fine. Now, I was told that you wished to see him?" she questioned.
"Yes, and I know that visiting hours haven't started yet but-" he was about to go into the same rant he had with Nurse Gomez but she quickly stopped him.
"Mr. William's I see absolutely no problem with you going in to see him, in fact I would prefer it seeing as with a case like Steve's it is always good to have someone the person knows near. Please, follow me" gesturing for him to follow her she turned and walked through the door, heading for room 102.
They walked down the slightly busy hallway of the ER, stopping when they came to the closed door of room 102.
"Before you go in there I should forewarn you about the machines that are hooked up to Steve. We have hooked him up to an EEG, but only to follow his brainwaves and try to figure out what may have caused his sudden seizure, there is also a heart monitor but that is strictly for safety precautions in case he suffers from another one the last thing is a IV drip to keep him hydrated" she paused, gauging the man's reaction to the list she had listed off.
Taking a deep breath he spoke, "thank you for everything you've done Dr. Melek, I'm sorry for the scene that I made out in the waiting room I just-I don't deal well when people I care about are hurt" he explained.
"It's quite all right Mr. Williams, believe I myself have been a person in that waiting room, awaiting news on a loved one. Now, how about we check on Steve" pushing the door open they walked inside and Danny froze in the doorway.
The doctor had told him what to expect but it's entirely different when you actually see the real thing in person, especially a person that he loved.
Another doctor was standing beside Steve's bedside, writing on a clipboard and periodically looking up at a machine on the wall.
His body refused to move, almost as if not wanting him to go any further.
"Mr. Williams?" the doctor said, concerned about the man before her.
Shaking himself out of his frozen state he told the doctor that he was fine then slowly approached the bed. The closer he got the more he wanted to turn around and run out of the room and then the hospital entirely, he didn't want to see the man he loved lying in a hospital bed after suffering such a traumatic event. But he had to, Steve had been there for him when he had almost died from being poisoned and he deserved to have the same treatment.
Stopping in front of the bed he finally got a good look at the shape Steve was in.
His eyes were shut, his hair matted down with sweat and his chest going up and down in what he was sure was a healthy rhythm. He looked at the EEG cap that was placed on his scalp that was currently monitoring his brainwaves and an IV drip was inserted into his right hand, and the constant beeping of the heart monitor was nothing but background noise. Even through all of the trauma his body had gone through, Danny still found him beautiful.
Dr. Melek walked over to the other doctor and looked over the notes that the doctor had taken on the results of his brainwave scan. She sighed in disappointment, she couldn't find anything that could have caused the massive seizure.
Guiding the doctor out of the room, Dr. Melek stopped at Danny's side.
"You're welcome to stay as long as you want, we can bring in a cot for you to sleep on if you choose to stay the night, just ask one of the orderlies and tell them that I gave you permission, and if they have a problem with that to come talk to me" she patted him on the back then left with the doctor.
Taking another deep breath Danny walked around the bed and pulled the chair closer to the bed and sat as close as he could to the bed. His hands twitched at his sides, trying to restrain himself from taking his hand.
"God Steve! What the hell happened babe? You can survive a freaking hail of bullets, perps. constantly trying to kill you and yet a seizure finally takes you down. You have no idea how pissed off I am right now! I nearly had a heart attack when I heard that you were in the hospital due to a severe seizure I mean I yelled at a nurse Steve! A nurse, who was simply doing her job and I yelled at her like she was an incompetent idiot and then I meet her and she's just a girl and I know I'm rambling but this is the kind of shit that you make me do Steve! You can make me so angry sometimes and yet scare the shit out of me, all at once! I swear you're going to be the death of me" he whispered the last part, tears freely falling down his face.
He ran a shaky hand down his face, trying to pull himself together, but failing miserably.
No longer able to hold himself back he clasped Steve's left hand with both hands and lent down to rest his head on their entwined hands.
"I know that this conversation can be saved for another time but I can't keep it in any longer, I just can't and truthfully I don't want to" lifting his head he removed one of his hands and wiped away his tears, though some tears continued to fall.
He couldn't help the bitter laugh that came out before he spoke, "Steve, somehow in the time that I've known you, you have managed to get me shot, shot at numerous times, make my blood pressure rise and test my sanity but (he laughs) through all that you managed to climb over all my walls and find a home in my heart, mind and soul and sometimes I hate you for that, but most of the time I feel blessed that you came into my life and if you were taken from me I honestly don't know what I would do" taking a moment to breath, he looked down pinched his nose, he could practically feel his blood pressure rising.
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that even though you can make me wanna pull my hair out, I still love you and not in a platonic way but in a I-want-to-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-with-you way! (he looks down and laughs) you know if you were conscious I probably wouldn't have been able to tell you all this" he admitted, rubbing the hand that he held.
"Then maybe I should go back to sleep so that you can continue"
Danny jerked his head up and was thrilled/terrified to see that Steve was awake.
"Steve! H-how are you feeling, do you want to get you a nurse, doctor, anything?" he got ready to get up and call a nurse back in but Steve grabbed his hand and pulled him back down.
"I feel fine Danno, just a little drowsy is all. How long have you been here?" he asked, his voice a little rough.
"Not that long, I mean I spent about five minutes in the waiting room just getting them to let me come back and see you" he replied, not even realizing that he was still holding Steve's hand.
The door to the room opened and Dr. Melek entered, a smile appearing when she saw that her patient was awake.
" It's good to see you awake. How are you feeling?" she asked as she walked over to his bedside and stood on the other side of Danny.
"Just a little drowsy is all, hey doc. do you mind telling me what happened?" he asked, noticing that there was some kind of cap on his head.
At hearing this Danny became concerned, he didn't remember having the seizure? Was there some brain trauma after all? His mind kept going to worse case scenarios and his anxiety came back.
Dr. Melek wasn't that concerned though, it was quite normal for a person who has experienced a seizure to forget a few things.
"Of course, you had a seizure, but what is causing the seizure is still unknown to us, that's why you're attached to that EEG machine and we're also going to be performing a few more tests to try and figure out what's going on and if this is just a one-time thing or if we need to get you on some medication. Now, I'm just going to ask you a few routine questions and I want you answer them truthfully, okay?" she pulled up another chair from the side of the empty bed and sat down.
Steve nodded and the doctor plucked a pen from her doctor's coat.
"Okay, what is your name?" she asked, pen poised over the paper.
"Steven McGarrett"
"how old are you?"
"34"
The questions continued for another minute or so before she was finally finished.
"Well, you seem to remember all the vital details of who you are so that's one less thing to worry about" she put her pen away and tucked the clipboard under her arm.
"I'll be back in a minute with a nurse to help me remove the EEG machine and to prep you for an MRI" turning she walked out of the room and left the two men alone.
Now that the doctor was gone Danny was now feeling very nervous and scared about how Steve was going to react to his basic, basically, declaration of love.
"Your hands are sweaty" Steve commented, slipping his hand out of his grasp and wiping his hand on the blanket, Danny was surprised when he reclaimed his hand.
Danny was confused by Steve's actions. Why was he being so cool with this? Why wasn't he freaking out and yelling at him to get the hell out of his room and better yet, why did he take his hand again after pulling away.
"I can see the wheels turning in your head Danny, tell me what you're thinking" he requested, shifting his body around until he was comfortable.
"Why aren't you freaking out/' he blurted, unable to think of anything else to say.
There was only a second of silence before Steve broke out into one of his breathtaking smiles and laughed, he actually laughed! Danny was about to pull away, feeling sure that Steve was making fun of him but like his last attempt to pull away Steve pulled him right back.
"I'm sorry I don't mean to laugh, I'm just happy to know that I'm not the only one feeling this way!" he laughed, pure happiness practically radiating off of him.
Danny was still confused. His brain felt like tiny explosions were going off in his hand.
Steve could tell that he was having trouble comprehending what he was saying so he threw him a bone.
"Danny, I love you too! I think I started loving you from the moment we first met. I swear, when I heard you talking to me earlier it took all my restraint not to kiss you!" he laughed, the urge to kiss him coming up again and with this knowledge he was having trouble restraining himself.
Danny finally managed to speak, or rather move. Practically lunging forward he pressed his lips against Steve's and, though slightly surprised, Steve reciprocated very passionately in return but was smart enough not to tug at the IV in his hand.
The two were so engrossed in each other that they didn't notice that Dr. Melek and Nurse Gomez had entered the room.
When Steve was moving to unbutton his Danny's shirt they finally made their presence known.
"Sorry to interrupt but we need to take Steve for an MRI" Dr. Melek voiced, a small smile gracing his features, while Nurse Gomez was as red as a rose.
Danny was only slightly red, quickly pulling himself together but no matter how much he tried the hair kept going back to a mused up mess and his lips were bruised from kisses. Steve on the other hand was glowing with happiness, his lips just as red as Danny's and his hair was now revealed due to Danny accidentally brushing it off but the real difference was that Steve didn't look the slightest bit embarrassed at being caught and if given the choice would gladly continue to kiss him, regardless of an audience.
Walking over to the new couple she turned off the EEG machine and handed Nurse Gomez the EEG cap.
A male orderly came in pushing a gurney which Steve knew was meant for him, but he found it odd that they didn't bring him a wheelchair instead.
Noticing Steve's confusion she explained, "since we still don't know what caused that seizure and, it being such a strong one, there are a few more tests that we need to do and some of them may require surgery" at the word surgery Danny unconsciously grabbed Steve's hand.
"What kind of surgery?" Danny asked, fear evident in his voice.
"At this moment of time I am unable to answer that question until I see the test results" she answered, her attention going to Danny.
Danny took Steve's hand, giving his hand a reassuring squeeze, but Steve hardly noticed the gesture due to his attention being elsewhere.
Dr. Melek finally looked back at Steve and saw that his face was completely void of emotion.
"Steve, are you all right?" she asked, concerned that he had gone into another seizure.
But that wasn't the reason at all. The male orderly had looked up and made direct eye contact with him, he knew that face! It was Dana's little brother Johnny and by the look in his eyes he wanted to kill him, in a very painful and very violent way.
"Steve?" Danny touched him on the shoulder, jolting him out of the stare down.
He looked at the concerned faces around him and tried to assure him that he was fine but by the continuance of their concerned expressions he knew that he had not succeeded.
"Can I just have a few minutes to myself" he asked, avoiding looking at Johnny.
Dr. Melek nodded her head in understanding, "of course just press the call button when you're ready" turning she ushered Nurse Gomez and the orderly out.
"Do you want me to stay?" he asked, unconsciously rubbing the hand he held.
Steve shook his head, "no, um I'll be fine on my own. I just need a few minutes to myself" he replied, hating that he had to lie to him. He knew that he wouldn't be alone much longer.
Danny stood there, still holding his hand "your sure?" he asked, not wanting to leave in case Steve did need him.
"Yeah, I promise I'll be fine I just need to think some things through" he assured. Danny leaned down and placed a loving kiss on Steve's inviting lips.
Giving his hand one last squeeze he reluctantly let go and exited the room, leaving Steve to his fate.
Sighing he sank deeper in into his pillow and looked up at the ceiling, his gaze remaining there even when the door reopened and footsteps approached his bed.
"Hello Steven, quite a mess you've gotten yourself into" a deep gravelly voice commented, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
Finally looking down from the ceiling he met the gaze of the leader of the elders. He must have really pissed them off if the leader himself came.
Walking around the bed he sat down in the spot Danny had once occupied and reached for his hand, but Steve pulled away before he could make contact with his hand.
He shook his head, "come now Steven in order for this to work I need physical contact and with all the power you've been using and the end result I need to fix whatever you've broken up there" he held his hand open and beckoned him to take it.
Steve wanted to defy him, he really did but he could feel the pressure in his head building up, a fact he had kept from Dr. Melek and Danny. If he wasn't here to help him, the likelihood of him dying were very high.
Giving up his hand he closed his eyes and exhaled, prepping himself for the impending intrusion.
The leader took his hand, a glow much darker and more powerful than Steve's flowing from his hand and traveling up to Steve's mind. Looking up to Johnny the leader nodded and Johnny walked around to the heart machine where he turned the machine off mid beat.
"You know what you have to do" he stated, waiting for Johnny to nod in the affirmative.
Bowing his head he turned and exited the room, his mind completely set on the task at hand.
Steve had heard the order the Leader had given and was opening his mouth to ask what he was planning but was stopped when a strong surge of power shot through him. The amount of power that he was using was making Steve feel like a human lightning rod.
"You've made quite a mess up here Steven, you should know better than to absorb this much, the memories you took carried a lot of baggage with them" he scolded, wondering through a hallway with doors randomly opening and screams echoing from nowhere. He looked up and saw that the ceiling was a thunderous cloud, lightning striking down and electrifying everything in sight; the main source of the thunder was coming from further down the chaotic hall.
Passing the doors that held no memory he was looking for he stopped when he came across a door that was painted an oceanic blue, a brass doorknob and it was the only door that didn't seem to be affected by the storm, looking down he saw that a glowing white light was shining through the crack at the bottom.
His curiosity piqued, he made to open the door but was forced back when Steve materialized in front of him.
"Keep walking Leader, please give me some semblance of privacy and leave this door alone" he knew that what he was asking for was huge. Followers, such as himself, were supposed to give, tell and do whatever the Elders and especially the Leader asked of them, but Steve was what was known as a Rogue; he had stripped his bond from the rest of the clan and for several years, not used any of his abilities.
Leader simply smiled at him, not showing any indication that he agreed or disagreed with his request.
"Pray tell, why I might grant this request? You have certainly defied me long enough to warrant me to take and see anything I want! And besides, this door holds enough energy to ward off all this chaos that makes me inclined to look, as is my given right and Rogue or no Rogue you have reached in and that permits me entrance into any part of your mind that I wish" he stepped forward again but Steve continued to block his path.
"Step aside Rogue, do not force me to do something you will greatly regret!' he threatened.
Steve made no motion to move.
With violent intentions Leader shot his hand out squeezed his throat, somehow managing to cut his airways off. Black streaks of power began to consume Steve and he found himself being forced to his knees, his body becoming a static mess.
On the outside Steve's body jerked and thrashed on the bed and his lips slowly turning blue.
Back inside Steve's mind Leader continued to attack Steve.
Not being able to handle anymore Steve's eyes slowly closed and his body dematerialized.
"It saddens me that it came to that Steven" Leader said to himself.
Stepping forward he grasped the knob and turned it, the bright light blasting through the door and almost blinding him but he squinted his eyes and walked through the light until he found himself in a place that was in constant motion with voices and memories of Steven and another young man, he listened in on the voices and deduced that the other man's name was Danny or what Steve often referred to as Danno.
There was one image that caught his attention as he looked around at the thousands upon thousands of memories of Steve and Danno. This memory looked to be the most recent, judging by the hospital room setting.
His lips twitched in dark glee as he watched Danno surging ahead and plastering his lips onto Steve's, initiating a heavy, lustful kissing session.
"Oh Steve, how far you have fallen and for a human" he chided, turning his back on the memory he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him, locking the light back in.
Heading further into Steve's mind he finally came to the door that was the cause of all the chaos. The door was painted a deep black and appeared to be vibrating with the amount of bad energy that it contained. Reaching out he grasped the rusty silver handle and turned, pushing the door open he was met with sharp streams of electricity catapulting off the walls and all around the place and the room itself was vibrating and there were cracks appearing and spreading along the concrete walls and floor.
Stepping further into the room he saw two flickering memories vibrating and creating a white noise. Strolling forward he stopped in front of the memories and took a moment to study them.
He watched as the Governor was forcefully taken from her office by Dana and then dragged to the dock unit where Dana proceeded to 'play' with her and then he went on to watch Steve perform the task of taking the latter memory through the eyes of the Governor and couldn't help the chuckle that escaped him when he saw that she saw him as a demonic monster.
"Ah, the naivety of the human race if only they knew what a true monster looks like" he reached out and easily plucked the first then second memory from the wall, no effort whatsoever as he stored the memories into his own mind.
Just as quickly as he had taken the memories the room began to change. The cracks receded in on themselves, the streams of electricity sizzled out, along with the white noise, the room came a still and the walls and floor turned from concrete into plain white walls and floor.
Looking around at the result of his work he walked out of the room was pleased to see that the storm had stopped, Steve's mind was once again settled, for now at least.
Closing his eyes he opened them and was back on the outside.
Releasing Steve's hand he stood up from the chair and simply looked at the Rogue.
His color was slowly returning and his lips were returning to their healthy pink tone. He was still unconscious though, having been brutally attacked inside his mind he was of course slowly recuperating inside his mind, regaining the strength that had been taken from him.
Leaning down he spoke, "I know you can hear me Steven, now that I have saved your life you are indebted to me and when I call for you, you will do whatever I ask of you without any arguing" he looked up as the door opened and Johnny entered the room.
Johnny nodded his head, to show that the task had been completed.
"Until we meet again Steven" in an almost loving way he ran a hand through Steve's hair.
Walking away from the bed he approached Johnny who was glaring daggers at the unconscious form of Steve.
"Come Johnny, there is much that needs to be done and I need to have a word with that sister of yours" walking past him he walked out of the room, not even waiting to see if Johnny was following him.
He took one last long look at the man that he had despised for many, many years. The urge to kill him was almost too great but he knew that he himself would die if he attempted such a thing so with great force and reluctance he backed away then turned and left the room, practically forcing each leg to move forward.
Somehow Steve would pay for what he had done to his sister, one way or another he would pay.
