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Steve was released from the hospital two days later and during that time the entire team of doctors, nurses and even Danny had forgotten about the scheduled MRI and the possibilities of surgery.

Before he was released he was told by Dr. Melek to come back in if he experienced anymore seizures or intense headaches that lasted more than 24 hours.

As he was being wheeled out by Danny they passed Johnny who was pushing an elderly women in a wheelchair and as they passed Steve received a menacing glare but he did not return the sentiment, he wasn't worth the time.

"Dr. Melek says that you need to rest for at least the next week or so, so that means no jumping from rooftops or playing ninja and I'll be leading 5-0 while you stay in bed at home" Danny ordered, stopping the wheelchair in front of his Camaro.

He unlocked the door and turned to help Steve out of the chair but was not at all surprised to see that Steve was all ready standing up by himself. It was when he took his first step and almost fell that Danny rushed forward and caught him, throwing Steve's arm around his neck and wrapping his own arm around Steve's waist to keep them both up.

"Did you not hear me say take it easy? You've hardly left your hospital bed since you've been in there so of course your muscles are weak!" he scolded, helping him walk the two steps to the car door.

"All I did was stand up! That's hardly straining myself" he grunted, taking back some control as he lowered himself into the car and somehow finding the energy to slam the door.

Danny sighed and shook his head, he could tell that this was going to be loads of 'fun'.

Walking around his car he got inside and buckled up, turning to Steve to buckle him up as well he saw that Steve had all ready taken care of that as well.

He started the car and drove out of the parking lot, headed towards his own cheap, two bedroom house.

Steve noticed this and was not happy at all. He loved Danny, he really truly did but he knew that if he were to stay at his place he would be mother hend to death.

"Really Danny? I'll be fine at my own house, you don't need to take care of me!" he argued, hating the fact that he was pretty much going right back into patient mode.

Danny continued to drive for a few moments before he responded, which was a shock considering he usually had a rant all ready geared up.

"Babe, if I know you, and believe me I do, you are not going to even consider resting because you will conveniently find something that needs to be fixed or you'll just leave the house all together and go off and do God knows what!" he ranted, subconsciously changing lanes.

A retort was on the tip of his tongue but he restrained himself, he didn't want to argue with him. He was loathed to admit it but he was just too tired to argue so he settled for turning the radio on and tuning to a station that was playing classic rock.

And if Danny had any problem with him touching his radio, which he usually did, he didn't voice it.

They arrived at Danny's place ten minutes later and parked in the small driveway.

Getting out of the car, Danny hurried around to Steve's side but found him to all ready be out and leaning against the car. Sighing, he walked up to Steve and tried to wrap his arm around Steve's waist but Steve shook his head.

"If I'm going to get any of my strength back you gotta let me be a little independent" bracing himself he pushed himself up from the car and was at first a little shaky on his feet but he slowly managed to limp to the door and wait for Danny to unlock the door.

Walking up to him Danny took his keys out and unlocked first the door lock and then the deadbolt. Pushing the door open he let Steve enter the building first then followed in after him, closing and relocking the door behind them.

"You can stay in the guest room, it's usually Grace's room but Stan has decided to take Grace and Rachel on a surprise trip to Disneyland so I won't be able to see Gracie until three weeks from now!" his tone was bitter and he crossed his arms, a scowl dominating his handsome features.

Steve came up to Danny and slowly engulfed him in a hug, going slow so that Danny could pull away if he felt like it but he accepted the embrace.

When a few moments went by they pulled away so that they were only an inch away from each other.

Staring down at Danny's luscious pink lips instinct and lust took over and he leaned down and captured those tantalizing lips in a searing kiss which Danny recuperated wholeheartedly.

Cupping the back of Steve's neck Danny deepened the kiss and slipped his tongue inside Steve's mouth, their tongues dancing together a deep rumble reverberated deep from within Steve's chest.

Danny gently nudged Steve backwards and led him towards the couch, instead of making him fall backwards Steve briefly broke the kiss and took a look behind himself then maneuvered until he was laying on his back.

Without waiting for an invitation Danny climbed onto the couch and carefully positioned himself over Steve and resumed their intense kissing session.

Unbuttoning Danny's shirt Steve pushed the flaps aside and Danny quickly rolled the shirt off, leaving his upper torso completely bare, save for the St. Michael medallion around his neck, swinging to and fro.

Steve ran his hands up and down the strong torso before him, his hunger for Danny increasing.

Danny pulled up Steve's shirt and helped him slip the garment off.

The room was filled with pants and moans of pleasure.

"And I thought...I was supposed to be resting" Steve gasped as Danny's lips moved down his neck to his exposed collarbone.

"Since when do you ever listen to me" Danny replied, only taking enough time to speak before going back to marking and claiming every inch of Steve's exposed skin.

Sadly they were forced to part when Danny's phone went off, and he would have ignored it but it was Gracie's ringtone.

He gave Steve an apologetic look before climbing off of him, pulling the phone out of his pocket and answering the call.

"Hey Monkey! How's Disneyland?" he asked, his voice still a little panty but otherwise filled with the joyful energy he got whenever he spoke with his daughter.

Steve tried not to listen in on the one-sided conversation but he couldn't help himself, he loved the light that twinkled in his eyes and the smile that was currently gracing his handsome features and when he laughed it sent goose bumps down his spine.

"Yeah I know I sound funny, I just got done doing some pushups...yeah, I got to do something to keep up my agility in order to keep up with your Uncle Steve" he looked over at Steve and sent him a charming smile.

"...I can't wait for you to tell me all about it and remember, Danno loves you" he waited for Grace's reply.

Steve got comfortable on the couch and laced his hands behind his head, a a smile gracing his features when Danny hung up the call.

"I gotta admit Danno, I like being under your care" he licked his lips as he shamelessly eyed Danny up, like a starving dog to a big piece of red juicy meat.

Putting the phone on the coffee table Danny slunk back over and straddled Steve by the waist.

"Well then you're really going to enjoy this next part of my treatment" he promised, his voice low and sensual.

"I'm sure I will, Dr. Danno" he replied.

There was a moment of silence before they both cracked up.

"Dr. Danno? Really? We sound like we're in a bad porno" Danny laughed un-straddling Steve's waist and gently laying on tip of him.

They both continued to chuckle until they're laughs slowly died down but the gleeful and blissful atmosphere remained.

Wrapping his arms around Danny's waist he pulled him down and Danny rested his head in the crook of Steve's neck.

Steve's smile, if possible, grew at the feeling of Danny's lips against his skin.

They laid in blissful silence; Danny periodically leaving kisses along his neck and collarbone. Steve rubbed various patterns along Danny's musculature back and laying his own kisses on the exposed skin bestowed before him.

They're blissful silence was broken when a knock came from the door.

Danny remained on top of Steve until a second, more insistent knock sounded.

Groaning in annoyance Danny pulled away from Steve but before he answered the door he got in one last kiss that Steve tried to prolong but Danny managed to pull away from, although reluctantly, when a third knock actually rattled the door.

Quickly grabbing a shirt from the floor, not noticing that it was Steve's, he hurried to the door and unlocked both locks then flung the door open. He was about to go into a rant about proper knocking etiquette but stopped himself when he saw who it was.

"Mary, what are you doing here?" he asked, opening the door further and gestured for her to come in.

At the mention of his sister's name Steve jumped off the couch and was about to go for his shirt but stopped when he remembered that Danny was currently wearing it, but Mare had seen him shirtless dozens of times so he just calmly stood next to the couch.

"I went to the hospital to see Steve and a nurse told me that you had all ready checked him out so I went to Steve's place and when I didn't find him there I assumed that you had brought him here and it would appear that I was right" she answered, all in one breath.

Steve walked up to his little sister and wrapped her in his arms, his big brother instincts telling him that his sister really needed to know that he was okay.

"I'm okay Mare, and know that when I saw I'm okay I really mean I'm okay" he assured her.

He felt her nod against his chest and when she moved to pull away he let her.

It was while he was hugging her that she realized that he was shirtless, turning to Danny she eyed his shirt and could immediately tell that the shirt he wore did not belong to him but did in fact belong to Steve, she could tell because it was the shirt she had sent to him as a birthday present. She looked back to Steve, her eyebrow quirked.

"So...what's been going on here?" she asked, her devilish smile appearing on her lips.

Danny could feel the heat rising up his neck and he crossed his arms, slightly embarrassed at being found out by his new lover's little sister.

"Come on Mare, you know exactly what was going on you just want the pleasure of making Danny do an impression of a tomato" Steve scolded, not able to help the light chuckle that escaped his throat.

Danny sent him a mock glare but he couldn't help the smile that crept up.

"Yeah but I love to see Danny squirm" she laughed.

"I'm going to get us some drinks, I have beer water and...that's pretty much it, I haven't gotten around to shopping yet"

"Beers fine, I haven't had a decent drink since I left California" she requested.

Steve was about to open his mouth but Danny cut him off, "you get water, the doctor said you can't have alcohol with your meds" Danny walked away from them and entered the kitchen.

Mary looked at her brother, a 'you have better tell me what's going on' look on her face.

"My Doctor gave me some anti-seizure medication for a couple of months and if I don't experience anymore attacks she'll consider taking me off them" he explained.

Danny came back into the room, one beer in his hand and the other a glass of water. He handed Mary the beer and Steve the glass of water, reaching into his pocket he took out the pill bottle and shook out a single pill and placed the pill in Steve's hand.

Chucking the pill in his mouth he dry swallowed then took a gulp from the water to help wash the pill down.

Handing the glass back to Danny an awkward silence took place.

Sensing that the siblings might want some privacy he told them that he was going to make lunch and invited Mary to stay and eat with them, after she accepted the invitation Danny headed into the kitchen.

When they were alone Mary headed over to the lanai; following her Steve slid the sliding glass doors closed behind him.

Mary walked out onto the beach to the edge of the waves and stopped. She gazed out at the water and followed the hypnotic rhythm of the waves.

Steve came to a stop next to her and followed her example.

They stood in comfortable silence for a few moments until Mary assembled the words she wanted to say.

"What really happened Steve? And don't try to bullshit your way out of this!" she ordered, her focus still on the rise and fall of the waves.

Steve sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"It's better if you don't know Mare, the less you know the safer you are" he answered, but he knew even before the words left his mouth that his plea would be ignored.

"They're involved, aren't they?" this time she turned her whole body to face him.

When she received no response she took it as an affirmative.

"Damn it Steve! I thought we made a deal! If you didn't reach in neither would I!' her arms and hands amped the emotions she was feeling, which was betrayal, anger and a little bit of sadness.

Steve turned to her and grabbed a hold of her arm, being as gentle as he could but he also made sure that she couldn't move her arms, he tried to explain himself.

"Mary! Mary! Listen to me! I didn't have a choice, the Governor had been kidnapped by Dana and I had to use all my resources to find out where she was holding her and then I had to take away the Governor's memories about the kidnapping and the memory of her seeing me use. You have to know that I would never intentionally betray you but I had to protect people, people like Danny, Gracie, Kono and Chin! They shouldn't know about our world, because our world is filled with darkness, hate and murder! The world they know about has enough flaws as it is, they don't need to find out about another part that is even more twisted" by this point Mary had stopped struggling her emotions had somewhat dissipated.

Shrugging out of his grip she turned her back on him and took a few steps forward.

"Mary..." Steve took a step towards her but stopped when she waved the back of her hand at him.

"How long do you think you can keep this from them? From Danny? He's a detective Steve! And add on to the fact that you two are sleeping together you're going to get closer and now that the clan is coming for you our world is going to collide with his and as a result there will chaos all over the island! You can't protect them forever" she finished, having turned to face him in the middle of her reasoning.

Steve didn't say anything, he didn't know what to say. She had made valid points, he knew he couldn't protect them, not forever, but he was going to try for as long as he was able.

"So what do you want me to do? Tell them all about the dangers that lurks in the shadows? Or better yet show them! Show them that the man they trust their lives with everyday in the field is really a monster" his voice was low now and the vein on the side of his neck was practically throbbing.

Mary walked up to him and looked directly into his eyes when she spoke,

"They will use him against you and your going to give in because you see your life as moot. I like Danny, I really do but if you want to protect not only him but all the other people that you care about you need to let them go" she stated, gently grasping his right bicep.

A pained look crossed his features. The harsh points kept rolling and were becoming more and more heartbreaking. She was right, they would be safer if he was no longer in their lives, especially Danny's.

His Adam's apple bobbed up and down, his eyes glistened with unshed tears, as a painful decision came together.

"Your right, I hate it but your right...where's your luggage?" he asked suddenly, catching her off guard.

"I left it at your place" she answered.

Steve looked at the house then turned back to Mary, his voice lowered.

"Go back to my place and use my truck to drive to Kamakona's, I'll meet you there as soon as I can" he gave her a hug, slipping his keys into her hands, then walked back to the house.

Mary took the path around the house back to the front and began to make the walk back to Steve's house.

Steve entered the house and he could hear Danny in the kitchen and smell the soup he was making. His heart was clenching at what at what he was about to do; he had just gotten the man that he loved but now he was going to have to let him go, for his own safety.

He walked into the kitchen and saw Danny stirring what smelled like chicken noodle soup in a pot on the oven and periodically added different ingredients. Walking over to him he wrapped his arms around the shorter man's waist and rested his chin on Danny's shoulder, placing a kiss on the hollow of his collarbone.

Danny sighed in bliss and leaned back into the embrace, loving the feeling of Steve's strong warm arms around him.

"I'm making chicken noodle, it's an old recipe I came across when Gracie was sick, does your sister like chicken noodle because if she doesn't I can-"

he was interrupted when Steve turned him around and seared their lips together. The soup forgotten Danny moaned into the kiss and tangled his fingers in Steve's hair.

Backing them away from the stove and towards the kitchen table, Steve's legs bumped against the edge of the table. Steve wanted to stall his imminent departure for as long as he could. He wanted to remember every part of Danny; the way his strong arms felt when they were holding him, his soft plump lips, angel blue eyes that he could happily drown in, his mannerisms and sarcastic ways and most of all the europhic feeling he got whenever he was around him.

Looking at the time on the microwave he could see that it was time for him to go.

Pulling away, Steve placed his hands on Danny's shoulders, keeping him at arm's length.

Danny could sense that something was wrong by the look in Steve's eyes and the expression on his face, he looked like he was in both physical and emotional pain.

"Babe, what's wrong?" he asked, concerned about his lover.

Steve shook his head and placed a hand on Danny's cheek, rubbing the stubble on his left cheek with his thumb.

"Nothing, everything's fine I just...I can't believe that your finally mine and that I can do this whenever I want to" he leaned forward and gently kissed Danny, Danny tried to deepen the kiss but Steve pulled away leaving Danny a little confused.

"I'm going to go take a shower, try to get that damn antiseptic smell out of my skin"

Before Danny could get another word in Steve kissed him again, this smell a little deeper than the last and more desperate. He had to physically pull himself away and when he did he gave Danny one last heartfelt smile, his heart breaking as he turned and walked out of the kitchen.

Danny stood in the same spot, a contempt smile on his face and a glow of love surrounding him. Letting out a soft chuckle he turned and went back to his soup, making sure that it hadn't burned during Steve's spur of the moment make-out session.

Steve walked down the hallway towards the bathroom and once inside he closed the door and went over to the window. The window was directly beside the shower, frosted so that no one from outside could see the person in the shower and luckily it was big enough for Steve to slip through.

To keep up his story he pulled the shower curtain closed then unlatched the lock on the window and pushed up until it was completely open, adding on to the charade he turned the shower head on, getting a face full of ice cold water in the face, spluttering a little as he turned valve until it was hot enough to steam up the room.

The only consequence of his plan was that he was now soaked and it was hard to get a good grip on the edges of the window but he used all of his strength, and some that he didn't even know he had to pull himself up and through the window to the other side.

Taking a moment to catch his breath, after all he was still a little weak from his long stay in a hospital bed, he got up from the grass and got into a slow jog towards Kamakona's.

No one took a second glance at him as he jogged, minus a shirt with only his cargo pants on and his shoes because hey, this was Hawaii.

When he got to the shop he saw his truck parked across the shaved ice establishment and casually jogged around the trunk and over to the passenger's side.

The door unlocked and he jumped inside, gently closing the door behind him.

Mary had her dark sunglasses on and the radio was turned down low to some indie station.

"What's the plan Steve?" she tilted her head towards him and waited for his answer.

Steve let out a sigh and pulled on his seatbelt, "just drive, I'll tell you where to go" was his vague answer.

Narrowing her eyebrows she returned her eyes to the road and sat up straight. Turning the engine on she pulled away from the curb and drove as she had been instructed.

"So, am I going to have to guess?" she asked, sending a quick glance at Steve.

"Let's just say you'll understand when we get there. Turn right here" he added, pointing to a road that would take them out to the more rural part of Hawaii. Now she was really intrigued to find out what Steve's plan was.

They continued to drive, Steve continuing to give her directions for the next ten minutes before she was finally told to stop when they came across a house that had seen better years.

Getting out of the truck Steve pushed past the rusted gate and through the weed infested grass to the door, Mary hurried after him and when she was in better view of the house she saw that there was crime scene tape on the door. She stopped.

"Steve, what are we doing here?" she asked, watching him as he got down on one knee in front of the door and got his lock picking kit out.

"A couple of months ago, HPD raided this place on suspicions of it being a meth lab but they got more than they bargained for, not only were these guys making and selling meth but they were also in the bomb making business" the door clicked and Steve stood up, pocketing the kit and pulling the door open. Mary hesitantly followed in after him.

As soon as they entered the house the smell of must and chemicals assaulted her senses and she coughed as a result, her eyes watering from the intense attack.

"G-god Steve, what are we doing here?" she coughed, staying near the open door to get some fresh air into her lungs.

Steve moved further into the house and entered another room, ignoring her question.

Growing frustrated Mary took one last gulp of good air then followed Steve into the room. She found him walking along the walls, knocking on the surface, seeming to be searching for something.

"Steve?" she asked, stepping towards him.

Once again ignoring her Steve continued to search along the walls, knocking on the surface until he finally found it, a hollow point in the wall. Backing away from the wall Steve looked around the room and when he didn't find anything that could do the job he brushed past Mary and looked around the living room, Mary followed behind him, wondering what the hell he was doing.

"Steve! Tell me what the fuck is going on! I'm getting sick of all this mysterious bullshit!" she hollered, walking around him and planting herself in front of him, blocking him from going anywhere.

He tried to turn around but Mary saw this coming and placed herself in front of him once again, with every turn he made Mary copied him so finally he stopped and gave her what she wanted.

"That wall in there has explosives hidden behind it and I need to find something that I can use to smash the wall in" he quickly said, pushing her to the side he continued to search for the right tool.

Still not finding anything he walked out the front door and walked around the house and to the backyard where an old shed sat, the structure of the shed looked like it was slowly caving in on itself. Striding towards the shed he carefully opened the door, not wanting the structure to collapse in on itself and in only a matter of seconds he found the perfect tool: a sledge hammer.

Picking the prize up he hurried out of the shed and ran back around the house and back inside and into the room.

Mary saw the sledge hammer and her eyes widened. She ran after him and saw that he was about to strike the wall she stopped him,

"Are you insane? I know that your an insane chemistry junkie so I expect you to know that hitting an area with explosives behind it is one of the stupidest things you can do! Is this your plan? Kill us both?" she was hysterical, waving her arms in the air.

Steve lowered the sledge and turned to face her, "don't worry Mare, I have no intention of blowing us up, I know what I'm doing so just stand back and let me work" he could tell that his words had no calming effect on her so he turned back to the wall, lifted the hammer and with one powerful blow he struck the wall, a huge gaping hole revealed when he pulled away.

He could hear Mary's audible sigh of relief. Dropping the hammer he grasped the edges of the hole and carefully started pulling the plaster off.

"So what are the explosives for Steve? It's obvious you're going to blow something up" she countered.

Ignoring her still Steve pulled enough of the plaster away to reveal the black duffel bag, reaching in he pulled the bag out and gently placed it on the ground. Mary walked over to him and knelt down beside him.

Unzipping the bag a 2x2 stack of C-4's were revealed. Picking the bag back-up Steve walked into the living room and out of the house, striding towards the truck, Mary right behind him, gaining up on him from behind.

"Okay! I've had enough of this vague silence crap! Tell me what the fuck you are planning, now!" she ordered, twisting him around to face her.

He took a deep breath before answering, knowing that what he was about to say would cause a serious outburst from her.

"I need to disappear, in a way that people, especially the people closest to me will think that I'm truly gone and never coming back" he stated, he knew the second Mary finally understood what his plan was.

Her face morphed into horror and shock. No, he couldn't...it wasn't acceptable!

She shook her head and started backing up, unconsciously muttering no over and over again.

"Mary, wait!" Steve dropped the bag and moved towards her, catching her with his arms and she let out a loud scream, a scream that was filled with sorrow and denial.

Thrashing and screaming Mary tried to get out of his strong hold but he was unfairly using his Navy Seal strength against her.

"Mare! Please calm down and let me explain! I'm not going to really kill myself, I'm only going to make it look like I did!" he practically had to shout.

It took almost a minute for what he had just said to register in Mary's mind and when it did she stopped struggling and Steve released her, and was shocked when she rounded on him and slugged him right across the face.

Stumbling back, Steve rubbed his aching jaw then spitting out the blood that had welled up inside his mouth.

"Damn Mare, quite the punch you got there! " he lightly chuckled, continuing to rub his jaw.

Mary let out a frustrated groan and walked back and forth before she could come up with even a semblance of what she wanted to say to her brother that didn't involve outright killing him, for real!

"You are a fucking bastard! You tell me that you're going to use those explosives to 'blow' yourself 'up' and then you hit me with the bombshell of your not really going to die, you're just going to pretend!" she was rambling, and she knew it but she had so many emotions bubbling up inside her that her mind was coming up with all sorts of words.

Walking past him she walked back over to the house and sat down on the wet and possibly mold infested porch. Steve walked over to her and sat down beside her.

"I wish there was another way, but I can't see any other choice. If I just disappeared, without a trace, my team would never stop looking for me, even if they were told to stop. They need physical proof that I'm gone and right now, this is the only way that I can come up with" he explained, hoping and praying that she would at least not completely hate him.

She ran a hand across her eyes that were bleeding tears, smearing her makeup in the process and small hiccups were emitting from her.

"How do you know this is going to work? I mean you said so yourself, your team will investigate; how are you going to get them to believe that you were truly in the truck when it exploded?" she asked, turning to him.

He bit his lip and looked down, "that's where I need your help" he looked up at her,

"I need you to call Danny as soon as I drive away and tell him that when I came to see you I was in your own words acting chaotic and scared, blabbering on about getting a call from Wo Fat and how he was threatening to do something, something big! and I left in the same manner and I didn't tell you where I was going" he answered.

A disbelieving laugh erupted from her mouth and she shook her head, "Of course you do, because no fake suicide can be without the call of the distraught sibling!" she mocked, standing up and heading away from the house and to the dirt road.

Steve hurried after her, "you're the one who said that I needed to let them go! Well this is the only way that they're going to let me go!" when she didn't stop walking he continued.

"You think this is easy on me? I'm the one who is going to be the cause of their pain, their sorrow! And the worst part is that I can never apologize! I have to remain in the background, never allowed to make any sort of contact with them ever again! And Danny and I have finally gotten together and I have to leave him behind, I have to let go of the only person that I will ever truly love!" he finished, stopping in his tracks, waiting and hoping for some kind of response out of her.

She finally stopped a few steps later, "And what about me? Am I never going to see you again? How about talking, are we ever going to talk again? Or do you sink into the background from me as well?" she asked, her back still facing him.

"It's the only way, I can't risk them coming after you either, you're all important to me and if it comes down to it I will give up my life to save any one of you" his own eyes were tearing up but he didn't bother trying to hold them in.

Taking the initiative Steve walked up to her and embraced her, he could feel her body trembling against him and hear the heart breaking sobs coming from her.

"I'm so sorry Mare, I wish none of this had to happen and I hate myself for putting you through this" he apologized.

She turned in his arms and cried into his shoulder, he rubbed her back, shushing her until she was strong enough to pull away and wipe her eyes.

Taking a shaky breath, she spoke "I guess we better get to work then" with a teary smile she walked back to the truck, Steve was right behind her.

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Back at the Williams' house Danny was becoming a little concerned, Mary had left without his knowing and Steve had been in the shower for almost an hour now. Something was wrong.

The soup now stationed in the fridge to heat up later, Danny walked to the bathroom and stopped in front of the closed door.

"Steve? Are you all right babe?" when he didn't receive a response he knocked again, announcing that he was coming in.

Opening the door he heard that the shower was on and the steam rising up from the temperature of the water.

"Steve?" his concern grew when he yet again received no response so walking towards the curtain he swiped the curtain aside and was surprised to see no one. Looking up he saw that the window was open and the steam was wafting out into the outside air.

Only just realizing he was getting soaked he turned the water off, almost burning his hand in the process. Where the hell was Steve?

Just as he was about to take his phone out and call his new lover his phone suddenly went off, it was Mary. Accepting the call he held the phone to his ear and walked out of the bathroom, headed back into the living room.

"Danny! Danny please tell me you've heard from Steve!" she sounded scare and Danny's all ready high anxiety became heart attack worthy.

"No...why Mary what's wrong?" he asked, pacing back and forth in front of his couch.

"He came back to the house and he was scared Danny, really scared! He kept talking about Wo fat and how he was threatening him, but whatever it was Danny it had scared him, I've never seen him that way before! I tried to calm him down but he wouldn't listen and he took off in his truck headed God knows where!" she rambled, he practically feel her fear through the phone.

"Do you have any idea where he may have gone, what the threat might have been?" he asked, as he fished his keys out of his pocket and stormed out of the house to his car.

"No, most of what he said didn't even make sense! I'm really scared Danny, what if he's hurt?" she asked fearfully.

Climbing into his car he turned the engine on and sped out of his driveway and drove towards HQ.

"Mary listen to me, I'm going to Five-0 now and the team is going to find him, I promise you we will find him" he couldn't think of anything else and he would damn well be alive when he found him or else Danny was never going to forgive him.

"I'll call you as soon as I can with any updates" he promised, speeding around a corner and now only two blocks away from HQ. Now was a time that he was happy he had managed to find a cheap place near work.

"Okay, I'll call you if he contacts me" she replied, and with a click she disconnected.

Quickly going to his speed dial he hit Chin's number and held the device to his ear, mentally telling Chin to pick up the damn phone!

"Danny, hey brah what's up?" he asked as he lounged back in his chair, having just finished his final report.

"Chin I need you to get a trace on Steve's cell phone, he's missing and the last time he was seen it was by Mary who said that he was acting erratic and talking about a threat from Wo Fat then he just took off and no one has any clue where he might be" he rushed, now only a block away.

Chin got up from his desk and walked over to the computer table, putting in Steve's GPS number.

"Have you tried calling him?" he asked, waiting for the computer to locate the device.

"Mary did but he wouldn't pick up, I was just about to before she called me please tell me you've got his location" Danny begged, pulling into the driveway and jumping out of his car, practically sprinting to the entrance of the building.

Just as Chin was about to reply Danny burst into the room and ran over to him, breathing heavily and an intense air of anxiety pooled around him.

The computer suddenly sounded and both looked down to see that the computer had found him. He was traveling down the Kamehameha Hwy.

"I'm going to try calling him" once again entering speed dial he hit Steve's number and held the device to his hear, praying to all the Hawaiian Gods and any other god out there that he would pick up.

His wish was not granted, it went straight to voicemail.

"Steve, listen to me I know that when it comes to Wo fat you are a loose cannon but please I am begging you whatever is going on we can help just please come to HQ and we can talk about this, I'm begging you don't do anything drastic" ending the message he placed the phone on the side of the table and ran a shaky hand through his hair.

While Danny was having what was basically a praying moment Chin continued to watch the screen, keeping track of the moving red dot but suddenly the dot went away, in almost a blink of an eye.

"What the hell?" picking up the portable screen Chin tried tracking down the GPS again but his computer kept telling him that the signal had been lost.

Danny noticed Chin's puzzled comment and looked down at the screen, he was scared to find that the red dot had vanished.

"Chin, what the hell's going on? What happened to the signal?" he asked, his voice rising with panic.

Chin kept trying to find the signal again but the same message kept coming up.

"We've lost the signal, either Steve disabled the GPS or the phone was somehow damaged enough to destroy the GPS entirely" Chin answered, setting the tablet down.

An idea suddenly hit Danny, "try his truck GPS, if he hasn't disabled that then we should be able to find him" Danny suddenly suggested, watching as Chin picked the tablet back up and typed in the truck's GPS.

It took a few seconds but they finally found him again, he was still on the same highway but he looked to be heading towards West Loch. Why would he be going there? Taking his phone out again Danny tried calling Steve again but once again got his voice message.

"Steve please, Chin, Mary and I are really worried about you and you not calling and disabling your GPS has really got Chin and I worried so please, please call me and tell me that your okay...I can't lose you Steve" he choked out the last bit and Chin sent a silent prayer that Danny would get to see Steve again, alive and well.

When the message was full Danny disconnected and non-too gently slammed the phone down on the side of the computer, his hands rubbing down his face repeatedly, in what was probably an attempt to keep the tears from showing.

Putting his hands on the table both Danny and Chin looked down at the screen, watching the red dot as it moved, praying that their leader was all right.

"Where are you going Babe?" Danny whispered, fearful that he may never see his lover again.

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Steve continued to drive, his destination was anyone's guess, all he knew was that he had to go to a place that would be able to draw enough attention to what he was about to do. As he was driving inspiration struck, West Loch! It was near the pearl harbor museum so there was likely to be plenty of witnesses.

Increasing his speed he drove out onto the small road that would take him down to the small secluded beach and parked his truck, he noted that there was no one around, which was a good thing, he didn't want anyone getting hurt in the crossfire. All he wanted was for the explosion to be heard.

Taking a deep breath he looked across at the duffel bag resting on the passenger seat, looking so innocent yet filled with such gruesome potential.

Leaning across the duffel he took out two at a time and placed them on the dashboard until they were all aligned. He then got to work on setting them all up so that they would go off at his command. Getting out of the truck walked for about five minutes before finding a spot hidden by overgrowth and trees. Now came the hard part.

Taking his phone out, the one he had deliberately disengaged the GPS unit from, he saw that he had two missed calls, both from Danny and his resolve slowly slipped but he quelled his feelings aside and went to his contacts, chose the one he needed and instead of calling sent them a text message, done so because he knew that if he heard Danny's voice he wouldn't be able to go through with this.

The text sent had two simple words, two words that would ultimately shatter Danny's heart and Steve's soul.

"I'm Sorry"