present time at Danny's apartment
It was 09.30pm when Danny received the text message of his partner saying he is heading home now. Gracie was already in bed sleeping peacefully, so Danny had no reason not to answer Steve right away.
"Hey Steve, see you on Monday? Did you forget the plans for tomorrow? Going hiking with Grace? You promised her! Don't let her down you moron! Call me when you're home."
It seemed a bit off to Danny how Steve could have forgotten his promise to his partners' precious little girl. He made it just yesterday on the phone to her while they were having lunch at Kamekona's.
yesterday during lunch time
"Hey Gracie!
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Yeah, it's Uncle Steve. No, Danno can't come to the phone right now, you know he is having a big party at the restrooms due to Kamekona's newest creation.
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Ooh, you wanted to remind him of your hiking plans for the weekends?
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Yes, Gracie I would love to come. I will make sure the three of us will have a blast!
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Yes, I promise I'll see you on Sunday morning. I'll talk to Danno about it.
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No, don't worry Gracie. Danno thinks me coming along is going to be great.
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Alright, see you then sweetheart."
Danny could just hear the last few phrases of their conversation when he returned to their table.
"You'll talk about whatwith me?" the Jersey cop asked his grinning partner already knowing where this is heading..
"I just wanted to make sure your plans for the weekends are the right ones!" Steve said to him with a smirk on his face and ready to go back to work.
present time at Danny's apartment
At first he was a little angry with his partner for sneaking himself into his time with his little monkey. But after seeing Gracie tonight with a big smile on her face while talking excitingly about going hiking with her Uncle Steve in the morning, his anger was fully gone and replaced by a thrill of anticipation for the upcoming day.
But not only were both Williams excited for tomorrow, also was Steve.
At least he was yesterday. Danny wondered.
Twenty minutes have passed since Steve had texted his partner he was heading home, and still Danny hasn't heard from him that he had actually made it there. The more time passes without any sign of life from the other end of line, and the more Daniel thinks about the fact his partner really was forgetting their plans, the more he got worried about him.
It usually doesn't take him that much time to get home, does it? Well...at least not if everything is alright, and he is alright, right?
While sitting on the couch in his little apartment, Danny tried to rewind every scenario he shared with his partner the last hours. But he quickly realized he hadn't really payed that much attention to Steve's behaviour during the day, well except for his stupid stunt by the containers at the pier.
I can remember that just fine. Well, Steve seemed a little out of breath after his crazy jump and the little fight with our suspect. But that (at least for a normal human being) would be to be expected.
But since McGarrett is not just one normal human being but rather a freaking SuperSeal, it now seems strange to Danny.
He would have said something about him being sick or injured, right? Right?! ... No, of course not! This is Steve I am thinking about here!
And with that thought Danny grabbed his phone from his coffee table and tried to call his partner but only receiving his voicemail.
"Hey Steve, it's Danny. Your partner. Call me as soon as you get this!"
After leaving a message for Steve and checking the clock again, Danny decided to check on the other Five-O members if they have heard from their boss...
present time in front of HQ
At the same time Danny Williams was trying to get a hold of his partner, Steve was walking to his truck in the parking lot of headquarters. Again, since he forgot his phone in the office and he had to go back inside.
During his walk to office, Steve managed to almost fall up the stairs twice due to the increasing dizziness he experienced. It was a miracle he didn't fall the stairs down just by looking at them, but somehow he could handle the heavy clouds in his double line of vision in order to make it down safely and unscratched. Well, unscratched is a little to much to say, since Steve could already feel his back aching from his fight earlier the day. And his left wrist was also a little bothersome if he is trying to grab a hold of the railing of the stairs.
The way to his car also seemed to be complicated although it is just an even ground with only a few people close by, cuz the more time passes, the more black dots were trying to find their way into Steve's vision and the less he could see and focus on.
By the time he was half way through the lot, his phone was ringing.
Not again that awful sound! What the heck is that?! Steve thought while trying to cover his ears with his hands. He had no idea what it was and that it was coming from his right pocket of his cargo pants.
When the noise stopped, McGarrett uncovered his ears and continued his uncoordinated walk to his truck which he figured was only a couple more feet away from him. When another few minutes passed and he finally came to a halt right next to the drivers door of the car he was heading to the entire time, he looked into the inside of the van and stared into two devilish looking green eyes.
Surprised and confused about the fact that there was someone sitting in his truck, Steve didn't hear the cars back door open up before it was too late already. Because by the time he tried to turn around, the strange fellows had already brought him down onto his knees and put a black hoodie over his head. The last he saw, were those haunting green eyes before he gave into oblivion and his whole world went black.
