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Five-0 Headquarters – Noon

"She's at Pearl. Tell me she wasn't home, Danny. TELL ME!" Steve said with a painful look on his face.

Danny had been the bearer of bad news to several families of lost ones over the years. But he never thought he'd have to tell someone close to him that what they feared the most was what had happened. He could see that Steve was trembling as he began to speak. "It appears that Cath received a bouquet of flowers, just like Tommy said. They found them sitting on a nightstand in your bedroom." Danny sighed. "I'm so sorry Steve. They found Catherine on the floor of your bathroom."

Before Danny could continue, Steve interrupted him. "Oh god, is she?" He couldn't finish that sentence. The thought of him losing Cath while he was on the phone with her killer, just like he had been when his dad was murdered, made Steve sick to his stomach and a bit light-headed as he leaned back against the tech table for support.

"NO! No, she's at Tripler in quarantine. They wanted to make sure she wasn't contagious. Once confirmed, she'll be moved to a regular room to make her comfortable while they figure out what the hell this poison is. I had HPD put a guard at her door, just in case."

Steve exhaled the breath he didn't realize he had been holding in. "Okay, okay.. So, where are we on Tommy? What've we got?" Steve knew that the clock had already started on Catherine. There was no time to waste. "He mentioned an antidote before he hung up. We've gotta find it."

"Steve, don't you want to go be with Catherine?" Kono gently placed her hand on Steve's folded forearms. "We can handle this, Boss."

"No." Steve said staring straight ahead at his team.

"Kono's right, babe. Let us handle this. Go be with Catherine, she needs you right now." Danny implored, but Steve wasn't having any of it.

"NO! Now…" Steve took a calming breath. "What do we have so far on Tommy?"

Danny gave Kono an encouraging look so she began. "Looks like Tommy Green was a chemist for the CDC until about a year ago. He was living here on Oahu until 3 months ago when he just simply vanished."

Chin added, "according to the CDC, he was let go when he became obsessed with creating an antidote to the poison that killed his brother Andy. The military had taken possession of the poison and he was upset about the lack of attention it was getting. He became violent and attacked his boss when he was approached the day he was escorted from the lab."

"What about Sally Parker? Tommy admitted getting close to her to garnish favors. Do we know what all that entailed?" Steve started to get agitated as he glanced at the clock.

"We're still looking into that."

"LOOK FASTER!" It was Chin's turn for Steve's wrath.

"Alright. Let's go, babe." Danny grabbed the front of Steve's shirt and started pulling him towards the door. "Let's go see how Catherine's doing, ok? Let Chin and Kono do their jobs before you go all bad-ass Navy SEAL on them." Steve ran his fingers through his hair and down over his face and started following Danny.

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Once they were outside the building, Steve and Danny walked towards the car, with Steve walking to the passenger side without hesitation. Danny now knew how shaken Steve was. He would never let Danny drive his own car without putting up a fight.

As they got in the car, Danny kept an eye on Steve as he started the car. Steve was sitting there staring out the window as if his mind was a million miles away. Suddenly, he broke the silence. "I can't lose her Danny."

"You're not going to, ok. We're gonna find this asshole AND the antidote and you and your gorgeous Ramboette are gonna live happily ever after."

"Yeah." Steve sighed, resigned to the fact that their chances of saving her were dwindling with every tick of the clock.

"YEAH! We're not gonna let her end up like Sally. Plus, she's too much like you, babe. She's tough and stubborn as hell and won't let something like this be what takes her down."

"I sure hope you're right Danny. I never thought I could have a future with someone. But ever since Cath moved in, I can see it, and I want it."

"Have you told her how you feel?" Steve finally turned to look at Danny with an incredulous look on his face. "What? What's with the face? My marriage may not have worked, but I do know a little something about women, and one thing for sure is you HAVE to tell them how you feel. You can't assume that they just know. Unless you both have some sort of super power that you guys developed in the Army that I don't know about." That finally got a small chuckle out of Steve.

"That's more like it. Now, let's get you where you need to be so I can go get the bastard and save this future you talked about," Danny said as he put the car in reverse and headed to the hospital.