Pressure Makes Diamonds

Chapter 6

Danny heard Jenna's words and for a moment had a problem processing it. It wasn't that he didn't understand what she was telling him. He might be slow about some things like CIA-speak, but he considered himself savvy with simple phrases like "I found something that could get Steve cleared." Maybe he was afraid to hope, afraid that it couldn't be that easy. Maybe he had been around Steve McGarrett too long and had learned to question the obvious too much. Still, he drove back to Jenna's to get the details, allowing himself to hope, first telling Chin to get Steve out of jail. Just in case false hope was once again in play.

"So, tell me what you got?"

"The Governor's confession is there all right and she does attempt to delete the recording, not realizing that the voicemail was still being captured. There's the sound of what I think is a taser and a body dropping to the floor."

"Steve was tased? That would explain why he got caught. No way does anyone get the drop on Super SEAL without taking him out some how," Danny analyzed aloud.

"The recording continues after that."

Jenna then clicked onto a "play" button on her computer.

"What are we gonna do? We have to get rid of him."

"I have everything under control."

Then two gunshots were heard.

"I did a voice analysis and comparison. It's Wo Fat's voice."

"Well, it's not literally a smoking gun, but it does implicate the Governor in Laura's murder at least. We just have to find a way to get Steve under protective custody somehow until we can definitively tie Wo Fat to the Governor's murder. Hesse was murdered in his cell so Wo Fat is already starting his clean up," Danny said as he ran his fingers through his hair.

Jenna smiled, gratified that she had helped. Danny noticed and offered a small smile back.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Steve might owe you a hug this time," Danny said teasing her about how all she had asked for after saving his life was a hug.

Jenna blushed a bit.

"How are you going to get Steve out of prison?"

"Going to get some medical advice on that one."

She just gave him a confused look.

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Max Bergman found himself in the prison infirmary, a syringe hidden in his hand. Chin had arranged to have him get into the prison, using the excuse that Max needed to extract some evidence from Steve's neck. Danny had told Chin that Steve had been tased and they both knew that tasing sometimes leaves a burn. Max would be there to take pictures of the wound. While there, he would also inject Steve with something that would give Steve stomach spasms requiring hospitalization.

Max entered the room where Steve was laying down.

"Commander, I'll need to take pictures of the burn on your neck for evidence," Max said with a stilted and nervous tone in his voice.

"Sure, doc," Steve said, playing along.

As soon as Steve saw Max, he got that his presence was more than just procedural. Max then flashed the syringe and Steve nodded his understanding. He hoped that Max wouldn't be too obvious. As it was he was a bit eccentric, Steve didn't think acting was one of his strengths either. After taking a few pictures, Max quickly stabbed Steve with the needle. Steve grimaced, realizing that Max wasn't used to dealing with the living. The fluid was injected then the syringe removed and pocketed.

"Thank you, Commander. That's all I'll need."

"Glad I could help," Steve said, a part of him relieved that the visit was over.

Max left the room and Steve was escorted back to his cell. It didn't take long for whatever Max had injected into him to work. The spasms were excruciating and doubled him over. As he struggled to get up to call over a guard, he entertained a somewhat gallows humor thought that he had hoped Max hadn't given him something that would kill him so he'd end up in the morgue.

"Guard!" Steve tried to rasp through the pain, his hands white-knuckling the bars. "Guard!"

TBC