Author's Note: I dedicate this entire fic to my Father who I just lost less than two weeks ago. I wasn't planning on continuing but decided against it because my father knew that I was writing and he enjoyed it. It always brought him smiles and laughter. Anyway, hope you enjoy this next installment.

Disclaimer: Without A Trace belongs to Jerry Bruckheimer and company. I do not own any part of Without a Trace whatsoever. I only own my own characters (Jeff, Sean, etc.). I only do this for fun, not profit. So, please don't sue.

Chapter 9

While the guys awaited news of Danny in the hospital, Viv and Sam were at the office trying to figure out everything they could about Dr. Sean Novak while the awaited the results of Danny's phone records.

"Viv, what's going on with Jack? Why does he hate this doctor so much? So far, I haven't been able to find anything on Dr. Novak." Sam asked confused.

"You know Jack, Sam. When he gets an idea in his head about anyone…" Viv said smiling but then turned serious as she looked at the computer screen and read.

"What is it, Viv?" Sam said concerned when she saw how serious Viv looked.

"Apparently, you didn't dig deep enough." Viv said seriously as she pointed to the screen, causing Sam's eyes to bug out when she read the screen.

BACK AT THE HOSPITAL…

Dr. Foster and Sean were able to stabilize Danny and calm him down, but he was still somewhat agitated. So, while Sean tried to calm him down, Dr. Foster went out into the hall to speak to Jack, Martin and Jeff.

"How is he doing?" Jack asked gruffly out of fear.

"Calm down, Agent Malone. Now, I know that you're trying to do your job and find the one responsible for hurting Agent Taylor, but I can't allow you to agitate him again. His pressure's become unstable and his nerves are shot to hell. So, to prevent any further episodes like that one, I'm going to restrict Agent Taylor's visits to fifteen minutes." Dr. Foster explained somewhat sternly.

"There's no way in hell that I'm going to leave my agent alone. And now that you're here, why is it that the only one treating my agent seems to be Dr. Novak? And how well do you really know him?" Jack said calmly but angrily.

"I'm sure that Sean already informed you that I left him in charge of my cases because I was called down to the ER. And I know that you're on edge, but I'm going to ask you to stop being aggressive toward my staff. I already told you that I only selected a few staff members that I personally trust and know very well. And as I told you before, I've known Sean all his life and he wouldn't hurt your agent or anyone else." Dr. Foster said sternly, causing Jack to huff angrily.

"That doesn't explain his behavior with my agents." Jack said calmly but tersely through gritted teeth.

"What do you mean by that?" Dr. Foster asked somewhat angrily.

"Look for yourself." Jack said calmly but gruffly as he gestured to Danny's room, causing Dr. Foster and the others to look toward Danny's room.

Sean had his back to the window as he talked to Danny. But Danny looked angry and distressed, causing Sean to take a tight hold of Danny's left hand and hold Danny's shoulder with his other. No one knows what they were talking about but whatever it was, it caused Danny to look furious as he began crying again.

As soon as that happened, Sean grabbed a hold of both of Danny's shoulders and carefully forced Danny to look at him. But it only made him cry angrier as he spoke to Sean, until he let his body sag in defeat, causing Sean to shake his head and carefully embrace Danny protectively as he continued talking.

Dr. Foster sighed heavily and shook his head.

"I want you to wait right here. I'll be right back." Dr. Foster said seriously and then left to Danny's room.

"Mr. Fitzgerald, I need you to come with me please. Dr. Novak ordered medication and a large heating pack for your ribs. Please, come with me." Nurse Vicky said caringly as she smiled softly and then gently led Martin away to a private exam room.

Within a few minutes, Nurse Vicky carefully placed a heating pad on Martin's ribs and then secured it in place with bandage.

"Is that it? Can I go back now?" Martin asked a bit pained.

"I'm sorry, Agent Fitzgerald, but Dr. Novak ordered that you be given pain medication. So, drink these and then we'll be all finished." Nurse Vicky said kindly with a soft smile as she handed Martin a cup of cold water and another with medications.

"What is this?" Martin asked untrustingly of the medications.

"It's Tylenol with codeine. It'll help to take away the pain." Nurse Vicky said kindly, causing Martin to sigh heavily and drink it without protest. "Very well, Agent Fitzgerald. Now you can go back with your friends." Vicky said kindly and she carefully led him back toward Jack and Jeff.

"Are you okay, kid?" Jeff asked concerned, causing Martin to sigh heavily.

"I feel like I've been kicked by a mule. Anymore news on Danny?" Martin asked a bit pained.

"No, not yet, Martin. Dr. Foster is still in there with him. But regardless of what he says, there's not a chance in hell that we're going to leave him alone." Jeff said seriously.

"First off, Danny won't be alone because we'll be taking care of him. And secondly, you don't have a choice. Dr. Foster's restricted Danny's visiting hours to fifteen minutes, but you only have yourself to blame, Agent Malone." Sean said seriously as he glared at Jack.

"Who the hell do you think you are, you filthy maggot?" Jack said furiously as he grabbed Sean by the collar, causing Sean to grab his collar also.

"I'm someone who's not afraid of you. You walk around bullying your agents and everyone else to do your bidding. Well, that's not going to happen here. This is a hospital and there are rules, Malone. If you don't like them, then leave." Sean whispered viciously as he glared at Jack, causing Jeff to fail miserably as he and Dr. Foster, who'd come out into the hall, tried to separate them.

Danny was in the room when he saw what was happening in the hall between Sean and Jack, causing him to panic.

"No!" Danny yelled fearfully and pained as he took off all of the medical equipment, causing Him to cry in agonizing pain as he got out of bed and staggered into the hall.

"No! Sean, let him go! Let him go!" Danny plead fearfully as tears stained his face and he began falling to the floor, causing him to scream in agonizing pain when Sean roughly released Jack and grabbed him tightly just in time before he hit the floor. "Aaaaagh!" He screamed in agony as his teeth chattered violently.

"Danny!" Sean said urgently as he carefully held Danny tightly and stopped him from hitting the floor hard. "Danny, no! Come on. Come on, just breathe. Just breathe nice and slow. Please." Sean said somewhat urgently and fearfully as he took a protective hold of Danny, causing Jack to become furious.

"Get your damn hands off of him, you maggot." Jack said angrily, causing Danny to panic more and struggle to breathe as he shook his head.

"Shhh. Damn it. Calm down, Danny. Everything's going to be okay. Please just breathe." Sean said fearfully as he refused to relinquish his hold of Danny, causing Danny to shake his head fearfully as he continued struggling to breathe. "Don't give me that shit or I'll kick your sorry ass, you spoiled brat. Now, calm your ass down and breathe. That's not a damn request, little boy. Calm your ass down and breathe right now." Sean said sternly as he took a tight hold of Danny's jaw with one hand, causing Danny to look at him fearfully and shake his head.

"Don't play games with me, Danny. You've got five seconds to breathe or you're going to eat a knuckle sandwich again, you brat. I'm not playing any games with you, Danny, and you know it. Now breathe." Sean said furiously through gritted teeth as he held a fist in front Danny's face, causing Danny to cry furiously.

"You're a fucking asshole, Sean." Danny cried furiously but began breathing on his own as he shook violently, causing Sean to carefully hold him tighter and chuckle amused as he softly ruffled Danny's head.

"Thank you, you spoiled brat. Now, calm your ass down. Why the hell did you take off the monitors, you little prick? Now, it's going to hurt when I put everything back in." Sean said somewhat sternly but caringly as he held Danny protectively.

"Go to hell, you asshole. I'm going home." Danny cried angrily as he shook.

"Like hell you're going home, you brat." Sean said somewhat sternly but caringly. "What are all of you standing around for? Get me a damn gurney right now." He said sternly, causing several nurses and Kevin, Danny's orderly, to bring a gurney to him.

"Let me go, you asshole. I'm going home." Danny cried angrily, causing him to cry angrily and pained when Sean held him tighter. "Aaaaagh! You fucking asshole." He cried angrily out of pain as he tried to hit Sean as he strapped him to the gurney.

"Calm your ass down before you hurt yourself worse. You're not going home, Danny. You're staying right here, you stubborn bastard." Sean said sternly as he laid his hand on Danny's forehead.

"What the hell do you think you're doing to him, you filthy little maggot?" Jack said furiously as he angrily grabbed Sean by throat, causing Danny's eyes to bug out of his head.

"Jack, no! Let him go!" Danny pled terrified as tears escaped and he panicked again, causing Sean to push Jack away angrily and several feet away and take a hold of Danny's face.

"Get him into the room right now!" Sean said urgently and they rushed Danny back into his room where Dr. Foster began treating him.

As soon as Danny was rushed into the room, Sean growled furiously and pounced on jack, grabbing him by the collar.

"You, son of a bitch! You better hope that nothing happens to him or you're going to pay hell!" Sean said viciously through gritted teeth, causing Jeff to grab a hold of him and pull him off of Jack.

"What do you think you're doing? Get the hell off of him. What the hell is going on here?" Jeff said angrily as he held Sean tightly.

"Let me go. This has nothing to do with you." Sean said angrily as he freed himself from Jeff's grip. "You better hope that we can stabilize him, you sick bastard." He said viciously and then ran into Danny's s room, causing Jeff to grab a tight hold of Jack when he tried to go after Sean.

"Damn it, Jack. Let it go. The only thing that matters right now is Danny." Jeff said sternly.

"Jack, he's right. Let it go, for now. But I want to know what that was all about. Why the hell did he react like that?" Martin said untrustingly and somewhat angrily all of sudden, but pained.

"This isn't over by a long shot. I'm going to figure out who this prick really is. And I'm going to find out right now." Jack said angrily as he grabbed his phone and then realized that everyone was looking at him.

"What the hell are you standing around looking at me for? Get the hell back to work." Jack said angrily, causing everyone to quickly start working again.

Back in Danny's room, Dr. Foster, Nurse Vicky, Sean and Kevin, were still trying to stabilize him as they reconnected all of the monitors and IV's that he'd taken off.

"Sean, his pressure's 160/110 and his pulse is racing at 130. I'm going to have to give him a sedative." Dr. Foster said seriously as he checked Danny's vitals again, causing Sean to take a strong hold of Danny's face in his hands when Danny shook his head fearfully as tears stained his face.

"Look, I know that you want that sedative so you have to calm down. Do you understand me? Everything's okay now." Sean said sternly but caringly.

"No…it's…not." Danny cried panicked, causing Sean to hold his face tighter and force Danny to look at him when he tried to close his eyes.

"You're not dying on me, you spoiled brat. Wake the hell up. You're just feeling like shit because you're scared to hell and breathing too damn fast. So, slow your breathing down right now before you really piss me off. I know that you're scared but I don't care. I'm not going to lose you now. I'll kick your ass again if I to. Me entiendes?" Sean suddenly said sternly in Spanish, causing Danny to suddenly stop crying and look at him somewhat fearfully but also confused.

"Yeah, I thought that'd get your attention, you little twerp. Just calm down and slow your breathing." Sean suddenly said with a small smile as he sighed heavily in relief when Danny's vitals slowly began to stabilize and he began breathing on his own. "Stop scaring me like that, you twit. What the hell is wrong with you? Why do you always have to panic like that for? I thought you stopped doing that a long time ago." He said somewhat sternly but caringly as he gently ruffled Danny's hair and smiled softly, causing Kevin and Nurse Vicky to look at each other confused.

"Sir, do you know Agent Taylor?" Nurse Vicky asked confused, causing Danny to look at him fearfully.

"Why don't you answer the question, Dr. Novak? We're all friends here aren't we?" Jack said seriously and calmly but angrily as he, Martin and Jeff entered the room—they too equally as mad, causing Danny to suddenly look at Jack fearfully when they put their hands on their holsters.

"Shhh. Quedate tranquilo y no tengas miedo que no va ha pasar nada malo. Te lo prometo, hermanito. Tranquilizate y respira tranquilo." ["Shhh. Stay calm and don't be afraid because nothing bad is going to happen. I promise, little brother. Just relax and breathe slowly." Sean said caringly as he soothed Danny's head when Danny's vitals began destabilizing, causing Danny to breathe but still look at him fearfully.

"I want to know right now what the hell is going on and who the hell you are?" Jack said angrily as stood face to face in front of Sean and fisted his hands, causing Danny to grab his hands as tears escaped his eyes and he shook his head at Jack as he wore a terrified look on his face.

"No. Jack, don't. Please, leave him alone." Danny pled quietly but fearfully as he shook.

"Who is he Danny? I want to know right now or I'm hauling his ass down to headquarters." Jack said seriously but with compassionate undertones.

"I'm not going anywhere with you, Jack. And you leave Danny alone." Sean said calmly but angrily through gritted teeth as he glared at Jack.

"Who are you?" Martin suddenly said seriously and angrily, causing Sean to sigh heavily.

"This isn't about you, Martin." Sean said with a heavy sigh.

"Like hell it isn't. You've got my partner's life in your hands. But I've been watching your attitude since we were at the office and now that I think about it, I don't like it one bit. Why are you so close to Danny? From what we know, you're not even supposed to be on duty. So, who the hell are you and what do you really want?" Martin said seriously and angrily as he removed the gun from his holster and held in at his side.

"Martin, no! Put the damn gun away, it's not what you think! Leave him alone! Damn it, leave him alone!" Danny cried angrily and fearfully as he covered his face with his violently shaking hands, causing to carefully embrace Danny protectively tight.

"Shhh. I told you not to do that, Danny. You don't have anything to be afraid of. I'm not leaving you again. Okay? I promise, you little twerp." Sean said caringly as he tightly held Danny and the tears he'd been holding back escaped his eyes, causing Danny to quietly shriek furiously as he angrily hit the bed.

"Danny, what the hell is going on? Who the hell is he?" Martin said sternly out of fear.

"Damn it. Leave him alone, Martin. Leave him alone." Danny cried angrily out of fear, causing Dr. Foster to sigh heavily and gently squeeze Danny's shoulder.

"You have to calm down, Agent Taylor. You have to calm down and listen to your brother. Everything will be okay again. You'll see." Dr. Foster said with a heavy sigh as he squeezed Danny's shoulder again, his words causing everyone to bug out and gasped shocked.

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Let me know what you think of this chapter. But please keep in mind that things aren't always as they appear. And a special thanks to ukeleleboy for the help and encouragement through these dark times.