A/n: Thank you to all of you who put this story on their alerts. It gives me the confidence to continue.

They say that chivalry is dead, then why is her body in my bed? At sunrise the morning papers read, they found her body in my bed.—Cee Lo Green, Bodies

"I hate these kinds of cases." Danny muttered as he and Steve walked through the emergency rooms doors. 5-0 had received a case about an apparent rape at a frat house party on the University of Hawaii campus. "How is this even our case? Why isn't HPD handling this?" Danny questioned. He hated rape cases. It took all he had to not look at the victims and see his little girl's face.

"Apparently the frat house the girl was found at is not just any frat but an exclusive one that is only open to a select few. I mean these kids have some pretty impressive lineages. We're talking the children of senators, foreign diplomats and numerous other high ranking parents." Steve explained.

"Ah so the Governor assigned us to the case to make sure that mommy and daddy can save face. I hope to God that the Governor does not expect us to turn the other cheek if one of these trust fund babies is responsible for this because I do not care who their parents I will do everything in my power to make sure that this scumbag never even thinks of hurting another girl again." Danny declared. Steve nodded in agreement. They both stopped outside the door to the patient's room and Steve looked at Danny.

"You should take the lead on this one." Steve suggested. Danny just stared at him.

"Why?" Though the detective already had a pretty good idea what his partner was thinking.

"Cause well…"

"Say it Steven." Danny commanded dryly.

"Well, you're better at this kind of thing…you know… because of Grace." Steve shrugged.

"Are you saying I'm better at talking to victims because I'm a father?" Danny asked, confused.

"Well yeah, that and you come off as less threatening than me and in this kind of situation-"

"Whoa whoa, less threatening? I'm not sure how I'm supposed to take that comment but I think I'm insulted." Danny retorted. Steve rolled his eyes.

"It's not an insult. This is a touchy situation and if we freak her out she might not talk to us. You are better with feelings and stuff like that." Steve explained. Danny stared at him for a second before nodding.

"I'm glad you can finally admit that, Steven." Steve frowned and headed into the room, Danny following behind him.

"Ms. Matthews? I'm Commander Steve McGarrett and this is my partner Detective Danny Williams from 5-0." Steve called out softly as they approached the bed. The victim, Elyssa Matthews, was lying on her side facing away from them. She showed no signs of acknowledging their presence.

"Ms. Matthews, I understand this is an extremely difficult time for you but we were wondering if you could answer a few questions for us." Danny prodded gently. Still no response. "The doctor thinks she might be in shock which is completely understandable." Danny whispered to his partner. He then slowly made his way around to the other side of the bed so he could see her face.

Elyssa had her eyes open and seemed to be looking out the window but there was a lack of focus in her eyes that signaled that she wasn't really staring at anything at all. Danny paused. He wanted to try to get her attention and thought about placing a hand on her arm but knew from prior experience that touching a rape victim unexpectedly was a very bad idea. So he opted instead to move into what he perceived to be her line of sight and then crouched down so that he was at eye level with her. Elyssa reacted violently as if she had just realized that he had entered her room. She jumped back away from the edge of the bed and laid on her back, panic and fear clearly written all over her face.

"Whoa Ms. Matthews calm down. My partner and I are here to help you." Danny said calmly as he stood but made no attempt to move closer to her. She stared at Danny's face intensely. "I'm Detective Williams. This is my partner Commander McGarrett. We just wanted to ask you a few questions." Danny repeated.

"Danny," Steve called out as he watched Elyssa watch his partner. "Look at the way she's staring at your face."

"My face? What's wrong with my face? Just a minute ago you were-" Steve snapped his fingers, interrupting him mid-rant. Danny looked over at Steve, annoyed but Elyssa continued to stare at Danny as if she didn't even notice Steve was in the room. "What are you thinking over there?"

"I'm thinking-" Steve started as he walked over to stand next to Danny. "-that she's trying to read your lips." He declared, watching the way Elyssa's eyes narrowed as she watched him speak.

"Read my lips?" Danny asked, confused. Steve nodded sadly, this case suddenly becoming that much worse.

"Yeah Danny. I think she's deaf."