AN: thanks for all the reviews! they make my day! Sorry about how dark this is but it's going to get worse before it gets better, just hang on to your seats, this is going to be one hell of a ride!
Chapter 9: Danno's darkness
Later that night they went to bed not getting anywhere else on the case and the BAU was flying tomorrow morning so there really wasn't anything else they could do. They tried to track down Tye Smith but got no where so that ment he must've used an alias and now they just had to wait. Danny told Steve he didn't want him to tell anyone else and Steve understood why-he felt ashamed for what had happened even though it wasn't his fault but he told him that he'd keep his promise and not tell Chin or Kono even though he protested and told him that they wouldn't care; they'd just want to kill him but Danny insisted that he'll tell them when the time's right.
Now they were laying in bed together with Steve curled around him like a protective weapon that's ready to strike when threatened. All of the sudden Steve was jerked awake by someone hitting him in the stomach; he immediately goes into fighting mode but then when he looks around he doesn't see anyone just Danny thrashing around. 'Damn...he's having a nightmare.' Steve thinks as he wakes him up, "Daniel! Wake up!"
"Noooo...Tye stop! Please...I..I didn't do anything! Not again...STEVE! HELP!-" Steve shakes him harder this time and his eyes shoot open and immediately falls on Steve's concerned face. He sits up and leans back against the headborad sighing, "Steve.." and that's all he has to say before Steve's back in bed and putting his arms around Danny and pulling him to his chest.
"Danny...it's okay, you're fine now...it's was just a nightmare..."
"It was just a nightmare...it was hell...it felt like I was really back in Jersey in that bed and he...he was beating me and then he...he was going to rape me again but you woke me up before that could happen-thank you..."
Steve just held him tighter and closed his eyes as tears came out of his own. He hated Tye for doing this to his Danny and you can be sure that he was going to have hell to pay for what he did. After taking a deep breath and calming himself down he spoke again, "Hun..is this the first time you've had nightmares?"
Danny swallowed thickly, "No but this is the first time I've them since this case came along. Maybe I should tell Chin and Kono, what do you think?"
"I think that's up to you...I'll keep you're promise if you don't want to tell them but it's really up to you."
"Yeah I think I will...who knows maybe they'll see him and end him before you get a hold of him"
"Oh and what do you think I would do?"
"That I really don't want to know...I know that you're in full SEAL mode, trust me I can tell and I love it..."
"Think you're okay to sleep now?"
Danny nodded as they scooted back down with Steve still holding him and Danny immediately fell back to sleep but Steve's mind was racing and he fell into a restless sleep.
The next day at the office Danny called a meeting with Chin and Kono in Steve's office before the BAU team got there. "What's up Danny?" Kono asks as Chin nods in agreement.
Steve could tell that he needed support so he stands beside him and puts his arm around his waist which gives Danny the courage to speak up, "It's about this case..." Danny proceeds to tell them everything that he told Steve yesterday and they're both sporting killer faces now.
"I'll kill him...no one has the right to that to someone and get away with it." Kono hisses and Chin is stoic as ever but they could tell that inside he was raging. A few minutes later the BAU comes in and they explain they have a suspect they just need to find the alias. Morgan calls Gracia and tells her to track down an alias for Tye Smith; she said she call them back asap when she found something. Danny needs to get out of here because he feels like he suffocating and Steve understands. Steve starts to go with him but Danny stops him, "No Steve...please I need to be alone right now." was all he says before heading out leaving Steve in his office. Steve's heart breaks for him because he's hurting and he can't fix it so he goes back out to where the rest of the team is, "Where's Danny?" Chin asks?
"He needed some air."
"And you didn't go with him?" Chin practically yells
"He didn't want me to so I thought I should give him some space even though it was aganist my better judgment."
"Damn straight...look Steven you better get your ass out of here and go follow him before I send you to the hospital."
Morgan, Reed, Prientess and the rest had confused looks but knew that this was more than a work partnership, not that they minded; Kono see their looks so fills them in but not revealing any specific details about Danny's past. Steve leaves but not without telling them to update him when they get something. He heads to his truck but notices that Danny's car is still in the lot with the door opened. He runs over to see if he left anything but nothing seems out of place until he sees a piece of blond hair glinting in the sunlight. He knows it's Dannys and knows that Tye has taken him. "CHIN, KONO GET THE HELL OUT HERE NOW!" Steve screams at the top of his lungs and they come running out, guns drawn and ready to attack. "What happened?" Kono asks
"I don't know...his car was still here and the door was opened like this and I found a piece of his hair on the seat and what's this? His badge? Damn this is not good...we need to track his cell...I should've never let him go..." Chin comes over and pats a hand on his shoulder, "It'll be okay brah...we'll find him and end this Tye person...but right now you need to stay strong not for us but for him-okay?"
"Okay." Steve responds as they head back inside.
Meanwhile on the other side of Oahu, Danny was waking up in a strange place then he tries to move but he can't-his feet and hands are zip-tied to a bed and he hears the one voice he does not want to ever hear again.
"Well it's nice to see that you're awake boy...did you ever think you could get away?"
"Why wait so long...why now?" Danny hisses out.
"I have my reasons."
"Well then why don't you freaking tell me?" Danny says through clenched teeth. The next thing he knows is he's tasting blood in his mouth, "You hit like a girl."
And with that comes another punch this time harder than before, "I'd watch that mouth of yours Daniel."
"I am not yours anymore! You do not own me!" Danny yells out. At this Tye becomes furious and proceeds to beat him by using his fists and a belt. Danny blacks out again. Three hours later Tye is casually just sitting in a chair while Danny comes too again, "Now are you going to be a good boy and keep your mouth shut?"
"I am not your boy. What are you gonna do to me?"
"This..." The next thing Danny knows what's happening is now he's laying face down on the bed with tape over his mouth and he starts despriately trying to get away and get him off of him but then he stops moving when Tye leans down and whispers in his ear, "Listen you keep this struggling up and I will KILL that precious boyfriend of yours. Mark my words." Sliently tears falls out of Danny's eyes and he just turns his head and buries it in the pillow as Tye continues on.
Meanwhile back at HQ, Steve was pacing back and forth till they finally got a hit on Danny's cell. It was in Oahu at a condemend hotel. They get there in record time and are ready to attack. Steve was packing more heat than the sun and it made Chin and Kono and the BAU team look tame but Steve was not taking a chance. He was laser focused, seeing red and had his sights set on the one Tye Smith-yes he was not going to be coming out of this alive. Steve spilt them up into teams to search each of the floors, granted this building had only three floors but still searching each and every room was going to take time so that's why he did this. Steve and Chin took the 3rd floor and began quietly seaching every room with guns drawn. It wasn't until Steve got to room 321 that he heard a faint whimpering sound and his gut told him that it was Danny-his Danny.
He kicked the door so hard that it went flying off the hinges and this stunned Tye. Steve stepped in and froze at what he saw-Tye was on top of Danny-he immediately saw a violent flash of red and anger corsed through his body. Tye smiled at him, "So you must be the boyfriend...listen this boy is mine!"
Steve growled and spoke dangerously low, "Get the hell off him!" He stalked towards him like he was some kind of pray.
Tye not being the least bit scared replied, "No I think I'll stay right here and ruin him for you." Steve didn't know what happened next but someone was pulling Steve off of Tye, "Steve! Steven! He's dead-stop!" All he heard was Danny's voice but he wasn't sure if it was him that pulled him up off of Tye. He turned around and faced Danny then pulled him in for a tight embrace as tears came flowing down like a waterfall, "I'm so so very sorry baby...Danny I'm so sorry...this is all my fault I never should've let you go out of my office...Please please forgive me...please" Steve pleaded with Danny as he held onto him tighter. Danny understood why Steven thought this was his fault but it wasn't and he had to make him realize that, "Babe...Steven...look at me...this is NOT your fault, I don't blame you for what happened, no one could've known what was going to happen and he could've gotten me some other way. He could've taken you out first then grabbed me...Please do not think this is your fault."
He nodded as he looked deep into his partner's beautiful blue eyes and kissed him with all his passion. They broke apart for air and Steve looked down, "Who gave you the pants?"
"Chin...while you were beating the crap out of Tye which I want to thank you for...all of you..."
"Ready to go?"
"Never been more ready to get the hell of here in all my life."
"Cool...why don't you say we all take a couple of weeks off on vacation. And Danno-you, me and Gracie are going to fly out to Jersey and meet your parents. How does that sound?"
"Perfect." The cousins said together while Danny stood shocked at what Steve just said, "But what about the case?"
Morgan pipped up, "We'll finish up and close it for you guys...it looks like you guys need some down time anyway."
"Thanks...so you'd really take us to see my parents?"
"Yes...anything to make you happy."
"Steve you saved my life...I am happy but lets go get Gracie and go visit my parents."
They were all smiling as they left the hotel and on to their vacations.
AN: so what do you think? Should i do a chapter about the visit?