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Chapter 12: Running part 2

Last time: He turns on his cell and there's tons of messages from Steve and his parents and even Chin and Kono. He dials Steve 'n he picks up on the first ring, "Hello...Danny?"

"Yeah Steve it's me..."

"Where the hell are you? Everybody's freaking out not to mentioned concerned over your disappreance espicially me! Please tell me where you are."

Danny could hear the fear, hurt and pain in Steve's voice and it broke his heart but at the time he felt like Steve would be better off without him and now he regrets ever doing this, "Steve...I'm sorry for running...I-I was just so ashamed that I thought you'd be better off without me after what happened...Steve I'm ruined so you just better forget about me and find someone else that doesn't have nightmares or scars that'll remind you of what happened for the rest of your life when you look at me. Please Steve forget about me and move on." Danny hung up before Steve could say anything else and he had tears running down his face. Ed saw this and just shook his head because he knew he was making a big mistake and from what Danny told him about Steve-he wouldn't let him go not without a fight.

"Danny are you sure you want to do that to him?"

"Right now yes, no...ok I don't really know...it's just that I love him so much that I hate for him to see me in pain because he gets this look in his eyes that just breaks my heart and I know that he wants to help me but he doesn't know how..." Danny states as he angerly wipes away the tears. They sit there in silence the rest of the time just people watching; Danny's phone keeps going off and he keeps hitting 'ignore' because frankly he doesn't think he could talk or face Steve right now. Ed's phone goes off, "Danny I've just got a case I need to go. Do you want to go now or call a cab?"

"Yeah I'm ready to go...tired of sitting here anyway though it's been nice just to people watch..."

They left and head back to SRU so Danny could get his car. When they got there they said goodbye and Danny headed out while Ed ran in to grab his stuff. As he pulled into the intersection he was slammed on his side by another car. Danny never knew what hit him, all he knew was that he started rolling then blackedout. The charger flipped 4 times before landing right side up and Danny was unconsious and halfway into the passenger's seat.

The other cars that witnessed this just stayed put and called 911. No more than 5 minutes later did they come rushing in-police, firetruck and ambulance were all at the scene. They had to get the jaws of life to pry Danny out of the car. They immediatley checked his vitals and his pluse was shallow and thready-they knew they had to act fast because they could tell his lung was about to collasp so they carefully put a neckbrace on him and on a straightbored. When they checked him again he wasn't breathing so they ripped open his shirt and shocked him twice and thankfully his heart started again but he was still unconsious. They had to intubate him because one of the broken ribs had punctured his lung. "Okay people lets move now...call his next of kin." One of the paramedics told an officer standing by. The officer saw Danny's cell in the passenger seat so he picked it up and hit redial.

"DANNY! WHERE DO YOU GET-"

"SIR! PLEASE STOP!"

"WHO ARE YOU?" Steve yelled into the phone-his voice was filled with fear and hurt.

"This is Officer Sam Sweark. Your boyfriend has been in a terrible accident. He's on his way to the hospital. Meet me at Toronto General."

"What?...accident...how bad?"

"Sir it was pretty bad...look where are you located?"

"Jersey...we were on vacation visting his parents with his daughter Grace...oh god how am I going to tell her?"

"What's your name?"

"Commander Steve McGarrett"

"Oh so you must the one he was talking about...okay look I'll call Jersey PD and have them escort you, Grace and his parents to the hospital..."

"Sam...just how bad was it?"

"The car flipped four times...the firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get him out and when they did his lung was collasped and he wasn't breathing but when they took him, he was breathing again but they had to intubate him because of the lung, I think a couple of ribs broke and that's what caused it."

"Oh my god...well at least he was alive when you last saw him right?"

"Yes...look I gotta go..."

"What about the other car?"

"Drunk driver but he died on impact...didn't have his seatbelt on...listen I really have to go but don't worry I'll JPD-okay?"

"Okay...thanks Sam" When Steve hung up he felt like his world had been upended. Danny's parents noticed a change in his demenor when he was on the phone call.

"Honey...was that Danny?" Grace asked with concern in her voice. Steve turned around and the look of shock on his was all they needed to know that something happened to Danny.

Steve was in a state of shock when he spoke, "No, no that wasn't Danny...that was Officer Sam Sweark of the Toronto PD; he said that Danny was in a horrible car wreak-drunk driver hit him-s..s..said that he was hurt pretty bad-wasn't breathing when they finally cut him out but when they took him to the hospital, he was breathing but not on his own-they had to intubate him. He said that he'd call JPD to escort us to Toronto General. Oh god...I can't loose him-w...wh..what am I going to tell Gracie?" Steve fell to his knees because his legs just couldn't hold himself up anymore with the shock of the news and everything. Grace and Matt came rushing over and bent down to help him up into a chair. "Son...it'll be alright...he's a Williams and Williams don't give up without a fight...come on, lets go get Gracie ready to go."

"Yeah that's so true Steve." Grace said as they all made their way up to Gracie's room, "I should do this myself...you two get ready"

They nodded and left for their room while Steve stood outside her door. He was so lost in thought that he didn't hear the open and Gracie standing in front of him, "Daddy? Are you okay?"

"Huh...oh hey sweetiepie" He said putting on a very fake smile as he lifted her up into his arms and hugged her tightly. She squirmed around, "Daddy...can't breath...where's Danno?"

Gracie knew something was up when she asked him because he tensed up and only hugged her tighter. When he went into the room and sat down on the bed, she pulled back and looked at him and instantly knew something happened. "What happened?"

"I didn't say anything."

"You didn't have to...I see it in your eyes...now please tell me what happened to Danno?"

"Well baby...remember when that bad man took him a few days ago?"

"Yeah you said he was kidnapped..."

"Right...well he's been having some very bad dreams and ummm-' 'He ran away didn't he?' Gracie said without letting him finish.

"Yes but you have you didn't do anything...okay?"

"Okay but why did he run away?"

"Sometimes when people feel down, they don't want to hurt their loved ones so they go somewhere else to figure it out...our Danno was feeling down and I guess he thought he wanted to protect you and me."

"Are you going to bring him back and help him fix his heart?"

Steve smiled, "Yes baby...I am...but there's something else"

"What?"

"Well I got a call from an officer in Toronto saying that he was in a car accident."

"Oh my god! Is he okay?"

"Yes he was alive but he had been hurt pretty bad. And the nice officer told us that we're going to have a police escort all the way to Toronto."

"Okay"

"Why don't you get dressed and meet me downstairs?"

"Okay but what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to get dressed and call Chin and Kono"

"Right they do need to know..."

He went to the bedroom and closed the door and just leaned against it. The last words that Danny said kept replaying over in his mind. So he closed his eyes and took a couple of deep breaths then proceeded to call Chin and Kono. They were shocked and told him to expect them later that night. After getting dressed he went downstairs where his parents and Gracie were waiting just as the police showed up. They locked up and went down to the cars and got in. It was a bit of a long drive and Gracie eventually fell asleep with her curled up next to Steve. Steve put his arm around her and rubbed her shoulder. He laid his head against the backseat and closed his eyes. The next thing he knew they had arrived at the hospital and he was being woken up by a gentle patting on his arm. Gracie was already awake and out of the car and so was everyone else expect him. He quickly straightened himself out and followed the other officer.

The whole time they were walking to the ICU, Steve held Gracie and she clung to him like a lifeline. He saw two officers sitting outside his room and he stood up, "Hi I was the officer you were talking to on the phone. I'm Sam Sweark and this is my girlfriend Andy McNally."

"Nice to meet you...have you heard anything about his condition?"

"Could we talk in private?"

"Nooo...I want to hear about my Danno...please." Gracie pleaded and clung to him tighter when Matt tried to take her from him. Steve mouthed nevermind to Matt.

"Okay babygirl..." Steve said soothingly as he rubbed her back to calm her. "Please Officer go on...This is his little girl Gracie so it's okay"

"Okay come in here." He motioned to the waiting room and they followed them and took a seat.

"Sam please tell me he's going to alright?" Sam could hear the fear laced with concern in his voice and he himself sounded like that when Andy got hurt a month ago so he knew what he was going through.

"Steve...Danny's in a coma...when he got hit he must've banged his head really hard. There are some other injuries too-he has a couple of broken ribs and a broken arm. There were some other injuries that concerned us...it was on his back, looks like some scars"

"Please...Sam...he was taken a few days go and you know..." Steve mouth 'more later' and Sam and Andy got the hint that they were trying to keep the worst stuff away from Gracie. So Andy had an idea, "Hey Gracie why don't we go see your dad? And you can tell how much you love him okay?"

Gracie looked to Steve to see if was safe and Steve smiled, "It's okay babygirl...she's a nice officer...why don't you tell Danno how much he's missed and how much we love him alright?"

"Okay" Gracie hugged Steve then Andy took her, "Thank you for looking out for my Danno." She hugged Andy and she hugged back. Sam was just sitting there with a smile on his face thinking 'maybe that could be our daughter she'll be holding someday.'

Steve saw this look and he knew excatly what he was thinking because he thought the same thing but going back to reality he put his game face on and Sam spoke back up, "So what happened with the kidnapping?"

"He was beaten with a belt...that's why he has those scars on his back..."

"Damn...must've been horrible"

"Yeah it was...but umm nevermind"

"What? Please tell me"

"He was raped a few times before we got there."

"Oh god...what happened to the person who did that?"

"Dead...I killed him in self-defense...he tried to kill me first...tell me something"

"Anything'

"Is he going to wake up?"

Sam looked down, "I...I don't know...I mean the doctors said that he had a bad hit to the head but it doesn't explain why he slipped into a coma after surgery."

"Can I go see him now?"

Sam nodded and led him to Danny's room where he saw Andy sitting in a chair holding her and she was talking to Danny telling him how much she loved him and how much Steve loved him too. They looked up when they saw him come in. Andy started to give her back but Steve lend down, "Could you watch her for a while please? I'd like to talk to him alone."

"Sure...come on Gracie"

"But what about daddy?"

Andy was now sporting a confused face so Steve explained that she called him 'daddy' and and Daniel 'Danno'. She understood and Steve told Gracie that he need some time alone with him. They left and he stood beside the bed just looking up and down at him. He was on a vent to help him breath so his lung could heal, his ribs were bound and he had a cast on his right arm. He sighed and bent down to kiss him on his forehead. He smoothed his hair back so it wouldn't look so wild, "Danny...you've really outdone yourself this time-giving me a heart attack like that...Danny if you can hear me then please please come back...I..I need you...Gracie-our daughter needs you...Please don't ever think that just because of what happened ruined you...you're not by no means ruined...I had something planned but I think you need to hear it now. Danny ever since you came into my life literally busting into my life you somehow tore down the walls around my heart and soul and refused to leave. You are my world, my life, my everything I've ever wanted in a parnter and so much more. I know that I sometimes-okay most of the time do things differently than you'd like and trust me I'm working on it. But baby please believe me that when I say this, I love you with all my heart and soul. I know this is going to sound cheesy but here goes: Look, I guarantee there'll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you're the only one for me. Just please wake up and give me an answer please." Steve took Danny's hand and placed a beautiful platinum sliver ring in his hand and closed it.

A few hours later Chin, Malia, and Kono came in.

AN: okay stopping it now...you know me, love the cliffys...anyway please tell me what you think