"What are you thinking bro?"
"I don't know Chin but if he hired someone kill Steve…Jesus, I didn't even consider he could still be in danger"
"Calm down Danny, he could just be talking man. He's clearly insane, just calm down"
The two men raced from the elevator and charged into the ICU. Standing at the window they watched as Jenny and another nurse tended to Steve.
MaryAnn was no longer in the room and Jenny soon looked up and spotting them she came out to greet them. "How is he?"
"He was growing a little restless and it was upsetting his sister so she's in the waiting room"
"By 'restless' I take it you mean he was in pain?"
"Yes Danny, but his vitals are good. He's bound to have pain, and as the Doctor has told you that is a good sign that his brain is registering pain. Do you want to see him for a minute?"
Danny turned to Chin, "Go ahead brother" Chin nodded in thanks and Danny watched from the window. Danny's mind was racing, Steve was safe here in the ICU but once they moved him to his own room they would need to be with him every second.
Chin leaned close to his friend as he held his hand, "Hey Boss, it's Chin. Kono sends her love. We're all here with you. You're safe now Steve, just get better for us now you hear me?" Chin now understood even more the dread and fear that Danny was experiencing. There were no signs from Steve that he heard anything that was being said. He watched Steve's face for several minutes before giving his hand a final tight squeeze and then he turned and left the room.
As they left the ICU Danny looked up, "You alright brother?"
"Yeah, I think so…..Danny…."
"Don't even say it man, I know. We have to believe he'll make it Chin….we have to"
"So what should our next move be?"
"We need to post HPD outside the ICU. I think he's safe here but once he gets transferred to a regular room one of us will need to be with him around the clock"
"Danny, I don't agree that he's safe here"
"What do you mean?"
"When Kono and I were talking to Julia it was obvious that she was terrified of Jonathan, Danny who's to say he doesn't have somebody on the hospital staff here to finish his job? Nurse Jenny seems to have the most access to him, are you sure we can trust her?"
"I think so, but in this case…..in protecting our boy….no I don't trust anybody but us. I'll stay here, can you go update Kono and then go talk to Jenna. See if she can give us any ideas as to her brother's plans"
"Will do, keep him safe man"
Standing outside the ICU, Danny called the head of hospital security and filled him in on his concerns. He then contacted Governor Denning to update him.
"Do whatever you need to do to protect him Detective Williams. If you need anything from me, just let me know"
"Thank You Sir"
A few minutes later two hospital guards arrived and after posting them outside the ICU he went to talk to Nurse Jenny.
After explaining his concerns to Jenny he added, "We'll do everything we can to stay out of your way but we have to keep Steve safe"
"Danny, just do what you need to do"
"Can you tell me if you have any new nurses on staff in the ICU?"
"Do you think one of my staff could cause him harm?"
"Jenny, I'm sorry but we can't trust anyone. Steve has put away almost half the prison population in Hawaii and he has a lot of enemies. Our task force is a team of four and at times like these, we can only trust each other. One of us will be staying with him around the clock"
"Well detective, you can trust me. Whatever you need us to do, just let me know"
"You have the most important job, just take care of Steve….Thank you so much. I'm going to go to the waiting room and check on his sister, I'll be back in a few minutes" Jenny watched as the young detective left the ICU. She was in awe at the level of friendship, love and devotion that Danny had shown to his friend. Steve McGarrett must be a very special man and she prayed that one day she would get the chance to know him.
Danny sat with Kono and MaryAnn and explained all that had transpired.
"So Steve's life is still in danger?"
"It might be, and we're not going to take any chances Mary. We'll keep him safe, I promise you"
"I know you will. Steve loves you all very much…you're his family"
"And you're part of our family too Mary. Steve hated having to send you back to the mainland, he did it to protect you"
"I know he did. He's just like our Dad…..protecting everybody but himself…"
"I'm so sorry we didn't see this coming, we didn't protect him…"
"Oh Danny, I didn't mean it that way. From what Kono has told me, this woman played on his emotions. You didn't do anything wrong and Steve would be the first to admit that. This isn't your fault. Just please, keep him safe now, please keep him safe"
"We will Mary, I promise you we will"