The three then made their way back to the ICU and after donning scrubs they moved to Steve's side. Kono had not seen Steve yet and the sight rocked her to her core just as it had the others. Danny took her hand and led her to Steve's side.

As tears streamed down her cheeks she reached out and ran her gloved hand through Steve's hair, "Hey boss….."

She could not say anything else as her voice stuck in her throat.

Danny put his arm around her waist and guided her from the room where they embraced. "Oh God Danny….I'm sorry….."

"You don't have to be sorry honey. It's hit us all the same way. Remember what the Doctor said….this is going to take time. Get it all out girl….." Danny held Kono as she sobbed for several minutes on his shoulder. As they parted and Kono was wiping her eyes, Jenny joined them.

"Jenny, this is the final member of our team, Kono" The ladies shook hands, "It's nice to meet you Jenny. Thank you for all you've done for Steve"

"You're welcome and it's nice to meet you"

"Kono, I'm going to go see how Chin is doing with Julia. HPD should be here soon to take over for the hospital security. Are you going to be okay?"

"I'm fine Danny. I've got things here" Danny turned and took a final glance at Steve before leaving and Kono moved back to his side.

Danny was reaching his car as the call came in from Chin, "Hey bro, does she know anything?"

"I don't think so Danny. She seems really shook up and worried about Steve. How is he?"

"No change brother. God Chin, I don't even know where to start"

"Danny, I think we all need to get a good night sleep and look at this with fresh eyes in the morning"

"No, I'm not leaving him alone Chin, I'll stay"

"You're exhausted and you're going to be no good to him if you don't sleep. We can put an HPD officer in the room as well. None of us had much sleep the last 40 hours"

"Okay man, I don't think MaryAnn should stay at Steve's place, just in case…."

"I should be back at the hospital in about fifteen minutes. I'll take Kono and MaryAnn both back to my place for the night"

"Sounds good, I'll call HPD for extra officers and I'll meet you back here, Thanks brother"

When Chin arrived, Danny was in the hallway giving instructions to the three HPD officers, Kamaka, Palakiko and Mattson.

Chin knew two of the officers well and he greeted them all with handshakes and then along with Officer Kamaka they made their way into the ICU. Jenny came from the room and they all discussed how the night would go. Palakiko and Mattson would stand guard outside the ICU with Kamaka in Steve's room. Jenny would be on duty until midnight and then Shelly would relieve her. Danny then added, "I'll be staying in a room just down the hall"

"Danny, come on man we discussed this, you need to sleep"

"I'll sleep Chin, don't worry. I just want to be close in case I'm needed"

MaryAnn, Kono and Chin all said their goodbyes to Steve and then Danny walked them all out. He then called Catherine and Rachel to update them for the night and then made his way back inside.

At Steve's side he took hold of his hand, "Hey buddy, you're doing great. You just need to keep fighting Superman, I'm here with you. Can you squeeze my hand Steve, squeeze my hand" Getting no response, he continued, "That's okay babe, you're tired…..so am I. You just rest now" Danny then moved over to Kamaka, "Stay alert brother, call my cell if you need anything"

"He'll be fine sir" The men shook hands and Danny and Jenny left the room.

It was nine o'clock and Jenny was on watch until midnight again. She agreed to call Danny once she was off duty with an update on Steve's condition and with that Danny made his way to a room down the hall that the hospital had provided for him. He was exhausted, and fell asleep within minutes of laying his head on the pillow.

Shelly had begun her shift at midnight, tonight she knew she had to make her move. She had to kill this man…for Johnny.

The officers outside the ICU would not even know what was happening, she only had to deal with the one in the room. At about 12:30 she prepared a cup of coffee for the officer slipping drugs into it to knock him out.

As he sat sipping the coffee, Shelly went through the motions of checking on Steve while glancing over at the officer every couple of minutes. The drugs acted fast and at about 12:50 she was convinced he was under enough for her to make her move.