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The first thing Steve registered as he tried to maneuver himself onto his elbows was the ringing in his ears that wouldn't seem to stop.

"Oh god," he whispered, finally managing to sit up and shake his head. He opened his eyes and looked around the room. There was a huge hole blown into the middle of the barn and blood was splattered all over the place. Papers and bills of Stan's money were flying through the empty space.

Steve immediately wiped the blood off his face and moaned in despair. Sean Harris was one sick bastard, and Steve definitely wasn't going to shed any tears over his death, but he had also been their only lead to Danny and now he was dead.

How the hell was Steve going to find his partner now?

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The abandoned house was soon swarming with squad cars and HPD officers. Everyone was searching desperately for anything that would lead them to Danny. He'd been missing for almost 20 hours and with their only suspect now dead, despair and doubt was starting to settle among the officers.

"How is he?" Chin asked, walking over to Steve where he sat in the back of the ambulance getting checked over by a medic.
"His pupils are even," the medic replied.
"He blew himself up Chin..." Steve said. "He blew himself up and left us with nothing. Nothing!"
"I think we should take him to the hospital to get him checked out just in case," the medic said.
"No!" Steve replied, jumping down from the ambulance. "I need to find my partner. He doesn't have much time left! I'm staying here."
"Sir..." The medic began.
"I'm staying!" Steve said again, leaving no room for argument.
"I'll keep an eye on him," Chin promised the medic.

Steve was already up and making his way back into the house.
"Kono," he called "What's going on?"
"We have some car savvy HPD officers looking over the truck now Boss," Kono said. "They're going to take the car over to Fong and see if they can get the mileage of his last trip. Maybe we can find out just how far away Danny is. And CSU is going over this place with a fine toothed comb. If there's anything here they'll find it."
"Alright good that's something..." He replied.

"He just blew himself up?" Kono asked, still not believing everything that had happened in the past hour.
"Yeah..." Steve replied angrily. "How the hell did Harris even get out? And why weren't we notified as soon as it happened?"
"I called the head of the Bellevue Psychiatric Facility in New York and left a message he won't ignore," Kono said. "Trust me he'll call back the second he hears it."
"Did you threaten him?" Steve asked.
"I don't think there's a person in that place I didn't threaten," she told him honestly.
Steve smiled and shook his head. "We did a good job with you Kono," he said proudly.
"Thanks Boss," she replied. "Now lets go get our boy back."

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Steve had barely stepped into HQ when Rachel came running up to him a flurry of panic.

"Steve!" She cried. "Where is he? Is he alright? What's happened?"
"It was a trap Rachel... He was playing us. Blew himself up right in front of me," Steve replied angrily. "But this still isn't over alright? We're not going to stop until we find him."
"Who was behind all of this?" Rachel asked.
"Sean Harris," Steve replied.

Rachel gasped. "The guy who went after Daniel because of Matthew? But that's not possible... How did he get free?"
"I don't know but I'm sure as hell going to figure it out," Steve replied threateningly.

He walked quickly to the computer screen with Rachel, Chin and Kono behind him.
"How's he doing?" Steve asked.
"God it's terrible Steve..." Rachel replied, shaking her head. "I've never seen him so miserable. Every once in a while he'll start moving around and sometimes he just groans... How could someone be so evil as to do something like this?"
"I don't know... Listen Rachel," Steve said soothingly, "Why don't you go back home and get some rest? Grace needs you right now."
"I... I can't just leave him Steve.." Rachel whispered.
"Hey, look at me," Steve said, "You're not leaving him alright? I'll be here the entire time. If not me than Chin or Kono. One of us will be here at all times. I promise you that Rachel."
Rachel nodded as fresh tears streamed down her face. "You'll call me if anything changes?" She asked.

"Of course Rachel," Kono promised. "Right away. Come on I'll walk you out. I'm going to go down to Fong's office Boss. I'll go see what he and those officers got from Harris' car. They said it wouldn't take long."
Steve nodded and watched as Kono led Danny's distraught ex-wife out of the building.
"I'll give Danny's parents an update and go over everything CSU sent over so far from what they collected at the scene," Chin said, heading to his office. "You stay here with him."

Steve nodded. "Can you call Catherine and ask her to try and trace where Harris got the explosives from?" He asked. "There's no way he'd be able to make that on his own, he must have gotten them from somebody. Send her some of the pictures of the bomb fragments CSU took, maybe she can figure out who and that can help lead us to Danny."
"I'm on it brah," Chin replied.

Steve turned to the screen and sighed.
"Just you and me buddy."

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Danny sighed in relief as the light at his feet shut off again. The blindingly bright light was burning his eyes and the with it turning on and off every two minutes for god knows how long he'd been in this glass hell, Danny could feel himself slipping. He was going to go crazy soon if he hadn't already.

Sweat was dripping down his face and covered his body. It was stifling in the coffin and getting harder and harder to breathe. His whole body ached from the amount of times he'd shoved himself at the glass, desperately trying to get himself out of there.

He groaned in annoyance as the light turned on once again.
"Enough with the damn light!" He shouted. His throat was raw and dry and it came out more like a croak. He licked his lips. Danny would kill for a drink right about now as he wondered just how much longer he could survive in here. What was taking his team so damn long?

As the light went off again, Danny turned his head to the small vent on his right and felt cool air being blown at his face. He took a deep breath and enjoyed the small miracle while he could.

But as soon as the light turned back on, the fan stopped. Danny moaned at the loss of the tiny breeze.
"No!" He cried. "The fan is connected to the light..."

When the light turned off and then on again seconds later, Danny couldn't take it anymore. He reached for his gun and slowly picked it up to face to stare at it before he made his decision.

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Steve watched his partner intently on the screen. Every time the light turned on, Danny would pick up his head a glance at it. A part of Steve knew that Danny was probably annoyed by the bright light and wanted it to stay off, but he couldn't bring himself to shut down the video feed. He knew it was ridiculous but he felt like it would be giving up on his partner and he couldn't bare to leave Danny down there alone. This video was all he had left of Danny until they could get him back and as selfish as it was, Steve needed this. He needed to be able to see Danny, even if it was like this.

His brow crinkled in confusion as Danny reached his hand down and started feeling around for something at the bottom of the coffin.
"What are you doing Danno?"

Steve's eyes widened and he leaned forward in alarm as Danny pulled his gun up and held it in front of his face.
"What are you doing Danno?!" Steve said frantically.

Danny continued to stare at the gun with a desperate expression Steve had never seen before on his face.
"Don't do it Danno! Don't you do it!" Steve begged even though he knew his partner couldn't hear him. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest as he stared at the screen.

"You're better than this Danny! Don't do it, god!"

Steve jumped backwards and shouted in horror as a gunshot rang out and the screen suddenly went black.

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