Hey! So sorry this took a while I've been crazy busy this weekend! Hope I haven't been keeping you hanging too bad ;)
Thanks so much for the reviews you all rock! I'm trying to answer them all but between holidays and school work I'm behind but I'm gonna try to make up for it now :) I really appreciate em!
Enjoy!
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"How's he doing?" Steve asked the second he entered HQ.
"He's still keeping it together for now," Chin replied. "About half an hour ago he started banging on the glass and shouting again, but he calmed down pretty fast."
"Do you know what set him off?" Steve asked in concern.
Chin shook his head. "No idea, but every once in a while he keeps looking down at his feet and then all around him nervously."
"Do you have any idea what he's doing?" Kono asked, watching Danny closely.
"None," Chin replied. "My best guess is that every second he's stuck in there his panic is rising. We need to get him out before he snaps and loses it. Did you find anything at the scene?"
"A prototype for the coffin," Kono replied. "He tested it out using a dog first."
"He was probably using it to test how long you could keep something alive inside of it," Steve added.
Chin shook his head. "He was one seriously sick son of a bitch."
"I agree Cuz," Kono said. "We just dropped the coffin by Fong. He's looking over it now and seeing what he can get off it. Apparently he found a few small dimples on the bottom of the casket that he couldn't identify the use of right away, but he's already working on it and promised to get back to us as soon as he figures it out."
"He'd better hurry..." Steve muttered. "I doubt Danny has more than a couple of hours left of air in there..."
"Are you sure?" Kono asked in alarm.
Steve just looked at her.
Kono nodded, trying to keep her emotions off of her face for her sake as well as Steve's.
"They also found another bomb fragment at the scene," she said. "Steve already sent a picture of it to Catherine, hopefully she's close to finding out who gave Harris the bomb."
As if on cue, Steve's phone started to ring.
"Catherine, please tell me you've got something on that bomb," he begged.
"I do," she replied. "It matches a few bombs made by one Arthur Akuna. He was arrested but got out recently. Chances are Harris got the bomb from him."
"You have an address?" Steve asked, already tense and ready to go to battle.
"351 Kalakaua Avenue," Cath replied. "Be careful Steve."
Steve hung up the phone.
"We've got the bomb guy," he said. "Chin, you're with me. Kono stay here and watch Danny."
Kono nodded. "Good luck guys. Bring back something we can use."
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Danny looked down at the pile of dirt that was now covering his feet in despair. He had held out as long as he could, but he wasn't sure how much longer he had now. He tried. He really did. And he hoped that his team knew that, and that they didn't think he'd just given up on them.
Remembering the tape recorder, he picked it up and looked it over. If he was going to die in here, he was going to send a message to everyone that meant something to him first. So that when they found him, if they found him, he would have at least had the chance to say goodbye.
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Steve pushed down on the gas as far as it would go and raced to Akuna's house.
"What do we know about this guy?" Chin asked.
"He was suspected for a while for making and selling bombs but was finally arrested for selling a bomb to a guy who tried to blow up his house with his wife in it," Steve replied. "The guy turned Akuna in to try and get himself out of trouble. Akuna spent the last fifteen years in prison and got out nine months ago but I guess old habits die hard."
"Let's just hope he knows something about where Harris buried Danny," Chin replied. "I don't know if Harris would have been so open to sharing his plans."
"Whatever he knows, I'll get it out of him," Steve ground out.
They pulled up to the house and jumped out of the car immediately. Guns drawn, they ran to the door and Steve kicked it open. They entered the house and started looking around for Akuna.
"Take the upstairs Chin," Steve ordered. "Watch your back."
Chin nodded and climbed the stairs as stealthily as he could.
Steve stepped into the kitchen and looked around. A noise from the next room had him sprinting inside just in time to see Akuna running out the back door.
"Stop! Five-0!" He shouted, already racing after him. "He's going out the back door Chin!"
Steve ran after Akuna and hopped the fence in the backyard.
"Stop Akuna!" He shouted again, but unsurprisingly, the man didn't stop or turn around.
Steve kept chasing him. He could hear Chin a few yards behind him now. He was just closing in when he felt the world suddenly go in slow motion. Akuna was running into the middle of the street, but he was too focused on trying to get away to notice his surroundings and the fast approaching car.
"WATCH OUT!" Steve shouted, coming to a shortstop. The driver slammed on the breaks and the sound of screeching tires filled the air, but it was too late and the car plowed into Akuna, sending him flying in the air and landing hard on the pavement a short distance away.
"No!" Steve shouted, running to Akuna and dropping down beside him. He was still alive, but Steve knew he wouldn't be for much longer. He needed to get something, anything, out of this guy and he needed to do it fast.
"Where is Detective Daniel Williams?!" Steve shouted at him. "Where did Sean Harris, the man you sold the bombs to, bury him?! Where is he?!"
"Bombs..." Akuna whispered. "Two..."
His head dropped to the pavement and Steve knew he was dead.
"No no no! Come on man!" He shouted.
He put his head in his hands. Steve already knew that Harris had bought the bombs from him. They'd gotten nothing out of Akuna that could help them. And now he was dead, their chances of finding Danny dying along with him.
He felt Chin put a hand on his shoulder. "It's not over yet Steve," He said. "We'll find him."
"How Chin?" Steve asked. "HOW?! How are we going to find him now, huh?"
Before Chin could answer, his phone started to ring. "It's Kono," he told Steve.
"What's going on Kono?" He asked.
Her response had both men running towards the car, frantic to get back to HQ as fast as humanly possible. Maybe even faster.
"It's Danny!" She cried. "He's saying goodbye!"
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Not being able to push it off any longer, with the air becoming thicker and the dirt steadily filling his glass hell, Danny pressed the record button and started.
"Hey uh.. My name is Daniel Williams. I'm a Detective and I work in the Governor's Five-0 task force under Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett. If you're listening to this, I guess I'm dead already, which sucks but my killers name is Sean Harris and please, Steve, if you're listening to this, don't let him get away with it. Whether you kill him or send him away again for the rest of his miserable life, just don't let him get away partner. He may go after Mattie again, don't let him kill any more Williams'. The world needs them."
Danny took as deep of a breath as he could and blinked back the tears that had filled his eyes.
"Mom and Dad, I know this is about the lousiest way to say goodbye but it's all I got right now so here it goes... I love you guys so much and I want to thank you for raising me right and turning me into somebody who helps people. I never coulda got this far without you guys and all the support you've given me and I'll always be grateful to have had the best parents in the world." He couldn't hold back the tears anymore as his already strained voice started to crack. "I'm so sorry... God I'm so sorry. I don't want Brenda or Sandra to hear this, please don't let them hear it, it will kill them. But tell them that they're the best sisters a guy could ask for, even though they spent the first five years of my life shoving me into dresses and making me drink tea with their dolls... I will always love them, make sure they know that. And tell Sandra not to let Eric drop out of college again. He's a good kid and he needs to make something of himself..."
Danny swallowed and kept going.
"Mattie... I know what you must be thinking, but this isn't your fault okay? Harris is a sick sick guy. I love you little brother. And I need you to be there for mom and our sisters okay buddy? They're gonna need you, jail or not. I'm trusting you to take care of them now Mattie. And when you get out, whenever that may be, you better spend the rest of your life making it up to them, okay? Be there for them like you were for me when Rachel left. I couldn't have gotten through that without you, and I thank you for that. I love you Matt, I always have and I always will, no matter what."
"I guess you're up Rachel... I just want to say that even though we had our problems and even though we fought so much, I only ever wanted you to be happy. I don't care if it was with me or Stan, I just want you to always be happy, and to have a good life because you deserve it Rach. And I'm so sorry things got bad between us, and that it didn't work out, but a part of me will always love you. Take care of our baby girl Rach, with everything that I've done in my life, she is still what I'm most proud of, and please remind her of that. Tell her that every day and make sure she always remembers how much Danno loves her. But don't you ever let her hear this Rachel. Never! And please don't tell her how I died until she's older, much older. Maybe don't tell her at all. I don't want her to know that I spent my last hours buried in a glass coffin underground somewhere... That's not something she should ever have to know... Please let my team keep her in their life. They're gonna need her when I'm gone. She's the only part of me they're going to have left..."
Danny sighed and ignored the tears that streamed freely down his face now. "And last but not least, it's time for my Ohana. Steve, Chin, Kono, I really want to thank you guys for everything you've done for me these past four years. I was miserable on this rock for six months, and I didn't really have anybody but Grace, but then I met my Neanderthal animal and the next thing I knew, I was part of a team I never wanted to join in the first place. But I never for a second regretted it, and I wouldn't take it back for anything in the world. You three showed me that I could make a home for myself here and you gave me another family. One I never thought I would have. I love you guys and I'm sorry for leaving you like this. Just try not to miss me too much alright?"
"Chin Ho Kelly, you're one of the best people I've ever met, and life has been so damn unfair to you, but I hope you find happiness again buddy, no one deserves it more than you man. And Kono, I really hope everything works out with Adam, he's actually a pretty decent guy. I'll haunt his ass if he hurts you, but with that roundhouse kick of yours, I doubt I'd even need to... And for the love of god guys, please take good care of Steve for me. I don't want to see him wherever I go for a long long time."
Danny closed his eyes and swallowed again. He wasn't sure why, but he knew that this particular goodbye was going to be the hardest one for him to say. "And that brings me to you Steve. I love you partner. And whatever thoughts are going through your head right now, whatever blame you're taking on yourself, get rid of it. Now. I said now Steven! This isn't on you buddy. I am not your fault. I know you tried your hardest to find me, and that's good enough for me. Take care of my baby girl Steve. Tell her that Danno will always love her and that I'll always be watching over her. Make sure she knows that she is the best thing that ever happened to me and how sorry I am that I'll never get the chance to see her graduate or walk her down the aisle... But I'm leaving that up to you now Steven. You need to be there for her okay? She loves you, all of you. And tell her that she can't date until she's 25. I expect full back ground checks from you on all her boyfriends Commander. I'll haunt your ass too if you don't. Good bye buddy, I know you've lost so many people that you loved already, and I know that this is going to hurt, but lean on Chin and Kono, lean on Gracie, Catherine, my parents, whoever you need to. Just don't keep it all inside SEAL boy. We all need someone everyone once in a while and you're no different. I know this message is really mushy, but I hope you guys can forgive me for that too. I love all of you, I'm sure as hell gonna miss you all and I'm sorry. I really tried guys, I swear I did and I'm so damn sorry."
Danny finished his recording and placed the recorder down next to him as his sobs filled the coffin that was slowly caving in on him.
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The three Five-0 members watched silently as Danny said his goodbyes on the tape recorder.
"This is not the end buddy..." Steve said. "I swear to you it's not."
Steve felt the familiar sting of tears again as he watched Danny get more and more emotional as he recorded the message.
He watched as the tears streamed down Danny's face. Four years of being partners and the only time Steve had ever seen him cry like that was when Rick Peterson had taken Grace.
Steve couldn't even imagine what his partner was saying. How do you say goodbye to everyone you love using only a tape?
Steve was never going to listen to the tape. He swore to himself that he wouldn't have to, because they were going to find Danny alive and he was going to watch his partner burn that tape recording and roast marshmallows over it if he didn't burn it himself first.
"He doesn't think he's going to make it," Kono whispered miserably. "He's giving up."
"But we're not!" Steve insisted harshly. "Akuna may be dead, but we're going to find him. Your trace is getting closer!"
"Look!" Chin shouted suddenly.
All heads flew back to the screen. They watched in horror as Danny started jerking his body around and screaming frantically. He was banging against the glass again and shoving his head from side to side so fast Steve was afraid he'd hurt himself.
"What the hell is going on?!" Kono shouted out in alarm. "What's wrong with him?!"
"He's going into convulsions!" Chin cried as Danny continued to jerk and scream in the coffin. "He's losing it!"
Steve's eyes were blown wide with panic and he was shaking his head frantically.
"No he isn't..." He said. "Chin zoom in by the corner near Danny's head! Now!"
Chin quickly zoomed in and saw what Steve saw.
Kono cried out and put her hand over her mouth to stifle it.
"Oh god no..." Chin whispered.
"Ants..." Steve managed to choke out. "My god they're going to eat him alive."
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How gruesome is that? I have the biggest fear of bugs so it actually hurt me to write that part but its important to the story so I couldn't skip it!
And just a reminder, this isn't a death fic so don't get too worried. Danny's not gonna be ant dinner. Hope that helps!
Damn that goodbye speech took FOREVER to write! I originally only wanted to put the team goodbye in there but it didn't seem very Danny-like to ignore the rest of his family so I had to write that in too. I'm actually kinda nervous about it. What do you guys think? Was it too much or did you like it?
I also made up that whole scene with Akuna because I wanted some more action in here so I hope that was okay too.
Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! Well as much as you can enjoy a story about someone who's been buried alive... Until next time!