Note: thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter. Time for a break in the case.

Chapter Six

Danny slept for about an hour before he was roused by Steve trying to help Kono slide out from underneath him. "Sorry Danny, my butt was numb." She said brushing his hair out of his face.

"It's fine." He replied, "Can this come off now?" He asked indication to the oxygen mask."

"I'll check." Chin said nipping out of the room and returning seconds later. "As long as you put the cannula back on, you still need the oxygen for at least another 24 hours."

Danny nodded and pulled off the mask, allowing Kono to help him back on with the nasal cannula.

"How's the head now?" Steve asked.

"Better." Was Danny's simple reply, as he shuffled into a more comfortable position. "When can I get out of here?"

"They are gonna move you to a normal room soon." Steve replied.

"No, I mean out of hospital. The oxygen stays for 24 hrs then I can go? Right?"

"I'm not sure Danny, maybe another day after that." Steve replied concerned by his friend's flat behaviour.

"Why can't I go home tomorrow? I want to go home tomorrow." Danny stated.

"Danny, you almost died. You're lucky you're not brain damaged. You need to stay a few days then I promise I'll spring you. Take you home. I'll even stay with you for a few days. Keep you company." Steve said.

"Whatever." Danny said rolling over on to his side and facing away from his friends. They all looked at each other, looks of concern clearly written all over their faces. This wasn't their Danny, quiet and subdued. This whole thing had obviously shaken him to the core, and left him feeling vulnerable.

The team remained by Danny's side as he was moved to a private room. Danny was freed from most of the monitoring equipment and had been assisted to the bathroom and back. Now he sat pushing the food around the plate in front of him.

"You know you're supposed to eat that." Steve spoke up.

"Not hungry."

"You need to try something, how about the fruit cup?" Steve said pushing it towards his best friend.

'Fine," Danny said, peeling off the lid and forcing down the fruit.

Chins phone rang and he quickly exited the room, Danny watching him leave. Looking over at Steve he saw a glint in his eyes and a small smile on his face, "what?" He asked.

"Nothing, just I can't believe I got you to eat pineapple." Steve laughed.

Danny looked down at the fruit cup containing pineapple. He hadn't really paid any attention to what was in it. Staring Steve in the eyes he said, "You're a goof, you know that right? I like pineapple. Never said I didn't. It just doesn't belong on pizza."

Steve smiled at the small rant coming from Danny. Chin bobbed his head around the door and asked, "Danny can I borrow Steve and Kono for a second?"

"No!" Danny boldly replied. "I'm guessing that was Duke about the case, about my case." He corrected himself. "I want to hear it, I need to hear it."

"Are you sure? Danny it's still pretty raw, and what I have to say isn't going to be easy to hear."

Danny swallowed and nodded, pushing the fruit cup away, and ignoring Steve's scowl. "He doesn't get to make me a victim. I won't let him make me feel unsafe or vulnerable. I'm stronger than that. So I need to hear all the details so I can help catch the bastard before he kills someone else."

The team smiled, seeing the fire reignite in Danny's eyes, and the Danny they knew fight back to the surface. "Ok." Chin said pulling over a chair. "Duke was calling with the CSU report."

"Did they find any prints?" Kono asked keen for a lead.

"No." Chin said shaking his head. "But they did find something." He paused watching Danny for signs of distress. "They found hidden cameras dotted around the lock up, and a transmitter. They think the guy was filming everything and transmitting it to a computer. The transmitter wasn't strong, so he would have had to be near."

Kono looked sickened and Steve looked like he was about to put his fist through something. "You mean he wanted to watch me die?" Danny quietly asked.

"It would seem so." Chin replied equally as quiet.

"Well isn't he one sick son of a bitch." Danny replied breaking the silence that followed, then dragging the fruit cup back and forcing down the rest of it.

"So CSU didn't have any leads for us? Kono asked.

"No, and the barman came back a dead end too. He said the guy was average height, slim build, with dark hair, he didn't pay much attention to him." Chin explained.

"So was this guy out to get me, some sort of revenge, or was I just in the wrong place?" Danny asked.

"I think you were just in the wrong place." Steve stated. "Did you mention Grace to him?" Danny's eyes immediately bugged out at his daughters name, and Steve quickly reassured. "Relax, Grace is safe at camp. It's just the note said, take care of Grace, but no other names were mentioned, as if he didn't know much about you."

"He saw a picture on my phone, said he had a daughter the same age." Danny answered. "Why can't I remember what he looked like?" Danny said rubbing his hand over his eyes.

"You were drugged, Danny. You probably will never remember." Kono soothed.

"We don't have anything to go on though do we? He could be out there choosing his next victim as we speak. And I can't save them."

"It's not your fault, Danny." Steve stated watching his partner squinting. "Is your head hurting again? You look tired."

"I am tired, I'm tired of all this. I just want to go home." Danny said closing his eyes.

"Then rest, it's getting late now. Go to sleep. I'll be right here, I promise." Steve said. "We'll find him Danny, we will."

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Danny had a mainly settled night, his body still exhausted from the carbon monoxide poisoning. Steve had managed to sleep a little better, in the chair at Danny's bed side, than he did the previous night. Morning came, and with it the first break in the case. Charlie Fong had excitedly called Steve to let him know the results of the assault kit were back, and he had indeed found DNA under Danny's finger nails. Charlie had run the results through the system and had unexpectedly found a match.

"His name is Colin Acers. He was in the system for an assault charge several years ago. He moved to Hawaii six months ago from Detroit." Charlie hurried to inform Steve. "I have an address for him. He's a banker, so absolutely no reason why his DNA would be under Danny's nails other than that he was the guy with him that night."

"Charlie, you're a star. Send me the address. I want to bring him in, not HPD." Steve stated then hung up.

The others had been listening to the one side of the conversation. "We get some evidence?" Kono asked hopefully.

"No, Danny did." Steve proudly stated. "Charlie found DNA under your fingernails and the guys in the system. He's sending me the address now. I'm gonna bring this bastard in myself."

"I'm coming too, boss." Kono insisted.

Chin looked torn. He wanted to go with the team, to seek justice for Danny, but also didn't want to leave him alone. "Go." Danny said looking at Chin. "I'm ok. Really. Somebody needs to make sure they behave themselves, and don't end up on murder charges too"

"You're sure?" Chin asked.

"Yeah, I'm ok. I have plenty of nurses around, and the doc. I'm not exactly going anywhere, am I?" He said indicating the oxygen tubing, and IV, he still had running, keeping him hydrated.

"Ok," Steve said. "Let's go surprise this guy."

TBC