A/N: Thanks for all the reviews they are really appreciated. Let's find out what a Deathstalker is, shall we, unless, of course, you Googled it.

Chapter Two

Steve read Danny's last text, and frowned. What on earth could cause him to be delayed at the airport? Danny was avoiding him, that's what this was, he was sure of it. Steve pressed speed dial for Danny's number, and frowned when it went directly to voice mail. "Okay, you deliberately turned your ringer off, didn't you? I can read you like a book, Danno. Call me, or get your butt back here, pronto." Steve hung up after leaving the message and left his office to walk up next to Chin, who was working on something at the Smart Table.

"Chin, can you check if Grace's flight left on time?" That's the only reason Steve could think of, off the top of his head anyway.

"Sure, Steve." Chin opened a new window on the table and brought up the Hawaiian Airline flights leaving Hawaii. "Looks like it left on time, is there a problem?"

"Not sure. Danny texted he was delayed at the airport. Then he turned off his ringer, probably because he knew it would annoy me. I think he's avoiding me." Steve pouted.

"Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me at all." Kono chimed in as she walked to where the two men stood. She'd caught the last part of their conversation and couldn't resist the remark.

"You have been just a little overbearing, since Danny announced that Grace was leaving for four weeks." Chin observed. "So, maybe you should give him a little space."

Kono, who had been checking the computer screen on the smart table, suddenly sucked in a breath. "Oh, wow, wait a minute." Kono expanded a small window on the table and typed something, then grimaced. "There's an alert posted at the airport, some problem with a charter flight. HPD was called, but they've been delayed." She looked up at Steve and Chin. "You don't think?"

"Yes, I do. Let's go." Steve was already on his way out of headquarters before Kono could even react. He just knew, for certain, that was where Danny would be.

"Where's Lou?" Chin asked as he and Kono hurried after Steve.

"He's over at HPD, should be back soon." Kono replied.

They exited the building and hurried over to where Steve was already getting into his Silverado. Chin climbed in the front, Kono in the back.

"Lou not back yet?" Steve asked as he sped out of the parking lot.

"No." Kono answered. "I'll call him and have him meet us at the airport." Her phone was already in her hand to make the call.

Even with his siren blaring, it took Steve longer than he would've liked to reach the airport. The accident at the end of the H1 slowed them down, but Steve just took to the shoulder of the road and eased by, then it was full speed once again.

Steve burst into the TSA office just as Officer Myers hung up from speaking with Officer Phillips on the cargo plane.

"What's going on? Where's Danny?" Steve demanded without any preamble.

Myers blinked in surprise, but then answered Steve's question, knowing that the Commander was the detective's partner. "Detective Williams is on an Aloha Air Cargo plane with one of my officers. I just finished speaking to Officer Phillips and he reported that there is no stow-a-way on board, as the pilot thought. But something has happened to the co-pilot and an ambulance is required. However, Detective Williams says that no-one is to enter the plane as something called a Deathstalker is loose, and it appears that's what injured the co-pilot." Myers picked up his phone as he continued speaking. "Let me arrange the ambulance then I'll take you over to where the plane is parked."

Steve looked like he was about to argue, until Chin put a calming hand on his arm and shook his head. So Steve released a sigh and started pacing while Myers made his call.

They were just exiting the building, heading for a TSA vehicle, when Myers phone rang. "Myers. What? How bad? Do you see whatever it was?" The man had stopped and now looked directly at Steve. "Okay, we're on our way, the rest of the Five-0 team is here. See what you can do. I'll call you back when we're outside."

"What?" Steve questioned as soon as Myers ended his call. "Did something happen?"

"Get in, I'll tell you on the way out there." Myers climbed into the driver's seat as Steve got in the passenger seat, Kono jumped in the back, but Chin turned and flagged down Lou Grover who had just arrived.

"Well?" Steve prompted as Myers pulled away from the terminal, followed closely by Lou's vehicle with Chin now sitting next to him in the passenger seat.

"Phillips was a little panicked, but it appears that something happened and Detective Williams is down. Phillips is too scared to get close to the cargo so he doesn't know exactly what happened." Myers pulled up near the cargo plane as he continued. "I'll call him back and see what going on now."

"I'm going in." Steve asserted as he exited the vehicle. This wasn't happening, his partner was in trouble and whether Danny liked it, or not, Steve was going in there to get him.

"No, Steve, wait," Kono caught hold of Steve's arm stopping him from running up the stairs to the planes door. "I know what a Deathstalker is." She continued as Steve turned to glare at her.

Kono held up her phone where a picture of an amber coloured scorpion filled the screen. "It's a scorpion, Steve, and it says here that the sting can be deadly to some people, or if it's not treated."

"Then I need to get Danny out of there." Steve shook of Kono's hand and again headed towards the stairs.

This time both Chin and Lou, who had heard Kono, got in Steve's way. "Steve, Danny said no-one is to open that door, and he's right, you can't risk letting such a thing get out." Chin spoke calmly. "We need to find another way in there."

"Chin, the TSA officer in there says that Danny is down. I have to go in." Steve tried to push pass his two teammates, without success. "He should have waited for back-up. He's always telling me to wait for back-up." Steve muttered as he stepped back, unable to move his teammates.

Myers had been talking on his phone during this exchange, now he approached Steve. "Phillips has the manifest for the cargo. Apparently there were two Deathstalker's in the cage. They are both loose on that plane somewhere. Also, Detective Williams is conscious, although he appears to be in a lot of pain."

"Yeah, it says here that the sting from this scorpion is very painful." Kono helpfully supplied.

"Listen, Steve." Lou spoke rationally when Steve again tried to get to the stairs. "I know you want to get to Danny, but think for a minute. Do you really want to listen to the rant that will ensue if you open that door, especially after Danny said no-one was to open it?"

"We can put a screen or something around the door, maybe that way we can contain these Deathstalkers." Myers offered. As he spoke an ambulance pulled up, lights flashing.

"Yes, you can try that, but it's too slow." Steve said as he looked first at the ambulance then up at the cockpit window where the pilot was looking back down at them. "I think I have a faster way of getting in there."

TBA