A/N: Well this is it, the final chapter. Thank you all so much for reading, and a especially thank you to everyone who took the time to review. The biggest thanks goes to rewob17 for her great beta work.

Chapter Six

A few hours later they were still waiting for Danny to wake. It was a little after 8 p.m. now, and Steve found it hard to believe that it was only a few hours ago that Grace had left. Now he wondered if he should call Rachel or not. He knew that Grace would not be there yet, and he didn't want to worry her needlessly so he held off calling. When Danny woke, and he had to wake, then he could decide if it was necessary to make the call.

Danny had been given another shot of anti-venom not that long ago, and they all hoped it would help him to wake up. All of Five-0 had been allowed to stay with Danny now, and they'd all been talking to him about various things. But it was Lou's arrival with supper that actually brought forth the first reaction from the comatose detective.

Lou had swung by Kamekona's shrimp truck and the smell of garlic shrimp had Danny's head turning in that direction, even though his eyes were still closed.

Steve, who had been watching his partner closely for hours, saw the moment Danny's eyes fluttered open. "Hey, welcome back." He said getting in Danny's personal space.

"Hey." Danny managed to croak out. Steve immediately spooned a couple of ice chips, which Danny gratefully accepted. "How long have I been out?"

"Too long." Steve said abruptly as he sat back down as Kono moved closer to Danny on the other side of the bed.

She ran her fingers through his hair and kissed him on the forehead. "Don't every do that to us again, brah." She admonished.

Chin walked up behind Steve and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's been a little over three hours, Danny. We've all been very worried about you. I'd even go so far as to say, you scared us."

"Sorry." Danny said then accepted more ice chips from his now silent partner.

"I'd like to know why there were scorpions on that plane." Kono queried to the room in general.

"Well I can answer that for you." Lou stated. "Apparently the scorpions were being shipped to a research facility here in Honolulu. They were to be used for research. One component of their venom has shown potential for treating human brain tumors. There is also some evidence to show that other components may aid in the regulation of insulin so it could be used to treat diabetes. No, I'm not that smart." He intoned as everyone, including Danny, raised their eyebrows. "I got that from one of the researchers who showed up to help find the second scorpion."

"Where was it hiding?" Kono asked.

"Actually, it was dead." Lou told them. "Officer Phillips told me that Danny's arm hit a cargo box. That was where the scorpion was hiding. Usually scorpions regulate the amount of venom they release. But this time, because you killed it when you hit it Danny, it released almost all its venom into your arm. That's the researchers knowledge again, not mine. He thinks, if you hadn't fallen, and all the venom had made it into your arm, you'd have died within minutes."

"Huh." Was all Danny could think of in response. "What about the co-pilot then, why did he die so quickly?"

"I spoke to Max." Lou continued. "His autopsy showed the man had a heart defect. That was why the venom killed him."

Steve remained silent, taking in what Lou was saying, but not commenting on any of it.

Chin figured an explosion of some kind was imminent, he knew Steve was seething with anger, and hoped he could mitigate it to some extent. "How about we all go eat our lunch in the waiting room and let Danny rest? We should also let Doctor Scott know he's awake, and I'm sure the people waiting out there would like to know that too."

Everyone left, except Steve and Chin. However, when Doctor Scott walked in Chin also left, but Steve refused to go with him.

The doctor quickly examined Danny and pronounced that he was now over the worst and would make a full recovery. But, he would still have tingling and numbness in his extremities for a couple of more days, and he may experience headaches. Once Doctor Scott was done he stood looking at Steve for a few seconds. "He needs to rest, Commander. I think that maybe you should go for a walk and sort your head out before the two of you talk." He waited expectantly. When Steve neither acknowledged what he'd said, nor spoke, the doctor sighed and left the room.

Danny looked closely at his partner. He knew that Steve had been upset with him on the plane, and he could see, just by his posture, that he was still angry. When Steve finally raised his eyes to actually look at him Danny's breath caught in his throat. There was a storm brewing in those eyes, and Danny knew he probably deserved whatever Steve had to say.

But Steve stayed silent, which Danny knew was not good, so he decided to poke at him to release the explosive pressure building. "I know you're mad, Steve. You have every right to be mad. It was a dumb move, going in there with only a young TSA officer, but …" That was as far a he got before the awaited explosion happened.

"Mad! I'm not mad! I'm livid." Danny sucked in a breath and waited for the rest. "You tell me never to go in without backup, and what do you do? You do exactly that. There could have been anything happening on that plane. You could have been shot as you entered. You could have been taken hostage by god knows who. Actually, you were, in a way."

Steve ran a hand through his hair. Danny just waited, knowing that it would be best to let Steve get it all out now that he'd started.

"Do you know how close we came to losing you? How close I came to losing you? They had to give you three shots of anti-venom is just three hours, and each time you could have died. If that anti-venom hadn't been on the plane, what then? What would I do without you Danny?" Steve stopped and dropped his head into his hands that were resting on the bed.

"Steve?" Danny took hold of Steve's right hand with his left. "Look at me Steven."

When Steve finally raised his head, tear filled eyes looked into his partners bright blue ones. "I'm here Steve, and I have no intention of going anywhere." Danny squeezed Steve's hand. "I promise I will never go into a situation like that without back up, again. I'm sorry that I made you worry about me. That you were so scared of losing me, because I never want to hurt you like that again."

They held eye contact for a while as Steve digested what Danny had just said. Danny broke eye contact first when he was overcome by a huge yawn.

"Okay, apology accepted. But I am never letting you out of my sight again, Danno." A sly smile crept onto Steve's face. "In fact, you will be staying with me for at least a week, maybe longer."

"What?" Danny questioned. But inside he'd known this would be coming.

"I promised Grace I would take care of you and that's exactly what I'm going to do." Steve squeezed Danny's hand. "Besides, if I tell her about your little escapade this morning you will be in so much trouble."

"You wouldn't." Danny yawned again.

"Yes I would. So you'd better behave from now on." Steve smiled as Danny simply nodded and settled down to sleep.

"Thanks, brother." Danny said, almost asleep now. "I love you too, by the way."

Steve looked at Danny, startled. His eyes were closed, and his breathing evening out as sleep overtook him. Had Danny heard him? They say that people in a coma can hear, but had Danny heard. It would explain so much, like why he hadn't argued with him. Because he knew how much he'd scared Steve, heard Steve unload all his feelings.

"Well, I'll be damned." Steve muttered to himself. "I love you too, Danno." He said as he pulled the blanket up around his brother. Pushed a few stray hairs out of Danny's face then sat down to wait for Danny to wake again. A few minutes later and Steve was asleep, exhausted from the emotion turmoil of the morning.

Chin stuck his head in the door, saw the two partners asleep, and smiled. He'd been outside listening, not sure if it was wise to leave the two volatile men alone to sort things out. But, as it turned out, they'd managed fine and things could now get back to normal. That is as normal as things every where within Five-0.

With a last look, Chin turned and left, going back to the waiting room to let the rest of the team know that everything was good again in their world.

The End