So I know I didn't put any author's not in the last chapter. I was kinda having a bad day. I apologize.
Anyways..No beta-reader. All mistakes are mine.
Disclaimer: Five-0 still ain't mine...frack
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Steve and Danny were sitting in the house. Grace was lying with her head in Danny's lap. Steve had send Chin and Kono home. Everyone had been up for more than 18 hours but Steve wasn't tired. He was still angry and Joey's condition had deteriorated. His temperature was still high. Danny was staring into space. He had dark circles under his eyes. He sighed.
"What's up Danno?" Steve asked.
"This is messed up. We need to find them. We have to, Steve." Danny looked at him, blue eyes filled with emotion.
"We will Danny. We'll get them back. Even if it's the last thing we do, we're going to get them back." Steve said with such conviction and Danny knew he meant it. Steve would literally give his life to get the boys back. Grace was moving and Danny knew she was having another nightmare. He stroked her hair and murmured encouraging words.
"It's okay monkey. You're safe." He kissed the top of her head. Grace opened her eyes. She had that haunted look in her eyes. The past twelve hours had been hard on his daughter. The worry for her friends and the nightmares were really doing a number on her. He had spoken to Rachel and explained what had happened. For once she wasn't using this as more ammo. She had spoken to Grace and Rachel promised she would be on the first flight back to Hawaii. Danny had explained that Grace was currently in protective custody. He told Rachel that Grace and him were staying at Steve's. Danny assured Rachel that it would be better if she stayed in Vegas. Rachel had told him that she would but she would also like to talk to Grace as often as possible. Danny promised he would let Grace call Rachel whenever she was awake but Grace had only talked to Rachel once.
"Gracie, do you want something to drink?" Steve asked her. Grace nodded. Talking wasn't something she did often now. Where the old Grace would've chatted your head off, this Grace was quiet and withdrawn. It unnerved both Steve and Danny. Steve poured a glass of juice for Grace and handed it to her. She took a sip and held the glass in her hand.
"Have you found them yet?" Grace asked. Danny and Steve exchanged looks.
"No, not yet monkey." Danny answered honestly.
"Maybe you and Danno should get some sleep." Steve opted. Grace shook her head.
"I don't want to sleep."
"But you have to, Gracie." Grace was close to crying again. Her chin was slightly trembling, tears filling her eyes.
"You want to tell me what your nightmares are about?" Steve asked her. By now a few tears leaked out of her eyes. She shook her head. She wasn't ready yet. Steve kissed the top of her head.
"It's going to be okay, Gracie." Steve said. He went upstairs. He was tired but couldn't sleep. Joey's condition and the twins in peril kept going through his mind. He was going for a run. He had to do something with all that pent up frustration. He changed his clothes.
"Danny, I'm going for a run. I'll be back in two hours." Danny just nodded. He had seen the agitation and frustration on Steve's face. This situation was eating at all of them. He looked at the clock. It was 8 in the morning. The boys were taken over 12 hours ago. In those twelve hours Danny has had four hours of sleep. But that was four more than the rest of the team. Steve and the rest of the team hadn't had any sleep yet. He knew for a fact that they hadn't slept for over 18 hours. Steve was running on fumes and Danny knew his partner wasn't going to relax when the twins were still out there. Danny held Grace a bit tighter and kissed her on the top of her head.
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18 hours after the kidnapping
Jamie and Jared were huddled together. Jamie was sleeping and Jared was looking around. His eyes kept wandering back to the small window. He hadn't been able to sleep. He wanted to go home and he was worried about his dad. Jamie stirred a couple of times but didn't wake. He wanted to get up and inspect the room further but Jamie was holding on to his arm. He heard footsteps outside of the door. The door opened and he expected to see Hector but this time it wasn't Hector.
Ramón entered the room. He looked at the two kids on the bed. The one boy did indeed look sick. Pale. But he was asleep, or so Ramón hoped.
"Can we go home now?" The other boy asked him.
"No, not yet. Come with me." Ramón said. "What about my brother?" The boy's tone was soft and full of worries.
"We are going to make another phone call." Ramón motioned for Jared to follow him. Reluctantly Jared stood up and followed Ramón. He glanced at Jamie who stirred, sighed and slept on as if nothing had changed. Again he was led into the large room. It wasn't actually a room but a wide space with a lot of crates, they were stacked upon another and some of them were open. The same older man was standing at the head of the table with the phone.
"Ah, my young guest. We are going to make another phone call. Don't even think about giving secret messages. If you do, I will shoot your brother." Jared's eyes widened in terror. "Do you understand?" Jared just nodded. They handed him the phone and Jared took it. After three rings Danny answered.
"Hello?"
"Uncle Danny." Was all Jared could say before he started crying.
"Jared. Talk to me buddy."
"I want to go home." Came Jared's sobbed words.
"We're working on that. How is Jamie doing?"
"He sleeps a lot. Where is daddy?" Jared asked. He was trying hard not to cry but it was all too much.
"Your dad is still in the hospital. He'll be fine and so will you. I promise we'll get you back." The phone was snatched out of Jared's hand.
"You have 24 hours to return what we lost. We'll call you tomorrow morning with the coordinates."
"But you said we have 24 hours." Danny was trying to keep the line open.
"Yes and we'll call you ahead of time to talk about the location." Ariel Ortéga said as he disconnected the line. He motioned for Ramón to take the boy back to the cell.
Jared was still crying when Ramón took him back to the cell. He pushed Jared inside and closed the door. He walked back to the boss. Hector and Luis came in with six bags.
"Finally." Mikey said. He was walking slow and stiffly towards his uncle. The doctor had removed the bullet and looked at his nose. His nose was indeed broken. The blood loss he suffered would make him feel crappy for a day because the doctor couldn't transfuse him. He had given him fluids through an IV and he just had to rest plenty to replenish what he lost. He was still angry at the cop for getting the upper hand on him. Whenever he thought back, he would clench his fists and tighten his jaw. He was going to kill that cop for all the trouble he cost. Or maybe he would die from the infection. After the first conversation he did a little research and found out the cop was in the hospital with an infection. His uncle had forbidden him to go there. He was 'grounded' as his uncle called it. Only allowed to go out for a smoke and then he was supposed to rest. He snatched one of the bags out of Luis' hands.
"Mikey! Tu es no bestia." Ariel Ortéga said to his nephew.
"Tengo hambre, tío." Mikey said. Ariel shook his head. His nephew was a barbarian. But he was tasked with raising the boy.
Luis put the other bag on the table. He took out his meal and picked up his rifle and went outside. He gave Mikey a dirty look as he walked out.
"Pendejo."
"Miguel, behave." Ramón said. He was no fan of the kid but his uncle had ordered him to keep him in check.
"Jefe, can I take the meals to the kids?" Hector asked. Ariel nodded and Hector took the meals and drinks to the boys. When he opened the door he saw that Jared was crying.
"Hey niño, que pasa?" Hector made his way over to Jared. He wanted nothing more than to comfort the boy but he was afraid that he would get into trouble if anyone saw him.
"I want to go home. I don't want to be here. Why..." Jared's voice broke. He started sobbing uncontrollably that Jamie woke up, confused and scared.
"Jared? What's going on?" Jamie asked as he looked at his brother. Jared hugged his brother. Jamie didn't know what was going on but held his brother tight.
Hector could see that the stress was getting to the kid. He put the meals on the small side table. He pet Jared on the head.
"It's going to be okay. I promise you." He had to get out of the room as soon as possible before he would do something stupid. Jamie huddled closer to Jared and they just there. Jared still crying and Jamie, trying his best to give his brother some form of comfort but dozed off.
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Danny was dozing on Steve's couch with Grace on top of him. It was the only way she would sleep. Steve was sitting out on the lanai. He had hoped that after running he could catch a little shut eye but it only hyped him up more. When he came home he went for a swim. And although he felt fatigued after the swim, sleep still didn't beckon him. Danny had fallen asleep an hour ago. Grace would fall asleep and wake up terrified after two hours. Mentally chastising herself for falling asleep when her friends were out there. Danny would hold her tight and whisper words of encouragement. Eventually she would fall asleep again and the cycle would start again. Steve hoped that Chin and Kono were really resting but he knew better. As proven by the fact that when he called the hospital the doctor said that Kono had called every hour to check on Joey. Steve hated this. Not being able to something had him going crazy. He was more on edge and Danny had told him to try to catch some sleep and he tried. He really did but kept dreaming about Joey and the kids. About Grace and Danny. So he went downstairs and went outside. A phone rang and Steve knew it was them. He went inside and could see Danny fumbling with his phone. He took Grace from him and Danny answered.
"Hello?" Danny said.
"Uncle Danny."
"Jared. Talk to me buddy." Danny pleaded.
"I want to go home."
"We're working on that. How is Jamie doing?" Danny asked him. He could hear Jared crying and his heart broke for the kid.
"He sleeps a lot. Where is daddy?" Jared asked.
"Your dad is still in the hospital. He'll be fine and so will you. I promise we'll get you back." Danny said as he looked at Steve.
"You have 24 hours to return what we lost. We'll call you tomorrow morning with the coordinates." Another voice said.
"But you said we have 24 hours." Danny was trying to keep the line open.
"Yes and we'll call you ahead of time to talk about the location." And the line went dead. Danny blew out his breath. He ran a hand through his hair.
"Did you get everything?" Danny asked Steve. Steve nodded. He looked at Grace. She was awake and looking at the both of them.
"Are they okay?" She finally asked. Her eyes kept darting from Steve to Danny.
"Yes, they are and we will get them back. We promise you, monkey." Danny said. Steve handed Grace back to Danny and called Chin and Kono. When Chin and Kono arrived they went out on the lanai.
"Monkey, I have to talk to uncle Steve. We will be right out there where you can see us. Okay?" Grace nodded and Danny put on a cartoon and joined the rest on the lanai.
Steve just finished briefing them about the phone call. That phone call had put everyone on edge and the news that Joey's condition had deteriorated. His fever had spiked to 105 and the doctor told them he had a fever induced seizure. They managed to bring his temperature down to 103 but he was still pretty out of it.
"I hope we'll find them soon. No idea what it will do to his recovery if we haven't found them yet." Kono said.
"I know." Steve said.
"It's a blessing in disguise. So we better get them back before he returns to reality." Danny said.
"So what are we going to do? We don't have the money, drugs or the body." Chin said.
"Yeah, we have to come up with something good or the boys are as good as dead." Kono said.
"How much money and drugs were seized?" Steve asked.
"Well, 9.7 million dollars, 2k of pure heroin, 5k of XTC and 1k cocaine." Kono summed up. Danny whistled.
"Quite the shopping bag." He added.
"Yeah, and I also discovered that Jaime Ortega was supposed to meet with the triads and the Samoans. According to Kamekona, they were planning on creating a distribution center with a base in Hawaii." Not what Steve wanted to hear.
"Does he know where and when the meeting was going to take place?" Steve asked.
Both Kono and Chin shook their heads.
"No, he said that he heard that they were hanging at the marina but others say the jungle." Steve sighed and scrubbed his face, as he has been doing every time they hit a dead end.
"Alright, let's make some heroin and cocaine. And later we'll see what we can do about the XTC." Steve said.
"I'm sorry but did you just say we're going to make cocaine and heroin? How on earth do you want to do that? Last time I checked, you needed poppy to make heroin." Danny said.
"We just have to make them believe it's the drugs." Steve said matter of fact.
"And what about the money and body?" Danny demanded to know.
"We're going to steal the body. Joey has the money so that won't be a problem." Steve said.
"This is ludicrous. We can't steal a body, Steve." Danny said.
"Danny, unless you've forgotten we only have 24 hours left to come up with something. We have to at least try something." Steve said. Danny sighed. Steve was right. So he nodded.
"Then let's get to work." Steve said with a smirk. He was anything but happy but this gave him something to do and that was something he desperately needed.
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Before anyone says that this is totally unrealistic, need I to remind you that in season 5 they had a plane landing on a highway while a drone made the whole island unsafe. Besides, it's Steve. This is something Steve would do. I mean they stole money for Chin, let Matt escape for Danny, helped Adam on a cargo ship with Kono to escape the Yakuza. I figured this was the least he could do for Joey ^^
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
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