Whatever I Have To Do

by LoveReid

When Danny goes missing, it's up to Steve and the rest of the five-0 team to find him. But when someone they know appears back on the island, and things start to fall into place, the team is forced to make a decision that may cost their friend his life.

12. Chapter 12

Thanks everyone for the reviews and well wishes on finals :)

Thank god they're over now! Woohoo summer!

So my friends are taking me away this weekend for my birthday and I may not have time to update until I get back Monday or Tuesday. I'm going to try to get another chapter out before I go but I'm sorry if I can't. If I cant write one this weekend I promise a good when I get back!

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"You're going to pace a hole in the floor." Chin told Steve after watching him for over half an hour.
"I need to question Harris!" Steve said angrily. "What's taking them so damn long?!
"It might have something to do with the broken nose and three broken ribs." Chin said calmly, trying to keep Steve from beating the medic as well.

After a thorough search of the warehouse, and coming up with no Danny, the team was back at HQ. Sean Harris was being treated for his injuries from the beating he received. Which was much more than he deserved if you asked Steve. He didn't see the point in having Harris treated if he was just going to break more of his bones when he finally got him in interrogation.

During his thousandth circle around the office, the FBI finally decided to show up.
Kipton got right up in Steve's face immediately.
"When did you locate Matthew Williams?" He asked angrily.
"Yesterday." Steve replied in a tone that would purposely piss the agents off.
"And why weren't we contacted then?" Markowitz demanded.
"Because I needed him to find Danny." Steve said, as if it should be obvious.
"He's one of FBI's most wanted McGarrett." Kipton practically spat. "You had no right taking him into the field! He could have escaped again!"
"That's his brother out there Agent. He wasn't going anywhere." Steve replied, anger mounting.

That's when Kipton made a big mistake.
"Listen here McGarrett," he said, pushing his finger into Steve's chest.
"Get your hand off of me." Steve said dangerously, noticing Chin moving forward.
"I get that you want to find Danny-" Kipton continued.
Steve's blood boiled and before Chin could stop him, he punched Kipton straight in the face. His head flew to the side and he stumbled backwards with a grunt of pain.
"Don't you dare talk about my partner!" Steve growled. "If it were up to you, you'd leave him to rot as long as you got your man! What happened Kipton? You finally got your head out of your ass and realized that Detective Williams is as good a cop as they come?"

Kipton was holding his bloody jaw and Markowitz started forward. Steve was ready to take him down too.
"Hey!" Chin said, stepping in between Steve and the agents. "This is not solving either of our problems! Matthew is in our interrogation room. Take him into your custody and leave. Now."
Markowitz stepped forward. "He just assaulted a federal agent!"
"And I'm about to assault another one!" Steve bit out. "Our medic is a little busy with the last guy I assaulted so I suggest you do as Officer Kelly said before we need to call for an ambulance or two!"

Finally realizing that Steve McGarrett was not someone you messed with and survived to tell the tale, Kipton put his hands up in surrender.
"Alright." He said, "We're going to take Matthew Williams to HPD for questioning. We won't take him back to Quantico until you find your man, incase you need him again."
Markowitz blanched. "Edward-"
"Let's go. Now."

Steve watched the two agents leave his building before stalking off to office.
"Boss!" Kono called, running up to him. "Harris is finished with the medic and I just transferred him to interrogation. You ready?"

Steve cracked his knuckles.
It was time to get Danny back.

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Steve walked into the dimly lit room and stared down at Sean Harris.
"I want a lawyer." He demanded.
Steve punched him. Not hard enough to knock him out, but hard enough to show he meant business. He did not have time to go back and forth here. Every second he wasted here was another second Danny was out there alone and hurt.

"You can't do that to me!" He shouted.
"Listen to me." Steve said threateningly. "The only reason I haven't beat you to death yet is because you know where my partner is. Tell me where he is and we don't have to do this. Sit there and keep your mouth shut, and I will beat his location out of you."

"I don't believe you." Harris said. "You're a cop."
Steve hit him again, harder this time. He leaned forward gasping with his arms wrapped around him stomach.
Steve leaned forward and got right in his face.
"Do I look like a cop to you Harris? Where. Is. My. Partner?" Steve demanded.
"I want a phone call."
Steve kicked the chair backwards, smiling when he heard Harris' head slam into the floor.
"That must've hurt." Steve mocked.

"Steve!" Chin called, stepping further into the room from where he had been hovering.
"Chin, I think it'd be better if you waited outside." Steve said.
"Steve..."
"Chin!" Steve said angrily, his tone leaving no room for argument. "I've got this. Step outside."

"No! Don't leave!" Harris begged from the floor.
Chin sighed and looked at Steve, who nodded. Chin gave a nod in return before leaving the room.
"Looks like it's just you and me now Harris." Steve said dangerously. He pulled the chair back up. "Now, where's Danny?"

"You know he told me about you Commander McGarrett." Harris said, his demeanor changing from scared to smug. "He said you'd find him and you'd make me pay. But you didn't, did you? You're here and he's still out there. You failed him."

Steve pulled Harris savagely to his feet and slammed him against the wall so hard his entire body jarred.
"WHERE IS HE?!" Steve shouted in his face.
"I left him pretty bad off... I wouldn't be surprised if he was dead by now." Harris said with a smirk.

Steve froze.
He knew what was about to happen.
Before Chin could burst into the room and stop him, Steve grabbed the metal chair and placed it under the door handle just as it started turning.
"STEVE!" He heard Chin shout. "Open this door Steve! NOW!"

Steve ignored him and walked menacingly back to Harris. He was going to beat that smug look of his face if it was the last thing he did.
He picked him up and threw him against the wall again, watching him bounce to the floor.

Harris started to crawl backwards.
"What's the matter Sean?" Steve asked, walking towards him slowly. "You're not afraid of me are you?"
Harris started to stand up but Steve kicked him in the stomach, dropping him back to his knees. He could still hear Chin shouting in the background. He was pretty sure he heard Kono out there now too.

"What was it you just said to me about Danny?" He said with another punch to Harris' face. "Huh?"
Harris was back to terrified. Steve thought for a fleeting moment that he was taking this too far, and then he remembered why he was given immunity and means in the first place. To get the job done. Not that anything else mattered to him at this point. He would gladly go to jail if it meant getting Danny back safe.

"Something to say Harris?" Steve asked. "Because I'm going to give you one last chance here. Where is he?"
Harris shook his head. "I can't!" He shouted. "I can't! You don't understand."
"Wrong answer." Steve replied, pulling his pocket knife out of his boot. They may have taken his gun, but they never thought about taking his knife.

Harris' eyes widened as he shrank back even further.
Steve grabbed him arm and pulled him forward. Harris cried out.
"What was it you did to Fuentes?" Steve asked. "You cut off his fingers, correct? One by one? Torturing him for information like some animal?! Did you do the same to Danny?!"
"No!" Harris cried. "I didn't! I swear!"

Steve placed his knife on Harris' middle finger and started to press down.
"You see Sean," he said. "I'm in desperate need of some information. And if this is the way you work, I'm happy to oblige."
"DON'T!" Harris screamed. "PLEASE!"
Steve saw blood streaming from the shallow cut in Harris' finger. He pressed down more.
"WHERE IS DANNY?!"

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Steve jumped out of his truck and ran with Chin, Kono, HPD, SWAT and even special agents Kipton and Markowitz behind him. They had already called for an ambulance and the nearest one was en route.

A house. A damned house not even twenty minutes from the Five-0 Headquarters was where Danny had been held captive these past three and a half days.
It was in a run-down neighborhood, where people go out of their way not to look, but hadn't anybody heard Danny's screams? Didn't anybody care that a man was being tortured in the house next door?

Steve was disgusted, and he had a half a mind to arrest every person within a hundred foot radius of the house, but right now he had more important things to worry about.

"Steve!" Kono called, pointing her gun towards the garage. Steve looked in that direction and saw it. The black SUV. Harris must have been too stupid to dump it somewhere. This was definitely the place.

"DANNY!" He screamed after kicking down the door and entering the old, broken down house. "Danny where are you?"

Everyone split up and went in different directions.
Steve entered the kitchen, gun raised. He saw another door and pushed it open to reveal a flight of stairs. He climbed down them slowly.
"Danny?" He called.

"Steve." He heard. It was weak and wheezy, but it was there.
Steve sprang into action immediately. He ran towards the door he heard the call from and pulled at it desperately. As soon as he had opened it enough for him to enter, he slid through.
"DOWN HERE!" He shouted. "I GOT HIM!"

"Jesus Christ, McGarrett could you not yell so damn loud? I've got a headache here." Danny complained. Three and a half days and that's all Danny had to say. It was just so... So Danny.
Steve made a sound of relief that sounded mysteriously like a sob mixed with a snort.

"Danny!" He cried, running towards his best friend. "Danny! Oh god Danny!"
He felt his relief overshadowed by anger as the SEAL inside him started assessing the situation.

The room was freezing and Danny was shivering violently. It was tiny and dark, the air dusty and uncomfortable to breathe in. Danny was chained to the ceiling for Christ's sake. Harris was a dead man when Steve got back to HQ.

"Steve." Danny said quietly, seeing the look in his eyes. "It's okay babe, I'm okay."
"You're not okay. You are so far from okay." Steve replied angrily, cataloguing Danny's many injuries. Both eyes were swollen and he was sure his nose was broken. His face was covered in bruises and from what he could see his chest was as well. He rested him palm on Danny's forehead and looked into his eyes to check his pupils. He frowned at the obvious signs of a severe concussion.
"I am now. I knew you'd come. And I knew you'd bring aneurism face." Danny said.
"Of course Danny. I will always come for you." Steve replied sincerely, deciding to ignore the second part.
"Next time maybe a little faster?" Danny couldn't help but say.

Steve snorted. "There's not going to be a next time. I'm having tracking devices placed on all of us and we are moving you into an apartment with so much god damn security, SEAL Team 9 wouldn't be able to breach it."

Danny tried to laugh, but it led to a coughing fit which left him wheezing.
Steve panicked and stared rubbing his back.
"Breathe slowly Danno. That's it in and out. Lets get you down."

Chin and Kono ran through the door at that moment.
"Danny!" Kono cried.
"Good to see you brah!" Chin said.
"Hey guys!" Danny replied, smiling as best as he could with his swollen and pained faced. "It's nice to see you. I missed you guys. Can somebody please tell me how my baby girl is?"
"She's going to me much better when she finds out we found you buddy." Steve replied, pulling on the chains. "I talk to her every morning, afternoon and night Danno. She's gonna be fine."
"Thanks man." Danny said.
"Anytime partner." Steve replied. "Now unless you've enjoyed being a human piñata, I'm gonna get you down now. Chin, will you hold him up while I work on these chains."
"Yeah brah." Chin said, stepping forward to take Danny's weight.

HPD and SWAT officers were trickling into the room. The rest were checking the house.
Steve pulled out his knife.
"Ah the handy dandy pocket knife." Danny mocked.
Steve rolled his eyes, "I see he hasn't broken your sarcasm."
"Nah he's a wuss." Danny replied.
Steve snorted as the chain released and Danny fell into Chin's waiting arms.

That's when all hell broke loose.
Danny felt it. He felt something shift inside him, a sharp stab of pain, and all of the sudden he couldn't breathe. All he could do was wheeze and gasp pathetically as he tried and failed to get enough air into his lungs.

He grabbed onto Chin, who was the only thing holding him up at the moment. He heard a muffled curse from Steve and was suddenly being transferred into his arms.
He looked up into Steve's panicked eyes as he continued to gasp for air.

Steve guided him gently to the floor and placed his head on Kono's lap.
She immediately began threading her fingers through his hair to comfort him. It would have worked if he'd been able to breathe.

"Danny." Steve said urgently. "Danny look at me!"
"Somebody get the medics!" Chin shouted, but Steve drowned him out, focussing only on his partner who was gasping on the floor in front of him. Steve immediately flashed back to the Sarin scare two years ago. It was terrifyingly similar to this. One second Danny was talking, the next second he was dying. And just like back then, there was not a damn thing Steve could do about it. But Danny had made it then, and he would make it now too. Steve would see to that personally.

"I think a broken rib punctured his lung when we brought him down." Steve relayed to Chin. "When the medics come tell them they're going to need a chest tube."
Steve looked into Danny's eyes and saw only desperation as he tried to breathe and couldn't.
"Danno, buddy." Steve tried to say calmly. He didn't want Danny to see how frantic with worry he was. If Danny panicked it would use up the oxygen in his lungs faster. "I know it's hard to breathe right now Danno, but I need you to calm down for me okay? Look at me."

Danny raised his eyes back up to Steve's.
"Good job Danny. Just keep looking at me. Can you try to take slow and shallow breaths for me?"
Danny shook his head furiously. "Steve..." He gasped out. "I can't... I can't breathe."
"Yes. Yes you can. Just trust me Danny. Breathe in and out, just like this." Steve coached while demonstrating the best way for Danny to get in as much air as he could with a punctured lung.

Danny tried, he really did. But it wasn't helping. His vision was fading and blackness was closing in around him.
"Steve..." He whispered, eyelids drooping.
"No Danny no!" Kono shouted.
"Where are the damned medics?" Chin was screaming and running for the door, knowing full well that the entire house had to be cleared before the medics could enter, and there was nothing he or his Five-0 badge could do about it.

"Danny. Do not close your eyes!" Steve demanded sharply, using his best commander tone. "Think about Grace. Danny she needs you!"
"Gracie..." Danny gasped. "Tell... Gracie... D-Danno loves her."
"God dammit Danny you tell her yourself you hear me?!" Steve yelled. His fear was coming across as anger as he all but ordered Danny to keep fighting.
"Please Steve. Please." Danny begged. He was fading fast and he knew it.

Steve was shaking his head furiously, refusing to let his partner go that easily. "What about Grace, Danny... What about Chin and Kono? What... What about me? I'll blow this island to smithereens without you Danno."

"Promise me... She'll be... O-okay." Danny said, eyes closing slowly.
"Danny!" Steve snapped. He couldn't listen to his partners gasping anymore. It was killing him.
"Promise." Danny managed, grabbing Steve's wrist and squeezing it tightly.
"I PROMISE!" Steve shouted. "But you promised me too Danny! You keep your promise to me first okay? You hang on Danny! Don't you dare die on me! Don't make me look your precious little girl in the face and tell her I couldn't save her Danno!"
"I'm sorry." Danny whispered. Steve's arm fell to the floor as Danny's grip went lax, and his eyes closed once more and didn't open again.

Officers were swarming all over the room.
Kono was screaming Danny's name with tears streaming down her face.
Chin was finally running back into the room with the medics in tow.
But Steve just sat there on the floor, holding his partners unconscious body, unable to register anything that was going on around him.

So when someone was trying to take Danny away from him, his SEAL instincts went into overdrive and he fought back hard.

"NO!" He shouted, thrashing in the arms that were engulfing him. The medics took Danny and started working on him immediately. He didn't make a sound. He didn't wake up. He didn't even move.

"Wake up Danny! Dammit Daniel Williams you can't do this to me!" Steve yelled.
Chin was holding him back as he tried to get to his partner.
"You promised me Danny!" He screamed in anger and fear, before falling limply into Chin's arms, the stress of the past three days finally taking its toll.

"You promised."

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Damn! I got carried away with that scene right there! I hope I didn't make it too dramatic or emotional but that's honestly how I see it. After the bomb episode especially I feel like these two have an I can't live without you kind of relationship. This isn't slash btw incase anyone was wondering.

Oh and btw I don't do medical stuff. I'm a psych major so all of the medical drama going on in here is mostly from Grey's Anatomy. Hope I did okay :)

So yeah like I Said before I'm leaving tomorrow and I really didn't mean for the chapter to end like this when I started it but this is how it came out. If I don't get to post till Monday I am SO sorry! But it's not a death fic so at least you have that!

Please review I'm really nervous about How this one came out! It was my hardest to write so far!