Title: Danno´s Journey-Chapter Seven

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"Steve´s thoughts"

Chapter Seven: Darkness, Hospital and Hope

James helped them settle Steve in the helicopter and they were in the air leaving him, Joe and Anna there alongside the SEALs. Those who were with Steve knew that their leader was in Danno´s arms and they all knew Steve loved him and they were OK with it. That would have been something for Danno to sit and think had not Steve´s life being in danger.

An oxygen mask was put in place and he was immobilized. His body shook in a seizure from the gas that he had inhaled in that chamber. Danny wanted to bring Cota in alive so he could kill him but now Steve was all that mattered.

They were struggling because Steve hated being restrained and the seizure was taking all of his energy away.

Danny needed to calm Steve so he did the only thing he could, he started singing a

lullaby that he use to sing to Grace. It did the trick.

"Relax, babe, Danno is here, we all are, you don´t have to fight alone anymore.

Mercy Miami Hospital, Fl.

"Where am I? I´m so tired, I just can´t fight anymore, I want to rest, I need Danno. Where is Danno? I swear I could feel him. My body hurts and I can´t hear what is being said. Please, where am I? Somebody help me! Danno, Danno you´re here, please Danno please be here, I need you, I´m scared.

I´m so tired, and I can´t think, my head is killing me, so are my lungs. I just remember Cota, I was fighting with him. Pain and darkness and fear; where are you, Danno? Please, I need you."

Danny was pacing the small waiting room. The doctor told him that he needed to work on Steve and that he would come and talk to him later. He could see his Ohana there and he knew they had called his family in New Jersey but he hadn´t the will to care. All he wanted was for the doctor to come out and tell him that Steve was going to be OK.

Layla Carter had never met anyone like Detective Danny Williams. The moment she came out of the Commander Steve McGarrett´s room he was in her face demanding to know what was going on.

"According to this paper I need to speak to Danny McGarrett-Williams, the rest..."

"…will stay right here. We are all his family so cut the crap and tell us how Steve is?"

"OK, the Commander has four broken ribs, a broken arm, a gunshot in his right leg that is infected which caused the infection to spread to his lungs. He is malnourished and dehydrated; he's running a high fever and is very weak. He has two stabs wound in his left shoulder and left arm, scrapes that I think were produced by falling, but what really concerns us is the gas he inhaled. The Commander´s liver and kidneys are very weak and it's hard for him to fight the poison. We are waiting for the antibiotics to work in figthing the infection so we can start him on dialysis. He's not good but the fact that he´s still fighting is beyond amazing, he´s a warrior; I haven´t seen anything like this in a long time."

Chin was the only one able to talk. "He is a warrior; he´ll put up the fight of his life, because he knows he has an Ohana to come home to but the most important thing is that he has is his Danno to come back to. He´ll not die here, Steven McGarrett will never disobey an order from his Danno."

And Doctor Layla knew that she was in the presence of something big.

"He is in a medically induced coma because he needs time to let his body heal and he's on a ventilator to help him breathe. He's heavily bandaged and has two IV's with medication and saline to help him, we have him on cooling blankets to help fight the fever, but I think that he needs you most. You can come and be with him and help him come back to us. Don´t lose hope, he´s still here."

And Danny went inside.

While watching his goof sleep, he spoke to God.

"God, for a lot of months I was angry with you. My marriage ended and the woman I though I was going to spend the rest of my life screwed me over and took my baby away from me to one of your 'paradises' that for me was an pineapple infested hell hole. I refuse to listen to those who told me that you were there for me, because I felt so alone. Life was miserable and I didn´t see the light, but then when I thought I was going to keep falling into the darkness you sent me one of the most beautiful creatures, one of your best creations, this stubborn, beautiful, clever, infuriating, amazing, no respect for protocol or rules, caring, person that forced me into his life and filled it with his light. He give me a meaning, he gave me an Ohana. I wasn´t alone anymore, he became my protector and the only thing we wanted was for me to be happy, he loved my baby like she was his own. He became my world. I never suspected that I always was his, I´m sorry, God, because I didn´t see, I didn´t see that this amazing man loved me or I would have done something sooner. I´m sorry, God, because I know how much he suffered. I know he was guarded by two of your most loyal angels. They, who were my Ohana, are just as amazing as he is, and because I couldn´t see you made me see what my life without him could be and I understand, God, now I see I love him, I love him, Merciful Father and you can´t take him away from me, please, you can´t, because I need him; he´s my angel, I´m so sorry I couldn´t protect him. I will do better, I swear, but don´t take him away from me, please God, let him stay with me and we will be very happy together, because our baby will come back and I´ll make him as happy as he made me, so please, God, please just leave my angel with me"

Danny never left Steve's side other than to bathe or change clothes. Chin and Kono stayed there with him, guarding their bosses. The entire hospital knew their story and they all prayed for the men sleeping in room 221.

Sixteen days later Steve was breathing on his own and two weeks later Steve said his first word.

"Danno."

And Danny "Danno" Williams felt his heart fill with hope, because his angel was back.

TBC