Chapter Fifteen

Danny's head hit the wall hard. His head swam for a moment, and his legs gave

way. Before he could get his surroundings, his attacker had his hands wrapped

around Danny's throat, squeezing tightly. Danny's started to see black spots in front

of his eyes and he knew that he had to do something now. He gripped hold of his

attacker's fingers and starts to pull at them. As Danny continued to struggle he

managed to get a knee in between his attacker's legs. He brings his knee up sharply

and smiles at the painful grunt that his attacker makes. Danny rolls them over and

gets to his knees. Looking down he frowns at the face of a cop he had seen at the

precinct.

'Son of a bitch,' Danny muttered and punched him hard. He was about to hit him again, when the door opened and in walked another man.

'You are very hard to kill Detective Williams. Get up.' The man waved the gun at Danny and watched him carefully as he started to rise. 'Once I have dealt with you they will be next, you can't protect them this time.'

'No.' Danny shouted and rushed him. He wouldn't let his friends, or SEAL team 9 get hurt. The two men went back and slammed against the door.

The cop from the precinct pulled Danny away and slammed him against the wall. Danny turned and stared at the two men. He wished he had spoken to Grace and tells her how much he loved her, and always would. He hoped that Steve knew how much he loved him as well, and how much Kono and Chin meant to him. How they all helped him find a home and a family in Hawaii. Now it was too late to say any of these things. Danny took a deep breath and glared at his captors and waited for the bullet.

'Good-bye Detective.' The man aimed, when suddenly the door flew open and hit him in the back throwing him to the ground. He took the cop down with him. Bradley Jacks was on them in an instant, disarming and subduing them quickly. With them, both zip ties; Bradley looked up and glared at Danny.

'You do know the meaning of being in protective custody right?' Bradley muttered sarcastically. 'That means, you do not go anywhere without one of us with you.'

'I'm sorry, won't happen again.' Danny replied with a cheeky grin.

'And you complain about McGarrett, you are just as bad.' Bradley chuckled.

Danny opened his mouth in horror. 'I am no-where nearly as bad as that crazy super SEAL.'

'Let's deal with these two shall we?'

'I think that definitely sounds like a plan. You know there is something wrong with this.' Danny stood and stared thoughtfully at the two captured men.

"What's wrong?' Bradley asked.

"Well, as mob hits go they aren't very good. I mean there have been two, possibly three hits on my life, and maybe one on five-0. We have no idea who that car bomb was for. This is sloppy I had the same feeling years ago when that family was murdered.' Danny saw Bradley's confused look. 'It's the case that brought be back here. I was told that my gut instinct did not get convictions, and I had to follow the evidence. This does not feel like a mob hit.'

'Maybe we can find some evidence to prove that. You never know, we might be able to get these two to talk. If the local police can't I mean. I am sure a SEAL can.' Bradley laughed as the two men paled.

'Yes, I have seen SEAL interrogation dropping a man in a shark cage, and dangling another of a roof to name a couple.' Danny played along hopefully to get these men terrified to talk. That is if they were not too afraid of who hired them.

The two men paled and looked at them with horror.

'Let's get them out of here. We'll head out to the front that is where the vehicle is.' Bradley grabbed the cuffed cop and pulled him to his feet, and watched as Danny did the same.

'Ok, sounds like a plan.' Danny nodded in agreement.

'You can't take us out front, they could be watching. You have to protect me.' The man in Danny's hands looked at him.

'Why should I? You tried to kill me and my friends. What's it worth?' Danny asked.

'My name is Malcolm Patrick.'

'Ok Malcolm, why were you trying to kill me? Why did the mob want this family dead?' Danny asked.

'They didn't, I made a mistake and had to clear it up.' Malcolm muttered.

'Told you, it wasn't mob.' Danny told Bradley.

'Well, it still could be, he hasn't told you anything yet.'

'Very true.' Danny turned back to his prisoner. 'Keep talking, you haven't said anything yet that wants me actually to help you.'

'I had an affair with the wife, and I may have said a few things after we had sex. I didn't know that I talked in my sleep.'

Danny and Bradley looked at him with disbelief.

'You thought great pillow talk was talking about the mob?' Danny asked incredulously.

Malcolm glared at him. 'I didn't say anything specific, but with what I said in my sleep as well she managed to put things together.'

'And, you didn't murder her and her family for just that, did you?' Bradley interrupted.

'No, it seems she had some financial difficulty. She muttered something about her husband losing his job before she tried to blackmail me. I either gave money or the police would find out everything she knew. I couldn't let her do that. I had no idea what she had told her husband, the both had to die. The kids were not part of the plan, but they came home early and saw me. I had no choice.' Malcolm whined.

'You had no choice.' Danny slammed him hard against the wall. 'You murdered a family because you couldn't keep it in your pants and your mouth shut.'

'Danny, you'd better call the precinct and see what they want done.' Bradley's voice was soft.

'Will you be ok here alone?' Danny asked.

'He's not alone.' Wade replied as he stood at the door. A huge smile on his face. 'Are these the ones that came after you?'

'It looks like it.' Bradley replied.

'I'll be back in a minute.' Danny turned and walked out of the room.

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'Thanks for all your help.' Danny muttered as returned. 'Sorry you and your friends nearly got killed over this.'

Wade and Bradley looked at him with amusement.

'Is there a problem Danny?' Wade asked.

'No, some uniforms will be here soon to pick them up. They have arranged everything.' Danny stood there and frowned.

Bradley and Wade looked at each other with confusion. It wasn't long before to uniformed cops arrived.

'Thank you Detective Williams.' One of them said as they took custody of the prisoners.

Danny watched the four men leave.

'What is it?' Bradley asked.

'Something about this still feels wrong. I don't know what.' Danny sighed in frustration.

'Well Williams, until you figure that out there isn't much else you can do.' Wade slapped him on the back hard. 'We'd better get back upstairs. You're team-mates are worried.'

'Damn, Steve.' Danny knew he had to face him, but he really didn't want to.

Wade and Bradley looked at each other, but they knew that this was something that they had to stay out off. They knew something had happened with the panicked look on Danny's face when he left Steve's room.

'Let's go and see him. He was kind of upset when you left.' Wade watched Danny closely.

'Yeah, I guess the two of us need to talk.' Danny's voice was quiet.

'That is one area you don't need help in.' Wade slapped him on the back again.

Danny turned and glared at him. 'Do you have to keep doing that? It hurts.'

'Suck it up, Danny-boy.'

'I hate you SEALs so very much.' Danny muttered darkly.

Wade chuckled. 'Nah, you don't. You love us really.'

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Kono hugged Danny as soon as he arrived.

'Thank god you are ok.' She whispered into his ear.

'Well, everything is sorted now, well kind off.' Danny replied his gut still telling him something was wrong.

'What is it brah.' Chin asked.

'He confessed that he killed the family as he talked about 'his job' after sex, and also talked while he was sleeping. That is what he thinks anyway. So when she tried to blackmail him, he had to get rid of her. I just feel as if we are missing something.' Danny tells them.

'Don't worry about it Danny, if anyone can figure it out it's you.' Kono grinned at him.

'I know, and thanks. I'm uhhhh going in to see Steve.' Danny took a deep breath as he stared at Steve's door.

'He's been asking for you, a lot. Let us know if we can do anything to help.'

'I will and thanks.' Danny reached out, grabbed hold of the handle and opened the door.

Danny walks in and looks over at the bed. Steve sat there and watched him closely.

'They told me you were taken, are you ok Danny? Steve asked as Danny reached his side.

'I'm fine, Bradley got there in time. Steve I….'

'It's not just about sex for me.' Steve interrupted his friend. ''I'm uhhhh, you know, in love with you. I have been for a while. I just didn't know how to tell you.' Steve rubbed his hand across his face. He hurt all over and felt so tired.

Danny couldn't help but smile. 'I love you to super SEAL. You need to get better, quickly. We have a lot of time to catch up with if you have had these feelings as long as me.' With that Danny moved his head downwards as Steve moved his up and their lips touched in a gentle kiss.

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The two prisoners were pulled out of the police vehicle. Two cops took hold of one arm each. Suddenly two shots echoed around them, and the two men hit the ground hard as their bodies crumpled. The bullets entered their bodies in the forehead between the eyes. They died instantly.

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Danny sat next to Steve's bed and held his hand. The door opened suddenly as Chin, Kono and SEAL team 9 came in. Danny tried to move his hand, but Steve just gripped it tighter.

Steve was not going to be embarrassed by what they had. It didn't matter what some small minded people thought. Everyone has the right to be happy.

'What's wrong?' Steve asked as he looked at the worried faces.

'Danny, you know when you said that something didn't feel right?' Bradley asked.

'Yeah, why?' He answered suspiciously.

'Our two killers were murdered outside police headquarters, and no one 'saw anything'. It was two shots from a sniper rifle. There are a lot of buildings in that area that you could shoot from.'

'Damn it.' Danny muttered.

'There's nothing we can do about it. This is not our jurisdiction.' Steve squeezed Danny's hand.

'I think there is another traitor in the police department. How else would they know that we had those two in custody, and at what time they were getting to the precinct?' Danny hated dirty cops. He hated to leave things unfinished.

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Captain Hewson smiled a cell phone against his ear. 'Hello, yes everything has been sorted out now. 'No one knows that I work for you. Williams and the others will be leaving soon, as soon as the SEAL is released from the hospital. I will keep you updated.'

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Liam stood outside the Captain's door took a deep breath and walked in.

'What can I do for you?' Captain Hewson asked.

'I would like a transfer to Hawaii.' Liam replied simply.

The End