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Chapter Three.
"Danno," Grace cried out, jumping down from the gurney as she watched her father collapse.
Steve was by Danny's side in a heartbeat, as were the two EMTs, while Chin and Kono hovered behind them.
"Danny! Danny!" Steve called, gently shaking his friend's right shoulder, which elicited a groan.
Kai cursed as he finished taking Danny's vitals and spoke to his partner, Eddie. "Blood pressure is 80/40, heart rate 120 but weak. Respiration's are forty and really shallow, oxygen saturations are 82%, he is really struggling to get air in."
"Oh god, did I do that? I didn't mean to hurt him," Rachel cried. "What's wrong with him?"
"Danno got hit by the car mommy," Grace sobbed, "he saved me. He said he was ok but I think his chest and shoulder hurt." Rachel pulled Grace into a hug.
They all watched helplessly as one EMT slipped an oxygen mask over Danny's face while the other cleaned Danny's inner left arm and inserted a cannula into the vein and got to work setting up an IV.
"Think we have a broken collar bone here Eddie, and definitely at least one broken rib. I've got decreased breath sounds on the right." Kai relayed.
"Let's scoop and run." Eddie said handing the bag of saline to Steve. "His o2 levels are falling, and he isn't making much respiratory effort anymore. Think I'm gonna have to bag him." He grabbed the ambu bag and switched the oxygen masks over then started to squeeze as Kai grabbed the gurney that Grace had been sat on just seconds ago.
They all stood by as the medics quickly got Danny settled in the back of the ambulance.
"Does someone want to come with us?" Kai asked.
"Steve, go with him. We can sort things out here." Chin said.
"Ok, but I want an HPD unit on Grace at all times, and check with the school. Danny said they have good security so they probably have cameras. See if we can get a plate to trace, or a face to run." Steve commanded then lent down to Grace and kissed her on the head. "Don't worry Grace, Danno is tough, he'll be fine." Then he climbed in the back of the ambulance to join Eddie who was still bagging Danny.
The ambulance left, sirens wailing and Chin turned and hugged Kono.
"I'm sure he'll be fine." He reassured and then signalled an HPD officer over.
"I need you to organise a protection detail for Grace, and take them home." He explained.
"No, Uncle Chin." Grace cried. "I want to go to the hospital to see Danno."
"Yes, I think that would be best." Rachel agreed.
"Ok, take them to the hospital then. Commander McGarrett should be there, but I want a detail too." Chin conceded.
The officer nodded and led Rachel and Grace off.
Chin turned to Kono who was obviously still very upset. "Come on cus, the best thing we can do now is work out who is behind this."
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Chin and Kono stood at the smart table, staring at the big screen. They had recovered the security footage from the school along with witness statements saying they had seen the car parked up for sometime before the incident occurred. But no one could give a licence or a description of the driver. Now they were watching, horrified, as they saw the car pull out and drive straight at Grace and Danny leap into action.
They both winced as the car hit Danny and sent them flying over the roof.
"Clipped? Clipped he said. That is not clipped. How the hell was he even standing when we got there?" Kono yelled.
"I think he's been Steve's partner for too long." Chin stated rolling the video back and zooming in on the licence plate. "Well there's our plate, I'll run it through the system. The picture isn't clear enough for facial recognition though."
They watched as the details popped up on screen.
"It's registered to a rental company." Kono stated. "Come on cus, let's pay them a visit and see if they have any details on who rented it."
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Steve returned to his seat after handing in the paperwork to the receptionist that he had been asked to fill out. He glanced at the clock noting that it had already been an hour since they arrive at the hospital.
The ride there had been nerve racking, watching Eddie the EMT struggle to get oxygen into Danny's lungs. His oxygen levels had continued to fall despite Eddies best efforts, and he became more hypotensive and tachycardic. When they arrived the doctors were waiting for them and whisked Danny away into the emergency room.
He glanced over at Rachel and Grace, huddled in the corner of the waiting room. An HPD officer stood near by and he let out a long sigh. Grace was sporting a new dressing on her arm after being checked out on arrival, and this had been confirmed as her only injury.
"You did good buddy," Steve muttered to himself. "You protected her, now you have to fight."
Ten minutes later Stan arrived with Charlie, Rachel having called him on the way to the hospital. He now sat quietly with the stunned family.
Another five minutes and Steve was ready to explode. The nerves of waiting to hear news of Danny's condition driving him to despair. Just as he was about to ask for an update a female doctor dressed in blue scrubs came over to him.
"Commander McGarrett? I believe you are Detective Williams emergency contact. My name is Dr. Alana and I'm in charge of Danny's care." She said as she shook his hand.
"Yes I am. How is he doc?" Steve nervously replied.
Rachel walked over to join them having persuaded Grace to stay with Stan and Charlie. The doctor looked over at her.
"This is Danny's ex wife. It's ok. You can fill us both in." Steve reassured the doctor.
"Let's sit down shall we?" She said gesturing to the nearby seats.
They all slowly sat, Rachel with tears in her eyes. "Please tell me he's not dead." She begged.
"He's alive," she smiled. "Detective Williams is currently on his way to surgery. On arrival he was having extreme difficulty with his breathing, but x-rays ruled out any pneumothorax. They did however confirm one broken and three cracked ribs on his right side. The broken one looked like it had only recently healed."
"Yeah, six weeks ago we were caught in an explosion." Steve filled her in.
"Well, the break is stable and will re-heal, as will the broken collar bone we also identified. As the x-rays were negative we sent Detective Williams for a CT scan. This was able to identify the reason for his difficulty in breathing." She explained.
"The impact from the car ruptured the right side of his diaphragm and this allowed his liver to move up into his chest cavity, squashing his lungs and heart. I believe he was up and walking in the initial moments after the crash, so I suspect the shift of organs didn't happen immediately." She explained.
Rachel gasped and put her hand to her mouth. "I pushed him," she whispered. "It's my fault. He couldn't breathe after I pushed him."
Dr. Alana looked sympathetically at her. "The tear was done during the accident and the shift in organs could have happened at any time." She tried to reassure.
"The scan also identified internal bleeding, most likely a tear in the liver. This is the most likely reason for his poor vitals. I'm afraid he has already lost a lot of blood." She continued. "He has been rushed to surgery where Dr. Hale, our top surgeon, will repair the tears to the liver and diaphragm."
Rachel gave a small sob and asked the question Steve was desperate to know the answer to too. "Will he be ok though? They will fix the tears and he will be fine?"
Dr. Alana cautiously replied. "He is in critical condition at the moment, and if he survives the surgery then he will likely need ICU care for a few days. But baring any complications, there is no reason why Detective Williams can't make a full recovery."
"Thanks doc." Steve replied. "Any idea how long the surgery will take?"
"It will be at least a few hours. There is a waiting room on the surgical floor. I suggest you move up there to wait. The chairs are more comfortable and there is a vending machine." With that Dr. Alana got up, shook both their hands and walked back to the rest of her patients.
"What do I tell Grace?" Rachel asked turning to Steve.
"Tell her Danny is in surgery. That he is pretty sick at the moment but will be fine. There is no way Danny isn't surviving this Rachel. He loves that little girl too much to leave her." Steve replied pulling out his phone. "I need to call Chin and update him and Kono and find out where they are at with the investigation. Then I have to call Amber and let her know what has happened."
"Of course, yes." Rachel replied. "We will go to the waiting room." And she walked over to Stan, Grace and Charlie.
No cliff hanger this time.