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"Officer Kelly, he is still in surgery."
"Well, I'm sure you can give me more than that." Chin prayed for more information.
"I'm sorry, officer. There is nothing more I can tell until…"
"It has been three hours now, somebody must be able to tell something," Chin grumbled but regretted the next moment. There was no point yelling at the nurse. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…"
"Don't worry about it." She smiled sadly. "I know you are worried about your friend. The doctors are doing everything they can, just hang on."
-H50-H50-H50-
"Thank you, Rachel. I will call you back, then you can come to the hospital." Kono ended the call and turned back to Chin and Lou. "There was no such meeting arranged in Charlie's school today. In fact, Charlie was running a slight fever today morning, so Rachel didn't send him to school. She tried calling Danny a few times in the morning to inform about Charlie. It went straight to voice mail, so she thought he must be busy with work and thought he would call back once he is free."
"So, it's a setup up," Lou said and was about to continue with his thoughts when Kono spoke.
"Wait a second." She said before she went to the couch and dug her hand into patient's bag and took out Steve's phone. "Okay …" She mumbled as she scrolled down his messages. "Got it. Steve got a text from Danny at 7 am."
"Can you read it aloud?" Chin asked.
Yo, Steve. There is a meeting in Charlie's school today that I have to attend. Sorry, didn't inform you earlier, it totally slipped out of my mind. Will call you once I'm done. Danny.
"Steve replied saying, No problem partner. Take your time. I will cover for you."
"Whoever behind this, they certainly have done their homework. They knew Steve wouldn't ask any question if it's about Charlie." Lou added in.
"Danny doesn't remember anything and we can't wait any much longer. If we want to help him, we need to do something fast. Kono, stay here, keep an eye on Steve and Danny. Lou, you and I, we will go to Danny's house. See if we can find anything." Chin gave orders.
Chin began to leave with Lou but turned back to Kono when another thought stroked him. "Kono, while you are here, can you liaise with Jerry? Try to trace Danny's whereabouts. Like how did he come to the office? Did someone drop him in the Palace? Any information that can help us to nail the person behind this."
"On it," Kono mumbled as she retrieved her phone to call Jerry.
"And call me the second you hear anything about Steve."
-H50-H50-H50-
"Where's the fresh blood?"
"On the way, it's coming."
"We don't have time! He's losing blood. I need it right now!"
"It's here, Doc." A nurse updated. "I'm hanging it right now."
"His blood pressure is dropping!" Another nurse alerted Dr. Lenski.
"Ah, dammit!" Dr. Lenki hissed. "Come on Commander, you're not helping here."
-H50-H50-H50-
The room was entirely dark. No lights anywhere. His heart was pounding against his chest.
You're sinking and shutting down. Sinking down, and shutting down. Sinking down, and shutting down, shutting down completely. Every word I utter is your only guidance. Let my word, my voice wash over you.
Danny tossed and turned his head to the sides. The voice didn't seem to leave him alone.
Steve McGarrett is a target. He is your target.
"No," Danny mumbled in his sleep.
Steve McGarrett needs to be eliminated. Pull the damn trigger and finish him off.
Danny's breathing increased rapidly and become gasps of breath.
Now repeat after me, 'He doesn't deserve to live.'
"No!" Danny screamed as he jolted up in the bed as Kono charged through the door, the remnants of the taunting voice still clinging to his mind. Danny's eyes darted around the room and Kono's arms around him reminded him of where he was.
Kono held Danny as he trembled in her arms. "Take deep breaths, Danny. Calm down."
"Oh my God, Kono. I shot him, didn't I?" Even Danny's breaths trembled.
"Danny, calm down."
"I tried to kill him."
"Danny…"
"I'm monster. I killed my own partner."
"Danny…" Kono whispered. She knew her voice was not penetrating Danny's chaotic mind. "I need some help in here!" Kono screamed towards the door, hoping someone would hear her.
Steve McGarrett is a target. He is your target.
Danny used his free hand to clutch the side of his head as he squeezed his eyes shut. "Make it stop, Kono!"
"What's going on here?" Dr. Adele entered with a nurse.
Steve McGarrett is a target. He is your target. Pull the damn trigger and finish him off.
"Make it stop!" Danny yelled again as he began to use his hand to hit the side of his head repeatedly.
"Danny, stop, you're hurting yourself." Tears threatened the corner of Kono's eyes when she saw Danny's condition. She fought against his dominance and held his hand, stopping him from hurting himself.
Dr. Adele quickly pulled out a syringe and poked it through Danny's IV's bag.
Kono held Danny closely and continued to mumble comforting words as he succumbed to the effect of the sedative. Kono loosened her tight grip and carefully laid him back on the bed when he stopped fighting and went completely still.
"If he is a risk to himself, then we have to restrain his other hand as well."
-H50-H50-H50-
"Hey, you're okay?" Lou asked as he stepped out the car with Chin.
"I'm okay." Chin shrugged.
"Ah ah."
Chin sighed. "I can't get it out of my head. It has been replaying again and again."
"What has been replaying?"
"Danny shooting Steve. Me, hitting Danny to stop him." Chin rubbed his face. "I never imagined …"
"Chin, none of us would have imagined about this."
"Yeah." Chin nodded and took a deep breath. He need to keep himself diverted. "Check the house, I will see if I can find anything outside first."
Lou nodded before he walked and inspected the front door. He opened the door using the spare key given by Rachel. "There is no sign of forced entry in the front," Lou said before stepped in. "Wow, I didn't know Danny was a cleaning freak like Steve."
Chin quickly stepped into Danny's house when he heard Lou. Chin frowned when he saw Danny's living room. "Something is wrong."
"What makes you say that?"
"Look at this room." Chin took a few steps to the front and turned back to Lou. "I have been to his house few times and I can vouch with my life that not for once I have seen it this clean. Steve is the cleaning freak, not Danny. He likes to keep things everywhere. Something must have happened there."
"I will get the CSU down here. If what you're saying is right, then we might just found our main crime scene."
-H50-H50-H50-
"No pulse."
"I'm not letting you slip away under my watch, Commander."
"Still no pulse."
"Come on, Commander. Don't be so stubborn."
"Doc, should we call it off?"
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