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Kono leaned back on the couch, she closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead. What she had just gone through with Danny and lack of news on Steve's condition was beginning to overwhelm her. She wondered if she would able to handle the situation.

"Kono."

She heard the panic stricken voice and saw Rachel practically running toward her.

"Rachel." Kono jumped to her feet.

"I know you told not to come yet but I can't help myself. Something must be seriously wrong. Danny would never hurt Steve."

"Rachel."

"No, you don't understand. Steve meant so much to him."

"Rachel!" Kono put her hand on Rachel's shoulder and squeezed it slightly. "We know. We believe Danny didn't know what he was doing. We are working on proving that."

"But how could it be possible?" Rachel frowned.

"We believe Danny had been drugged." Kono briefly explained what Jerry has told them.

"Oh dear." Tears began to shone in her eyes.

"Yeah." Kono nodded sympathetically. "He woke up the second time shouting. I think he was remembering something because he kept shouting asking me to make it stop as he repeatedly hit his head. Dr. Adele believed that, together with the effects of the drug, Danny could be hypnotized."

"So, you're saying they turned his mind against him?"

"Yes because there is no other way Danny would willingly shoot Steve."

"Oh God," Rachel mumbled as she sat on the couch near her. "It's going to crush him if he knows what he did."

"He knows," Kono whispered softly as she sat next to Rachel. "And he is sedated at the moment." Kono took in a depth breath before she continued. "I know it's not easy to take in, but right now our main focus is to catch the person behind this and help Danny."

"How is Steve?" Rachel asked.

"He is still in surgery."

"Rachel, listen. I need your help."

"Anything."

"Does the kids know about this?"

"No. Grace went to cheerleading camp, thank God for that and Charlie, I left him in his friend's house, told them to keep him away from any news."

Kono again, nodded sympathetically. "Dr. Adele referred Danny's case to her friend. Dr. Mark is a psychologist and he is also a certified hypnotist. I spoke to him briefly over the phone and he agreed to Dr. Adele's suggestion that Danny might be hypnotized. He is on his way now. Now that the effects of the drug had worn off, Danny is fighting against the voices in his head. Dr. Mark said it is very important to reverse the damage done to Danny's mind. I shared with him on how Danny was when he woke up and Dr. Mark said unless Danny is calm he can't start the hypnosis process."

"What do you want me to do?"

"I need you beside him, Rachel. Dr. Mark said a familiar voice beside him would be helpful and I can't think of anyone else."

"Of course." Rachel forced a smile. "But Kono, even if we reverse the effects, I don't think we will get the old Danny back. Whoever they are, they already harm him." Rachel said, her voice trembled.

Kono looked at Rachel, she pressed her lips together. She can deny for as long as she wanted, but she knew Rachel was telling the truth.

-H50-H50-H50-

"Chin, are you listening?" Kono asked when she heard no voice coming from the other side after she updated him about Danny's condition.

"Yeah."

She heard his faint voice. "Dr. Mark has arrived and I send Rachel with him. I think Danny is in good hands. We can focus on the case, any lead…" Kono's question was cut short with a voice.

"Anyone here for Commander McGarrett?"

"Chin, wait." Kono mumbled over the phone and clicked on the speaker and looked up, "That would be me, I'm Kono Kalakaua and over the phone is, Officer Chin Ho Kelly, Five O. How is he? Is he alright?"

"I was very close to calling it off."

Kono gasped. She covered her mouth with her hand.

"Commander was shot twice in his chest. He was lucky with the first bullet, it was stuck in his chest wall with minimal damage, but unfortunately, he was not lucky with the second bullet. "Believe or not, that one bullet did some real damage. The bullet after passing through the right lung, the bullet penetrated the right atrium, pierced through the atrial septum, punctured a hole near the posterior leaflet of the mitral annulus, and exited the heart on the left ventricle just near the circumflex artery close to the atrioventricular groove. The bullet then passed through the left lung and ended up between the eighth and ninth ribs. As he arrived, we placed Commander on urgent extracorporeal circulation."

"This circulation thing, what is it?"

"It is a technology which makes it possible for cardiac surgeons to work on the open heart. During extracorporeal circulation, the pump of the heart-lung machine takes over the work normally performed by the heart. It took us some time, but fortunately, we were able to fix the damage."

"But there is something else …" Kono tried to keep herself calm.

"Yes, we are very much concerned with the effects of blood loss. He lost a lot of blood to which we had to give multiple blood transfusion. His body is extremely weak due to blood loss. We have hooked him up on a ventilator to make sure he is receiving enough oxygen."

"Please be honest here, doc. What are his chances?"

"He is not out of woods yet but he has put up a good fight so far so I'm not giving up on him. We will be keeping a close eye on any signs of brain injuries…"

"Woah, doc…" Terror overtook her face. "Brain injury? Why are you talking about brain injury? He was not injured on his head."

"Kono right? Can I call you Kono?"

"Yes, please."

"Kono, not all brain injuries involve a blow to the head. The rate in which Commander was losing blood was faster than the rate we were able to replace them, which leads him to code in the table to first of all. It took us some time to get him back, and his brain was deprived of oxygen for that amount of time. The brain represents just 2% of body weight, yet it uses about 20% of the body's oxygen supply. Without it, the brain can't perform even the most basic functions. I know it's not easy to take this in but the effects of oxygen deprivation are similar to those of other brain injuries."

"What kind of complications are we talking about?"

"It depends on how severe the lack of oxygen to the brain was and we will only judge the extent of the damages once he wakes up. I can tell you one good thing though, his CT scan showed no severe damage to his brain because if it was severe, he would have slipped into a coma or worse even brain death."

Kono couldn't help but gasp again. "You're sure that is not the case?"

"I'm very sure. We will worry about this later. Right now, our main priority is to keep him as comfortable as possible. With the nature of the surgery, the next twenty-four hours are important."

"Thank you, Dr. Lenksi."

"You're welcome. Don't worry, we will take good care of him."

-H50-H50-H50-

Chin shoved his phone in his pocket and looked up, his eyes meet Lou's. Both were still dazed with the information they have received about Danny and Steve.

Chin cleared his throat. "D-Did the CSU team found anything?"

"Danny's alarm system was hacked using the alarm company server. They disarm it and made it look like Danny did. The CSU processed the place but they didn't find anything. It's clean."

"Maybe they wore gloves?" Chin suggested.

"Maybe this is not the crime scene?" Lou shrugged. "Maybe Danny just got hyper and cleaned his house before the incident."

Chin remained silent.

"Right now, we don't have any solid evidence. Nothing to indicate something happened here. We are back to square one, we have no leads as if for now."

Chin looked up at Lou, determined. "But that's not going to stop us."

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