Okay, here's the second chapter.
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The ambulance reached the hospital and Danny was whisked away to a trauma room. Steve was led to a waiting room and called Kono and Chin to tell them what happened. After he ended the call he started pacing around the waiting room.
About forty minutes later a doctor entered the waiting room. He looked at Steve and said "Commander McGarret?" Steve nodded affirmatively and hurried towards the doctor. "Detective Williams is asking for you and he won't calm down without you there."
Steve smiled, this sounded so much like Danny. "How's he doing? Is he going to be alright?" Steve asked as the doctor led him to the room Danny was in. "He's doing quite well, especially considering what he went through. His leg is a source of worry though. I also suspect internal bleeding in his side and a few broken ribs, but that seems to be all, so all in all he is very lucky."
Steve entered the room Danny was in. He walked to his side and asked "How are you doing? How's the pain?"
Danny tried to turn his head to see him but was prevented from doing so by the cervical collar. He groaned in frustration and waited for Steve to come in his field of vision. As soon as he saw Steve he pulled the oxygen mask of his face. He totally ignored Steve's questions.
"I wanted to ask you if you could pick up Grace. I hadn't thought about the fact that Rachel isn't on Hawaii. But I'm begging you, break it to her gently. They get back at 4, so you have to be there when they get there."
Danny sounded a bit loopy from painkillers, but even though he was quite heavily medicated there was pain evident in his voice.
"Okay Danny, you have my word. Now put that oxygen mask back before I do."
"Bossy," Danny muttered under his breath.
"I heard that buddy, now do as I told you." He said and after a while added, "please?"
Danny complied and seemed to relax a little.
"Thank you for coming." His voice sounded a bit muffled under the mask but Steve had no trouble hearing him.
"Of course, Danno. You'd do the same for me."
The doctor entered the room and mentioned for Steve to sit down on a stool next to the gurney.
"Okay detective, we have the test results. You have some internal bleeding, so we're going to have to operate on you. The crash has done quite a lot of damage to your leg, so that needs to be operated on as well. You also have two cracked ribs on your left side. All in all, you've been very lucky, it could have been a lot worse. There's no sign of a spinal injury or any head trauma. We're going to operate on you as soon as there's an OR available, so you'll be prepped for surgery now."
Danny looked at bit dazed by all the information, but he was probably simply in too much pain to bother.
"Are you in any pain?" the doctor asked.
Steve almost laughed at that stupid question. One look at Danny and it was obvious he was in pain.
But of course, Danny being Danny, tried to downplay the amount of pain he was in. "It's not too bad," he said.
"Well, that's excellent, but I'll be administering some morphine to make sure it stays that way." The doctor said, which earned him an approving look from Steve.
"Give him 4 mg. of morphine, and hang another bag of saline please." the doctor asked the nurse who was hovering nearby. She quickly prepared a syringe and emptied it into Danny's IV port.
Danny almost immediately relaxed a little more and gave Steve a lopsided smile.
"Okay buddy, just rest, I'll be right here."
"Actually, I need to ask you to leave the room," the doctor said, sounding slightly apologetic. "The nurses are going to prep him for surgery right now. You'll be able to see him as soon as he's in recovery."
The doctor summoned some nurses to help remove the backboard from under Danny and removed the cervical collar after Danny was on his back. Danny was sweating profusely and was obviously in pain from all the moving. The doctor carefully lifted his head and put a pillow under it. Danny gave him a grateful look and something that resembled a smile.
Steve was still in the room, but the doctor ignored him. He handed Danny a consent form and asked if he was able to read and sign the form. Danny quickly read through the paper and took the pen the doctor offered him. He signed the paper with something that slightly resembled his signature and sank back into the pillow, closing his eyes.
''Okay Danny, I'll be there when you wake up. I have to go now." Steve said and grabbed Danny's hand, giving it a squeeze. Danny opened his eyes and squeezed Steve's hand slightly before closing his eyes again.
Steve walked out of the room and turned one last time to look at his partner. Danny turned his head, like he felt Steve's gaze, and said, ''Go you goof, I'll be alright," which earned him one of these amazing smiles only Steve could give him. Finally, after the doctor promised someone would be out to take him to Danny as soon as possible, Steve turned around and sat down in the waiting room, trying to get comfortable for the wait ahead of him.
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed!