Here´s another chapter.
For some reason the site didn´t show the story to be updated when i uploaded the third chapter, so I hope it works this time.
Enjoy!

Doctor Taylor could see the unspoken question in the eyes of the three people standing in front of him. ''The surgery went well," he reassured them. "It was a complicated surgery, but I'm happy with the result. We were able to stop the internal bleeding in his abdomen without any problems, although we did have to do a partial splenectomy."

The people standing in front of him looked questioningly at him, so he explained, '' We had to remove part of the spleen. His leg gave us a little more difficulties, the bones had shifted and pierced blood vessels and nerves. We were able to repair the damage and it is highly unlikely the damage to his nerves is permanent. We inserted a rod to stabilize the tibia and we realigned the fibula. Because the fractures were close to the knee, we immobilized his leg in a cast from his toes up to his hip. He has quite a recovery ahead of him, but I'm quite confident that he'll fully recover."

The small group let out a collective sigh of relief. ''When can we see him?" Steve asked.

"One of you can see him once he's in recovery. When he's settled in a normal room you can all see him. The nurse will come to get you when he can have visitors."

There was no discussion about who would be the one who went to see Danny in recovery and when a nurse entered the waiting room Steve jumped to his feet and followed him.

"Mr Williams, can you wake up for me? Open you eyes, Mr Williams!" Danny vaguely heard someone calling him, but he was simply too tired to open his eyes to see who it was. He just wants to be left, he just wants to sleep. He's so tired, so very tired...

When Steve entered the room Danny wan there was a female nurse trying to wake Danny. Steve had to say, if Danny did wake up now and saw her face, he'd prefer to go back to sleep. She was definitely not attractive. Her voice was simply annoying, if was the one lying in that bed he wouldn't listen to her either.

"Let me try it, he knows my voice," Steve said, and gently but firmly pushed the nurse aside. "I'm Steve, I'm his partner." The nurse left Danny alone and introduced herself as Amy. She told Steve she'd be at the nurses station if they needed anything and then left the room.

Steve looked at Danny. He was surrounded by monitors and there was an oxygen mask on his face. There was a bag of blood hanging from the IV stand which let to a new IV in the crook of his elbow and a bag of fluid that was connected to the initially placed IV. His casted leg was elevated on a pillow. The cast was very restrictive and Steve was sure Danny wouldn't like it one bit.

He sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed Danny's right hand, the one without the IV. ''Hey Danno, can you wake up for me, buddy?" Danny grunted a little, but he didn't open his eyes.

Danny heard a familiar voice coming through the fog that surrounded him. It was a soothing voice, and he really wanted to say something but all that came out was a low grunt. "That's it," the voice said, "You're getting there. Just open your eyes." Danny became aware of a hand holding his and gave it a squeeze. ''Well done, Danny. Come on, don't let me wait to long. You know I'm not the most patient guy on earth," the voice said.

Danny tried to connect a name to the voice, and finally the fog cleared enough to think of the name. ''S-Steve?" he groggily said, and opened his eyes to tiny slits.

Steve smiled at Danny. ''Hey buddy, good to see you!'' He gave Danny's hand a squeeze, wanting to withdraw his hand. There was a slight problem with that, Danny didn't let go, and it looked like was asleep again. ''Danny," Steve tried, but Danny didn't release Steve's hand. A few moments later he opened his eyes again and looked at Steve. "You kept... your word," he said and he tried to smile. "Of course I did! How are you feeling?"

Danny didn't immediately react and Steve thought he'd fallen asleep again, but he was proven wrong when Danny suddenly said, ''Pretty... great."

"Good," Steve said. There was a knock on the door and doctor Taylor entered the room. "Good to see you're awake. How do you feel?" Danny simply put up his thumb, letting go of Steve's hand

"Okay, detective," the doctor started, but he was interrupted by Danny. "Call me... Danny," he said. "Right, Danny, the surgery went very good. We were able to stop the bleeding in your abdomen and a pin has successfully been inserted in your leg."

Danny sluggishly blinked, but he didn't react to the doctor. Doctor smiled at him and told him that he would change the oxygen mask to a nasal cannula. Before the nasal cannula was in place Danny was fast asleep again.

"He'll be quite drowsy for a while, but that's normal. He'll probably wake up for a short time and then go back to sleep a few times. When he's been moved to a regular room I'll check on him again."

The doctor examined the bandages around Danny's abdomen and checked the toes of his casted leg. He seemed pleased with what he saw and then left the room with a nod towards Steve.

Steve sat down in the chair next to the bed and a few minutes later Danny woke up again. "Grace," he said, and before he could say more Steve assured him he would pick her up. He checked his watch and told Danny he had to leave in a few minutes. Danny nodded and then fell back asleep.

Steve quietly left the room and told Chin and Kono who were standing outside he had to pick up Grace. He asked if one of them could go sit with Danny and then left to pick up Grace.