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Season 1, Episode 20.
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"This is not a hike Steven". Danny said jogging to keep up with his partner, "Your dad used to bring you up here when you were a kid?"
"Every year."
"Yeah, well, that explains a lot."
"You can bring Gracie up here when she gets a little older." Steve smiled back at his friend.
"Gracie wants to go get a manicure or pedicure okay, she is not interested in seeing old graffiti on rocks. This is basically child abuse."
"They're called petroglyphs, Danny."
"Petroglyphs is just a fancy name for graffiti etched into rocks."
"You know what? I remember the first time I beat my Father to the summit...Remember it like it was yesterday."
"All due respect, what is wrong with a good old fashioned baseball game?"
"I've never been to a professional baseball game."
"That doesn't surprise me at all."
As the conversation switched from the hike to Wo Fat Steve slowed to a more comfortable pace for his partner. He wasn't in a race with Danny.
Once they reached the petroglyphs they were both more relaxed. Nature was calming for the both of them, that was until Steve found someone down the cliff. A dead someone down the cliff Steve quickly found after scaling the rock to get down to the small ledge.
The panic that Danny felt as he watched a large rock break off and hit Steve in the head knocking him down, and nearly off the cliff was something he never wanted to experience. As he called his best friends name, not earning a response he went through all the worst case scenarios in his mind. When Steve began to move Danny yelled even louder, if he moved too far the wrong way he would tumble off the small ledge. Once Captain America had his pack and was safely away from the ledge Danny ran up to the summit in search of cell coverage to call for a medivac. Rather than calling 9-1-1 he called Chin and gave him the rundown before running back down the steep incline back to where he had left his partner.
As the clouds rolled in the urgency for rescue became more intense. If the rain started the slanted ledge he was on would become a waterfall. Untangling the rope Danny was able to help a broken armed Steve up to the trail just as the medivac arrived. As the Army guys raised Steve up into the chopper Steve thanked him and laughing Danny drew a heart across his chest and pointed up to his partner, something that he and Gracie did often.
Chin Ho rode in the medivac with Steve to the hospital as Danny stayed behind to ensure propper recovery of the murder victim. Rather than going with the crime scene techs back to the lab he went straight to the hospital where he found Chin Ho and Steve arguing in front of the doctor about him needing pain medication and surgery to repair his shattered arm. Steve finally agreed to medication and surgery if he was allowed to remain awake and if Danny was allowed in the surgical suite with him.
The argument post surgery for whether or not he could go home was quickly halted by Danny, sitting down on the edge of the hospital bed and glaring at his best friend, "I almost lost you today. You will listen to the doctors, Chin and I are going to meet up with Kono and work the case while you rest and listen to the nurses. I will keep you updated on the case as much as I can."
"I am fine Danny."
"You have a concussion and just had surgery to fix your shattered arm. Fine is not a word I would use to describe you Steven."
"The hospital...I just..."
"Humor me, please. I will be back here tonight." Danny promised him. "I will have my phone on me."
"I do not want any more medicine."
"Stay in bed and be nice to the nurse."
"You will be back?"
"Yes Steven, tonight."
"And you will stay."
"I will be back." Danny said reaching over to pat Steve on the shoulder before leaving the hospital room, Chin in tow.
As soon as the two arrived back at HQ, Kono asked about Steve. They quickly updated her and started working the case. When Kono went to inform the family of the vic Chin and Danny went to find Sal Groves, the suspect int he murder who of course tried to speed off in his boat...to which Danny and Chin jumped from the dock onto the boat to catch the man. The more the spent time with Sal Groves the less Danny thought he was the one who murdered the victim he and Steve had found earlier that morning. Kono quickly found a connection to the Jordan Rutherford case and as the three of them talked about the connection Kono recieved a call saying that it was time for them to go and visit their Auntie Mele.
"Go. Go." Danny told them, "McGarrett is on his way here now, I've got this."
"Thanks Danny." Kono said walking over and giving him a quick hug.
"You need anything you call." Danny told them as they walked out.
Once Kamakona dropped Steve off at 5-O him and Danny went over to the restaurant that purchased the fish, quickly finding the missing bullet. Danny dropped Steve off at HQ and went to his apartment to grab each of them fresh clothes. Kono was waiting for Steve and updated him on what they had and checked over his wounds, teasing him about the lovely smell that came with him.
"Lets clean you up Babe." Danny said walking in with a small pack for him.
"Might need a little help." Steve mumbled.
"I got you." Danny said nodding and leading him into the showers. Once the two of them were ready Danny drove them towards the airstrip. "You should really still be at the hospital, bribing Kamakono to get you... little ballsy."
"Its just a broken arm Danny."
"And a concusssion and surgical recovery."
"I have had worse."
"You let him advertise on your case."
"Im fine Danny."
So you say, but you should be recovering."
"You know you would miss me too much if I weren't here with you." Steve smiled at Danny.
"Whatever Babe." Danny shook his head with a chuckle as he parked in front of the hanger.
As Danny and Steve went to the Rutherford house two hours later Kono called and said her and Chin were going to go back to be with family and asked if it would be okay for them to come over to Steve's place for the night...that she needed her big brothers. "Go be with your Auntie and Uncle Kono. Bring Chin Ho back with you we will be there in not too long." He said before hanging up the phone.
"When you are driving with a broken arm you should really not be holding your phone with your good hand."
"You worried about my driving now?"
"I am concerned with your level of sanity right now."
"Their Auntie wont make it through the night Danny."
"We are here to find Jordan."
"We are here to arrest Donald and get the location of Jordan."
"After this you are going home to take pain medication and rest." Danny told him.
"Kono is going to need us."
"You think Chin is going to be okay?"
"I think he will as long as Kono is, family for him is touchy and it started when his Auntie first got sick."
"You think the two are connected?"
"I know they are."
"You ready to do this?"
"Lets go Danno." Steve said as they got out of the truck.
An hour later Danny was driving them back to Steve's house and Steve had his arm propped up over the back of the seat, fingers barely touching Danny's neck. "You as tired as I am?" Danny asked as they rounded the bend before pulling into Steve's driveway.
"No...I am, uh... probably wasn't the smartest decision to go after him with a broken arm."
"You hurt yourself?" Danny asked trying really hard not to roll his eyes, he knew his friend was hurting if he let him drive the truck.
"I could have died today...you...thank you." Steve said brushing his fingers against Danny's neck.
"We got lucky today."
"You remember what the pain meds do?..."
"They make you stop hurting."
"Danny I'm serious."
"I am staying here with you and they will be here in a while." He said as he climbed out of the truck. Steve plopped himself on his couch, flipping on the tv as Danny walked into the kitchen to grab a couple long boards from the fridge. He popped the tops and handed one to Steve with his bottle of pain pills. "Two of them." Danny instructed as he sat down to his right.
Steve studied his friend as he stared at the bottle in his hand, "Hand them to me." Steve said quietly after a minute. Danny did and watched as he took them.
"How is your head feeling?" Danny asked after a minute, it wasn't just his arm that was hit by the rock. It knocked him in the head and he fell about ten feet onto solid rock.
"Like I fell off a cliff." Steve rolled his eyes at Danny. "How do you think I feel?"
"I think if it would have been me who fell I would still be in the hospital."
"You know I don't like the hospital."
"I know you are scared of hospitals." Danny pushed.
"I'm not scared."
"Don't lie to me."
"I'm not..."
"You signed yourself out against the doctors wishes and you had Kamekona pick you up in exchange for him advertising on your stupid cast."
"I had work to do."
"You are full of it."
"I wanted to be with..."
"Did you miss me that much? Babe I told you I would be back."
"I was fine to work."
"So you keep saying."
"I am glad you were with me up there today."
"Scared the crap out of me."
"You did good today Danno." Steve smiled as he leaned into his partner. "Real good."
"The view at the summit was pretty amazing."
"You go up there with me again?"
"I'll think about it." Danny said moving his arm around Steve's shoulder and holding him in a near headlock against him.
"Kept me safe." Steve said leaning his head against Danny and relaxing into his side.
"You are safe here."
"Mmm safe with you." Steve slurred as the meds started to over his body.
"Just rest now." Danny whispered as he slouched down into the couch, Steve sliding down with him. "I'm exhausted."
Danny woke up a little while later when Kono let herself into the house, "Chin?" Danny asked seeing she was alone.
"Stayed with Uncle." She said with a shaky voice.
"Come here Babe." Danny told her and she made her way over, sinking down into the couch next to him.
"She's still hanging on." Danny put his arm around her and pulled her into him and she curled herself up into his side like Gracie often did when she woke up from a nightmare.
As she cried into Danny's shoulder she absentmindedly started to run her fingers through Steve's hair as he slept. "I am sorry Kono." Danny said giving her a hug as she relaxed into his side.
"How is he doing?"
"Our Boy is hurting...didn't take much to get him to take two oxies. Fell asleep shortly after and..."
"Is sleeping soundly." Kono finished, "You want help to get him up to his bed?"
"Don't want to move him until he wakes up."
"Danny is it okay for me to stay with you guys?"
"You do not need to ask that, you should know the answer."
"Yeah well...I never would have thought it was my Uncle who took the money and let Chin Ho take the fall for him..."
"That who he was protecting?"
"Chinese black market kidney. Stealing money from the asset forfeiture locker. Ruined Chin Ho's life...his marriage... Chin Ho gave up everything."
"It gave your family extra time with your Auntie."
"Uncle wants to turn himself in."
"Chin going to let him?"
"No."
"Then dont worry about it Kiddo. Chin has a home with Five-O."
"Our family..."
"We are a family." Steve said without moving, "Whatever happens, we are family."
"You should be laying down in a bed Boss Man."
"And you should be with your family." Steve countered.
"You just told me we were family."
"We are."
"How long have you been awake Steven?" Danny asked.
"Since she started messing with my hair."
"You should be in your bed."
"You going with me?"
"Yes." Danny and Kono said together.
A half hour later the three of them were laying in Steve's king sized bed, Danny in the middle with both of them using him for a pillow. "Never imagined when I joined the Academy I would be laying in bed with my two bosses while my Auntie dies."
"I never thought I would be on this pineapple infested island and have people who are family."
"I need both of you." Steve said shakily, "I didn't think I would be alive..."
"Hey Boss Man, what was it like in the SEALs?" Kono asked him, she knew while he was on Oxy he didn't have his walls up like he normally did.
"Lost a lot of men...almost died...too many times to count...didn't know any different."
"Friends?" Danny asked.
"Brothers. SEALs are a family...but you try not to get close to any of them because chances are you wont all make it home."
"You got close to some of them though." Danny said as he tightened the hold he had on Steve's back.
"Not like I am with you guys. I knew how they moved and breathed but I didnt know what they ordered for lunch or who their parents were...didnt know how they grew up...didnt know about their personal lives...except a couple...who I met at Boarding School...we went through everything together..."
"What happened to them?" Kono asked.
"Died." Danny answered for him, "The last one was right before I met him." He said putting the pieces together.
"My fault." Steve said with a shaky voice.
"Tonight I am swimming Steven." Danny told him squeezing him even tighter until he felt Steve nod into his chest.
"What does that mean?" Kono asked after the two were silent for a few minutes and Steve's breathing relaxed.
"Just means I've got his back...that he is safe...that I will keep his safe."
"You hate the water." Kono said looking up at Danny, "How did you come up with that?"
"Finding Nemo." Steve yawned.
"You've watched Finding Nemo?" Kono asked with a smirk.
"Gracie loves it." Steve said, smiling as he said her name and putting his hand over the hand Danny had flopped on his shoulder. Danny wondered why Steve kept up his walls with Kono.
"What time does the plane land with Jordan tomorrow?" Kono asked.
"A little after noon." Danny said, "We should all try to get a little sleep."
It didn't take long for Kono to fall asleep and Danny knew Steve was still awake despite him having not moved in a half hour, "Finding Nemo?" He asked.
"I am messed up...don't want to put that on her...she doesn't know the pain yet...I hope she never does..." Steve whispered.
"You are still thinking about it though."
"I cant not when I am on the stupid pain meds...which is why I do not like taking them."
"When do you get your permanent cast on?"
"They said two days...put a hard cast on because they knew I wouldn't just be in the office otherwise they would have kept the splint."
"Smart doctor."
"He's fixed my arm before."
"Same one?"
"Yes...wait...doctor or arm?"
"Either."
"Yes."
"You make it hard to keep you safe."
"I know you've got my back...you can go to sleep." Steve said as he rolled onto his back away from Danny.
Danny lifted his arm carefully rolling away from Kono in order to face Steve, "Not sleeping until I know you are okay."
"Come here then." Steve said reaching his good arm out and Danny scooted so his head rest on Steve's armpit.
"Sure this doesn't hurt you?"
"You wont hurt me Danno." Steve said curling his arm around and cradling Danny's head into him, leaning his bruised cheek against his head.
"Try to sleep?"
"Yeah Buddy."
"Goodnight Steven." Danny said closing his eyes and quickly drifting off to sleep.
When Danny woke a few hours later to the sun streaming in the window he felt Kono's body pushed up against his back, her arm over his and he was still cradled into Steve's side. Danny was thankful that Steve was snoring softly and didn't want to move and risk waking him.
"Morning." He heard Kono whisper, "Chin called and said he was heading into HQ...I was going to go meet him." She said giving Danny a little hug before quietly crawling out of bed. "Don't wake him...he doesn't sleep nearly enough."
When Steve woke up a couple hours later he just laid there, barely moved thinking Danny was still asleep on him, "I've been awake since Kono left." Danny mumbled without moving.
"Mele?"
"Still holding on as far as I know."
"How long until Jordan's plane lands?"
"Two hours."
"I sleep better when you are..uh...here." Steve admitted.
"Yeah." Danny agreed. "Lets go see this bastards face and then spend the day at the Hilton with the family."
"I think I'd like that."
"Think you could wear your sling today SuperMan?" Danny asked as he sat up.
"SuperMan? What happened to Captain America?"
"Seriously?" Danny laughed. "Get up and get ready to go."
Two hours later they were standing on the runway next to the parents of the girl Jordan had murdered watching him come off the plane in an orange jumpsuit. As soon as the Marshall's pulled away with Jordan inside they got back into the Camaro and drove to the Hilton. Chin, Kono and Kamekona joining them a short time later. Family time with good food and drinks and sharing stories intermingled with good natured teasing...until Chin got a phone call as the fireworks were going off. All of them knew what the call was for, there was only one reason he would have left the table to answer the phone. Mele had passed.
The three men watched as Chin answered the phone, then turned to Kono as he told her and they all had tears in their eyes as Chin led her back to the table and the two of them were instantly surrounded by the other three in a family hug, Kono in the center. Kamakona broke away after a few minutes and took care of the check before they all exited the restaurant together.
Kono found herself attached to Steve after they walked out, his good arm wrapped protectively around her, "Chin are we going to your Uncles' now?" He asked as they walked towards their cars.
"We should. I can take her, you guys don't need to go." Chin Ho said with tears in his eyes.
"Babe, we are Ohana...we stick together."
"I will go and get food and meet you guys there, what is the address Brah?" Kamakona asked.
As Chin text it to him the members of Five-O walked on to the Camaro, Danny and Chin climbing into the back. Danny wrapped his arms around Kono as Chin directed Steve towards the house and as they walked in Kono held tight to Danny's hand, when she let go to hug different relatives Danny would put his hand protectively on her shoulder, keeping contact at all times.
Chin went straight to his Uncle who was sitting with Mele's body and got down onto his knees in front of him, laying his head on his uncles knee as a sign of respect. "I do not have to go public but I am telling the family what I have done Chin Ho." His uncle told him.
"Uncle you do not have to do that." Chin Ho said with tears in his eyes.
"You kept your promise at great personal loss to protect your Auntie. Now it is my turn to protect you." He said standing up slowly and leaning over to give her one last kiss before walking out of the bedroom, Chin Ho at his heals. As the two emerged from the bedroom all attention was focused on him, and he nodded slowly to Chin. "Mele was an amazing woman, the love of my life. A few years ago when she first became ill..." He looked at Chin, "I did something...something that my nephew ultimately took the blame for. I would do anything for my family, but Chin Ho...he gave up everything to protect me, to protect my Mele. Whatever assumptions you have about his loyalty to our family...he is our families strength." He said, Chin standing behind with his head bowed. "If you would like to say goodbye to her one last time I am going to call to have them take her." He said before continuing out to the lanai.
Steve walked over to Chin and pulled him into a side hug, "Brah, you just lost your Auntie too. I got you."
Chin dropped his head to Steve's shoulder and Steve could feel the tears soak in, "You believed me when no one else would. You saved my life through all of this...gave me my life back."
"And your Uncle gave you back your family." Steve said pulling back as he noticed different family members lining up to hug their nephew or cousin.
Noticing Danny standing in the corner with Kono leaning into his side, tears streaming down her face he walked over to them, "What did he say to you Boss Man?"
"He said thank you." Steve said simply.
"My cousin does not cry and your shoulder is soaked. He said more than thank you."
"O ke kaikunane." Family Little Sister, Steve told her.
"Uncle gave him his family back."
"I told him he lost his Auntie too."
"You gave him permission and he listened to you."
"Kono we look out for each other." Danny said as he pulled her into him. "You should go in and say your last goodbye."
"I dont know if I can." She said turning around and burying her face into Danny's chest.
"You want us to go with you?" Danny asked her, earning a small nod.
The three then walked into the bedroom, Steve standing guard at the door as Danny led her over to the bed, kneeling down beside and giving the sign of the cross. Kono got down on her knees next to Danny and put her hand over Mele's. "Mahalo ia'oe i ka lani." Kono whispered, may the heavens welcome you home.
Danny and Steve left a few hours later, leaving Kono and Chin with their family. The two went into Steve's house and laid down on his bed, not even changing out of their work clothes and quickly falling asleep. Their family was hurting, but their family was safe. Steve had called the Governor to let her know the whole team was taking a few days off and she agreed, Danny was really the only one who should be working and he shouldn't be doing it on his own. Their unit had logged more hours than should be legally allowed anyway so it was overdue for them to take time off.