"Steve!" Concern and worry tinged Chin's voice as he hurried into the hospital room with Kono and Lou following closely behind as he asked. "Any word on Danny yet?"

Holding onto his midriff, Steve tried hard not to grimace as he sat up a little higher in the bed and glanced at the empty bed beside him before he looked back at other three members of his small team, his fear for his partner and closest friend evident in his eyes as he slowly shook his head, "Not yet."

"I don't understand Steve, Danny seemed fine when we left, what happened?" Lou frowned.

"I don't know, Lou, he was irritable after you left. I thought it was just Danny being Danny…" Steve paused, trying to push away the guilt as he remembered the stupid argument that had started over what to watch on TV, that had escalated quickly with Danny accusing him of being ungrateful for Danny's donating part of his liver to save his life, to his threat to cut out the donated liver himself if he developed Danny's negative attitude. He knew Danny had been feeling unappreciated and probably a little hurt that he had not thanked him for donating half of his liver but he also did not quite understand why. Danny should have known without having to be told he was truly grateful.

"We argued over what to watch on TV and he rolled over and went to sleep." Steve admitted softly as he ran his hand over the back of his head and tried to push the unwanted memory away. Shifting a little in the bed to ease the pain and discomfort he was beginning to feel as his pain medication began to wear off, he glanced guiltily across at the empty bed. "I didn't even notice that anything was wrong until he woke up in agony. The doctor thinks he has developed some sort of complication from the surgery."

"What sort of complications?" Kono asked in confusion.

"Detective Williams began to bleed internally after some of his internal stitches tore away, probably when he turned over too fast or coughed. Unfortunately, internal bleeding is one of the complications of undergoing the living donor surgery." The doctor answered Kono's question as he entered the room, the surgical mask he had worn during Danny's emergency operation still dangling around his neck.

"How is he, Doc? Is he going to be ok?" Steve asked, sitting up higher in the bed as he watched the surgeon approach.

"I'm afraid that Detective Williams's condition is critical." The surgeon announced quietly as he reached the side of Steve's bed. "We restitched his liver and have managed to stop the bleeding but he has lost a large amount of blood."

"I don't understand," Chin frowned, "if he knew there were serious risks associated with being a live donor, why didn't he or you tell us?"

"Detective Williams insisted that we downplay those risks to him when we discussed him becoming a live donor for Commander McGarrett with the rest of you. He said that everyone had enough to worry about with Commander McGarrett's precarious condition and he didn't want to add to your stress if you were made aware of the possible risks he was taking by being the donor." Mullins paused as he looked around at the worried faces of Williams's colleagues before he took a deep breath and added softly. "Also we discovered that Detective Williams also suffered internal injuries from the plane crash that were missed both in the ER when he was first brought in for examination after the accident and then again when he was undergoing the liver donor transplant surgery that have caused serious complications to his recovery."

"Internal injuries? What injuries?" Lou asked surprised, glancing at Chin and Kono.

"We found a small tear in Detective Williams's intestine that we believed happened in the plane crash. It was missed in his initial examination in the ER after the plane crash and then again when he was undergoing surgery. Unfortunately, the tear has allowed bacteria and some of the contents of his intestines to leak out and has caused a massive infection. We have washed out as much of the contamination as we could and have repaired the tear and started him on high doses of antibiotics but with his already weakened condition caused by the blood loss and the donor operation…"

"What…what are his chances?" Steve whispered, unable to believe this was really happening.

"I know, Commander McGarrett, that you are listed as Detective Williams's next of kin but I also understand that his parents and sisters live on the mainland?" Dr Mullins asked quietly.

Steve nodded, "They live in New Jersey."

"Then I think someone should call them and tell them to come to Hawaii immediately," the surgeon answered softly, aware that the warning answered the Commander's question, "Also someone should prepare his children…"

"Can…can I see him?"

"We are transferring him up to the ICU as soon. I will arrange for a nurse to take you up to see him." The doctor answered before he firmly reminded the upset man, "But remember Commander McGarrett, you have just undergone a major operation, yourself. I will allow you five minutes with Detective Williams after he is settled in the ICU but after that I want you back in this room and resting. Understood?"

Nodding silently, Steve watched in disbelief as the nurse began to pack up Danny's belongings including the single hand drawn Get Well card from Charlie and Grace that sat on Danny's bedside table. He swallowed back the tears that threatened to fall as he heard Danny's hurt and angry accusations of him being ungrateful from just a few hours before echo in his ears. A cold chill rippled through his soul as he realized that Danny was right, he had never thanked Danny for saving his life and the chance to thank his closest friend might not happen again.

The nurse paused as she looked at the childish drawing that adorned the front of the card before glancing across at the numerous balloons, gifts and Get Well cards that were lined up against the wall and covered Steve's bedside table. "Do any of those cards belong to Detective Williams?" she asked quietly.

Kono, Lou and Chin looked at the cards that were scattered across Steve bedside table before looking guiltily back at the single hand drawn card the nurse held in her hand as Lou cleared his throat, "Umm, no, all these cards belong to McGarrett."

"Ohh," the nurse murmured in surprise as she glanced again at the cards, balloons and gifts that adorned Steve's side of the room before she looked back down at the card she held in her hand. They watched in silence as she carefully packed the handmade card into the small bag that contained Danny's belongings before she turned and followed the surgeon out of the room.