I'm getting really busy with the fics here! Whew! I know I still need to finish Cat and Mouse and that I just started another multi chapter fic, but this one won't be too long. It popped into my head as kind of an AU version of last night's episode. Hope this comes out how I want. Basically, I changed the plot of the episode kind of a lot.

As Steve chased the man from the complex tunnel system, he wondered how in the hell he was going to stop this guy. He was insanely fast and agile for such a scrawny man. As it turned out, he didn't have to do anything. The man tripped on something moments after emerging into the forest. Steve quickly cuffed him to the door, but then felt his heart clench painfully in his chest as he saw what the man had tripped on. Danny. Steve ran over to his friend's side.

"Danny!" his eyes frantically scanned his partner for injuries. It wasn't until he noticed the blood beneath Danny's head that he realized where Danny was hurt. The wound wasn't deep, but it had bled a lot as head wounds do. "Danny, can you hear me? I need you wake up. That's it, Danno. Come on." Steve coaxed gently. The unconscious man slowly clawed his way to awareness. Two dazed eyes eventually fluttered open.

"Wha'?" Danny asked, wincing and trying to grab his head.

"Easy, Danny. You got hit pretty hard in the head. How do you feel?"

"Hit? Don' remember…"

"That's okay, Danno. How do you feel?"

"Head hurts. Dizzy." Steve frowned, then pulled out his phone…which had fallen out of his pocket. He checked Danny's pocket for his phone, but it was broken, probably from when he went down. Steve swore.

"Okay, partner. Looks like calling for help isn't really an option. I'm gonna get you to the car and we'll drive to the hospital, alright? Think you can manage that?"

Danny nodded, regretting the movement almost immediately as pain lanced through his skull and his vision tripled.

"Wha' 'bout him?" Danny slurred, pointing towards the man Steve had cuffed. At least he can still recognize that he's a suspect, Steve thought.

"I'll call for Duke to pick him up as soon as we get to the hospital. Come on, I'll help you up, then you just let me take the weight, okay?" They made their way awkwardly to the Camaro, which stood out absurdly in the dirty forest, and Steve gently deposited Danny in the passenger seat. As he climbed in behind the wheel, he heard Danny mutter something that sounded suspiciously like "Always gotta drive my car". Steve smiled. Now that sounded like Danny. Steve flipped on the siren and lights, then tore out of the clearing towards Honolulu. The miles flew by in a blur. Danny should have made some comment about Steve's driving and that he had a daughter by now, but he was eerily silent. Steve glanced over to see Danny's eyes closed and his head leaning against the window.

"Danno, you with me buddy?"

"Mmmmph…"

"Come on man, stay awake. We're almost there."

"'kay." Danny mumbled. A few minutes later, a particularly rough patch of gravel roused Danny. "Huh? St-steve? Where 'm I? Wha's 'appening?" Steve nearly crashed the car in surprise.

"It's okay Danny. You got hurt, but we're on our way to the hospital. Chin and I are gonna find the guy who did this to you, don't worry."

"'kay. What 'bout Kono? Can she help?" Danny asked. Steve's heart sped up.

"Danny, Kono's not here. You know that."

"I do? Where is she?" Steve felt himself apply a little more pressure to the gas pedal.

"She's in China. With Adam, remember?"

"N-no…why China?" Danny asked as the Camaro raced into the hospital parking lot. The more he tried to figure out why Kono was in China, the more agitated he seemed to get.

"Shh, it's okay Danny. We're here now. HEY! I NEED SOME HELP, NOW!" Steve yelled to the nurses. They rushed forward with gurney and a doctor in tow.

"What do we have?" the doctor asked as he examined his new patient.

"Detective Daniel Williams, 38, blunt force trauma to the back of the head. Extremely confused. Complaining of dizziness and pain. Having some issues with memory, too." Steve spouted off quickly on one breath. The doctor nodded.

"Okay, call radiology and let's prep him for x-rays and MRIs. I want to eliminate the possibility of a skull fracture or brain bleed before we continue." As they pushed the gurney through the hallways, a nurse held Steve back.

"I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to go to the waiting room while we examine him."

"No, but that's my partner! He needs help-"

"And we will help him, but we can't have any unauthorized personnel back there. Your partner is in good hands, sir. Let us take it from here." And just like that, Steve was left alone as the mass of doctors and nurses around Danny moved as one away from him. He found the waiting room, filled out the necessary paperwork, and, after he called Duke, dialed Chin's number.

"Hey, Steve. Did you and Danny find-" Chin began, but Steve cut him off.

"Danny's hurt. He took a pretty nasty blow to the head."

"Where are you?"

"HMC."

"Alright, I'm on my way. What the hell happened?"

"We tracked the cell signal to a tunnel system, but Danny couldn't go in."

"Because of his claustrophobia, yeah."

"Danny told you and not me?"

"He didn't exactly tell me, it's just something I noticed. Anyway, what happened after that?"

"I went in, but I ended up chasing our guy out. And right by the entrance of the tunnel, Danny's laying there. I don't know what happened exactly, but it looks like someone clubbed him over head with something. I lost my cell in the tunnels and Danny's broke when he fell, so I had to drive him here."

"Jesus…how is he?"

"The doctors are still with him, but he wasn't looking too good last time I saw him. He was really confused. Chin…he was asking where Kono was." Steve could hear Chin blow out a breath of tension.

"That bad, huh? I'll be there in about five minutes, just hold on." After Chin arrived, Steve filled him in on everything that had happened in the forest.

"You know, that area is full of homeless addicts. Maybe one of them saw the badge and freaked." Chin speculated.

"Yeah, maybe." Steve said distractedly. To take their minds off of the situation, Chin told Steve about Catherine coming to him with the information on Sato's man in Hawaii. They spent the better part of two hours talking about possible ways to get Kono home and another in silence. When the doctor finally approached them, their nerves were frayed.

"Are you Commander McGarrett?" the doctor asked.

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"Detective Williams told me you'd be the guy who looked ready to start World War III and had an aneurysm face. He also said that you were a 'Neanderthal Animal' if I heard that right." Steve couldn't help laughing.

"He can't be too bad then if he's already talking like that."

"So that's normal for him?"

"Absolutely." Chin confirmed with a smile. The doctor laughed and offered his hand.

"I'm Kevin Hoshino, I've been treating Detective Williams since he came in." they all shook hands as Hoshino took a seat opposite them.

"So how is he, doc?" Steve asked, slightly less nervous than before.

"Basically, he got his eggs scrambled a bit, but he should be fine. Nasty concussion, but nothing he won't recover from. The confusion was short term and, though he's still unclear about the details, he's fully aware now." Steve let out a breath he hadn't even realized he had been holding. After he had explained everything, Hoshino took them to Danny's room. Danny lay sleeping on the bed. The lights were off. Only a small lamp in the corner provided nay illumination.

"Hey Steve." Danny mumbled tiredly.

"How did you know it was me? Your eyes are closed."

"Your footsteps are all stompy." Chin chuckled.

"Oh, Chin's here too. Party…" Steve smiled.

"How ya doin' partner? You look a lot better than before." Steve remarked, taking in the clean white bandage wound around Danny's head.

"Okay. Head hurts like a bitch, but s'not my first concussion."

"Yeah…" Steve said, remembering all of the head injuries Danny had suffered in the few years he'd known him. "We'll let you rest, Danno. Feel better, alright? I'll be by tomorrow to pick you up."

"Sounds good. Thanks babe."

But wait, there's more! will be posted soon! I plan to finish this tonight! Beware the plot twists!