Note: Many thanks to everyone that took the time to read and review. I love reading every one. Time for some fluff to finish off.
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Chapter Six.
Steve arrived at the hospital at 11 am on Sunday. The doctors had kept Danny in another night as the dizziness and nausea had refused to settle. The team had spent most of the day at the hospital and Danny was now feeling better about what had happened after Mr. Kama and his granddaughter, Lucy had called into thank him.
Steve entered Danny's room to find him sitting on the bed already dressed. He was sporting a new cast that they must have replaced that morning, now the swelling had gone down.
"Looking good, buddy. You ready to go?"
"Yep. Paperwork all done." Danny replied waving a stack of papers.
"Great. Come on then, Chin and Kono are picking Grace up so Rachel can catch her rearranged flight, and we're gonna meet them at the cove." Steve said grabbing Danny's bag and helping him up from the bed. Seeing Danny's screwed up eyes Steve had to ask, "You sure you're up to this Danno? We could always do it another weekend."
"Are you kidding? Grace has been looking forward to this all week. I'm ok. Just sore. Now come on, I've been craving garlic shrimp all morning." Danny said leading the way out of the hospital room.
Arriving at the cove, Danny could see the rest of the Ohana setting up on the beach. Kamekona and Flippa had the grill already fired up, and Max and Charlie were setting out chairs and blankets. Chin and Kono were down at the shore line with Grace. Making their way slowly across the sand, Danny and Steve joined the group.
Grace saw her dad and raced over to him, stopping just short of the group to avoid knocking him over. "Danno, how are you feeling?"
"I'm good Monkey. How about you? How's the arm?" Danny said easing himself down into one of the chairs and nodding to say hello to the others.
"It's fine now, Danno. Look, Uncle Chin and Auntie Kono signed my cast. Uncle Steve you have to sign it too." She said excitedly.
"No problem Gracie, think Danno will let me sign his too?" Steve said giving her a wink.
"Not a chance. You wouldn't let me sign yours, plus let's face it we all know you would draw a pineapple or something equally terrible. Nope the only person decorating this cast is Grace. What do you think baby, think you can manage to decorate the whole thing?"
Grace nodded excitedly.
"Don't you two look like a right pair? Father, daughter matching casts." Chin joked.
"Yeah but I can assure you I won't be letting super SEAL wrap mine so I can swim." Danny joked back.
The whole Ohana settled down to enjoy the beach. They had the whole cove to themselves.
As they all sat around eating the food that Kamekona had cooked with Flipper, Steve's phone rang, and he moved off to the side to speak to whoever had called.
Returning minutes later, he had a huge grin on his face. "That was the Governor." He informed them.
"Do we have a case?" Kono asked looking unhappy.
"No. He was just calling to let me pass on some good news." Steve explained gaining everyone's interest. "He has read all the reports from Friday night and has decided to award Danny a commendation."
"What?" Danny asked shocked, as everyone else looked happy.
"He was impressed with how you dealt with the whole situation, and wants to acknowledge it." Steve explained.
"No." Danny replied, stunning everyone. "I didn't do anything. I was just in the wrong place, at the wrong time. I don't deserve praise. A kid died."
"Danny, I thought we had got past that. It wasn't your fault he died. You couldn't do anything to help him. But you did help all those other people in that store. You even helped the damn robbers." Steve said frustrated.
"You deserve the commendation Danny." Chin added.
"No. I didn't do it alone. I just did my job."
"Danno, you helped all those people. Those boys did a bad thing. I'm really proud of you. I can't wait to tell all my friends how brave you were." Grace said giving her dad a big hug.
"Thanks sweetie." Danny replied choked up.
"Danny, not only did you control the situation, you also took out the guy despite being hurt. We didn't get a chance to do anything. All we did was give the guy a car and follow." Steve explained. "It's all on you buddy. Those people are safe because of you. Those boys are behind bars because of you. You deserve the commendation and we are all gonna be there to see you get it, even if I have to drag your arse there myself, Daniel."
"Steven." Danny shouted indicating Grace.
"He gets a free pass on that one, Danno, because I'll help him drag you there." Grace stated as she put her good hand on her hip. "You're my hero, Danno, and it's time everyone else knew how great you are."
"Well said." Chin added.
"Totally." Kono piped up.
"Oh well, I guess I have to accept it then." Danny relented. "Can't have my Monkey getting mad at me." He added, shifting in the chair so Grace could come over and hug him.
"We're all proud of you Danny." Kono said coming over and joining the hug.
"Yeah brah, and we're really glad you're ok." Chin stated putting his arm around Danny's shoulder.
"Don't scare us like that again." Steve ordered joining the hug.
"Group hug!" Grace yelled and everyone else piled in, Danny right at the centre of their Ohana, where he belonged.
The End