Note: A big thanks to wenwalke for all her help once again. This one is different to my usual style. It focuses more on the recovery so there isn't as much action.

Disclaimer: no copy right infringement intended.

Chapter One

As Steve threw the car around the corner in pursuit of their latest bad guy, Danny reached up to grab hold of the handle above the door to try and stop him self being thrown around so much. His right shoulder was already bound to be bruised from the harsh right turn Steve had taken two blocks ago. He cursed, realising it wasn't there.

He had been forced to leave his beloved Camaro at the shop to have the handbrake cable replaced after Steve had worn it away during a previous pursuit that The Navy SEAL insisted required a handbrake turn to apprehend their perpetrator. Now they were travelling in one of HPD's cars, on lone to them, as Steve had stated his truck was no good for chasing down criminals.

Bracing his hand on the dash board instead, he looked over at his partner, "will you ease off a bit, please."

"I'm not letting him get away, Danny." Steve spat back, not taking his eyes off the car weaving in and out of the traffic ahead of them.

"I understand that, but if we end up a pile of metal after you wreck the car, he is gonna get away anyway." Danny yelled back, his fingernails on his left hand digging in to the car seat upholstery.

"No he won't, Chin and Kono are right behind us they'll take him down." Steve smirked, risking a glance at his partner to see if he got a rise.

"Eyes on the road," Danny yelled back then looked in the mirror. Chin and Kono were indeed following behind them, and Danny had no doubt that Chin was probably mirroring his actions as Kono had the wheel and followed Steve's tactics for pursuit driving.

As they took another hard right, Danny tried once again, "Steve, please just ease off a bit."

"Will you relax," Steve yelled back. "How many times have you been in a pursuit with me driving, and how many times have we crashed? Will you stop wetting your pants?"

"While I don't approve of your style of pursuit driving, I will normally concede that you keep us safe, but please, remember this isn't the Camaro, it won't handle the corners like she does."

"Fine," Steve conceded, easing off the gas pedal a touch. "Where the hell does he think he is going?" Steve added, seeing the car in front take a sharp left into a building site. Thankfully it was a Sunday so the site was shutdown for the day, meaning the risk to civilians wasn't there.

"Eli Guest used to work as a building foreman, maybe this was his site. He thinks he can lose us on familiar turf." Danny suggested.

"The hell he is." Steve followed after the car causing Danny to yelp as the back end skidded out a little too far.

"Sorry." Steve apologised as he quickly corrected the over steer.

The car in front kicked up a cloud of dust from the dirt road making visibility a problem, and both men strained to see more than a few meters ahead of them.

"Steve, watch out." Danny screamed as he suddenly saw the car they had been chasing headed straight at them. Guest must have done a 180 and was now playing chicken with them.

Steve swerved to avoid a collision, but the back end of the car once again skidded out, causing them to spin out of control. Steve fought hard to counteract the spin, but they were brought to an abrupt halt as Danny's side of the car slammed into a concrete structure.

Steve fought to push the airbag out of his face, and release his seatbelt. A quick glance at his partner told him that Danny was conscious, and seemed ok, so he scrambled out of the car pulling his gun from its holster, ready to fire after the fleeing car.

As the cloud of dust began to settle Steve smiled to himself as he saw the car had been brought to a halt by Chin and Kono blocking the exit, both teammates stood, guns raised and pointing at the driver's side of the car.

"Nice work guys." Steve called out as Chin moved in to secure Guest who had managed to take them across town in his desperation for freedom.

"You two okay?" Kono called out, both she and her cousin had watched in horror as their friend's car had stopped its spinning, with a sickening thud, as it made contact with the concrete block.

"Yeah," Steve said re holstering his weapon, "although I think Danno is about to chew me out for crashing the car." He joked.

HPD arrived on scene, and Chin handed Eli Guest over to them. Steve nodded his thanks then turned to the car.

"You planning on getting out anytime soon?" He called to Danny. He knew Danny's side of the car was blocked by the concrete mass, but he expected his partner to climb over the seats to provide back up to his team, most likely swearing profanities as he went.

When no answer came Steve frowned, and started to walk back to the car, a knot growing in the pit of his stomach with each second his partner didn't reply. He had left the door open, so he bent down to check what the hold up was, and the knot jumped up into his throat. He felt bile rise with it. Danny's airbag had deflated now, allowing Steve a full view of his partner, who sat staring out the front window, eyes glazed. His right hand was pressed up against his side. But it was the sight of the rebar pole that had punched its way through the metal of the car, and had continued its path of destruction right into his best friend's abdomen, that made him want to vomit up his lunch.

TBC