Chapter 2
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Danny wasn't prepared to see Steve standing in front of his doorway, arms crossed, when he got home. Crap! He didn't say anything to Steve and he kept the left side of his face turned away as he unlocked the door.
Once inside, Danny took his sun glasses off and faced Steve. Waiting for the inevidable.
"What the hell happened to your face?" Steve moved forward and grabbed Danny by the jaw, tilting his face so he cold see better.
"Easy," Danny pulled his face free.
"I asked you a question, Danny!" Steve put his hands on his hips.
"I fell," Danny offered.
"I told you earlier, don't lie to me." Steve was pissed.
"How much do you already know?" Danny sighed.
"Why don't you start with where you went after I left headquarters for lunch with Chin and Kono," Steve said. "And finish with HPD wanting your report on your attempted abduction."
Danny didn't say anything.
"Start talking!" Steve raged, getting into Danny's personal space.
"Alright! Alright," Danny answered.
He took a moment to gather his thoughts.
"I wanted to try and find Matty," Danny started.
"Okay," Steve folded his arms back over his chest and leaned against Danny's kitchen counter.
"I was researching who owned that house."
"What house?"
"The one we followed Matty to."
"And?"
"I found out it was owned by one Miguel Sanchez."
"Okay, he deals in coke."
"Yeah, uh, I figured he'd know how to get in touch with Matty."
"So let me get this straight," Steve unfolded his arms and took a step in Danny's direction. "You decided to pursue a violent, drug dealing criminal, on your own, I might add. What happened to 'we need back up' and that fact that you are part of a team?" Steve took another step and Danny took a step back. Steve's height and volume stirring up some fear. Danny was already in fight or flight mode from his earlier attempted kidnapping.
"You know what? Back away." Danny pushed at Steve's chest.
"You got your ass kicked because you didn't have back up." Steve yelled at him.
"You go in without back up all the time," Danny did some yelling of his own.
"And you read me the riot act, every time," Steve pointed his finger at his chest.
"Doesn't stop you from doing it again, does it?" Danny shouted back.
Steve stopped, Danny did have a point. But, Steve had the moves to back up his actions.
"This is different. I'm trained by the military. I know what I'm doing."
"I may not be a SEAL, but I can take care of myself."
"Yeah, one look at your face inspires all kinds of confidence."
"Then stop looking at it. There's the door. Don't let it hit you on the way out."
"Who tried to grab you?" Steve asked, ignoring the invitation to leve.
"A CI named Julio and I forget the name of his buddy... Big guy though, Hawaiian, too."
"They both in custody?"
"Yeah, I took them both out. Then HPD showed up."
"Why would they want to take you?"
"Julio said something about Sanchez wanting to meet me, Julio set me up." Danny took a minute to think about what that could mean.
"But, why?" Steve asked.
"I don't know." Danny sat down on the couch, loosening his tie.
"You want something to drink?" Steve asked.
"Yeah," Danny answered, leaning his head back. The days of not enough sleep and not enough good food were catching up with him. He let out a loud sigh. Steve same back with glass of water and som Tylenol.
"Don't argue, take them." Steve handed him the medicine and water. Danny did as asked, setting the empty glass of water on the end table. Steve eyed him. Steve's phone buzzed and he opened a text message.
"You can go now," Danny offered.
"You get checked out at the scene?"
"Yes, I did."
"They said you were fine to go?"
"Yes, they did."
"What'd I tell you about lying to me?" Steve asked.
"For crying out loud, Steve!" Danny opened his eyes and lifted his head. "Why are you asking questions that you already know the answer to?"
"Just trying to determine how badly your judgement has been impaired."
"Excuse me?" Danny asked.
"Look. I get it. He's your brother," Steve kneeled down in front of Danny. "But, man, if you're going to pursue this, we gotta do it as a team."
"This is personal, my mess." Danny said from his position on the couch, yawning.
"No," Steve said looking Danny in the face. "You don't get to do that. You don't get a private case. We are a team, that means we work together."
Danny looked away, God, he felt so tired. Exhausted.
"Let us help you. You got three friends standing in line to do just that. Let us help you." Steve said.
"Alright, alright," Danny answered, subdued.
"Good. Let's go."
"Steve, I'm getting kind of tired. Been a long day, you know?" Danny said.
"Yeah, and the not sleeping thing is finally catching up on you. You been burning the candles at both ends, brah." Steve replied.
"Okay. You're right. So, I'm going to go to bed. Here."
"Wrong. You're coming to my place."
"Steve, I promise you, I will sleep. You don't need to baby sit."
"I know you're gonna sleep. I just gave you two Tylenol PM."
"You what?" Danny tried for outrage, but, man, was he tired.
"You heard me." Steve answered.
"You can't just make me go to your place. That's kidnapping."
"You better consider yourself lucky I'm not dropping your ass off for CAT scan. The way you been acting, something might be wrong with your head," Steve answered. Steve eyed Danny's battered face again and shook his head.
"Nothing wrong with my head." Danny mumbled.
"Let's go," Steve pulled on Danny's arm.
"You go." Danny mumbled, eyes closed.
"You want your neighbors to see me carrying you out of here?"
"You wouldn't," Danny popped open one eye.
"You really doubt me? You're not staying here alone. Look what happened when I left you at work by yourself." Steve gave one more tug and had Danny on his feet. He pulled Danny's arm across his shoulder and guided im out of the house.
"I hate you." Danny mumbled.
"You've lost a lot of weight." Steve observed.
"No. It just looks that way because I'm short."
"Danny, I'm supporting most of your weight here. You've lost a lot of weight. Your clothes loose?"
"Little bit."
"Well, we'll fix that."
"Please, no egg white omletes."
"They're good for you." Steve used the remote to unlock the doors to his truck and manuevered Danny inside. Danny was like mush.
"Can't believe you drugged me."
"It's Tylenol, it wouldn't do this on it's own. You were already exhausted to begin with." Steve buckled Danny's seatbelt in and closed the door. He went to get in on the driver's side, noticing Danny had reclined the seat.
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On the way to his house, McGarette called Chin Ho and Kono to update them. Chin agreed that taking Danny to Steve's was the best option. Chin hung up after agreeing to bring Kono nd pizza over after Danny woke up. Steve navigated his blue pickup into the driveway, parking as close to the front door as he could get. He got out and went over to the passenger side, opening the door. The only thing keeping Danny in the truck was his seat belt. His head lolled in Steve's direction.
"I think you just want a free ride," Steve muttered. He unbuckled Danny and hefted him onto his shoulder, carrying him into the house. Steve carried Danny up the stairs and into the guest room that Danny ad occupied before. He pulled back the blanket and sheets with one hand, then lowered Danny onto the bed. Steve took off Danny's shoes, opened the window to let a breeze in and left the door open as he left.
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Danny opened his eyes to find that the sun had set. He wiped a hand down his face. He was in the guest room at McGarrette's. Danny heard voices coming from downstairs. After a quick stop in the bathroom, he followed the smell of pizza to the main floor. His team was covering the couch, paper plates full of pizza, watching a football game. College ball by the looks of it.
"should we wake Danny?" Kono asked.
"In a minute. He needs to eat, but he needs to sleep, too." Steve answered.
Danny enetered the room.
"Hey, look who's up." Chin said eyeing Danny.
"Come on, take a seat." Kono scooched over to make room for him.
"Grab a plate first," Steve added.
Danny walked over to the table, took a piece with sausage on it and returned to the livingroom.
"Feel better, brah?" Chin asked.
"Actually, I do." Danny answered.
"Eat," Steve ordered around a mouthful of his own pizza. Danny took a bite, it was good.
"So, Danny." Chin started. "I talked with your abduction suspects. That one bruddah was huge. Don't know how you took him down. Anyway, seems Sanchez wanted them to grab you so he could find Matt."
"What?" Danny asked, still sleepy.
"Chin," Steve said. "Wait until he's more awake."
"No, I want to know. Matty didn't launderer Sanchez's money?"
"No, seems he took the money. Some for himself and has been paying most of it back to the people he originally burned. He never helped Sanchez. He took his money, sure. But, he gave most of it back to the right people."
"well, I guess that's good." Danny replied, taking another bite. "No way to track him, now. But, he wasn't all bad. What will happen now?"
"The two that tried to kidnap you are turning on Sanchez for a deal." Chin answered. "He'll go down for the drugs, money laundering and attempted kidnapping and assault of a police officer."
Danny took a moment to think that over, he really couldn't decide how he felt ove Matty's actions. On one hand he wasn't helping a drug dealer. On the over hand he still wouldn't turn himself in.
"Eat," Steve encouraged.
"Will you stop it?" Danny smiled. "I'm eating."
"Good, tomorrow we can do some more looking for your brother, today, you rest and eat."
The End
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