Danny expected to hit the floor and braced himself for the impact…but it never came. Instead he found himself lying in Steve's arms and hearing the familiar voice talking softly.

After that it was all a dizzying blur as he lingered at the brink of consciousness while he was lifted onto a gurney and whisked away from his friends. There were bright lights and various medical personnel floating around and poking and prodding at him.

The last thing he remembered was a needle being inserted into his arm and the blissful feeling of floating away from the pain.

Five-0 sat, yet again, by Danny's bedside. Another trip to the OR was required to repair the additional damage his heroics cost his arm. But he was taking an alarmingly long time to come out from under the anesthesia and although the doctor wasn't concerned, Steve was.

"C'mon, Danno…time to wake up."

Danny's body shifted slightly. "Y,' he whispered.

Steve looked at Chin and Kono with relief before answering, "Because you've been sleeping for too long."

"No…Y," he repeated weakly, his eyelids not budging from their closed position.

Recalling their prior exchange on the topic, Steve decided to use it as a bargaining chip. "Fine…I'll drop the 'O', but only if you open your eyes."

His eyelids slowly blinked open as he adjusted to the light. "Now what's my name?"

"Good to have you back again, Dann-y," Steve smiled putting emphasis on the last syllable.

Danny coughed trying to clear the roughness out of his throat. "M'not so sure…you all gonna laugh at me again?"

Kono handed over a glass of water before looking away sheepishly; Steve and Chin followed suit.

"This is the first time all three of you have aneurism face at the same time," Danny quipped.

"We really are sorry, brah," Chin apologized.

"Yeah," Kono agreed. "We were way out of line."

Steve, who had yet to resume eye contact, was biting at his lip. "I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"What was that, Steven? I couldn't quite hear you with all the beeping of these machines and such."

Steve glared. "I'm sorry," he said louder.

"Wasn't very sincere," Danny pouted.

"You want sincere? I sincerely wish you would have listened to me when I told you to stay put and not go after the gunman without waiting for back-up."

"Welcome to my world, Super-SEAL," Danny retorted hotly causing Chin and Kono to smirk. Then suddenly all the color drained from his face and he let out a gasp.

"Danny!" Steve jumped up. "You okay?"

"Does it look like I'm okay?" he panted.

"Just breathe, man," Steve took hold of his good hand. "Just breathe."

It took a few moments for Danny to get his breath back and for his color to return to normal. "Thanks…m'okay…just a spasm."

"I really am sorry, Danny," Steve finally admitted. "You were hurt and we shouldn't have taken it so lightly."

"Nah…I'm just messing with you. I'm sorry too…I overreacted. I wasn't thinking straight with all the drugs."

"So are we all friends again?" Kono asked hopefully.

"No," Danny shook his blonde head, relishing the reaction it got before adding with a wide grin, "we're family. Or how do you like to put it?"

Steve, Chin and Kono smiled back. "Ohana."

Epilogue

They could hear footsteps approaching; as they grew louder the room actually started to shake a bit.

"That's either Big Foot," Danny said, "or…"

"Howzit?" came the cheery greeting.

"Kamekona," they all welcomed the extra-large man as he entered the room carrying a plastic bag.

"I heard my favorite haole was in the hospital an' I wanted to make sure you was doin' okay."

"Thanks…much better," Danny smiled.

"I stopped by the gift shop on my way up an' couldn't find nothin' appropriate for you, but I didn't find somethin' for your little cutie Grace when she comes to visit."

"That was really nice of you, big guy."

Kamekona pulled a plastic box out of the bag and revealed it to the group. "It's a 'Get Well, Barbie' doll…think she'll like it?"

Steve spit out the water he just took a swig of, Chin covered his mouth to hide his smile, and Kono almost had to leave the room.

"What? What'd I miss?" Kamekona asked in total confusion at the scene before him.

As for Danny…he heaved a sigh, shook his head and then started to laugh along with his family.

The End