This story was supposed to be only one chapter, but due to the overwhelming number of people who desired another chapter, I was only too happy to put one out. I cant describe how good it feels to have people who like my work. Here is the second chapter and I'm sorry, but it will be the last for this story, but dont worry. I will be posting a new story soon! I hope you like this chapter as much as you liked the last one. Please read and review, but most importantly, ENJOY! Thanks

The two partners strode into the office, carrying an air of excitement and trepidation. They and the rest of the members of the 5-O team knew what hadn't been done in the month that Danny was out of action and they were all looking forward to bringing him in. Mason Blaise was still in Hawaii, due to the crack down on transportation that Chin and Kono had done, and the team was very anxious to take down the man that had almost been responsible for the death of one of their team members.

Kono was the first one to speak as Chin was currently speaking on the phone. "We have all of our contacts out on the street, asking questions about Blaise along with some uniformed officers walking the streets."

"Alright, thanks." Steve, Danny, and Kono looked towards Chin as he hung up and put his phone in his pocket. "I just got a call from a contact and he thinks that he may know where Blaise is."

Steve smiled as Chin gave him the address and was already heading for the door as he yelled for Chin to call some backup. He glanced next to himself and saw Danny keeping a brisk pace next to him. It was much different from the slow pace they had kept on their walks in the hospital. It felt good to have his partner back on the job and that thought made him smile just in time for Danny to glance up and look at him.

"And what's that face for?" Danny asked immediately going to the passenger side of his silver Camaro as Steve went to the driver's side.

"What face?" Steve asked as he climbed into the car, the smile still on his lips.

"That face. The big, goofy smile face that makes me wonder if you blew something up without me knowing about it." Danny looked at his partner as Steve acted like he was totally focused on backing the car out and getting on the road.

"No, Danny. I didn't blow anything up . . . yet." He pulled into the road and quickly increased speed, heading towards the location that Chin had told him, weaving in and out of lanes. He saw Danny cringing next to him and smiled again. It really hadn't been the same without him. "It's just really good to have you back."

"Well," Danny began as he grabbed the chicken bar when Steve came especially close to someone. "I hope I'm alive later to share your sentiments."

"You don't trust me, Danno?" Steve said, glancing over at Danny with feigned hurt eyes.

Danny didn't take his eyes off the road. "Never said that. I trust you for the most part, just not your motor vehicle skills-Watch out!"

Steve swerved around one car and dove into a side lane, slowing down until he came to a stop in front of an old, dilapidated looking house. "We're here," Steve said with a small grin.

The house they had stopped in front of was small and crumbling. Its front porch had railings that were falling apart and the front of the house showed windows that were semi-boarded up.

"Well, isn't this nice," Danny said as he climbed out of the car and walked around to the back at the same time as Steve.

Opening the trunk, they began to pull on their tactical vests. As Steve watched Danny put his vest on, his mind flashed back to when Danny was still in the hospital.

Steve walked into the hospital two weeks after Danny had been injured. Danny was situated comfortably situated in the recovery ward and his doctor was standing at the desk putting a file away. "Hey, doc!" Steve called out, rushing forward to catch up with the busy man. "How's Danny?"

The doctor smiled. "He's getting better. We got him off the IV today and we will probably let him go in a few days. He's still on pain medication and will probably be for another week or two, that's the reason that we're still keeping him here, for observation to make sure that his pain medication is the right kind for him."

Steve nodded and let out a breath he had been holding. "Thanks, doc. You don't know how good that sounds. His wife will be really happy to hear. They're still on the mainland."

The doctor nodded. "I see. He should be awake if you would like to talk to him."

"Thanks, doc," Steve said, already beginning to walk away backwards, "Thanks for everything."

Steve came to Danny's door at the same time as a nurse was coming out. Steve smiled when he noticed the good looks of the nurse. Going inside, he saw Danny sitting on the edge of the bed dressed in a pair of black sweat pants with a gray t-shirt in his hands. He looked a lot happier in normal clothes than he had in the hospital gown. The only thing to show that he had been seriously injured was the large, white gauze pad on his side and the occasional twinge of pain that flashed across his features when he moved his left arm. His features lit up when he saw Steve, though, and a wide smile broke across his face. "Hi, Steve!"

"I take it you're happy to see me. I just saw your nurse and I don't know why you would be sad, though. Does Gabby know what a flirt you are?"Steve said, looking at his friend.

Danny shrugged. "I like to think that it's the reason she likes me. How have you guys been?"

"Fine. We're kind of liking the quiet of the office with you gone." Steve said sarcastically, smiling.

"You know you guys miss me." Danny said, pulling the shirt over his head and getting his right arm through. Upon raising his left, however, a pained hiss escaped him.

Steve's eyes turned sad and he crossed the space between the door and the bed in two strides, coming next to Danny and grabbing the shirt and his arm. "Let me help, Danno."

"I'm not a baby, Steven," Danny said, even as he allowed Steve to gently raise his arm and get the shirt over it.

"Never said you were, Daniel." Steve said, letting go of Danny's arm and slowly leaning against the bed next to Danny, watching his friend put his hand over where the wound was. "Are you okay, Danno?"

"Just peachy. Getting shot is so much fun."He said, before looking at the sincere look in Steve's eyes. He sighed and spoke quietly. "I'm ok, Steve. I'm just ready to get out of here."

Steve smiled and nodded. "I know, Danno. I know. Doc said that you should be out of here in a few days."

"Good." Danny said. A devious grin came across his face and looked at Steve. "You want to go for a walk?"

"Oh, yeah!" Steve said, jumping up and heading for the hallway for a wheelchair.

"Steve," Danny said, calling from where he was still sitting on the bed. Steve stopped and turned around, looking at his smiling partner. "Thanks."

"You're welcome, Danno."

"Steve?"

Steve came back to the present to Danny looking at him oddly, and Steve smiled because he knew that Danny was questioning his sanity right about now. "Yes, Danny?"

"You with me?" Danny asked, looking sideways at his partner.

"Yeah. I was just thinking." Steve said.

Chin and Kono pulled in at that moment and Steve went instantly into the mindset that made him such a great Navy SEAL. They devised their plan quickly and efficiently, planning that Chin and Kono would go around back while Danny and Steve would go in from the front. The broke apart, heading towards their stations quietly and quickly.

Danny and Steve stood on either side of the door, guns drawn and minds set on bringing Blaise in. Steve was smiling, despite the seriousness of their current situation. Danny looked at him, a smile in his eyes. "What's the matter with you, Steve?"

"Feels good, doesn't it?" Steve said, preparing himself.

"Yeah. It does. You want to do the honors?" Danny asked, gesturing towards the door with his head.

"Yes." Steve backed up in front of the door and kicked it down, allowing Danny to go in on a crouch, his gun sweeping the rooms as he made his way inside.

Movement to Steve's left caused him to look over and see Blaise jumping out the window. He chased him around the front of the house and stopped, gun strained on Blaise's fleeing back. "Freeze! 5-O!"

Blaise stopped and slowly put his hands up, the same way he had done when Danny and Steve had cornered him. He slowly turned, an arrogant smile upon his face and put his hands down. "Now this is a familiar scene, wouldn't you say Lt. Commander?"

"Shut up. You're under arrest." Steve began to walk forward but stopped when Blaise put his hand up.

"I have come to learn that cutting off the limbs of a tree does nothing to halt its growth unless you cut down the tree itself. There is a sniper on the second story of the house. He is ordered to fire when he feels that I am in danger. Goodbye, McGarrett." Blaise said as a shot rang out.

But Steve was void of any pain. He didn't feel the familiar sting of a bullet and then the shearing pain that accompanied it. "Well, Mr. Blaise? Where's this sniper of yours?"

Blaise looked just as confused as Steve felt and they both glanced over to see Kono running forward, her own gun hanging limply in her hands as she ran over.

"We got the sniper," she said upon reaching him.

"Good. Arrest him." Steve watched Kono cuff him just as some more units pulled up, lights flashing as officers poured out.

Steve turned to see Danny walking out of the house, Chin following with a wounded sniper in custody, and walked over to see him. "Call an ambulance for him and get heavy security to make sure he stays." As Chin walked away, Steve turned towards a smiling Danny and took a deep breath. "Did you shoot him?"

Danny thought for a moment before nodding. "Yeah."

Steve nodded. "Did it feel good? Getting him?"

Danny sighed. "I've been spending too much time with you."

"Why?" Steve asked, confused.

"Because I did enjoy it." Danny and Steve looked at each other and both smiled.

"Come on, Danno. Drinks on me tonight." Steve said, clapping a hand on Danny's shoulder and leading him towards the car and away from one of the hardest times in their lives.

The End

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