Hi! I will try to update as frequently as possible, but I am working on two stories at once and I am also helping my sister move. Sorry if I'm a little slow in updating! J

Steve rounded the corner, gun leading the way. They were searching an abandoned warehouse for suspected arms dealer Freddy Hoshino. So far, there had been no sign of Hoshino anywhere, but Steve was still cautious. Especially since Danny had gone radio silent ten minutes ago. He, Chin, and Kono had all tried repeatedly to get an answer from the detective, but all they got was static. The warehouse was huge so they had all take separate areas to search. As much as Steve tried to tell himself that Danny was a good cop, very capable in a fight, and was wearing a bullet proof vest, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong. They were all closing in on Danny's location now, but Steve was the closest. Moving through the shadows with practiced silence, he crept along until there was only one room left to check. Soundlessly, he entered the final room and was greeted with the sight of Danny's much too still form lying on the floor. A large pool of blood surrounded his head and next to it lay a bloody metal pipe. His chest was unmoving. Steve dashed to his partner's side while pressing his finger to the headset.

"Officer down! No pulse, head injury. I need a medic in the back room in the northwest corner of the warehouse immediately. Be warned, suspect may still be on location." He fell to his knees next to Danny's side and pressed two fingers to his throat. His heart clenched when he felt nothing. He placed an ear above Danny's mouth. He wasn't breathing either. "Come on, Danno. Don't do this." he pleaded. He removed Danny's vest and began to give him CPR. After every cycle, he'd check for a pulse, but would never find one. Chin and Kono entered the room and also came to kneel at Danny's side.

"Where's the damn medics?" Steve shouted in anguish as he continued to pound mercilessly found on his friend's chest. A part of him knew that Danny was gone. It had been long and Chin realized this.

"Steve…" He gently placed a hand on the commander's shoulder, but Steve shook him off and continued the compressions.

"No! He's not gone. He can't be! I can save him Chin! Come on partner! Don't do this!" The medics arrived and it took four officers to pull Steve from Danny's lifeless body. The medics shook their heads.

"I'm sorry. He's gone. Head injury, probably." Kono shook her head in denial.

"No…he can't be." Chin remained silent, keeping his grief firmly shut away for later. He held Steve around the shoulders.

"God, Danny! I'm so sorry! I should've been with you! This is all my fault. What am I gonna tell Grace, huh? I promised her that I would protect her Danno." Steve fell to his knees, shaking. Danny was gone.

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"How long has he been like that?" Kono asked.

"Since we brought him in. He's refused to leave the body." Max answered.

"Danny was like a brother to him. To all of us really, but for Steve. He's not going to take this well." Chin said, nodding to Steve who was standing next to Danny's body, just staring at him. "So, do you know what…what killed him?

"I can't be certain, as I haven't performed an autopsy yet. I have been hesitant to force Commander McGarrett to leave him. I am aware of how close they are. Were. However, I believe that he died as a result of the head trauma. He probably suffered intracranial bleeding. If it is any consolation, it looks like he was struck from behind, so he most likely didn't feel a thing."

"God, poor Grace. I heard Steve went over there before he came here."

"Yeah, Rachel and Grace took it as I expected. Horribly. They were inconsolable. What really pissed me off was how smug Stan looked."

"He's such an ass! Chin, how are we gonna do this without Danny?"

"I don't know Cuz. I really don't."

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Steve stood there, his hands on Danny's arm. His usually animated hands were still and cold. His face, usually so full of life, was slack and unmoving. His body was covered in a sheet. Telling Rachel and grace had broken him, but he owed it to them, to Danny to be the one to tell them. Grace had sobbed at him, begging him to tell her this was all a joke, but he couldn't. Just like he couldn't save Danny.

"Why did it have to be you? Of all people, why you? I would trade places in a heartbeat, Danno. You deserved time to watch Grace grow up and to be at her graduation and her wedding. I wouldn't be missed. I have no one. Just you. And now you're gone. You were the only person I'd ever gotten close to. Since my mom died, or faked her death I guess, I've pushed everyone away, but you pushed back and somehow ended up becoming my best friend. How am I supposed to do this without you, huh? How am I gonna go on with you gone? Believe it or not, Danny, but you weren't alone on this island. You had family here!" He was so consumed with grief that he didn't notice Danny's supposedly dead body begin to warm up. And then to move. Danny let out a low groan and his hand twitched. Steve stumbled back in fear.

"What the hell? Steve? Where am I? And why the hell am I naked?"

"Holy shit. I'm losing it. I've gone crazy." Steve muttered to himself. Danny was shocked by how awful his partner looked. He was pale and disheveled. He had dark circles beneath his red-rimmed eyes and he was shaking. What struck him the most was how genuinely terrified he looked. Danny took in his surroundings. Was he really in the ME's office?

"Steve? You alright buddy? You wanna explain why I'm in the morgue."

"Nononononono! You're dead! I watched you die!"

"Steve, what the hell are you talking about? Are you on something, 'cause you look like it right now. Chin! Oh thank God. Maybe you can explain what's going on and talk some sense into this moron." Chin and Kono had come rushing in at the sounds of Steve's anguished shouts. He was now mumbling under his breath and he looked truly crazy. Danny was surprised to see identical looks of shock on the cousin's faces.

"How…are you alive? They pronounced you dead…" Kono said, still trying to process the scene before her.

"What are you talking about? I am very clearly not dead."

"Danny…what's the last thing you remember?" Chin asked slowly, hardly daring to believe his eyes.

"We were at the warehouse looking for Hoshino. Why?"

"Because you stopped answering us on the headset and when Steve found you, you had no pulse. He tried CPR for like 20 minutes, but the paramedics pronounced you dead on the scene, probably from head trauma." Kono said in disbelief.

"So that's why everything hurts. So, umm how am I alive right now?"

"I don't know. Max hadn't done an autopsy yet. How do you feel?"

"Well thank God for that. And besides the probably bruised ribs, just a mother of a headache. Nothing bad though…is he okay?" Danny asked, pointing to his obviously unstable partner. He was still pale and shaking and muttering a string of unintelligible words.

"I don't know. He took it very hard." Kono walked over to Steve and placed a hand on his arm. "Steve?"

"Kono, I've lost it. I'm seeing him Kono! He's talking and moving! He's dead but he's not!"

"Steve, I need you to listen to me. Chin and I see the same thing. I don't know what's going on, but the important thing is that Danny is alive. You have to believe me."

"No…I watched him die! I tried but nothing worked…he was just so still. Danny tried to stand up, but he had to have Chin help him. Wrapping the sheet around Danny's waist, they made their way over to the corner Steve had retreated to.

"Steve, look at me partner. I have no idea what the hell is going on, but I'm not dead okay? You feel that?" he asked, placing his hands on Steve's quaking shoulders. "I'm here. You're not crazy. I'm alive. Now if we're gonna figure this out together, I'm gonna need you to get that big brain of yours back on track okay?"

"You're…alive?" Steve asked, waiting for Danny to disappear.

"Absolutely. I'm not goin' anywhere buddy." Steve stared at him for a moment, then pulled him into a tight hug, laughing an odd relieved chuckle.

"Oh my God. I thought I'd lost you. I really thought you were gone this time. We all did."

"Well, I'm not. And you can stop crushing me."

"Oh, sorry!"

"It's fine. Jeez, before you looked like you'd seen a ghost."

"I thought I had. That does raise the question, though. What the hell just happened?"

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