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If Grace had been on the phone, she would have gone crazy because of fear – that’s what Steve felt completely certain about.
He didn’t know what has happened, but Danny was in big trouble, that was for sure – and that was quite an understatement. First of all, he had to calm down his badly pushing and almost painful heartbeat when he wanted to handle this situation. Secondly he had to consider what to do now. Gracie was still in his kitchen. There was no way ever that Danny would hand out the information concerning her whereabouts. The bigger problem was that Steve had no idea where Danny himself was and what he had been up to – nothing came into Steve’s mind which could have caused this much trouble. And there weren’t any secret or special operations either, because otherwise he would have been informed, it was HIS team after all! And no one would mess with him or his team.
Steve approached the kitchen again, smiling when Grace lifted her head up, but not giving her the mobile back.
“Sorry, sweetie, I’d like to borrow it a bit longer, is that alright for you?”
“Yes, but why? And could you speak to Danno?”
“Yep. It is a bit complicated, sweetheart. Your Danno is working on a special case which I wasn’t informed about and it seems that it will take him a little longer than he first thought. But he promised to call when he’s finished, but that may be in the middle of the night. So he asked me to keep your mobile because he doesn’t want to wake you up and let you stay in your beautiful dreams.”
He bent down to her on eyesight and nudged her shoulder in order to make her believe him. Steve wasn’t quite happy with lying to her, but it eventually was a white lie. Besides, she seemed understanding and relieved by now. The genuine reason for confiscating her cell phone was, of course, to prevent she’d speak to Danny’s torturer.
“Although he won’t make it in time, I am sure he’d do a good job. He’s a great detective after all, right, Uncle Steve?”
“Why, yes! And even a really terrific member of Five-0. Umm, by the way, he told me to look after you. Would you mind staying with me this whole day?”
Considering the danger his partner’s little girl was in, the only safe place he could figure was by his side. Thus he would be able to fully protect her.
“Phat!”
“Excuse me?” Steve looked startled at the beaming expression on her face.
“I meant I fancy hanging out with you, that’s always great! So you gonna pick me up after school?”
School. Yeah, right. It was in the middle of the week. How could he forget! But the idea of entrusting her to the hands of the teachers only, deprived of any security, was not a likely one. Danny wouldn’t be happy with it either. But Danny also left her at home all on her own, without telling his partner, left her in the tiny apartment without safety – didn’t he think things through? And he calls Steve the ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ type of a guy! Grace could get harmed because of Danny’s stupidity – at home, at school and at his shitty apartment a fortiori! … Great, now he was letting Danny’s kind of archaic language sneak into his very own thoughts. Steve quickly reconsidered the given options as he ran a hand through his hair. He couldn’t, by no means, take the risk Grace being unwatched - especially not since he has heard the gruff voice of the man, whom he suspected of kidnapping Danny. Suddenly, a brisk picture rushed through his head, a dull memory of a scene about how crazy Danny got when Gracie’s life was once in danger. I swear to god, I will kill you – these were the exact words his partner spit out. When it comes to his daughter, Daniel Williams is willing to move heaven and earth to save her. Now it was Steve’s turn to pull out all the stops.
“Yeah Grace, you know… Look. I’ll get you excused from school because today you can come to work with me and see Aunt Kono and Uncle Chin. They’ll show you how things get done at Five-0 headquarters. Sounds fun?”
Grace was surprised and not quite sure if that was right with mommy, but after she revealed her anxiety, Steve assured her that there wouldn’t be any problem, it was like an internship for one day and she would be able and allowed to tell about it in class.
“Please go to the bath and brush your teeth. I have a spare in the centre drawer in the blue shelf. Now go – we’re leaving in ten minutes.”
He looked after her until she locked the door and hogged the bathroom. Then he called Chin-ho.
“Big problem, Chin. Danny got himself in a really deep mess. Under the known circumstances he’s MIA – I want you to get information whether there was an open case just for him to solve. Let Kono help you by tracking his phone via GPS. I’ll inform the governor. For more details I’ll send you a mail in a few secs. Please work quick – me and Gracie arrive in about twenty minutes.”
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· MIA für missing in action, vermisst, Status unklar. KIA ist entsprechend killed in action
