A/N: Sorry, sorry, sorry. I hoped that this would be up a lot sooner. It has actually been written out for a couple of weeks. The editing, length and lack of time has taken quite a bit of time. By the way I did try to catch all my grammatical errors. If not sorry again.

So me personally I love to buy DVDs and Blue Rays of my favorite movies and TV shows because of the special features. I love watching deleted scenes, alternate scenes, alternate endings, and "Making of" featurettes. So this is what this is. An alternate ending to "Firewalls and Passwords". It came about as I started having an internal debate about Steve bringing Grace with him when he goes to try and rescue Danny. I knew when I wrote the original ending that it probably wouldn't have happened. I did try to make it a difficult decision for Steve. So I thought about a way that I could change the ending to the story and wrote it out in my head. I was going to use this other ending in the story because it would be more practical and more along the lines of the show. And this decision stuck for all of about 10 minutes. I decided I liked the original ending better, but this one came in a close second and I thought it was post worthy. So enjoy.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. I want to so badly, but I don't. Perhaps I can negotiate. Could I just own Scott Caan? I am sure the answer is no, so I don't own anything, except Gerri.

This starts in the middle of Chapter 7. After Steve leaves with Grace.

Steve ran through the glass doors or 5-0 headquarters clutching onto the shaking body of Grace Williams.

It wasn't until he had helped her out of his truck that she started showing signs of the trauma she had just been through. As he helped her down from the high truck step his trained eyes had seen shaking knees begin to buckle. Steve had her up in his arms before she fell off the step. Her skin felt cool and she shivered in his warm arms and heat of the midday sun.

Chin and Kono looked over startled as their M.I.A. boss made his way towards them.

"Chin, get me a blanket! I think she's going into shock!" Steve yelled as he made his way towards the two cousins.

Chin hurried to follow Steve's request. Steve made his way into his office and laid Grace down on the sofa.

"Steve what happened?" Kono asked as she followed him.

"Kono, there's a case of water in the corner and a power bar in my desk."

Steve sat on the edge of the couch and moved Grace's long hair away from her face. He gently lifted her half closed eye lids and looked at her pupils to see if they were dilated. He then put two fingers against her neck checking her pulse.

Chin arrived with the blanket and quickly covered Grace's small body. Steve rubbed the fabric against her chilled skin.

"Gracie. . . .Gracie," he said, "Keep your eyes open for me sweetheart. Can you say something?"

It took a few more minutes of coaxing before any of them got Grace to respond. She blinked her eyes and sat up and looked around surprised that she was in Steve's office. The last thing she remembered was being in the truck.

Kono offered her a bottle of water and power bar. Grace's stomach growled as she pulled the wrapper off. She hadn't eaten since the day before. This was the first time she had noticed. Grace took a big bite, chewed, and swallowed.

"You gonna tell us what's going on?" Chin asked as Grace took another bite.

Steve started to tell them about the phone call from Danny when Grace tugged on his sleeve.

"Firewall," she said as she swallowed, "The bad guys are trying to break through the firewall. They need Danno's password."

Steve then proceeded to tell them about Gerri's visit and Danny's phone call of how he had negotiated Grace's release.

Gerri then came stumbling into Steve's office. The woman was out of breath.

"I have. . .it's the. . .here." Gerri breathed and held a piece of paper out to Chin.

She then turned her attention to Grace noticing the little girl for the first time.

"When did. . . .?" Gerri started.

"Long story Ger," Steve interrupted not wanting to explain it all again.

"Steve," Kono said looking at Gerri, "Why not have Gerri change Danny's password. If they got through they still wouldn't be able to get into any files."

"Yeah I could. . . .wait what?" Gerri asked.

Steve let out a frustrated breath and gave Gerri the Reader's Digest version to get her up to speed of what was happening. He also explained that changing Danny's password would be to dangerous for Danny in case they did break through the firewall. They might think he was lying.

"You're sure this is where the hack is coming from," Chin Ho said looking at the address on the paper.

Gerri looked insulted.

"Of course I'm sure," she said.

"Can you keep them out of our system?" Kono asked.

Gerri rolled her eyes insulted once again.

"Fine, we're going after Danny. You stay here with Grace and keep your phone on you," Steve said as he looked over at Grace.

Gerri nodded it wasn't the first time she had been asked to keep an eye on the 10 year old.

Steve gave Grace a quick hug and promised her he would bring Danno back to her.

H50

Danny sat in a chair in the middle of the large room back in the warehouse. Goon 1 and 2 stood were on either side him. Grace was safe for now. The threat the leader had made against her was still fresh in Danny's mind. He not only had to figure out how he was getting himself out of this, but also how to keep these men from going anywhere near his daughter ever again.

Danny looked around the room. The two rooftop guards were back at their posts on either side of the closed door.

Danny turned his attention to table with the computers. It looked as though they were having a tough time. Danny guessed that there had been little or no progress made as far as breaking through the firewall. Score ten points for Gerri. That woman could be as annoying as hell, but she was really good at her job.

Danny smiled to himself as he saw the leader's face change colors due to his frustration and watched the computer nerds scrambling to get him what he wanted. The leader cursed and hit the side of the one of the towers. He pulled back biting his wrist obviously trying to calm himself. His gaze turned to Danny. He picked up a notepad and pen and came storming in the detective's direction.

"Write down your password!" he shouted throwing the items at the detective.

They knocked against Danny's broad chest and fell to the floor. The detective looked down at the fallen pad and pen. He kicked them away and glared up at the man.

"I'll put it in myself if you break through firewall," Danny said, "You're not having trouble getting in are you?"

Danny's question dripped with sarcasm. He cracked a small smile. Goon 2 reached down and smacked Danny on the side of the head. Danny fought the urge to get up and deck him, but he knew now was not the right time. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself.

The leader grumped away and went back to verbally abusing his help.

Danny had bought himself a few more minutes to come up with a plan.

H50

The dark blue Chevy truck and red Cruze parked around the corner and out of sight of the building that matched the address Gerri had given them. The three of the them geared up.

"Look I don't need to remind you that Danny is in there and that he has a daughter that is counting on us to rescue him."

Chin and Kono nodded and they followed Steve around the corner and towards a warehouse. The three flattened themselves against the brick wall. They looked around and surveyed their surroundings. Steve made his way to a ladder that led up to a second level. Chin and Kono moved around to the other side of the building looking for a way in.

Steve reached the top and saw instantly that the second level was empty. He got the window opened and crawled soundlessly inside. He could hear voices and movement coming from below. He saw that the upper level could overlook the lower one. Steve stealthily made his way to the edge and looked down. His sharp eyes immediately spotted his blond friend.

"I've got eyes on Danny. I'm on the second level," Steve whispered into his radio.

"Copy that boss," came Kono's voice.

Steve then told them that he was going to create a diversion and to first take out the armed guards by the door. He then pulled out his cell phone.

"Gerri," he whispered.

"Steve," Gerri answered, "What's going on? Did you find Danny?"

"Yes. . . We are looking at right now, but I need your help in creating a distraction."

"What do you want me to do?" she asked cautiously.

"I need you to drop the firewall. That's going to put the majority of attention on the computer system."

"Are you nuts?" she yelled into the phone causing Steve to have to pull it back a bit.

She was quite protective of all the computers at 5-0 headquarters. McGarrett might as well as asked her to cut off her foot with a rusty saw. Actually at that point that is what she would have rather done.

If Steve could have reached through the phone and smacked her in the back of the head he would have.

"Gerri, look over at Grace," Steve ordered assuming her young charge was close by, "Do you want to be the one to tell her that her daddy is not coming to get her because you wouldn't drop that damn wall?"

Gerri pouted on the other end, but complied. Steve hung up his phone and told Chin and Kono to get ready.

"You must have a death wish Steve," Chin said, "If we survive this then Gerri is going to rip you a new one for making her drop down her firewall."

"I'll deal with that when I have to. For now focus."

H50

"Boss, we're in," one of the computer nerds said with a surprised look on his face.

"You're up," the leader said giving Danny an "I told you so" smile.

One of his goons pushed Danny out of the chair. He turned to face the two men.

"When the time comes I am going to enjoy wailing on the both of you," the detective said as he turned and walked toward the computers.

Both men laughed, but didn't follow.

Danny walked towards the table not believing that Gerri's firewall had been breached until he saw the white rectangle on the screen with a blinking cursor that was waiting for his password.

Danny walked over to the computer and sat down. He took a deep breath and began to type. Eight black dots filled the rectangle. He pushed enter and waited. An access denied message appeared on the screen.

"Try again," the leader ordered.

Danny typed and again access was denied.

"Enough of this, tell me what it is and I will type it!" the man barked pushing Danny out of the chair.

The man grabbed the pad of paper and impatiently waited.

Danny shrugged his shoulders.

"G"

The man wrote: G. . . .O. . . .T. . . O. . . H. . . E. . . L. . . L. When he finished he took look at the password and the man's smile turned into a scowl.

The leader reached for his gun, but Danny was ready and tackled him to ground landing a punch to his face as the pair landed on the concrete floor. The gun slipped from the leader's hand as the wind was knocked out of him from the fall. A satisfying crack came from the man's face as Danny made contact. Every time he swung Danny thought of Grace and all the terrifying things she had witnessed in the hellish hours since he had picked her up from school.

Gunfire suddenly arose around Danny, but nothing came in his direction as he had expected. The detective looked around him and saw the two armed guards fall. He saw Chin and Kono firing from the perimeter behind some crates. Turning his head Danny saw Steve on the second level.

The attack had come on so suddenly that Goon 1 and 2 were slow to respond. One took a bullet to the chest before he was able to pull out his gun.

Danny, still on top of the leader, punched him once more before getting off and turning his attention to the computer table. He picked up the leader's gun and pointed it at unarmed hackers.

"Back off!" the detective yelled pointing the weapon in their direction.

Danny picked up the edge of the table. Monitors, keyboard, and towers all smashed against the hard floor. Danny felt an odd sense of triumph. Score: Danny Williams 1 and Supercomputer 0.

The hackers scattered and Danny went after one. Steve was already making is way down to the second level and preparing to capture a second.

Goon 2 had been hit in the shoulder and Chin and Kono were on their way to cuff him as Computer Nerd 3 was making is getaway.

"Go," Kono said indicating that she could handle the injured criminal on her own.

Chin took off after the final hacker.

"On your knees, now!" Kono ordered getting her cuffs ready, "Get your hands behind your head!"

The man grumbled looking at his arresting officer. The large bleeding man did as he was told. As Kono put the first cuff on his wrist. He pulled his other hand away preparing to push the young officer away. Kono anticipated his action and soon had his arm twisted behind his back and had him pushed onto his stomach. The man howled in pain and surprise. Kono got him cuffed and secured and stood to see where Chin, Danny, and Steve were.

All three were making their way back to the center of the room. Kono radioed for HPD as she made her way towards Danny. She like the rest of the team were relieved that he was okay. Hell, Danny was relieved that he was okay too. Honestly, attacking the leader and taking his gun was as far as his planning had gotten.

Danny suddenly remembered that the man who had put all this together had not been restrained in any way. Danny looked the spot where he had left him half conscious on the ground. All he saw was a few smeared drops of blood.

"No, no, no!" he yelled realizing he was gone.

Drops of blood had left a trail that led behind a set of boxes that were off to the side. Danny's heart sank when he got behind them and he saw an open door. Panicked he ran out and made his way along the side of the building. He stopped in his tracks after going around a corner. He looked down at the light brown dirt at a set of tire tracks indicating that the vehicle that had made them left in a hurry. Steve, Chin, and Kono realized that the white van that had been parked there when they had entered the building was now gone.

"Steve!" Danny yelled, "Where did you take Grace?"

"She's with Gerri at HQ," Steve said putting a hand on Danny's shoulder.

"He said he would go after Grace if I didn't cooperate. That son of a bitch said he would go after her," Danny howled.

Steve, Chin, and Kono then understood why Danny was feeling so frantic.

"You go," Kono said, "I'll wait here for HPD."

The three men didn't argue. The kidnappers were cuffed and not going anywhere. Kono watched as the rest of her team took off and raced towards Steve's truck.

H50

Grace sat quietly on the couch in Steve's office. Gerri had left her for only a moment after Steve and the others had left. She returned with her laptop and the sack lunch that she had not eaten that day. As soon as Gerri had discovered that her beloved firewall was under attack her stomach felt like it was in tied in knots. She was focusing all her energy on keeping it strong and anyone trying to get through out.

This is what Gerri had been doing when Steve had called her and ordered her to drop the firewall. Gerri's stomach cramped and twisted as she followed the orders and decided that a bottle of Pepto Bismol might take the edge off. The young woman kept a close watch on the system waiting for Danny to log in and see which files were opened. There were two failed log in attempts and then nothing.

Gerri waited impatiently for around 3 minutes before she decided to get the firewall back up and running. Grace listened to the young tech grumble about hoping that Steve McGarrett would suffer a few Egyptian plagues for making her pull it down in the first place.

It was up and running smoothly in less than five minutes when her cell phone rang. Gerri almost didn't answer it when she saw that it was Steve, but thought better of it remembering that he was probably calling to say that Danny was safe. . .or not.

"What?" Gerri barked finding impossible to be cordial to the Navy SEAL.

"Gerri, listen to me I need you to get Grace out of the building, now!"

The computer tech was speechless as it was Danny's voice she heard and not Steve's.

"Gerri did you hear me?" Danny bellowed into the phone urgently, "One of the kidnappers go away and I think he's on his way right now. He's going after Grace. I need to you to take her to your car and start driving. I'll call you with a place to meet up."

"Okay?" Gerri squeaked out managing to find a sliver of her voice.

Gerri ended the call and looked at Grace. The ten year old had seen the expression that had taken over Gerri's face and she knew something wasn't right.

"We've got go," Gerri said frantically as Danny's words sunk completely into her brain.

She rushed around the desk and grabbed Grace's hands. Something was definitely wrong because Gerri was leaving her laptop behind. The pair rushed out of the office. Gerri decided to take the back stairway.

"Gerri, where's Danno? Is he okay?" Grace asked terrified that something had happened to him.

"I'll tell you once we are in the car," Gerri answered trying to keep her voice from shaking.

She pushed a door open feeling the warm air on her skin. Gerri fished into her pocket for her keys when she heard an roar engine behind them. Both turned and saw a white van barreling towards them. It cut them off in seconds. Gerri pushed Grace behind her and started backing away. They watched the driver pull something out of the glove compartment before exiting the vehicle.

"Don't let him take me," Grace begged recognizing the driver and van immediately.

The little girl clutched to Gerri's shirt as tears filler her eyes. The driver got out and pointed a gun the two girls.

"Give me the kid and maybe I'll let you live."

Part of Gerri's fear vanished as she realized who this man was She glared back not sure where her bravery was coming from considering she was looking down the barrel of a gun.

"You the son of a bitch trying to break through my firewall?"

The man was surprised for a moment as he looked at Gerri.

"Your firewall?" he asked matching her glare.

"That's right ass wipe my firewall!" Gerri yelled, "I built it. I maintain it, and I kept you out of it until McGarrett ordered me to drop it to distract you."

As the words left her mouth part of Gerri's brain was saying: shut up shup up shut up! The woman held her ground while she tried to figure out what her next move should be.

"You've been hanging around Detective Williams too much. Neither of you know when to keep your mouth closed," the man said as he lowered the gun and fired.

The bullet hit Gerri in the upper part of her leg. It was hot as it tore through her pants and into her flesh. Gerri screamed as she fell to the ground.

"Gerri!" Grace hollered going dropping the ground right beside the young woman.

Pain shot through her Gerri's leg and warm liquid began to seep out of the wound. The man approached and grabbed Grace's arm. The little girl couldn't find her footing as she was heaved up.

"Stand up!" the man ordered as the little girl tried to find purchase. "I warned your father."

The man squeezed Grace's arm.

"You're never going to see him again!"

More tears ran down Grace's cheeks at the threat. The man ignored her and turned the gun back to Gerri.

"And asked for you, you bitch. You're coming with us. You'll get me through that firewall and I'll get what I set out to get."

Knowing Gerri wasn't going anywhere he turned and pulled Grace towards the van as the sound of screeching tires came from behind. The man turned and saw Steve's truck rushing towards him.

"NO!" he screamed as he opened fired.

A few shots ricocheted off the fender. Gerri screamed and covered her head. The truck screeched to a halt. Steve, Danny, and Chin all got out taking cover behind the truck's doors. They had not returned fire while the truck was in motion not wanting to take a chance on missing their target and hitting Danny's daughter. Now they were steady and the three men had a better chance of making a clean shot.

"Back off," the man yelled turning the gun and pointing it at Grace's head, "I'll kill her. I swear to God I will."

Anger surged through Danny as he looked at his daughter's frightened expression. Without hesitation he took aim and fired. The shot landed between the crazed man's surprised eyes. He fell backwards onto the ground unmoving.

"Grace!" Danny yelled as he moved around the truck's door towards his daughter.

The little girl stood stiff and unmoving next to still man. Danny ran towards her scooping her into his arms. He lifted her with one arm and the other was pointing his gun at the man in case he so much as twitched. Chin came up next to Danny and kicked the fallen gun out of the way. He leaned down and put his finger to the kidnapper's neck. Chin shook his head indicating the man was dead. Danny breathed a sigh of relief as he tuck the gun into the back of his pants.

Grace had an iron grip around his neck and her body shook all over. Danny could feel her tears against his skin.

"Your safe, baby. I've got you," Danny soothed as he clutched to her.

He kissed her cheek as he felt a few tears of his own seeped through his eyes. Danny didn't want to think about how dangerously close he had come to losing his precious little girl today.

Steve had run to Gerri's aid as soon as the criminal had been taken down. He shed the button up short sleeve shirt that he had on over his t-shirt and use it to put pressure on Gerri's leg causing her to cry out.

"Ambulance is on the way," Chin assured pulling his cell phone away from his ear.

He knelt down next to Gerri helping her into a sitting position. Gerri nodded biting back the urge to cry out again in pain. Danny walked over carrying Grace.

"Gerri," the blond man whispered as he looked down at the blood soaking into Steve's shirt, "Thank you."

There wasn't much more to say. The two had gotten on each other's nerves more often than not when Gerri had been hired to manage their computer system. But today she had risked her life to protect Grace. For that Danny would never be able to repay her. Gerri managed a weak smile.

Sirens were heard in the distance. Steve lifted Gerri into his arms ready to place her on a gurney. Chin took over applying pressure to her leg. As the white vehicle approached all were relieved that this terrible ordeal was finally over.

H50

Steve walked into the hospital room carrying the bag of food and set on the little table next to the hospital bed. Gerri's leg was bandaged and propped up on several pillows. Gerri inhaled and made a face realizing what was in the bag.

"I hate shrimp, Steve. I don't eat anything that swims," she whined.

Steve opened the bag and popped the fried breaded shrimp into his mouth.

"You know if you are going to live on this island you need to learn how to like it," he said as he chewed.

Gerri rolled her eyes.

"How are Danny and Grace?" she asked.

"Their sleeping," he answered as he came and sat on the edge of the bed, "And uh thanks for everything today. Not just taking care of Grace, but dropping the wall so we could save Danny. You really went above and beyond."

Gerri gave him a small smile and nod. At that moment a nurse came in with pain medication and told Steve that it would probably make Gerri sleepy.

"I'll see you tomorrow," he said from the doorway.

H50

Steve opened up the front door of his house. Low noise came from the T.V. Steve looked from the screen from to the couch. Danny had a pillow between his head and the back corner. Grace was snuggled up next him. Both were fast asleep. Relieved that they were safe and resting he walked across the room and disappeared into the kitchen.

A/N: Hoped you liked it. Just a couple of things though. As I was writing I started to think that maybe HPD would have been closer to help Gerri and Grace. However after watch almost three seasons and rewatching the first two several times. I have no idea geographically where the police station is compared to the Iolani Palace. Besides HPD can't come in and save the day it has to be the H50 team.

So glad the show's back. A month without nearly killed me. Now it looks like we get to wait another 2 weeks for another new episode. My favorite part from Monday's show was the fight at the end. Gun fights are okay, but I love the hand to hand stuff especially Danny's little part. He is so cute when he's kicking ass.