Hey Guys! How are you all? I hope you've had a great week! Thank you again for the kind reviews, and for the continuous support!

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Note: Jenna's character is NOT Jenna Kaye. Jenna here is a nurse and she doesn't have a past with Steve. I should have chosen a different name and I'm soo sorry. I honestly forgot about Jenna Kaye. I always remembered her as Kaye. and when I wanted to choose a name for Eva's sister, 'Jenna' just randomly popped into my brain. So for those of you who thought they're the same person, I sincerely apologize for the confusion.

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Here's the next chapter! I hope you enjoy it!

The sun was beginning to set when Danny arrived at the specified location. He exited his car and took a deep breath, looking around him. There was an array of huts and old houses with dozens of palm trees lined around, but the area appeared to be uninhabited...

Danny let his mind drift back, slowly absorbing the events that had happened. Why didn't Steve just call him? He wondered angrily. Why did he choose to risk Grace's life? But ... Steve would never risk Grace's life, he reminded himself and exhaled in utter confusion.

Danny heard the sound of footfalls behind him, but before he could turn around, something hard connected with the back of his head and darkness swallowed him...

"Kono!" Adam greeted the young cop with a big smile, but it soon faded as he noticed the saddened expression on her face. "What is it, Kono?"

Kono couldn't help but shed a lone tear as he wrapped her in a gentle hug. "It's Grace," She said quietly. "She's been kidnapped."

"What? Who took her?" Adam asked in surprise.

"I don't know. We couldn't find anything," She answered. "Danny's gone too; we have no idea where he is. And Steve just disappeared. I don't know, Adam. I need your help…"

"Okay, Kono. Just calm down and tell me what you need."

"On the day of the Hoaloha explosions, you called saying that you wanted to meet Grace." She paused, studying his face, "Did you know that something bad would happen? I mean, when Grace and I were at the shopping center that morning, I told you to join us but you insisted we go somewhere else."

Adam tensed, remaining silent as he tried to figure out exactly what he was going to say. Yes, he had known that the Hoaloha mall would be targeted. He had been warned just hours before it happened so there had been no time to take action.

"What does that have to do with Grace's kidnapping?" He asked, still unsure of how he was going to explain himself.

"I'm not sure yet, but Steve had reason to believe that he'd been set up." Kono explained, "And assuming that's the case, there's obviously someone out there with a serious vendetta against the boss. And if this person is looking to settle score with him, then Grace's kidnapping was probably just another part of a greater plot. I know it's a slim possibility, but all our leads so far have been dead ends. So we need to follow up this investigation, that's our only chance."

Adam lowered his eyes, lost in thought. The Hoaloha explosions were a direct strike against the Yakuza- he knew that much. Actually, it wasn't a secret among Yakuza leaders that the attack had been planned, and while it had taken some time, they were finally able to figure out who was behind it. Of course, he wasn't planning to keep this from Kono, but time had slipped away before he realized it… To be honest, it didn't surprise him that she was getting close to finding out the truth. Kono was a smart cop, and she always knew how to ask the rights questions.

"Tell me what you know, Adam." Kono said calmly, breaking his thoughts. She stared at him for a long moment and he watched her features harden as she backed up a couple of feet.

"Kono," He said, holding her arms gently. "I've wanted to tell you this for a while now-"

"What is it? Do you know who's behind the attacks?"

Adam inhaled deeply, "The Hoaloha mall belongs to a group of shopping centers owned by Mamoru Toshiyuki," He informed her, "A Japanese businessman and a ranking member of the Yakuza."

"Mamoru is Yakuza?" She asked, her expression changing to one of shock and confusion, "So the attacks…?"

"The attacks were meant to send a clear message to the Yakuza," Adam answered, pausing before he added, "From Wo Fat."

"Wo Fat? That doesn't make any sense."

"No, but that's what happened. Wo Fat planned to kill everyone in that mall." Adam clarified, "And he made sure to leave clues here and there; he wanted us to know that he's still out there."

"But if that's true, who's Jonathan? And why was he threatening to blow up the building that day?" Kono asked, "We know for a fact that Wo Fat doesn't make that kind of threats, especially in this case. So what's Jonathan's connection to Wo Fat?"

"I don't know, but I'm guessing Jonathan doesn't work for him." Adam told her, "I think he saw a chance and took it."

Kono stared at him wide-eyed, mouth gaping as she slowly realized what Adam was trying to say, "How could you keep something like this from me?" She whispered, bringing a hand to her forehead.

"Kono, I was gonna tell you everything," Adam said, "And I honestly didn't know about Wo Fat's involvement until this morning. I wasn't gonna keep-"

Kono's phone rung, interrupting him in the middle of his sentence. "Chin what's up?" She answered, "Okay, I'll be right there."

"I have to go. Chin's got something." She told him.

"Kono-"

"We'll talk later, Adam." She said, turning away to leave.

"Wo Fat, huh?" Chin's head jerked up in surprise. "Well, that explains a lot of things."

"What about you, cuz?" Kono asked him, "What did you find?"

"Duke called," Chin told her, "He said that he met with Steve on Kalakaua Ave yesterday."

"Did he know where the boss went after that?" Kono asked.

"I don't know," Chin said and a sad expression crossed his face as he thought about Steve, "But Duke said it was a brief meeting."

"What is it cuz? What happened?"

"I pulled up the video from the traffic camera…" Chin sighed.

"And?"

"Watch this." He pulled the camera footage up on the monitor.

Kono felt her heart race as Steve appeared on the screen, talking on his cell phone. His face contorted with rage as he moved toward a trash can and ditched his gun. About a minute later, Steve slowly walked out of the camera's view.

"Why did he do that?" Kono asked.

"At first, I didn't understand why, but after watching the video a few more times... Check what I found." Chin scrolled the video back then played it again, "Look at the way Steve moves his left hand," He told her.

Kono watched as Steve glanced in the direction of the camera. The look was subtle, barely noticeable but very expressive. He held his hand at waist level, palm down, and fingers spread out before he started clasping and unclasping his hand in a rhythmic pattern.

"It's a code!" Kono gasped, "Steve's trying to tell us something! Did you find out what he was trying to say?"

"Yes." Chin told her, "The code was: EVA. HAS. GRACE."

"Eva? That girl he saved from the fire?" Kono asked, completely confused. "I don't understand… why-Why would she take Grace?"

"I don't know cousin, but there's something else you should see," Chin said, ushering her back at the smart table, "I think we found our guy; Jonathan Green." he explained even as the information came up on the screen, "HPD found his dead body about eight hours ago. Apparently, he was murdered before his body was dumped in an isolated area."

"Jonathan? How did you figure out it's him?" Kono asked.

"I didn't — not until I received this," He answered, pointing to a cardboard box sitting on the floor next to him. He picked it up and opened it. "Check this out."

The box contained pictures of Steve and newspaper clippings related to the events of February the 6th.

Kono gasped slightly as she went through the photos, "Who sent this?"

"I have no idea," Chin told her. "But check the writing on the box."

Kono scrunched her eyes to get a better look at the words scrawled in pencil across the top of the small box.

'If anything happens to me, send it to Five-0. Jonathan Green.'

She raised her eyebrows in understanding, "Okay, so inside this old box, we might actually find a clue to whatever happened that day?" She asked with a glint of hope in her eyes.

"Indeed, and that's not all. Here," Chin handed her a USB flash drive as he spoke, "I found this inside the box, but it's encrypted."

"I'll see what I can do," Kono said as she quickly took the flash drive, plugging it into the smart table. She took a deep breath and begun the decryption process.

After several minutes, Kono was able to access the data stored in the flash drive. "Hah, got ya!" She exclaimed softly.

"Good job, kiddo." Chin said proudly, watching as his cousin searched through the files and folders. "Click on this file right here," He said as soon as he spotted a video file labeled 'Hoaloha'.

Kono played the video and it started off with Jonathan Green talking to the camera, "I'm Jonathan Green, and if you're watching this, I'm more than likely sleeping with the fishes… Anyway, I recorded this video because I don't trust my two partners, Kevin and Eva Henderson. These two are old friends of mine, but I feel like they're going to betray me, and if they do, I'll make sure they pay for it."

Chin paused the video, watching as Kono ran the names through the police database. "Kevin Henderson," He muttered, "I've heard that name somewhere…"

"I bet you did cuz," She said, pointing at the screen. "Kevin Henderson is a bomb technician at HPD bomb squad."

"Yes, I remember him! He's a dirty cop, huh?" Chin observed. "What about his sister?"

Kono pulled up Eva's file details and gazed in surprise at the picture appearing on the screen.

"That's her… Eva!" Chin voiced her thoughts.

"She's been hanging around us for days… And she is behind all this?" Kono gritted her teeth in frustration, "And now she kidnapped Grace. How did she manage to do it? And why?"

"I don't know," He said calmly, anger bright in his eyes, "Play the video. It should give us more details."

Kono nodded, hitting the play button immediately.

"On the day of February 6, 2013, I threatened to blow up the Hoaloha Shopping center. I told the cops that I had planted bombs inside the building," Jonathan let out a loud huff, "That is NOT true. I did NOT blow up that shopping center. Hell, I don't even know how to make a damn bomb! I have no idea who was responsible for the explosions but I can tell you this: The calls I made were part of our plan to frame Steve McGarrett, we wanted to make it look like he screwed up and got people killed, and that was Eva's idea. Kevin helped a lot because he works for the person who staged the attacks. He never told me who that person was but he knew exactly when the bombs would go off, he actually knew every detail about the attack, and we used that to our advantage. I lured Steve McGarrett inside the building and of course, the Commander easily figured out that the bombs were on timers, NOT remotely detonated. And that's the reason he started evacuating the mall. I also used a signal scrambler to make sure that Steve McGarrett couldn't contact anyone. And because he didn't have much time, he chose to stay inside the building, evacuating as much people as he could. I was instructed to wait until 10:40 AM before I made a second call because the first bomb was set to go off at that precise time. So at 10:40 AM I called Detective Williams and started shouting until I heard the sound of the first explosion… The purpose of this whole plan was to destroy Steve McGarrett's reputation in Hawaii. And now they're planning to kill him… slowly and painfully…"

With that, the screen went black. And for a long moment, the two cousins just stared in silent shock.

"I don't understand. According to the police report, the bombs were remotely controlled." Kono said softly, "Duke never mentioned anything about the bombs being on timers."

"Yeah, Kevin must've lied about it," Chin explained. "He's the bomb technician who examined the explosives."

"Sonofabitch!" Kono whispered, biting her lip to control her anger, "We should've seen this coming…"

"They obviously had this planned a long time ago." Chin told her. "There was no way for us to know."

"Yeah, but Steve kept telling us that he's been set up…"

"We'll find him, Cousin. Don't worry," Chin promised, "Grace and Danny too."

"We need to tell the governor about this ASAP," Kono told him.

"I agree."

"Danno! Are you okay?"

Grace's voice woke him with a start. "Wha…?" He mumbled tiredly, trying to remember how he ended up here. His eyes widened and his heart jumped suddenly as memories flashed through his head. He then hopped off the ground, looking around frantically.

Danny's eyes fell on the terrified face of his little daughter and he wrapped her in a tight hug. "Oh God! Gracie, are you alright?" His hands trembled as he checked her for injuries, "Are you hurt, monkey? Did they hurt you?"

"No, Danno. But I was scared." She answered.

"Come here, monkey." He hugged her again then tenderly kissed the top of her forehead. "Don't be scared. Danno's here, and he's not gonna let anything happen to you."

Danny took a moment to scan his surroundings. The empty room was similar to a cell, very small with poor lightning and a metal door at the far end.

After just a few seconds, the door gave a loud creak as it swung open and Steve was roughly pushed inside. He stumbled a few feet forward, trying desperately to keep his balance. His arms were tied behind his back and he looked battered and bloody, with bruises all over his face. Behind him, two guards stood at the door with their weapons ready.

"Uncle Steve!" Grace quickly rushed to his side and started crying.

Steve eased himself to his knees, wincing a bit as she wrapped her small arms around him, embracing him in a warm hug.

"Hey, kiddo," He breathed, "Don't cry! I'm here, and I'm gonna get you out of this."

"You're h-hurt uncle S-Steve!" She panted, tears streaking down her cheeks.

"Oh no, it's nothing, Gracie! It doesn't hurt that much. Don't worry about me!" Steve assured, a genuine smile slipped over his face.

"Steve," Danny's voice made Steve jump on his feet. He stared in shock at the Detective even as Eva entered the room, a wide grin stretched across her face.

"WHY is Danny here, huh? THIS is between YOU and ME!" Steve shouted as he stepped toward Eva, rage swirling inside him.

Eva took a few steps backwards and the two guards hurried toward him, each grabbing an arm and pulling him backwards. Anger fueled his adrenaline and he tried to tackle them but another guard came out of nowhere and struck him in the gut. Steve doubled over, gasping for air.

"You SOB! Get away from him." Danny lunged himself at the third guard, throwing several punches and kicks.

"That's enough, stop fighting. Both of you," Eva warned. "I will kill her if you don't."

Danny whipped his head around in alarm. "Gracie," He whispered in shock at the sight in front of him.

Eva was holding grace with a gun pointed at her head. She watched in delight as Steve instantly froze before he let one of the guards yank him to his feet.

"Are you okay, Danny?" Steve asked, breathing heavily.

"NO, I'M NOT!" Danny snapped at him, "I'm definitely not OKAY!"

"I'm sorry, man." Steve said honestly, "It's all because of me."

"YES! It's all because of you! And 'Sorry, man.' doesn't cut it this time!" Danny shrieked, grabbing a handful of Steve's shirt.

"Calm down, Danny." Steve's voice was soft; he understood Danny's anger and pain, but there was a look on the man's face that he couldn't read. "I tried to protect Grace-"

"You tried to protect her, huh? Just like you protected twenty people at the mall?" Danny shouted, his words cutting deep, like a knife through The SEAL's heart.

Steve's breath caught in his throat and he fell silent. He couldn't believe it. His ears heard the words but his brain refused to comprehend them. He couldn't defend himself and it frustrated him. Damn it, why can't he remember anything? What could he say that would make sense? … No, he couldn't have caused the deaths of so many people… And he would never do anything to harm Grace. He would give his life in a heartbeat if it meant saving her, and Danny already knew that. So why, why was he so angry at him?

The detective let go of his shirt, "How could you betray me like that?" He asked with a hurtful look in his eyes.

Betray him? "What?" Steve knitted his eyebrows in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Alright, enough talk, boys!" Eva clasped her hands together, "Let's call it a day, shall we?"

Steve darted his eyes to Eva's, "What did you tell him, huh? She's a liar, Danny! Whatever she-"

"I SAID ENOUGH TALK!" Eva barked, tightening her grip on Grace's shoulder. "Get him out of here!" She told the guards.

Danny could only stare in disbelief as the guards dragged Steve out of the room. What just happened? What was Steve trying to tell him?

Sooo ... Kono and Chin figured it out, Yay! But what about Danny and Steve? How can Danny get to the truth of what happened? And what would be his reaction? ...

Honestly, I was a little anxious about this chapter because it contains the answer to the mystery. I hope I explained well, and that you're still enjoying the story. Please tell me if you liked the new developments and let me know what you thought about this chapter!

I will be taking some time off because of my studies, but I promise you that I will do my best to update soon! Have a great day!