Danny, Steve, Kono and Chin all arrived to the office about the same time on Friday morning. They all were discussing what they were going to do this weekend off; Danny had Grace and he was going to take her shopping, Chin was going to go volunteer cleaning up one of the main trails on the island, Kono was going to surf and swim as much as she could and Steve wanted to get caught up on some of the cases the team had been working on. Once they entered their workspace they all dispersed to their respected offices to settle down into their paperwork, hoping they wouldn't get any cases.
"Steve, do you have the evidence report from Tuesday's case? I can't find it," Kono came in with her tablet swiping trying to find the document. Steve shuffled through his paperwork and found it and gave it to her with no words. She turned to leave and scan it in.
All was quiet for the good part of the morning, when Steve's phone rang, "McGarrett?" He listened to the voice on the other line and slowly rose to walk to the center of the offices, "okay, got it."
He motioned to the three team members watching their expressions, Kono strode right in with really no expression, Chin sighed and rubbed his temples and Danny, well Danny, was a little more vocal, "son of a bitch!" could be heard behind his closed office door. Steve, Chin and Kono just shook their heads and smiled at the Jersey Boy.
"Okay listen up, a body was just found off of Devil's Trail Head about 4 miles up. Grab your hiking boots, looks like a long day," Steve relayed as they broke off to begin their trek to the body.
In the car Danny and Steve were silent, Danny's phone rang, "hey monkey….I know…I know monkey but we will go tomorrow, I promise…Yes Kamekona will pick you up and you will stay with him until I get off…okay Danno loves you." He hung up the phone and sighed.
"Sorry Danny," Steve apologized not taking his eyes off the road.
"Sorry? Steve it's not your fault, although I doubt you are going to need me on this case. Besides I hate jungles," Danny said glancing at his friend.
"Danny we aren't going into the jungle, it's the trail head," Steve didn't have a chance to finish.
"It's a trail head, leading into the jungle," Danny corrected.
Steve smiled as he pulled into the parking spot with Chin and Kono behind him. They all got out and grabbed their hiking packs and the necessary equipment. Kono was scanning the area, "boss? Where is HPD?"
"I don't know, maybe they got a more pressing call," Steve answered.
"And the leave a body unattended? Doesn't sound like HPD," Chin pointed out.
"That is a very good point Chin, bad Steven, this is bad, and who called it in anyway?" Danny asked buckling his pack around his chest.
"HPD dispatch, Kyle Ray, said he was new," Steve recalled as he pulled out his phone, no service, "well we have no cell reception out here, let's hike up and see what's up."
"I take it you left the satellite phone?" Danny asked concerned for his safety.
Steve nodded and took point heading up the trail, Kono behind him, Danny third and Chin in the rear. Steve was scanning the trail and the first thing he noticed was, no foot tracks…remembering that there was also no cars in the parking lot when they had arrived. Steve stopped and scanned the forest on both sides of them, realizing they have already hiked about 6 miles, "I don't like it guys."
"I told you it was bad Steven, but no you never listen to me," Danny said throwing his hands in the air and leaning against a trail.
"Steve? What's up?" Chin asked coming to stand beside his boss.
"The dispatcher said 4 miles up, we are about 6. No foot tracks and no cars in the parking lot…I am beginning to think this is a prank," Steve said, "let's get back to the cars and get back into cell reception and call Luka." They all turned to begin their descent back down the trail.
They all were silent, when Danny heard a branch break and stopped immediately, he followed Steve and was second the line back down, "Danny, you okay?" Kono asked.
Startled, Danny shook his head and began walking again. Another branch was heard breaking and Danny wasn't the only one to hear it break, the whole team, including Steve stopped dead in their tracks. They all scanned around them, but couldn't see anything.
Then all of a sudden they heard a hissing noise and the forest began to fill with smoke, all four of them began to feel really dizzy and one by one they collapsed onto the forest floor. Four shadows emerged from the depths of the forest and put hoods over the 5-0 team. Steve wasn't quite out yet and could vaguely make out the figures, he tried to focus on one thing about the guy who put the hood over his head, a tattoo on his right forearm, it appeared to be a panther eating something, but that is all Steve could see before the darkness over came him.