It was a normal Saturday for the team; Mary was in town visiting so Steve thought that a barbeque at his place was in order, after all he and the team have had a hectic couple of week, but surprisingly every thing was getting back to normal especially between Doris and Mary.

Kono and Mary were preparing the table with the assistance of grace, while Danny, Chin and Steve were working on the meat, or you could say that Steve was handling the barbeque while Danny was yelling at him for doing every thing wrong and Chin just stood there drinking his beer and laughing at both of them.

Doris said she had some stuff to take care of and that she'll stop by and get desert on her ways back home. To say the truth Steve still had his doubts about his mother, it drove him crazy that he still wasn't able to read her nor he had any idea what she was up to. But today he decided to shrug it for the sake of his sister. He was so glad that they were getting along and didn't want to ruin it by being his usual paranoid self. Not that he would ever admit to being paranoid.

"STEVEN ! , we are not cannibals like you! My people, you know normal human beings, we prefer our meat cooked, please , I'm begging you, the last think I need right now is to have salmonella you animal!" Danny ranted as usual.

Steve just looked at him incredulously then he turned to Chin "Chin, brah, help me out please".

Chin just chuckled "oh no way I know better than to get involved in this, I'll go help out the girls" and he turned and left Steve to Danny who was currently glaring at him.

The girls were almost done with setting the table "they're still at each other's throats?" asked Mary laughing at the two idiots by the grill. "I don't know how you guys put up with the both of them every day" Chin laughed and Kono looked over at them "well its usually worse, but we manage" replied Kono with a chuckle.

"I'm hungry, when is aunty Doris coming back?" asked Grace and before anyone could reply they heard a car pulling over.

"Well aren't you the luckiest little thing, I think she's back, WITH DESERT" answered Kono excitedly. "yup she said she'll be getting your favorite chocolate cake" Said Mary "I'll go get the door and you go with your uncle Chin to hurry your dad and uncle Steve" Marry ruffled Grace's hair before she went to get the door, but before she opened it she found her mother opening the door with force that she almost slammed it in Mary's face.

Doris was out of breath and covered in blood and had a couple of small bruises on her face and arms.

Mary gasped at the scene and rushed to her mother "MUM! WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU OKAY? OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!" Doris was frantic "GET YOUR BROTHER, SHE'S IN THE CAR WE HAVE TO HELP HER"

"MUM WHAT HAPPENED? WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Mary now had tears in her eyes. She was so scared and all she could think about is that someone tried to take away her mother away from her again.

"Sweetheart I'm okay just get someone to help me get Talia out of the car and call that doctor friend of yours Max I think is his name I really don't care just call a doctor, she's hurt and we can't take her to the hospital, it's not safe" she hurried back to the car with leaving Mary standing at the door speechless. Kono already close and heard the commotion and was already calling Steve and the guys over.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!" Steve was practically sprinting to get to his mother with chin and Danny behind him. While Kono went to calm Grace who was terrified and started crying.

Steve was the first to get to his mother to find her struggling to drag someone out of the back seat of the car. "MOVE!" he ordered his mother and was faced with one of the most heart breaking scene in his life. A really small woman was curled up in the back seat of the car, her long light brunette hair sticking to her face that was covered in sweat and blood. She was so small, shivering violently and whimpering from pain, Steve wanted to rip the guts of whoever did that to her and his mother.

"She has a knife graze in her side and bruises from the attack and they drugged her" Doris explained to Steve and the others.

"We should take her to a hospital right away" Danny said "NO! its not safe they are looking for her" Doris was really starting to panic. "WHO THE HELL ARE THEY?" Danny was screaming at Doris now. "I'll explain later just get a doctor you trust, it's safer in here". Chin had gone to grab a blanket from the house and handed it to Steve.

"She's burning up, Chin call Max tell him to come right away, Danno take Grace out of here she's scared enough" said Steve before wrapping Talia with the blanket and carrying her to the house. She felt so small, so fragile in his arms. When he moved she whimpered in pain and tried to talk but she was too weak to do that, Steve just held her closer and shushed her telling her everything will be okay.

Steve carried Talia to the bathroom and turned on the cold water. They had to get her fever down and she was covered in blood that he couldn't make where she was hurt exactly. Her jeans were ripped as well as her tank top.

Chin had called for Max and briefed him in and he said that he would be there in ten minutes. Mary came out from her shock and was helping her mother.

"What on earth happened?!" Kono asked in shock. Chin had no idea, but he had a feeling that this whole situation has more to it than they would like to know. "I don't know cuz. I don't know we should go help Steve, Max is on his way over".

And with that they rushed upstairs to help Steve out with the unconscious woman they had know idea who she was.