Summary:When Danny and Grace go missing. Steve refuses to believe that Danny has taken Grace and fled Hawaii.

A/N: I planned this to fit in after episode 4 of season 2. So far this season Danny has seemed off. They haven't dealt with how he feels about Rachel and Grace, at all. Not wearing his tie really bugs me, as does Lori Weston. This story is my way of dealing with that.

While the story is complete, I'm still editing the final chapters. I'll try and post them in a timely manner. As usual I'd like to thank my friend June for helping correct technical and grammatical errors.

Disclaimer: Hawaii Five-0 and its characters belong to CBS. However the plot and any mistakes are mine.

Chapter One

It was Danny's fault that Steve had been late for his meeting with the New Governor and was now late arriving at 5-0 headquarters. Ever since things hadn't worked out with Rachel, again, Danny's temperament had become explosive at times. He'd tried to tell Danny he needed to talk to a professional, but Danny just claimed that talking to Steve was enough. Now he'd missed picking Steve up, without calling, and he was going to hear about it. However, the first office on the left, Danny's office, was empty.

"Where the hell is Danny?" Steve growled to Chin who was working at the computer table in the middle of the main room. "He was supposed to pick me up this morning."

"I haven't seen or heard from him Steve."

"I called him three times on the way in, they all went to voicemail." Steve could feel worry grow in his stomach. "This isn't like Danny, something's wrong."

"Didn't he have Grace this weekend? Maybe he's just running late." Chin volunteered hopefully.

"He'd still answer his phone Chin. No, I can feel something's not right." Rubbing his hand over his face Steve realised that 'something not being right' was an understatement. Yes he had his team back together but they weren't really together. Chin was distracted with worrying about Kono. Hell they all were. He had to find a way to get her back on the team soon before they fell apart from the guilt. Kono was taking the heat for something they'd done as a team and it wasn't right. Then the governor had assigned Lori Weston to the team. That hadn't helped. It felt too much like she was a replacement for Kono even though Steve knew she wasn't. Lori was trying to fit in but she was throwing off the dynamic between Danny and himself and right now he needed to concentrate on Danny. To that end he'd sent her to the big island for a week on a training course. The governor wasn't happy, but as Steve pointed out, he assigned training courses and felt she needed to go.

"I'll be in my office if…" Before he could say more his phone rang. Steve had hoped it was Danny calling, but the screen showed Rachel. The worry went up another notch.

"McGarrett. No Rachel I don't know where Danny is. When was he supposed to bring Grace back? Last night?" With a sigh Steve walked into his office and sat down behind his desk. "Rachel, Danny wouldn't do that. Give me an hour. I'll find him." Steve dropped his phone on the desk and ran his hands through his hair in frustration.

Chin, who had followed Steve to his office and was standing in the doorway asked, "What's going on Steve?"

"Rachel thinks Danny has taken Grace and run." The loud bang as Steve slammed his hand down on the desk made Chin jump. "Damn it Chin. I know he's been upset since Grace and Rachel came back to Hawaii. He's not been himself. But to take Grace?"

"Did you talk to him?" Chin questioned.

"I tried but he refused to talk. Every time I brought Rachel up he changed the subject." Steve picked up his phone and tried Danny again. "He had his family back Chin. It's my fault he stayed here instead of going to New Jersey with them. If he'd gone things may have worked out differently."

"You don't know that Steve. Why don't I see if I can trace his phone," Chin went back out to the computer table.

"Danny's phone must be turned off. I can try reactivating it remotely?" Several minutes later he had to admit defeat.

"Do it." Steve said.

"It's not working. The battery must have been removed." Chin let the frustration show. "Either that, or the phone's not on the island anymore."

"No. I don't believe that. Danny wouldn't take Grace." Abruptly Steve turned and headed for the doors. "Come on, let's go check Danny's apartment."

The first thing Steve noticed as he pulled into the parking lot for Danny's apartment was that the Camaro wasn't parked in the customary spot.

Chin headed for the door as Steve followed at a slower pace looking around carefully. The door was locked when Chin tried it, but Steve took out his keys and selected one before he approached the door.

"You have a key?" Chin queried.

"Yeah. Just like Danny has a key to my house." Steve pounded on the door a couple of times, "Danny you in there, because I'm coming in right now." Then he turned the key and entered Chin close behind.

He's not sure what he expected to find when he entered but it wasn't a totally empty apartment. Everything was gone that had belonged to Danny. It was if he'd never been there.

"Danny. What the hell's going on," Steve whispered to the empty room.

Things moved swiftly after that. Steve had no choice but to call Rachel and tell her Danny was gone. Rachel had immediately called HPD and an Amber Alert was issued.

Steve still refused to believe that Danny would do this. He and Chin were back at 5-0 headquarters. HPD had pulled all the video from around Danny's apartment and claimed that there was nothing of use. Chin and Steve were reviewing the video when Rachel came storming in with Step-Stan in tow.

"Where are they Steve?" Rachel demanded. "You two are close. I know he'd have said something to you."

"First of all Rachel, Danny told me nothing. Secondly, I don't believe Danny has taken Grace and run. There's no way he'd hurt Grace and that's what taking her away from you would do."

"How can you believe that? Everything points to Danny doing just that." Stan said before Rachel could reply.

"I believe it because I know Danny." Steve looked at Rachel. "Just the way you know Danny. Do you really believe that Danny would do anything to hurt Grace?"

Rachel sank into a chair. "No." was all she could say.

Stan still seemed as if he would argue but sat down next to his wife when Steve glared at him. The ringing of Chin's phone broke the uneasy silence that had descended.

"Kelly. What? Are you sure? Okay." Chin ended the call and looked over at Steve.

"HPD just found the Camaro parked in the long term lot out at the airport."

Steve looked at Chin in disbelief. Rachel sighed, "No." and started crying quietly. Stan put his arm around her to comfort her.

"They're pulling video to see if they can find out which plane they took to leave the island." Chin continued. "But right now it doesn't look good for Danny."

"There's no way." Steve muttered. "Danny wouldn't do this."

TBC