"Steve! Stop!" Begged Danny as he watched his brother in law and best friend destroy his office, the tears welling in his own eyes, not only because of recent events that had stuck tragedy to their small ohana but the general state his friend was in right now. Steve was absolutely heartbroken. Danny had seen Steve upset. He'd seen him mad and angry…but nothing compared to this. Stood in front of him was a heartbroken man. Ducking as Steve threw a lamp across the room and it smashed into the wall by his head, Danny sighed as he quickly left the office. Nothing he could do or say was going to make this any better right now and he didn't fancy his face colliding with a flying object. Their whole lives had just been ripped apart in a matter of seconds, Steve's especially.
Looking to Kono as he came out of the office, he could see that she had been crying too. None of them were in a good place right now and he had yet to tell everyone else what has happened.

"Danny…" She began but she just burst into tears. Between looking to Steve and looking to Danny she couldn't help it. The only question that was running through her head right now was why? Why did this have to happen? It wasn't fair.

"I know…" He whispered as he moved over to her and hugged her tightly, the tears just falling now as he hugged her. This couldn't be happening. Surly it was all just a dream? It had to be right? As he heard Steve had stopped destroying everything in sight he pulled away from Kono and looked over to his friend who was slumped against the wall, knees against his chest as he buried his hands in his hair as he rocked back and forth. That wasn't his friend in there. That was a broken man.
"Give me a sec." He mumbled to Kono as he then took a breath as he headed back into the office. Going over to Steve he moved down beside him. Looking to him for a few seconds he then sighed as he pulled his friend to him and just let him break down on his arms. Was it manly? No. Did he care? No. They needed to stick together at this point right now. Though if he was being honest with himself. He didn't think that Steve would be able to ever get over this.

Kono watched from the table top, tears rolling down her cheeks as she watched the pair of them. Seeing Steve like this…it was so…out of character for him. It had really hit him. Looking up as Chin and Lou came in she looked to them briefly before she looked back to Danny and Steve, her arms moving around herself as she watched them. Her own heart was breaking for them both right now.

"Kono…" Came her cousin's voice as he headed over to her seeing that she was upset. "What's wrong?" He asked looking to her, resting his hand supportively on her arm.

Walking behind Chin Lou frowned before he seen the state of Steve office and his face dropped. He knew something was wrong.

Looking between the two of them, Kono wiped her eyes before she sighed. "The plane that blew up not long after take-off in Los Angeles about half hour ago?" She could feel her eyes starting to water all over again as emotions run high and thick inside the palace. "Sam and Alfie were on it." She blubbered as she completely broke down.

Chin looked to her horrified before he quickly embraced his cousin. No. It couldn't be. Surly they weren't on that flight?

"Oh my god…" Mumbled Lou before he then looked over to Steve and Danny in the office. One man had just lost his sister and nephew and an unborn niece or nephew…while the other man had lost his entire family in a matter of seconds. He couldn't imagine what Steve was going through right now. In fact he couldn't imagine what either of them was going through. He didn't know what to say. There was nothing he could say. None of them could say anything to make this situation better because right now they were in a living nightmare.

"You let it all out buddy." Danny whispered trying to fight back his own tears as he held onto his friend. There was nothing physically left in the office for Steve to destroy so he just broke down.

Looking to his friend Steve shook his head. "I've lost everything Danny. My wife. My son. My unborn child." He blubbered as he hid his face in his hands. "They're all gone."

Danny didn't know what to say to him. There was nothing to say. Nothing he was going to say would stop him from breaking down. He was surprised he didn't shoot the place up. Steve had turned the television on because he wanted to make sure that the plane took off on time so he knew what time he would have to pick them up from the airport, but seconds later they watched as the entire plane engulfed in flames just after take-off. Seeing Steve's reaction…it was the most heart-breaking thing that he had ever seen. He didn't know how he was going to break it to his parents. They had already lost Matty…and now Sam and the kids? And as for Grace…it would leave her absolutely heartbroken. She loved Sam. Adored her. But she took a real shine to Alfie and was excited about having another cousin. He knew it wouldn't go down well at all. He still couldn't believe that this was happening right now. He wanted to think that it was just some sick joke and any minute now Sam and Alfie would come walking through that corridor. But no. He knew now that would only be happening in a dream.

"It's all my fault." Steve mumbled, the tears just rolling down his face.

Danny frowned as he looked to him confused. "How is it?"

"Because I begged her to come back early." He whispered, his eyes locked aimlessly ahead of him. He felt numb. "She wasn't due to fly home until Friday but I begged her to come back early cause I couldn't stand being away from her or the baby any longer. Three weeks has been torture not being with them…I was so selfish."

Danny shook his head and looked to his friend. "Don't you dare blame yourself Steve. You're not selfish. This is the longest you and Sam have ever gone without seeing each other since she's arrived on the Island. Of course you want nothing more but to have your wife and your son back home where they belong so you can be a family. There's nothing selfish about that. It's normal. You didn't know some bastards were going to blow up the plane…you can't blame yourself Steve…"

"Well someone's going to be getting the blame." He mumbled as he quickly wiped his eyes and got to his feet as he headed out of his office. He wanted answers and he wanted them now. "Kono. I want a flight manifest of every passenger that was on that plane and run their names against any terrorist groups or any connections with suspected terrorists."

"Steve we can't do this." Sighed Danny as he followed his friend out and looked to him. "It's not our derestriction…"

"I can't stay here and do nothing Danny. My family. Your family have just been murdered."

"And we will get justice Steve but we can't go all guns blazing in to something that is not even our case…or even in our country. We have to let the mainland do their investigation. All we can do is offer help or ask for updates…"

Resting his hands on the table top Steve could feel the tears welling up in his eyes once more before he then looked to Danny. "I can't do nothing Danny…" He whispered as the tears just fell.

Danny sighed as he moved back over to his friend as he moved his hand to his shoulder and looked to him. "I know…" He whispered to him. It was awful seeing his friend like this. "We will find out who done this…but we got to do it the right way okay? We don't want the Governor down our throats over this. " He whispered to him as he looked to him. "Come on. Let's get you home…"

Steve laughed without humour. "Home?" He looked to his friend. "My house filled of memories of Sam and Alfie?" He shook his head. "I'm going for a walk." He grumbled shaking his head as he headed down the corridor and left the palace. He needed to get away.

Kono watched Steve, her heart breaking into a million pieces as she looked to Danny once more. "I'm worried Danny…what if he does something stupid?" She asked looking to him.

"Right now I don't think he can even think of doing something stupid." He admitted with a sigh as he then went and followed his friend, stuffing his hands deep into his pockets. All of their lives had shattered in a moment of seconds. How could they jump back from this? How was Steve going to be able to get over this? Danny seriously doubted he ever would. He knew how much he adored Sam…and Alfie and not to mention the new baby that was on its way. He didn't see Steve ever coming back from this.

I was going to post this last night before i went to bed but i knew i couldn't leave you guys hanging in suspense of the next few chapters all night.

I will admit...i cried writing this chapter!

Chapter 2 will be up shortly!

Love

K x