Hello, everyone!

So this is my first Hawaii Five-0 Fanfiction. I had this plot in mind since a long time but I never dared to start writing, mainly because English isn't my mother tongue, but after a lot of thinking. I decided to go with it. I did a lot of researches about places of Hawaii and medical stuff etc... Sorry if I got anything wrong ... I really tried my best. Also, I don't have a beta reader, so all mistakes are mine.

The events of my story happen earlier in season 3

I don't own Hawaii Five-0 or any of its characters. I wish I did though haha!

"HELP ME!"

The voice was frantic and helpless, but it sounded feeble, almost as if it came from far away, perhaps from a place underwater. He couldn't tell.

He was most likely drowning, just beneath the surface of the beautiful waters, in the ocean of Hawaii. He was thrashing, craving to resurface and have a last look at the golden sands, and the perfectly blue sky of his home island. But the water pushed down on him from all sides, and his body kept strolling deep into the unknown.

Steve Mcgarrett was dying. Or at least that's what it felt like.

"Someone help me, please!" The voice called again, this time a bit clearer. A second later, several sounds exploded nearby, panicked screams and cries of pain overwhelmed his ears, and one distinct roaring of fire frustrated him. And through all the confusion, he could feel as though an inner alertness inside of him was hysterically yelling at him, urging him to open his eyes. At that moment, something didn't sit right with him, and he struggled to figure out what was happening.

Steve was now afloat. He could feel the brightness of the sun scratching the outside of his eyelids. But, the heat became so annoying, almost irritating. And the smell engulfing the area was alien to him; it wasn't that of the stunning sea and the fresh air of Hawaii, which he could easily identify from miles away. No. This was an entirely unusual odor, and he swore it felt like … Smoke?

Alarm bells rang loudly inside his head, even as awareness smacked him hard in the face. His body hopped off the ground in surprise while his heart made a short jump. He snapped his eyes open, but quickly regretted all the movements as pain shot through him like a sharp knife.

His head felt like it was about to explode and his body hurt all over. He let out a small groan as his left arm started throbbing excruciatingly, it felt as though something was protruding from the back of his left shoulder. Steve's SEAL side kicked in and he decided to stand up and assess the situation, but the bile rising in his stomach didn't make it any easier for him to move further. He groaned, shutting his eyes closed then tried to control his breathing, which merely resulted in a series of vicious coughing.

Steve brought his good hand up to rub at his stinging eyes then strained them open for a second time. Smoke filled the air around him, while the roaring of fire grew even louder. Steve's vision was still blurry, and a little dark at the edges, so he blinked several times, but it only aggravated his headache, so he felt for the nearest wall and used it as a support.

He took in his surroundings; the building was unknown to him, but it looked huge and luxurious, like the inside of a fancy restaurant.

What happened? How did he get here? The last thing he remembers was falling asleep in his room after a long, exhausting day. Was it yesterday? … Was it the day before that? He couldn't recall exactly.

The distinctive glint of orange that met his eyes told Steve that the flames had slowly embarked on burning their way towards him.

"OMG, Is someone there? I need help, please!" The female voice he heard earlier shouted from somewhere behind him. This time the person was crying, and she sounded terrified and shaky.

Steve turned around and cautiously walked towards the source of the voice, as fast as his battered body allowed him. A figure started forming in his line of vision.

"Hold on, It's gonna be okay!" His voice came out hoarse and weak, but it appeared to have calmed the woman down a bit.

"Please, help me!" She sobbed, "My right foot is stuck under debris!"

As soon as he reached her side, his world swayed dangerously, so he slowly eased himself to the ground next to the woman. She was likely in her late twenties. She stared at him for a moment, her lips quivering, and her hazel eyes were filled with hope, along with other emotions he couldn't quite define. She started sobbing again. She was terrified, and in pain. Her shaky hand was clutching the long curls of her black hair to one side as she used the other hand to move away a cuboid-shaped rock that looked like a broken piece of a fireplace.

"Hey," He reassuringly patted her shoulder, "Hey… I need you to calm down. What's your name?"

"I'm Eva." She wept.

"Okay, good, Eva!" he said, forcing a smile to assure her that everything was going to be alright.

"Listen to me, I'm going to try and free your foot, and you're going to calm down and tell me what happened here, can you do that for me?"

She nodded, "I was going to meet my friend here, when I heard explosions… The whole building shook, it was terrifying! … I-I tried to get out, but…" Steve was already trying to lift the rock from one border, which proved a lot harder with only one hand free to use.

The moment her foot was free, Eva cried in pain, and her face contorted, but she managed to drag herself away safely.

Steve let go of the piece of rock, but his feet gave away because the effort was great. And he fell to his knees, coughing and trying to inhale some oxygen.

"Are you okay, sir?" Eva asked him and strode to his side.

"I'm…Fine." He assured her. He knew that he was far from fine at this point, but he had to get them both out of there before it's too late.

He struggled to push himself up, there was no time left, so he needed to be quick. "Hey, Eva, can you remember which way is the entrance?"

"Yes of course, we're near the entrance. It's just a few feet away, from this direction." she pointed with her finger, and started walking "But we need to hurry, the building is gonna come down on us!"

Steve could barely catch her last words as the ringing in his ears grew louder. He tried to swallow down the nauseous feeling then shut his eyes tightly. His body felt heavy and it barely cooperated as Steve started following Eva's steps.

The two were able to exit the room and enter a long hallway without trouble, mainly because the storm of flames hadn't reached its full force yet. If anything, Steve was thankful that the explosions hadn't completely damaged this side of the building.

At the end of the hallway Steve spotted the unmistakable gleam of daylight.

"Look, we made it!" She said, smiling at him gleefully. But before he could respond, Eva's body fainted suddenly, and he braced himself to catch her before she fell.

Steve's body was worn out at this point, the sheer force of her body falling on his sent him sprawling to the ground. A strangled cry died in his throat as Eva's body impacted with the wounds on his shoulder. Through the pain and the lack of much needed oxygen, it took him a while before he was able to keep his breathing under control.

Steve used his good palm to push them both up while he struggled to adjust her position on his battered back. He wrapped her left arm around the back of his neck, and attempted his first step forward. A warm liquid was trickling down the side of his neck. He couldn't decide if it was blood or perspiration.

His vision started fading away, and darkness threatened to engulf him again, but he wouldn't let it. Not when he was just a few feet away from the exit of the building.

He coughed some more, and blinked away the constant stinging in his eyes. But his feet grew heavier and Eva's body was pushing down on him even harder. But he kept dragging them both. He's a SEAL, his job is to keep people safe, and today, he would do just that.

After what felt like eternity, he finally reached the end of the hallway, and just as he stepped outside of the building, the beams of sunlight blinded his vision, and that's when his body finally decided to fail him because he was out before he hit the ground.

There goes my first chapter, I hope you liked it! There are more interesting stuff to come I promise! Please let me know what you think.