Aloha, peoples! First off I know that this is LONG overdue and I must have lost a lot of readers for taking so long to post, but I've been trying so hard to write the next chapter for you guys but my writers' block refuses to give up!

I want to thank all the followers, favourite-ers and reviewers of this story, it means a lot. And I am extremely sorry to those who have followed, it has been nearly a week since I've posted! Anyway thank you and by all means continue to follow, review etc. School is out for the summer so I will try to post more frequently, but I will be away for a little while during the next few weeks so I'll try to post as much as possible before then. Now, I'm beginning to bore myself- shall we get on with it?

I do not own Hawaii Five 0. I'd rather not get sued.

N.B- The mistake from last chapter has been rectified. Sorry about that!

Chapter 3

Unlucky for Some

A low groan escapes Danny's parted lips. His tired limbs are tangled up in the sheets, the mattress springs noisily resisting the movements of the man tossing and turning since the early hours of the morning.

Danny knows exactly why he didn't sleep. Nightmarish scenes filled his head, each with one thing in common.

Grace.

She swam around in his mind, making him hot with stress and anger, until exhaustion drove him into a restless, fitful sleep.

It's only when his eyes begin to open and he welcomes the sunlight peeking into the room that the memories fade back to him, that he recognises what was really bugging him. He grabs his phone and hits speed dial.

'Steve!'

'What is it Danno? You okay? What is it?' The concern is Steve's voice is evident, but his partner hardly notices.

'Steve, Steve, I've got it. I know the I.D of the photo you showed me last night.'

'Oh. That's… Great, man,' He sounds deflated. The whole world comes crashing down on Danny once again. Why did he even consider this? It's not even important. He's starting to lose hope already.

But, of course, Steve's Spidey Sense is at its best, even at this time in the morning. 'Hey, it's gonna be okay. We've got a lead right?'

Danny grimaces. 'I wouldn't call it a lead.'

'It's something.' The ex-SEAL sighs. 'Look, we'll find her, okay? How about I meet you at HQ?'

'Sure.' Danny grimaces and grabs his keys, wondering if his daughter is faring as well as he is.

'Alright,' Steve says to the Jersey Native opposite him. 'What've you got?'

Danny leans on the smart table, his blonde hair messy, his shirt, usually so smart and formal, is creased and untidy. He looks up and blinks.

'I matched this picture with an I.D,' He raises an arm to tap the screen fixed to the smart table, and soon enough a picture appears on the overhead monitors. Steve nods- it was the picture he recognised just last night, of the woman who he seemed familiar with. 'Melanie Lawson. I remember her from a case we did a while back. She's the mother of two drug dealers we brought in a few months ago. We caught them trying to smuggle a bunch of drugs out to other dealers. We interrogated her before we caught them, but she was stubborn as hell,'

Steve tilts his head in thought, but Danny knows they're getting nowhere. 'Forget it,' He shakes his head. 'It's doesn't mean anything right now. We can check the list of staff again. Can you ask Kono and Chin to check the footage from the cameras in the hospital to see if we can pull up someone going into Grace's room?'

Steve calls over the cousins before giving Danny a long look. 'You okay, buddy?'

Danny looks away. 'No.'

Steve raises his eyebrows.'We'll find her.'

Danny turns back to Steve. 'Right. Only this happened once before and I swear to God if something happens to her Rachel will murder my ass.'

Steve grins. 'Not until we've murdered the ass of the guy who took Grace.'

'Yeah.' Danny conjures up a smile. 'Can we get to work?'

'Just waiting for you to stop talking, man.'

'Shut up Superman,'

'Yes, sir.'

Two hours in and Steve is still searching, Kono and Chin are scouring the hospital's collection of CCTV footage, and Danny is talking with his hands. Or rather, ranting, with his hands.

'I can't believe he's still got the energy,' Chin whispers to his cousin.

'The energy to keep looking for her or the energy to keep ranting?' Kono mutters.

'Both,' The Hawaiian replies, giving Danny a pitiful look. 'God, it's only been a day. He must be feeling hopeless.'

Kono frowns. 'Like you said, it's only been a day. We can find her. We just need time.'

Chin sighs. 'We always do.'

He follows his cousin into the bullpen and meets Steve and a still ranting Danny.

'Why?' Danny looks up at them. 'Why, after a day of searching, have we found nothing? Steve could have blown up, like, fifty people by now!' The detective looks at his partner, who has a quizzical look on his face. 'What? You know it's true.'

Steve shakes off the remark. 'Anyway…' He directs his gaze at Chin. 'Find anything?'

'We've found a list of people…'

Kono plugs a USB stick into the side of the smart table and gestures at the monitors. 'There were a few people who passed Grace's room, but these are the people we reckon could be involved.'

Steve folds his arms over his chest and looks up at the images. 'You recognise anyone?' He asks Danny.

Danny screws up his face in angst. 'Nope. Keep scrolling.'

Kono does as she's told and silence fills the room as the four officers gaze up at the images of nurses and doctors passing across the screen in front of them.

'That's it,' Kono says quietly and unplugs her USB from the port. 'Those are all the people the cameras show going in and out of Grace's room before you got there.'

Chin shakes his head. 'There must be something we're missing.'

Danny just stares at his feet, brow furrowed.

'Hey,' Steve looks over at him. 'Hey, buddy. You with me?'

Danny lifts his head up and casts a sad glance at his partner. 'I just wanna know. I just wanna know where she is.'

'I get it,' Steve puts a hand on Danny's shoulder. 'But you know we'll find her. You know it.'

Danny slumps, head in hands, going over and over the pictures found by Kono and Chin. It's got to be someone there. He just needs to find out who.

One picture catches his eye and zooms in, curious. The image is blurry and unfocused, but something makes him keep looking. Eyes wide, he studies the dark picture. It shows a short nurse, clipboard in hand. Danny sits back. Why does it look so familiar?

'Steve! I've got it!'

Danny jumps up from his chair and races into the bullpen, met by a breathless Steve.

'I've got it. One of the pictures Chin and Kono pulled up matched the woman I was telling you about earlier.' He taps the smart table and shows Steve the image. He nods. 'Melanie.'

'They found some video footage of her,' Danny gestures at the monitors as a video begins to play.

'That's odd.' Steve frowns as he watches the nurse on the screen enter Grace's hospital room and come out almost immediately, scribbling on her clipboard. 'She's only in there for a few seconds.'

Danny squints at the bottom of the monitor. 'And it's only minutes before the doctor sent us in there.' He looks away as he recalls the moment he found out his daughter was gone.

'You think she had a hand in the kidnapping?'

Danny opens his mouth to answer but Chin gets there first, running up to them.

'Kono and I ran background on the potential suspects, and one of them caught our eye,' He points at the blonde-haired nurse Danny and Steve have been discussing.

'Yeah,' Danny says quickly. 'What did you find?'

'Her two sons were dealers- as we remember- but check this out.' He swipes the smart table and all three men look down at the text that appears.

'Dealers dead in prison brawl.' Steve reads aloud. 'Man, it's got to be her.'

Chin nods. 'She blames us for the death of her sons. We took them down.'

Danny puts his head in his hands for the second time that day. 'Yeah. And now she's getting revenge by stealing my daughter.'

Dun... Dun dun dun da! Whaaa? I ended on a gigantic cliffhanger? I must be feeling extra evil today! Yup, that's right, I am. I also noticed that we haven't seen much emotion coming from Danny in this story- but don't worry, the coming chapters will be filled with one sad Danno. But don't cry- I only hurt the ones I love. :-)