First thing Steve noticed when he became conscious again was the pressure on his arms and shoulders. Without opening his eyes he could tell that he was being dragged. Uphill. That's for sure by the way my arms are being pulled at above my head. His abductors must been dragging him for a while now, since parts of his skin are being ripped off by the sharp rocks and stones laying on the ground. He could feel it. The pain. The pain his body is suffering. He could feel every little rock, every sharp edge and branch sclicing through the skin of his entire back of his body. It took all of his SEAL training not to cry out or even give a away a soft moan in order to keep his captors the illusion of him being still out of it.

The second thing Steve became aware of were his feet tied together at his ankles. He tried a little wiggling but he knew for sure there was no give in, so he stopped the second he started trying. But when another branchlet cut into his bare feet, he couldn't stop the groan coming out loud which didn't go unnoticed by his kidnappers. Just when Steve was about to open his eyes to face the enemy, he could feel an intense pain on the right side of his skull before he became unconscious once more.

"Hey! Stop it! We need him alive and talkative, so stop hitting him in the head with that thing!" the man with the green eyes shouted to the big goof who was just about to hit the unconscious man again with a baseball bat.

"Yeah - thanks to you we have to keep dragging him up the mountain! If you haven't knocked him out again, he could have walked by himself - you dumbass!" the guy to Steve's left arm said while continuing to pull him along the path.

Balancing the bat between his hands the big goof couldn't control his temper and moved towards the guy holding one of McGarrett's arms. "The less he moves, the better we are in control and the longer we can keep him in the dark to where we are heading you stupid son of a bitch! You better keep going or you're gonna be next" he said while nodding to the bat in his hands.

"Matt, that's enough now! You can safe the threads for McGarrett here later. And Jack, just shut up and pull him up! Take a good look at Mr. Kelly here, he is doing your job without a complaint, you might be able to learn something from him! Isn't that right Chin Ho?" the green eyed man said with a devilish smirk on his face.

the evening before..

"Hey Chin, it's Danny. Have you heard from Steve? He is not answering his cell. That's not like him. And it's not like you either, so call me back when you get this. Bye." After trying to call Chin and getting straight to his voice mail, Danny left a message and is now on high alert.

It is strange that Steve is not answering, but that Chin isn't either really get's me thinking now. Okay, it's Friday night but still..None of them would ever miss a phone call or even turn it off..Not if we could get a new case at any time. Hopefully, Kono has some news on them. With that thought, Danny tries to get a hold of his fourth teammate. This time, with success. She already is on the phone after the second ring.

"Kalakaua."

"Kono. Thank God. Have you heard anything from Steve or Chin?"

"I talked to Chin maybe an hour ago, but nothing from Steve. Why? What's wrong?!"

"I can't get a hold on any of them. Steve texted me more than an hour ago, he is on his way home and I would see him on Monday!? We wanted to go hiking with Grace tomorrow, he obviously forgot about it and now to remind him of that, he is not answering his phone! And Chin's is going straight to voice mail. Both of them always answer immediately and there are not! Is it just me being over paranoid, or does it seem strange to you, too?"

"Danny calm down. Maybe it's nothing, you know Steve. He probably just went for a run or is taking a good swim in the ocean and that is why he is not returning your calls."

"And what about Chin? His phone is dead."

"Yeah..well..that is indeed unusual..But he said he wanted to head back to HQ to pick up some stuff he forgot earlier. His battery might has just died on the way over. I'll call the office and see if he's still there alright? If not, I'll go drive by his house to check if he's there. And I'll drive by Steve's home, too ok? Just relax brah."

"Alright Kono. But keep me posted! And thanks. I would drive by by myself, but I can't leave Grace alone."

"Hey, that's totally okay with me. Don't worry about it, just enjoy your time with her! I'll call you later."

With those last words she disconnects the call and leaves Danny alone with his thoughts and worries. Not being able to check for himself if the rest half of his team is okay, he gets more frustrated with the minutes that go by.

At the same time Kono first tries to call Chin's phone by herself. So Danny is right. Just his voice mail. Ok, don't panic. Maybe he is still at the office. Since her cousin is not replying to the phone in his office either, she starts grabbing her keys and heads over to his house to check if he might be home already.

About 15 minutes later, Kono finds her cousins house empty and his bike missing. He might be on his way over then..or he is at Steves.. Not another thought later, Kono is already heading towards the home of McGarrett's just to find it empty as well. All lights in the house off and his blue truck also not in the parking lot. Now with great concern she starts pulling her phone out of her pocket to give Danny a call.

"Hey Kono. Did you find them?"

"No, Danny. Neither of them are at home, both vehicles aren't there also. And no luck with the phone at the office or their cell phones..I am heading towards HQ now to look for them there."

"Okay. Thanks for the update Kono."

After hanging up, she starts her drive over to headquarters. What she finds there, she can't even believe her eyes. Numerous HPD cars with all their lights on were on and around the parking lot of HQ. Several officers were running around, taking pictures and talking to passengers who were still on the street at that time of a day. With squealing tires she comes to halt and jumps out of her car, and starts running straight to sergeant Duke Lukela.

"Duke! What the hell is going on here?!" she asked Duke with a concern written all over her face.

"Kono! Has nobody called you? Somebody saw Steve and Chin getting pulled into a black SUV. They drove off long ago. But we'll find them!"

"Oh my God..I..I've got to call Danny!" Kono said and pulled her phone out of her pocket dialing the detective. Not two seconds later she hears his worried voice on the other end of the line.

"Kono, finally! Please, tell me you found them!"

With a sigh she answered,

"No, Danny. They are gone."