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Chapter 4

"Tell me we've got something on this Reid Kalea!" Steve snapped feeling very surly, weighed down by the knowledge that Grace's blood was found at the scene. It stopped him from believing she'd escaped the carnage, come out of it unscathed if a bit shaken but there was no room for denial now.

"I've got some, nothing I like, but we don't know where he is now." Chin replied practically hitting the smart table as he typed.

"I'll take what I can get right now."

"Okay well Reid Kalea is twenty eight, born here in Hawaii to Melani and James Kalea. Looks like he had a normal uneventful childhood."

"Okay so what's the red flags?"

"He's attending college on the mainland for an automotive technician degree but the catch is, it's a four year course, he's been there six."

"Well that screams suspicious. What'd the school have to say?"

"I'm still working on getting in touch with them, time difference and all."

"We need to tear this kid's life apart there is definitely something wonky about him. He's where we're going to find all our answers. What about the parents? When do they get here?"

"Their plane lands in four hours. Hey I've got something." The computer beeped.

"What?"

"He's been checked into the hospital ten minutes ago."

"He's been injured? Maybe we judged him too soon." Steven questioned.

"No, we judged him just right, he's being listed as a drug overdose."

"Well that's just great. You keep digging up his scuzzy little world. I'm going to go to the hospital and see what I can get from him."

"Good luck!" Chin called. The drive was entirely too long. He couldn't make Danny's camero go fast enough even with the lights blaring. He kept thinking about Grace scared and hurt. He loved the girl like she were his own. He loved her spunk and bold attitude. He'd known the instant he met her she was like her father. Scrappy. He remembered their first fishing trip, spear fishing. He'd been amazed how quickly she picked up on it, much faster than her father. She had three incredibly fat fish at the end of the day, He had one tiny fish all bone and scale smaller than his hand. It had provided him nearly two weeks of harassment material.

"Steve McGarret, Five-O, I need to see Reid Kalea right away. What's his condition?"

"One moment Sir."

"Could you hurry it up there's already one dead little girl and one missing and he's probably the only one who knows what happened and where she is."

"Okay here it is, he's been admitted due to drug overdose. We're still assessing his condition but so far his blood alcohol level is three times the limit and we've found cocaine and marijuana in his system. The tests aren't all completed yet."

"Okay is he stable? I need to talk to him. Where's his room?"

"He's stable for now but it's precarious. I don't know if you'll get anything in his condition but you can try. He's in room 202." Steve did not feel optimistic heading up a floor and the feeling was justified. He found Reid strapped down to a bed, drooling heavily and writhing restlessly. He muttered incoherently and giggled sporadically.

"Hey numb nuts, you hear me? Where is Grace?" Steve shouted slapping his face not so gently.

"Booby...fresh...mint jugu..." He giggled again another rush of drool coating his chin. The nurse rechecked his monitors and drips clearly not happy and pushed something through the iv.

"Hey! I'm talking to you. Where is the girl?" Reid lurched sideways and vomited violently.

"You're not going to get anything better from him Sir. Try back in a few hours."

"Sobering him up is top priority. We need the info he has asap." He snarled storming out of the room. He took a detour up to the third floor to check on Danny.

"Hey, we got any idea where Grace is yet?" Kono asked seeing him approaching and slipped outside the room.

"Not really but the older brother is our main suspect but it's going to be a while before the pill popper stops drooling. He's downstairs in critical from an overdose of about every drug available. How's Danno?"

"He's stable but delicate still according to the last check the nurse made. Given the situation they're keeping him pretty heavily sedated. They think it won't take much to push him into another heart attack." Steve cupped his face in his hands and dragged them down its length with a sharp exhale.

"I am sick and tired of scrambling to catch up to this thing. We need to get ahead of this and cut it off at the knees!"

"St-Steve?" Danny slurred from inside the room. Steve didn't like the glassy and slightly terrified in his eyes.

"Hey Danno, how're you feeling?" He couldn't resist the urge to check his pulse despite all the monitors. It wasn't normal but it was better.

"Confused, chest hurts. What happened...to Grace?"

"We don't know yet but everyone is looking okay? I'm going to find her and we're going to fix this. I want you to just rest. I don't need you having another heart attack." Steve braced himself for a battle only to be surprised by the weak nod.

"Jus' hurry up." he mumbled drifting again.

"Wow he really is on some heavy drugs." Steve's eyebrows shot to the roof.

"The doctors aren't taking any chances with him. Five-O has a reputation for stupid stubbornness especially when injured apparently so they're not giving him the opportunity."

"Smart people." Steve agreed.

"How close are we really? To finding out..."

"We're not but Chin is tearing apart Reid Kalea's life to figure out what's really going on."

"What aren't you saying?" Kono asked following him out of the room again shutting the door behind them.

"Charlie said some of the blood was Grace's."

"So Grace is hurt...or worse." Kono whispered.

"Yeah...hurt or worse."