And now enter chapter 4! Kono has been kindnapped along with her ex bf! Steve couldn't get to her… the story continues! Thanks for all the reviews! Really is encouraging!

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CHAPTER 4

"Kono" the words sounded almost like a whisper. Steve, still holding his gun, put both hands on his head. Danny and Chin moved beside him, all of them staring in the direction the vehicles had fled in. "Dammit!" He turned quickly to make his way back to the office. Danny was on the phone to HPD, putting a alert out for the speeding vehicles. Chin stood paralyzed, still staring in the direction of the vehicles. "We're going to get her back." Steve stated in a matter of fact tone to Chin as he walked past him.

As soon as they reached the office Steve was on the phone to the governor asking for any means to get Kono back. After a lengthy conversation he turned to Danny. "Find out everything you can about this Ian guy and what Brian has been doing undercover. I want names, places of drop offs, hideouts." He was in full SEAL mode. "Chin, speak to Komekona. Find out what he knows about these guys". Both men nodded at Steve and headed in their separate directions.

Steve ran his hand across his face and sighed heavily. His eyes were now red with worry. His mind was racing with thoughts of Kono being shoved into the van. Why did they take her? He slammed his fist into the wall. They had better not hurt a hair on her head! He sighed again looking down at his throbbing knuckles. If only he had asked her to join him for dinner, perhaps none of this would have happened. She had looked so happy to be freeing her friend from their suspect list. He stared out the window and watched the sun settling behind the buildings around headquarters. Quickly he snapped back and returned to finding any clue he could as to where they had taken her. He started by calling Brian's supervisor to find out what he could about his undercover operation.

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Kono had been knocked out once she had shoved into the van. She awoke with a pounding headache and feeling very disorientated. Memories of what had happened returned and she suddenly shot up to a sitting position, realising that her hands were tied behind her back. The back of the van was dark due to all the windows being tinted and she could vaguely see that they were driving up a steep hill towards a remote side of the island. It looked like they were heading to a farm of some sort. She knew that she needed to be able to tell Steve where she was when she could find a way to send him a message. He must be going insane. The driver's area had been sealed off from the back of the van and she couldn't see or hear her attackers. "Brian!" Suddenly she remembered that he had also been shoved in a van. Kono felt a sudden chill move over her whole body. Fear was beginning to take over her. Her eyes misted up, but she quickly shook her head and tried to concentrate on finding a way out of this mess. Her team mates had promised they would do everything they could to protect her, she knew she needed to keep believing that they were doing everything they could to get to her. Her thoughts were interrupted when the vehicle made an abrupt stop which flung Kono back onto the floor of the van. The door swung open and Kono squinted as a torch shone in her face.

"You! Get up!" the man's voice was harsh. He was a big man, she didn't think she'd be able to get a upper hand on him so she didn't struggle.

It was now nightfall and Kono was struggling to see the area around her. She tried hard not to make it look obvious, only moving her eyes to survey the area she was being dragged to. Up ahead of her was a tatty wooden building, probably a shed of some sorts, she decided. The men opened the small side door to the shed and pushed her forwards. She crashed onto the dirt floor and could hear the men laughing at her as she struggled with her hands behind her back.

"Kono" She quickly looked up and saw her friend, all bloodied and bruised. He had obviously been here a while before her and he had taken a hard beating.

"Brian! Are you ok?"

One of the men kicked her side, "Shut up!" She felt like she had gotten the wind knocked out of her. They pushed her into the corner that Brian was sitting in. She sent a glare in the direction of one of the men that had been manhandling her. Once they had started to go about other business she turned to Brian. His face was bruised and it looked like he had taken a couple of hard hits to his chest. Probably the result of his captors kicking him.

"You ok?"

"Yeah. What happened? Who are these people? " She was careful to whisper.

"They are Ian's goons. Kono… I'm so sorry! I never wanted to get you in the middle of all this."

"Hey, I'm a big girl now! Not the same old little girl you used to know. My friends will get us out of here soon! We just gotta hang on a bit longer." She tried to reassure him with a smile. "We need to find a way to get a message to Steve and the guys. Where are all the other goons?"

"I don't know. Only one guy brought me in here and then those two that had you joined. I think there were about six or seven of them, but I can't be sure." He stopped talking and stared into her eyes "You're amazing, you know that?" Kono didn't have time to reply to the words.

"Hey! I thought I told you two to shut up!" The goon was about to give Kono another kick when a voice behind him made him stop in his tracks.

"That won't be necessary."

Kono and Brian glared at Ian as he moved slowly towards them. He motioned for his subordinates to bring some chairs to the middle of the room. One of the men grabbed Kono roughly and the other grabbed Brian with the same amount of force. They forced them to sit on the chairs. Ian walked towards Kono and brushed his hand against her face. She shuddered at his touch and turned her head, trying to pull it away from his reach. "We meet again Ms Kono." He turned from her and kicked Brian's chair, making him collapse to the ground. "You! You were supposed to be trustworthy, but now I find out you're a cop, along with your pretty little friend here!" He kicked Brian's side, leaving him groaning in pain.

"Hey, leave him alone!" The tall blonde man turned at the sound of Kono's voice and slapped her through the face.

"Speak only when you are spoken to!" He turned and faced Brian again. " I need to know what you know and what evidence you have against me. If I don't get it I'm gonna have to find a way to make you talk." He looked at Kono when he spoke and it made her shudder. " And I've a feeling our little feisty friend here will be a good enough reason for you to start blabbing."

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Steve paced up and down the office with determination while he waited for Chin to return. All the thoughts in his mind were doing a number on him. He stopped pacing and fell back into his office chair. His mind was now preoccupied with thoughts of Kono. How he would catch her smiling to herself in her office sometimes, he hadn't dared ask her the reason, it was just nice to see her smile. She had such passion for her friends and family. He longed to see that fire in her eyes. How she was always one step ahead of him in terms of gathering evidence and checking up on leads. If she were here, she would have found a place that we could look for her already! His eyes were strained. He had been following up on leads for the past 2 hours and he had nothing to show for it! It was nearly 9pm and still not even a clue as to where she could be! He picked up a photo of the team which was in a frame on his bookcase. She loved being with 'her boys'! She would be fine! She was good at handling tough situations, she had to be!

"Boss!" Chin almost seemed out of breath when he barged into Steve's office. With one swift turn Steve was facing his team mate, eager to hear some good news. "Komekona thinks he might know somebody who would be able to find out where they are keeping her. Its gonna take a couple of hours though."

"We don't have hours. God knows what they are doing with her right now! The way I see it is that they know Brian is undercover and they are going to use Kono as leverage to get information out of him."

"It's the only help he could give me." Chin looked downwards, feeling a little guilty that he could not do more to help his cousin.

"ok, it's a start. We've just gotta wait for Danny and maybe he has something we can work on so long." Steve felt bad for snapping at Chin. He realised that he needed to remember that he wasn't the only one who cared about her.

Danny burst in through the glass doors and seemed to out of breath from the run up the stairs. "They found one of the vans! HPD found one of the vans! They are holding a suspect down at the precinct. Let's go ladies!" He motioned for them to follow him out the building.

Chin and Steve looked at each other as if new hope had been given to the case. They quickly followed Danny out of the building.

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A small amount of blood trickled down Kono's face, originating from the corner of her mouth. She turned her head and wiped it on her shoulder. As she turned her head she caught a glimpse of a cellphone sticking out of one of the goons back pocket. If she could get hold of it she'd be able to call Chin or Danny…or Steve. Somebody would be able to come and help them. She wished she could turn back the hands of time and for it to be the night before. She felt so safe lying in Steve's arms. She inhaled which caused a sharp pain in her side from the blow she had received earlier. Her thoughts were interrupted by Ian's voice.

"So, what am I going to do with you two?"

"How about let us go?" Kono knew that she was in danger of being slapped again, but she didn't care. Brian was hurt badly and she wanted to absorb as much of the attention away from him as possible.

"You are quite a feisty little thing aren't you? I might have some use for you a little later." He ran his fingers over her arms and brought his face centimetres away from hers. She glared back at him with hatred in her eyes and proceeded to spit in his face. He slapped her again, a little harder this time. She felt the sting and her face started to throb. Brian made a movement while still lying on the floor. Kono could see that he wanted to get up and protect her, but he was too weak and struggled with his hands tied behind his back. She watched the tall man walk away towards his goons. For the first time in a long time Kono started to feel fear, real raw fear. This man was a monster. From what she had heard from Brian earlier in the day he had done some pretty awful things to innocent people who stood in his way. And if she assumed right, he was a fan of slow and painful torture. She bit her lip and kept looking around to surveil the area and her options of getting out of the restraints she was in. There was a sharp edge on the steel chair and she started to rub the duct tape against it in the hopes of it wearing through. She closed her eyes and said a prayer that her team mates would reach her soon! A single tear slid down her cheek.