Author's notes: hey guys I'm back! This is gonna be a short chapter but be patient with me I will update a longer one very soon!

"WHAT?" Steve shouted so loud that the team jumped in surprise.

"Okay okay thank you Sergeant, and thank you to all your personnel, we'll be there shortly." Steve thanked Sergeant Lukela and hung up the phone.

"Steve! Steve! What happened?" Kono asked urgently. All eyes in the room were glued on Steve.

"They've found where Wo Fat had kept Karly and found a lot of blood on her shirt. Early examinations don't look good." Steve said, slumping.

"Steve… she's gonna be okay, I know it. You have to believe that she's okay." Kono said herself unsure whether Karly will be okay but everyone had to remain optimistic.

"Look I know you're worried and all that but we have to go down to the crime scene now so chop chop!" Danny urged everyone.

Steve and Danny were riding in his Camaro and as usual, Steve was driving.

"So… did you talk to Kono at all after you got back?" Danny questioned Steve knowingly.

"What? What is there to talk about?" Steve responded.

"Seriously? You don't think I know about the kiss?" Danny sat back and chuckled. He recalled Karly's excitement when she told them about Steve and Kono's little goodbye kiss.

"WHAT? YOU KNOW?" Steve accidentally slammed the brakes and nearly caused an accident.

"Of course I know, Karly saw you guys and the moment you got on the plane and Kono walked ahead, she burst in happiness telling us. So relax babe, she approves." Danny said, getting excited. It was long overdue that his partner and the rookie finally got together.

"Well that's good I guess. What about Chin?" Steve said, sighing in relief. That's one obstacle out of the way, now all that remains was Chin.

"Chin knew all along buddy. He's probably gonna have the whole 'Break her heart and I'll break your face' talk sooner or later."

"I'm just not sure Danny… what if things don't work out? What if we have an awful break up? That's just unfair to the rest of you." Steve was always studiedly selfless.

"What if you guys are meant to be? What if you guys end up together? You can't just stop yourself based on the negatives; you gotta go for it because there are positives. Even if there is only one reason to do it, you gotta go for it because you know you'll regret it if you don't."

"Gee thanks Dr Phil." Steve remarked sarcastically, but also taking in Danny's words to his heart.

"Well it's what you take from a failed marriage."

The team was assessing the crime scene for any clue as to where Karly could be. The broken door suggested that Karly could've escaped on her own, which would be an encouraging sign. Steve was canvassing the area for any clues when he finds a few strands of hair.

"Hey Kono come here for a second." Steve called out to Kono as he bent down to examine it.

"Yea boss?"

"There's brown strands of hair here… do you think this was Karly's?" Steve held the hair up for Kono to examine.

"Yep that's a girl's hair. Wait a second, let me look around." A light bulb suddenly turned on in Kono's head. She got up and canvassed the area around it and sure enough, found more strands of hair.

"Yep looks like those fairytale stories paid off." Kono said to herself, smiling.

"Fairytale? What?" Steve said, looking at Kono as if she was insane.

"Yep you know the fairytale where the princess leaves strands of her hair for her prince charming to pick up on that and rescue her?" Kono recalled.

"That's my girl." Steve smiled. He and Kono followed the hairs that were left by Karly until they were lead to a cave.

"Prepare yourself, assassins could be in there." Steve said, not wanting to think about whether Wo Fat had gotten to her first. Steve and Kono pulled their guns out and entered the cave cautiously. They went quite a way into the cave when Steve detected blood.

"Okay there's blood over here, we gotta be getting close." Steve said, taking a deep breath before advancing. He was either going to find his daughter dead or alive. Kono suddenly saw a body lying on the floor.

"Steve… I think I've found Karly." Kono said, with a sickly feeling in her stomach, this wasn't looking good. Steve immediately ran up to the body and check for any signs of life.

"Is she…alive?" Kono asked, her heart beating furiously. Steve turned to her with a frantic expression.

"Kono get EMT's down here NOW. There's still a faint pulse." Steve shouted, holding onto his daughter for dear life.

"Karly if you can hear me, please know that I love you and I need you to survive. I know I haven't been the perfect father but I swear I'll make amends. Please live, for me." Steve said desperately as tears flowed from his eyes.

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