Steve stopped when he noticed the car. No way. It couldn't be, could it? The car was exactly the same car as the one Catherine had, his Catherine. Steve stepped closer so he could see the car better and see the license plate. He looked at the license plate and had to take a deep sigh.
"You okay Steve?" Danny asked.
"It's Catherine's car."
"What? Catherine, as in your Catherine?"
"Yeah, this is her car."
"We'll test the blood immediately against Catherine's," Duke spoke.
"Don't worry Steve, we'll find out what happened," Kono tried to comfort her boss.
". She dropped me off at Richards Street this morning since my car was still here and then she went to work."
"Commander, we've got a blood trail over here," one of the HPD officers called. The team quickly walked over the HPD officer. "I found a blood trail from the car and it's leading towards the woods."
"Duke, get the K9 unit over here."
The K9 unit was already there since they had found blood but no person in the car. Some policer officers with dogs came over and let the dogs get the scent of the blood. The dogs walked off into the woods and the others followed them. When they were a couple miles in the dogs stopped. They all looked to see what was going on when they spotted a cabin in the woods.
"Looks like the blood trail leads there," Steve stated.
Carefully they made their way up to the cabin with their weapons ready. Steve was the first one to walk onto the porch of the cabin. He knocked on the door, standing there ready with his gun. When no one answered he knocked again but still no one answered. Steve kicked in the door and everyone walked in with their guns drawn. They searched the entire cabin but they couldn't find anyone. The blood trail did lead to this house, so whoever it was that was bleeding was here at the house. But there was no sign of them anymore. Steve wondered what was going on and where Catherine was. He had tried calling her but she didn't answer, her phone was in the car. Was she the one that was hurt? Why did she run from the crime scene? Had someone forced her off the road and took her? Steve really hoped the blood wasn't Catherine. They searched through the entire cabin but they couldn't find anything. It's like they had disappeared into thin air. Steve went outside the cabin to see where they could have gone to. There was nothing but woods around. They were here not shortly after the accident so they couldn't have gotten that far, especially injured. There was blood leading up to the cabin but nothing further. So they probably stopped the bleeding somehow. The dogs had lost the scent so they couldn't track further.
"Commander," Duke spoke as he walked up to Steve. "We got the blood results back from the blood found in the car."
"And….?"
"It's a match for Catherine's."
"Damn it," Steve cursed. Steve gathered everyone around. "Alright listen up. We're gonna split up in groups of two, each going a different side. Look for any kind of disturbance or something that could point us in the right direction. The blood in the car does belong to Catherine Rollins, she's ohana so let's find her. They can't have gotten that far so let's go."
Steve took Danny and they went off in one direction.
"Don't worry Steve, we'll find her."
"That was quite the amount of blood she lost Danny."
"I know, but Catherine's tough. She'll get through this."
"We don't know who has her or why."
"Maybe no one, maybe she just ran."
"From what? If it was just an accident she would've stayed in the car. She wouldn't have run into the woods. Either she ran into the woods to get away from someone or they dragged her into the woods."
"Jerry is looking through the security cameras to see where Catherine has been with her car and maybe he can find the people who took her. Too bad this spot is in a dead zone so we can't see what happened here."
Steve and Danny walked through the woods and looked on the ground and at the bushes to see if they could find a trace of Catherine. They had walked a couple miles already when they reached the road on the other side of the woods.
"Perhaps they escaped in a car here," Danny suggested.
"Yeah but then they would've planned ahead to steer the car off her or they called someone to picked them up." Steve grabbed his phone. "But the cell service isn't that great down here."
Steve found some tire tracks and took some pictures of it. It they had gone in a car down here they could be anywhere. Without really anything new they all went back to the office.
"Anything Jerry?" Steve asked as they walked into the office, desperate to find Catherine.
"I looked at the cams where Catherine's car was but so far no luck in finding someone who took her. I'm also looking at the cams on the other side of the wood but there aren't that many so haven't spotted anything yet."
"Alright keep looking."
Steve went to his office and sat down at his desk. Steve couldn't believe that someone had taken Catherine, his Catherine. He knew she was very capable of taking care of herself but he worried about her. Given that the blood found in the car belonged to Catherine, it didn't look good. He wondered who had taken Catherine and why. Was it connected to one of Five-0s cases or did it have something to do with a case Catherine was working on with the ATF? Steve was shocked out of his thoughts when his phone rang.
"McGarrett," Steve answered the phone.
"Is this Steve McGarrett?"
"Yes it is, who's this?"
"This is agent Brian Johnson with the ATF. I'm calling about Catherine Rollins, she's your fiancé right?"
"Yeah she is, but she's missing."
"Missing? What do you mean missing? She didn't show up for work this morning, we had no idea where she was and we couldn't reach her so we thought perhaps you would know."
"We caught the case just now. Her car went off the road into the woods. There was some blood in the car that belonged to Catherine. We tracked her into the woods but she disappeared. We have no idea what happened, if someone took her or if she was running from anyone. I saw her this morning, she dropped me off at the palace and then went to the office. Something must have happened. Could this have something to do with any of your cases Catherine was working on?"
"Not that I can think of right away, but we'll look into it. Can you send everything over you have so far? We'll keep you in the loop if we have something if you do the same for us."
"Yeah of course, anything to get Catherine back."
"Alright, I'll keep you posted. We'll get her back and Catherine can take care of herself."
"Yeah I know she can, I just hope we find her soon."
"You and me both."
Steve hung up the phone and walked to the main room. Kono was now with Jerry at the computer table looking for information on Catherine.
"Hey Kono, can you send everything we have so far to agent Johnson at the ATF? They're gonna help us to try and find Catherine."
"Sure thing boss. Did he give you any reasons why Catherine could have been taken?"
"No, he couldn't think of something but they were gonna look into the cases Catherine was working to see if there was a connection. They would contact us if they have something more. Have you found anything yet?"
"No nothing yet. The woods are pretty much a camera dead zone."
"Alright keep looking."
….
Steve and Catherine drove together to work. The ATF building was close to the Five-0 HQ. Catherine dropped Steve off. She stopped at Richards Street. Steve would get out there since Punchbowl Street was closed for construction. It was only a short walk to the office so Catherine didn't need to drive all the way around.
"Have a good day today and be careful," Catherine told Steve.
"Always, you too." Steve leaned over and gave Catherine a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too. See you tonight."
"Yeah see you."
Steve got out and walked to the palace. Catherine pulled into the street and drove towards the office. She was about to pull into the parking lot for the office when a HPD car drove in front of her and signaled to her to follow the car. Wondering what was going on she followed the HPD car. They drove down Punchbowl Street and took a left onto Ala Moana Boulevard and then pulled into Forrest Avenue. Here the HPD car stopped down the side of road. Catherine stopped behind the car and saw two police officers coming out, both wearing HPD uniforms.
"Good morning officer, what can I help you with?" Catherine spoke.
"You stopped at a place but that wasn't allowed."
"On Richards Street? That has never been a problem before."
"It has just changed."
Suddenly the other HPD officer got into Catherine's car.
"What are you doing?"
He pulled his gun and pointed it at Catherine. "Just drive. Do as I say and nobody gets hurt."
Wondering what was going on Catherine started driving and followed the instructions that were given to her.
…..
"Steve, we got something," Kono called.
Steve walked out of his office and into the main area. "What have you got?"
"We found Catherine's car. She dropped you off at the crossing with Richards Street. Just after that she apparently got picked up by HPD. I didn't think anything off it at first but she had to follow the car and they pulled into Forrest Avenue. Now there are no cameras on that street but I was able to get the footage of one of the cameras of the warehouses there."
Kono showed the footage on the screen. They watched what happened once Catherine was stopped.
"It's too far so no luck on facial reg but the HPD car was stolen this morning."
"So the two man posing as HPD officers are not HPD?"
"It seems not. I send the footage to Duke but the HPD officers didn't look familiar to him."
"Why would two men pose at HPD officers and take Catherine?"
"I don't know. HPD doesn't have a lead so far as to who stole the HPD car. It was stolen when the officers went to get some coffee. There was footage on the street the car was parked but they kept their faces away from the camera. But comparing those two footages it does seem like it are the same guys."
"Any luck on finding Catherine's car after that?"
"They drove through Honolulu for a while but then not much footage as they drove down the Pali Highway. Her car was found here near the Maunawili Falls via Demonstration Trail. There's a trail right there so the cyclers on that trail found the car. Based on what we found it seems like Catherine and perhaps her kidnapper wandered into the woods. You guys found tire tracks on Lopaka Way. So they probably got in a car over there. But there are not many cameras around there so we can't say for sure. HPD is doing a canvas in the area but nothing so far."
"This was well thought through. First they pull her over in a place where not many cameras are and tell her to drive somewhere. But why the Pali Highway?"
"Perhaps they knew there are not that many cameras there so they figured they could disappear," Danny spoke.
"Yeah perhaps, but that doesn't explain the get-a-way car that was there when Catherine's car went off the road. They are not that stupid I think to plan a car getting off the road. They could've been injured badly themselves."
"So what you're saying is that Catherine intentionally drove her car off the road."
"Yes, so she could get away from them. But she got injured herself. She tried to run but he caught up with her. He probably called for his partner and he picked them up on the other side. But the question is, where are they now and what do they want with Catherine."
