Holly picked up her phone and called Steve.
"Hi honey," Steve said as he answered the phone.
"Steve, you've gotta come home right now," Holly said.
"Honey, calm down. What happened?"
"It's Kekoa. She's gone."
"Gone? What do you mean she's gone?"
"I put her in the crib and I went to the bathroom, when I came back she was gone. She's not in her crib anymore," Holly said very hysterically.
"I'm on my way," Steve said and he hung up the phone and walked out of his office.
"What's going on Steve?" Danny said when he saw the look on his partner's face.
"It's Kekoa. She's been kidnapped."
"What?!" Kono said.
"Who would kidnap a 4 week old baby?" Danny said.
About 10 minutes later they arrived at Steve's house. Holly was sitting on the couch crying and holding one of Kekoa's toys when Steve entered the house. She stood up as soon as she saw Steve and fell into his arms.
"It's gonna be okay honey, we'll get her back," Steve said as he put his arms around her.
"What happened?" Danny asked.
"I put her in the crib right here so she could get some sleep and I went to the bathroom. I was only gone for like 2 minutes or so and when I came back she wasn't in her crib anymore," Holly said.
"You didn't hear anyone coming in the house?" Steve asked.
"No, no one. And the door wasn't open and I didn't see anyone outside. Why would someone kidnapped something so small and innocent?"
"Listen honey, we're gonna find her and we're gonna bring her back home safely, okay."
"But we don't know where to start, we don't know who took her and where."
"Chin, Kono, check around the house, see if he might have left something behind."
Chin and Kono went outside. Then Steve's phone rang. It was a blocked number. Steve answered the phone.
"McGarrett."
"Commander McGarrett, I assume you're wife told you what happened," the man said.
Steve signaled to Danny to trace the call.
"Where is my daughter?!" Steve said.
"She's safe, for now."
"Listen to me you son a bitch. If anything happens to her I will come after you!"
"I don't think you're in a position to make threats, commander."
"What do you want?"
"I want you."
"So take me instead and let her go. She's just a small baby."
"I'll let her go when I've got what I want," the man said and he hung up.
"Did you get him Danny?" Steve asked.
"No, it was a burn phone," Danny said.
"Damn it."
"What did he want Steve?" Holly asked.
"He wanted me. He's trying to lure me out."
"Could you hear who it was?" Danny asked.
"No, his voice was altered."
Chin and Kono walked back inside.
"Find anything?" Steve asked.
"We found some boot prints out of the backdoor and we did find something in the sand behind your house," Chin said as he showed the object to them.
"That's Kekoa's," Holly said. "It's her bracelet."
"I'll get it to the lab, maybe they'll get some prints off of it," Kono said.
Kono and Chin went back to HQ. Danny stayed with Steve and Holly. Holly sat down on the couch.
"Danny, see if you can find out anything about the person who called me. See if you can decrypt the voice," Steve said.
"On it," Danny said and sat down at the table with his laptop.
Steve sat down next to Holly on the couch. Holly leaned against his shoulder and Steve put his arm around her.
"Don't worry baby, we'll get her back. It's gonna be okay," Steve said.
"I hope you're right honey," Holly said.
"Guys, I think I have something," Danny said and Steve and Holly got up from the couch and walked to Danny.
"What have you got?" Steve asked.
"I've managed to decrypt the voice a little," Danny said and he played the audio file. "Do you recognize it?"
"It sounds a bit familiar but I can't place it," Steve said. "Play it again."
Steve listened closely trying to identify anything that could lead to who he is.
"I can't place it. I recognize the voice but I can't connect it with a face or a name," Steve said.
Then Kono called.
"Yeah Kono," Steve said as he answered the phone.
"Lab pulled some DNA of the bracelet. It belongs to a Jason Asona. Name sound familiar?" Kono said.
"Jason Asona? Doesn't ring a bell," Steve said.
"He was arrested a couple years ago for a DUI. Other than that he has no priors."
"Find out anything you can about him, anything in his past. Maybe there's a connection somewhere."
"Will do. Let you know if I find something."
"Thanks Kono," Steve said and he hung up the phone. "DNA on the bracelet belonged to a Jason Asona. Does he sound familiar to you?"
"No, I've never heard that name. Why would he kidnap Kekoa?"
"Don't know. Kono is trying to dig up anything she can about him."
Steve's phone rang again. It was a blocked number again.
"Yeah," Steve said as he answered the phone.
"Listen very carefully. If you wanna see your daughter again you'll do exactly as I say."
"I want to know my daughter is fine, and then we'll talk."
"You're in no position to make demands commander."
"If you want me do to as you say I need to know my daughter is safe."
"Fine, I'll send you a picture."
Steve received the picture. He saw his little girl. She was lying in a crib.
"You see commander, she's fine. She will stay that way as long as you do what I ask."
"What do you want?"
"An exchange."
"What kind of exchange?"
"My buddy for your daughter."
"Who's you buddy?"
"Sang min."
"You want me to get you Sang Min? He's in jail."
"I know. You put him there. You have one hour to make a decision, commander," the man said and the phone went dead.
"He wants you to break Sang Min out of jail?" Danny asked.
"Yes and then exchange Sang Min for Kekoa."
"He's crazy."
"Yeah he is, but I've got no choice if I want to get Kekoa back."
"So what you're just gonna get Sang Min out of jail and give him to this guy."
"What choice do I have Danny! I want Kekoa back. Wouldn't you do the same if it was Grace?"
"Then we need to figure out a plan to get Sang Min back after we made the exchange."
Kono and Chin came back to the house.
"Boss, we find something on Jason Asona," Kono said.
"What have you got Kono?" Steve said.
"We found a connection to Sang Min."
"That would explain why he wanted to exchange Sang min," Danny said.
"What do you mean exchange?" Chin said.
"Jason called, he wanted to exchange Sang Min for Kekoa," Holly said.
"Do you have any idea where he could be?" Steve asked.
"We found a car in his name and tracked it to a house in Manoa."
"Is it still there?" Steve asked.
"As far as we know it is, but we don't know if he is," Chin said.
"There's one way to find out," Steve said.
"You just wanna storm the place?" Holly said.
"We'll be careful. We'll make sure if he and Kekoa are there first and if they are we will proceed with caution so she won't be hurt. I want you to stay here. Just in case."
"Fine. Just be careful and bring her back."
"I will. Let's go."
They left and about 30 minutes later they arrived at the house. They used a heating detector to see if he was inside. They found one man inside and they also saw a smaller person. They didn't know for sure but the thought it was Kekoa. Kono went a little higher to get a good bird's eye view with the sniper rifle. She matched the person sitting there to the photo they got from the arrest report. She got a glimpse of the other person.
"Jason is in the house. Looks like he has Kekoa with him," Kono said.
"Where in the house is he?" Steve asked.
"He's in the living room on the couch. Kekoa is in a crib next to the couch."
"Can you see if he's armed?"
"No, can't see."
"Okay, keep your eyes on him and Kekoa. We're going in."
Just as they were about to go in Steve's phone rang. It was the blocked number again.
"Yeah," Steve said as he answered the phone.
"Have you made your decision yet commander?"
"How do I know if I bring you Sang Min you will give me back my daughter?"
"You're just gonna have to trust me. So do we have a deal?"
"Yeah, we have a deal."
"Good, I'll send you the location where we'll make the exchange. Be there in an hour."
"Alright," Steve said and he hung up the phone. "Kono, tell me Jason was just on the phone?"
"Yeah he was. He just hung up," Kono said.
"Alright, let's go. But be careful I don't want Kekoa to get hurt," Steve said.
They moved in. Steve and Danny went to the front door and Chin to the back door. The back door was open. Chin moved in quietly till he got to the living room. He saw Jason and kept cover behind the wall. Steve kicked in the front door and he and Danny moved in with their guns raised. Jason was caught by surprise as he saw Steve moving towards him. He tried to get up to get to grab Kekoa.
"Don't even think about it," Chin said who came around the corner.
"Get down on your knees. Hands behind your head," Steve said.
Jason dropped to his knees.
"You messed with the wrong people," Steve said.
"How did you know where I was?"
"You left some DNA on the bracelet that fell of Kekoa's arm when you took her and we tracked your car here. Book'em Danno," Steve said and he went to Kekoa and picked her up. "It's okay baby, daddy's here."
"She's okay?" Chin asked.
"Yeah she looks fine. Come on let's go."
Danny, Chin and Kono went back to HQ after they dropped off Jason at HPD and Steve returned home with Kekoa. Holly was sitting on the couch when Steve walked in with Kekoa in his arms.
"Look who's here," Steve said when he walked in.
Holly stood up from the couch and took Kekoa from Steve's arms and held her close to her.
"It's okay baby, mommy's here. You're safe now," Holly said. "You get the guy?"
"Yeah we did, he's going away for a while," Steve said.
"Good. I'm glad that we have her back and that she's fine. I was so worried when I saw her empty crib."
"Yeah I can only imagine. But we have her back and she's fine so all is good. I just can't believe he would do such a thing just to get Sang Min released from prison."
"Yeah he's crazy."
"Yeah and he's going away and we have our little girl back," Steve said and he kissed Holly and gave Kekoa a kiss on her head.
