Title: Captured heart
author: Cindy Ryan
notes and summary: See part one

Kono awoke to a dark room. Her head felt three sizes too big and her body was one giant ache. She was lying on a mattress instead of the cot she had been previously. Her confused mind couldn't focus on any other shapes in the dark. Suddenly strong arms gripped her shoulders and Kono fought hitting the person's back and tried to break free.

"Kono, it's me it's Steve!"A familiar voice said. "You're safe; it's over."

Finally Kono's mind registered the person in front of her. A face she thought she'd never see again. Kono stopped struggling and Steve loosened his grip slightly

"You're in the hospital been unconscious for over ten hours."Steve continued quietly

"Did you get him?"Kono asked her voice hoarse.

"No, I was hoping you could give me a description."Steve replied.

Kono shook her head and saw Steve's face fall.

"He made sure I never got a good look."Kono whispered. "I'm sorry."

"We'll get him."Steve vowed as he pulled Kono into an embrace "I promise he won't hurt you again."

The ordeal caught up to Kono then. Safe in Steve's arms she let herself cry.

It was an hour before Kono cried herself out and fell back asleep. Steve gently lowered the young officer to the mattress and pulled the blankets up around her shoulders. Sitting back in the visitor's chair Steve ran a hand over his face. His shirt was damp from Kono's 's anger had built with every sob she cried. Every ounce of pain Kono was in physical or emotional was his fault. He'd find some way to make it up to her. If Kono never wanted to see him again or be a part of five-0 Steve would accept that too. It'd kill him but if it was what she wanted; he'd accept it.

It'd been a long night. Now at three a.m. Steve knew he couldn't go back to sleep. His thoughts were spinning. He'd been counting on Kono's description so they could finally know who the bomber was. The HPD lab was still processing the pine box. The techs had found a container of oxygen in the box and had told Steve that it'd been on it's last legs; nearly empty. The fact that they'd cut it that close combined with how long Kono had been unconscious had made for an uneasy night. Steve had been very relieved when Kono had recognized him.

While in the ER the doctor had ordered a CT scan on Kono. They were worried that the combination of her previous injury and the loss of consciousness then followed so close by being nearly without oxygen that there might be brain damage. The scan had come back clear much to the relief of Chin and the rest of Five-0. Though it wasn't until Kono awoke that Steve finally believed that she'd make a full recovery.

His phone vibrated loud in the quiet. Steve saw Chin's name on the caller ID and frowned. He'd sent Danny and Chin home at midnight with orders to rest. Though it didn't surprise Steve that Chin hadn't been able to rest. Stepping out into the hallway Steve answered the call.

"Chin, Kono woke up about an hour ago. She's sleeping now."Steve explained after greetings were exchanged.

Steve heard his friend let out a long sigh of relief.

"Good."Chin responded quietly. "Any after affects?"

"No, she was a bit disoriented when she first woke up but recognized me and remembered what happened."Steve continued. "What are you still doing up?"

"Tried to sleep but couldn't so came into the office."Chin replied as he stood in the main room of 5-0 looking at the smarttable. "Something about Palm Sugar clicked a memory but I couldn't remember the details for anything. I started digging into the company and then I remembered bit complicated to go into over the phone but I think it might finally lead us to our bomber. Can you come in?"

"On my way."Steve promised as he ended the call.

Returning to Kono's room Steve watched the young woman sleep for a long moment. Walking over to the bed Steve leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on Kono's forehead careful not to wake her.

"I'm sorry , Kono."Steve whispered as he straightened. "For everything."

After a stop at the nurse's station to tell them he was leaving Steve quickly entered the elevator and left the hospital.

When Steve arrived at headquarters Chin had two pictures on the main flatscreen. One on the left was of Palm Sugar in it's heyday. One on the right was of a man in his early fifties with graying blond hair, wire rim glasses and slightly overweight.

"What've we got?"Steve asked as he leaned against the smarttable.

Chin glanced up from the other side of the table.

"If we're right about the Palm Sugar connection..."Chin began tapping on the image on the right enlarging it. "This is Daniel Norton inherited the company from an uncle in the '80's. By the mid-nineties it was already failing."

"Let me guess he decided on a side business."Steve commented.

"Gold star for you."Chin replied as he cleared the image of Palm Sugar and pulled up arrest records. "Trafficking anything and everything from orchids, fashion knock-offs, cocaine and finally diamonds. It was the diamonds that was the memory I couldn't figure out. In 1990 HPD formed a task force to work on high end robberies happening on the island. Your father was a part of it. They took down a lot of people for art theft, jewelry and..."

"Diamonds."Steve finished.

"At the time of his arrest Norton was dealing solely in cocaine and diamonds. Both carried a hefty sentence. Norton died in prison last spring."Chin explained

Steve opened his mouth to speak but closed it when another image appeared on the main flatscreen. This of a skinny man in his late early forties with blond hair and several tattoos.

"Norton had a younger brother Justin."Chin continued grimly. "Only surviving heir and lost everything when his brother was arrested."

"That's motive."Steve surmised quietly. "He have a history with explosives?"

"He went to college in Nevada and did a stint in the Guard to cover tuition."Chin explained.

"Put a BOLO out."Steve ordered his gaze never leaving Norton's picture. "I want it plastered to every agency. Good work, Chin."

Chin nodded as he pulled out his phone to put the alert out. Steve felt his right hand form into a fist and he forced it to relax. They finally had a face and a name. Just a matter of time before they found Norton. Once they did Steve would make sure everything was followed to the letter of the law. He was not letting this Bastard off on a technicality. No matter how tempting it was for Steve to make sure Norton regretted every hearing the name McGarrett he owed it to Kono to keep it together. Knowing Norton was behind bars would help with her healing process. Now Steve just had to make that happen.