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Chapter 14

Steve and Danny were back in Abel's living room, to talk to him. But Abel was unresponsive. Vienna and her mother were constantly walking up and down the stairs to take care of him.

'I'm sorry,' Vienna sighed when she had a moment to talk to Steve and Danny. 'Abel is having some mental…something…we have never seen something like this before.'

'Do you know how it happened?' Danny asked and Vienna shook her head with tears in her eyes.

'I think it was connected to this phone call he received…but I can't be sure,' she told them. 'Neither do I know who called him…'

'But if you have to guess?' Steve carefully pushed.

'His brother…Jeffrey,' Vienna answered. Steve nodded. He had been thinking the same. And judging from Danny's look, his partner had thought the same.

'Is it okay if we checked your phone records?' Danny asked. 'Then we might be able to trace the phone call.' Vienna nodded.

'I don't care what you do,' she told them. 'All I want is Abel back like he was before he stopped taking his medication. Now I have to listen twenty-four hours to his memories of October seventeenth.'

'Is there a place on the island where Abel used to come to feel safe?' Steve suddenly wondered.

'Umm…he used to go into the jungle several times a week,' Vienna answered. 'I asked him about it but he never really explained. He told me it was his safe place…'

'Can you bring us there?' Danny asked and Vienna nodded.

Between the trees they could see some kind of building. Steve told Kono and Chin to approach the building from behind and he and Danny would approach it from the front. Maybe Abel had told his brother about this place. A place where Jeffrey could be hiding, planning everything. Because for Jeffrey it was all a game. And you could only continue playing a game if you left a trace, clues for the other players to follow. They reached the door and Steve counted till three before kicking in the door. Chin and Kono entered at the same time. But there was no one inside the building.

'What is this?' Kono asked while she looked around. The walls were covered with drawings of circles. Steve ripped one of the wall to take a closer look.

'I have no idea,' he answered when the closer look didn't help much.

'What about 'circle of life'' Danny suggested and Steve glanced at him. 'I mean: he wants your child, which is the continuation of your life…your blood: the circle of life.'

'But how do we know for sure that Jeffrey been here?' Chin asked.

'Because there is no quitting,' Steve said and the others looked at him. Steve pointed at the table. There is no quitting was carved into the wood.

'Maybe we should leave,' Danny said. 'Put surveillance on it in case Jeffrey comes back here. Then we can catch him.'

'He isn't coming back,' Steve replied. 'He knew we were coming here. He knows his brother. Abel would talk because Abel isn't the man you ask for secret hiding places. Jeffrey already knows we're here.'

'Seems like you know our Jeffrey really well,' Danny told him.

'Yeah, you tend to get to know a person when that person wants to destroy you,' Steve answered bitterly. 'I studied his file. I talked to him and his family. I think I'm right when I say that he already knows we're here.'

'You always think you're right,' Danny replied.

'Umm, boss, found something,' Kono said and she pointed at a device underneath the table, stuffed into the farthest corner. She took a closer look. 'Shit, it's a bomb and it is counting down!' Neither one of them needed to hear that another time as they ran out of the building. When they were out of harm's way, the building exploded.

'Do you agree now when I say that he knew we were inside?' Steve asked Danny, who nodded.

'What did I tell you about this case?' governor Denning said angrily. 'I told you to stay away from it! That the other team would handle Manning! You are all too close to this case. Look what happened! You almost got blown up.'

'With all due of respect, sir, the other team didn't find this location,' Steve answered. 'They don't know Manning like we do…'

'I don't care about your excesses!' the governor interrupted angrily. 'You don't give them a chance to get to know him. You're constantly involving you with the case. I'm suspending all four of you!'

'Sir…' Steve started to protest but governor Denning shook his head.

'You should be happy that I didn't arrest the four of you for interfering with a current investigation!' he told Steve. 'Steve, just go home and spend time with your girlfriend. Prepare for the arrival of your child. Stop thinking about Manning. We have it covered.'

'Yes, sir,' Steve replied, not agreeing at all. He looked over his shoulder at Danny, Chin and Kono, who were waiting for him at the car. He turned back to governor Denning. 'Was this all, sir?' The governor nodded and Steve headed towards the car.

'Oh, commander, don't let me catch you working on this case!' governor told him as Steve walked away. 'Because then I'll be forced to arrest you!'

'So what is happening?' Chin asked curiously.

'We're all suspended for working on the case,' Steve told them. 'And when the governor catches us working on it, we'll end up in jail for interfering.'

'So we just have to make sure he doesn't catch us?' Kono asked and Steve nodded. Smiling Five-0 got in the cars and drove home.

'Are you sure that you don't want to stay any longer?' Steve asked when he was saying goodbye to Mary, who was heading back to LA. Mary laughed and she pulled Steve into a hug.

'LA is waiting for me,' she told him. 'My work wants me back. I'll be back when the baby is born…so call me when it happens.'

'You have an actual job?' Steve joked and Mary punched him against his arm. Catherine decided to stop brother and sister from more punching by stepping between them.

'It was great having you here,' she told Mary. 'The baby and I will miss your delicious food.' Mary laughed and she pulled Catherine into a hug as well.

'Come on, sis,' Steve said. 'Your flight is boarding.'

'I thought I needed to stay,' Mary joked. 'That you were keeping me here until I missed my flight and had to stay…you disappoint me.'

'Well, if you don't leave soon, I'll end up with the crying pregnant woman who can't stop crying,' Steve joked as he wrapped his arm around Catherine's waist and kissed her temple. He had noticed that Catherine had been fighting against the tears.

'Ooh, Catherine,' Mary smiled. 'Don't worry, I'll be back soon.'

'Hormones,' Catherine mumbled while she wiped away some escaped tears.

'Of course,' Steve laughed and he gave her another kiss.

'Alright,' Mary said. 'Before I start to cry as well, and I don't have an excuse, I should leave. Call me when the baby is going to be born! I don't want to miss my little nephew or niece!' They hugged one more time and then Mary walked to her gate.

'Are you okay?' Steve asked worried as he held her hand while she stepped over the stones. Catherine sighed.

'Steve, I know that I'm pregnant,' she told him. 'But I'm still capable to step over a few stones without you worrying all the time. Look, I'm already next to you, without any harm done.' She smiled at him and Steve leaned in to kiss her.

'I don't want anything happening to you or our baby,' Steve whispered at her. 'Especially not when I'm taking you to this beautiful spot to have an amazing lunch…which I maybe should have done before you were thirty weeks pregnant.'

'Don't tell me we're going back, commander,' Catherine joked. 'I'm going to that beautiful spot for the amazing lunch with this amazing man. There is no turning back.' Steve laughed and he pushed a branch out of her way. They were there.

It was a quiet spot, away from all the people, in the jungle. All you heard were the sounds of the jungle. No cars, no voices. Steve smiled as he saw Catherine look around, amazed.

'Why did you wait this long to bring me here?' she asked him. 'This place is amazing.' Steve stepped closer and he pulled her in his arms.

'I waited so long because I wanted this moment to be special,' he told her. 'Bringing you here, had to be special.'

'And your idea of special was when I was thirty months pregnant and sweating like crazy?' Catherine smiled.

'Yes,' Steve answered and he let her to one of the trees Two names were carved into the tree Steve and Mary. 'My parents came here two times. Both times my mom was pregnant. It was this place where they decided on the names of their baby…' Catherine touched Steve's name in the tree. '…I thought we could continue the tradition.'

'But we haven't decided yet,' Catherine told him worried.

'Well, maybe it is time we did,' Steve replied and he grabbed a knife from his backpack. 'So that our child's name can be carved into this tree as well.' Catherine nodded. They looked at each other and then Steve carved the names they came up with in the tree.

'Catherine? Steve?' Steve heard Makan asked from outside the room. He saw the door knob go down and Makan walked into the room. 'Ooh! Sorry! I'll go…umm…outside…sorry.' Steve pulled his hands away from Catherine's bare back and couldn't help to laugh, just like Catherine.

'Makan, it's okay,' Steve laughed and he handed Catherine her shirt. 'You can come back in. We're all decent.' An extremely blushing Makan walked back into the room, looking away from the bed constantly.

'You can look,' Catherine smiled. 'I'm wearing a shirt again.' Makan carefully looked at the bed and Catherine pointed at her shirt. He seemed to relax a little bit.

'I was just giving her a massage,' Steve explained. 'The trip into the jungle was a bit too much for her back.' Makan swallowed and nodded.

'Why did you want to see us?' Catherine asked gently.

'Umm…I…I…I…I was going home…for the night,' Makan stuttered, clearly still shaken by how he had seen Steve and Catherine, while he hadn't seen much.

'Okay,' Steve smiled. 'You know you don't have to come tomorrow, right? Because I'll be home.' Makan slowly nodded.

'Enjoy your free day,' Catherine smiled and Makan nodded again before leaving the room. Catherine turned to Steve, laughing. 'I think we caused him a trauma.'

'Maybe, but he now know to knock before entering the room,' Steve laughed. 'So where were we?' He took her shirt off and kissed her.

TBC.

And I'm back again =D The extremely busy time is over, not with the result I planned, but better than I first thought. So I'm back to posting and writing =D

A big thanks to my sister for posting the last 3 chapters =D