He sat in the far corner of the coffee shop in Queens, Price sighed, he was back in New York, it was hard to even believe it had been well over forty-eight hours since Elias' capture, let alone what he did to Raul back in Hawaii. He should be happy though, he was home, but he knew he was changed and wasn't the same man he was eight months before.

He missed her, her lips on his, the touch of her hand on his face, the softness of her skin, Kono had been on his mind a lot lately, not responding to his text messages or even his phone calls and ever since his interrogation of Elias two days ago, had caused him to be worried about her.

"…You see, I never go into business with someone…without knowing everything about him." Elias said, his tone calm, but also had much arrogance in it "Wo Fat, he was too idealistic, he was so bent on revenge that he was unwilling to look at the big picture of things."

"And what is that picture?"

"Simple, you see, with Wo Fat, men like him can be manipulated with fear and simple greed, so when he jumped out of Hawaii and went to Japan after fleeing North Korea, I had to cut my deals with him and go for a third party member. Now, I know you just left Oahu and I know you have a mindset that your Five-0 buddies can handle things there, but, the problem is, your work with them…It's far from being done, people will die, very soon, starting here, and ending there." Elias smirked "Now I know you, you'll try to save everyone, and as you'll soon discover, you can't save everyone."

He couldn't understand what Elias meant, was Kono and the rest of Hawaii in danger? And who was going to die first?

He couldn't see much from his vision, he had decided to sit outside and just think for a while, since he returned, he hadn't slept well, barely getting any sleep trying to find a decent hotel room so he could get some sleep, but his worry about Kono, Bennett's whereabouts were getting to him.

As he people watched, his eyes went wide at the person sitting at the single table diagonal from him, her brown hair rested gently on her shoulders, she wore a gray top, black leather jacket, blue jeans and her boots, the ones he loved, Kono was sitting right across from him.

He wanted to say something, to go over to her and find out why she was there, but she didn't seem to take notice of him, she took the sunglasses next to her and slipped them over her eyes as she walked out of the café.

Obviously, he wasn't going to let that one go down, he stood up, readjusted his denim jacket and followed Kono out and onto the street.

As he walked, he bypassed the crowd, something he was never very good at was crowds, and he just couldn't stand it, the doctor the army made him go see after his discharge, they claimed it was post-traumatic stress disorder, though he knew what it was, he had been dealing with the tight spaces problem since he was a kid, claustrophobia. He snapped out of his thoughts and continued on his mission, he had to find out why she was in New York.

As Kono walked, she had her back to him as he walked through the crowd of people, occasionally moving someone gently with his hands.

"Kono! Wait up!"

He didn't even realize he was about to walk into a clothing line, he ducked into it, though he didn't expect to have a dress shirt over his head, he quickly removed it and handed it to the woman who was behind him, as he moved his hair back again, he saw Kono turning and laughing at him, then just as quickly turning back around and turning a corner.

He lost her, he had been looking for hours and he couldn't find her anywhere, she was gone…again.

Love makes people do stupid things Price, just remember, she'll always be where you looked last.

Chin's words echoed in his mind as he walked down an abandoned road heading back to town, as he looked at the vacant parking lot, it brought back a lot of memories, when Price was a kid, he used to play a lot of hockey there with his friends after school, kind of a hobby.

A pair of eyes locked onto his, Price smiled as Kono smirked at him, sitting in her red Honda civic, she rolled her window up and quickly drove off.

He had to act fast, she was driving onto the main road, as Price looked around, and he saw someone pull up next to him in a 2012 Kia ceranto, none other than Demarco, seemed too convenient for him.

"Dude, what are you doing out here? Kelly has tried to call you for the last few hours and hasn't gotten anything from you." Paul looked at him "You okay? You look terrible."

He nodded and rubbed his temples, lack of sleep was getting to the better of him.

"Yeah I'm good, hey, do you mind if I drive? I got somewhere I need to be."

"Sure," Demarco nodded and got to the passenger's side, he climbed inside as Price started the car and drove off onto the freeway, and Kono's car was racing down the street.

"Price, are you sure you don't want me to drive?" Demarco asked desperately trying to hold onto the handle on the roof of the car

"No, I got it." Price nodded as he drove down the road

"So, how was Hawaii? You know, aside from the fight with McGarrett and hearing about you getting shot, you haven't talked about it."

"It was good; I had a lot of fun hanging out with them, getting to know Five-0…was a lot of fun."

"So, tell me about this girl of yours."

"Kono?" Price hit the break as they approached a red light "Would you believe me if I told you she was right in front of us?"

"Really? Where?"

"Two cars up, the red ford Chevrolet Cruze." He pointed out

Demarco looked out "Price, I don't see anything."

"What are you talking about? She's right there!" Price yelled as the light turned green and he started driving again

"Price, again, I don't see anything." Demarco sighed "Listen, just drop me off at the office, I'm sure you won't crash this thing." Yeah right, he'll destroy my car!

Demarco continued to nag at him until Price eventually dropped him off at his office and sped through the crowd of cars, Kono's car was staring him straight in the face, and he just had to catch her, to get the answers he needed.

Maybe this was why she didn't call him, because she took a plane out to New York to find him? Or was it something else entirely, he continued to follow Kono who led him into an abandoned parking structure that was originally used for the Giant's football stadium.

Price followed Kono as the pair began to head to the roof, the complex's white lines for parking, poles and levels began to climb as they continued to keep going up one level at a time, by the time the roof came into view, Price cut around as the pair exited and went forward ahead a bit, as Kono peered out her side window, she was met with Price's car right in front of her view.

She slammed on her break and stopped the car, skid marks hit the parking lot below her she silently turned the keys out of the engine and got out, Price matched her movement, and her eyes silently met his as she removed her glasses and leaned against her car.

His feet moved quickly beyond his control as he approached her, and they kissed, it was a silent kiss, his hands wrapped around her waist as her fingers went through his hair, and her eyes were closed.

"Kono…why are you here? Why didn't you contact me?" Price asked in a whisper

Kono opened her eyes, no smile or anything was on her face aside from a frown, and it wasn't like her at all.

"You'd better hurry Ryan; it may be too late to save me."

A grim look spread on his face as a black van pulled up beside the cars, the side door opened, as Price looked over, he saw who was getting the door opened, none other than Adam Noshimuri, his dark eyes looked at Kono, who then immediately smiled and ran over to him.

Adam helped Kono into the van and pecked her on the cheek, being able to be seen was Ramirez, who had his arms on his knees, he looked up at Price and smirked, his dead eye shown with life, sitting in the passenger's seat was Bennett, he looked at Price and shook his head.

"What a disgrace." Bennett said

Kono looked back at him and winked "Remember what I said."

As the van door closed, Price was left with the two cars left the way they left them, as the car was about to leave, a gun shot rang through the air. Price's eyes went wide as the van door opened and a body was thrown out.

His legs began to move again, his feet began to move as if on instinct, the body was laying on the ground, he began to get faster and faster as he skidded along the rocks on the ground and confronted the body, his heart was racing with adrenaline and his head was running through the scenarios, he just hoped they were wrong.

As he held the body and flipped it over, his eyes went wide with tears as Kono was dead in his arms, a bullet hole in her head.

"Kono! Wake up!? Please, wake up!" Price yelled "Wake up! Come back! Bring her back! Give her back to me!"

His head snapped up he didn't know how long he had been out, but based on the drool on the table where his mouth was and the spilled coffee near him, he had been out for a while.

"Everything okay sir?"

Price looked up to a waitress standing over him with a coffee pot in her hand, her blonde hair was tied back and her emerald green eyes looked down at him with concern, Price could swear he had seen her before.

"Yeah, I just…" He rubbed his eyes "haven't gotten much sleep."

"What's her name?" The waitress smiled

"How…how did you know that?" Price asked

She sat down in the seat in front of him "I've had to deal with a lot of customers before, and you read under slept love sick puppy." She smirked

"Yeah, I haven't slept well because I haven't heard from her in a long time." Price rubbed his temples "It's been almost a week."

"Well what does she do for a living?"

"She's a major crimes task force member."

"That job could be demanding." The waitress smiled "Don't worry, I'm sure she has a reason why she hasn't called you yet, you'll hear from her. I know it."

"How do you know?"

"Simple, I went through the same thing." She stood and showed him her engagement ring "My husband is a Marine Corps Major; I call him when I can but I hardly hear from him, but he knows I love him."

She patted Price on the shoulder and got back to work; Price shook his head and looked at her "Mom?"

The seat diaonally from him was empty, no one was sitting at the table at all.

"And you're sure you haven't found it yet? Okay, thanks again Assistant Director." Price placed his phone beside his night stand

"What was that about?" Mark asked

"That was the FBI; I asked them about my dad's record, and no such luck. Somehow, they all disappeared, every single thing." Price placed his arm over his eyes

He was back in his hotel room, after the day dream at the café, he called Mark and had him pick Price up so he could get some sleep.

"That's weird. That's really weird." Mark sighed "Why would the FBI loose records?"

"It means someone took them, they impersonated me or someone affiliated with my Dad before advanced screening and background checks." Price sighed

"Well, we'll look into it, if it is Bennett covering his tracks, we need someone to help."

"I know who to get, an old friend of my dad's." Price replied

Mark nodded and took his leave, shutting the door behind him. Price removed his shirt and collapsed on his pillow, his eyes closed and he was out like a light. As he slept, his phone rang with Kono's name coming up on the caller ID.

Okay, double update but to be honest, I've had 25 written for about two months since at about chapter 14 or 15 I cant remember. But this is supposed to follow the insight of the cliffhanger ending. So stay tuned, I promise 26 won't now be up this weekend.