My head feels like hell, Steve thought as he slowly returned to consciousness. Groggily, the Navy SEAL lifted his head while blinking to clear his vision. When he got a hold of his bearing, Steve could see that he was sitting on a grimy warehouse floor with his hands handcuffed around a pole behind his back. He could barely see his teammates in the dark room.
"Danny? Kono? Chin?" Steve called out and received no response. Each team member was in the same predicament as him- Kono was handcuffed to a column while she sat motionless, Chin was unconscious and sitting handcuffed to the leg of metal desk, and Danny was lying unconscious on the floor while his wrist were handcuffed to an old radiator.
"Damn it," Steve muttered in frustration. He leaned forward, pulling the handcuffs against the pole as hard as he could. It was useless- the handcuffs didn't break against the strong structure of the pole. Steve leaned back and rested his head against the pole. How the hell am I supposed to get out of here?
"Uggghhh," Kono suddenly moaned loudly. She opened her eyes, quickly scanned the room, and then pulled her knees up to her chest to rest her head. "Crap."
"Kono?"
The young officer's head shot up at the call of her name. Even though they couldn't see each other in the dark, Kono instantly recognized the voice to be from Steve. "Hey," Kono paused to stretch her sore jaw, "You ok, Steve?"
"Yep, I'm all right," Steve stated. He thought back to seeing Danny in the hallway before knocked out. "What's the last thing you remember?"
"Ummm…." Kono furrowed her brow, thinking hard about the raid on the home. "I remember taking the right side of the house and going against two guys….oh, I got rammed into the side of the house after one of them almost broke my jaw. Chin had taken the left side and Danny had gone through the front door. Where did all those men come from?"
"I don't know- there certainly weren't more than two men in the house when I had walked in," Steve replied. He pulled against his handcuffs again, which sparked a little hope in Kono.
"You have a plan, don't you?" Kono asked while watching Steve rub the handcuffs against the pole.
"Not at the moment, but give me a second. Wait, why do I always have to come up with a plan?"
Because I'm for sure that Danny is going to blame this all on you. You better have a backup plain before he wakes up or he'll raise hell," Kono stated. She tugged against her handcuffs and added, "Also preferably before this Charlie Raymond character and his friends come back-"
A loud creek suddenly echoed throughout the room from what Kono and Steve had assumed to be a lock or handle from the outside of the door of the room. The heavy door to the room slowly creaked open, allowing bright Hawaii sunlight to spill into a part of the room. While the two Five-0 members with concussions winced at the bright light, Charlie Raymond appeared at the doorway with a grin on his face.
"Hello Commander," Charlie said with a deep drawl, much different from their first meeting.
He strutted over to where Steve was sitting and kneeled down next to the SEAL. "Nine hours unconscious is a long time- I was beginning to get impatient."
"You butted me with your gun," Steve growled, "It comes with the territory. Now what do you want?"
"Like I said earlier- all the information that you have on Doris McGarrett." Charlie paused and turned to Kono and give her a wink. In response, the police officer growled in annoyance.
"Don't worry, princess. I'll have a chat with you soon, "Charlie told Kono. He turned back to Steve and sighed loudly. "Commander, commander, commander- don't make me resort to desperate measures to get you to talk. I'd rather not get blood on my new shirt."
"I'm not telling you a damn thing, "Steve snarled, "Bring your best."
Charlie smirked and stood up to face Kono. He took a few steps towards her before hearing a loud groan from Danny. The detective shook his head, allowing a few strands of his blonde hair to fall forward onto his face. Charlie kneeled in front of the detective and watched him lift his head and curse, "Who the hell are you?"
"Charlie Raymond. I'm the one who you tried to take down today," Charlie said in a matter of fact tone. He pulled a pocket knife from his back pocket and held out in front of Danny. Steve anxiously pulled against the handcuffs at the sight of his partner being in danger.
"Let us go and we can have a nice chat," Danny calmly stated.
Charlie flashed the knife in front of Danny. "I know that's a lie, detective. As you may or may not know, I need information regarding Commander McGarrett's mother, but he's being stubborn and I know that the only thing to make him follow through or listen to me is his best friend- you."
Danny smirked. "You really think he listens to me? That's-that's….you really should do your homework, buddy."
"Charlie, don't do this," Steve begged, ignoring Danny's comment, "If you want answers, just deal with me! Leave the rest of the team out of this!"
"All you have to do is tell me what you know about Doris McGarrett!"
Steve bit his lip in frustration and looked over to Danny. The detective kept a calm expression and stared back at Steve with his calm that seemed to say, I trust you.
"Alright, fine! " Steve yelled in fake frustration, "I'll tell you what you need to know- just leave my teammates out of this."
Charlie paused before turning on his heels towards Steve. "Get to talking before I change my mind."
"Ok, Doris McGarrett is alive. She's in HPD protective custody on Maui under the codename Skieland," Steve lied, "That's all I know."
Charlie narrowed his eyes at Steve and growled, "If you are lying to me, Commander, I will come back and kill each and every one of you." The man stood up and quickly walked out of the room, locking the door behind him. Inside, Kono sighed loudly, Danny dropped his head and shoulders in relief, and Steve started to tug at his handcuffs again.
"Oof," the three team members suddenly heard from across the room. Chin quickly stirred and looked anxiously around the room. "Guys," he nervously asked, "What happened?"
