Chin pulled over just before the first tunnel, remembering a trail that led up to the Old Pali highway. He checked the tracker on Steve and spoke to Danny and Kono through his radio, "He's right above me about 200 feet. The trail goes around the backside, up through the trees. I can be up there in ten minutes." He started running up the trail using the light on his gun.

"This thing could be over in two," Danny replied, walking through the woods toward the location that Steve was at, "Don't hesitate to…" he stopped behind a tree and whispered to Chin and Kono, "I've got someone in sight." He scanned the area around him and decided his best approach would be to follow the trees up the hill and come in behind him. As he made his way up, he took a split second and even surprised himself by thanking the Hawaiian Gods for the wind, it made his advance silent. Danny took one step at a time, carefully making his way down to the man. His eyes had adjusted to the darkness just enough to show him the way. He kept his gun pointed at him until it rested on the back of his head, "You move an inch and I'll blow your head off." Danny pushed him against the tree, "Hug it."

Wo Fat's man wrapped his arms around the tree while Danny searched him with one hand. He took his gun and stuck it behind his back, "A Beretta?" he whispered to him, "thanks. I think I'll use it on your boss." He took out a pair of cuffs and secured him to the tree. He went to walk away and took a step back and picked up a handful of moss from the ground and stuck in the guy's mouth. "We can't have you ruining the surprise now can we."

Kono crouched down as she came out of the woods. She jumped over the waist high wall and crawled along the outside of it that separated the lookout from the drop off. She positioned herself exactly where Steve had suggested, laying flat on the ground. She reached back and pulled her rifle that had been secured on her back around in front of her. The wind blew her hair and she took note of the direction it was coming from and the approximate speed. Once the gun was in place, she looked through the scope and scanned the trail that led down to the old road, trying to find their position. "I'm in place." she spoke to Danny and Chin. "I don't see them." Out of the corner of her eye she saw movement. "Hold on…" she adjusted her position slightly to the left and looked through the scope, adjusting the lens to bring it into focus. In the distance she could vaguely see something, she adjusted the scope again and all at once the grim scene came into view. "Holy shit!" she blurted out, "Steve needs help! Now!"

Steve felt the concrete cutting into the palm of his hand, but there was no way to alleviate the tension. He couldn't pull her up with one arm and if he let go of the wall, they would both go over. The rope had stopped swaying and Lexi hung motionless below him. He heard footsteps behind him, trying not to imagine what Wo Fat had in store for him next. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath, gripping the rope tighter as Wo Fat kneeled down next to him.

"You care for this girl don't you, McGarrett?" he whispered too him, taunting him. "Is she worth dying for?"

Steve let the breath out he'd been holding and took in another one, sweat began to trickle down his face, but he wasn't even close to giving in yet.

Wo Fat put the butt of his gun against Steve's head, "Let her go."

Lexi held as still as possible to make it easy on him. She tried to focus on the cliff wall in front of her and not look down. She trusted him and concentrated on that, but under the circumstances she also knew that at any moment she could fall to her death. Even though the possibility was there, the fear that should have been engulfing her, wasn't. She had an overwhelming feeling of peace. Steve was holding her. She heard voices and looked up, seeing the gun pointed at his head. She watched with horror as Wo Fat cocked it. She knew he would have a better chance of getting out of this alive if he let go of the rope. If one of them was to survive, she wanted it to be him.

"Steve!" Lexi shouted up too him, seeing the anguish on his face, "let me go or he'll kill you."

He wiped the sweat on his brow against his shoulder, refusing to look at her.

"Please!" she begged through her tears, "let me go." She jerked her body, causing tension on the rope.

Steve made eye contact with her, "Stop moving!" he scolded her.

"Let me go." she pleaded, jerking the rope again.

"Shut up!" he yelled down to her. "I'm not letting go so just shut up and hold still!" He turned his head toward the place where Kono should be and willed her to shoot, causing some kind of distraction. "Where are they", he thought over and over.

"You will let go, or you both will die." Wo Fat said, standing and pointing the gun over the cliff at Lexi. He fired a shot, missing her.

Kono held perfectly still, "Goodnight," she aimed a little to the left, taking into consideration the wind speed at the moment, and fired. The bullet exploded into a tree, inches from Wo Fat's head. He dropped to the ground rolled over on his side, using that same tree as a cover.

Steve gritted his teeth and put all his strength into the arm that held the rope and pulled up. The foot of slack was just enough for him to adjust his grip on the wall and shift his body, getting his knees under him. He let go of the wall and reached down with his other hand, and began to pull Lexi up.

Wo Fat stepped from around the tree and raised his gun to fire at Steve when another shot from the opposite direction hit him in the arm. He cried out and turned to see Chin coming up the road. He raised his gun and fired repeatedly at him. Chin dove behind a group of trees, disappearing into the darkness. Wo Fat's anger multiplied when he realized he was trapped. The only thing his mind could concentrate on was killing McGarrett and the girl. He came around the tree and pulled the trigger, aiming the gun at Steve's back as he pulled up on the rope. The gun clicked, he fired again, nothing. He threw the empty weapon to the side.

Steve looked over his shoulder and saw Wo Fat coming at him. He wrapped the rope around his wrist several times and rolled over on his back just as he was about to attack.

Danny came running down the road, watching as Wo Fat kicked Steve in the gut over and over, trying to push him over the edge.

"Hey!" Danny shouted, raising his gun. He fired twice, hitting him both times, once in the abdomen and once in the leg, which made him drop to the ground. Danny stood over him, wanting to empty his gun into his head. Instead he took him by the arm and dragged him away from Steve. Chin appeared and helped pull him to a small tree and cuffed him. They both looked over at Steve when he shouted.

"Danny!" Steve yelled. The blows to his stomach had weakened his already exhausted body. He couldn't get his footing on the rocky edge.

Danny and Chin raced over to him and each one grabbed him, pulling him back away from the cliff. Once he was stable he began to pull frantically on the rope. Chin helped him while Danny leaned over ready to grab her.

"Is she alright?" Steve asked, frightened that he hadn't felt any movement on the rope since Wo Fat had shot down at her. "Danny! Is she alright?" he yelled again when he hadn't got an answer.

Danny waved a hand back at him, gesturing him to wait, "Almost, a little more." he grabbed her arm with the rope and stood up as he pulled her to safety.

Steve crawled over to the limp body, kneeling over her. "Lexi?" He put his arm under her shoulders and cradled her, "Lexi?" he felt over her body for a gunshot wound.

Chin worked the knot on her wrist, finally freeing her.

Steve smoothed her hair back away from her face, "God, you're burning up." Her shirt was soaked with dried blood and sweat. He gently pulled down the strap on her tank top, exposing the knife wound. He winced at the black and blue cut that was inflamed by infection four inches in diameter around the wound.

"I'll get an ambulance up here." Danny said, touching Steve on the shoulder.

Chin took his shirt off and handed it to him. Steve used it to cover the wound and to stop the fresh blood that was coming out. He looked back at her face and she was staring up at him, fresh tears welling in her eyes. He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead. "Just a few more minutes." he said, taking her hand and kissing the back of it, "help is coming."

She smiled, closing her eyes, "I feel so much better now." She squeezed his hand, leaning her head against his chest, "I love you so much." Her voice was small and barely audible, but he heard her loud and clear.

Part of him wanted to cry he was so relieved. "I love you too," he whispered down to her, holding her just a little tighter. All the built up fear and anxiety of the last three days slid off his back. She was here, safe, alive and secure in his arms. It was over.