Another day, another case, another pile of paperwork. For Summer, it felt like the past two years have been a repetition of the same thing over and over again. Don't get her wrong, she loves her job, well, aside from the paperwork. Still, for the last two years not much has changed. She's still working with 5-0, her brother still freaks out when she has to go on the field, the team is still ohana to her and she's still just friends with Steve.

After their conversation, where he asked her for a second chance and she kindly refused, they had been building their friendship back up. It was awkward in the beginning, with them trying to get back to where they were before, but with time, eventually, they got there. And now it felt like things had never changed.

But, even thou things between Steve and Summer were great, the same couldn't be said for Steve. For a while now that he had been fighting an old enemy. An enemy that stayed, for the most part, in the shadows, but whom he knew very well. His name? Wo Fat.

Steve was driving himself crazy, he knew it, but when there were threats being made against every member of his team, including Summer, he didn't care. He needed to find and stop him before he followed through on his threats. In hindsight, he should've guessed that Wo Fat would come after the one he cared about the most, but hindsight is always 20/20 in situations like these.

Summer had just pulled out of her driveway on her way to the palace when she noticed the black SUV following her. At first she didn't give it much thought, assuming it must've been someone who was lost and trying to find a way downtown. But when she saw that the car didn't had plates on, she knew something was wrong. Taking a few consecutive left turns, she saw the SUV showing up behind her every time. She decided that she needed to let someone know what was going on, just in case.

- "McGarrett."

- "Hey, it's me. I think I might be in trouble."

- "What's wrong?" - She could hear the concern in his voice.

- "I got a tail and I can't shake it off."

- "Where are you?"

- "Getting to Tusitala Street, near the Waikiki Lei Apartments."

- "I'm on my way. Stay with me. What can you tell me about them?"

- "Black SUV, no plates, at least two men inside, might be asi..."

Just as Summer is about to give him the description of the two men, a loud crashing sound was heard through the speaker of his phone. Both Steve and Danny could hear the sound of metal hitting metal, glass shattering and a women screaming, all the while they were calling out to her. Summer was screaming. That sound was more terrifying than all the others put together. And then abruptly the call ended.

Steve drove as fast as he possible could, but by the time he got to Summer's last location, it was too late. She was already gone. The sight before him made his stomach turn and he knew Danny wasn't much better. Her car was on the side of the road, the back door on the driver's side completely pushed in, the windows on that side both shattered as well as the rearview window. And then there was the one thing that neither of them wanted to see: blood. There was blood on the steering wheel and a trail that went away from her car and then stopped abruptly. She was taken.

A few minutes before…

Summer heard it before she felt it. The screeching of tires, an engine revving and then the hit. The SUV hit her side of the car and she heard the windows on that side shattering. The force was immense, making her car hit a parked car, stopping abruptly. Bashing her head in the steering wheel, she immediately felt the blood dripping and a dizziness overcoming her.

She heard quick footsteps approaching and prying her door open. Two sets of hands pulled her out and she knew she needed to fight. She tried getting loose from her kidnappers, but they were strong. That didn't mean that she couldn't do some damage.

Kicking one in the knee, making him buckle, she got one arm free, launching it, with a closed fist, at the second man. She felt it connect with his nose and the grip on her arm loosen slightly. With a sharp movement, she freed her restrained arm and started running, only to be stopped by a third man she didn't even knew was there. He grabbed her by her hair and pulled her back. A scream left her throat and she collided with his chest. Suddenly, everything went black.

She woke up in a small room, what felt like hours after, the only light coming from a small window behind her. The place was hot, a lot hotter than it should be and she was already feeling the effects of the room. Her head hurt, she had dark spots in her vision and was feeling nauseous, not to mention she was parched. "Great, a concussion and possibly dehydration. That's all I needed right now.", she thought while looking around, trying to find a way out.

She was alone in the room, securely bound to the chair she was sitting in, in the middle of the room. Next to her was a table, with something hidden under a large piece of cloth. She didn't wanna think what was under there. She tried remembering how she got there but all she remembered was being hit from behind when she collided with the third guy's chest. "The butt of his gun, it had to be.", she pieced together.

She kept looking around, dread filling her as she realized she had no escape possible. If she was being honest, she was terrified, but she wasn't going to let anyone know, specially whoever it was that took her. Suddenly, the door in front of her opened.

Standing in front of her was a well-dressed man, wearing a buttoned up shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, a suit vest and matching pants. She knew he looked familiar but she couldn't quite place him, mostly because his face was somewhat hiding in the shadows. He walked closer to her and when she saw his face more clearly in the light she knew who he was. Wo Fat. "Well, shit. Now I'm really screwed.", she thought.

- "Hello, Miss Williams. Do you know who I am?"

- "Should I?"

- "Well, considering your boyfriend is after me, I should assume you do."

- "I don't know where you're getting your info from but I don't have a boyfriend, so I think you got the wrong girl. How about you let me go and we forget this ever happened?" – She gave him her best smile, hoping he wouldn't see how scared she was.

- "Nice try. See, I know you and Commander McGarrett are together."

- "Well, now I know you have the wrong info. McGarrett is my boss, not my boyfriend."

- "Really? Well, that's unfortunate. For you at least."

- "What do you want?"

- "Just the pleasure of hurting someone he cares about."

Summer watched him walk over to the table and pull the cloth to the side. What was under it made her shiver. There, laying on the table and glinting under the dim light of the room, was a row of objects that were meant to hurt her. He picked up a knife and walked over to her. "Shit, this is gonna hurt.", she thought as he approached.

In the Palace…

- "Any leads?" – Danny asked Kono, who was typing furiously.

- "I just got the footage from a traffic camera on Ala Wai Blvd. I was about to go through it."

- "Play it." – Steve said.

The image showed Summer's car, her black Impala, coming down the road and a black SUV right behind her. Just like she had said, the SUV didn't have plates on. But as they got closer to the camera, they could see the driver and the front passenger. Kono quickly took a screen-print of their faces and ran it through their database.

While that was doing they kept watching the footage until they lost sight of them.

- "This must've been when she went through Tusitala Street." – Chin pointed out.

Steve was about to agree when he noticed Danny wasn't by his side. Looking over, he saw him in his office, his head in his hands. He knew that Danny was having a hard time, hell, even he was having trouble focusing on anything other than how Summer was. He had to talk to Danny.

Excusing himself, he walked over to Danny's office, knocking on the door but going in before getting an answer from Danny.

- "We're gonna find her Danny."

- "How did this happened? She takes different routes to work every day. I told her to do that. How did this happen?"

- "I don't know. What I do know is that Summer is tough and smart. We'll find her Danny."

- "We better. I don't wanna have to tell my mother that I let my baby sister get kidnapped and killed." – Danny had tears in his eyes. He loved his baby sister more than anything and Steve knew that if anything were to happen to Summer, it would kill Danny.

- "Stop. Right now. We'll find her. Alive. Do you hear me?"

Danny nodded. That was all Steve got out of him before Lou knocked on the door.

- "We got something." – Lou said, cracking the door open. Steve and Danny rushed out Danny's office, following Lou back to where the rest of the team was.

- "What do we got?" – Steve asked, hungry for something that could tell them where she was or who had taken her.

- "Facial recognition is still running, but we got the results back from the blood on and by Summer's car."

- "Okay?"

- "The blood on the steering wheel is hers, but that was to be expected considering the way her car was. However, the blood trail isn't hers. It's male and we got a hit on CODIS. Meet Pao Dan."

- "Wait, I know him. He's one of Wo Fat's henchmen." – Chin pointed out. Steve felt a wave of guilt flood over him when he realized who the man was. He walked away, not being able to face Danny or the others in that moment.

It was safe to say that Summer's kidnapping was because of him. It was also safe to say that the other man in the car had to be one of Wo Fat's henchmen. Steve tried staying calm, but he was having a hard time controlling himself. "This is my fault. She was taken because of me.", Steve thought, pacing around in his office. Stopping suddenly, he cleared his desk in one movement, anger and guilt taking over. "How did I let this happen? She has nothing to do with this. Why her?", then it hit him. Wo Fat must've figured out that they had once been together and he probably thought they still were.

Steve sat on the couch, his head in his hands, trying to get his emotions under control, when his door opened.

- "It's not your fault, Steve." – Danny told him, walking in and leaning against Steve's desk. As much as he wanted to blame the man, Danny knew that it really wasn't his fault. Wo Fat could've come after any of them to get to him, it just happened to be Summer. No, it wasn't his fault. It was Wo Fat's.

- "That's the thing Danny, it is. It is my fault. If I had just left Shelburne alone, he wouldn't have come back and Summer wouldn't have been taken. I'm sorry Danny. I truly am." – Danny never had seen Steve like that. The man was openly crying.

- "Listen to me. If it hadn't been because of Shelburne, it would've been for something else. Wo Fat is a prick, and an even bigger s.o.b., who takes pleasure in making other people hurt. Don't be sorry. Be Steve. Focus on finding my sister and if after you still feel like this was on you, I'll happily punch you. What do you say?"

- "Okay. First, we find Summer, then you can punch me." – Steve had to give it to Danny. Even thou this was clearly his fault, Danny still had his back and was helping him focusing on what really mattered, instead of letting him feel sorry for himself.

- "Do we have a location for Pao?" – Steve asked as they walked back to the team.

- "No, but we just identified the driver. His name is Will Ling and he is also a known Wo Fat's henchman. We do have a last known address for Ling, thou."

- "Send me the address. Meanwhile, pull his phone records and go through it with a fine toothcomb. Maybe we can find something there."

And with that, Steve left with Danny, Chin and Lou, hoping he could find Ling and get some information out of him, no matter what he had to do.

Meanwhile…

- "AAAAAHHHHHHH!"

- "I have to give it to you, Miss Williams. You're a lot tougher than I thought you would be." – Wo Fat said, throwing the knife on the table and picking up the cloth to clean the blood from his hands.

- "Tr-try being the youngest of five and soon you'll learn t-to adapt." – Summer answered, out of breath. She was in a lot of pain, blood covering her body and dripping to the floor.

Wo Fat had been cutting her arms and legs for what felt like forever. No questions, just cut after cut. In the beginning she managed to control the pain, not letting a sound leave her lips. But as time went by and the number of cuts increased, she found herself unable to keep it together any longer. That's when she started screaming.

He didn't seem fazed with her screams. He started with her arms, clearly avoiding any major arteries. One cut, then another. Then moved to her legs, again avoiding the arteries. Her clothes were soaked in blood but still she didn't give him what he wanted. He wanted to hear her plea for her life, to beg him to stop, but she never did. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction.

She saw him move towards a bucket of water that had been sitting by her side. She had wondered what that was there for and it seemed she was about to find out. She saw Wo Fat signal one of his men and she immediately felt her hair being pulled. A towel was thrown over her face and she knew what was about to happen. She tried taking a deep breath and then she felt the water hit her face.

She held her breath as long as she possibly could but eventually she needed air. That's when the water started entering her lungs. She felt herself drown and dread filled her body. "No, no, this is not how I'm gonna go. Please God. Not like this.", she thought, just before she felt the hand release her. She coughed as much water as she could, bending over as far as she could.

- "Than-thanks. I was parched." – She said, amidst coughs and water leaving her lungs. If this was how she was gonna die, then she was gonna die on her own terms. She wasn't gonna give him the satisfaction of seeing her beg and plea for her life.

- "You will break eventually. They all do, even the trained ones."

- "Yeah, maybe you're right. But I have one thing that they don't."

- "Really? And what that might be?"

- "I'm stubborn as hell and I don't give a crap. So go ahead. Do your worse. I'll never beg and plea for my life. You can kill me but I'll die knowing that you won't live much longer after that." – She had a smirk on her lips. She wasn't lying. She really didn't give a crap.

- "And why is that?"

- "Because when my brother and McGarrett find you, and they will find you, you're going to wish you had never been born." – She let out a laugh, which for some reason made him squirm.

Wo Fat walked over to the table and picked up a wooden board. Walking back to her, he grabbed her hand and straightened it out. Swinging the board down, she felt it colliding with her fingers and them breaking. A scream left her lips. The pain was too intense. Combine that to everything that had been done to her and she was out cold.

She woke up a while later, all alone in the small room. Her head hurt, she felt weak and in pain. She knew that if the team didn't find her soon, she wouldn't last much longer. She had lost too much blood. But even with that knowledge, she was comforted by the fact that she would be free of all the pain that she was in. She knew her brother would never stop searching for her and neither would Steve. However, she feared what her death would do to them.

When Matt died, Danny took it really hard. So hard, that he went off the reservation and got revenge on the man that had killed Matt. But if she was to die, then he would have to share that kill with Steve. She was sure both men would stop at nothing to track down Wo Fat and make him pay for what he had done to her. The problem was the aftermath. What would happen to them when the dust settles and they have to deal with her death?

Suddenly, the door opened and in walks Wo Fat with two of his men. Only this time he seemed slightly worried. Giving orders in Chinese, she saw the men trying to clean up any evidence of their presence there.

- "Leaving so soon?" – She asked, feeling lightheaded.

He didn't answer. He just looked at her and smirked. Grabbing a barbecue fork from the table, he walked over to her, circling her as if he was a vulture and she was his dinner. She knew what was coming, she knew it was gonna hurt like hell but she still wasn't gonna let him win.

- "Any last words, Miss Williams?"

- "Yeah. See you in hell, buttercup." – And with that he plunged the fork in her leg twice, throwing it away after the second stab.

Summer screamed as loud as her lungs allowed her. She felt herself slip into unconsciousness and she knew this was it. This was how she was gonna die. She didn't hear the scuffle at the end of the hall or saw the look of panic in Wo Fat's face.

At the same time…

They had just pulled up to an abandoned warehouse. Kono had gone through Ling's phone records and found one number that could belong to Wo Fat. Using one of Summer's programs, she managed to track that number to the warehouse. It also pinged Ling's phone there.

They cleared their way inside the warehouse, Steve leading the way, until they came across a hallway that had a lot more armed guards than the rest of that place. They were going to have to fight their way through. Steve took a few men out and that's when he saw him. Wo Fat. Steve looked straight at him and saw him smirking back at him.

"God, no.", Steve thought as they cleared the rest of the hallway. He entered the room that Wo Fat had just walked out of, Danny close behind, and the sight before him made his heart stop. There she was, Summer, slouching on a chair, completely tied down, blood covering her whole body and on a pool under her, but the worst of it all, unconscious. Was she dead?

Steve didn't wait to find out. Taking off after Wo Fat, he heard Danny calling out to him but he didn't stop. "It ends today.", he thought as he caught up with him. Tackling him to the ground, Steve wasted no time and started punching him, allowing his anger and rage to take over.

Wo Fat got a few punches in and at some point got the upper hand, but Steve was angry, enraged even. Steve kept fighting him, throwing him on the floor and punching and kicking as much as he could. That's when Wo Fat sealed his faith.

Wo Fat pulled a gun from his ankle and cocked it, only he didn't count on Steve already having his own gun pointed at him. They stood like that for a moment, Wo Fat laying on the floor and Steve standing near him. Steve didn't wait for Wo Fat to make a move. He pulled the trigger, the bullet hitting Wo Fat in the forehead. The look of shock on his face was a surprise even to Steve, but at the end of the day he wasn't going to let Wo Fat win.

Steve rushed back to the room where he knew Summer was. He walked in to see Danny over her, coaxing her to stay with him. Danny heard Steve come in and looked up, tears in his eyes and Steve fell frozen. He heard Lou say that the paramedics were on their way and soon after footsteps were heard coming from behind him. He was pushed aside.

He felt as if he was in a daze. He couldn't hear what they were saying, it was as if he was underwater. He saw the paramedics fuss around her, hooking her up to the heart monitor and giving her some medication before lifting her and placing her in a gurney, before rushing her out.

Steve stood alone in the room, the team following Danny and the paramedics. In front of him was the chair she had been tied to, covered with her blood. He was pulled from his daze when Chin shook him and said that they were taking her to the hospital.

Steve nodded, not being able to say anything. He knew if he did, he would probably just break down. "Please, God, let her live. Please, don't take her away from me.", he though, tears now flooding his eyes, as he made his way to Danny's car, "I love her. Please, God."