Mary left to find Kono and Joannie while Steve, Danny, and Sophia continued making their way back upstairs to the Five-0 offices. Danny was shooting Steve some curious glances, but Steve wasn't saying anything yet about what he'd apparently found out. Once they were inside the main door that led to the offices, Danny couldn't stand the curiosity anymore.

"So are you going to tell me what you've apparently found out…..or do I get three guesses?"

Steve was still holding Sophia's hand as he gave Danny a long suffering look. His eyes were twinkling with mischief, however. "Would you be patient?"

Danny's eyebrows shot up, "You're asking me to be patient?" A chuckle escaped him, "That's hilarious considering you are one of the most impatient people I know."

Sophia laughed as well, and the sound of it made Steve feel better considering what she'd been through that afternoon. He led her and Danny over to the smart table before finally answering Danny's question. He held up the memory card Sophia had given him from her camera. Danny looked from the memory card…..to Steve…to Sophia.

"You got the memory card? How did you manage to do that?" He gave her a stunned grin that was also full of admiration.

She shrugged and smiled shyly, "Like I told Steve, I have some tricks of my own."

"So anyway….." Steve interrupted as he slid the memory card into the slot in the table that would open the files stored there. "Let's see what's on here."

Sophia had apparently been busy since Steve had given her the camera. There were roughly four dozen pictures from the last two days, but most of them were shots of Joannie…..Joannie and Mary…..or Mother Nature; She had some beautiful pictures of the flowers and landscaping around the McGarrett home…..even catching some butterflies and honey bees in the process. There were also pictures of the sunset over the ocean the night before. Danny looked with appreciation and had to agree that Steve's praise of her talent had not been exaggerated.

She really was good.

As they went through each of the pictures individually, Steve stopped on a pictures she had taken of him the night before of which he hadn't been aware. It was a candid shot of him with his head thrown back in a laugh as he clapped his hands together. It also appeared to have been taken from inside the house. Looking at the picture, Steve remembered the moment as being one when Jerry shared a funny story. Since Steve paused on the picture, Sophia tried to explain.

"Ummmm….I took that last night. I went inside to get some more bread to bring out to the table…..and as I was walking back out…Well, you just looked so happy….and I wanted to capture that."

Steve's eyes softened as he looked at her. He reached out a hand to run it up and down her arm causing goosebumps to pop up all over.

"So you were watching me?" Steve asked with his sexy little half smile.

"I'm pretty much always watching you," Sophia said before she could catch herself. "Ummm…." She looked away embarrassed at her own admission before turning back to him. "I mean….you know…..I'm…."

Steve winked at her. "It's alright, Soph. I like it."

Then, before embarrassing her too much, he started going through the other pictures. By this time, Chin and Grover were making their way out of their offices to join the group.

"What's going on?" Grover asked.

"Mary, Joannie, and Sophia were at a park today and Sophia's camera was stolen," Danny said.

"Stolen?" Chin asked as he looked towards Sophia. "They took it right out of your hands?"

"Actually, it was strapped around my neck," she answered. "He tore it from my neck and ran away." She reached a hand up unconsciously to rub her neck which was getting more sore by the minute as a result of the assault. Steve saw it and made a mental note to help her with that later.

"Sophie managed to get the memory card out of the camera before it was taken, though, so we're looking through to see if anything looks suspicious."

Steve clicked through a few more pictures before Chin stopped him on a certain picture. It was a picture Sophia had taken of a child joyously chasing a bird as it tried to fly away. Danny looked at him curiously, "What is it?"

Chin stepped towards the table and zoomed in on the section of the picture that had caught his attention. In the background, and nearly invisible to the naked eye, there were two men conversing.

He pointed at one man in particular. "This is Donovan Mancini. He's one of Gabriel's right-hand men."

Realization hit all of them as they saw the face that matched a name they had become very familiar with over the last couple of years.

Sophia, on the other hand, had no idea what they were talking about. "Who are Donovan Mancini and Gabriel?"

Steve let out a frustrated sigh and looked down where his hands were fisted on the table, "They're two guys you don't want to know."

He grimaced when Sophia gave him a look that told him she wouldn't accept that answer. "Gabriel Waincroft is what you could call our 'Public Enemy #1'," he explained. "His predominate business is drugs; Everything from coke and heroine to basic street drugs. He also has his hands in a bunch of other things." Steve pointed toward the man in the picture, "Mancini is his right hand man….Or at least we think he is. We've never actually seen them together but a lot of other evidence has pointed that way."

Grover pointed at the picture again. "So who's this other guy?"

"That's the guy who took my camera!" Sophia blurted out as realization hit her.

The only thing visible in the picture of the two men was that Mancini was handing something to the "other guy". They couldn't tell what he was handing over, but it was definitely suspicious. They must have seen Sophia snapping pictures during the exchange and decided to confiscate her camera to destroy evidence. Unfortunately for them, they hadn't obtained the evidence they hoped for.

However, it was also unfortunate for Sophia because it meant they would soon realize the omission and come looking for it.

Sophia was in danger and that didn't settle well with Steve.

"So what happens when they find out they don't have any pictures?" Sophia asked.

Steve, Danny, Lou, and Chin all looked in her direction. Steve was the one who spoke, "I don't want you to worry. We're going to handle it."

"How can I not worry about it?" she exclaimed a little more loudly than she'd intended. However, considering she'd just learned one of the most dangerous criminals on the island could be after her, it was difficult to stay calm. "How am I going to feel safe in my house again?"

"You're not going back to your house until this is over." Steve's voice left no room for argument.

Sophia opened her mouth to protest, but Steve's stern look made her clamp it shut when he answered her unspoken disagreement, "Before you say anything, it's not open for discussion," he said. "You're going to stay with me until this is over."

"But…..but…"

Steve held up his hand to stop her again and continued on with his thought, "And secondly….. we WILL find them. Trust me." Steve took her hand in his in a sign of support and protection.

The elevator opened and Joannie came running out to find her Uncle Steve with Mary and Kono close behind. Steve picked her up and smiled at the chocolate around her mouth undoubtedly caused from the half-eaten cookie in her hand. She held the cookie up to Steve's mouth and he took a bite as well. Everyone smiled at the sight of the Commander being reduced to a pile of mush over his niece.

Kono noticed at the pictures on the screen, "Did you find something?"

They briefed her and Mary on what they'd found. No one felt good about what Sophia may have caught on camera, but at least now they could come up with a plan.

"So what next?" Danny asked.

Steve pointed to the man in the picture that they had yet to identify; The same one who had stolen the camera. "Kono, run his face through facial recognition and see if we get a hit. If he's working with someone like Mancini, he has to have a record."

"You got it," Kono answered as she made her way to her office to start the search.

"Also, once they figure out they don't have what they were looking for, they may get rid of the camera," Steve continued. "We need to check local pawn shops and see if we can find it. Chin and Grover, can you start checking into that?"

That left him and Danny. Since Danny was leaving to pick Gracie and Charlie for the night, Steve didn't ask him for help at the moment.

He turned towards Mary and Sophia, "We are all going to go back home."

Mary shook her head, "We'll be fine, Steve. We drove the truck today, remember? We can get back to the house on our own while you guys try to find," She covered Joannie's ears, "the prick who did this."

Steve looked skeptical, but finally relented. "Alright, fine. But go straight home, Mar. We don't know what these guys know yet, so I don't want you guys making any pit stops. Understand?"

Mary looked at Sophia and shook her head, "See how bossy he can be? Are you sure you can put up with that?"

Sophia couldn't hide her amusement even though Steve's expression remained firm. "I think I can handle it," Sophia said confidently even though her smile was shy as she looked at Steve. He felt his tough exterior soften…..just a little.

Then Mary smiled at her brother indulgently, "I promise we will go straight home."

Steve grimaced at them both, "Okay…..Call me when you get there."

Steve picked Joannie up to give her a kiss before giving Mary a hug….and a quick chaste kiss to Sophia. The fact that he was showing any kind of PDA (public display of affection) was a big signal to Mary that he had strong feelings for Sophia. Mary was thrilled by the idea since Sophia seemed like a great match for her brother.

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Two days later…

The Five-0 team was getting more and more frustrated with yet another day passing and no progress on Sophia's case. Steve was getting worried with each day….and hour….that past since he knew it wasn't like Waincroft to stay silent and not "act". They may not be able to tie Gabriel to the theft of Sophia's camera, but the fact that his "right hand man" had been involved caused them all a great deal of worry. Steve's gut was telling him they couldn't grow complacent; The men would surface again which could be bad news for Sophia. They needed to find out what was going on before things escalated to that point.

Steve returned home that night and walked into the house to the aroma of something in the kitchen. He put his keys on the table and walked in that direction where he found Joannie sitting on the counter as Sophia was showing her how to knead dough she was going to make for dinner.

I could get use to this, he thought.

"Unca Teve!" Joannie said. "Tofie is showing me how make bwed!"

Steve chuckled at her "toddler talk". "I can see that," Steve answered her. "It smells great in here….What else are you helping Sophie make?"

Sophia felt Steve behind her and turned to give him a kiss before answering his question of what was for dinner.

"You're killin' me with this good food," He said as he put his arms around her waist. "I'm not use to eating like this, ya know."

Sophia beamed at him, "It's good for you," she answered. "Besides, as active as you stay all the time, it's not like you're going to gain anything."

Steve smiled at her, "I'm not complaining. Just saying you're spoiling me."

"You deserve to be spoiled," Sophia answered.

Steve, Sophia, Mary, and Joannie enjoyed dinner together before going through what was becoming a nightly routine: Mary gave Joannie a bath, Steve or Sophia would read her a story before bed, and then the three adults would have wine, beer…..or tea…..before going to bed.

It was all very "domestic", and even though it was somewhat foreign to Steve, he was finding that he enjoyed it.

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Five-0 got another case to work that took priority over Sophia's, at the moment. Since there hadn't been any new leads, they focused their attention on the new case and hoped for a break in Sophia's case as well.

They were all back in the office together by late afternoon to discuss what progress had been made on the new case. One suspect was in custody and being questioned by Lou and Chin while Kono looked at some video footage pertaining to their case.

Steve was trying to catch up on some paperwork in his office when his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw Mary calling. He knew the girls had gone out to do some shopping around lunchtime, so hopefully, she was calling to tell him they'd arrived back home safely.

"Hey, Mar…..Are you guys back home?" he asked absentmindedly as he looked at his computer screen.

"Steve. You need to come home."

"What's wrong?" Steve asked.

"The house has been tossed!" Mary exclaimed.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean…..We came home and the whole freaking house is a mess. Someone was in here looking for something. My guess is it was the memory card that Sophia managed to get out of the camera."

"Dammit….." Steve muttered under his breath.

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