The phone almost fell from his hand when the man spoke, it wasn't possible...but they never found evidence that Steve had even been in the truck...

Kono had been in the room when the call had been transferred through and the moment Danny's skin had considerably paled she knew something was wrong. Moving to his side she took the phone from his limp hand and brought it to her ear,

"Hello? Who is this?"

All she received was a dial tone, the person had hung up.

Setting the phone down she brought her attention back to the disturbingly quiet man before her.

"Danny? Danny talk to me, tell me what's going on" she laid a hand on his shoulder but he didn't react, she was growing increasingly concerned.

Chin was walking by and Kono called him over, hoping maybe he could help.

Entering the office Chin found a ghostly pale, unresponsive Danny and a distraught Kono.

"What happened?" walking around the desk he turned Danny's chair to face him.

"I don't know, he got a phone call and whatever was said left him like this! I think he may be in shock" she bit her lip and watched her cousin try to get a response out of Danny without success.

Waving his hand in front of his face he was disturbed to see that Danny didn't so much as blink.

"Do you know what was said?"

"No, whoever it was hung up before I could ask"

Looking back at Danny Chin formulated a plan that he hoped would snap Danny out of it. Standing up he hurried out of the room and returned a moment later with a cup of water.

Standing in front of Danny he lifted the cup and splashed the water on his face; this time Danny jumped, quickly wiping the water out of his eyes and firing off curses at Chin.

"Sorry Danny but it was the only way we could get you to come back from wherever it is you were" setting the cup down he took a step back, Kono moving to stand beside Chin on the other side of the desk.

Licking his lips Danny went quiet, for a moment the cousins were afraid that they had lost him again but he spoke,

"Someone thinks they may have seen Steve down at the Kaliki shipping dock boarding a cargo ship headed towards Ni'ahua"

Kono and Chin were stunned, "and this happened today?" Chin couldn't wrap his head around this, could Steve possibly be alive?

Danny nodded, leaning back in his chair and rubbing a painful area on his head.

"You said it was the Kaliki shipping deck?" Kono questioned, wanting all the details.

Danny nodded wordlessly.

Thinking quickly Kono left the room and walked to the computer table where she opened up a link to one of her trusted friends. Chin and Danny walked up next to her.

Toast appeared on the screen and when he saw Kono he smiled, "hey Kono, what can I do for you?"

Chin was slightly surprised that Kono had befriended the hacker but as long as he didn't get her into trouble he was fine with their friendship.

"I need you to hack into the security cameras at the Kaliki shipping deck and send me the footage from today; do you think you can do that?"

Toast smiled, "piece of cake, I take it you don't have the time to simply go down there and get it yourself?"

"No, were sort of on a time crunch, thanks Toast!"

"No probs K, I'll send it to you as soon as I can"

Toast signed out and the waiting game started.

It was only three minutes later when an email from Toast arrived. Opening the mail Kono clicked on the pinned item and brought the files to the overhead screen.

Danny and Chin stepped forward and watched the security feed for today.

A black van pulled up and four people, one with a black bag over his head, filed out of the car. They all watched stunned as the bag was removed and the person was revealed to be Steve.

Freezing the image Kono looked at Danny and Chin who were silent, probably from shock.

"Either someone went through a lot of trouble to look like Steve or-"

"Steve's alive and being held hostage" Danny finished, his eyes never leaving Steve's face.

All three continued to stare at the screen until it Danny broke the silence, "run the other men's faces through the system and see if you can get any names, I'll be in my office making a few calls" walking back into his office he picked up his phone and dialed the first of many numbers.

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The ship floated to a stop in front of the harbor and the bridge was lowered so that the people could get off.

Before Steve was able to move a pair of handcuffs were slapped on him and then he was escorted off the ship and into another black van.

No one spoke the whole trip but Steve was fine with that, he had a lot to think about. It was amazing how much things had changed over the last few months, he had gone from being the leader of Five-0 to being the offering to a leeching bitch. He only hoped that Danny and the others were safe and moving on with their lives.

Kally was sure to have plans for him, brutal, painful plans that were the result of anger and hatred for leaving her high and dry. At the time , a part of him felt bad for leaving her without explanation but that had been before he had truly known her. She was of manipulation, she could make she could make a man murder is own family with a few delicate words and she could turn a whole room against you. There was no limit to the things she would do to get what she wanted.

When he had first learned of his impending union with Kally he had only been the juvenile age of 16, she was only 14 at the time, but when the right time came the two would join hands in holy matrimony, uniting the two clans at last.

To say he was thrilled about the arrangement would be a total and utter lie, he was confused, angry and saddened that he had been singled out for this task. He didn't even know this girl and he was expected to marry her to untie two clans that hadn't had any contact with each other for well over 300 years?

The van stopped and the back door was opened. He was pulled out of the van and forced to walk forward to another waiting van. Forced to his knees he watched the back door to the van open and Kally step out, two other woman behind her.

Her eyes lit up when she saw Steve and she stepped towards him, practically vibrating with excitement.

"Ms. Langley, our gift to you" Steve looked up at her and didn't hide the disdain he held for her.

Walking closer she bent over and felt the muscles in her arms twitch beneath her touch. Her possessive touch extended to his neck and face, he bit his tongue to stop himself from saying something that would get him beaten.

"Get the collar" one of the woman returned to the car and went to the trunk to retrieve the requested item then returned. The collar resembled that of a dog collar with metal studs on the side, black leathery material and a metal loop in the front for the leash that was handed to Kally. Putting the collar on him the women stepped back to their places, Kally knelt down and attached the leash.

"We are going to have such wonderful times my pet!" tugging on the leash Steve was pulled to his feet and led to the van, the two women stayed behind and accepted the GPS controller then followed Kally and Steve into the van.

He was forced to sit beside Kally who treated like a dog, petting his hair and yanking on his leash when she deemed that he was misbehaving by ignoring her. The two servants were quiet the entire ride but Kally was talking up a storm.

"First, you and myself are going to my room and I'll change into something then you will escort me to the welcoming ball and we will dance the night away" a childlike giggle reverberated from her.

Steve kept a passive look, he took no pleasure in being treated like an obedient dog but he would not show defeat; he will take her to her precious ball, leash and all, and he would ballroom dance until her legs gave out.

Coming to their destination the van pulled to a stop, the door was opened and Steve was escorted out and found himself in front of the gates to the Ni'ahua compound.

"Welcome home" the gates were opened and he was dragged behind them into the compound, the gates groaning closed behind them.

The inside of the compound was just as, if not more depressing, than the one back in Oahu. The grass was a sickly green, smoke from various fires and machines polluted the air and the people he saw were dressed in rags with dirt and grime smeared on their faces, dirt caked to their feet and in-between toes. Small homes were made from clay, dirt and hay; some where big enough for 6 family members and others were small enough to house one occupant.

Her clan's village looked like a step back to the medieval times, when he was walking too slow Kally yanked on the leash, choking him and causing him to stumble forward, almost making his face plant into the mud.

They walked through the village and people stopped and looked at the leashed, male stranger being pulled by their benevolent leader. Everyone hated her and everything she stood for but no one was brave enough to stand up to her, the last clan member to even breath on her wrong had had their head cut off and hung by the legs in the middle of the village as a warning to anyone who dared try to cross her; that had been 10 years ago and since then everyone was playing the part of the cowardly village.

On the other side of the village stood a large building structure that was built into the mountain side and a 20 mile gate was built around it to keep intruders out. Kally stopped in front of the gate and turned, facing the group of clan members that had followed them.

"My loyal clan members I have joyous news, our clan with finally unite with the Oahu clan through the union of myself and Steven Jack McGarrett of the Oahu clan!"

As was expected of them the crowd cheered, but the bravado was false; in their minds the union would only add to their misery, they were forever destined to be enslaved.

Ending her speech Kally tugged on his leash and he trailed behind her as the gate was opened and effectively closed behind them.

His life as an accessory had now begun.

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Danny had been on the phone for a good two hours before he was finally granted entrance to the Ni'ahua Island, on strict orders that they were only permitted to track down their friend, take him and leave; no arrests were to be made.

The three were now standing in the command center, going over last minute details for the search and rescue mission. Since HPD couldn't accompany them and the law enforcement in Ni'hua were going to be on the sidelines they would have to be extra cautious while navigating the foreign area.

"We won't have any police backup so we need to be quick and purposeful in our movements. The Governor of Ni'hua has only given us 24 hrs. to locate Steve, rescue him and get off the island and back to Oahu, we can't afford any screwups" Danny checked his ammuntion and made sure that he had extra in his vest pocket.

Kono and Chin agreed and double checked their own equipment.

When everyone was ready they left HQ, got in their vehicles and drove to the Kaliki shipping dock.

A shipping cargo was waiting for them when they arrived. Getting out of their cars Danny led the group to the awaiting captain of the ship and shook his hand.

"I'm Detective Williams and this is officer Kalakaua and officer Kelly from Five-0, thank you for doing this"

"No problem, now you said you wanted me to drop you off and wait for you to return to the dock?'

Danny nodded his head in confirmation.

"Okay then, boats this way" following the captain they walked to the boat and boarded then the ship sailed off.

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Steve walked beside Kally as they made their rounds around the ballroom, welcoming guests and Kally showing him off. The collar and leash were still on along with his black scrubs and bare feet, his bare upper body was quite appealing to all the women in the room.

The ballroom had been lavishly decked out in gold and red banners and ribbons, a huge crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling casting rainbows on the ceiling and upper walls. There was also a long buffet table set up against the wall with enough food to feed an entire third world country and painted on the middle of the dance floor was the clan's emblem, a scorpion that was painted gold and had red eyes.

Men in the Ni'hua clan were rarely seen, they were there but kept in a separate area because Kally saw men as lesser beings. An unusual ability that the men in all clans possessed the ability to bear and impregnate other men in and outside the clan, they of course could impregnate women, which Kally preferred, but she only ever let the men roam whenever she wanted to expand the population and for events such as this.

The women were all dressed in eloquent gowns and the man on their arms were also dressed in impeccable suits.

A slow song came on and Steve found himself being pulled onto the dance floor and Kally's arms around his neck, giving in he awkwardly placed his hands on her hips and started to sway.

"After the ball I'm taking you back to my room and we'll have some fun" she rested her hand on his chest and Steve bit his tongue, this was torture at its cruelest, not even his seal training could have prepared him for this.

When the song ended Steve tried to pull away but Kally wouldn't let him, tightening her hold and lifting her head, she leaned up and kissed. Steve was shocked by this action and was appalled when he felt her slimy hands move down to grope his ass.

Guests cheered for them and some yelled congratulations. Kally pulled back and Steve backed away from her, mentally wiping his mind of the unwanted assault on his lips.

"My good people, drink eat and dance for we have celebratory reason! Steve and I shall retire to my room, goodnight and enjoy yourselves!" the people once again cheered and Kally took his hand and led him through the crowd and up the grand staircase. Servants passed them in the hallway and bowed gracefully to their leader, being sure not to make eye contact.

Reaching her room she opened the door and shoved him inside, quickly walking in herself and shutting and locking the door. Turning to face him a predatory glint lit up her eyes and her face was morphed into a wicked demon's; hunger for flesh, his flesh, and lust for his body clouded her thoughts as she stalked towards him.

Backing away the back of his legs made contact with the bed and soon she was upon him. Pushing him, he fell onto the bed and she straddled him, taking his hands she pinned them above his head, inhaling his scent and purring in delight.

"How long I have dreamt of having you like this, completely under my control" she laid a trail of kisses up his neck while rubbing her hands up and down his rigid chest.

"Enjoy it while you can, the only reason you have me now is because there is a chip in me that can kill me but I swear I will find a way to get it out of me or I will die trying" her kisses stopped and she leaned back, a calculation look on her face.

"I have no doubt that you would but don't you think I won't retaliate, you may be dead but not all of your loved ones would be. I will track all of them down and take great pleasure in killing each and every last one of them, and that's a promise!" she went down and kissed him, forcing her tongue into his mouth.

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They arrived at the island and departed from the ship, the captain docked and yelled down at Danny that he would be here when he got back.

Kally was at the top of their suspect lists, especially since she is suspected of running a cult here, that and the grudge she holds against Steve.

Catherine had managed to send them a layout of the island from a satelite camera, it was highly illegal but Steve was a close friend and she wanted to do everything she could to help them find him, even if that meant risking her career.

"This area here is known to be Kally's base for her cult, it's a good 10 mile walk on foot but luckily I managed to get the Governor here to allow us to use of his vehicles; the car should be parked a mile up the road" putting the map away they started walking.

"What makes you think she has him?" Kono wondered how he was so sure.

"Kally Langley is the only one that has made a threat againstt Steve lately and her cult is stationed here, she also has the means and the opportunity. She's our best shot!"he wanted this whole damn thing done with, he wanted to be able to hold Steve in his arms again and tell him how much he loved him then yell and hit him for getting himself taken and for all the pain he's caused them.

They had been walking for about an hour when they finally made it to the car that was waiting for them. A man dressed in a black suit approached them, "are you Five-0?"

"Yeah, I'm Detective Williams and this is Officer Kamakona and Officer Kelly" they showed him they're badges.

Looking at the badges he nodded his head and handed Danny the keys, he walked over to another waiting vehicle and got into the driver's seat and drove off.

Danny unlocked the doors and everyone got inside, the car was a simple white Toyota and there were seats for four people; Danny was in the driver's seat, Kono in one of the backseats and Chin was riding shotgun.

Chin was navigator and so far they were 6 miles out, the sky was beginning to darken with clouds and rain was starting to fall, not heavily just sprinkles but Danny turned the wipers on as a safety precaution.

"You're going to want to take the next left up here then continue straight for two more miles" Chin laid the map down on his lap and turned his head to look at Danny.

"How are you feeling?" Danny had been on edge ever since they found out hat Steve was alive, he didn't want him doing anything that could get him or someone else hurt or killed.

There was no answer for a moment then he responded, "I didn't know how I feel, the man I thought was dead suddenly turns up alive and all the emotions I thought were finally starting to become bearable return! When we find Steve I'm never going to let him out of my sight again!"

"Don't worry brah, we'll find him" Chin looked back down at the map and examined the next few directions.

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Kally was asleep, her limbs acting like an octopus around his legs and torso. Steve was not asleep, how could he after what had just happened?

The door to the room clicked open and an elderly woman entered, carrying a basket of laundry. She hobbled over to the dresser and set the basket down, pulling open the top drawer she bent down and began putting the folded laundry away.

Steve watched as she finished that chore then hobbled around the room, picking up the discarded clothing on the floor. She didn't speak as she worked, too absorbed by the task at hand.

He was tempted to call out to her but he didn't want to risk waking Kally up so he remained silent, watching her quietly creep around the room doing her daily routine.

When she had finished she quietly left and relocked the door, leaving him alone with Kally.

Slowly she began to wake, stretching and sighing as her body and mine woke up.

"(Yawn) I must have fallen asleep" she tightened her arms around him.

Her actions made Steve nauseous.

"As much as I would love to lay here with you for the rest of the day there are matters that I have to attend to, but we'll continue this later" rising from the bed she wrapped a sheet around her naked torso (thankfully she had only gone as far as rubbing herself against him. Mercifully his pants had remained on).

He looked away as she dropped the sheet to clothe herself, he had already seen too much.

Now fully dressed she walked back to the bed and leaned down to kiss him, his lips did not move, they remained stiff and lifeless.

Pulling back she grabbed his leash and pulled him up. As a consequence of her laying on his legs for so long they had lost all the feeling so when his feet made contact with the floor he collapsed, this of course angered her.

Violently yanking him up from the floor he gracelessly fell once again, "get up Steven! I will not tolerate your games" she tried to pull him again but his dead weight was too much. Sighing in aggravation she sank onto the couch and glared at him,

"Fine, I can wait!"

It was a few minutes before the feeling returned to his legs, without her assistance he pulled himself up and dusted himself off. Kally rose from the bed and picked up the end of the leash," come my pet, we have much to do today" dragging him along they left the room and headed for the first meeting of the day.

She informed him that the first meeting was to be held in town at the only nice restaurant in town, the Blue Scallop, she had told him going off the compound was a privilege and if he disobeyed him the privilege would be revoked and he would be severely punished.

Walking out of the mountain structure a familiar black van was walking out of the mountain structure a familiar black van was waiting for them , the driver opened the back door for them and as they were climbing inside a servant came running out of the building hollering at them to wait.

The servant came to a stop, panting and gasping for breath, "Leader outsiders have breached the area and are approaching our location. What are you orders?"

Kally thought on it a moment then came to a decision, "Darren, bring the car to the entrance , I want to meet them" getting inside the car Steve was forced to get in as well.

Darren got behind the wheel and drove towards the entrance to the compound.

Steve watched as Kally picked up a gun from a compartment beside her and checked the number of bullets.

"What are you going to do?" although he had a pretty good idea.

She didn't answer, merely continued to inspect the firearm in her hand.

He could tell that bullets were going to fly.

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Their vehicle approached the closed gate and came to a stop. Danny turned the car off and leaned back in his seat.

"There is no way we can get passed those" Chin commented, his eyes examining the thick metal bars.

Just as they were beginning to lose hop the gates began to open and a vehicle pulled up in front of them. Danny took his weapon out and Chin and Kono followed his example.

"Follow my lead" he waited until the driver got out of the car then him, Kono and Chin followed suit.

With their guns at the ready they watched as he opened the door to the back and Kally Langley stepped out, brandishing a gun.

She looked at them and a sinister look broke out on her face, nodding to the driver he grabbed hold of something and what or rather who he pulled out took Danny's breath away.

There was Steve, looking worse for wear with his only clothing being black scrub pants, his bare feet were caked in dirt and what set Danny's nerves on fire was the leash and collar that was on him.

"Put down your weapon and release Steve McGarrett!" Danny trained his weapon on her while Kono and Chin kept an eye on the driver.

"And why should I do that Detective? He's the only leverage I have, the moment I let him go what' s to stop you from shooting me?" Steve looked at her incredulously, there was no way that she was concerned about them shooting her, it was all an act! She was expected to be concerned about that.

"No one is going to shoot her you, all we want is Steve then you can get in your car and drive away, we won't stop you" though that didn't mean Danny wouldn't dream about it. He wanted her to pay for what she had done to Steve and for keeping Steve away from him.

"And if I refuse?"

Danny didn't hesitate in his answer, "then I'll shoot you and you're driver dead, no one would miss you and my associates would never tell another soul"

While Kally had her attention on Danny Steve decided that now was his chance.

With one swift motion he kicked the driver's feet out from under him and incapacitated him with a well aimed blow to the head.

Having seen the commotion out of the corner of her eye Kally turned to fire her weapon but was stunned when a loud gunshot went off and a fiery pain erupted in her shoulder. Dropping her weapon she clutched her wounded shoulder and glared daggers at Danny. Making a move to attack Steve jumped her and tackled her to the ground.

Kono, Chin and Danny ran forward and assisted Steve. Kono ripped Kally up from the ground while Danny carefully helped Steve up. The adrenaline rush that had been coursing through him burned out and the pain it had been clouding made itself known.

If Danny hadn't of caught him he would have caused himself more injury. Being held in his arms once more felt right, he had missed the safe and loving feeling that these arms invoked.

Danny held onto Steve like he would disappear again if he let go. Bringing his lips to view he crashed his lips onto Steve's and Steve, in response, wrapped his arms around Danny around met him with the same force.

They were reluctant to part but their lungs were protesting at the lack of oxygen. Pulling apart they rested their heads against each other and breathed in the same air.

"I thought you were dead" Danny grasped the back of his neck, his thumb resting over the pulse point to reassure himself that this wasn't a dream.

"I'm sorry, I never wanted to hurt you" Steve rubbed his jaw line with the pad of his thumb.

With the knowledge that they had to get moving Danny told Kono to handcuff Kally to the car, while she did this Danny and Chin helped Steve get into the car they had borrowed. Danny remained in the back with Steve, carefully removing the collar and leash; he had to hold back a growl when he saw the chaffed skin that was a consequence of the rough material rubbing against his skin.

"It's good to see you again bossman" Kono craned her head around to look at him,

"It's great to be back, I'm sorry for all the pain you went through" Steve reached out and grasped Danny's hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"No probs, all that matters is that your back with your ohana" Chin assured him, looking in the back with the rearview mirror.

The drive back was spent with light conversations about what had been going on with their lives, they made sure to keep out the part about Danny's meltdown and Sarai's attack, they didn't want to make him feel even more guilty about what happened, especially when it wasn't his fault, that and he was already hurting.

Arriving at the dock they parked the car and with assistance from Chin and Danny, they all boarded the ship and as soon as they bridge was loaded up the ship sailed off.

They slowly moved Steve up into the captain's cabin and laid him down on the bed. Kono ran into the a-joined bathroom and grabbed the medical kit. Once they had the supplies Chin used his more advanced first aid knowledge and set to work. Thoroughly washing his hands he put on the latex gloves then washed his hands again and patted them dry with a paper towel.

Returning to Steve's side Chin inspected the ravished skin along his neck, eliciting a small hiss of pain from Steve when he accidentally brushed the damaged skin. Apologizing Chin told Danny to keep him in place, Danny did as he was told and wrapped his arms around Steve's waist, grabbing a hold of his hand as an anchor.

Picking up the bottle of anesthetic, he dabbed a small amount onto a cotton ball and gently began to apply the medicne to the injuries around his neck. Normally Steve had a high threshold for pain but his body was so weak that his mental walls couldn't withstand the force of agony that was going through him.

When he finished with that he applied the antibiotic then carefully wrapped a gauze bandage over the areas.

Danny helped Steve up from the bed and led him into the bathroom and over to the cramped shower stall. Due to the area of the injury he wasn't able to take a shower quite yet but with Danny's help he would be able to clean his feet.

Turning on the water Danny waited until it was at a decent temperature then helped Steve lean against him and foot by foot clean the dirt from his feet. When his feet were clean Danny helped him sit down on the closed toilet while Danny dried his feet with a towel.

As Chin had been cleaning Steve's injuries Danny had taken notice of the angry red scars that littered Steve's back, upper neck and one wicked scar that wrapped around his upper arm. His wrists had ligature marks that looked to be days, maybe even weeks old.

He wanted to ask him what happened, where he had been the last few months and if he had sent the text that had crushed his entire being or if it had been sent under duress. But he would store those questions in the back of his mind for a later time.

Now that his feet were dry they went back into the bedroom and Steve sat back down on the bed. Chin inspected his feet and rubbed medicine into the open wounds and placed bandages over them. His back, arm and neck had already healed so there wasn't anything to be done with them so Chin packed up the kit and set it aside.

"How did you find me?" Steve rubbed at his wrists but Danny took his hand, not wanting him to irritate them further.

"A worker at the docks saw you boarding a cargo ship, said it looked to be heading towards Ni'ahua and we used prior knowledge and connected Kally to your disappearance" Chin supplied, pulling a chair up and sitting down.

"Prior knowledge?" Steve did not like the sound of that, how much did they know?

"There were a few incidents that came up during your absence and it was revealed that Kally had a very specific grudge against you, add in a few more incidents and she was at the top of our list" Danny added, watching Steve carefully to gauge his reaction.

"What kind of incidents?" he really, really didn't like the sound of that.

Kono looked about ready to answer but Danny stopped her, "that's not important right now, we'll tell you everything later, right now you just focus on getting better"

Steve was about to implore further but he could feel someone staring at him, turning he saw that it was Chin, "what is it Chin?"

At the sound of his name Chin looked up and met Steve's gaze, "what happened there Steve?" he pointed at the thin but still fresh scar above his right pec.

The happiness that Steve had been feeling at being reunited with his team blew out like a flame, the tracker! He had completely forgotten about it. He was shocked that he was still breathing, surely Kally would have activated the cyanide by now, had she simply forgotten about it or was she planning something?

Everyone became concerned when Steve became unresponsive, it reminded Danny of the look Steve had had in the hospital, "Steve? What's wrong?" Danny touched his cheek and turned his head to face him, making contact with Steve the sound of his voice brought him back and he gave Danny a reassuring smile.

"It's nothing, just kind of spaced out is all" seeing that Danny was still concerned he cupped the back of his neck and brought him into a kiss, not caring that Kono and Chin could see them.

Chin and Kono averted their eyes, giving the two some form of privacy. They were more than fine with this development, in fact they were ecstatic! Especially Kono who had a huge grin on her face.

Pulling apart Danny couldn't help the blissful smile that came over him, or the way his heart beat like a drum solo against his chest.

While the others were happily congratulating them on their relationship Steve was off in another world.

Every possible second was a chance that the cyanide would be activated and kill him. He couldn't tell the team about this, they would flip out and he didn't want to put them through anymore pain, especially Danny, he had been through so much already, Steve didn't want to add on to that already high amount.

So he simply smiled and joined in on the conversation, while on the inside he began counting the beats of his heart.

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Kally limped back into the mountain structure and was immediately surrounded by her servants, pushing past them she stormed up the staircase to her bedroom where she found her two loyal bodyguards waiting for her.

When they saw her they came to her aide, helping her to the bed and retrieving the first aid kit.

"What is his location?" she flinched when the guard on her right dug into her wound with a pair of tweezers and retrieved the bullet.

The other guard lifted the control in her hand and relayed the information, "he is headed back to Oahu, what are your orders Leader?"

She was silent as she thought, only slightly flinching when the guard began to stitch up her wound.

"Continue to monitor his movements and report to me every hour on his latest whereabouts. For now we'll give him his freedom, when the time is right we shall go and collect my pet"

A/N: Sorry this took so long to update, I have been major busy. I hope you liked this chapter and I'll try to get the next one up faster. Please review!