A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! Didn't expect this much so I'm extremely grateful!

Steve was the first to get on his feet.

"IS ANYONE HURT?" he yelled.

Screams and pleas for help were filling the air as the team and the firemen rushed to put out the flames. As the smoke cleared, it was evident that the people in the ambulance were dead. 3 civilians were mildly injured and were taken to the hospital.

"The two medics who died were Greg Baker and Stephan Down, both 28 years old."

"Alright, so why would someone blow up this house and then blow up an ambulance?" Steve said. Frustration was clear from his eyes.

"Do you think the medics were the main target and not Martha Shaw?" Kono mused.

"Not likely," Danny responded, "They wouldn't know which responders in particular would come to the scene."

"Kono, you alright?" Steve asked as Kono winced while rubbing her left arm.

"Yeah boss just a small scrape."

"Sure you don't need to get it checked out?"

"Yeah brah" Kono laughed as she playfully hit him with her left arm.

"Alright then," Steve chuckled "let's go back to HQ and look over the crime scene pictures."

"So HPD and bomb squad confirmed it was a bomb, went off with a timer." Chin said as he walked in the room. "Both ME's were killed from head injury from the blast while Martha was killed by the fumes."

"Ok, Kono, check whether Martha had any disputes with anyone, check financial records, anything unusual that hints someone would want her dead."

"Yes Boss."

Steve's phone rang. "McGarrett…ok be right there."

"There's been another explosion," Steve sighed. "and again, there was another one when the ambulances showed up."

"Let's get over there" Danny said and headed out the door. As he walked towards the door, Cath entered.

"Cath? This is not a good time Cath" Steve said as he walked towards her.

"When is it ever a good time for you? We need to talk."
Kono glanced over. "Boss, take your time, we'll meet you there." Kono's gaze lingered on Steve for a moment, then turned to follow Chin out the door.

"Vic's name is Richard Page, he's a doctor at a nearby hospital. From the looks of it, he was in his car when the bomb inside went off. Killed almost immediately."

"According to a witness, second blast came shortly after the ambulances arrived. Took out 3 medics." Kono reported as she walked towards the group.

"So this attacker is killing people, and then killing responders?"

Steve walked towards the group. "So what have we got?" he asked.

Kono glanced up at him. Her boss was as focused as ever. Whatever Cath had said to him, he didn't look particularly affected.

Danny recited what they had found.

"Ok so Chin and Danny, see if we can find any overlap between the first vic and the second." Steve was still confused about the deaths of the medics. So why would someone want to kill the medics that arrived? To make sure there were no survivors? To make sure that no one could help rescue the vic? Kono looked at her boss.

"You alright boss?" she asked.

"Yeah," Steve glanced up at Kono's concerned face and smiled, "Nothing to worry about, let's just catch this son of a bitch."

"So no overlap between the two vics, at all?" Steve said into his phone. "Nothing unusual about either of their financials…..? Alright, thanks Danny."

"This guy has already taken out 7 people, and we haven't got ANY leads?" Kono said, understanding Steve's frustration.

Steve sighed. "Let's call it a day and look at it again tomorrow with a fresh mind."

Steve woke early around 5 in the morning. He hasn't gotten much sleep lately and now with Cath and the case…he had had a restless night. He decided to go for a morning swim in Waikiki Beach and clear his mind.

He had just emerged from the water when he noticed a familiar face sitting a few feet away on the beach.
"Kono!" he waved and shouted a greeting.

Kono heard her name being called and her eyes darted up. Her face immediately flushed up when she saw her boss emerging from the water.. Her eyes couldn't stop lingering over his ever so gorgeous body.

"What are you doing here so early?" he asked as he plonked himself down next to her. He noticed the flush on her cheeks.

"Uh…" she stammered "Couldn't sleep so decided to come out here, I do just live a few steps away." She grinned at him. "And you brah? You do this all the time? Figured you'd be a running kind of person."

"Decided swimming would clear my mind, things haven't exactly been going smoothly and the case is really frustrating..." Steve paused. "Cath also broke up with me."

"Oh!" Kono's eyes widened. "I'm sorry. If you ever wanna talk about it…I'm always here." She added softly.

Steve glanced up. He was so used to her kicking ass in the field that he never noticed this softer side of Kono. And since when did she care so much about him? His eyes kept lingering over her vibrant brown eyes. And since when were her eyes so pretty? He never noticed much about Kono, I mean he knew what a fighter she was but she was always around Chin so he never really gotten to get to know her.

He chuckled. "I'm fine Kono really. " He playfully nudged her. "Say lets go for a swim. Race ya!"

Steve's phone rang. "Yes Danny?"

"I think we got something."

A/N: This chapter seemed like a filler chapter…It has also been more case-based than I liked. Next chapter will be more suspense filled, I will update soon! Oh and Happy new year to everyone!