"If I was blindfolded
If my memory was erased
If every sign pointed to another place
I'd still find you
I will still find you
I'd still find you
If I was blindfolded"
Kris Allen- Blindfolded
currently unbetaed so please excuse my errors!
(Steve's POV)
Marissa and I were just getting finished with her 15 week checkup when my phone went off. Marissa gave me a nod to take the call as she finished up with the receptionist.
"What is it?" Marissa asked.
"Got a body to check out. Danny and Lori are already on their way." I replied.
"GO meet them there I can take a cab back to HQ" she answered.
"Babe, I can drop you off. Plus the doctor said you got to take it easy." I stated.
"I am not fragile Steven, and the doctor said that I can keep working as long as it is desk duty so don't think you are getting rid of me at work that easily." She fired back.
After dropping Marissa off at HQ I headed towards the crime scene. Danny and Lori were the first to greet me when I arrived along with Max who was ready to fill me in on what he thought the cause of death was.
"What do we have?" I asked.
"Victim is Bethany Morris. She was a reporter for the Pacific Register." Danny stated while squatting next to the female victim.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Seems like the victim was hiding before she was attacked. Broken neck is the cause of death that I can determine so far. It's sad." Max said after looking over Bethany's writs.
"No signs of forced entry and no fingerprints. The perp was clean and very quick" Danny went over.
Chin walked in the room with some information "I just got off the phone with Henry Dobson, Bethany's editor. She left him a voicemail just after midnight last night."
"Based on my findings that is around the time of TOD" Max stated.
"Did he say what the message was?" I asked.
"Yeah Bethany said she was being followed and she was going to send him an email. He never got it." Chin added.
"Okay we got a monitor, keyboard and cables but no computer tower." Lori stated.
"Killer could have taken it." I replied.
"I wonder what she was working on" Chin questioned.
Danny and I met up with Bethany's editor back at HQ. He gave us information on a case that Bethany was working on. She was exposing a company that was dumping their waste into the ocean. After showing us a threatening voicemail Danny and I headed to go find our suspect in question.
I let Danny and Chin take over the interrogation as I went to meet with Jenna.
"Glad to see you back on the island, Jenna. I got your email you said it was important." I started after taking a sip of my soda.
"I have a favor to ask you. It's really big." She said.
"Is this about your fiancé? I asked.
"Ever since I heard Josh might be alive in South East Asia I have been pounding the pavement back in D.C. After three months of analyzing classified Intel and trading favors. I found him. Josh is alive." She divulged.
"Are you kidding me? That's great new Jenna. Do you know where he is?" I stated noticing the happiness in her eyes and smile.
"North Korea. A small rebel group is holding him hostage near the border." She answered quickly.
"Have you taken this to the agency?" I asked.
"Yeah but they can't lift a finger. They have to ignore his existence because he was caught." Jenna replied.
"That's what happens when you are on an op and you get caught. What do they want?" I asked.
"250,000 in US currency. That's where I come in." she stated hesitantly.
"Are you seriously considering this?" I questioned.
"If I don't Josh is dead. Don't you understand I have no other option but to pay them" She replied.
"I need your help" was the last thing she muttered before falling quiet.
Back at HQ I was on the phone with a commanding officer to see if I could get Jenna a team to escort her to the drop off.
Marissa sat down on one of the chairs staring at me as Danny came in to ask for an update.
"Please keep in mind that this is North Korea we are talking about. You don't need to put on your cape and try and save the day." Danny stated after I told him no team could take Jenna to the pick-up sight.
"I am aware of that, thank you." I replied.
"Do I get a say in this?" Marissa asked getting up to her feet and folding her arms.
"Marissa, I have to help her." I answered knowing it was going to set my wife off. Instead of reply she gave a nod in my direction before taking off leaving me to talk with Danny.
"Do me a favor and tell me that you have done this before. Oh wait its classified you can't" Danny asked.
"Is that concern I am sensing?" I asked with a smirk.
"Yeah jerk I am concerned big deal" Danny fired back.
"Its North Korea what could go wrong?" I fired back sarcastically.
"Do me a favor and watch yourself huh" Danny added.
"I will be thinking about you the whole time." I replied walking past Lori with a quick greeting.
"I am going to tell your wife you said that." Danny shouted with humor.
(Danny's POV)
Marissa sat in her office after Steve left trying to focus on paper work. I popped in to check in on her. I knew this had to be difficult for her knowing he was risking his life.
"Hey how are you holding up?" I asked.
"I am fine." She replied shortly.
"How did the appointment go?" I asked.
"Good. Baby is healthy and is at the right stages of growing." She replied with a smile running a hand over the small baby bump.
"Look I know you are upset that he is leaving but he knows what he is doing. He sees Jenna as family and he wants to help her whatever way he can." I stated.
"I know. I have never seen him so happy until after he quit the Navy and started this job with you guys. But that selfish part of me wants him where I know he is safe. Not half way around the world risking his life." Marissa answered with tears glistening in her eyes.
"I know babe. But you know how difficult he can be when his mind is made up more than anyone. Help us finish our case and if your husband isn't back in 2 days I will personally go get him and drag his ass back just so you can kick it." I replied earning a snort of laughter from Marissa.
"Thank you, Danny." She replied placing a kiss on my cheek and heading towards the smart table.
I got a call from Chin and Kono and they found some information that could change everything.
(Steve' POV)
Jenna and I rode through the forest of South Korea heading towards the pick-up spot on the border.
"Listen to me Jenna. We don't give these guys any money until we can make a positive id on Josh." I stated.
Jenna only nodded her head in agreement. I could tell she was really nervous about what was about to happen.
The men were already waiting with a man with a bag over his head that I concluded might be Josh. I translated for Jenna as the men began shouting out orders.
I opened fire once I noticed them starting to advance and once I realized it wasn't Jenna's fiancé they had. But as I took cover behind a tree the firing stop and everything got to quiet.
I heard the foot steps behind me when I was met with a frantic Jenna with a gun pointed in my direction.
"I am sorry" she whispered before I was knocked out from behind.
My hands were tied around my back along with a rope tightly knotted around my neck. Wo fat was leading us further into the forest.
"How long has she been working for you?" I grunted.
Wo Fat didn't answer.
(Marissa's POV)
Chin and Kono were over the smart table as I frantically kept calling Steve's satellite phone.
"Any luck?" Danny asked.
"No I have called like 20 times and no answer." I replied.
"The area that they are in is all deep forest. May be he lost signal." Kono stated.
"I would like to know what's going on." I questioned. '
"Marissa, we think Jenna might have led Steve into a trap." Chin answered.
"What makes you say that?" I asked immediately on edge after learning this new information.
Jenna wasn't in D.C. she was hiding in cabin on a different island gathering information with our murder victim.
"She has been lying to us this whole time." Danny stated.
"The only way we are going to get answers if we find Bethany Moriss' killer." Kono replied.
"Lori, did you find anything off that information from Sholtzy gave us?" Chin asked the other woman.
"I got a rental for a Sung Pek. Ran his name he is staying at the Kailua Inn." Lori reported.
"Let's get geared up. Marissa keep trying him. Give me call if you hear anything." Danny stated before the team took off with our new lead.
The team came back a little while later with some information from the dead suspect. He had hacked Bethany's computer for files about a CIA mission that was classified.
Danny decided it was time to get Joe in on this. So he and I headed towards Joe's new hide out.
When Danny and I made it to Joe and his friend Danny was the first to speak.
"Would it kill you to stay in cell range?" Danny snarked.
"What are you two doing out here?" Joe questioned.
"We need information on a CIA mission called Switchback." Danny stated.
"What's going on sweetheart?" Joe asked casting a glance in my direction.
"We think Steve might have been led into a trap." I replied.
"Even if we have heard of it we can't disclose anything." Joe's friend stated.
"Why do you need our help when you can ask the analysis that was working with you guys for that information?" Joe asked.
"Because Jenna and Steve are in North Korea." Danny answered.
"What?" Joe asked.
"We think he might be in trouble." I said.
At HQ waiting for the governor's approval to go a make a rescue mission for my husband Danny frantically ran into the office with Jenna on the phone.
"I am so sorry I screwed up." Jenna rambled.
"Just tell me where Steve is?" Danny demanded.
"It's WO Fat." She said before the line went dead.
Joe came in with no luck of getting the Navy on board for a rescue mission. He found the link between Jenna and the victim Bethany Morris.
I felt dizzy and began to sway until Chin grabbed my arm and made me sit down.
"Marissa you need to take it easy." Chin stated handing me a bottle of water.
"He is right. Steve is coming back. You can bet my ass on that." Joe stated.
"Go home and rest and as soon as we have more information we will let you know. Your kids need you right now." Chin said.
I was about to protest but I knew there wasn't much I could do but sit and wait.
(Steve's POV)
I was being dragged down hall way in an underground bunker. I was chained from the ceiling as Wo Fat's henchmen beat me.
After a while Jenna was dragged into the same room I was and was chained a few feet away from me.
"Why?" I asked her.
"I had no choice." She choked out.
"We let you in. We treated you like family. I trusted you and when I came down here I didn't ask you one question." I replied.
"Wo Fat told me Josh was alive." She stated.
"You just took him for his word?" I deadpanned.
"He had his ring and pictures. I would have done anything to save him" Jenna cried.
"So you decided to trade him for me?" I asked.
She stayed quiet after the question.
Wo Fat came in and began to shock me demanding I tell him about Shelburne.
"I am telling you I don't know what the hell Shelburne is." I fired back.
"Your father spent a great deal of time investigating the meaning of Shelburne. I can't imagine he didn't share any of his findings with you." Wo Fat stated.
"You are wasting your time." I bit out as he shocked me again.
"What about Joe White. What did he tell you?" Wo Fat demanded.
"Joe White doesn't know anything about Shelburne." I bit out.
Wo Fat put down the Taser and began to beat me like his henchmen did.
"What's so important about Shelburne? Why do you care?" I grunted.
Wo Fat hit me a few more times before leaving me alone with Jenna again. Once he was out of ear shot she tossed a metal pin in my direction.
Before I could ask her anything else Wo Fat came back and shot her.
"I am going to kill you. You are a dead man." I yelled in his face.
"We are getting on a plane in an hour and you are taking me to Shelburne." Wo Fat demanded.
I used my feet to get the pin in my hand. Once I was freed I checked Jenna's body for a pulse before I took off for an exit.
I made it out of the bunker until I was ambushed by Wo Fat and his men again knocking me out cold.
When I came to I was in the back of a truck. A loud explosion went off before the trucks came to a stop. Gun fire was all I could hear until I saw Danny climb the back of the truck I was in.
"Where is Wo Fat?" I asked.
"Just shut up would you" was Danny's reply.
Danny and Chin carried me to the helicopter. After receiving hug from Lori we boarded and headed towards safe territory.
I cast a glance at Danny getting ready to thank him when he interrupted me "don't thank me until we get back to Oahu. But I expect a dinner after saving your ass."
"You can thank me by being the best man at my wedding." Chin added in.
I am sorry for the lack of updates but after watching last nights episode i got inspired to write another chapter. I hope every one likes it. Please read and review. :)