An hour later at the office, Danny watched as Steve and Kono worked on the sketches of the thugs. Danny kept setting juice, water and cookies in front of him, urging him to eat and drink.
Danny had slipped into his office to call Governor Denning and Rachel to fill them in on what was happening.
Chin returned a short time later with two viable fingerprints. They moved quickly to run the prints through the system.
As they were waiting Chin looked to Danny, "Has he called back?"
"No…..nothing"
He looked through the glass at Steve and Kono, "How's he holding up?"
"He's keeping busy right now. But he keeps glancing at the clock. He's worried"
"Danny I've got a really bad feeling about this. It's been more than two hours since his last call"
"Chin, I feel so damn helpless" They looked back to the screen as the identity of one of the men flashed across the screen, "Chin, go get Steve"
Steve came racing into the office, "Danno who is it?"
"His name is Kenta Nori. Is he one of the men?"
Steve looked closely at the screen for several seconds before responding, "He's the man who shot me. Did you find any other prints?"
"One other Steve. The system is still searching" Seconds later the system beeped, "Here he is, Shouta Daiki, do you recognize him?"
"Yes…Kono can you run backgrounds on these two?"
"You got it boss"
As Kono left the room, Steve's phone rang stopping her in her tracks.
"Wo-Fat. I want to speak with my wife"
"McGarrett, you have no bargaining power with me. Now I'm going to ask you again, who is Shelburne?"
Steve looked over to Danny who simply nodded. After taking a deep breath he closed his eyes, tipped his head back and stated with a steely voice, "Joe White is Shelburne, now l need to talk to my wife"
"McGarrett there are penalties for not cooperating. You knew of Shelburne three years ago in North Korea and now you will pay for withholding that information from me"
"Wo-Fat please…..please don't hurt her. She's innocent in this. This is between you and me"
"If you want to speak with your wife, you had better hurry. You will find her at the place of our first meeting" The phone went dead and Steve turned and raced out of the office followed closely by his team.
"Where are heading Steve?"
"Green Haven golf course, the eleventh hole"
Danny drove with Chin and Kono on their tale.
"Faster Danno…..please…."
Danny had no idea what to say. Wo-Fat's words had terrified all of them and he only hoped they could get their in time.
In the truck, Kono contacted HPD to have them meet them at the scene. Chin looked over at her, "Kono I think you should call to have an ambulance sent as well" Kono nodded and made the call.
It was a ten minute drive to the golf course and as they arrived and Danny drove across the course towards the eleventh green he glanced over at his partner. He prayed that his gut feeling was wrong and that they would find Catherine safe and tied up in the neatly wooded area next to the small pond on the fairway. Golfers stopped their games and watched in stunned silence as the vehicles came to a stop at the edge of the woods.
Steve was out of the car and racing into the woods before the car even came to a full stop. "CATH….CATH…."
He saw her in moments. She was lying on her side next to a large rock, her back to him. He was at her side, on his knees, in seconds with Danny right behind him.
He gently rolled her over into his arms, "Catherine….baby"
Danny's heart sank as he saw the wound. Catherine had been shot in the chest and she was horribly pale.
"Cath, baby I'm here. Open your eyes sweetheart" He was tenderly stroking her cheek as her eyes slowly opened.
"Steevee….ohhhhh Steeeve"
"Yes baby, I've got you now. You're going to be fine…"
Chin and Kono had now reached Danny's side, "An ambulance is on the way Danny"
Danny moved to his partners' side, "The ambulance is coming Steve"
"Help is on the way sweetheart, you just stay with me now. I love you Catherine"
"Oh Steve….you'rree fface"
"I'm fine sweetheart, sshhhhhhh don't talk now…..sssshhhhhh"
"The baby….Sttevee, thhe bbabby"
"Hey, both you and the baby are going to be fine…..Cath…I'm so sorry" Steve tenderly kissed her cheek.
"It doesnnn'tt huu..uurt Steve"
"Good…that's good honey"
"Sttevee, promise mmee…..save the bb..bbaby"
"The baby's going to be fine and so are you honey…..oh God I love you Cath" Tears were streaking down Steve's cheeks.
"Steve…..don'ttt cc..cry. The lassstt two yearsss with youu…I've never bb…bben happier…I llovve you"
Danny turned away as his eyes burned with tears. Catherine McGarrett was dying.