Danny woke to a neighbor's dog barking wildly. He pulled the covers over his head and moaned.

God his head hurt! He only had a couple of beers why did he feel so hung over? He had to use the bathroom. He moved slowly up the stairs and after taking care of business, as he was leaving the bathroom he saw the note taped to the door.

"Danno,

I have gone to finish this. It is something I have to do. I have been in contact with Joe and we are going after Wo-Fat.

I need you to trust me on this buddy and understand that I have been well trained to do this so please do not worry.

I won't be able to contact you until this is over. Please do not attempt to locate me as that could jeopardize our lives and the mission. Danny, DON'T TRUST ANYONE, Denning is involved in this!

If I do not survive this you will find a letter and my will in my safe deposit box and First National Bank. The key is in my top desk drawer at the office.

You are all in danger as long as Wo-Fat is alive. He has taken my parents and now he has taken Catherine and John. I will not let him take any one else I love. I hope you understand and can respect my decision.

I will see you soon partner.

Steve"

Danny's face drained of all color as he read his friends words and his hands shook. He looked at his watch noting it was two o'clock,
"Damn it Steven..."
He raced down the steps and grabbed his phone, dialing Steve's cell which rolled directly to voice mail.
He then dialed Chin. "Hey Danny, how are things going?"
"Chin...Chin, Steve's gone after Wo-Fat"
"What are you talking about?"

"I had two damn beers last night and I just woke up. I think he drugged me man. I didn't even hear him leave. He left a note Chin. I don't know what time he left but we've got to check the outbound flights to Japan, we've got to stop him. He said he's meeting up with Joe...he's going to get himself killed Chin"

"Have you tried his cell phone?"
"OF COURSE I TRIED HIS CELL PHONE!" Sighing deeply he added, "I'm sorry brother, I shouldn't be yelling at you"

"No worries bro, try to calm down. I'm just a couple of miles from the airport now. Let me go check things out there and I'll get back to you. Why don't you search around...try to find anything that might help us locate Joe"
"Okay thanks"

Danny scoured Steve's desk and drawers searching for something...anything, but finding nothing.
He was still searching when Chin called back about forty five minutes later.
"Chin, what have you got?"
"His name was not on any flights to Tokyo Danny. But odds are he would have been using an alias. Should we talk to Governor Denning and have him notify Tokyo police to watch for him?"

"Danny, Don't trust anyone, Denning is involved in this" Those words from the letter jumped into his mind, "No, no Chin...don't tell anyone about any of this. Can you get over here?"

"I'll be there in about half an hour"
"Good, see you then"

Chin arrived to find Danny pacing the living room floor. He handed the letter to his friend.
"Denning is involved? What in the hell?"
"Chin, I don't know what to do man"
"Like he says Danny, he's trained for this. Maybe we just need to trust him on this one"

"It's not a matter of trusting him brother, Wo-Fat has an army behind him. Even with Joe at his side this is a fucking suicide mission"

"Danny, we can't do anything. We have to lay low. I need to stay on the job and you have to stay away from the office. If Denning is involved like Steve says he could have people working with him. Like Steve says, trust nobody. You have to stay here. We could be being watched for all we know. Nobody can know Steve is gone. We have to act normally, we have to protect him"

"Chin...God, Chin...Lori?"
"What? You think Lori is working for Wo-Fat?"
"No...but brother think about it? Just weeks after the Governor re-instates the 5-0 task force, which he HAD to do because we were so successful he puts Weston on our team to monitor us, to baby sit us?"

"Jesus Danny, I don't know man. She seemed sincere"
"Hell Chin, she may not have even known she was working against us. Denning had her reporting our actions to him. He pulled her from 5-0 because she was no longer effective. She had feelings for Steve and the Governor couldn't rely on her giving him information on us any longer so he pulled her"

"Lori had feelings for Steve?"
"Yeah, you didn't know about that?"
"No, I thought she liked you"
"You sound just like McGarrett...you're both crazy. No she confessed her feelings to Steve when she gave him her notice. He was quite surprised to say the least"

"She knew Steve was dating Catherine didn't she?"
"Oh yeah, I told her all about Catherine. Women are vicious when it comes to us men Chin. If they see something they want, baby they go for it"

Chin shook his head and smiled, "How did I miss all of that?"
"You missed it my friend because you and Malia were newlyweds and you could of cared less about anyone else's love life"

"Do you think we need to talk to Lori?"
"Yes, I think we need to take the chance. We can't risk calling her or having her fly here, Denning may find out. And if she IS working for him, I'll need to contain her immediately. You keep working and act natural. If anyone inquires on me or Steve just tell them we flew to Vegas for a couple of days. I'll book a couple of tickets as a cover. I have a cousin who lives there and we can say we stayed with him if anyone questions it. I'll fly out and pay Lori a surprise visit"

"Remember to use a fake ID on the tickets and use cash only. We have to make sure you can't be tracked. Keep in touch brother"

The men shook hands and parted ways as Danny called the airlines to book the flights.