"Okay I'm here, what's the emergency?" Danny called as he headed into the McGarrett household before glancing around a little. "Sam?" He called as he shut the front door after him.

Hearing her brother, Sam picked up Reuben from his highchair and headed into the living room, resting Reuben on her hip.

Seeing his sister, Danny frowned. She looked like she had seen a ghost! "What's wrong? What's happened?" He asked as he headed over to her glancing to Reuben before looking to Sam. "Is Reuben okay?" He thought that something was wrong at his appointment.

"He's fine. He has a viral infection." She sighed and looked to him. "I need to show you something." She mumbled heading into the kitchen to get the envelope off the table before entering the living room once more. "Joe was here. He was sent this a couple of days ago. Thinks maybe one of his contacts in Japan sent it." She mumbled passing him the envelope keeping Reuben close to her as he played with her necklace.

"Japan?" He asked to her before he took the envelope off her and opened it, looking to the picture he frowned. "This can't be real?" He commented looking to his sister.

"That's what I said to Joe. It's dated four days ago so he's not sure."

"Looks like he's in a prison…"

"A Japanese prison that he would have no reason for being in." Sam told him looking to him. "Tell me there's no way this is real."

Danny sighed as his eyes locked onto the picture, studying it closely. "I don't see how it can be real Sam…but if it's dated four days ago…maybe it should be looked into…"

"We buried him!" She cried looking to him, trying not to get too upset in front of Reuben. "He was shot four times in the chest. No vest on. There was no way he survived that Danny. He died in my arms. They couldn't do anything in the O.R…" She shook her head, the tears welling up in her eyes. "Alfie and Lily have accepted he's gone…."

"But you haven't." He sighed looking to her. "What if he's alive Sam? The kids need him. Reuben needs him. You need him. We can't really ignore this."

"You sound like Joe…the doctor said he was dead….we saw his body. We put his body in a coffin and we buried him. This is someone's idea of a sick joke! It's got to be photo shopped or tampered with. How could they then take him without anyone noticing?"

Seeing how wound up she was getting, Danny sighed as he folded the picture up and put into his pocket. "Look. I'll get the guys to look into the photo. See if it is genuine. I'll go have a word with the doctor that pronounced Steve dead…"

"You seriously want to drag all this up? What if it's all a lie?"

"What if it's not Sam? What if he is actually alive? Four days ago was the anniversary of his death…what if he's alive and this is him sending us a message?"

"But Steve didn't send this Danny. Joe doesn't know who sent it. And if it was Steve why wouldn't he send it here to us? Why send it to Joe's home in Mexico? A home he rarely visits. He went there by chance just to make sure it was still standing." She shook her head and headed over to the couch and sat down, moving Reuben to sit next to her. As much as she wished and prayed that Steve was alive, she couldn't get her head around the possibility that he was actually alive after all this time.

Sighing Danny headed over to her and sat next to her, smiling as Reuben took his keys off him to play with before he then looked back to his sister. "I know you've really struggled the last two years. I know that losing Steve was the worst thing that had ever happened to you…but if he's alive? We need to find out and know for sure and then bring him home." He told her softly. "You need him more than anything and so do the kids."

Sam kept her eyes on Reuben before looking to Danny once more. "But why would he be in Japanese prison? Of all places, why would he be there?"

Danny sighed. "I don't know. But we're going to find out. If this picture is real…then we're going to get him…we'll bring him home."

Sam looked to him. "How many prisons are in Japan Danny? Whoever sent this just sent this photo…nothing else. If he's alive…we have no idea where he is." She mumbled before she looked back to Reuben and gently ran her fingers through his hair.

Danny looked to her. "Sam if he is alive then we will find him." He promised to her.

Sam looked to him and nodded a little before she looked back to Reuben who was happily curled into her side playing with Danny's car keys. "Think Joe's going to look into it. Whether I believe it or not I think he's going to chase it up." She mumbled with a sigh.

Danny looked to her. "It's too risky not to chase up. That picture was sent for a reason. We need to find that reason."

"A trap?" Sam suggested looking to him.

"A trap set by who?"

Sam shrugged. "I don't know. Someone who clearly hates all of us and wants us to suffer more by giving us a possibility that Steve might be alive."

"You're over thinking it Sam…"

"What do you expect Danny?" Sam asked looking to him with a shake of her head. "When you bury the person you love. When you watch them die? When the possibility of them being alive when it's near about impossible kinda makes you on edge."

Danny looked to her and sighed a little before he then smiled down to Reuben as he rested his head on his lap and put his feet on his mother's. "Just leave it to me." He told her as he gently played with Reuben's hair. "I'll get Chin and Kono see how genuine the photo is and then we'll get searching." He told her. "I'll bring him home if he's alive."

"If he's alive I'm coming with you." She told him looking to him. "I might not believe this whole thing is real but if it is Danny I'm coming with you and I'm going to get my husband."

"Sam…" He sighed and looked to her. "Your priority are your children right now. You need to be here for them. They'll need you."

Sam looked to him and frowned. "You seriously want me to sit this one out?"

"Sam you left Five-O. You left to be their mum and in a way their dad too. Last thing you need is to be put in danger. It's too risky when we don't know what we are dealing with."

Sam clenched her jaw. She knew he was right. It was too risky, especially when she had three children to think about. They had already lost their father. They couldn't lose their mother too. Looking to Danny she let a sigh pass her lips. "What if…" She began before looking to him. "What if he hates us?"

Danny frowned. "Why would he hate us?"

"Well because we left him there all this time…"

"Sam we didn't know…he'll know that…"

"Still won't make it easier…we don't know what he's been through…"

Danny looked to her. "Sounds like you're thinking he is alive…"

"I'd give anything to have him back Danny." She whispered as she locked her eyes onto her son who had dozed off.

Danny nodded to her. "If he's alive Sam…I'll bring him home. You have my word."

Sam looked to her brother and nodded a little before she sighed and relaxed back into the sofa once more as she stared ahead of her. She wanted it so desperately to be true but she couldn't help but think if he was alive what Steve had been through whilst he had been there. What if he had been tortured for the last two years? She knew what went on in prisons. She was a lawyer for years. She wasn't stupid. If they knew he was Five-O he would be a main target.
Sighing to herself she looked to her brother before looking down to Reuben once more. He didn't even know who was dad was. Hell if Steve was alive he wasn't even aware that he had another son. Then it was the kids. How was she going to tell them if he was alive? It was going to be hard to explain. But right know they just needed to know the truth. Was Steve alive?