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Steve stared at Danny. To the untrained eye, it looked like he was sleeping but Steve knew him better than that. He had his arm thrown over eyes to block out the light but Steve could see his chest rising and falling way too fast for him to be asleep.

His eyes went down the clock ticking below the video feed. Four hours. They had four hours left to find Danny. And they had nothing. There were no prints on the package. Catherine hadn't been able to locate the car and it had been reported stolen the day before. They had of course checked out the owners but it belonged to a squeaky clean elderly couple. They also got nothing from Danny's phone or badge, which was now resting in Steve's pocket. He would hold onto it until they got the owner back. They'd been up all night, running on coffee and desperation but they were still no closer to finding Danny.

His parents and Rachel called every hour for updates and he had already spoken to a crying Grace more times than he'd like to remember. It was safe to say that Steve McGarrett never felt like a bigger failure in his life. The one time his partner needed him the most and Steve had absolutely no idea where he was.

He looked to Chin and Kono, who were standing diligently over the table and doing whatever they could to trace the video feed.
"It's been hours," Steve said. "Why can't we trace the damn thing?"
"It's difficult," Chin explained. Steve could tell by his voice that he felt every inch the failure that Steve did. "The feed shuts down every two minutes after we hit the 'watch' button, making it almost impossible to trace."
"If anyone can do it, you two can," Steve said.

They were interrupted by the shrill ringing of his phone. Steve looked at the caller ID.
"It's the governor," he said. "I called him about getting together the money for Danny's ransom a few hours ago. Be right back."
Chin and Kono nodded before turning back to the computer table.

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Steve walked into his office and answered the phone.
"Governor," he said.
" Commander, have you located Detective Williams?" Governor Denning asked immediately.
"Not yet Sir but we're working on it," Steve replied. "We have four hours left to get his ransom money together."
"The state of Hawaii is not going to finance a ransom Commander McGarrett." Denning replied.
"You're... What?!" Steve demanded angrily. "You're not going to pay to get back one of the members of your own task force?!"
"It's against policy to negotiate with terrorists Commander," he replied. "You should understand that. There are no exceptions."
"You're just going to let him die?!" Steve shouted. "You're going to leave him alone to suffocate in a glass box buried underground somewhere?! What about his daughter? Leave no man behind Governor! You should understand that!"
"I understand that he's your partner and this is a stressful situation for you but that doesn't mean you can talk down to me Commander," Denning replied angrily. "I'll let it go this once but do not do it again. Your team is the best there is McGarrett. I'm trusting you to get him back alive. I'll let you get back to it."

Steve slammed his phone down and threw himself into the chair. He put his head in his hands and ran his fingers through his hair angrily. None of his team had that kind of cash and he knew Danny's parents couldn't afford it either. He had hoped that Denning would give them the money they needed but he should've known the former soldier would never relent.

Steve immediately thought back the time when they had stolen ten million dollars to save Chin but he doubted they could pull something like that off again. Where would they get it from this time? And Denning wasn't like Governor Jameson. He wouldn't turn a blind eye as she had. If he couldn't find Danny before the last four hours were up, his friend was as good as dead. And he couldn't let that happen. Steve couldn't fail him like that.

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Chin and Kono were so focused on the screen that they didn't even hear the sound of high heels against the tile floor coming towards them.
The sudden gasp was what finally broke the cousins out of their stupor.

Their heads shot up at the same time and both were surprised to see Rachel standing there, staring at the screen with her hands over her mouth and a look of horror on her face.

"Rachel!" Kono exclaimed.
"Oh god Danny... What the hell is going on?" Rachel demanded.

They all turned when the door to Steve's office opened.
"Listen guys-" he started to say before he looked up and saw what was going. He abruptly cut off. Rachel knew that Danny was missing, but she hadn't known the circumstances... Until now. Judging by the look on her face Steve knew he was in for it.

"Where the hell is he?!" Rachel demanded angrily with tears in her eyes. "What is this?"
She looked back at the screen and the tears started to fall. Danny was still lying there with his arm over his eyes. Every once in a while he would shift and shake his head as if trying to get more comfortable.

"We don't know where he is Rachel," Steve told her. "Somebody took him and they... They buried him."
"Oh god Steve..." Rachel cried. "Can't you do something? Can't you locate him?"
"We're trying," Kono spoke up. "So far we haven't been able to get a location, but we are working on narrowing it down."

"What are you doing here Rachel?" Steve asked. "Is Grace okay? Did something happen?"
Rachel wiped at her eyes quickly. "She's frantic," she replied. "We can't get her to eat or sleep or go to school. She keeps demanding to come here but I didn't want to bring her so I promised her I'd come instead. Why didn't you tell me about this Commander?"
"I didn't want you or Grace to know... And I know Danny wouldn't have wanted that either," Steve replied honestly.

Rachel nodded. She looked to the screen again. "Oh god Daniel what have you gotten yourself into...?" She whispered.
"I promise you we're going to find him Rachel," Steve said adamantly. "We're going to bring him home to Gracie."
"Do you know who's responsible?" She asked.
"Not yet," Chin replied. "We're working on that too."

Rachel pointed to the timer. "What's that?" She asked.
"They gave us twelve hours to get five million dollars together to get Danny back." Steve replied. "That's how much time we've got left."
"Is Denning giving us the money?" Kono asked.
"No," Steve said angrily. "We don't negotiate with terrorists was his reason. Sound familiar?"
"But we need to get him back!" Kono exclaimed. "What do we do now?"
"I'll pay it," Rachel said immediately.

The three Five-0 members turned to her in shock.
"Rachel, you don't have to do that," Steve said, but it was easy to see by the look in his eyes that he hoped she was willing to do it anyway.
"I am not going to let him die in that glass box Commander!" Rachel snapped angrily. "We may not be married anymore and god knows we have our problems but he is the father of my child and I will always care about him. So yes Steve, I do have to do that."

Steve looked at her and smiled for the first time in hours. "I was hoping you would say that," he admitted.
Rachel couldn't help but give a small smile back. "I'll call Stan now and have everything put together. It'll be close but I think they'll be able to do it in time."
"You think he'll agree?" Chin asked.
"He's my husband Chin, what's his is mine." Rachel replied. "Besides, who said I was giving him a choice?"

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Steve, Rachel, Kono , Chin and Duke were staring anxiously at the screen as the last ten seconds counted down.

When the timer finally hit zero, the video feed of Danny disappeared and words filled the screen immediately.

3971 CARNIEA LANE - BOULDER HIGHWAY
BE THERE IN TWENTY MINUTES OR DON'T BOTHER COMING
AND COMMANDER, DON'T BRING ANYBODY WITH YOU OR YOUR PARTNER DIES

The screen went blank.

Steve immediately grabbed the two bags of money and started towards the door.
"I don't like this Steve," Duke said. "You may need back up."
"You heard him Duke," Steve replied impatiently. "I'm not willing to risk Danny's life here. I'm going alone."
"Be careful boss!" Kono said.
"Call when you have a location, the entire Department will be on standby," Duke told him.
"Go get him back brah!" Chin ordered.

Steve was almost to the door when he heard footsteps behind him and felt a hand grab his arm. He turned around and came face to face with Rachel.
"Please bring him back alive Steve," she begged. "Grace needs him."
"I promised I'd bring him home and I intend to keep it Rachel," Steve said.

Rachel nodded and let go of his arm, watching with tears in her eyes as he went off to find her ex-husband. She had faith in Steve. It was easy to see how much he cared about Danny and she was grateful that it was Steve who was going to bring him home to their daughter. Rachel prayed that he would get there in time and that Danny would make it out of this alive. She couldn't bare the thought of him dying, never mind what it would do to Grace. They were so close she knew it would kill her daughter to lose her Danno.

Rachel had to believe that Steve would bring Danny back alive, but she just couldn't get rid of this bad feeling she had that everything was about to go horribly wrong.

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Okay so soon we have the big reveal! I'm working on the chapter now so hopefully I'll have it finished and up by tomorrow night. I'm really excited about the next one :)

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