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Without any further yada yada yada...

Warning:torture.

Chapter 8.

Steve looked at his desk. It was piled with paperwork again. Danny wasn't bugging him to do it. 5-0 took major cases only now, and Steve was still researching every single clue the kids left behind. Two years. Still searching. Endless. Steve despairs. When he finds himself in the depths of despair, Steve thinks about the kids. Where are they? Are they ok? Are they even alive? That question plagues Steve the most. Nothing hurts Steve more than working for a goal in vain. So, Steve regards the paperwork on his desk as an obstacle, and he sets to it.

Danny pokes his head into Steve's office just as Steve files the last report on his desk.

"All caught up, Danno." Steve says as cheerily as he can.

"Steve, we got a lead."

"Danno, I don't care about this case. It was clearly his wife and HPD already took care of it-"

"On the kids." Steve is all ears.

"A gang?" Steve asks.

"One of the newly-recruited gang members anonymously tipped of HPD. Here's the note they left." Danny hands Steve a photocopy.

Bank robbery, Bank of Hawaii Kai Branch. 15:38. Today.

"They got one print off it and one print only." Danny gestures to the screen with Alex's face on it.

"Alex joined a gang?" Steve asks.

"You found Alex?" Eke asks.

"It's a lead," Steve explains, "and we're going to extract her from the gang."

Ollie nods excitedly.

"I need you guys to stay with Catherine for me, ok?" Steve asks.

"Not your girlfriend," Eke groans.

"Be quiet, Eke. She makes good cookies." Ollie says.

HPD and 5-0 recon the bank. They replace bank tellers with armed police, all while making it the least suspicious. As 3:38 arrives, Steve himself dresses in a suit and ducks down in a cubicle, Danny following suit, both armed to the teeth.

The first gang member strolls in, completely nonchalant. He reaches the desk and casually asks to make a deposit. Out of the blue, Alex walks in after him and asks to make a withdrawal. She sees Steve out of the corner of her eye, and frowns just the slightest bit to her teammate. Suddenly, the rest of the gang bursts in, guns blazing, and the fight ensues.

The bank teller cop pulls his gun, Alex pulls a gun, Steve and Danny pull guns, and the rest of the gang already has their guns out. Several of the gang members gang up on the cop, and the rest on Steve and Danny. Alex starts picking off her fellow gang members one by one until Steve and Danny scare the rest off. The one that asked for a deposit runs for the vault, but Alex trips him. The rest of the gang flees, leaving their injured and dead behind in their haste. Steve immediately pulls Alex into a hug. She's an 18 year old, taller than when Steve saw her last.

"Thank you," He whispers. "For leaving that note." Alex looks at him in confusion.

"I didn't leave any note."

"They said this job was especially geared for me. I honestly thought they were trying to improve my skills or something. I didn't leave a note." Alex says. She already reunited with Eke and Ollie, and Danny is asking her questions.

"Your fingerprint. Not anybody else's, your fingerprint was on that note." Danny points out.

"Boss has everybody's fingerprints. A little chemical work and that note could be from anybody in the gang." Alex counters.

"Why would he get rid of you?" Steve asks. He's leaning in the corner of the questioning room, but Alex isn't a fugitive so she isn't handcuffed to the chair. The distraction-free area helps people think better.

"I don't know. He offloads people every now and then for security. Maybe I was a breach."

"Their gang has released your sister. Now will you talk?" The hitman asks Kale with a snarl.

"No." Kale answers firmly, and a drop of blood runs down his face where the hitman presses the knife harder.

"We won't give you everything, you know. I will kill you after some time. That little brat has been more helpful than you." The hitman nods his head to the grinning Lili.

"Tell us about the 5-0 taskforce!" The hitman yells, brandishing the knife dangerously closer.

"Fine!" Lili shouts in anger. "I'll talk." She pauses to take a breath, but mostly to annoy the hitman. Kale shoots her a warning look. "All I know," Another pause. "Is that they all drive Chevy's," Pause. "And Steve's favorite color is blue, like his truck." The hitman roars in frustration and Lili laughs.

"You think that's funny?" He roars. He comes closer with his knife, closer, until Lili kicks him where it counts.

Lili, still smiling, looks down at her feet that are now tied to the chair.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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