Back at Five-O

Kono arrived at HQ and ran right into Danny, "Hey partner where you headed off too?"

"I am going to Steve's he isn't answering his phone and he's late, you know him he's never late." He told her.

"Yea your right, well when you get back Kit sent some information on our victim from last night." She told him.

"She did, that's great I am sure she is the answer to Steve being late too." He said as he walked out of the office.

Kono just shook her head at him and rolled her eyes at his back knowing that he didn't know the half of Kit and Steve.

With Danny

Danny pulled up to Steve's house and he saw that his truck was still in the driveway, getting out he walked up and just walked in.

"Steve, Steven, where are you…you alive?" He hollered out throughout the house.

He searched every room, even the garage and he still couldn't find him, finally he tried the back deck, and there he was sleeping in one of the lawn chairs a photo album was draped across his chest.

"Buddy, Psst…Steve get up man." He said as he nudged him with his foot knowing not to get to close to him for fear of losing a limb, or death. Steve finally woke with a jerk, trying to shake the disorientation from his brain and then he looked up at Danny slightly confused.

"What time is it?" He asked him.

"It's almost eleven in the morning, you never showed up at headquarters and so we go worried." Danny told him.

"I didn't get to bed till late, it was a rough night." He told him, wiping his hands across his face.

"You want to talk about it?" Danny asked him.

"No not really, maybe someday but not today. 'Getting up and walking towards the house' I am going to shower I will be ready in five minutes." He told Danny setting the photo album on the dining room table and then headed towards the stairs.

"I will be right here." He told Steve as he opened the photo album, there he saw pictures of Kit and Steve from about a year and a half ago, some were at the beach, others were in the woods, at Danny's apartment documenting the good times everyone had with one another before she left, Steve came down the stairs and Danny shut the album quickly.

"You ready?" He asked Danny.

"Yes, let's go because have murders to solve." He told him heading towards the door.

The two drove back to HQ and once there they saw that Kit was in the office talking to Chin and Kono.

"We thought you ran away." Chin stated to Steve.

"No just overslept, besides running was never my style." Steve stated.

Just like that the awkwardness in the room turned ice cold, and the tension between Kit and Steve was so thick a hot butter knife couldn't cut through it.

"Right, so the reason I came up here was because I wanted to inform you guys that Sarah's parents are on their way and should be here within the next four hours, and her friends are in the box. Now if you don't excuse me I have bodies that need gutting so I will see you guys later."

She said as she headed for the doors, and Kono stared at Steven silently telling him to go after her. As soon as he made that comment he knew it was a mistake and he turned and chased after her.

"Kitana, wait…I'm sorry don't go." He said to her grabbing her hand.

"Look I know this 'waving her hands around' is going to be rough, but I am here and I am on this case because Karma has found a way to repay me for that day, so if you could please not for at least one day keep the snide comments down to a minimum that would be awesome." She stated quietly and heatedly.

He agreed and apologized again and then they walked back into the office, Kono was smiling, Chin was indifferent and Danny was just standing there in a slight surprised stupor.

"Kit stated this morning that she got hit on the DNA under our victim Sarah's nails." Kono stated as she pulled up the information Kit sent over earlier on their big screen in the main room.

"Meet Max Chen, a low runner thief who has associations with our previous perp Derek Jackson and I did some more digging and he is well acquainted with our old friend Sang Ming." She added.

"Why is it every time we turn around Ming is always there? Well let's go." Danny told Steve.

"Actually Danno why don't you and Chin take Ming and Kit and I will talk to the three friends." Steve told him.

Danny just stood there and now utter shock hit his face hard.

"I think that would be a terrible idea Steven." "Why is that Danny?" "Because she isn't a cop and non cops shouldn't be involved in a case like this. Kono is perfectly capable helping you while as 'he pointed to Kit' Dr. Raines stated earlier she has people to gut, which to me is a small cry for help if she is referring to gutting DEAD PEOPLE." He said to Steven slightly raising his voice on the last two words.

"Danny, anyone ever tell you that you need a high five, in the face with a chair." Was all Kit stated as she headed to the task forces interrogation room.

Chin, Kono and Steve tried very hard to suppress their chuckles and smiles because the look on Danny's face was extremely hilarious, his face turned 4 shades of red in less than 2.5 seconds and it looked as if a vein was going to pop out of his forehead.

"Okay we are off to the Jail, so we will call when we have something." Chin stated as he all but dragged Danny through the door.