The room was covered in a thick layer of dust and sand. Because of the poor lighting everything seemed gold-brown. Steve was staying there, pointing a gun at a man with a black beard covering his entire neck. Hassan. There was another person in the room, lying lifelessly on the ground.

"You are late, McGarrett. " Hassn growled. "Your home is destroyed. Your friends are dead. Your girl is dead."

'Your home is destroyed.'

'Your friends are dead.'

'Your girl is dead.'

These words echoed in Steve's head. He tried to shoo them out but they just wouldn't go away. Sweat broke on his skin. His hand started shaking.

"Having trouble, McGarret?"

The figure that was lying on the ground moved a bit. With his back to the mysterious person, Hassan couldn't see the movement but Steve sure did.

"Come on, don't you want to kill me?" Hassan teased.

"I do. And I will."

With these words said the figure was already standing upright. Steve was ready to pull the trigger but froze when he saw who the person was. Behind Hassan stayed Catherine, her eyes wide and looking scared.

Steve knew he had to pull the trigger and kill Hassan before he sees her but his hand was shaking so bad he could easily miss. He closed his eyes and fired three times. When he reopened them he saw Hassan lying in a pool of blood.

Good he had killed him.

But.

Catherine was also lying on the ground with her hand covering a gunshot wound. Steve ran to her. He tried to save her but it was late. She spat a good amount of blood and closed her eyes.

He had killed her.

He had just killed her.

...

Steve woke up covered in sweat. A nightmare. Another nightmare. But just a nightmare. He checked the time – it was 6:30 am. 'Did I really sleep that long?' He stood up and decided to go for a morning swim. He hadn't had one of these since Hassan sent that damn letter but now he needed distraction. Distraction from the thoughts of Catherine.

After 40 minutes Steve was heading to HQ.

-H50-

All the other members were already there when Steve came in.

"Hi, boss. Had a nice rest?"

"Kind of."

"Kind of? Steve, you slept 18 hours." Danny just couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Steve gave him a death glare. "Anything new?"

"Well not really." Kono explained. "They finished the work with the remains with nothing special found. The bomb was definitely in the air shaft but there's nothing specific in it. We can't track it back to anyone. Well, except hundreds of people that make bombs."

"And we still don't know the name of the boy." Chin added.

"Great. So now we wait for Hassan to strike again?" Danny asked sarcastically.

"No way. There must be something we can do." Steve glanced at Kono ad Chin. "Kono, Chin go talk with Ryan Green again. He might know something about the bomb."

"Right." They nodded in unison and went out.

"And what are we going to do?"

"Paperwork." Steve smirked and left Danny with an open mouth.

Steve went in his office and sat behind his desk. He had a pile of paperwork waiting for him (as always). Of course he wouldn't even touch it, he just wanted to sit and think. He decided to start from the beginning.

So he had just woken up one morning. It had looked like quite a normal morning until Danny's call. So he had went to HQ, heard the news, read the letter and seen Hilton Hawaiian Village collapse. Then there was the bank. And then they had found the first body. Then they had found the second one. And here they are waiting for FBI, doing particularly nothing. Waiting for Hassan to strike again and for more people to lose their lives. Oh and he had called Catherine, for the first time in a year, and she hadn't answered. Maybe because she wanted to hear from him earlier and he disappointed her or because something happened to her. Deep inside him he knew that it was the second one but didn't want to admit it. What if she was dead?

-H50-

Steve was overwhelmed by thoughts when Danny knocked on the door. And knock was the keyword. Normally Danny wouldn't knock unless he was concerned. So he probably was. He gestured to Steve to come out.

"What's up, Danno?"

"Chin and Kono are back. Ryan Green and his family are dead. And FBI finally sent the name."

Steve followed Danny to the smart table where Chin and Kono were skyping with Max.

"Each victim had a gunshot wound in the head- Oh, hello Commander – so I assume that the murderer was the same and has a rooted killing method. I am yet to perform the autopsy and I'll send you the full report –"

"Okay, thanks, Max." Danny interrupted and the link ended.

"How did the murderer get past the guards we set in front of the house?" Steve asked with anger sensible in his voice.

"We are not sure yet. We don't know where neither of them is." Kono said.

Then followed a few minutes of awkward silence before Danny spoke.

"So…the boy. FBI sent the results, right?"

"Yeah." Kono looked around to see if everyone was ready. The name of a boy. It didn't even seem like such a big deal but it could help a lot in the investigation. She waited for all of them to nod and opened the file.

…

Najib Khan.

The name of the boy.

All the other members looked at Steve, who had his gaze locked on the screen. After what seemed like hours he finally spoke.

"Something has happened. Something with Catherine. She wouldn't allow the Talibans to export Najib."

"And what are we going to do?"

"I'm going in Afghanistan."

"Steve, you can't." Was the reply in unison.

"Remember what that agent said to you back then?" Danny asked.

"I'll deal with that." He turned on his heel and walked out of the building.

It had probably been a whole day since they left her in her cell. She had plenty of time to check for escape routes and something to use for weapon but couldn't find any.

The door opened and two men came in. One of them grabbed her, in case she tries to escape. The other was Hassan. He stopped a meter away from her.

"You are American, right?"

She didn't answer.

"Yes you are. You know what? You are really lucky. I'm currently having some troubles with the USA, Hawaii in particular."

"Am I supposed to care?" She mumbled.

Hassan gave her a death glare and she earned a slap.

"I'm going to leave you alive for a while. Someone is going to come search for you. And when he does..he'll die."

She trembled due to the statement but managed to hide it.

"No one's gonna come."

"We will see." Hassan shouted something to other man and they left her alone in her cell again.

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