HQ

When Chin entered headquarters, slightly later than normal after visiting his aunt, he knew straight away something was up. Steve and Danny were around the smart table, various files to do with their case scattered everywhere.

"What's going on guys?" Chin asked

"When we got in this morning, we noticed some of the files on the floor. We thought they'd just been knocked of when we left yesterday, but then we found two copies of the case file on the floor and the photo copier left on. None of us would photo copy the files Chin, someone's been in here." Steve said.

"Who would come in here and photo copy evidence and information from the files?" Chin asked.

"I know you won't want to hear this Chin, but I suspect Kono may have done this." Danny said, feeling guilty for suspecting his friend, but knowing it was the likely person.

"What no, she wouldn't she knows she's off the case!" Chin exclaimed, not wanting to believe his baby cousin would go behind their back.

"Chin, Danny may have a point. We tried phoning her and we got no reply." Steve said

"It doesn't make sense, besides I just came from her mom's place and…." Chin trailed off.

"What Chin?" Danny asked

"She wasn't at her mom's last night, Leia said she went home." Chin said sadly.

As the team gathered around the smart table, wandering how to approach Kono, Duke walked into headquatres.

"Hi Duke, what can we do for you?" Steve asked, as he noticed the older man approach.

"We got a tip off, that a man matching Kale's description was spotted near an abandoned holding building near the docks off Waikiki beach." Duke informed them.

"Brilliant, send us the address and we can check it out." Steve said.

"Of course, I hope Kono's doing okay with all this, she seemed awfully sad when I saw her last night." Duke added

"Last night?" Danny questioned

"Yeah, I saw her enter HQ around nine, I was just finishing up, and she left about forty minutes later with some files, I must say I am surprised she's working on the case considering she knows the suspect so well." Duke explained, not realising how badly he had dropped Kono in it.

Danny and Chin went to say something about Kono not being allowed on the case, but Steve interrupted.

"Cheer's duke, Kono's just been looking over some files and stuff in case anything seems familiar with associates and stuff." Steve, said, not wanting his team mate to get in trouble with HPD or the governor. She would be in enough trouble with him anyway.

"Oh makes sense" Duke said as he left.

Chin and Danny looked towards Steve.

"She's in a hell of a lot of trouble with us guys, the last thing Five 0 needs is Kono getting in troule with the governor." Steve explained

The other two nodded their agreement.

"So are we going to talk to her?" Danny said

"Well she's not answering her phone, so I suggest we head to her place before we panic." Steve said as the team left to their car's and headed to Kono's place.

Kono's place.

The team approached the house with caution. As they got closer they noticed her front door was slightly opened. Steve headed in first, guns drawn. As they entered, Kono was nowhere to be seen. Her place was a mess, her chairs were up turned, vases smashed, and a picture of Kono, and her mother was smashed on the floor. The boys looked around the place and panic covered their faces. Chin moved over to a corner.

"Guys I got blood" Chin said as his heart started beating tenfold.

"Call Fong we have to process this place and check for Kale's fingerprints and check whose blood that is."

As Danny got on the phone to Fong, Chin turned to Steve.

"She told the cops that were sitting on her house not to bother; she said she could handle herself and that she would probably stay with her mom anyway." Chin explained, frustrated and mad at his cousin's stubborn behaviour.

"Will find her Chin" Steve said simply.

30 minutes later

The boys were gearing up to raid the abandoned building Duke had told them about. Fong had got over to Kono's place and managed to get fingerprints confirming Kale had been there. He also confirmed that the blood was Kono's. Chin's stomach dropped knowing time was of the essence if Kono was bleeding.

Abandoned building of Waikiki

Kono sat on a chair, her arm tied behind her loosely, but she didn't have the strength to fight, also Kale had a gun pointing at her. Her head was bleeding where he had surprised her at her house, and smashed her head against the wall as she tried to fight him. She also had a gash to her stomach where he had cut her with a shard of glass.

"Why so sad my darling daughter?" Kale asked venomously

"Don't you dare call me your daughter; you've never been a dad to me!" Kono exclaimed as she spit at his feet.

Kale raised his free hand and slapped her round the face. "Maybe I was to gentle with you growing up Kono. If I had treated you like I treated your mother, maybe you would be tougher." Kale sneered.

"What do you want?" Kono asked

"I want pay back. You and your mother took everything from me. My house, money, friends. Everything. Then you chose your mother's side." Kale said as he stood over her.

"I was four! I just knew I wouldn't want to be with a monster like you!" Kono screamed with all the strength she had.

"You might want to stop yelling at me Kono. I could pull this trigger at any moment." Kale laughed.

Kono sunk down in her chair. Fear built up inside her. She felt like she was four years old again. Sitting on the top step of the stairs, watching her dad hitting her mom. Tears rolled down her face. She blinked furiously not wanting to show her weakness.

"Aww is that a tear Kono. Didn't I teach you not to cry? Remember when you cut your knee climbing that tree in the garden? You started to cry, and I told you not to but you wouldn't stop. No you went running to your mother. You've never listened to me Kono. It surprises me because you're weak. You're weak and fragile. You tried to act tough today Kono, but you're not tough enough. Im surprised you even made it as a cop." Kale laughed in her face.

Kono begun to struggle against the ropes, trying to untie herself. Kale saw this and laughed. He kicked her chair pushing her to the ground and kicking her side. He raised the gun and pointed it directly at her. Kono closed her eyes, knowing she couldn't fight him. Maybe he was right. Maybe she was weak, and just pretending to be this tough character. She heard the gun click. She held her breath, wishing she had told her friends and family how much she loved them.

Then the trigger was pulled.