A/N: I have always loved Hawaii Five-0 (the 2010 version) and so I decided that it was time for me to write a story! I noticed that there aren't a lot of Danny Williams stories on here and I am in love with him so here's this one! I really hope you guys like this and I hope you will fave, follow, and review to let me know if I should continue! I'm really on the fence with this story with all the different elements from the show so please let me know what you all think!

P.S: This story is going to be strictly Hawaii Five-0 with elements of all of the CSI shows (Vegas, Miami, and New York) as well as Criminal Minds!

P.S.S: I'm also trying to be correct as possible with all of the military and crime talk; I'm trying to do research as I write so please bear with me!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but Cristina Taylor!

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"Cristina! Can you come here for a minute!?" The woman, Cristina Taylor, turned her head, focusing her ice blue eyes from her microscope to her supervisor. Andrew motioned for her to follow him to her office. She stood up straight, turning to her partner. She'd been working with Kyle Ryder since she came to Detroit.

"Hey Kyle, keep an eye on this and let me know what we get okay?" She asked as the man turned to her. He nodded his head before turning back to microscope where he was running ballistics.

"Yeah, I will." He said. She pulled her gloves off as she walked, putting them in her pocket. She knocked on Andrew's door even though the door was open. He looked up at her and nodded, motioning for her to come inside. She closed the door behind her.

"What did you need?" She asked. He leaned back in his chair with a sigh, scratching at his chin.

"I just got off the phone with Governor Jameson, the Governor of Hawaii." Cristina opened and closed her mouth a few times before nodding her head. "She wants access to the Spencer Noel case." Now Cristina raised her eyebrow.

"Why would she need that?" She asked.

"Apparently, he is now in Hawaii." Andrew said, lacing his fingers together and looking at the young woman. "He's being connected to a murder over there and they want to be able to check the other cases to make sure they officially match." She nodded her head. "Being as you are the head CSI and Detective of the case, I was hoping you would be willing to head to Hawaii and help with the investigation." She licked her lips and nodded her head.

"So they think it's him?"

"Yeah…"

"Alright. I'll head out there as soon as I can." She said, standing up.

"Alright. I'll give the Governor another call and let her know." Andrew said, already reaching for the phone. Cristina nodded and headed out of the office back to her lab to let Kyle know what was going on before she headed to the locker room to get her stuff.

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Cristina smiled as the woman placed a flower lei around her neck. It had taken her nine hours to get from Detroit to Honolulu but now, being on the island, she almost felt like she didn't have a care in the world. She glanced down at her phone, her flight had left at six in the morning and she'd landed at three in the afternoon. She made her way to baggage claim where she got her luggage and made her way to the parking lot. From what she understood, the Governor was sending someone to meet her. She moved away from the crowd, watching people as they moved around, getting on buses and into taxis. She felt like she could really like Hawaii if she wasn't there for work.

"Detective Taylor?" A voice asked from her left. She turned and nodded to the man standing there. He was an oriental man with a kind smile; she couldn't help but smile back. "I'm Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly; I'm a part of the Five-O Task Force." She shook his hand when he offered it.

"Detective and CSI Cristina Taylor. It's really nice to meet you." She released his hand.

"You too." He said. He looked down at her duffle bag and the back pack on her shoulder. "Just two bags?" She looked down at the duffle bag on the ground and smiled up at him.

"I travel light." She grabbed it, throwing it over her shoulder as she followed him to his classic red car. "Nice car." She said as she walked towards the trunk that Chin had opened.

"Thanks." He smiled, closing the trunk. They got into the car, pulling out of the parking lot and heading towards Five-O's headquarters. They were silent as she took in the sights of the island. "I hope I'm not overstepping my boundaries but… were you military of some kind?" He asked. She turned to him, leaning her head back against the headrest.

"It's not overstepping but I have to ask, how did you know?" She asked.

"Well, you remind me of the man running the Task Force. The way you walk and carry yourself… along with the amount of baggage you have." He said, smiling at her. She chuckled, turning back to the window. "I've also seen a few scars…" He continued quietly. Cristina rubbed one of the larger scars on her forearm.

"I was an Army Ranger for two years. I was eighteen and left New York for the first time. My father was a Marine and I knew I couldn't follow in his footsteps but I wanted to do some kind of military work." Cristina looked down at the scars, both noticeable and nearly invisible. "I was almost at the end of my first two years of enlistment when four of my friends and I were going over our usual routine patrol. We ended up running over an IED that flipped the Humvee several times. We were all injured, one more than others. I couldn't feel my right leg, I broke my collarbone on the left side, broke five fingers between both of my hands, and I had a concussion. I had whiplash along with multiple contusions and bruises all over my body. Somehow, I found the strength to get free of my seatbelt and begin pulling everyone out. By the time help got there, everyone was out but the pain and numbness of my leg was going all the way up to my hip." She glanced at Chin; she could see him gripping the steering wheel tightly. "Everyone survived though. I received an honorable discharge because of the leg. When I returned to the states, I joined the reserves and began working as a CSI in New York with my dad." She paused and took in a deep breath. "And that's my military story." She offered him a small smile.

"Well, thank you for your service." Chin said and this time, it didn't seem like he was just saying it to say it like a lot of people. He looked and sounded like he actually meant it. She smiled at him and he smiled back. The rest of the ride was set in a comfortable silence. When they arrived at the Task Force's HQ, she left her duffle bag in his trunk before grabbing her backpack, following the man up the steps towards the main floor.

"So, what do you know already know about our suspect?" Chin asked, glancing over at the woman behind him.

"His name is Spencer Noel and he is a 45 years old Caucasian male with brown hair and hazel eyes. He's already has five murder charges against him in Detroit and I'm assuming one here since you're investigating him." Cristina began to explain, glancing at Chin as he opened the next set of glass doors.

"That's right."

"I don't know where he'd be on the island but he's not afraid to be seen."

"What do you mean?"

"He came on a plane from Detroit to here. He was in coach so I know there were others who saw him. He swindled his way out when we had him for four of the first murders. I mean, he pretty much confessed to them, then he disappears, and ends up here in Hawaii." Cristina smiled at the native woman standing at the smart table.

"We'll get him. Detective Taylor, this is my cousin Officer Kono Kalakua. Kono, this is Detective Cristina Taylor." Chin introduced the two women. They shook hands, smiling at each other.

"Please, just call me Cris." The older woman said. Kono and Chin smiled.

"So you're the one they sent from Detroit?" Kono asked as she typed away at the table.

"Yeah, I am. I've been following this case for a year and a half… since his killings all started." Cristina watched as Kono brought up the password protected file. She moved aside to let Cristina get close to the table. She typed the password in, watching as the file opened and any and all files and pictures were available to the team. Together, they went through all of the files to discuss everything that they needed to understand.

"It's the Navy Danny! Not the Army!" A new voice entered the conversation. Cristina glanced up before turning to look at the two native Hawaiian's. They both had small smiles adorning their faces.

"Forgive me, Steven." Another voice said just before two figures rounded the corner. The first man Cristina noticed as a dark haired man that stood at 6'1". Cristina was sure that she knew him from somewhere and as he turned towards her, she realized who it was. Steve McGarrett was a former Navy SEAL that she had served briefly with during her first year in the Army. The second man was shorter, around 5'5" (Cristina's height when she's not wearing heels) with blonde hair that is slicked back with blue eyes. Both opened their mouths to speak before they froze, realizing Cristina was standing between the cousins.

"Guys, this is Detective Cristina Taylor from Detriot. Cris, this is Detective Danny Williams and Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett." Chin introduced them before turning his attention back to the screen.

"It's nice to meet you." Danny said, offering his hand to the woman. She smiled as she took it in a firm grip. This close, Cristina could see that his eyes were a crystal blue. He was her height but he was a stockier build, she could see that he was fit and in shape.

"You too." She said, smiling at the man. Someone cleared their throats and they both turned to look back at Steve, subtly releasing each other's hands.

"Hey Mr. America." She said with a smile and Steve's brow furrowed slightly. She wasn't surprised that he didn't remember her; they spent very little time together while they were stationed together. "I can't believe you don't remember me?!" She put her hands on her hips. He tilted his head slightly before his eyes widen a bit in realization.

"Wonder Woman? You're the CSI they brought from Detroit?" He asked, stepping forward to pull the woman into a light, friendly hug. She was a little surprised he remembered her codename from her days in the military. Chin, Kono, and Danny were looking between the two of them.

"Anyone want to explain?" Danny asked, looking between the two of them, using his hand that wasn't in his slack's pocket to motion between the two of them.

"I'm a former Army Ranger, I was serving my initial recruitment years around the same time that Steve-o here was a SEAL." Cristina explained, motioning to the man.

"Yeah. How are you, by the way? I heard about the IED." Steve asked, turning his attention back to the woman.

"We all made it out alive. I was honorably discharged for an injury and when I was completely healed I joined the reserves." She explained and the man nodded. He looked over his team.

"What do we got on the suspect?"

"Well…" Chin began. "His name is Spencer Noel."

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Cristina looked up from her computer when there was a knock on the glass door of her borrowed office. She smiled when she saw Steve and Danny standing there. "What can I do for you fine gentleman?" She asked.

"Well, I don't think it's been long enough but do you have anything?" Danny asked. Cristina glanced down at her computer and nodded.

"Yes I do. I just finished running the fingerprints. Our victim is not in any known database, which is to be expected for a few reasons that I'm not going to go into. The other set of fingerprints was our suspect, Noel, which I expected. Ballistics is back and the round pulled from our victim is the same as every round I've pulled from the Detroit victims. The gun is unregistered but I have put it in Noel's hands for the first four murders." Cristina explained, clicking and moving the screen around while Danny and Steve listened. "Everything matches up and this victim matches the profile of the other victims."

"Excuse me?" Cristina turned to look at them. Danny was raising his hand. "Profile?"

"I worked for the Behavioral Analysis Unit, a division of the FBI that uses behavioral sciences to assist in criminal investigations, and I have two Bachelors in Psychology and Sociology." Cristina explained.

"So what's his profile?" Steve asked this time.

"Women between the ages of 20 to 30. Dark brown hair of varying lengths. Eye color, body type, and ethnicity don't seem to matter to him. They were all of varying height. Nothing but the age and hair color doesn't really matter. It could be coincidence but he premediates so I wouldn't think so." The CSI explained.

"So any woman on the island could be a target?" Steve asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Yes and no. He watches his victims for up to a week." Cristina said. "Checking the records, we saw where Noel purchased his plane ticket. It was a week before your victim was found if not a couple of days extra. He's going to kill again but within a week. These guys who kill… they have a way they do things, a profile. They don't like to stray from that too much." She explained to them, they both nodded.

"That still doesn't help us narrow it down…" Danny said, pointing his thumb behind him at the door.

"I know but I'm working on that as well. I'm checking all of his possible social media to see if he was in contact with anyone from the island and…" She typed quickly. "I have a match." She turned the computer so that they could see since she wasn't using the smart table. "Alani Palu."

"Has he done that before?" Kono asked. "Using social media to find a victim…"

"Once before, his second victim. I always check but typically don't get any correspondence between the two." Cristina answers, crossing her arms over her chest.

"It says here she only 19." Danny looked over at her. She looked up at him and nodded.

"She's almost 20. She fits the profile…" She shrugged lightly.

"You said they don't stray from the profile." Steve said to her. She looked up at him and raised an eyebrow.

"They don't typically and he's not. Physically, she's everything he's looking for. Being only a year younger doesn't mean much. Besides…" Cristina turned the computer back to her before typing on the keys briefly, looking up at everyone. "She turns 20 this week." They all nodded.

"How long do we have before he comes for her?" Chin asked.

"I'm guessing four to five days. We need to find her now." Cristina said, watching Chin type on the table.

"How easy is it going to be to catch this guy?" The former SEAL turned to the CSI. She looked up at him.

"Not easy. Like I said before, I've been working on his case for a year and a half. Every time I get close he just… disappears. It's like fucking whack-a-mole." She pushed her shoulder-length dark brown hair out of her face.

"Have you ever managed to get one step ahead of him?" Danny asked this time. She looked down at the screen.

"You know, I don't think so. He always waits seven days to kill and now that we have the potential victim… I think we can get him." The woman began biting her nails.

"Is there a way to get him without putting Alani in danger?" Kono asked, leaning her hip on the table.

"There might be but we need to talk to her without alerting Noel that we know. And I think I know how." She said with a small smile. "I know what school she goes to, we might need to make a visit."

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"No badges, no guns." Cristina said to Kono as they took off their guns and stored them under their seats before making sure their badges were covered. Cristina reached into her backpack and pulled out a baseball cap, putting it over her head.

"What's that for?" The other woman asked as they got out of the car.

"He knows me. If he sees me he might get spooked." Kono nodded as they walked inside the main office. They smiled at the receptionist.

"Hello ladies, how can I help you?" She asked. Cristina and Kono flashed their badges briefly.

"My name is Officer Kalakua and this is Detective Taylor, we need to see one of your students. She's not in trouble, we just need to talk." Kono said and the woman nodded. Once they gave her Alani's name and the girl was called for, they stepped to the side and waited patiently for her to come into the office.

"So why are we doing this?" Kono asked. Cristina looked up at her and smiled.

"The old bait-and-switch." She nodded softly.

"Do you think it's going to work?"

"We're going to see." Alani came into the office, going to the main desk. The receptionist pointed over to them. The girl nodded before making her way over.

"Hi." She said, unsure.

"Alani?" Kono asked and the girl nodded. "I'm Officer Kono Kalakua and this is Detective Cristina Taylor. We're here to talk to you because we think that you're a potential target of a killer." The girl went pale.

"Who?" She asked, wringing her hands together.

"His name is Spencer Noel." Cristina said and Alani looked down. "So you have spoken to him?" She nodded.

"He said he was a guy at a different school…" She was quiet.

"I know, I've seen the profile he uses. We already have everything figured out; we just wanted to talk to you." The girl nodded at Cristina. Alani was the same height as Cristina; their hair was almost the same shade. The plan was coming together now that she'd seen the girl. She turned to Kono and nodded. "I think the plan will work but we need to talk to your family as well." Alani nodded her head.

"I'll help in any way I can."

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"Are you sure this is going to work?" Steve asked from where Cristina was adjusting her jacket. The plan was coming together. After a week of surveillance and just watching over Alani, it was Saturday, which was the day that they felt Noel would attack. Alani and her family were in a protected hotel room with Chin and Kono while Steve and Danny were in the car with Cristina. She put the hood of the hoodie, under her jacket, over her head.

"Not 100% but we'll see." She answered, offering both men a small smile.

"So what are we doing again?" Danny asked from the passenger seat.

"You're sitting here until you hear the code word… or something else that would warrant you guys coming in. It's just the three of us so you have to move quick if you hear it. We can't let him get away." She answered. They both nodded, they were both in full tactical gear while Cristina was just wearing the clothes Alani left the house in. The plan was that her family left early in the day for an outing while Alani stayed home until later in the afternoon. The girl then left and drove to the hotel where she met up with Cristina and Five-O. They switched clothes and Cristina, Danny, and Steve got into her car, driving back to the house as if she was Alani. She was hoping that Noel had the place under surveillance so that the plan would actually work.

"You look like her." Danny said to her, tilting his head. She nodded.

"That's the plan." She said before she opened the door and stepped out, closing it behind her. She walked up the walkway, looking down at the keys in her hands as she found the house key. Unlocking it and stepping inside, she was immediately assaulted with an uneasy feeling. She looked around before walking down the hallway to the living room. She dropped her keys and everything on the counter before continuing to her room.

'Everything okay?' Danny's voice said in her ear from their comms. She hummed a quiet song in response, letting them know she'd heard them. She didn't want to say anything, she was pretty sure there was someone else in the house. Cristina grunted softly when something hard pressed against the back of her head and she almost completely sure it was a gun.

"Hello Alani, so nice to finally meet you in person." Spencer Noel's voice said from behind her. "Why don't you turn around so I can see your pretty face?" She bit her lip, the minute she turned around Noel would know exactly who she was. He pressed the gun a little harder to her head. "Turn around Alani." Cristina put her hands up beside her head before turning slowly. She watched as his eyes widen slightly in surprise before they turned cold and calculating. "Detective Taylor… I must say I'm a little surprised that you followed me all the way to Hawaii." She shrugged her shoulders softly.

"Well, you know, I have a year and a half invested in this." Noel smirked, pointing the gun at her chest.

"I'm a little surprised that you were one step ahead of me this time." Noel said, walking around the woman slowly.

"Well, I must say, you're getting a little sloppy." She smirked before she felt him slam the butt of the gun into her right temple, knocking the woman off of her feet.

"I'd be very careful what you say Detective. You don't have a weapon on you and no back-up coming." She looked up at him, blinking to try and clear her vision.

"Are you really that stupid to think I would come after you on my own?" She asked before she heard the shot and white-hot pain shot through her abdomen. She put her hands over the wound and she was briefly sure she heard the door be kicked in. There were a few more shots before a set of hands pressed down on hers. She gasped in pain and instinctively tried to move away from the hands and the feeling.

"Cristi! Cris! Babe! It's okay. It's Danny. You're okay." Cristina blinked her eyes open when she recognized the voice of the blonde detective. He gave her a small smile when he saw her eyes open. "Hey, you did good, babe." She chuckled softly, groaning at the end.

"Yeah, that's why I've got a bullet in me." She said softly. Danny gently pushed her hands out of the way to check the wound before pressing his own hands down onto it. She groaned and shifted but let him do what he needed to do, dropping her right hand to the ground while her left covered his lightly.

"EMT's are on their way." Steve said, kneeling down to Cristina's other side, the side with the bruise forming on her temple. The ex-SEAL gently probed at the spot, causing a small headache to form throughout her head. She groaned, turning her head away from the man.

"Good job Sergeant." Steve said, causing the woman to turn her head back to him.

"How did you know?" She asked.

"Years of being in Naval Intelligence give you a few liberties." He said with a small smile. She nodded her head before laying it back against the floor.

"Is he…?" She asked, turning to look at the body laying a few feet from her.

"Unconscious, in cuffs, and waiting to be extradited to Michigan." Steve said and the woman nodded again. She could hear the sirens from the ambulance before she let herself lose consciousness, even with Danny and Steve telling her to stay awake.

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"Yes ma'am. Thank you. We can't take all of the credit…that goes to Detective Taylor." She could hear Steve's voice as she came back to consciousness. "Yes ma'am, I will let her know." She heard Steve hang up the phone.

"The governor?" Chin's voice asked. Steve was silent, making her think that he nodded.

"She was just thanking us on a job well done." Steve said to the others, which she could assume they were all in the room.

"Even though Cris did all the work." Kono said. Cristina was so tuned into their conversation that she jumped when someone poked her cheek. She blinked her eyes open, smacking the hand away and turning her head. Danny was sitting next to her with a small smile.

"I thought you were awake." He said before she looked around the room and saw that everyone was there.

"Hey." She said and everyone smiled back at her.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Chin asked. She nodded her head.

"Good, you know, considering I was shot and everything." Everyone chuckled quietly.

"Well, we already have a police escort heading back to Detroit. Your P.D. will be waiting at the airport. The Governor is calling your supervisor to let him know what happened and that you would be heading back when you were cleared to fly." Steve said, sitting on the chair by her feet. She nodded her head.

"Hello Ms. Taylor." The nurse said as she came into the room. Cristina offered her a small smile. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm okay." She answered.

"How's the pain?" The nurse asked again as she checked all of her vitals.

"I'm fine." She answered before the nurse looked at her.

"You're an Army Ranger, correct?" Cristina nodded softly. "You have a high pain tolerance. Are you sure you don't need anything?" The CSI shifted slightly, trying to cover the whimper that came when her ab muscles shifted.

"Maybe a little bit of pain." The nurse chuckled and nodded.

"We'll give you a mild painkiller." Cristina nodded her head.

"Thank you." The nurse offered her another smile before she turned and left the room.

"It's like having another McGarrett…" Danny said, causing everyone to smile and chuckle except for Steve.

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Cristina adjusted her bag on her shoulder, smiling at the Task Force. They were all at the Airport, seeing Cristina off as she headed back to Detroit about a week after the case ended. "Don't be a stranger." Kono said as she hugged the older woman. Cristina chuckled, hugging her back.

"I'll try. I don't think it would be so bad to come here on vacation." Cristina said, looking around. They all smiled.

"See you soon." Chin said, hugging the woman. She hugged him back, smiling when he released her.

"Seriously, anytime you want to come, let me know, babe." Danny said with a smile as he hugged the woman. She hugged him back.

"Of course and thanks again for that night, Danny." He shrugged a shoulder and cupped her left cheek before dropping his hands.

"Hey, it's what I do." They both chuckled. They were so focused on each other that they didn't see the looks that the rest of the team was throwing to each other.

"Commander." Cristina said, playfully saluting the ex-SEAL.

"Sergeant." He saluted her back. Glancing back at the runway, she was that her plane was ready. She turned back to everyone.

"I'll see you all soon." She said before she made her way to the plane, climbing aboard. She gave them one more wave before she stepped over to her seat, settling in for the 9 hour flight.

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A week later, Cristina was just walking into the locker room when Andrew walked in. "Hey Cris, I have to talk to you about something." He said as he walked over to her.

"Sure, what's up?" She asked, changing her heels into a pair of black combat boots.

"I got another call from the Governor of Hawaii." She looked up at him. "She offered you a job." The woman dropped her boot, turning to look at her supervisor.

"What?" She asked, just to make sure that she'd heard him correctly.

"Yeah, she offered you a job as a part of her Task Force. She said you would be the team's personal CSI as well as a Detective. I'm sure being military as something else to do with it, even if she didn't say it." He sat down on the bench next to her.

"I don't…" She began, unsure of what to say.

"Cris, do what you think is right. We're going to miss you here if you take the job, which I know you want to." He said. She didn't raise her eyes from where she was lacing up her boots. "Even after everything that happened in Hawaii, you seemed happier. Whether it was the place or the people, I'm not sure but really think about it." He said, laying a hand on her shoulder before he got up and left. Cristina pursed her lips before putting her heels in her locker before closing it.

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The day came and went and the bad guys were behind bars. Cristina took a sip of her beer as she sat on her couch, watching a game show. The thought of moving to Hawaii and taking the job seemed so good but she'd finally found a place for herself in Detroit. She'd worked her way up from nothing rather than working in the shadow of her dad in New York. She grabbed her phone off of the coffee table, kicking up her feet onto it before she hit the 1 speed dial. It rang a few times before it was answered.

"Taylor." Her father, Mac Taylor, said from the other end, making her smile.

"Hey dad. You're not busy are you?" She asked.

"I can make some time for you." He said and she smiled. "Are you okay? I heard about what happened in Hawaii from Kyle." She smiled again; she should have known her partner would have made sure that her dad knew what was going on.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It was an easy surgery to get the bullet out and now Noel will, for sure, never walk the streets again." She smirked slightly.

"That's good." He said and she was sure he was smiling.

"How are things there?" She asked.

"Everything's okay here. There's nothing to really report." He said to her.

"That's good too." She said, beginning to chew her nails.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"What do you mean?"

"You're chewing your nails, I can hear it. What's wrong?" She smiled slightly. Of course her dad would know all of her habits better than anyone else even while on the phone.

"I got a job offer from the Governor of Hawaii to join her Task Force." She answered.

"That sounds great. So where's the problem?"

"I've worked so hard to get where I am here in Detroit. I don't know if I want to leave." There was a moment of silence.

"You did call me when you got back to Detroit. You seemed so happy about meeting the Task Force and you seemed to love the island. I don't see why that would be a bad thing." He answered her.

"I know but –"

"Do what makes you happy and I'm sure Andrew already told you the same thing." She nodded her head, even if he couldn't see her.

"Yeah, he did."

"I'm not going to tell you what to do. You're 32 years old and you've experienced more than most. All I can tell you do it is to do what makes you the happiest. Whether that's in Detroit, Hawaii, or even back here." He said and she nodded again.

"You know, just talking to you I think has helped me a lot." She smiled. "Thanks dad."

"Anytime." He said, she could hear the smile in his voice. "Call me when you get the chance."

"I will. I love you."

"Love you too." Cristina hung up and set an alarm on her phone, reminding her to set up an appointment with a real estate agent on the island. She smiled as she set her phone back down on the table and picked up her beer again.

XXX

It took three weeks to find the perfect house, move in, and speaks with the governor about the potential job but once that was all done, Cristina felt like she'd made the right decision. She would be starting as a part of the Task Force next week, even asking the Governor to tell them that they had a new member but keep her name a secret if she hadn't already told them. She was excited.

She sipped a beer as she sat in the sand of her own little beach. She had already taken a photo of the sunset and sent it to her dad and some of her closest friends from all of the previous jobs. She got replies of congratulations and envy, making her feel even better about the position she had landed herself in. She let herself smile, excited for what Hawaii had in store for her.

XXX

She got out of the taxi, paying the driver and making a mental note that she needed to buy a car of her own, before walking into Five-O's headquarters. She took the steps, taking her time and making sure to take it all in. Her badge was sitting comfortably on her left hip with her Beretta M9 on her right. She couldn't help but smile when she got to the top floor and saw everyone working in their own offices. Off to the side, she saw an empty one, clearly having been cleaned out for her. When she reached the top step, she noticed Chin look up, since his office is right there. He smiled at her and it got even wider when he noticed the Five-O badge.

"You're our new member?" He asked when he was out of the office, gaining the attention of everyone else. She hugged him when he reached her.

"Yeah, the Governor offered me a job that I decided it was too good to pass up." She smiled at everyone else as they came out. They all greeted her and congratulated her with smiles and hugs. She already felt like a part of the team… a part of the family. She felt like she was ready for whatever Hawaii threw at her now.