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This is a sequel to my first H50 story "Elua Minuke", so to understand everything you'll need to read that. I hope you enjoy it!

This takes place nine months after "Elua Minuke" and Steve and Taylor are together.

Disclaimer: I don't own Hawaii Five-0. Just My OC Taylor. :)

Chapter 1

"I don't think I can do this." Steve says as he looks at himself in the mirror with a small frown. Danny comes up behind him and pats his shoulder, smiling and shaking his head.

"No, you can't. You would rather blow up houses with grenades and total my car."

"I've never totaled your car!" Steve argued.

"Maybe not personally, but I'm still holding you responsible." The laughter died down for a few seconds and the two were thankful for the lighthearted moment before things got real serious.

In less than an hour Steve would be diving head first into uncharted waters, as the latest case Five-0 was working on called for a deep cover that not only guaranteed his spot in the ring of a notoriously dangerous drug and weapons smuggler but required him to partner with the one person he didn't want put in harm's way.

Too bad he couldn't talk Taylor out of it.

"You have the rings?"

"What kind of question is that? Of course I have the rings. Why would I not have the rings? What am I? Ten?" Danny patted the breast pocket of his suit shirt for good measure. "Relax, Steven, you're just getting married. It's not like the entire place is under surveillance to keep an eye out for a very dangerous man who, as it so happens, smuggles drugs and weapons into this great State, with the intent of making sure you pull off your end of the bargain and deliver a sample of a new and highly unstable drug that's running havoc the streets."

Steve blinked a few times, then shook his head. "Anything else you want to add?"

Danny thought for a second then continued, "Oh, yes. Your bride is a woman who saved your life nine months ago and-"

"You two ready?" Chin asked as he walked in.

"Ready as I'll ever be." muttered Steve. He walked ahead, leaving Chin and Danny behind. At Chin's questioning look, Danny replied, "I think he's still beating himself up for getting Taylor into the middle of this whole thing."

"How many times do we have to tell him it isn't his fault?"

Danny lifted a shoulder. "Until this case is wrapped up and they both come out unharmed." Or at least Taylor does. He adds to himself.

"I've made a mistake, haven't I?"

Kono turned around at the shaky voice of Taylor, finishing pinning her hair up. "I can't answer that."

"I felt like I was doing the right thing, helping you guys, but I wasn't expecting this." Taylor motioned the the white dress that brushed the floor. "What if I mess it all up? People could die, Kono."

"You've been training with Steve for, what, the last six or seven months? You're a pretty good fighter and you know a lot about handling a gun." says Kono. She walks over and helps Taylor pin her hair up before placing the flower crown on top of her head. "Steve will make sure that you won't be apart of any thing major. You're just a key piece of his cover for all of this."

Catherine joins the two a few minutes later, dressed like Kono in a knee length blue dress with thin straps and hair in an updo. The ceremony was taking place on the beach so they didn't wear shoes, but they had sandals for the reception afterwards. Taylor picked them out knowing that two Five-0 members would need to be able to carry their weapons for this. Plus it was kind of nice for them to be her bridesmaids, even if the wedding wasn't a real one. They had grown close over the last nine months.

"I talked with HPD at the hotel. They haven't seen any of the men on our watch list but will keep us updated throughout the ceremony." Cath says. "You look beautiful, Taylor. Are you ready?"

"Thank you." Taylor looked at herself one last time in the mirror before nodding. "Yes. I'm ready."

Music could be heard playing as the three women waited in a back foyer behind closed doors that led to the beach. At the cue, Kono walked through the door as two plainclothes officers opened it. A few beats later Catherine followed and finally Taylor when the three person band played her entrance song.

The gathering was medium sized, made up of mostly, if not all, HPD officers. She was told not to tell anyone she knew about this, meaning her coworkers and with her not having any family of friends that was easy. It's not like she wanted anyone there for this anyway.

The wedding, the marriage, was all fake. But her feelings for Steve were very real. They had been together "officially" for two months as she wanted to take things slow following what happened with Jesse Thomas trying and nearly succeeding in killing her. She knew that McGarrett wasn't like any other guys she dated in the past; he was a good natured, loving, kind and caring man who has served this country with honor. Plus he was a cop so she knew she couldn't go wrong this time. Regardless Taylor didn't want to dive into another relationship and the SEAL was fine with that.

Steve had asked her out after a couple of the self defense lessons he taught her. Even though it was mostly him telling her what and how to do something since he was still recovering from his injuries at the time. She picked up on things quickly.

Taylor smiled as she joined Steve up front. "Just like we rehearsed." he whispered with smile of his own.

"Just like we rehearsed."

Six weeks ago Five-0 caught wind of a new drug that was highly unstable. They didn't have any leads as to where it came from until a dealer in Oahu OD'd. They realized that the new drug was being distributed by a person only known as The Serpent because they gave a tainted supply free to any dealer knowing that they would end up dead since they sampled it first. The Serpent would then take over their turf and sell the non-tainted substance to any one willing to pay the high dollars.

The drug, which they call "Venom", is very addictive and causes hallucinations. So far there have been less than ten cases of OD's and six where the user resulted to violence. Four of them have ended in death. Unfortunately the numbers continue to rise.

When word got out that The Serpent needed someone trained in combat for a much bigger strike that was unknown, McGarrett had the team put together a profile of him to fit the requirements. A meeting was set but the person whom Steve met with recognized him as Five-0.

Unarmed and with a gun pointed at his head, Steve went with the backup plan that he didn't tell anyone else.

He was a dirty cop looking to make money on the side. The story was bought and things were going well until the next meeting when the lackey, per The Serpent's instructions, asked who his lady was. Steve refused to bring Taylor into this. He should've known the they would be keeping him under surveillance. He tried to say that she wasn't anyone to worry about but when they said they would kill her he said that she was his girlfriend and he was going to ask her to marry him.

They weren't expecting that.

Neither was he.

But it has gotten the team closer to catching The Serpent than they could have imagined. Taylor was unsure if she could pull off what they were asking, for her to go undercover with Steve, but after taking a few days to think about it she agreed.

Now here he was, standing on a beach with the sun setting behind the sea, holding hands with the woman who was about to become his wife. As far as The Serpent knew, that is.

Could he really pull this off? It was something different when he went undercover alone or with someone who was trained. But Taylor? She had been through a lot all ready and now she was going undercover with him to take down a criminal.

"May I have the rings?" Steve was brought from his thoughts as Danny gave him the ring. He repeated the vows from the minister and slid the ring on Taylor's finger and she repeated the action.

The minister said a few more words before pronouncing them husband and wife. "You may kiss the bride."

The kiss was passionate. The feeling overwhelming.

Even if it was just for show.

"I happily present to you Mr. and Mrs. Steve McGarrett."

The crowd applauded as Steve and Taylor broke apart, each gasping for air. Steve picked Taylor up in his arms as he carried her down the aisle and into the hotel. Her laughs stopped as he kissed her again. "Mrs. McGarrett. I'm going to enjoy the sound of that."

"You aren't the only one." she says as she breaks away for a moment. It was only when they arrived to the reception area that Steve sat Taylor down.

"Where's the photographer?" Taylor asks looking around the room. The "photographer" was actually an HPD officer who was keeping an eye out for any sign of The Serpent's lackey's. And the "videographer" and recording the entire thing for the team to comb over later.

"She should be here by now." Steve furrowed his brow. "I'll ask Danny."

She nodded. It was only when she turned around that she spotted her. "Wait. There she is, across the room."

"Okay, I think everyone is in place." Steve offered his hand and led Taylor over to their table in the front of the ball room.

The plan was for The Serpent to send one man to the wedding to drop off something that Steve would need for the part of a plan he was unaware of-he would be told the next day the Where and When since he all ready knew the What: to deliver the two kilos of unstable drugs that HPD recovered from the deceased dealer.

The lackey would set it on the table of gifts, wrapped in white with a dark green bow-the color of The Serpent. After the "guests" had left, Steve and Taylor would send the "gifts" up to the room where they would been staying for a week.

If this night went without a hitch, Five-0 would be a step closer to catching The Serpent.

A mile off shore, away from the wedding party, stood a man on the port side of a boat. He held a pair of high grade binoculars to his eyes, not wanting to miss a thing.

"Everything is all set, sir. The package is in place." said a man in a brave voice, though his knees were trembling nervously.

A man in a long trench coat nodded before replying in a raspy voice. "And you are sure that everything else I require is in place?"

"Yes, sir. You have full control of the device." the lackey paused as he carefully considered his next words. "If I may sir, why Five-0?"

The man fought the urge to shoot the incompetent man right there and let the sharks bumping the boat feed on his bullet ridden body. But he knew that the more men he had under him, the harder and longer it would take Five-0 to get to him. He smiled.

"They took what was rightfully mine away from me. I am simply returning the favor."

I hope to hear you're thoughts on this. It's my first sequel and since I had so much fun writing Taylor I knew I had to do another story with her. :)

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