N/A: After some reviews(thanks Jasmine) I've decided to work with a beta reader( thank you Haldoor). Now I'm republishing the first chapter in a re-edited version. Chapter 2 will be in line today too. I hope you enjoy! Sorry for take so long to publish but I promise try to update the fic every weekend from now.

Disclaimer: Hawaii five-o and every characters of the show don't belong to me. Izzie Kawena is an original character created by me.

THE NEW MEMBER OF THE TEAM: SURPRISES OF THE HEART

After Lori quits the team, a new person is sent by governor to replace her. The new member brings lot of surprises to everyone in the team. Meanwhile, Steve deals with the emotional scars of North Korea and struggles to let someone new enter his life again. Steve/OC

This story takes place right after Lori quit five-0.

N/A: In this story Danny still lives in Steve's place.

CHAPTER 1

It was an ordinary day for the Five-0 task force. A senator's ex-wife had been found dead in a cheap motel room. The police had informed the senator, who called the governor, and naturally Five-0 had ended up in charge of the case.

Chin was trying to get access to the tapes from the security system at the motel, Kono was in HQ trying to download images from the public cameras from the streets near the crime scene, and Danny was interviewing the employees and clients of the motel, so Steve went to get a first look at the scene.

Steve entered the room, and the first thing he noticed was the enormous cockroach that ran from what he thought was the bathroom to under the bed. The woman was lying on the floor between the bed and the only window of the room, just opposite the door. He was on his knees trying to figure out what had killed Ms. Joanne Cartland - the former Ms. Morrison - when a woman's voice came from behind him.

- No signals of physical violence, no obvious injuries except for some petequial hemorrhage in her eyes, but no signs of mechanical suffocation in her airways. The coroner says liver temp indicates she's been dead for three to six hours. A glass with clear liquid was found on the bedside table; I collected prints from the glass, bagged it and sent a sample of the liquid to toxicology. By the way, I'm Izzie Kawena. I received orders from the governor to join your team.

- What? – Steve jumped from the floor faster than she could end the sentence and pointed his gun at the woman – Why should I believe you? Denning never told me about a new member. - the memories of how Jenna entered his team and betrayed him, putting all the team in danger to save his life, was still too vivid in his mind.

Right at that moment, Danny entered the room. - Steve you won't believe the phone call I just received from De…- the sentence died in Danny's mouth as he noticed the scene in the room – Put that damned thing down you Neanderthal; she's one of us! Denning just called. He was supposed to inform you at the meeting scheduled this morning, but since it was canceled because of this case, he sent her here and tried to call you. I don't think there's a signal inside this room, so he called me.

Steve put the gun down; embarrassed and concerned that his recent past experiences are interfering in his judgment. He finally looked straight at the woman. She didn't show any sign of fear even when he was pointing the gun straight at her. He had to admire her for it.

She wasn't tall - not much more then five feet - with long black hair in a ponytail, and wore a pair of jeans, a button down blue shirt with three quarter sleeves, and black medium high heels. She seemed to have some Asian in her; well, more than half the Hawaiian people have. Her mouth was small with full red lips, and she wore glasses that in another woman would hide the beauty. In this woman they suit perfectly; making him pay more attention to her deep brown eyes.

- I'm sorry. – He said, ashamed about he'd done.

- It's okay. In your shoes, I'd probably do the same. – She said, extending her right hand to him – Let's start over. I'm Izzie Kawena, former CSI from LA and now in your team.

They shook hands. – Steve McGarrett, Five-0. – He couldn't understand how this girl - yeah, because she doesn't seem more than twenty something, and looked so fragile - could be in his team now.

- By the way, I'm Danny Williams - Danny said, offering his right hand – Please don't worry about this animal – he pointed to Steve – it's harmless. Well, most of the time… I guess it's kind of a traditional entry to the team… - he had a grin in his face – It could be worse…I was shot on the same day I met him.

- Then I guess I was lucky. – said the woman, accepting Danny's. - I'm just guessing, but I think you aren't from the islands, are you?

- You're right. I came from Jersey two years ago; my ex moved to Hawaii after she remarried, and I followed her to be near my little girl.

- I don't know many men who are prepared to turn life upside down like that; crossing the country, even for a kid.

- If you knew my Monkey you'd understand. – replied Danny with a huge smile on his lips.

- Hey Danno, can't you ever shut up? We're on a case, remember? – said Steve, the rough words hiding his doubts about his own capability to stay in charge of Five – 0.

- Okay, okay. Just don't bite, okay? I'll check if Chin got hold of the security videos of this dump. I guess Izzie's already processed the scene and sent the evidence to Trace, so we all can head back to HQ and ask Kono if she found anything.

- I was dusting the bathroom when you guys arrived. I have couple more fingerprints to collect, and I need to look at the sink and the shower drain to see if the suspect left anything we can use to trace him. The governor told me team HQ is at the 'Iolani Palace'. I can meet you guys there in twenty if it's okay with you.

- Okay –answered Steve, already half-out the door just as the coroner's assistant arrived with a gurney to remove the body.

Steve was driving the Camaro while Danny launched into him over his behavior with Izzie.

- What in freaking hell happened to you, Steve? I've never seen you being so rough with someone who wasn't a suspect!

- Oh shut up, Danny! You can't just be happy with Denning sending other person to be his eyes and ears in Five-0?

- I have to admit it isn't funny having a babysitter, but c'mon! You need to give the girl a break. It's not her fault Denning wants to keep us on a short leash.

- Okay! Okay! You're right, I guess… I'll try to give her a chance…

- Good boy, Super-SEAL. Good boy… - said Danno, mocking him while he rubbed Steve's head like he was a puppy.

Izzie finished processing the bathroom and thought about the first meeting with her new boss as she did so. It wasn't good… She'd read his file and knew he was highly skilled for this job. After all, he was a SEAL; the first in his class, in fact.
Cranky and too serious, just like any Navy man could be, she thought, but she also had to admit he was the most perfect man she had ever seen. The deep brown-greenish eyes, the thick hair, plus the amazing body, almost took her breath away… She shook her head, trying to forget the image of the handsome man and keep in mind he was her boss and worse, from what she had seen, he was less than happy about her joining his team.

After everything, she only found a lot of fingerprints in the bathroom - probably from other guests, since the motel was a real dump - and a pretty damaged memory stick.

Putting her equipment inside the trunk of her old '67 Chevy Impala, she headed for Five-0's HQ.

- Can I help you? – An Asian man asked as he approached Izzie.

Before Izzie could begin to answer, a voice she already recognized came from the corner of the room - She is the new mole Denning sent to keep an eye on us.

- You don't need to worry about it, Commander – answered Izzie, looking straight into the SEAL's eyes and already feeling her nails penetrating the skin of her palms (the old habit of clenching her fists when she was frustrated was one she had already lost hope of breaking) - When Governor Denning asked me to join your team I made myself clear. I told him I'd join Five-0 only to help with the work, and not to help him watch how you work. I'd heard enough about Five-0 to understand that even though your methods are unorthodox and a public relations nightmare, they work extremely well and keep the islands safer for the residents and visitors alike, and to me THAT is what matters in this kind of work.

Turning back to the Asian man, she extended her right hand. - I'm Izzie Kawena. The Governor sent me to join your team today, as the Commander already said. I was finishing processing the crime scene, so I became a little behind. You're Officer Chin Ho Kelly, I presume. I've heard you're a computer specialist good enough to compete with the legendary Baby Girl1.

Chin Ho accepted the hand, and flushed a little when she compared him to one of the most respected hackers in the world, known for collaborating with many agencies and police departments to break up human trafficking and pedophilia rings.

- You like tech too Ms Kawena?

- Just Izzie, okay? Ms Kawena makes me feel like my nana – she answered with a little smile – The fact is, my "little" brother is in MIT doing his degree in computer science, and when I told him I was join Five-0 he was so excited about the fact that I'd get to meet you, one of the best in the tech field.

- Wow! I'm flattered, but the truth is I'm just an over-curious guy who loves computers and tech stuff.

- You're being modest…Oh! I almost forgot! When I looked in the trash can in the motel room I found this memory stick – Izzie said, taking a small evidence bag from her jeans' pocket – Someone smashed it pretty bad, but maybe you could extract something we could use in the case.

- Well, I'll see what I can do – said Chin Ho, taking the little bag. – Hey Kono, come here!

Another woman came from an office with a pile of paper work in her hands. - Where's the fire, cuz'?

- This is our newest team member. Denning sent her. Izzie Kawena, another team member, and my cousin, Officer Kono Kalakaua.

- Hey! Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too

They shook hands as they spoke.

- Team meeting. – Said Steve, exiting his office and walking toward the computer table –Let's see what we've got so far.

The team gathered around the touch-table as Kono started to present the case.

- The vic is Ms. Joanne Cartland, ex-wife of the Alabama senator Jeff Morrison. Forty-eight years old, former model, married to the senator at age of thirty, one son - Jeff Junior, seventeen, and a freshman at Yale - she divorced recently. As far as we know, she has no properties or friends in the islands. The divorce was supposedly friendly; no scandals or fighting in court over money or property. She wasn't involved in her ex-husbands career, and didn't have any known enemies.

- I already downloaded the videos from the public cameras near the crime scene, but there isn't anything suspicious or useful so far.

Izzie started to talk next - The coroner hasn't found an obvious COD; she had some petequial hemorrhage in her eyes but it was the only sign of anything unusual on the body. She was found by a maid at eight o'clock this morning, and by the liver temperature the death happened three to six hours before, which puts our TOD in the early morning somewhere between two am and five am. I found a strange liquid in a glass and sent it to Tox but don't know if they have the results of the analysis yet. I collected literally hundreds of prints - that room has probably never had been cleaned properly - and I've sent them to HPD to check if we have any hits so we can start to refine a list of probable suspects.

- I'm analyzing the tapes from the motel, but with the high level turnabout of guests at the place, turns out ninety-nine percent of people in the images are hits in our system. Izzie found a pretty damaged memory stick in the room, so I'll try to recover some data from it – Chin added.

- I just received her credit card statements. She bought a ticket to Honolulu two months ago, and has been renting a house in Kailua. – said Danny.

- Well guys, we pretty much have no clue how the vic ended up in that motel, or what or who killed her. – Steve said – Kono, keep searching for a lead in the videos, and Chin, try to get whatever you can from that memory stick ASAP. Danny and I will go to Kailua to check the vic's place. Izzie, go talk to Max Bergman in the morgue. Maybe he's found something in the body or figured out the COD by now. He can give you the Tox report too, if it's ready. Meet you all back here at six.

- Okay, boss. – Kono said, already heading back to her screens.

- I'll be in HPD tech department, if you guys need me. – said Chin, taking his motorcycle keys.

- Steve, today's my day to pick Grace up from school. Just give me a sec to call Rachel, and we can leave, okay?

Danny will never ask to don't go with Steve to pick up Grace, but anyone can see how he looks down with the news. This weekend he wouldn't have Grace and pick her up was the only chance he had to see her this week.

Steve didn't look happy at the idea of passing hours alone with their "mole" either, but told Danny – You go to Max's office and Izzie comes with me. You can pick Grace up on the way back from the morgue, and eat something before taking her back to Rachel's.

- I owe you, big man!

- Just don't try making frittatas in my kitchen again, okay? And say hello to Grace for me. – Steve's face completely softened talking about the little girl he loved as was his own

- Deal!

- Izzie…

- Yes Commander. - Izzie looked him straight in the eyes, a touch of defiance in her own.

- Just Steve; we don't use ranks here. And how do you know I'm a commander anyway? I didn't tell you back at the crime scene. –

Izzie smiled to herself as Danny kicked Steve in the leg and whispered – Remember what I told you in the car…

- The governor sent me files for all the team members when he told me I was joining you. He probably intended to give you mine in this morning's meeting too.

- Someone at the governor's office brought Izzie's file; it's on your desk. – said Kono taking her eyes off the screen for a moment.

- Thank you, Kono. – Steve told her. - Well, as I was saying before, I don't think we need to go in two cars to the vic's place. Since the roads to Kailua will be in pretty bad shape after last night's rain, we can go in my pickup.

- Okay. Can you show me where I can get some supplies for my evidence kit? I need to replenish it before we leave.

- There's a cabinet with all you need near the weapons' room. I'll wait in the truck, it's the black one just in front of the building.

- I guess I saw it when I came in. That room, right? – Izzie asked, walking in the direction he'd pointed.

1. That's a little tribute to another character I love: Penelope Garcia, aka 'Baby Girl', from Criminal Minds