A/N: Hello! I've been suffering with this idea for awhile. I hope you enjoy.
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Summary: Steve is still looking for Shelburne when he meets a kid who has information regarding his investigation. Eighteen year old Jace comes into Steve's life with information that helps him find what he is looking for, but what happens when what he is looking for reveals something about Jace that he never expected.
Title: Unexpected Company
Chapter 1: Jace
The loud, screeching melodies that blasted out of his alarm clock seemed to be mocking him as he lay in bed begging for five more minutes. Reaching over he slammed his hand down on the off button and let out a sigh as silence once again filled the room. Hearing the waves crash onto the sand in repetition allowed him to relax and summon the energy that he needed to crawl out of bed. Putting on a t-shirt he made his way down the stairs and headed towards the coffee pot. He went outside after perfecting his cup of coffee and took a seat in one of the lawn chairs. The salty air filled his lungs giving him a natural boost of energy. He closed his eyes and listened as the leaves rustled in the slight breeze and felt as the sun kissed his skin with its warmth. His relaxation was cut short when his phone started to ring. Looking at the screen he sighed when Danny's name appeared.
"Yeah?" Steve answered.
"Good morning to you too, sunshine." Danny's voice was chipper. "Listen, I have to put a rain check on our plans today. Rachel had a delay in her flight so I'll be keeping Grace another day."
"I don't mind if Grace comes along." Steve actually enjoyed when she was around.
"I know that and so does Grace but she's not feeling well so we are staying in and watching movies of her choice all day." Danny explained the situation.
"I'm sorry Danny, tell Grace I said to feel better." Steve paused. "What movie are you watching first?" Steve smiled when he heard his partner let out a sigh.
"Cinderella." Danny said in the happiest tone possible. He heard Steve chuckle on the other end. "You laugh now, but one day you'll have a daughter."
"Danno, the movie is starting." Grace's voice was faint in the background but audible. The poor girl sounded sick.
"I've gotta go. Thanks again." Danny hung up the phone and Steve still had a smile on his face.
The day was still early when Steve decided to go get fully dressed. He put on a pair of cargo pants, a black t-shirt, and his boots. He grabbed his badge and gun, even though it was his day off, and headed down the stairs. Reaching the bottom he walked over to his desk to grab his truck keys when he heard a knock on the door. He finished grabbing his keys then walked to the door opening it up to reveal a boy who was maybe 17-18 years old. Steve noticed how the kid rubbed his hands on his jeans from the nervous sweat that had formed.
"Can I help you?" Steve asked gruffly. The boy looked at him and then down at the ground.
"Are you, uh, are you," The kid paused and cleared his throat. "Are you Steve McGarrett?" The boy asked in a shaky voice.
"Yes, what's it to you?" Steve watched as the boy fidgeted before him, he knew his gaze was making the kid nervous.
"I'm here about Shelburne." The kid's words shocked Steve but he didn't let it show. Instead he became defensive. Without second thought he grabbed the kid by the arm and roughly dragged him inside of his home, locking the door behind him.
"What the hell do you know about Shelburne?!" Steve asked dangerously and low.
"I'm looking for it, them, her, him." The boy answered back, the nervous kid that had been standing at the door had faded, and courage and fearless behavior over took him.
"Why?!" Steve demanded.
"Because, I think Shelburne is in trouble." The kid spat out as he looked at Steve. "And I think it's our fault."
"How is it our fault? I don't even know you!" Steve's voice boomed thunderously.
"Because, like you I've been doing my research, except I apparently know a little more than you do." The kid stared at Steve, a look that Steve had seen before, but he couldn't place it.
Steve grabbed the kid by the front of his shirt and pushed him into the wall roughly. "Shelburne is none of your business. Why have you been looking?" Steve was becoming inpatient and anger was starting to boil inside of him.
"I have just as much right to look for Shelburne as you do! You think I haven't done my research on you, Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett?! I know you were a SEAL! I know you run the Governor's task force! I wouldn't have come to you if I was a threat! I'm not a suicidal idiot! I came for your help, but if you don't want to give it," the kid was throwing anger right back at Steve. He pulled himself from Steve's grasp and started walking away. "If you don't want to help then I'll leave." The kid walked out of the house leaving Steve standing there shocked, confused, and still angry.
"Hey! I didn't say you could leave." Steve went after the kid. Something about him annoyed Steve but it was a good annoyed because it reminded him of himself. "Kid, wait!" Steve started to jog in order to catch up with him.
"What?" The kid asked as he turned around in frustration.
"Tell me what you know, and I might be able to help." The kid just stared at him, his eyes piercing straight through him. "First, can I get your name?" Steve asked as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Jace, but you can call me Jay." The kid said with an annoyed sigh.
"Nice to meet you, Jay." Steve stuck out his hand for the kid to shake but was surprised when the kid turned around and continued to walk off. "Where you going?"
"To get my stuff." The kid hollered back. He stopped at the edge of the property and picked an athletic draw string bag up out of the weeds. Walking back to where Steve stood Jay spoke. "We going to do this or are you going to keep standing there brooding?"
Steve looked at him, his eyes glaring, his posture tall and tense. "Fine, but we do this my way. Understand?"
Jay nodded in agreement and followed Steve back into the house. This time the mood was less hostile, but still tense. Steve locked the door behind him once again before motioning for the kid to follow him. Taking a seat on the couch Jay pulled a lap top out of his bag. "This is everything I have."
Jay typed in the long password to unlock the screen then put in another password twice the length to open the file. Jay turned the computer for Steve to look through the information. "I've been looking for Shelbourne a little over a year now. At first it was hit and miss, but then you came along. Your research answered a few questions that I couldn't answer myself." Jay explained in detail all of his findings.
"How do you have pictures from the champ box? Where did you find the contents?" Steve asked his brow furrowed.
"When the champ box was stolen, I hadn't been on the island for very long. The previous Governor had the girl I was working with killed because she was too close to discovering her secret. She didn't know about me." Jay paused. "I had her delivering the stolen items back to you once I was done with them."
Jay paused. "The champ box answered missing pieces from when I first started my research. It lead me to WoFat, who I thought was just another one of the Governor's handymen but the more I dug I realized that the Governor worked for WoFat. Your dad's investigation lead to the Governor's corruption. Which lead me to what WoFat was after."
"Shelburne." Steve added at the end.
"I'm not sure as to why, but with your assistance together we can figure it out." Jay said as he stood up.
"Tell me, how does a kid your age know so much about this? How did you find out about Shelburne?" Steve asked as he stood and looked at Jay.
"With all due respect, Commander, I'd like to keep that to myself for safety reasons." Jay folded his arms to match Steve's stance.
"Safety reasons." Steve just smiled. "Jay, what's your last name?"
"I don't really see how that is important." Jay stated. He knew where the conversation was going. "Not all people are your enemy, Steve."
"Trust is hard for me to have in someone I just met, especially when it comes to Shelburne." Steve's voice was becoming gruff and stern.
"You want answers? Fine, but my safety as well as yours could be at stake. Keeping my identity to myself has kept me from being killed so far. As for trusting people you have just met, surely you'd understand that I don't trust you as far as I could throw you. Therefore I will keep my full identity a secret. Do you want to find Shelburne or not?" Jay asked in a serious tone.
Steve didn't reply. Instead he stood there staring at the slender kid with brown hair. He didn't know how a kid like him had gotten his hands on information about Shelbourne but it told him not to under estimate the kid. The kid looked familiar but he knew that he didn't know him. "Would you like something to drink?" Steve changed the conversation.
"No thanks." Jay answered back before returning to his seat and messing around on the computer. Steve went into the kitchen and pretended to be getting himself a drink. Secretly he eased over to the doorway, his phone in his hand. He snapped a quick picture before grabbing a beer out of the refrigerator. Walking back to where Jay was sitting he took a seat across from him. "Are you ready to continue?" Jay asked without looking up. Before Steve could answer Jay was telling him more about what he knew.
"Shelburne is obviously a code name, we don't know for what or who, but I think I have an idea about that. When I was a kid I was separated from my mom, I moved around a lot due to my adoptive father being in the military. Once I started researching about why I had been taken away from her all I could come up with was Shelburne."
"You think Shelburne is the reason you were taken away from your mom?" Steve asked confused. Nothing about Shelburne made any sense and now it made even less sense.
"I think Shelburne killed my mom." Jay said in a quiet tone.
"Why would a seventeen year old kid have so much information about something like this?" Steve asked out loud.
"I'm eighteen, and because, like you I like answers. Your dad was murdered and so was your mom. Our parent's deaths all link back to Shelburne." Jay stopped short when he reached into hi pocket to grab his vibrating cell phone. "Excuse me for a sec." Jay walked into a different room and answered his phone.
Steve sat there listening but only picked up bits and pieces of what was being said. Jay walked back in the room when Steve's phone started ringing. Pulling his phone out of his pocket he looked at his screen. Joe White's name appeared so he excused himself.
"Yeah?" Steve asked.
"Steve, I'd like you to meet me for lunch. There's someone I'd like you to meet."
"I don't know if this is a good time Joe." Steve said.
"It wasn't a request. I'll see you at Kamekona's." Joe hung up before Steve could try and persuade him otherwise. Walking back into the room he found that Jay had packed his computer and was getting ready to leave.
"I have to go.." Jay was cut off.
"Oh, no, I'm not letting you out of my sight." Steve interrupted.
"Seriously, I'll be back." Jay turned to leave but was stopped.
"Sit down." Steve ordered.
"Excuse me? You can't tell me what to do." Jay argued.
"You have five seconds or I will make you." Steve countered.
"Look, super-SEAL, I am leaving and that's final. You can't keep me against my will." Jay turned to leave.
"You're seriously gonna regret choosing the hard way." Steve tackled Jay to the floor and tip tied his hands behind his back. "I told you to have a seat, you declined. I warned you." Steve said as he hauled Jay off of the floor and forced him to sit on the couch.
"Are you crazy?! You can't keep me against my will. I am not a hostage." Jay argued.
"You should have listened. I'm not done talking to you." Steve stood looking down at the kid.
"I have somewhere I have to be!" Jay tried to free his hands but it wasn't working.
"So do I and you're coming with me."
"I'm doing no such thing." Jay said angrily.
"You don't have a choice." Steve argued back. He grabbed Jay by the arm and pulled him to a standing position. "Now, I'm going to take off the restraints but if you try to run I will put them right back on. Got it?"
"Trust me, I don't feel like getting tackled again, so no worries." Jay smarted off. He felt as his wrists were freed. "Thank you."
"Walk." Steve ordered.
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