Disclaimer: I don't own Hawaii 5-0 or any of it's characters. Today, I only own my villain. And whatever ratty place they end up being in. I'm warning that his fic will be darker in later chapters than my other fics I have written so far.
I also enjoy Danny and Kono going undercover ever since S1 E3. I think they needed to go undercover more as a couple.
This is in no way connected or associated with Aloha Hawaii Tours.
Steve walked into the front doors of 5-0 after getting off of the phone with the Govenor. He knocked on Danny's door and indicated to the tech table where the cousins were already standing. Danny quickly finished up his phonecall and joined the others at the table.
"Hey guys, gather round," McGarrett waited a few seconds until everyone stepped closer to the tech table, "so, we have a new perp that's recently come to the Govenor's attention that he wants us to pay attention to. There have been 3 couples found on Oahu that have been tortured and killed. All 3 couples have been found in abandoned cabins somewhere deep in a forest on the island. It appears that the members of each couple killed at roughly the same time based on the TOD*. Now, the male is found with his wrists and ankles taped to the chair and facing a bed. The female of the pair is always found on the bed but doesn't appear that she is tied down like the male is. But each woman does appear to have bruises on both wrists and her neck left by a large, male hand. While we do have the outlines of his hand, we can't get any prints and it appears that he doesn't leave behind any sort of DNA. The HPD techs have combed over the crime scenes and haven't been able to find any sort of trace."
"They found any hair left behind or skin under the female victims nails?" Chin asked.
Steve shook his head, 'Nothing. No hair. No skin cells. Now, we're not sure if he cleans underneath the nails or if none of the victims have been able to put hands on him. Based on the bruises on the female victims, it appears that he holds the woman down by her wrists while his lower half pins her down. There is also signs that the woman is raped before she's killed as well as brusing around her neck and a crushed larynx. Based on the bruising around his wrists, we know the male is kept alive before he is also strangled as there is a matching bruise around his neck as well."
"Well, you know what they say: Once is a chance. Twice is a coincidence. Three is a pattern," Chin stated simply.
"Another piece of information is that the male is white while the female is a native." Steve stated.
"What the hell does that have to do with anything?" Kono questioned.
"As of yet, we don't know. He isn't leaving behind any sort of message or information as to why he is doing this. And if that wasn't already bad enough, we also found indentations on the floor equidistant apart," Steve continued.
Kono looked thoughtful for a moment before asking warily, "You mean something like a tripod?" Steve nodded gravely.
"You mean he actually films them while he does all this to them?" Danny asked incredulously, hands flying through the air as he asked his question.
"That's fucked up," Kono expressed while shaking her head. She unconsciously wrapped her arms around herself.
Steve started again, "That's not the end of it. We have been able to do a bit of recon on the couples and none of them stayed in the same hotel."
Chin sighed, "So we've hit a dead end."
"Not exactly. It appears that every couple went on an island tour run by a few locals called Aloha Tours. Now, they seem to have a few different tour guides so we're not sure which one of them is the perp but I've already talked to the head of the the tours about setting up interviews with their guides. Based on the intel that we have Chin, I want you to interview the guides. Danny, Kono, get prepared because you guys are gonna go undercover."
"What?" Kono's mouth hung open, her eyes went wide as her hands dropped to her side.
"Steve, uh-uh. No way! You see what this guy is doing to couples right? Why can't we do a stakeout or something?" Danny's hands were flying all over the place now.
"Now Steve, there has gotta be a better solution than this!" Chin chimed in.
"Guys, I wish there was another way but this is the fastest way I can think of to get this guy. If there were some sort of a safer way to do this then I would suggest it," Steve
Danny snorted, "You? Safe? Please. I'd just as sooner claim pineapple is my favorite fruit as you do something safe."
Steve held up his hand and looked pointedly at Danny, "I didn't say it wouldn't be without it's risks Danny." He turned his eyes to the group, taking in each of them, "If you guys can think of some other way then I am all ears." Steve opened his arms as if to open the floor to them." He looked them each in the face, passing from Chin to Kono to Danny and sweeping back again. They each had a look of shock on their faces before they turned thoughtful. Everyone took a few minutes but it could be seen the moment that each of them couldn't come up with a better idea and gave up, turning their heads to the others to see if they came up with anything else. They each shook their heads before turning back to Steve.
Danny spoke for the group, sighing heavily, "We got nothing. Fine, what do we need to do?" Steve nodded his head.
"First, we need to get you guys set up in a hotel and then with Aloha Tours for the next day. I'll set that up. Chin, continue to set up the interviews with the tour guides and see if maybe we can get a lead or find the guy before Kono and Danny have to go on the tour. Danny, Kono, go home and pack a bag. I should be able to have you guys set up in a hotel room by later this afternoon. Alright team, let's move." Danny turned from the tech table, grumbling, while he trudged to collect his things from his office and head home. Kono turned and headed back to her office to do the same though looking a little more collected than Danny. She calmly collected her things and headed for Danny's office. She knocked before entering.
"Danny?" Danny turned to look from where he was collecting the last of his things.
He smiled before addressing her, "Hey Kono, what's up?"
"I know you're not overtly excited about doing this mission with me but I promise I'll make it as painless as possible."
"No Kono, this doesn't have to do with you. I have no problem doing an op with you. I just...there are so many ways that this can go bad," Danny put a hand on her upper arm before looking into her eyes, his gaze softening, "I don't want you to get hurt or for anything bad to happen to you." Kono smiled before stepping into Danny and pulling him into a hug. Danny was momentarily stunned before he wrapped his arms around her waist to return the hug. They stepped back from each other, still smiling.
Kono continued, "I had a thought, we should arrive in the same car to give the appearance that we're a true couple. I figure we can use yours since it's flashier. Give more of an appearance of the mainlander who has 'swooped in to save the island girl from a dull life'. Figure it would make for a better cover." Danny smiled and wrapped an arm around Kono's waist, pulling her flush against his body.
"You've got good instincts, shnookums." He used his other hand to tap at the tip of her nose. Kono giggled.
"Shnookums?"
Danny grinned back at her, "Hey, give me a break. It's been a while since I've done this."
"I didn't think you were that out of practice. Don't worry love bug, we can work on it on the way over to the hotel." They smiled at each other before separating and walking out of his office together and out the front doors of 5-0. They headed to their respective cars to head to their houses to pack.
*TOD - time of death