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Without any further yada yada yada...
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Chapter 1.
Steve looked at the pile of paperwork on his desk.
It looked...almost intruding.
No, it was intruding.
Apparently, Commander Steve McGarrett had fallen behind on paperwork, so his team followed a lead without him while he was supposed to fill and file for the rest of the day.
Why couldn't Kono and Chin, being the amazing cousin team they are, design a system so he didn't have to do paperwork? He'd rather be annoying the heck out of Danno in the silver Camaro, busting down doors with guns ablaze, and in the heart of the action than sitting motionless at his desk.
Heck, he'd rather be testifying in court, which was the second-boringest thing next to paperwork.
He remembered what Danny said to him before leaving.
"Yeah, superSEAL, of course you'd rather be out with us." The detective waves his hands around wildly. "Maybe it will teach you a lesson to not fall behind next time!" He is about to leave the office; Chin and Kono are waiting for him. "Oh wait! I'm talking to Steven McGarrett! I hope you finish that pile of paperwork by next year!" Steve shakes his head, smiling at his partner's antics. Then he remembers that he actually has a stack of papers, files, requests, complaints, and much, much more on his desk.
"Crap." He groans. Hopefully he will be finished by next year.
Reentering the present, Steve shakes his head. Daydreaming, fantasizing, and stalling are not going to get the job done. He picks up the first piece of paper. He reads it through.
It's a complaint. Left by Danny.
"Really?!" Steve shouts.
When the 5-0 minus McGarrett followed up on the lead, they weren't expecting it to be the right one. They had hit a drywall on this case, an abduction case involving 5 siblings. They had been at General Kai's home, found by the kidnappers, General Kai had been killed, and the kids taken. They had been missing for just over a week now, and nobody but the 5-0 cared. In fact, not a lot of people even knew about the case. General Kai was their last remaining relative when their parents died in a car crash after the youngest was born.
Danny took the front door, Kono took the side door, and Chin took the back door.
"5-0!" Danny shouts. "We're coming in!" He kicks down the door to the beautiful house alongside the beach. Kono and Chin follow suit, also coming in. They each sweep every room until they meet up, a large room, fully surrounded by the other rooms, being the only room unsearched.
The team silently counts to three before entering.
They see the kidnappers, and all of the 5 kids are present. The kids only seem to have suffered bruising and minor cuts, with a couple broken arms here and there.
When HPD finally carted off all the kidnappers to jail, Danny addresses the kids. After removing the duct tape from their hands, feet, and mouths, the kids seemed to realize 5-0 was on their side.
"So, no remaining relatives to take you?" Danny asks.
"No." The oldest says.
"You know what that means, right?" Kono asks softly.
"Foster care." Chin says.
"We can try to find somebody to adopt you before Child Protection Services butts in, but that's unlikely." Danny reminds them of the truth.
"Not if we play it right," One of the girls mutters, but nobody but her siblings hear her.
"So, we can try and help you, but we need to know some stuff," Chin says hopefully. "I'd like to start with names, ages, and grades," He finishes.
"I'm Kaleo, but these guys call me Kale. 18, and I'm Freshman at University of Hawaii, majoring Risk Management." Kale sums up. He's clearly a leader of the siblings.
"I'm Alikae, I go by Alex. I'm 16 and I'm a junior at McKinley." Alex explains, she straightens up a little.
"Liliha, go by Lili, 13, 8th grade Kamehameha." Lili monotones, itching a scratch on her nose.
"My name's Ekewaka, but nobody calls me that, they call me Eke. I'm 11, 5th grade Kamehameha," Eke details. He then nudges his brother to speak.
"I'm Oline, but everybody calls me Ollie. I'm 6, 1st grader Kamehameha." Ollie gives a brief description of himself.
"It's nice to meet you guys, I'm Kono," Kono says introducing herself.
"I'm Chin, pleased to meet you as well," Chin adds.
"I'm Danny," Danny says sticking his hand out as a proper American introduction goes. Lili is the one to return the handshake. Her siblings stare at her.
"What? It's better than having to hug somebody you just met," Lili points out.
"See?!" Danny says to Chin and Kono. "Somebody, a 13 year old girl, understands how I feel," He explains.
"Whatever, bro. Hey kids, we need to get you to HPD so you can answer some questions for them, they'd probably like that," Chin says.
Malia meets them at HPD. Not wanting to deal with the whole hospital, Chin called her. She just finished setting Lili's left arm in a cast, and she starts on Kale's left arm. Alex is answering questions.
Danny's phone buzzes in his pocket. He fishes it out and sees a text from Grace.
it's ur weekend to pick me up, remember
Danny remembers. He quickly types out a reply.
be there in a minute, monkey
ok danno :)
Danny smiles at the reply before calling Steve. He's already halfway to the school when he picks up.
"What's up, Danno?"
"We got the kids at HPD. Kono and Chin are handling, but if you finished your homework it might be smart to join them." Danny explains.
"Still a few more files, but I'll be over as soon as I'm done. McGarrett out,"
Danny hangs up.
When Steve reaches HPD, he quickly hustles through the doors and finds Kono. She hands him the file without a word.
"You ok?" Chin asks, Realizing his cousin's silence.
"I just finished reading through their files. They seem like really great kids who're gonna be stuck, split up, and kicked out of a bazillion foster homes." She says quietly.
"Foster care is the option if we can't find anybody to adopt them," Chin reminds her.
Steve scans through the files, and he notices something in the notes section of each form.
"Why does it say they have military background?" Steve asks.
"Oh. General Kai kept them out of school until just last year as he became busier. He taught them what was required, but also had them attend classes he taught at a training base." Chin explains.
"We don't know to what extent, though." Kono adds. "We don't know if we're dealing with lightly informed cadets or full on trainees."
"Kale just explained that they've all been in these classes for 6 years, but the older ones learned faster and were able to cover around a year and half's work in a year." Chin says.
"They definitely know what they're doing," Steve remarks, seeing Eke and Ollie closely watching all the adults in the room, as if expecting more kidnappers to be disguised.
"Certainly." Malia joins the adults, having finished checking all of the kids, even the ones who insisted they were fine.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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