Hawaii Five-0

Midnight Harvest

Chapter 1 – Coming Home

Danny waited by baggage claim at the airport for his sister April and her daughter Jessica after it was announced their flight hand landed. He was glad that his little sister and his niece were finally coming back to Hawaii. April's husband Michael was tragically killed by a sniper after a bomb explosion that was designed to draw the emergency services into the line of fire; Michael was shot trying save April's life. Just a couple of weeks later, Danny was confronted with a desperate situation to save their brother's life, when the Colombian drug cartel Matthew had stolen from demanded their money back.

After managing to find the hidden money and obtaining the rest from Chin's former brother in law, Gabriel Waincroft, Danny and Steve went to Colombia to deliver the money in exchange for Matt's life; only to find that Matty had been dead before Marco Reyes had even made contact with Danny. After Danny did what he felt he had to do to avenge his brother's death and leaving the money at an orphanage, the two men headed back to Hawaii. Telling April that Matty had been murdered, just a couple of weeks after losing her husband was probably one of the hardest things that Danny had to do next to telling the rest of the family. It was the fear that April wouldn't be able to handle the news and the added grief that would follow.

When they went to New Jersey for Matthew's funeral, April had decided to stay with their parents, after seeing how they weren't coping after their son's death; feeling as though spending time with their little granddaughter would do them some good, as well as keeping in touch with Michael's parents. It was meant to be about two months, but eventually turned into just over a year when April starting working part time at the hospital she used to work at; it was quickly sensed by a lot of people why April kept extending her stay in New Jersey.

April eventually decided it was time to come back to Hawaii (with a little encouragement from her parents and her big brother); and she was glad she did. Hawaii had become her home, and a year was just far too long to be away and far too long for a home not be lived in. Before leaving New Jersey, April had said there was no way she and Jessica were going to be moving back until they were able to at least bathe and switch a light on before they even stepped foot back in the house. Luckily the utility companies had been very understanding of why she needed to turn the utilities off for so long.

As April approached baggage claim, she spotted Danny waiting right where he said he would be. A massive smile appeared on Danny's face when he spotted April and Jessica walking hand in hand. Jessica had grown so much since Danny had last seen her, and she was now two years old and a spitting image of her mother. Once the girls had made their way through the crowd of people surrounding baggage claim and reached Danny, April immediately wrapped her arms around her big brother.

"I missed you guys" Danny exclaimed.

"We missed you too" April said back.

"We were starting think you weren't going to come back" Danny said as they pulled out of the hug.

"Well, as much as I love New Jersey, Hawaii will always be home" April stated.

"Besides, I think Jessica should be close to her father"

"Yeah, and speaking of Jessica" Danny started as he knelt down to his niece's level so he could pick her up.

"Look how big she's gotten"

"Danno" Jessica said as smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I missed you very much" Danny said to Jessica.

"I think she missed you too" April said as gathered their bags from baggage claim.

"I'm glad you came back" said Danny.

"Me too" said April, before they left for the car.

After leaving the airport, the two siblings spoke non-stop as they caught each other up on what had been going on while Jessica napped in the back seat.

"She is out like a light" April stated as she looked in the backseat.

"Yeah she is" said Danny.

"You know I loved all the photos and videos of Jess you sent me but…"

"…It wasn't the same as actually being there" April finished.

"Yeah" Danny nodded.

"Speaking of kids, how are Grace and Charlie?" April asked.

"They're good" Danny replied. "Grace is growing up way too fast though"

"And Charlie?" April asked.

"He's doing great" Danny replied.

"Doctors' are saying even though his recovery is taking a bit longer than expected, the prognosis is good"

"That's good to hear" April smiled.

"What about Eric? Is he becoming less of a H.R. nightmare?"

"Yes, he is becoming less and less of a H.R. nightmare and is getting much closer to getting his own place, thank god" Danny replied.

"You're a good uncle you know that" April stated.

"I may have been told a couple of times" Danny smiled.

"Yeah?" April laughed, just as Danny's phone began to ring.

"Yep" said Danny as he glanced at his phone to see Steve's name on the screen.

"Hang on, I gotta take this"

"Hey Steve, what's up?" Danny answered. "We got a case?"

"Yeah, two passers-by discovered a body on the Kamehameha Highway near the North Shore" Steve replied.

"HPD said the body was wrapped up in a rug and left on the side of the road"

"Okay, I'm on my way" Danny replied.

"I just picked up April and Jessica from the airport, I'll drop them at home and I'll be there in an hour"

"Okay, I'll text you the details, see you soon buddy" said Steve before disconnecting the call.

"So much for lunch" said Danny.

"It's okay, we'll catch up more over dinner then" April suggested.

"Besides, I think Jess is too worn out from the flight to go out for lunch anyway"

"Yeah" Danny agreed, looking through his rear-view mirror at Jessica dozing in the backseat.

Just over an hour later, Danny pulled up at the crime scene on Kamehameha Highway. No crime scenes were ever good, especially murder scenes, but Danny could always sense be he even saw a crime scene, how bad it was going to be. Or in this case, how gruesome a murder scene was going to be; and right now Danny could tell that it would not only be this murder, but also this case that would be really bad. And once again, he wasn't going to be wrong on this one.

A/N: I'm finally back! I've been meaning to write this story for a while but I've just so busy. That kind of happens when you're a working nursing student. Hope you enjoy!