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Chapter One

"Mark Pike is a very dangerous man, and is wanted in connection with several different murders, both here, and on the mainland. We are appealing to the public for information on his whereabouts, as he has managed to avoid the authorities for the past week now. This man is solely responsible for the death of two young teenagers, and the injury of many others, when one of his home-made devices detonated by a school. We, at 5-0, have been working hard to track down this man, but with no leads we are now appealing for the public's help. We have issued pictures of Mark Pike, but I want to stress that if members of the public do see him, they should not approach him. Simply contact HPD." Danny spoke from his podium at the front of the room, the presses camera's all focused on him. "I now have a few minutes to answer any questions."

"You know. I don't know why he put up such a fight about going up there? He is really good at this." Kono whispered to Chin and Steve at the back of the room.

"He just doesn't like the attention." Steve whispered back.

"Let's hope this isn't for nothing then, and we get a decent lead so we can catch the bastard. We have more than enough evidence to link him to the bombing at the high school; we just need to find him." Chin sighed.

The team had been working hard all week after being called into investigate the bombing, and after finally getting footage of the bomber planting the bomb under a tree at the high school, they had managed to identify the man as Mark Pike, former janitor at the school. They had investigated him and found that he had moved to Hawaii the year before from Maryland, where he had been suspected of an arson case at the school he worked at. The principle had died, trapped in his office. But with no solid evidence to link him, the case had ground to a halt. Desperate to try and track Pike down, the team had been forced to turn to the media, and public, for help.

"That is all for today, thank you for your help." Danny said. He stepped down from the podium and headed to the back of the room to join the team. "Man they were like vultures picking over a carcass."

"But you handled them well, Danno, ever the professional." Steve joked pulling Danny's tie.

Danny frowned and removed the tie, shoving it deep into his pocket. "Of course I'm professional, Steven. Let's just hope we get a decent lead from this, and not half the island ringing in from all over the island in a panic."

"Come on let's go get some lunch, then we can head back to the office. The news should have gone out by then, and we can start working through any reports." Steve said leading the way out past the reporters packing away their filming equipment.

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As they walked back to the office, Danny's phone rang. A smile spread over his face as he saw the caller ID. "Hey monkey, you enjoying your week with your mom?" Rachel's return to the island had been well timed. Grace was spending the week with her, which had allowed Danny to spend as much time as he needed on the case.

"Oh, you saw the news huh...I don't really think that makes me famous, Grace. It was just a press conference... No we haven't caught him yet, they only just aired the thing didn't they?...you really didn't need to text all your friends...oh they already saw...ok, monkey I have to go work now...love you sweetheart.. I'll see you Monday, after school."

Steve smiled listening to the one sided conversation, as Danny hung up, Steve laughed, "See, I was right to make you do the press conference, now your daughter idolises you."

"She idolises him already, brah." Chin said before heading off to his office.

"That is true." Steve acknowledged and gained a big smile from Danny.

"She saw the midday news and immediately text her friends, apparently they are all going to be watching the evening addition." Danny explained.

"Ha, you'll be popular at school now." Kono laughed.

"He already is," Steve teased, "you should see all the single moms fawn over him."

Chin exited his office, "well the calls have started already. We have 5 sightings so far. I think we can write this one off straight away." He said passing the report to Danny

"Ha, yeah. I don't really think Pike would want to steal some old ladies cat." Seeing Steve and Kono's raised eyebrows, Danny explained, "Some old dear apparently saw Pike stealing her cat and drive off, and I quote, with an evil look in his eye." Danny said using air quotes.

The team spent the rest of the day going over the calls that came in, working out which might be viable leads. It was painstakingly slow and frustrating, and by the end of the day they still didn't have any thing to work with, so decided to call it a day.

The next morning they started early and were shocked with the number of reports that had come in over night. Splitting them up, they each took a pile and started to work their way through them, making contact with any that seemed plausible. Around 10 am Danny came out of his office and called to the others, "hey guys, I think I may have something. I just spoke with a Julia Lovegood who went out on a few dates with Pike last month. She is coming in to speak with us. See if she can tell us anything about him we don't already know."

"Good work, Danny. Maybe she knows somewhere he might be lying low. It's worth a try." Steve said relieved to have a possible lead.

TBC