I'm usually a Flangell writer (Flack & Angell) for CSI:NY, and it dawned on me how much Officer Kono Kalakaua reminds me of Detecive Jessica Angell; strong and independent, feminine when they want to be, kick-ass when they need to be. I can totally see Kono in this scenario given her current situation. This is a re-write of my previous Flangell story titled "2B Continued", if you read my stuff you'll recognize it.

This story takes place after S2 E1; Steve is out of prison, Five-0 is the Governor's Task Force again, Kono is still under investigation by IA. But that doesn't mean she can't keep busy.

Disclaimer: all Hawaii Five-0 characters belong to CBS, including Chief of Police Mahaka & Sargeant Duke Lukela

My characters are: Vice Agent Vincent Eppes, Vice Agent Jasmine Miena (my-ee-nah), Detective Caroline Walton, Abbie Webster, Laura Hopes, Detective Ikaika Paulo, and Detective Tiko Apo

"THE BOOTS" chapter 1
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Detective Danny Williams smiled. All was right in his world again; Steve's name had been cleared, Five-0 was again a Task Force backed by the Governor, Chin was back and even got to keep his promotion to Lieutenant, and Rachel and Grace would be back after visiting family in New Jersey for a few days. Okay, so his world was 'almost' alright again. They were still awaiting word on Kono's return.

"Come on, Danny. Let's get inside. Our perp's probably though being booked by now." Steve said as they exited the Camaro, then the two men headed into HPD to conduct the interrogation.

INSIDE HPD...

"What's goin' on?" Steve and Danny both inquire of Sargeant Duke Lukela at the front desk as they look around.

"Vice is here." Sargeant Lukela stated from his perch, "Oh, and guys,... if you happen to see Officer Kalakaua... uh, I mean,... well, it's sort of a habit to call her-"

"Kono." Danny stated to the man behind the front desk. "Just call her Kono for now."

Sargent Lukela nodded, he was one of many who wanted to see her back on active duty with Five-0 as soon as possible. "Right." He agreed with a nod, then continued, "As I was saying, if you happen to see Kono, I'd be real careful what you say." He warned.

"Why's that?" they both wanted to know.

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough." Sargeant Lukela answered, before reaching for a ringing phone.

Steve and Danny proceeded into the bullpen and were immediately waved over by Chief of Police Mahaka, "McGarrett, Williams, over here."

"What's up, Sir?" Danny asks, seeing that an exodus from the bullpen had occurred.

"Meeting with Vice, in the conference room." Chief Mahaka explains. "You're just in time. Lieutenant Kelly is already in there, listening in, as there may be a tie-in with one of your cases."

Steve was first to walk through the double doors, they open into the hallway that leads to the conference room, he starts to turn left, but notices Kono and two other females, one he vaguely recognizes and one he doesn't, to his right. They are headed in the opposite direction and don't see him, but he smiles anyway. Just seeing Kono at HPD made him feel a little better about her current situation, because IA had decided that she was allowed to do some supervised projects for HPD to keep her benefits going and get at least some pay. He knew it wasn't much, wasn't enough, but it was better than nothing and gave them all hope that she would soon be back to the work she was called to do.

"Yo, Steve, ya gonna just stand there blockin' the doorway or what?" Danny asked from behind him.

"Oh, sorry, Danny." Steve replied, not realizing he'd stopped as he watched Kono walk down the hall and disappear from sight.

IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM...

"This is Agent Vincent Eppes with Vice." Chief Mahaka said to the group of officers, detectives, and Five-0 gathered in the conference room, "He has an operation going down for the next two days that we all need to know about."

"Thank you, Chief." Eppes said, taking center stage, "As you know, there have been a string of murdered prostitutes in this area," He began, as he gestured to the referred location on a map. "They were all identified as being from the mainland, until the most recent one. Laura Hopes was a local and we suspect she ticked off her pimp. Hopefully today and tomorrow's operation will shed some light on that possibility. What actually brings me here today is that we've had this sting operation planned for a long time, but two of our three agents were suddenly called away due to a major break in another case they are involved with. So we're recruiting two officers from your precinct to take their place."

MEANWHILE...

"Oh yes, you ladies are going to be just perfect when I'm finished with you." Jose exclaimed, his giddiness was not lost on the three women standing before him. Jose had been a make-up artist, hair stylist, and costume designer in the porn industry. To avoid prosecution in a case that involved several underage girls, he'd agreed to help Vice out with his specialized talents when they requested.

Kono looked at Jose with something just short of disgust. Despite his flamboyance, he was still sizing the three women up like pieces of meat. She avoided his gaze, instead looking at the racks of clothes they would be trying on in just moments. 'Oh goody, my one day to look like a porn star.' She mockingly told herself.

LATER, IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM...

Steve, Danny, and Chin continued listening to Eppes as several others entered the room, including Kono. She didn't look anything like herself, fortunately.

"Basically the only thing we'll ask of you is to stay away from the operations area. We wanna catch these Johns, not scare them away." Eppes said. "And I see that our stylist Jose has finished just in time for you to see his work."

"Aren't they just wonderful." Jose exclaimed with hand movements that would remind anyone of Danny, as he referred to the three women he'd just made over for their assignment. "Bet you wouldn't have even recognized them." He added rather smugly.

Chin recognized his cousin immediately, but only because she was doing that nail biting habit she did when she was tense. Very tense. And this had to be making her very tense. He knew that being asked as a last minute substitute in a Vice operation like this was nothing short of degrading to her. And truth was, he didn't like it much, either.

Steve and Danny gave each other a sideways glance. This Jose character just almost gave them the creeps, with his slicked back black hair, obviously tweezed brows, and he may have thought he was runway ready in those clothes but they thought he just looked stupid. They watched as he flamboyantly waltz over to the women to show off his work.

"I've given their 'customers' some variety." Jose proudly informed everyone, "You've got your classic look here." He said, referring to HPD's own Detective Caroline Walton. Walton is a tall, medium built woman with shoulder length curly brown hair. She wore the typical tight fitting low cut red top with a denim mini skirt and red pumps. "Then for the upper-class business man out there." Jose said, gesturing to Vice Agent Jasmine Miena. Miena is a very petite woman, maybe a size 2, with sleek light blond hair cut in a bobb at her chin. She wore a figure hugging knee length light blue dress with black pumps. "And here we have something-

'Some...'thing'?' Chin thought to himself, silently fuming. Jose had just referred to his cousin as a 'thing' and the short scrawny little man was really lucky he didn't rip his head off at the moment. It was all Chin could do not to deck the creep right then, after all, his hands were already balled into fists, but he felt Steve's hand on his shoulder, obviously in a calming effort.

'Some...'thing'?' Kono thought to herself, trying to remain professional and not let her disgust show. 'Oh, God, I feel like a piece of meat on display up here. I'd really like to just crawl into a hole right now, or maybe just disappear so they can't see me.'

-for the man who likes his fantasies." Jose continued, gesturing to Kono. Kono fit into what could be described a slight dominatrix category. Her dark hair pulled back tight into a high sleek pony tail with a french twist extension that caused it to hang near her waist. Her make up was heavy, especially her eyes and lips. A black leather bustier that laced up the back matched the very tight short shorts she was wearing. Her black stiletto boots were thigh-high, zipping up the back and tapering upwards in the front, allowing just a few inches of the fishnet stockings to show on her upper thighs. Jose had actually told her that a cape and whip would complete the look, but he didn't want to go over the top, especially too early during the day.

A moment later, as if nothing unusual was going on, Eppes wraps up the meeting, then thanks Chief Mahaka for his time.

Chief Mahaka briefly retook center stage, "While I have you all here, let me remind you of the Mayor's granddaughter who's still missing. You're all excellent sources for information on the streets, so keep those eyes and ears open and let's bring this missing girl home to her family." And with that, everyone was dismissed, filing out of the room, leaving Vice and the two from HPD to have a final meeting.

THE BULLPEN...

A few minutes later Kono walks into the bullpen, heading for her temporarily assigned desk where she saw her cousin Chin waiting to talk to her. Despite the heat, she now wore a light weight trench-style coat, but she knew that didn't change the memories of her co-workers who had all seen her in that ridiculous outfit she still wore underneath. Her entrance gets her several unwelcome stares from the male members of the squad, including one Detective Ikaika Paulo. Paulo had never liked Five-0 and was now rather opinionated on Kono's IA problems, something he had made sure she was aware of. Of course that didn't stop him from leering at her every chance he got.

Kono l stopped and glared at Paulo, who's mouth had opened as if to speak. "Not one word, Paulo. Not one word." She sternly warned him. "Unless you want your balls handed to you in a paper bag,... not one word had better come out of that mouth of yours." And with that she turned away from him and proceeded towards her desk, not sure if the angry tone in her voice worked with Paulo or turned him on. Given the outfit he knew she was wearing under that long coat, she'd rather not speculate on those options.

"Aw, come on Kono, it's not like you can blame the guy." Detective Tiko Apo said.

Kono froze mid stride at hearing his words, then slowly turned to Apo. He knew he was in trouble the second he opened his mouth and now that he could see the look on her face, there was no doubt about it.

A few steps was all it took for Kono's long legs to reach Apo, and she quickly planted her foot down hard on the front edge of his chair between his knees, causing him to shift back as far in his seat as possible. She placed her hands on the arm rests of his chair and leaned forward, closer to his face, invading his space, "What did you just say to me?" She sternly asked.

"Um, I uh,..." He stammered, then nervously looks down at the tip of her boot dangerously close to him. He should have just kept his mouth shut at that point, but foolishly didn't. "It's the boots." He said with a shrug, as if her current attire gave justification, as if she was supposed to understand and accept.

She leaned further into his space, her right knee now peeking out from her coat and up near his chest and the tip of her boot just brushing the inseam of his pants. This causing him to swallow hard and squirm in an attempt to get back further into his chair, which didn't work. "You got a problem with my boots?" She asks sternly. She knew she had put him in his place, she could see the sweat beading up on his brow.

Apo immediately shakes his head, "No. No problem at all, Kono."

Kono slowly raises up, "Good." Is all she says, before giving his chair a hard push with her boot, causing it to roll back about six feet. She gives him a brief stare before turning away and continuing towards her desk, hearing him give a heavy sigh of relief as she walks away.

Chin did surprising well at how he took in what had just played out in front of him. He liked Detective Apo, knew he was letting his mouth get the best of him at the moment, and would let it slide, probably, since his cousin had just, once again, proved herself most capable of putting any man in his place. Paulo on the other hand, was just an ass that really needed to be put in his place a lot more often, by anyone.

HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0, HF-0,

I hope you enjoyed the intro chapter. In chapter 2 you will find out how Kono likes working with Vice.

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