This is my third FF story. I hope you enjoy it. I have reviewed it several times, but please excuse the grammar or spelling errors that may still exist. All constructive criticisms are welcome
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Unsolved tension
Chapter 1: Where are you brother?
"Oh, no! Couple's therapy again?" Danny walks angry by his office. On the desk, his laptop with an e-mail informing that he, like all Five-0 members, must go with his partner to their annual session of Psychological Assessment.
Remembers the last time they had a session of these. Ended in error in couple's therapy, Danny hurt his ankle, again, and Steve had left him by going to a date with a girl who met on the plane. Last year they had managed to avoid the assessment, but now, here it is again.
Looking through the windows out of his office. Each of the team members is looking at his laptop. Lou looks calm, of course! These sessions doesn't mean a problem to him. Chin taught Lou the easy way to pass the psychological evaluation. The best thing to do is a bit of drama, then tell the therapist what he wanted to hear, and finally thank him by saying the session had been very useful. In each session, Danny tried to do that, but Steve always drove him crazy.
Tani and Junior are not disgruntled. After all, it's their first assessment. He thinks they have to go to the session together, since officially they are partners, as were Chin and Kono.
Then looks at Steve's office. The light is off and there is no one inside. Slowly comes out of his office and goes to the corner office, comes in, not knowing what to expect and looks at the sealed envelope on the desk. Steve has not come yet.
Goes out, walking to Lou's office. "Hey. Did Steve tell you that he would come late today?" he asks, hovering half-body through the door. Lou looks up and says "No, as I can remember. What, he has not arrived? ".
"Not yet" Danny says, as he comes out and taking his phone to call his friend, Lou's walking behind him. "It sounds for a while and then send to mailbox."
Tani and Junior look to the smart table, where Lou and Danny are standing, talking. Fearing something, they come out and walk towards them. "What?" Tani asks. "McGarrett told any of you he would come late today?" Both deny with the head.
"Something must have stopped him", Junior tries to calm them down.
"Yes, but why doesn't he answer his phone," Lou says, looking at Danny. "This is not the first time Steve arrives late on a Monday morning. Perhaps he met the Governor".
Danny is about to call the Governor when his phone rings. "It's Lukela" he says. "Hello, Duke what's up?"
"Danny", Duke's voice sounds concerned "this morning HPD found Steve's truck crashed in Pali Highway, ten miles before Lulumahu Falls. He apparently lost control and fell about twenty yards between the rocks."
"How is he?" Danny is shaking and places his left hand on Lou's shoulder, for not to fall.
"I don't know. There is no trace of him. They found the truck empty and there are blood spots in the driver's seat and steering wheel. We have sent a search and rescue team and a helicopter is flying over the area."
"Okay, Duke. Please keep me informed. Thank you" Danny sighs. Whenever Steve disappears as well, he feels that his life is shortened five years. "They found his truck on Pali Highway, crashed among the rocks. The truck is badly damaged, and there is no trace of Steve."
Danny tries to remember if Steve said something about going there, last Friday before leaving. He had been excited because he would take the kids to swim with the dolphins, so he has not seen Steve, nor spoken with him over the weekend. He knows Steve likes to go hiking sometimes during the weekend, but Danny doesn't remember if this time he told him he would do so.
Knowing it's probably useless, he comes to the smart table and tries to track down Steve's phone. To his surprise, the blinking dot appears on the map. "His phone is in The Kaniakapupu Ruins" says "Tani, Junior, please go there to see what you can find out. I'll send your phone the signal so you can find it." The kids leave the headquarters.
Then Jerry comes in, smiling. "Good morning. Nice weekend?" he shuts up immediately when sees the expression in Danny and Lou's faces. "What?"
After explaining, they asks him to stay there if new information arises and they leave HQ heading to Steve´s house. Danny wants to go there, to see if something can tell them why Steve would go to that area, at some time during the weekend.
When they arrive at the house, from the outside everything seems normal. Danny uses his key and enters. The alarm is deactivated. They walk through the living room. The newspaper is on the coffee table and the rest of the house seems normal. Outside, in the beach, Steve's towel is placed over one of the chairs, and a bottle of water is on the table
"What the heck!" Danny says, "Steve came out to swim, but the towel is dry". Both look at the ocean to see if they can distinguish some trace of his friend. Danny comes back into the house and goes upstairs. Steve's bed is undone and on the bed his cargo pants and a shirt. Goes back to meet Lou next the main door, trying to form a plan in his head. They remain so for five minutes, in silence, thinking. At that time Danny's phone sounds. "Junior, what did you find?"
"We found his phone left among the ruins. I review it and he has not made calls since Saturday morning and the only missed calls are from your phone, this morning." Junior says. "We spoke with the Manager and he doesn't remember nobody with Steve's description has come. He has been here since yesterday and now he is talking to the woman who was here on Saturday, to see if she remembers anything".
"Thank you, Junior", after finishing the call, Danny feels the panic is formed in his stomach. He hates when Steve disappears. Suddenly, he has an idea. He pulls out his phone and dials Jerry's number, who answers to the first tone.
"Jerry, I need a favor," Danny says with urgency "I need you ask HPD, Steve's truck GPS logs, I want to know where it was from Friday night".
"I'm on it. I will call you" Jerry says and begins to work. Both men come out of Steve's house, after activating the alarm and closing the door, go to the Camaro. At that time phone rings again, "It's Noelani" Danny says "Noelani... got something?" The ME's voice sounds in the speaker.
"Yes, detective. We have done the blood analysis of the spots found on the seat and the steering wheel of Commander McGarrett's truck. There's no match. The blood is not his." Danny sigh, doesn't know why. Steve is still lost.
"That means someone else was driving the truck when it crashed," Lou says.
Danny asks "Noelani, please compare the blood with the system logs, to see if you find something".
"Okay, detective".
Saturday morning
She patiently waits between the trees, knows his routine and knows he will not take too long. She has waited six years for this moment. Finally, he will be at her mercy.
He always liked her, and she knows he felt attracted to her from the first moment, although he always pretended not. When she remembers that, feels her finger slightly pressing the trigger of the dart gun.
The game between them lasted several days and she really had fun with him, irritating and then smiling at him. He knows if they would had more time, he had been completely in love with her, like so many others. My god. Men are so predictable!
A movement calls her attention. The glass doors open and he walks toward the beach, using only his swimsuit. She smiles. He's still the most attractive man who has ever known. His high tan body and his tattoos contrasting with his skin. Looks at him when leaves his towel and water bottle. At that time, she presses the trigger and he raises his hand to neck and a few seconds later, falls.
Slowly open his eyes. He has an intense headache and is dizzy. Try to locate where he is, but nothing around him seems familiar. It is a small room with walls covered with faded flowers wallpaper. He is lying on a bed smaller than usual, so his feet protrude over the edge. There's a small white dressing table with a chair. Beside the bed, a small night table, with a pitcher of water, a glass and a vase with daisies.
The room has a small window covered with a flowered curtain, to match the wallpaper. Tries to figure the time. By curtain seeps a dim light, which indicates it's very close to sunset.
The last thing he remember is goes out to swim, puts his towel on the chair and walks into the water. Then, nothing.
Feels his dry throat and flips over to the night table, but when he tries to move sees he's handcuffed to the bars of the bed. His feet are also tied. He's almost naked, only wears a swimsuit and he's barefoot. He makes a mental check-up of his body. Besides the headache and a stinging in the neck below his right ear, is unharmed.
He cannot help but think Danny will be furious because he is lost again. Danny always says he's a danger magnet. But he swears this time he did nothing, only went to swim. Mentally repeats himself the excuse given to Danny whenever he says that sentence "I'm a danger magnet? danger always haunts me, Danno". At that moment, the door opens and a woman gets into the room. He looks at her, and the wheels of his memory begin to work. He knows her, but... it's not possible. She's in prison, isn't she?
The woman wears tight black skirt and a stretch white blouse, wears high heel shoes, which emphasizes the outline of her legs. Two buttons of her blouse are open, revealing the beginning of her breasts, highlighted by a pearl necklace. Straight, brown hair perfectly combed, drops up to her shoulders, framing her face.
She has not changed anything in six years. Is still the beautiful woman he met and provoked him constantly. "Well, well! Commander McGarrett, I see you haven't forgotten me" she walks toward him and leans. He can see beyond her cleavage. She leans even more and puts a deep kiss on his lips. He bows the head to one side, rejecting her.
"Are you really still resisting this? As I recall that was what caused the problem between us." Her voice is trying to be seductive but he only hears that voice is cynical and provocative. Suddenly, without knowing why, Steve feels vulnerable.
She pulls out a syringe with an amber liquid, and smiling perversely approaches him again, by injecting him with the content in the neck. Suddenly, everything becomes dark and Steve falls into unconsciousness again. She gives him one more kiss. This time her eyes are darkened and her hands moves along his body. "At some point you will cede," she says with a smile and leaves the room.
Danny and Lou have come to HQ and are facing the smart table with Jerry. Tani and Junior are back, when Danny's phone rings.
"Noelani. What do you have?" he asks, impatient.
She answers, "There is a match, detective. I'm sending you the information". Jerry manipulates the table and opens information Noelani has sent. A face and a record appear on the screen. Danny turns pale, and says in a loud voice "Please tell me that's not true!"
The other team members look at him curious, Lou asks "what Danny? Do you know her?" Danny nods slightly and turns to look. The image is smiling at him from the screen. 'Yes. She is Dr. Olivia Victor."