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Knocking down the walls
Chapter 1: We need help
San Francisco
It's eleven o'clock at night on Yerba Buena Island. A man walks slowly with raised hands, trying not to stumble in the irregular ground. Another man walks behind him, he is tall and strong, wears combat clothing and has a semi-automatic gun in his hand. They are about to reach the Interstate Highway when the man behind him yells telling him to kneel. With a rope, ties man's hands and feet and moves two steps backward. A minute later, one single shot breaks the silence of the night.
Chin is on his car and heads home. He's really exhausted after two useless weeks with this case. Now there are three bodies, all found in the same way: A single shot in the head with a bullet caliber 19mm Parabellum, bound in hands and feet and abandoned on the side of the 80th Interstate Highway in Yerba Buena Island, near the Coast Guard reserve.
According to the investigation, there's nothing in common between those three people, they had unrelated work or family, and even their geographically location was completely different. They lived in different neighborhoods and had different professions. There is no clue except the ballistics tests that say that the bullets probably come from a modified SIG Sauer P320.
As this is a weapon used by the armed forces, Chin has attempted to compare the bullets with military records. Today, two agents from NCIS have come to his office, demanding detailed information about the case, ballistics reports and the bullets recovered from the bodies. The corpses in the morgue have been taken. All. And they have informed him that, thereafter, his task force is out of the case.
This morning he wakes up early, as every morning, he turns left and extends his hand until he finds Abby's warm body at his side. Slowly, he attracts her to him and puts a slow and gentle kiss on her lips. At that time, the phone rings, as always. Sighing, he takes it from the night table and picks up the call "Lieutenant Kelly".
Smiles when hears that voice that he knows well, "Chin, this is Kono". Resigned, sits on the bed and asks him "Hi cousin, what a pleasure?"
She answers quickly, "We have another body. Same location."
Chin knows he will have some trouble with the Navy if gets involved in the case but even so, goes to the scene. When he arrives, Kono is there, along with medical examiners. "The victim is Kaleu Palani" Kono says with intention. Chin quickly looks up at her "the victim is from Hawaii?"
"Yes. Seems to be the CEO in a company of industrial supplies in Mapunapuna St. in Honolulu", Kono answers, while gives Chin a black leather wallet with the driver's license of the victim. "Okay!" Chin says surprised, "We must research if there is any relationship with some of the other victims and to check the reports of missing persons". Slowly approaches the victim and lifts for a brief moment, the sheet covering his face.
That afternoon, the NCIS agents visit him in his office again, demanding all the evidence raised in the scene and all the information they have gathered until now. "It seems that NCIS will have to sign our paychecks this month," says Chin to Kono, who is seated with him in his office "We've been doing their job for last two weeks".
He looks towards her up and sees an expression on his cousin's face; he has not seen long time ago. "What are you thinking Kono?" asks her, not knowing very well if he wants to hear the answer or not.
"Maybe you have your hands tied, but we know someone who wouldn't stop," she says, smiling.
"Wait a second, Kono..."
"Why wait? We give him all the information we found about the CEO, and he has jurisdiction to investigate some hawaiian guy disappeared, right? In addition, he has contacts and the skills to knock down some of the walls that the Navy has put in front of you."
"We could get him in trouble," Chin says cautious, without even admitting he really likes Kono's idea.
"When that stopped him?" she says. "Come on cus!, admit for me that you would like to enjoy again, even for a short time, the immunity and means we had there".
Chin finally sighs and she knows she has convinced him "Okay..." Takes out his phone and dials the number.
Honolulu
Steve and Lou gets into the Palace, with two cups of coffee in a hand and a box of malasadas in the other. "I tell you, brother. These new malasadas stuffed with stewed pineapple pastry from Liliha Bakery are Heaven on the Earth. Perhaps this is the way in which Danny fall in love with the pineapple. Don't you think? ".
Both men get into the elevator. When listens to the mention of his partner, a light shadow of sadness crosses Steve's face. Danny is in New Jersey since two weeks ago, Grace has been exploring universities and it seems that Princeton catches strongly her interest. So much so that she has joined a summer course to taste the waters.
"Have you had news from Danny?" Lou asks.
Steve tries his voice sounds normal, "In fact Yes, Grace called me last night to tell me about her course. She seems to be really excited about going to Princeton. She says she'll make her application once the summer is over. Also is thinking to process a scholarship to help Danny with the costs". Lou says, trying to sound optimistic, "It's good for her, isn't it?"
"Of course..." Steve answers, without finding more to say. Lou looks him. Steve doesn't want to confess he is afraid Danny go back to New Jersey when Grace goes to College. It has already happened before, Danny has traveled thousands of miles and changed his place of residence to be close to her and there's no doubt about he would leave everything: the restaurant, Five-0, and his life in Hawaii and would go back to Jersey if she decides to study at Princeton.
At that time, his phone rings, taking him out of his thoughts. Incredulous looks the screen and answers with a wide smile, "Hey! Chin. How long, buddy!"
"Hello. Steve. It's really great to hear you. How are you?" Chin's voice , although friendly, sounds concerned. "Just surviving, Chin, just surviving. And you? Do you know something about Kono?"
"We are fine. She's here with me." It is evident that Chin doesn't want the casual talk about the family.
"Okay, buddy..." Steve tells him "You don't sound well. Did something happen?
"We're working together on a case I want to talk to you about. I need your help."
"Of course, can you set a video conference? I'll call the others and see you in ten minutes. Okay?"
Ten minutes later the team members are gathered next the smart table, Steve, Lou, Tani, Junior and Jerry. Then the videoconference starts and the cousins appear on the screen. "Hey! Boss" Kono says, smiling "How are you guys, Lou, Jerry?"
"Hello Kono" Lou greets her with affection. He doesn't want to admit it, but the misses her. Jerry makes a movement with his hand and says simply "Hello. I miss you guys."
"Where is Danny?" Chin asks.
"In Jersey. He went to take Grace to a summer course at Princeton. Apparently she wants to enter next year" Steve doesn't want his concern about Danny, blur the huge happiness to see the cousins, for the first time since more than one year ago. "He comes back tomorrow. Chin, Kono, these are Junior and Tani".
"Well, I'm sorry to shorten the greeting session but we need to go to the point". The display shows the image of a Hawaiian man about forty-five years of age and medium build. "This is Kaleu Palani, CEO in a company of industrial supplies in Honolulu."
Lou asks "why is important?
"We found his body this morning, in the Yerba Buena Island" now a picture of the body at the crime scene replaces the previous one.
"This is the fourth body found like this in two weeks. We believe it's a serial killer work, but we have not established the pattern that the killer used to choose its victims yet."
On the screen appear, along with the Kalani's. The images of the other three victims. Kono explains "Janett Pickford, a high school math teacher; Gerard Tesser, cab driver in the area of Sausalito, and Frederik Nelson, automotive engineer. The three were found in the same place, same cause of death and same MO".
"Have you figured out if the victims knew each other, or if there's a link between them?" Steve asks.
Chin's voice sounds desperate "Nor work, hobbies, the area where they lived, or their children's schools. Nothing. And that's not the worst part".
"Which is the worst part?" Tani talks for the first time.
"Yesterday morning a couple of NCIS agents came to require all the evidence in the case, ballistic reports from me, and had taken the corpses in the morgue. They told me they would take care of the case from that time. Today they came again to take everything we had about Kalani's murder".
"That means you have the ballistics reports, don't you?" Steve asks.
"Yes, the four were found with a shot in the head. The recovered bullets are 19 mm Parabellum, it is a common ammunition..."
"In the US armed forces", at that moment Steve realizes the had completed Chin's last sentence
"Yes," Chin continues, "ballistics experts suggest that the weapon used was a modified SIG SAUER P320, the marks match in the four bullets."
"You say NCIS pulled you out of the case?" Steve can feel his brain firing the alarms, but says nothing.
"Yes. This makes me suspect that the killer or the murder weapon are in some way related to the Navy, which would explain why NCIS took our investigation, since none of the victims seems to have a relationship with them."
"That's why we're calling you, Steve," Kono says, convinced. "Maybe with your contacts you can find out why the hell they are blocking us".
"I need to ask some favors, Kono, but I'll try. Meanwhile, we'll see in HPD if there is any call, reporting Kalani as disappeared and we will start from there." Steve is already thinking about a couple of people that could help him to find out what's happening.
"Well. Thank you, Steve. We'll be in touch. Please let us know if you find out anything, okay?" Lou asks Chin. "I know that maybe it's too late Chin, but If I know you, I can say you made some backup of those files? Could you send us all the information you have?"
"I'll send you all the files that I kept before our friends of NCIS arrived" Chin says. "And thank you, again, Steve."
"No problem, buddy." Steve answers.
That afternoon in NCIS office, agent in charge of the case picks up his phone in the second tone "Agent McNeil". A nervous voice from the other side answers, "McNeil, your warnings did not work with Lieutenant Kelly. He just called McGarrett, about Kalani. I don't need to tell you it's imperative that the information not to be disclosed. There are many agents involved in the case, and they could be in a terrible danger".
"But McGarrett can be very useful, Sir. He is a former SEAL and has experience in this kind of operations; he's resourceful, maybe..."
"There is no maybe, McNeil, we cannot risk our people and McGarrett is not characterized for being subtle. We have to be very careful with him. For the moment, Kelly and his team must be under twenty-four hour surveillance. Did you understand?"
"Yes, Sir..."