Someone has to do it
By
Landon Richardson and TiaRose
Disclaimer
The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles, Meka Hanamoa and Amy Hanamoa belong to the creator of H50 which obviously isn't me…
The character of Danni Williams, although based on male Danny Williams, has taken on a life of her own as many of you know and therefore I think I can safely say that she is my own creation. Grace although similar in some ways to the show is also different so she enters that grey area as well.
The character of Jack O'Connor and Rosie Lange and anyone else who you don't recognise do belong to me.
I guess it goes without saying not to borrow the characters unless permission has been asked of me but yeah…. Long disclaimer I know
Author Note
So here's a new story!
The reason why there are so many new stories and updates recently is because I've been going through my computer's hard drive and beginning to upload all the stories which are just sitting there gathering dust. It does mean that there are a lot of different sagas and you might have to look at my profile to see which story fits in with what saga.
This story fits into the 'What could have been' saga and is written with the extremely talented TiaRose. If you haven't done so already than you should definitely check out her work!
This story is pretty much written, it just needs some editing. Any mistakes made are my own and not TiaRose's so I apologise in advance for that. I also apologise if I use the English terms for words instead of the American, sometimes it's hard to remember to do that especially when my own mind is telling me that I've done it right.
This one is slightly different to the others, I'm so used to writing Danni looking after everyone else that I thought it would be interesting to write a story where Danni was the one who was being looked after for once.
Anyway I don't think there is anything more to say except that we hope you enjoy it.
Overall Summary
Danni Williams has always been the member of 50 who takes care of everyone else but what if for once she isn't able to? What if for once the other members of 50 have to step up and take care of her? It should be a simple thing for them to do but things never go simple, especially if you're a member of 50. (Part of the Danni world saga – female Danni)
Chapter Summary
Danni Williams looked around her at the crime scene, her grey eyes sharp as she took every small detail in, absently wrapping her arms around herself
Overall Romance
Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)
Other note
Nearly all the places I have stated are either made up or I've got from the internet so I'm sorry in advance if I get an address wrong or anything. My geography on Hawaii is very poor having never been there before!
Other, other note
Obviously if you're reading this story there is a good chance that you're already acquainted with the Danni saga world. If not then please feel free to check them out.
If you've never read any of them before then I would seriously recommend you read 'The Beginning' and then read through the order of stories in my profile. It should all make sense after that.
Question to my readers
I have a saga which I've written which features both a male Danny Williams and a female one (She has a different surname) would anyone want to read it if I put it up?
Chapter One
Danni Williams looked around her at the crime scene, her grey eyes sharp as she took every small detail in, absently wrapping her arms around herself. She felt exhausted, the kind of exhaustion which had made it difficult for her to get out of bed that morning, putting one foot in front of the other had been equally difficult. She had the bad feelings from her symptoms that she was in the beginning of the same flu which Grace had suffered from over the weekend.
She had known there was a chance that she could catch it when she had cancelled all her plans and spent the weekend looking after her daughter but it had been a sacrifice she had been willing to make, Grace needed her and that had been it in her eyes.
All she needed was some more sleep and maybe an extremely large mug of coffee to be able to stay on her feet, that and for a member of her team to turn up at the crime scene so she wasn't the only member of 50 there. She didn't mind that she was the first one there but everyone knew who she was so having several people approaching her all at once trying to make their reports to her wasn't helping her.
"Guys" she said softly, holding her hand up to the four CSU agents, a tired smile on her face as she rubbed the back of her neck. "I know you all want to report in but give me a second okay, I've got to speak to the medical examiner first. I'll come and find you all when I'm finished" She promised them, waiting for them to nod before she turned and headed over to the dead body sprawled inelegantly on the floor, her gaze flickering down to the man for a moment before her gaze came up focusing on the red head who was making a note on a pad of paper. Danni smiled, Rosie Lange was one of the new Medical Examiners which the Governor had insisted on hiring, stating that they couldn't rely on only one medical examiner for their cases. Danni hadn't minded, Rosie was a year older than she was, friendly and talkative and always up for a quick drink if she wasn't working. The fact that she came from New York came them another bonding point with each other, a connection to home which Danni hadn't realised that she had missed until Rosie arrived.
"Hey Rosie" She commented, stopping next to her. "What do we have this time other than the usual dead body?"
Rosie looked up at the sound of her voice, large pale blue eyes searching Danni's face for a moment, a slight frown marring her forehead before she looked down again.
"You don't look too good Danni girl, are you okay?" Rosie asked, an undertone of concern to her voice.
"Yeah I know" Danni said with a sigh, running her hand over the top of her hair. "My daughter had the flu over the weekend and I spent the whole time looking after her, I think it's safe to say that I've caught it. Don't worry though, I won't breathe on you and affect you with it." She promised.
Rosie winced in sympathy, climbing to her feet and waved her hand towards the body.
"Well this guy, just like us, doesn't have the luxury of staying at home sick though I'm pretty sure that he was feeling as rough as you are right now. Saying that though it's not what killed him. He's got a gunshot wound to both the heart and the head, considering the gunshot residual on the surrounding skin I'm pretty sure the murder weapon was placed right against the skin. I'm not sure which shot was fired but I might be able to tell when I'm back at the morgue."
Danni nodded before he looked at her, one eyebrow raised questioningly.
"How exactly did you know he was sick? He doesn't look it" She commented "He looks remarkably healthy minus the hole in his head and chest."
"He was holding a cough drop in his hand, half out of the wrapper, I'm assuming that he was half way through unwrapping it when her murderer struck." Rosie answered.
Danni breathed out, shaking her head as she lowered herself slowly to the ground, ignoring with difficulty the way the world tilted around her. She felt cold and shivery though she was pretty sure from the way everyone else was dressed that it was just her who felt that way. It had taken her a while to locate the blazer she had from her days back in New Jersey but she was thankful to have that and her jumper which she had found hanging up in her wardrobe. She dropped her handbag beside her and glanced up, opening her mouth to speak before she closed it, taking the adhesive gloves which Rosie was holding out to her.
"Thanks" She murmured pulling them on, her gaze roaming over the body. "May I?" She asked waving her hand at it.
"Be my guest Danni girl" Rosie replied turning her attention back to her notes. Danni nodded, searching through the pockets to see what he had in there. She pulled a wallet out of his trouser pocket and flipped it open, looking through the cards until she found his driver's licence. She glanced quickly at the picture and the face before she spoke.
"Looks like we've got a positive ID. Rosie meet Alfie Meyers, a thirty four year old man originally from Chicago, looking at the way he's dressed I'm going to guess that he's a tourist." She stated, unable to stop the shiver that went through her.
"Seriously Danni girl where the hell is the rest of your team, McGarrett is normally like your oversized shadow and yet when you actually need him he's not here. You need to be at home in bed, resting rather than being here running an active crime scene by yourself while the rest of your team are off sleeping somewhere. I can feel the heat coming off of you from here" Rosie stated with a frown, looking around her as though she was trying to spot a member of Danni's team.
"Heat?" Danni said in disbelief. "How can you feel heat when I'm freezing?" She demanded with a shake of her head. "I might want to be in bed but it's not happening, we're stretched thin today with two cases, one of which is for the Governor, the others will be here as soon as they can but until then I'm afraid you're stuck with me." She commented.
"Okay, okay" Rosie said holding up her hand. "But as soon as shadow boy arrives I'm going to tell him that it's my medical opinion that you should be in bed" She stated, Danni smiled at her friend, changing the subject back to work.
"Any chance you can give me a time of death for Mr Meyers?" She asked resuming her search of the man's pockets to see whether there was anything in them which might explain what he was doing on that part of the island where most tourist seemed to skip by.
"Based on the liver temperature I took when I arrived and the way his body is going into rigour mortis I'd estimate between two and three AM. He's been gone from the land of the living for at least eight hours now." She answered before she looked passed Danni. "Hey, it looks like the rest of your team has just arrived which means that you can go home now" Rosie stated brightly, smiling at the pale blond opposite her, trying to hide the concern for her friend behind it. Danni really didn't look good.
Danni breathed a sigh of relief, turning just as Kono Kalakaua ran up to her, dark eyes scanning round for a moment before the gaze focused on Danni as she looked up at her.
"Hey Danni, sorry I took so long to get there." She said.
"That's fine" Danni said with a dismissive wave of her hand. "What happened to the corruption case? You can't have finished it already"
"FBI got involved and yanked the case from us which was a relief to be honest because that case is a mess, it would have taken a week to get through it all and that was just the reports. The Governor was pissed but there was nothing he could do about it thankfully. What have we here, Steve said it was murder?" Kono asked, her face changing as she looked properly at Danni for the first time. "Err, should you even be here Danni? Don't take this the wrong way hon but you're not looking too good. Are you sick or something?" She demanded.
"You make me feel so much better first thing on a Monday morning Kono" Danni remarked dryly, placing her palm against the floor and pushing herself back into a standing position. She stumbled slightly as the world tilted, reaching out and using Kono's shoulders to steady herself before she forced herself to let go and stand up straight ignoring the twin concern looks Kono and Rosie shot her. "Definite murder here, it looks like the guy was executed with a bullet to the heart and head, someone really wanted to make sure that this guy was dead."
"We got an ID on him?" Kono asked, crossing her arms though Danni noticed that she shifted so she was standing closer to Danni than normal though whether it was so she could catch her or whether it was for Danni to grab on to her she wasn't sure, either way she was surprisingly thankful for the subtle movement though she ignored it, focusing on Kono's question.
"I found his driver's licence in his pocket earlier. The guy's name is Alfie Meyer, thirty four year old from Chicago."
"Probably on holiday" Kono said causing Danni to smile.
"Exactly what I said" She agreed. "Rosie places his time of death at about two to three this morning, it's a pretty secluded spot here so it's no surprised that it took a while for the body to be found."
"Who did find it?" Kono asked.
"Gary Russell and Vivienne Abbot, they apparently come jogging here twice a week before work, they stumbled across the body at seven this morning."
"They literally stumbled over it" Rosie piped up. "Apparently the guy took a tumble over our dead guy"
"Well if that's not enough to put someone off jogging then I don't know what is" Kono remarked, wrinkling her nose up. Danni smiled, looking round at the others as they fanned out, getting a feel for the layout of their crime scene, something which she was happy to see, especially since Steve was doing it as well. Her eyes landed on his tall frame, watching him for a moment as he spoke to the uniformed officers who had been first on the scene.
"I'm going to go and check in with the CSU boys, they had something they wanted to tell me earlier on. Rosie, I'll see you later. Kono stay with her for the time being" Danni ordered, reaching out and gripping Kono's slim shoulder squeezing down on the muscle before she let go and moved away, heading over to the first of the CSU men who had approached her earlier.
She was so intent on her task of putting one foot in front of the other, she failed to notice Steve's frown as he watched her moving, his eyes picking up instantly in her unsteadiness and the fact that her usual fair skin was white even while her cheeks were rosy pink.
Steve thanked the officers for their information and made his way across the crime scene to where Kono and Rosie were, stopping next to the Rookie and speaking.
"What's wrong with Danni?" He demanded, his gaze still trained on his partner before they flickered down to Kono when she sighed and spoke.
"She's caught that bug that Gracie had over the weekend. You might have a battle on your hands but you need to send her home Steve, she needs to be in bed right now, not here" Kono stated waving her hand at the crowded crime scene. Steve winced remembering Danni telling him over the phone how poorly Grace had been.
"Okay" He said slowly. "Leave it to me and I'll deal with her" He .nodded at them both before he headed over to Danni. He could see her talking to CSU, nodding at whatever they were saying to her with her pained smile on her face, the same smile she always wore when she was hurting and didn't want anyone else to know about it. He stopped next to her, placing his hand against her lower back and spoke. "Guys, Chin is taking CSU reports today so if you've got anything you need to say about the scene then he's the one you need to inform, not Danni today" Steve told them, nodding his head to Chin who was in the middle of talking to Kale Mead who was one of the senior CSU agents on site. A serious look on both their faces at whatever it was they were talking about.
Steve waited for the two Agents to leave before he turned his attention to Danni who had tilted her head up and was looking at him, clearly waiting for him to say something to her.
"Look Danno" He said softly, his thumb stroking the material of her blazer. "We've got this okay? I know you want to be here to help but we both know that it's only a small part right now that does. Your body is pretty much telling us all that you need to be in bed resting right now, not working a crime scene. The last thing I want is for you to collapse and have to take more time off. We both know that within a day you'd be climbing the walls. I haven't forgotten the lecture you gave me the one time I did that." He said, a smile coming to his face when he saw her suddenly smile at the memory before it melted away as she sighed.
"I thought it was one of my better lectures" Danni said reaching up and rubbing her arm before she sighed. "I guess you're right on this one occasion, it be better for me to go home as long as you're sure you don't mind but you best not call me for at least twenty four hours."
"I'll make sure of it" He promised, she nodded at him, looking away from him as she glanced round the scene again, her eyes lingering on their colleagues before she looked back at him, smiled softly and turned walking towards her car, her movement still slow and unsteady. He watched her, making sure she got to it safely before he reached into the pocket of his cargo pants and pulled out his mobile, pressing down on the number three button. He waited a second before a familiar voice spoke.
"Hey boss, what can I do for you?" Toast asked, Steve could hear the faint sound of the kettle boiling meaning that Toast was no doubt getting the drinks for the internal team who they had left at the office.
"Toast, I need you to take Danni off of the call rota for the next twenty four hours"
"Why?" Toast demanded instantly, an undercurrent of concern coming to his voice. "Is she okay? Why would we take her off the rota?" He went on to say, his words rushing together.
"She's got the flu Toast, the same one that you had a few weeks ago, I've sent her home to rest, once she actually does it she'll be fine."
"Okay then" Toast said still sounding concerned. "I'll get her taken off of our list for the next twenty four hours, no one will bother her and if they do then I'll kick their asses myself" He told him fiercely, the tone making him laugh.
"Good, thanks Toast" He said, hanging up the phone, his gaze flickering back to Danni before he turned and headed to the others.
Author Note
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