I don't own Hawaii Five-0. I'm just borrowing the characters.

Madeline Riley stood outside the building where the Office of the Governor of Hawaii and the headquarters for the Five-O task force were housed. She couldn't decide whether to go in or not. She knew that her situation was perilous and that she was afraid for her life but didn't know if she should pull Detective Williams into the situation again. He had been so helpful to her when this whole thing had first gone down back in New Jersey two years ago but that was then and this was now.

Madeline didn't know if she could trust the US Marshalls anymore. They'd had to move her 3 times in the past year and a half and it wasn't because of anything she'd done. She'd followed every rule the Marshalls had laid out for her including not speaking to her friends or family in the time she'd been in protective custody. Her heart broke a little every time she wasn't able to call or send a card on someone's birthday and she nearly fell apart when her sister had sent a message through the Marshalls that she had given birth to her first daughter, after having three sons, and had named her Elizabeth, Madeline's middle name.

She wanted this mess to be over. It had to end and Detective Williams was the only person she knew she could trust with the information. After three deep breaths she squared her shoulders and walked into the building.

Steve was sitting at his desk, working through lunch as usual, when movement out of the corner of his eye caused him to look up. Walking through the glass door and into the bullpen was a woman and all Steve could do was stare at her.

She was beautiful. Her hair was a golden blonde, medium length and straight with defined layers and bangs that swept to the right of her forehead. Her complexion was very fair but not in a bad way. She looked like she had just stepped out of a movie from the early 20th century when peaches and cream was how everyone wanted their skin to look. Steve noted she was quite slender but she looked strong.

She was wearing a white, long sleeved, button down shirt with a collar that was tucked into tan colored slacks that were tight around her shapely hips and flowed down in a bell shape to fall perfectly around her brown stiletto pumps. She also was wearing a brown belt; a gold necklace with a star attached and some kind of gold ring on her right hand but Steve was having a tough time making it out. The other thing that caught his eye was the bright purple clutch purse she was carrying under her left arm.

Steve smiled to himself and thought this woman was probably someone he would like to get to know on a personal level but the current look on her face immediately put him on alert. She looked worried. Her brow was furrowed, her eyes were darting back and forth as if she were looking for someone and she was wringing her hands in front of her body. Steve decided to get up to investigate but an errant thought did cross his mind that he was quite underdressed, in his cargo pants, white shirt and military boots to make any kind of personal impression on this woman.

He pushed the thought out of his mind as he came around his desk and through the door to his office into the bullpen. There was a slight look of relief on her face as he approached her and he was surprised at how she pulled on his heartstrings.

"Hello, I'm Steve McGarrett. Can I help you with something?" Steve asked and offered his hand to her. She took it and gave him a firm but gentle handshake to which he was able to get a better look at the ring on her hand. It was a square shaped diamond with triangular shaped emeralds on each side, set in a thin gold band that perfectly accentuated her petite hands. He wondered if it was from a boyfriend or some other significant man in her life but pushed the thought away as something to maybe investigate at a later date. Right now, she looked like she needed help and he was the one to give it.

"Hello, I'm actually looking for Detective Williams. I was told that he works here now," Madeline said hoping that she didn't look as nervous as she felt.

"Well, Danny is out to lunch at the moment. Is there anything I can do for you?" Steve asked trying not to read into the situation…yet. He noticed her getting more nervous now that Danny wasn't directly available to her.

"Detective Williams was the person who was helping me originally and I really would prefer discussing this only with him," Madeline stated. Steve nodded, not quite sure why this woman was giving him such an uneasy feeling.

"Alright then let me take down your information and I'll have him give you a call as soon as he gets in," Steve said and pulled up an electronic message on the large table that Madeline realized quickly was a computer. She became much more visibly nervous because she didn't want to have to give out any of her information. An electronic record especially could be dangerous and tracked.

"Um, no that's alright. I'll just stop in another time that is more convenient," Madeline said and quickly turned to go.

"Wait!" Steve called out to her. He jogged around her and blocked her path. This, he noticed, visibly made her uncomfortable and she started ringing her hands again, trying to put up some sort of barrier between them. "At least let me get your name so I can tell him you came by."

"Alright, my name is," Madeline started and looked up and to the left trying to remember her new name. She'd had so many over the past two years it was difficult to remember but thankfully she didn't have to because at that point a man and one of her colleagues from working at the hospital walked into the room.

"Amanda? Amanda Carter? What are you doing here?" the woman asked and approached her with an outstretched hand. Madeline shook it and smiled as naturally as she could.

"Dr. Waincroft, how are you?" Madeline asked.

"Please, out of the hospital its Malia," the woman said.

"Malia. I was just here looking for Detective Williams but he doesn't seem to be available so I'm just going to go," Madeline said and attempted to scoot around Steve, Malia and the other man.

"Wait, I wanted to introduce you to my boyfriend," Malia said to Madeline. She stopped and turned around to face the group that were all looking at her with questioning looks on their faces. She smiled again and gestured for Malia to continue. "This is Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly. He works here at Five-O with Danny."

"It's very nice to meet you finally. Malia has told me wonderful things about you," Chin said and shook her hand.

"Thank you, it's very nice to meet you as well. Now if you'll excuse me please," Madeline said quickly and turned to go again. This time Detective Danny Williams walking into the room stopped her. Seeing her made him stop in his tracks. She froze and just looked at him. The surprise on his face spoke volumes but words escaped him and he just stood there.

This is my first fanfiction. Please let me know what you think and if I should publish the next chapter. Happy reading!