Strictly Undercover
By
Landon Richardson and TealRose
Official Disclaimer
The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles, Duke Lukela and anyone else within the story who might sound familiar do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.
The character of Danni Williams could probably be considered mine by now. Although the character was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably to say that she is now her own individual character. She has her own story and her own individual background now, a background and story which is different from male Danny's story. This also means that Grace is different as well since not only does she live full time with her mother but also because Danni and Duncan have a fairly civil relationship with each other. Grace's surname is also Taylor in this saga as Williams is Danni's maiden name while Taylor was her married name.
The characters of Special Agent Jack O'Connor, Poppy O'Connor, Isabella O'Connor, Tasha Humphries, Liam Humphries, Noah Humphries, David Williams, Libby Williams, Duncan Taylor, Riley King, Bryan Walker and Stella Walker do belong to me though.
I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you don't recognise from the show then they probably belong to me as well.
Author Note
Welcome to Strictly Undercover.
This story was written with the very talented TealRose and features in the 'What could have happened' saga which was based in the canon law I've created and which could have easily made it into my canon saga but didn't.
Please enjoy.
Overall Summary
When Steve and Danni go undercover as a married couple they didn't quite expect the weekend to turn out the way it did… sometimes the lines between what is real and what is not can become blurred, resulting in things you never thought possible (Steve x female Danni (OC))
Chapter Summary
"Yes Governor, I understand completely, I'll brief my team and we'll get right on this, thank you" Steve McGarrett stated before he dropped the handset he had been using back onto the main phone and stared down at it, a slight frown on his face as his mind ran rapidly through everything which the Governor had just told him.
Overall Romance
Steven 'Steve' McGarrett / Danielle 'Danni' Williams (McDanni)
Mentions of past Duncan Taylor / Danielle 'Danni' Williams (Dunni)
Chin Ho Kelly / Malia Waincroft (Chalia)
Charlie Fong / Kono Kalakaua (KoFo)
Chapter Romance
Steven 'Steve' McGarrett / Danielle 'Danni' Williams (McDanni)
Mentions of past Duncan Taylor / Danielle 'Danni' Williams (Dunni)
Other note
Nearly all the places I have stated within this story are either made up or have been gotten from google so I'm sorry in advance if I've got anything wrong or anything.
Chapter One
The Brief
"Yes Governor, I understand completely, I'll brief my team and we'll get right on this, thank you" Steve McGarrett stated before he dropped the handset he had been using back onto the main phone and stared down at it, a slight frown on his face as his mind ran rapidly through everything which the Governor had just told him.
He already knew the best team combination and way of making the operation a success but a part of him was wary about doing it, worried that if he went outside his office and told the others what he thought that he could end up losing everything which he had spent the last six months of his life working towards.
If he went with his initial plan then would all the ground work and hard work be destroyed because of one case from the Governor?
He shifted in his seat, his eyes narrowing as he considered the opposite side of the situation. Maybe something like this would instead bring everything to a head and instead of losing everything, he would instead gain everything which he wanted
There had never been any doubt in his mind that he wanted his work partner Danni Williams to be more than just a work partner to him. He wanted to have it all with her; a relationship, sex, marriage and a family. All those dreams which he had experience since being a child, the ones where there was someone who loved him for him including all of his flaws and who wouldn't leave him, the ones which he had buried deep down and locked away into a box had exploded the moment he had swung around in his father's garage and found himself meeting a pair of large grey eyes.
Looking back now he could admit that he had been smitten and that the moment she had opened her mouth and sassed him in her quiet, melodic voice he had fallen head over heels in love with her. The same way his mother had used to tease him he would stating that Steve's personality was very much an all or nothing kind.
It had just taken him a while to realise his feelings and then produce his operation 'Win Danni William's affection'. An operation which he felt was actually going well.
Perhaps this new case would give him the chance to put his own operation into stage two. A stage which finally saw him seducing her.
"Get a grip McGarrett" He stated to himself, pushing his thoughts to the back of his mind and moving round his large oak desk. He left his office and entered the main bulpen of their headquarters, a place which he privately thought was the nerve centre of their home.
He looked around him, his eyes landing on the familiar figures of Kono Kalakaua the rookie on their team and Jack O'Connor who was their liaison from the NSA, a man who had been with them since almost day one and who Steve silently thought of as one of his closest friends now, if not his best friend on the island. Both were standing at the computer table which was Jack's and Adam Charles's baby. Jack's fingers were flying over the keyboards while Kono stood next to him, one hip leaning against the side while she spoke to Jack. Steve couldn't catch what she was saying but if he went by the grin which was on Jack's face then whatever it was, was funny.
"Sorry to interrupt guys but we've got a case." He called out to them, giving them a nod when they both looked towards him. He ignored the whoop Kono made at his announcement. They had been office bound for the past four days doing nothing but the large pile of paperwork littering their desks. It was enough to make everyone a bit stir crazy, though he made a mental note to have a word with her if she had that reaction again. While Steve wasn't entirely strict when it came to conduct in the office, he couldn't allow them to cheer when they had a case, especially not when he could already picture the look on Danni's face if she caught it happening.
"Glad you're so pleased with the news." Steve told her dryly with a raised eyebrow, pleased when she at least looked embarrassed.
"Yeah sorry about that boss, it just slipped out. I'll go and grab Chin from the kitchen, he said something about getting everyone a coffee" Kono said before turning and heading across the room.
"I'll get Toast as well, Riley and David went down about five minutes ago to get lunch for us all. You want me to call them back up here to hear what you have to say?" Jack asked, looking up at him with a questioning look. Steve considered the offer for a moment before he shook her head.
"They'll probably be back by the time I'm ready to start. I'll go and get Danni" He stated, flashing the other man a small smile before he turned and headed back in the way he came, veering to his right and heading to the office next to his which contained his partner.
He knocked once before pushing the door open and entered the familiar room, glancing around him. It always surprised him when he walked into the office that belonged to the other members of his team by just how much each of them had changed the generic office which they had been given at the beginning. Kono's was filled with surfing memorabilia, Chin's was full of paperweights, and Jack's had pictures of his two daughters and some football stuff. David had pictures of his own daughter while Riley had ice hockey stuff. It seemed that out of the whole team Steve was the only one who had done nothing to his office unless he counted the medals he had earned which he had hung up on the room.
There was no mistaking who the small office he was standing in belonging to. Even the air smelt different and sweet, a combination of Danni's familiar scent of vanilla and oranges mixed in with the flowers which she replaced every Monday morning without fail. Photo frames littered the desk surface and the bookcase which she insisted on having. A book case which was also filled up with up to date manuals for work and novels which Steve knew Danni read on the odd occasion when she wasn't lunching with someone. A comfortable white sofa covered with purple pillows and large purple throw finished off the room. Steve could attest personally to how comfortable the sofa was considering how many times he had napped on it while waiting for Danni to finish whatever it was she was doing so they could go and grab some dinner together.
Steve's eyes moved to her desk, taking in the large pile of files which were stacked neatly in her in-tray. All of their new cases tended to be sent directly to Danni by the Governor's office or HPD or even some of the agencies on the island for her to review to see whether Five-O was the best fit to take the case on or whether the cases needed to go or remain with HPD with some additional help from them.
Sometimes that help came from them in the form of physical backup during a takedown while other times it was in the shape of comments written on the file or report written by one of them highlighting the results on a search which they had conducted on their superior database.
"Hey Danni" He commented, raising an eyebrow when she held up one single finger at him before she continued whatever it was she was looking at. Her attention never wavering from the screen as she finished typing.
"Hey Steve" She replied finally, looking up at him. "What can I do for you? Have we got a case?" She asked him curiously.
Steve nodded, his eyes moving thoughtfully over her face. In his eyes she was really one of the most attractive women he had crossed paths with. Small and slight with a backbone of steel and one of the largest, warmest hearts he had ever encountered. Her hair was long, falling down her back on the rare occasion she left it down though today it was done up in its usual complicated style, the strands looking blonder meaning that she had been out in the sunshine recently. Her face was small with delicate features while heavily lashed grey eyes stared out at the world thoughtfully.
"I'm afraid so Danno. The Governor rang through to my office with it. She wants us to get on it straight away." He answered her, facing his eyes away from her face as he jabbed his thumb over his shoulder towards the computer table where she knew the others would be gathered around.
"Of course she did" Danni said on a sigh, her gaze moving from his face to stare at her files with a forlorn look before she placed her hands on the surface of her desk and pushed herself to her feet, moving round the desk. Steve watched as she lowered her hand, straightening the bottom of her dress. "Well let's get started then" She said, moving past him and patting his arm as she did.
Steve breathed in her scent, allowing it to calm him before he turned and followed her towards the computer table. He waited until Chin had finished handing out the coffees which he had made them, accepting his own black coffee and thanking him for it when Danni twisted on the spot and fixed him with a pointed look before he started speaking.
"Everyone settled and ready to go?" He asked, his eyes flickering around them all waiting until they nodded at him before he continued. "Good because this one has come directly from the Governor who wants results on this as soon as possible."
"Doesn't she always want that?" Riley King queried dryly. The comment causing Steve to smirk at their newest member before his eyes flickered to Jack who laughed out loud, his pale blue eyes twinkling.
"You'll find out soon enough that the Governor always wants instant results Riley, it's what she seems to live for" Jack commented with a grin.
"What's the case then McGarrett?" David Williams, Danni's older twin brother, questioned as he crossed his arms across his chest, his grey eyes fixed on Steve with an intense expression one which was always lacking for Danni's kind looking eyes.
"Someone on the island is targeting newly arrived Ha'ole couples who are out here for their second honeymoons. Whoever it is, is kidnapping them out of the hotel that they are staying in, causing them bodily harm and then abandoning them in the middle of the jungle, clearly expecting them to die out there."
"How do we know what his MO is? Has anyone made it back?" Chin asked.
"Toast, bring up on the file on the system which is entitled 'Honeymoon'. The Governor said that she had her assistant send it over to us" Steve instructed the tall man before he took a sip of his coffee, watching Danni from the corner of his eyes as she did the same thing.
"You got it boss" Toast stated, cracking his knuckles before he started typing, quickly bringing up the file in question and opening it so they could see the contents on the file on the plasma screen.
"Wait is that…" Kono started to say, her eyes narrowing as she leaned forward staring at one of the photos.
"Yeah that Bryan and Stella Walker, that's how we knew the MO of the kidnapper Chin, these two made it back and told HPD who informed the Governor" Steve stated glancing towards Riley when the other man interrupted.
"Who informed us" He stated, raising an eyebrow at Steve who nodded.
"Exactly" He stated.
"Can I ask, who exactly are Bryan and Stella Walker?" Danni asked in confusion as she tilted her head. Steve smiled at her, a wave of affection sweeping over him at her question.
"How can you not know who they are Danni" Kono demanded in disbelief as she brought her hand up to her face and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"I don't know who they are either." David commented, sharing a quick look at his twin before they both looked at Kono when she spoke.
"What do they teach you in Jersey? It can't be good TV because otherwise you would know who they are because they are big time celebrities who are on nearly every night. Do you watch TV Danni?" Kono demanded.
"Sometimes I do" Danni replied with a shrug. "But I do have other responsibilities which make it hard to watch everything I want to watch."
"In that case you are so coming round my house tomorrow evening and sleeping over until the next day. We're going to spend the time watching Bryan's and Stella's TV show. I have all three seasons on DVD. You're going to love it and you won't even have to worry about Grace because you said earlier that she was with her Dad this weekend and you haven't mentioned anything about having any other plans so you don't have any excuse not to" Kono stated gleefully, her dark eyes looking bright in the light.
"I can hardly wait" Danni replied after a pause looking like she was resisting the urge to rub at her forehead.
"Those weekend plans you're making Kono are going to have to be put on hold" Steve told the younger woman, hiding his smile at the grateful look which his partner shot him. "The Governor wants to have this sorted by Monday morning which means that the eight of us will be working it as overtime" He informed them, ignoring the groans which accompanied the comment. He couldn't blame them for the reaction. None of them liked having to work the weekends, especially on such short notice as it tended to result in plans having to be cancelled. His eyes flickered over to where Jack and David were standing next to each other, both sporting resigned expression which only grew when Steve continued speaking. "You'll have to sort out some form of childcare" He told them with a rare apologetic tone to his voice.
"Of course we do" David responded on a sigh, his grey eyes moving side to side before they focused on Danni. "Do you think Duncan would be willing to look after Libby for the weekend? I don't want to make it awkward so if you think he would say no then…"
"I doubt he'll say no" Danni interrupted softly. "Just because we divorced, it doesn't mean that he suddenly stopped caring about you all or considering you as family. We were married for nine years and together for longer after all. He's been in our lives a long time and he always will be" She pointed out. "Do you want me to call you for him and see if he can? I know he's around because he has Grace until Monday."
"No, I'll give him a quick call now, he texted me his office number when I moved out here in case I ever needed anything." David said, nodding towards the other before he turned and strolled over to his office which had only been his for four weeks.
"What about you Jack? Is Tasha around to look after the girls" Chin asked the blond man, speaking of Jack's older sister who had taken her two sons and moved out with him when he had been transferred to the taskforce from his post in Washington.
"No as fate would have it she's taken Liam and Noah over to the big island for the weekend. They've already gone or I could have sent the girls with her. I'll call Meka and Amy and see whether they could have them for the weekend."
"Sorry man, if I could have given you more notice then I would have." Steve said, nodding at Jack when the older man waved his hand at him as though he was brushing his concerns away.
"I know you would buddy" Came the reply.
"So" Toast suddenly piped up with a thoughtful look on his face. "This guy whoever he is clearly doesn't watch TV because if he did then he would have known exactly who he was taking and known that they would make it back from wherever it is that they dump them.
"That's likely or if he does then he doesn't watch live TV" Chin agreed giving Toast a quick approving look before he turned his attention back to Steve. "Have we managed to get a statement from either Stella or Bryan telling us what happened to them?"
"HPD took their statements when they encountered them." Steve stated, looking silently towards Toast with a raised eyebrow, for a moment the younger man looked blankly at him before he clicked his fingers.
"Right statements, on it" He announced, looking through the file.
"Steven" Danni murmured beside him giving him a disapproving look which he felt all the way to his toes.
"What? I wasn't rude to him Danielle" Steve countered back quietly, resisting the urge to reach out to her, when she made a sound at the back of her throat and looked at Toast when he made a triumphant noise.
"There we go boss" He stated, waving his hand towards the screen again.
"Thanks Toast" Steve said with a nod at him before picking up the threads of the briefing. "Neither of them saw the man who took them. A residual amount of drugs were found in Stella's system so it must have been a high dosage since they were in the jungle for two days. He then used force to take out Bryan. On top of that he somehow got them out of the hotel without anyone stopping him."
"Which must mean he's a familiar enough figure to the staff to move easily among them" Jack remarked.
"Or he is one of them" David assed, as he crossed his arms with a thoughtful frown.
"The guy must be pretty built if he took out Bryan" Kono said with a shake of her head, a disbelieving tone to her voice.
"Or he is someone who doesn't set of any alarms when they see him." Danni countered. "I'm swerving towards David's theory that he's a member of staff. No one would question him being there and f Bryan found Stella on the floor then he wouldn't think twice about accepting the help of someone dressed in the hotel uniform."
"Which easily explains how he got close enough to take him out" Chin agreed with a nod of his own,
"Either reason is possible if it's somehow a combo of the two. Duke spoke to Bryan and Stella for us and they've agreed to lay low to give us a chance to catch this guy. If he finds out they are back then he'll run and we don't want that especially if the other couples are still out there trying to make their way back." Steve said seriously.
"Do we know anything about his target type?" Jack questioned, his eyes moving rapidly over the information on the screen.
"It seems a very particular type which triggers him. Every couple taken so far have been Ha'ole couples who were celebrating their second honeymoon. We're going to need to go undercover and attract his attention to target us."
They nodded, turning as one to look at Danni who in turn glanced back at them before she sighed, her shoulder slumping down.
"Don't tell me, I'm going to be the wife" She said flatly, rolling her eyes when they made sounds of agreement at the back of their throat.
"Sorry Blondie, even I can tell that you're the best option, with your blond hair and grey eyes and pale skin, you sort of scream non-native" Toast piped up with an apologetic look.
"I got that Toast. It's just for once I wish that an undercover mission didn't have to involve Kono and me in a role" she admitted looking towards Kono when the other woman spoke.
"Hear, hear" Kono stated
"We can discuss that later after the case is over" Steve said, the comment causing Danni to look at him carefully for a moment before she changed the subject.
"So who is coming undercover with me as my husband then?" She questioned, looking towards David as he re-joined them making a noise of disgust.
"Not me" He said with a shake of his head. "There's a lot I'm willing to do for the taskforce but pretending to be married to my twin isn't one of them."
"I wouldn't ask you to do that David" Steve assured him, catching the looks of relief which came to David and Danni's face at the remark. "In fact both you and Riley won't be at the hotel with us. I need you to head up a search party and head into the jungle to see if we can locate the missing couple. I don't rate some of their chances, we may already be too late. Riley take point and speak to Duke to get a search team prepared. Bryan and Stella have agreed to help by taking you back to the area where they had been dumped and helping you track the others." Steve stated.
"On it" Riley said with a nod before he turned and headed towards his office, no doubt to call Duke and get the ball rolling on his mission. David watched him for a second before he nodded at them and also headed off to his office, clapping his hand down gently on Danni's shoulder as he passed her.
"So I guess that means that Jack is going undercover with Danni" Chin said, giving the pair of them a critical look. "They definitely look like a couple of tourists and suit each other enough that it wouldn't cause any raised eyebrow if they said they were married."
"Be that as it may Chin, I need Jack at the hotel running the surveillance operation and communication with Toast who will be in a secondary room monitoring everything" Steve interrupted ignoring the way Toast's face lit up at the news.
"So…" Kono prompted.
"So, I'll be going undercover with Danni as her husband" He told them, disregarding the sudden amused look which came to his teams face, looks which Jack and Chin at least tried to smother. "He normally strikes at the weekend which means we need to be there from tomorrow. Toast call the Waianae hotel and book the honeymoon suite. Kono help Danni in any way she may need it. Jack and Chin you're with me."
"Where are you heading to?" Danni asked, a look of concern coming to her eyes, it was a look which Steve was used to seeing since it was the same look which came to her face when they were sent to different places on a case.
"We're hardly going to be a convincing married couple if we don't ever have matching rings Danno. This person knows what he is doing which means he must have certain things which triggers him. Wedding rings are bound to be one of them so I need to make them good ones."
"If you're looking for authentic, good quality rings then I know the best place to go" Chin announced, his dark eyes fixed on Steve. "If we leave now then we can reach the shop in good time."
"Sounds good to me, let's go. Danni you're in charge here until I return, call me on my cell if you need anything" He told her, flashing her a smile before he turned and headed out of the bulpen with Chin and Jack in tow.
Danni stared after him, a half concerned, half thoughtful look on her face before she turned to look at Kono who was still standing at her side. An attentive look on her face as though she was waiting for Danni to say something to her.
"Was it just me or did Steve seemed to be taking the married side of this undercover operation more seriously than usual" Danni asked.
Kono remained silent for a moment as she considered the best way of answering the question since Danni, who was so scarily observant in the job and other parts of her life seemed to develop a blindness when it came to her love life and her partner.
It had taken Kono exactly a week of being on the taskforce to know that Steve had strong feelings for Danni. She had seen the way the older man was inserting himself into Danni's life until he was an integral part of it, something which Kono suspected during the six week period when Steve had moved in and lived with Danni while he rebuilt his house after it was shot up during a mission. Repairs which had gone extremely slowly until Chin had mentioned something to Steve.
Kono doubted whether Danni even realised that she treated Steve as less like her work partner and instead something more like a spouse, The blonde woman didn't even say yes to night out with the girls when her daughter was with her father until she double checked with Steve that they had no plans together.
Everyone on the team and people they met all assumed that the pair of them were married already. She just hoped that this op would show the both of them that so that the rest of them could stop witnessing the pair, especially Steve, pining away for each other.
"It sounds like this guy we're hunting is a real piece of work. The marriage is such a clear part of it for him that Steve just wants to make sure it's realistic, we only get one shot at this using members of the team. If the guy doesn't believe you're married and doesn't pick you then we're screwed." Kono said. "It's a stroke of luck that he doesn't appear to watch the news or he would recognise you and Steve instantly considering how much you're both on it."
Danni started nodding before she stopped her expression morphing into a startled look.
"Wait, what? What do you mean we're on the TV?" She demanded.
Kono shot her a disbelieving look before she shook her head.
"Wow, you genuinely weren't exaggerating when you said you don't watch TV much." She stated in surprise before going onto explain. "Well we're sort of considered heroes so people are interested in us. They take photos and videos and everything and they send them into the local TV station and they decided to do a weekly segment on us showing what we're up to."
"What? We can't have our faces splashed on TV Kono, just because our unsubs doesn't watch TV, it doesn't mean that other citizens don't, they may mention to him in passing conversation." Danni pointed out, trying to ignore the spike of anxiety she felt.
"They is why the boss man didn't want you to know, he was concerned you would worry and he was right" Kono said sagely with a shrug. "He's been dealing with it for weeks now, working with lawyers and the Governor to limit what they can say or show about us. He's already got an injunction against them to see that pictures of Grace are a no go so they can't print or show anything about her. The last I heard he was working on getting images of you, David and Jack barred, saying it places your children at risk. It may end up that the boss will take the fall and allow them to interview him on occasions to keep the rest of us off the air." Kono told her.
Danni stared at her, trying to wrap her head around what the younger woman was saying, trying to puzzle out exactly how her partner, the same partner she saw regularly both in and out of work managed to hide this from her.
"How do you know all of this? Did Steve tell you?" Danni asked, raising an eyebrow when Kono laughed at the comment.
"No way" She said emphatically. "I only know because I overheard the boss talking to Riley about what options were available to them to take."
"Riley?" Danni said in surprise, looking over her shoulder to stare at Riley through the glass of his office, watching as he prepared for the mission Steve had given him. "Has Riley got experience in the legal system?" She question Kono, looking back at her in time to see her shaking her head.
"No but from what I gather from Toast, Riley's mum was a hotshot lawyer in her day and is now a judge. He said that he would talk to her about the situation" Kono told the older woman with a shrug before she continued to speak. "I'm guessing the final straw for the boss was when they started putting us the lists"
"The list?" Danni repeated with a frown.
"Yep, they do these segments with the top ten so things like top ten dressers ect. It was only when you appeared on the best dressed list and the pair of you were on the top ten couples. Both in the number one position that Steve flipped out. I've never seen him so angry before." Kono admitted.
Danni blinked at the remark.
"Steve and I are number one on a best couple list" Danni stated making no effort to hide the disbelief from her voice.
"Several times in a row now. They actually bring people into analysis the pair of you and how you are together."
"Yeah okay I can definitely see why Steve flipped out then" Danni said slowly. The last thing they needed in her line of work was to be analysed and all their tells to be broadcasted over the airwaves so that all the criminal element on the island knew exactly how they worked and what they looked like. "Let's go Kono, we've got our own work to be getting on with" She said, smiling when Kono nodded at her.
Somehow she had the feeling that this weekend was going to be a long weekend.
Author Note
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