It was always a surprise when the five-0 team had a day when they didn't have any cars to chase, guys to shoot at, or dead bodies to investigate. But when they did (and were putting off much needed paper work) they took advantage of them.
"The games on, change it!" Steve Mcgarrett yelled across the table at the rooky who had the TV remote in one hand and her half eaten pizza slice in the other. The team had been together about half a year but had clicked since Steve, the teams "captain", had pieced them all together. Now they where on more than one account seen outside work environment together just having fun like friends do. Because that's what they were, friends, they entrusted each other with their lives, and they had to being in the line of work that they were in.
"Kono give it up! It's the three of us against you." Danny said waving his arms around in the usual way that he does "plus the only reason you're don't want to change the channel to some good quality foot ball is because you like being in control of the TV almost as much as Steven likes to be in control of my car"
"Danny, I don't like to be in control of your car I just like to drive" Steve said back at his sometimes aggravating partner "I've already told you that"
"That is beyond a lie my friend" Danny said reaching for another piece of pizza (without pineapple) "You just have cont-" The jersey detective was cut off by Chin who had at this point gotten a hold of the remote from his cousin and changed it to the college football game.
"Guys, come one, I can't hear the game!" Chin said which brought a giggle from Kono and a glare from Danny. The group watched as our team, which both Chin and Steve had played on in school, sacked the opposite teams quarter back. The whole office erupted into cheers and laughs, so loud that none of them heard the door open until a girls voice became louder than the TV.
"Commander Mcgarrett!" Came the sharp voice of Governor Jameson at the front of the office making the four heads turn. The woman was striding towards the team with a very distressed looking teenager in tow. The girl looked to be about 19 but was on the shorter side, about the same height as me, Danny thought, but she possessed a sort of innocents that made her look shorter and younger. What really gave away her age was her body, she had a nice tan and amazing curves, she wasn't as thin as Kono but you could tell she was lean and muscular in the skin tight tank top and shorts she was wearing.
"You can't make me, I can stay home, lock all the doors it will be fine!" The teen was saying, almost jogging to keep up with the older woman.
"Steve!" Jameson said again when Steve didn't move. "May I speak to you in your office please?!" The amount of power and harshness in the older woman's voice made Steve get up tentatively, eyeing the still babbling girl that was along with the governor. He walked ahead of the two females into his office, right before the door governor Jamison turned to face the blonde which made her shut up about the non sense that none of the team members understood.
"I told you not to argue with me about any of this, It's way more than you can handle at the moment and I need you to stop talking so I can figure this out." The governor said to the girl in almost a menacing tone. She then turned to the three people that hadn't moved from their spots at the smart table. "Everyone this is my niece Veronica, Veronica this is detective Danny Williams, Officer Kono Kalakaua and Officer Chin Ho' Kelly." She said indicating her niece first then the three cops at the table. She then turned and walked briskly into Steve's office. Leaving Veronica outside when she slammed the door.
Veronica looked beyond frazzled and angry and just plain annoyed. "Hi Veronica, want some pizza?" Chin said trying to be as polite as possible given the situation.
"No and don't call me that, people call me Roni. The only people I let call me my full name are my parents and they're dead." She said and stormed out of the office. Kono watched as she left the office and went to stand by her aunt's car that was parked right outside.
"The little brat!" Kono said in disgust, saying the thing Danny was thinking.
"Kono, you have no idea what she is like because she didn't want a piece of pizza." Chin said unfazed by what happened.
Kono had to protest "You know that's not what I me-" She was cut off by Steve yelling in his office, he sounded beyond agitated.
"No. No absolutely not! I am a Navy SEAL not some babysitter!" Steve said at the still calm Governor "and besides she is 17 she can just stay home by herself!" The Governor had explained about Veronica, her parents had been murdered in a fire set by Wo Fat, since then she had moved from family member to family member trying to find a permanent home, each time she had gotten in to some kind of trouble and had to move again.
"Commander you didn't let me finish, I have reason to believe that after her parents were killed Wo Fat and his people are targeting her and trying to kill her too." She said "My niece doesn't know any of this and I would like to keep it that way."
Steve was hesitant and no longer yelling "So this is more of a" he paused not knowing what to call it "a protection detail?" he finished.
"If that is what you would like to think it is then sure, that's what you may call it." She said "I will be gone for three days and I would leave some of my security here, god knows I have enough, but where I'm going I'm probably going to need them. Please Steve." She said almost as a thought.
There was silence for a while as he thought it over "Even if I said I would, what in the world would I do with her, Plus I have work every day and it would defeat the point of me protecting her if she is left at my house." He said making a very valid point.
"You don't have to do anything just make sure she goes nowhere by herself, and you could bring her with you. She can entertain herself here."She said now almost pleading "Please Steve, if I have to ship her off to another relative again she would never forgive me. All you have to do is feed her and give her some where to sleep; I will give her money so you don't have to pay for anything."
Steve looked at the woman in front of him then out the window at the teen that was sitting on the hood of her aunt's car, leaning against her knees with her head in her hands. Now that he knew they were related he could kind of see the resemblance, they both had blonde hair except hers was much longer almost reaching the top of her hips, plus they were very thin and athletic looking. When he looked at the teen he saw someone that was broken and lonely, almost on the verge of tears. He then had a realization that she about wanted to be left with him than he wanted to be responsible of her. Steve was still looking out the window at Veronica when he heard himself say "Fine."