Two Weeks

By

Landon Richardson and TealRose

Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly and Adam 'Toast' Charles and anyone else who might sound familiar to the reader 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 is probably mine by now. Even though she was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably safe to say that's she turned into her own individual character with her own set of beliefs and personality, especially since I've created a back ground for her which is different to male Danny's background in the show. This also affects Grace who is different from the show as well in ways.

The characters of Jack O'Connor and Riley King most definitely belong to me though

I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well

Author Note

So here's a story which has been co-written with the wonderful Tealrose, if you haven't done so then you should read her NCIS stories because they are great and were one of things which got me back into the NCIS fiction world!

I know I had said that I wouldn't put up any stories until some of my others were finished but this story is technically finished so it doesn't require any additional work from me other than reading through it and making sure that I didn't make any stupid mistakes. If I've missed anything then that is completely my fault and no one else's.

This story belongs in 'the what if 'story saga. It could be a part of the main saga (The beginning, family ect ect) but isn't. It's more a look at how some things could have happened but didn't so this is a way which Riley King could have joined 50 but it's not the official way he did. We just like experimenting and keeping the muse happy!

I'm hoping to upload a new chapter every two-three days or so, so make sure you keep an eye out for it.

You'll also see that there are several references to past events, one of which actually is in the main saga. I wonder if any of you catch it!

Anyway enough from me, please enjoy and have a wonderful new year.

Oh and while I remember the last chapter of 'One night is all it took' should be uploaded tomorrow so please look out for it, if that is a story of mine you are reading!

Overall summary

Two weeks was all it took for everything to go wrong and now it was up to Steve McGarrett to fix things... the only problem was he wasn't sure he could. (Part of the 'What if' Danni saga)

Chapter Summary

Toast grumbled to himself as he made his way up the stairs and entered the building where the 50 team were based in, flashing his security badge at one of the many security guards before he took a desperate sip of his coffee, taking strength from it as he made his way across the foyer towards the metal detectors which every visitor and member of staff needed to pass through before being admitted

Overall romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni Williams

Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams


Chapter One

Day One - Monday


Toast grumbled to himself as he made his way up the stairs and entered the building where the 50 team were based in, flashing his security badge at one of the many security guards before he took a desperate sip of his coffee, taking strength from it as he made his way across the foyer towards the metal detectors which every visitor and member of staff needed to pass through before being admitted.

The security in the building never used to be so heavy but that had swiftly changed six months ago when a gang had infiltrated the building, making their way up to where their headquarters was based and shot both Kono Kalakaua and Danni Williams where they had been chatting over a coffee.

If going through the countless check points and security measures meant that he never had to witness something like that happening again than Toast was all for it. What he wasn't all for was receiving a telephone call from his boss at six AM on a Monday morning telling him to get into work as soon as possible.

Growling under his breathe he passed his coffee to one of the guard who shot him an amused look before he went through the detector, instantly spreading his arms and legs so they could run the hand held metal detector over his body, why exactly they needed to do that as well as the walk through one was beyond him but he had learnt early on in his days not to bother trying to figure things like that out. He took the coffee back with a nod before he picked up his rucksack and made his way towards the stairs which would lead him to the second floor. Stairs which suddenly seemed impossibly high considering how tired he still felt, if he had known his boss was going to call him in this early then he would have gone to bed a lot earlier than 2AM.

Sighing he made his way up them, swiping his card again and waiting until the small light turned green before he pulled the door open and stepped into the long corridor, making sure the door clicked behind him. He pushed his earphone into his ears and made his way towards the end of the corridor, stopping outside the double doors and placed his thumb against the fingerprint reader, bobbing his head in time to his music before it flashed green at him, telling him he could now enter.

He pulled the door open and stepped through into the main bulpen his eyes immediately landing on his boss Steve McGarrett. He still wasn't quite sure what to make of the man, at times he seems pretty easy going but other times he seemed so focused on what he was doing that he was almost unapproachable. It was always difficult to know exactly what mood he would be in. His gaze moved to the tall man standing next to Steve who looked vaguely familiar to Toast though he couldn't quite put his finger on where he knew him from. What he did know what that the man shouldn't have been in their office, only members of 50 and the heads of the ME and CSU department had the necessary security needed to get in.

"Well I'm here boss and there better be a good reason why you've dragged me out of bed so early. Isn't this why Blondie hired Jenna? Because Jenna was a morning person and could function before 10 AM?" He grumbled, giving Steve a half-hearted glare. He knew that there was probably a good reason for the call, an emergency or something which couldn't wait but it still annoyed him.

"Jenna isn't the person I need right now, you are Toast" Steve said, waving off Toast's complaint as though he had simply bounded into the room, happy as larry instead of grumpy and miserable. "Toast, this is Riley King, you remember him?" Steve asked him, his blue looking eyes intent as they looked at Toast. Toast blinked at the name, his dark eyebrow rising in shock. He definitely knew who Riley King was, up until a week ago he had been a wanted fugitive for the murder of a fellow navy SEAL, Steve had been determined to clear his friend's name and made them work round the clock until Danni had placed her foot down and scolded Steve into submission. They had managed to clear Riley's name though.

"Err yeah" He said now, tilting his head as he looked towards the dark haired man again, hiding his shiver with difficulty as he met the cold black eyes watching him intently. He had heard rumours that Riley, who had only been on the island for five days, already has a reputation for doing whatever it took to get the job done. "Of course I do" He went on to say, breaking the silence which was stretching out; his hand gripping the strap of his bag. "Lieutenant Commander Riley Jacob Davian King, 33 years old and born on the 30th July 1977. Eldest child and only son of Davian and Yvette King with five younger sisters. You came second in your year at Annapolis, did a term with the SEALs and then disappeared from their records only to turn up in LA two months ago due to the murder of your father by a gang known as the Amigos." He stated.

"Someone has done their homework." Riley commented speaking for the first time. His voice was deep and husky, tinged with a California accent which surprised Toast, somehow he thought he would sound more like he was from New York than the West Coast.

"It's my job" Toast replied with a shrug, taking a sip of his coffee, his dark hazel eyes flickering to Steve as he spoke, his comment clearly directed towards Riley.

"Toast is the best Hacker on the island, there's nothing which he can't find if he puts his mind towards it. The one thing you learn pretty quickly though is that he needs a hell of a lot of coffee first thing in the morning to function."

"Most normal people require coffee at this time in the morning boss." Toast countered, frowning as he moved over to the computer table which was his pride and joy and power it up. He drained the rest of his coffee, feeling a bit more awake as he looked around him, finally noticing that all the offices apart from Steve's were dark, indicating that their owners hadn't arrived yet. "Am I the first one in?" He asked sounding confused. "Where is everyone else? Didn't you call them in as well?"

"No because I don't need them to come in early" Steve answered with a shrug. "I just need you."

"Right" Toast said, drawing the word out as he moved over to the office which he had been allocated and which he rarely used to drop his bag before he headed out again. "What do you need me to do for you then? Research on a new case because normally it's Blondie who gives me that information."

"I need you to produce the paperwork which is needed to get Riley instated as a member of 50. You'll have to take his fingerprints as well so that he can get into the headquarters. The Governor is ready and waiting to sign the papers off so that he can start today and begin to learn the ropes and the way we work."

"Instated?" Toast repeated in surprise, looking back towards Riley. "Does anyone else know about this because no one has mentioned anything?"

"No one yet, just the three of us" Steve answered. Toast stared at him hard for a moment before he shook his head, logging into the main database and working quickly, his mind whirling torn between relief that it was something as simple as producing the paperwork and that none of their team were injured and being pissed off that Steve had clearly arranged all of this without giving any of them a chance to have a say in whether they wanted a new member of not. Danni would have called it Steve's SEAL mentality flaring up but personally Toast would have referred to it as Steve being an anal control freak though he would never say the words out loud.

"So you haven't discussed this with Danni then" He asked, breaking across the low conversation the other two were having.

"No Toast" Steve replied, his eyes narrowing as though he was annoyed by the question. "There hasn't been any time to discuss it with her yet. When everyone is in then I'll tell everyone at once."

"Wow" Toast said, unimpressed by the other man. "She is going to tear you a new one and it's going to be fun to watch." He muttered to himself.

"What was that Toast?" Steve question, a tone to his voice which told Toast that he was a second away from stepping over the line. He took a deep breath and shrugged, pushing down his desire to protect Danni. He knew she would be hurt by this and it made his blood boil. Steve was meant to be her partner, she was joint leader of 50 and definitely the head of the admin side of things including the HR, normally if they needed anyone hired then it was Danni who took care of it. There just seemed to be something almost underhanded about this that Toast didn't like.

"Nothing Boss, I'm just talking to myself trying to remember whether the Red B form is needed or whether it's actually the Green D form when it comes to someone joining us from a branch of the military." He lied with a shrug.

Steve stared at him for a moment before he spoke.

"Danni will be able to confirm that with you. I'm leaving her in the office for the next two weeks while I train Riley up, he'll be coming into the field with me." He told Toast. Toast blinked but before he could say anything a second voice spoke from the doorway.

"Do me a favour McGarrett and tell her that you're benching her when I'm out of the building because I don't want to be caught up in the resulting explosion."

They turned as one to see Jack O'Connor moving into the office dressed casually in a pair of dark blue jeans and a pale blue t-shirt which matched the colour of his eyes.

"Morning Jack" Toast called out, breathing a sigh of relief at the sight of the other man.

"Morning Toast my man, any chance we got the coffee machine up and running because I'm pretty sure I saw Chin pull up on his bike as I was going through security and you know how he gets without a fresh coffee in the morning."

"I thought that was you." Toast replied with a grin at the blond who responded by flicking him the finger before he looked at Steve and Riley, a frown coming to his face.

"Why would you need to be out of the building when I tell Danni that she'll be working in the office for the next two weeks rather than the field?" Steve questioned, looking confused. "Or are you talking about the fact that Riley is now a member of the team because as far as I can see he's a good addition to us especially with his military background."

"Got absolutely nothing to do with Riley being on the team." Jack responded. "And all to do with the fact that you don't seem to know your partner half as well as you claim to if you think that this whole situation won't bother her. All I can say Steve is it is going to suck to be you today." He remarked, turning back to Toast. "I'll get you one man, you're looking stressed already." He remarked, walking past them and clapping his hand on Toast's shoulder, his gaze locking on Riley's as he nodded to him. "Welcome to 50 King" He stated, his mouth curving into a half smile before he disappeared into his office for a moment before remerging and heading towards the back of the room where the kitchen was situated.

Toast remained quiet as he worked on getting the forms together, suddenly wishing that this day was already over.


Author Note

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